When people are busy and fulfilling, they often feel that time flies.

In the blink of an eye, there is only one month left until the year-end test.

Red Hill City has bid farewell to the height of summer and ushered in a cool autumn, and the lush woodland that envelops the city turns golden and red, making this harvest city look gorgeous and colorful. As the most brilliant pearl in the central hinterland of the Great Qin Empire, Hongshan City attracts literati and visitors all year round, and praises its beauty with all kinds of gorgeous rhetorical articles.

Being able to live in Hongshan City is the lifelong dream of many people of Great Qin. In a third-party survey: Your Best City to Live in, Red Hill City has been above White Nights City for many years.

However, there is such a group of people, who live in the beautiful city that countless people dream of, and are known as the pride of the sky, with an infinitely bright future. But they were sad and even resentful all day long.

"I ...... I hadn't heard that the studies at Red Mountain College were so hard before I came. ”

A young student with dark circles under his eyes walked like a walking corpse on the road from the dormitory to the library, holding two heavy information books in his hands, almost falling his entire upper body.

Beside him, a student who could barely open his eyes was also shaking, staggering, holding the material in his left hand and a meat bun in his right hand, which he stiffly and mechanically pushed into his mouth. Because he couldn't open his eyes, he completely subconsciously followed the people around him slowly, and there was no lack of emotion when he heard him mention his hard work.

"That is to say, if I knew that I was so tired, I might as well ...... Forget it, tired and tired, after all, it is Hongshan College, and the starting point of graduation is the end of many people's lifelong struggle. ”

"But if we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for the beginning of graduation and will usher in the end of our lives. "The dark circles said stupidly, "This is only the first year's year-end test, and it is like life and death, and there are four years to go, according to the calculation of 20 years of life every year, I estimate that the year after next will be over." ”

As he spoke, the student, who was severely sleep-deprived, had to hold his hands on his chest to suppress his aching heart.

While the two were talking, a pair of senior students walked by, also starting from the dormitory area, but they ran in the other direction early in the morning.

"It's been so hard to read books in the past two days, I have to study every day at six or seven o'clock in the evening, so let's relax for a day today and go hiking on the outskirts of the city. ”

"Well, I'll go over after breakfast, so early, the special package in the cafeteria should still be ......"

Listening to the light-hearted, happy, and happy conversation, the two first-year freshmen actually had a sense of confusion as if they were separated from each other.

Once upon a time, they also enjoyed each day with a beautiful vision for the future.

Of course, studying is to study hard, but the combination of work and rest, there are too many recreational activities in addition to studying, going out to climb, shopping in the city, and many wonderful activities organized by the student union in the college, all of which make the students' lives full and not tired.

It wasn't until the plan for the year-end test was announced that the study life of the freshmen took a sharp turn for the worse and quickly fell into purgatory.

"I still don't understand...... This matter obviously has nothing to do with us, the master of the original poem made it clear on the first day that he couldn't use us, why do we have to work so hard?"

"Probably because, we are born cheap, and we like to feel uncomfortable. ”

The student's self-deprecating words are very precise to the heart of the problem.

Human nature is cheap, and the more you don't need it, the more it will show hypocrisy. At the beginning, the original poem disbanded the 148-member group, and except for a few "core members", all the others were scattered and acted freely.

The reason is also very simple and sufficient, except for a very few people, other people can't play any role at all in the face of Bai Xiao, so Yuan Shi doesn't expect them to contribute anything at all, instead of wasting time preparing for exams, it is better to spend precious student time leisurely.

However, the scattered idlers were not willing to be lonely, but set off a revenge learning frenzy.

The original initiator is difficult to verify, but when people notice something unusual, everyone around them seems to become strange.

The students, who usually get up lazily at eight or nine o'clock in the morning to change their clothes, unconsciously start to get up early, initially just a few minutes early, from 9 o'clock to 9 o'clock, then to 8:50, then 8:45......

Finally, when the autumn wind blew into the college, some people had already gotten up to find that it was dark outside the window, and when they came to the door of the library, they found that there were already many students standing at the door, waiting for the library to open.

Obviously, no one has explicitly demanded it, and even rational thinking does not have any need to work too hard, but this atmosphere of comparison still spreads and is out of control.

Everyone is speeding up the pace of learning and squeezing their potential even more, as if they want to rebel against the original poetry teacher who denied them at the beginning.

This kind of enthusiastic learning atmosphere is good, but the students who are in it always feel a little awkward.

Especially when I return to the dormitory every day with a tired body and lie in bed ready to sleep, the sense of disobedience in my heart becomes stronger and stronger.

Is it really necessary for us to pay such a heavy price just to fight against the original poetry teacher?

Or, with that teacher's character, does he really care about our resistance?

But these questions linger in my mind for only a moment, and then they disappear.

Because it's really pointless to think about this, even if the original poem really doesn't care, can the freshmen relax?

Of course not, because everyone else is trying!

Even if you don't consider the confrontational nature of the year-end test, in the tradition of Red Mountain College, you will definitely end up giving a ranking of students.

Now that everyone is working hard, the progress is much faster than usual, so if you slacken, the ranking will naturally plummet.

Of the 149 people in the first grade, except for a very few geniuses, most of them have similar magical talents, and the main thing that determines the results is the hard work.

It's just that under normal circumstances, few people will start this vicious competition, after all, in the final analysis, the result of everyone's hard work together will not change the ranking, and everyone will have to pay a terrible price for it.

"So, why the hell are we trying so hard......"

The freshman with dark circles once again raised the voice of questioning life.

However, the next moment, it was not his roommate next to him who answered him, but a voice full of confidence and vitality.

"Of course, it is to defeat Bai Xiao and create a feat that will be remembered for a lifetime. ”

The dark circles were stunned for a moment before they found information about the sound from the chaotic brain.

"Qi Shao?"

The squinting brother next to him didn't come back to his senses for a while: "What Qi Shao?"

The dark circles under his eyes hurriedly poked him in the ribs, making the squinting brother bend down with round eyes, and he couldn't breathe for a long time.

But this also made him sober up, and realized that it was Qi Wei, the young master of the Qi family, who had just accosted them.

Before entering the school, he was known for his academic talent, and his mock test scores were even above Lu Xun.

If it weren't for Qingyue's birth, most of the new students in this year's Demon Dao Theory would be the first person. And with such a dazzling title, Qi Wei's student career can also be described as promising.

It's a pity that Bai Xiao was born out of thin air, robbing everyone of their brilliance, and even Lu Xun was dimmed, not to mention Qi Wei? When people talk about the freshmen of Hongshan Academy, they will mention Bai Xiao, Qingyue, Lu Xun, and occasionally mention Zuo Qingsui, Gao Yuan and other names that are now popular in the live broadcast industry, but few people will mention Qi Wei, as if this person has become transparent.

But the dark circles and squinting eyes of the same transparent person are very clear about Qi Wei's power.

Even if the light is obscured by others, he is the eldest young master of a first-class wealthy family after all, and his original position is Lu Xun's right-hand man! With the status of the Lu family in Daqin, Qi Wei's positioning is actually very much like being the ruler of the court.

And compared with such a big man, the dark circles and squinting eyes are really just a little transparent.

So the two of them were a little more energetic all of a sudden, and they didn't dare to be drowsy anymore, so they hurriedly extended their sincere greetings to Qi Wei......

Qi Wei smiled: "Why are you so unfamiliar with each other, seeing that you don't have enough sleep, let's drink this." ”

As he spoke, he handed each of them a bottle of drink.

The dark circles and squinting eyes of the brother jumped when they saw it.

Worth 3,000 silver dollars, the Awakening Soup (Apple Flavor) can relieve the fatigue of the whole day and make people radiant, and it is an artifact for blood recovery after staying up all night. Although they can't be used continuously, these two bottles of drinks are still a must-have luxury for civilian students who have never drunk (and can't afford to drink).

Qi Wei is worthy of being a wealthy family, and he actually gave away thousands of silver dollars casually!

If it weren't for the fact that the people of Hongshan were distorted by Bai Xiao during this time, the black circles and squinting eyes would have been grateful on the spot.

Of course, even so, with the drink handed by Qi Wei, the two were still grateful, and they opened the bottle and drank it all on the spot, sweeping away the fatigue of wanting to die.

After that, he had the opportunity to ask: "Qi Shao, you said you want to defeat Bai Xiao?" but Teacher Yuan Shi is not ......."

Qi Wei shook his head: "Teacher Yuan Shi didn't give us hope, but we can't give up hope ourselves. Since the content of the year-end test is that so many of us form a team to fight against Bai Xiao, it is naturally our goal to defeat Bai Xiao. Now everyone's efforts will become the foundation of the year-end test. It is true that if the current frenzied student tide is just a vicious competition in terms of test rankings, I still believe that the efforts made in the student days are not meaningless. What's more, if Bai Xiao can really be defeated in the final battle, it will be a more important event than the year-end ranking. ”

After drinking the drink with dark circles, he felt that the pressure in his heart was gradually relieved, and his thoughts became active, so he said peacefully: "Indeed, if you can defeat Senior Brother Bai Xiao...... Even just as an insignificant participant is enough to remember for a lifetime. But do we really have a chance?"

Qi Wei smiled: "Of course there is a chance, Bai Xiao is indeed very powerful, but he is only a human, not a god, hasn't he done a simulated battle before, under certain rules, he can't even be against Gao Yuan." ”

The dark circles were stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Qi Wei was talking about the now well-known Demon Dao backgammon battle that happened in the Blur Domain, according to the special rules, all of Bai Xiao's specialties were banned, and he could only play against Gao Yuan honestly, and then he had basically never been in contact with backgammon before, so he was naturally not Gao Yuan's opponent.

Although he quickly colluded with Qingyue later, seriously hurting Gao Yuan's pure heart, it is undeniable that Gao Yuan won enough victories to boast of for ten years in the first battle.

"However, it's been so long, Senior Brother Bai Xiao should also be doing special training, right?"

Qi Wei said with a smile: "Can special training solve the fundamental problem? Let you train for a year, do you have the confidence to fight with Bai Xiao?"

The dark circles under his eyes hurriedly shook his head, let alone a year, there is no hope for a lifetime!

"Because Bai Xiao's strength is in actual combat, his actual combat talent and qualifications are much higher than ours, and they are simply not the same species. So of course our special training can't solve the problem. But in other words, where Bai Xiao's talent and qualifications are lagging behind, no matter how much he trains, he can't compare to opponents with stronger talents. ”

Qi Wei smiled: "After all, the rules are beneficial to us, so show some confidence and ......"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a commotion not far away.

Qi Wei frowned.

He had a good hearing, and even from a distance, he could hear people shouting in the distance.

"Bai Xiao has launched a backgammon challenge to Gao Yuan again!"