CHAPTER 380: CHAPTER 380: BEATING YOU BY JUST A LITTLE

Cheng Jing finished reporting the first material and then started on the second one: "For the second material, here are its data: effective usage rate: 99.6%..."

Wow~

As soon as this data was revealed, everyone began clicking their tongues in surprise.

Then, the full data for the second material was displayed on the big screen. Not only were people clicking their tongues in surprise, but they were also staring in shock.

How—

How is this possible?

Not only was the effective usage rate outstanding, but its other data were also incredibly high-performing. If everyone hadn’t seen Ji You create it with their own eyes, they might not believe this was the work of a beginner.

For a moment, many people’s gazes turned towards Ji You, their eyes shining with surprise.

In the face of various looks, Ji You sat calmly, with a smile that revealed eight teeth showing on his mouth.

After the second material, it was time for the third.

Cheng Jing said with a smile: "I believe everyone was shocked by the second set of data. Honestly, I was shocked too. Who would have thought Ji You’s basic materials would be so strong? Who said she had poor fundamentals?"

Cheng Jing lightly threw out a rhetorical question, then continued with a smile, "Now, let’s take a look at the third material."

The big screen changed, and a set of data was displayed directly.

Audience: "!!!"

Huh~

What’s happening?

Did Ji You use some kind of cheat today?

99.9%!

The third material’s most important indicator: an effective usage rate of 99.9%! What else could anyone say?

Even the usually unflappable Gao Jie couldn’t help but have his pupils shrink, but he quickly recovered to his normal state.

Ji You maintained his standard eight-tooth grin, calmly waving his hands to the crowd: "Comrades, don’t be surprised. It’s possible that senior Gao Jie did even better than I did."

Audience: "..."

The audience members couldn’t help but sneak peeks at Gao Jie, who had a tight expression and remained silent.

Following that—

Cheng Jing said: "After seeing Ji You’s grades, I believe everyone is even more curious about Gao Jie’s grades. Now, let us appreciate them together."

The big screen switched again, and Gao Jie’s first set of data was displayed directly.

Audience: "!!!"

Gao Jie: "!!!"

Cheng Jing said with a smile: "The first set of data: the effective usage rate is 96.3%, just slightly regrettable, 0.01% lower than Ji You." And cleverly enough, it was not only in the effective usage rate but also in other areas such as loss rate etc., where it happened to be 0.01% lower than Ji You’s.

Clever.

Really clever.

Gao Jie had a stern face, silent.

Cheng Jing said with a smile: "Now let’s look at the second set of data: the effective usage rate for the second material is 99.5%..."

Boom——

Audience: "..."

Gao Jie: "..."

As if doused by a bucket of cold water from midair, Gao Jie suddenly stood up and shouted, "How is that possible! There must be a problem with your detection!"

How could it be just 0.01% lower than Ji You’s?

Foul play!

It must be foul play!

Gao Jie’s face turned red, staring at Cheng Jing with anger, convinced that Cheng Jing deliberately reported the wrong numbers.

Questioned about fairness, Cheng Jing appeared somewhat helpless but still said with a smile, "If Gao Jie wishes to challenge the results, please wait until I have finished announcing all the grades before discussing it with the inspection team."

Indeed, there was nothing wrong with that statement.

Gao Jie had no choice but to sit back down.

The complete data for the second material were then fully displayed in front of everyone in the auditorium.

Well, it must be said that the material Gao Jie processed was indeed very good, but—each and every data point was just a tiny bit worse than Ji You’s, which one could call very clever indeed.

Watching the complete data, Gao Jie’s face darkened even more.

Ji You, on the other hand, didn’t say anything, still maintaining a smile showing eight teeth.

Cheng Jing said, "Next, I’ll announce the data for Gao Jie’s third material sample—its effective usage rate is: 99.8%..."

Huh?

Audience: "???"

Gao Jie: "???"

Gao Jie took a deep breath and asked loudly, "Are you sure there’s no mistake?"

Cheng Jing showed the data in her hand, spread it out, and said, "Gao Jie, please refrain from shouting loudly at will; after all, this is a public place. If you have objections to the results, you can apply for a re-verification later. I trust that our colleagues who verify the data, as well as the judging panel, will handle it absolutely fairly, justly, and transparently."

Gao Jie’s face was livid as he clenched his fists tightly.

The complete data for the third material sample was also fully unveiled.

After the audience saw it, they were left in silence and suffocation.

What a coincidence!

Such a coincidence!

For every item, Ji You’s data was just 0.01% higher than Gao Jie’s.

What does this imply?

If it were one coincidence, of course, it would be an unintentional one.

But—

This has been three consecutive coincidences, all exactly the same. Is that possible? Only one conclusion remains—it’s deliberate!

Absolutely deliberate!

Suddenly, Gao Jie stood up and in front of everyone, said, "I request a re-verification of the data between me and Ji You."

Director Wang nodded: "Granted."

With that, he gestured and said to the three students, "All of you, go and re-test it thoroughly."

Jiang Tong, Xia Dong, and Shi Yin pursed their lips but proceeded to do so. In fact, when they were verifying the data, they too suspected that there could be errors, but in the spirit of fairness and justice, they verified the data over and over again before printing out the results.

Director Wang said, "Use six machines to verify separately, display all the processes of verification to the audience. We at Lanyue Star Military Academy absolutely do not tolerate any form of cheating. Should any be discovered, it must be dealt with severely! No covering up!"

When he said this, the atmosphere around tightened instantly. Director Wang

The audience, too, fell silent.

Gao Jie stared intently at the verification equipment as if afraid that someone would tamper with it if he blinked.

minute.

minutes.

minutes.

...

Six machines, in front of everyone’s eyes, tested the materials made by Ji You and Gao Jie simultaneously. After completion, to rule out any issues with the machines, they were swapped and the materials were tested again.

Then—

The final data was presented before everyone. This time, Ji You’s data wasn’t just 0.01% higher than Gao Jie’s; in fact, accurate to four decimal places, it was 0.0111%.

The audience was enveloped in wave after wave of silence.

Gao Jie’s face turned shades darker, his face was ashen as he stared in disbelief at the results.

Silence.

Still silence.

...

After a long moment, Gao Jie suddenly stood up, walked over to Ji You, his face showing a complicated mix of embarrassment, pride, anger, and loss—difficult to encapsulate in a few words.

Gao Jie stared at Ji You, gritted his teeth, and said, "I admit defeat this time, but it wasn’t due to lack of strength. I simply underestimated you. You are indeed quite good, but I won’t lose to you again when I take it seriously..."

Ji You maintained a smile revealing eight teeth and lightly raised her hand, throwing out a question, "Senior, you don’t think you lost to me by just a little bit, do you? Just by 0.01%?"

Gao Jie: "You..."

Ji You smiled: "It’s just because I wanted to beat you by 0.01%."

Surrounding: "!!!"