Li Tongming was stunned to see Ye Chen coming out with the Chinese contestants.

"Who told you to turn in your papers so quickly? Don’t you know how to do them?"

Zhao Yueyue said, "We know how to do all of them, except for the last question."

The other students chimed in, "Exactly. These questions were too simple. Other than the last one, which we really couldn’t do, there shouldn’t be any problems with the rest."

Old Hua was dumbfounded.

Are the contestants this year really this impressive?

This is the Mathematical Olympiad, yet they turned in their papers early and knew how to do everything?

Hearing the words of the Chinese students, the foreign team leaders who had been so smug just moments ago were all stunned.

Someone even said, "Turning in papers this fast is unscientific. I suspect the Chinese students cheated as a group."

"Are the exam results out yet?"

"They’re out. There’s definitely a problem."

"What’s wrong? What kind of problem?"

"On the Chinese side, except for Ye Chen who got a perfect score, everyone else got 9 points, meaning they left the last question blank. And the Chinese students actually all turned in their papers early."

"Right, this is impossible. The questions must have been leaked."

Officials from the International Mathematical Association also realized immediately that something was wrong.

They quickly realized that either the Chinese students had cheated collectively, or the questions had been leaked.

However, that was simply impossible.

This exam was created by scientists from the International Mathematical Association, and Chinese Mathematicians didn’t even participate.

Furthermore, all the questions were selected by a computer. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Could the Chinese have stolen the test papers?

But that was even more impossible.

Soon, the committee officials found Li Tongming.

"Mr. Li, please have a seat. There is a matter we need to verify with you."

Li Tongming, who actually already knew their purpose, said calmly, "Alright, please go ahead."

"Regarding your students’ exam this time, their answering speed was too fast, and their accuracy was surprisingly high. It has never happened before that all contestants from one country were so outstanding. It’s too much of a coincidence. Do you have anything to explain to us?"

"What do I need to explain? Is it wrong for our students to be outstanding? Are you suggesting that before the exam, I should have told our students: ’When you take the exam, don’t show your full strength; intentionally get a few more questions wrong’?"

"That’s not it. But for their proof questions, the methods were identical. Scientifically, that’s impossible, which is why we are suspicious."

Li Tongming sneered, "They are all our Chinese students, so naturally, what they have learned is the same. Besides, for any given problem, the correct method to solve it is the same. Are you expecting them to conjure up something magical? Now, I am questioning the impartiality of the committee. I reserve the right to file a complaint and demand a re-election of new committee members."

"Very well, Mr. Li. We support your approach, provided that your students did not cheat."

Soon, Ye Chen was called over.

Facing the investigative officials, Ye Chen appeared very calm.

"Student Ye Chen, we know you are very smart. Especially on the last question, you actually used five types of Algorithms. This has never happened in the history of our Mathematical Olympiad exams. However, your teammates’ answers were all identical during the problem-solving process. Do you have anything to explain to us?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "There is nothing to explain. I just happened to guess the questions on your exam correctly. That’s not against the rules, is it?"

Guessing the questions?

The experts from the investigative team were all stunned.

"Impossible. Our test papers were created by Mathematicians from different countries, and they were selected by computer. Guessing the questions is simply not possible."

Ye Chen smiled faintly, "I don’t know how much you understand about mathematics, or how much you know about the knowledge points at the University level. Mathematics consists of eight major sections, and your questions can only be drawn from these eight sections, right?"

A Mathematician from the question-setting team nodded.

Ye Chen continued, "Previously, I analyzed the Mathematical Olympiad papers from previous years. I analyzed what kind of questions would appear each year. The knowledge points for the ten questions are fixed, and the points being tested are also fixed. Furthermore, the rotation of these question types every year follows a pattern. Therefore, it is not difficult to guess the questions, and it is actually quite easy to guess the questions you set."

The teacher who set the questions twitched their mouth.

"Simple? From a probability perspective, it’s a one-in-a-thousand chance. And aren’t you being too arrogant? Shouldn’t you Chinese people be humble?" one of the teachers who set the questions said, feeling their self-esteem had been wounded.

Ye Chen smiled, "Excuse me, my teacher taught me to be humble with people I know, but with strangers, if you have the capital, it’s okay to be arrogant. And I have the capital to be arrogant, don’t I?"

Soon, the Exam Proctor brought out Ye Chen’s paper.

After comparing Ye Chen’s paper, the teachers realized that, just as Ye Chen said, every question contained the patterns Ye Chen had described.

Ye Chen said calmly, "Mathematics itself is a science of patterns. This should be something everyone learned in their very first math class, right? I found the patterns, and guessing the questions is my ability. Why do you question others just because you couldn’t do it? That goes against our mathematical spirit."

Several officials from the Mathematical committee looked at each other.

It had to be said that Ye Chen had left them speechless.

One official stood up and said, "We are very sorry for disturbing you. This was a dereliction of our duty. On behalf of the Mathematical committee, I apologize for our actions. However, I hope, Student Ye Chen, even if you guessed the questions, you can keep it confidential and not disclose it to contestants from other countries, which would affect fairness."

Ye Chen smiled, "That goes without saying. He isn’t stupid; he would only tell the Chinese contestants the questions he guessed."

Li Tongming led Ye Chen out of the Conference Room.

"You brat, why didn’t you tell me sooner that you had this trick up your sleeve?"

Ye Chen laughed, "Isn’t this a surprise for you?"

Li Tongming was speechless. Was this a surprise? It was more like a shock.

Soon, the results of the preliminary round were released.

Those with scores above sixty advanced to the second round, the finals.

To everyone’s shock, all six Chinese contestants qualified.

This had never happened before.

Due to the high difficulty of the questions this time, other countries only had one or two team members qualify.

With hundreds of participants, only sixty contestants remained in the end.

This was enough to show the cruelty of this Mathematical Olympiad competition.

Regarding the questioning of the Chinese contestants, the Mathematical committee also provided a conclusion.

"After our investigation, the exam results of the Chinese team members are authentic and valid. We hope those who questioned them will look for reasons within themselves."

In fact, during this period, many national team leaders had raised protests, believing that the Chinese side knew the exam content.

However, the official response was entirely in support of China.

But to everyone’s surprise, the time for the final exam was postponed.

The reason for the postponement was naturally because of Ye Chen. A Conference Room was filled with Mathematicians.

There were over a dozen Level 4 Mathematicians alone.

Everyone sat together just to study and modify the exam papers.

After all, with Ye Chen’s strength, it was very likely that he could also guess the questions for the final exam.

This situation had to be prevented.

Otherwise, where would the dignity of the International Mathematical Association be!