My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 264 You are simply beyond redemption!

The moment I saw the "New Mathematical Olympiad" book in Li Wei's hand,

Zheng Youlan,
Do not!
To be precise, it should be the Imperial Cult Advancement System of Rusty City that instinctively began to tremble, its first instinct being to stop Li Wei from speaking.

But the man's voice spoke first, like a demon's whisper penetrating the entire Imperial Cult system, stirring up an endless storm.

"Suppose your classmate Xiaoming is at the sixth level of Qi Refining and is preparing to use the Five Elements Linear Algebra model to refine the Lesser Five Elements Blood-Replenishing Pill!"

“假设每1份「火灵芝」需搭配2份「玄冰草」中和火毒；「龙血参」的药效是「地灵根」的3倍，但总量不能超过5份；所有灵药总和为108份，且「天星花」占比至少10%……”

"Given the premise of balanced medicinal properties, how should Xiaoming allocate the spiritual herbs to maximize the success rate of pill formation?"

Snapped! !

A cultivator who had already merged into Zheng Youlan's body crushed the pen in his hand, his expression gradually turning ferocious. He couldn't help but cover his head with his hands and say, "No! That's not right! How could a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator refine a Lesser Five Elements Blood Replenishing Pill? And this isn't even the formula for a Blood Replenishing Pill!"

"You idiot! The Lesser Five Elements Blood-Replenishing Pill is just a prop, like the chickens and ducks in the chicken-and-duck-in-a-cage problem—just a medium for calculation. The real question is to find the linear algebra of the Five Elements!"

"But the teacher never taught us this Five Elements linear algebra model. How can we use it to calculate the proportions of pills to improve the success rate?"

In a flash,

At least 30% of the "poor students" immediately went on strike.

But strikes don't matter!

What's truly important is that the examinees who had lost consciousness after merging into Zheng Youlan's body are showing faint signs of regaining consciousness.

The educational knowledge of Rust City has existed for a long time, and the exam questions have not been updated for thousands of years. So now, under the invasion of new knowledge, the laws of the entire Imperial Cult Advancement System are attracted by the new knowledge and subconsciously start to think with their own "parts".

Therefore, among the cultivators who were absorbed into Zheng Youlan's body, it wasn't just the underachievers who were tormented by the questions to the point of exhaustion.

Even the top students have temporarily forgotten about the exam and have turned to studying Li Wei's problems, preparing to deduce the formulas by working backward from these numbers and questions.

The problem is that this is a completely new model of celestial arithmetic, and even if millions of people work together to deduce it, it is impossible for them to deduce it in a short period of time.

As a result, the "gear parts" of the education advancement system jammed one by one, and millions of Rusty Monks forgot to continue the exam at this moment, treating the exam paper as scratch paper and getting stuck on one question.

For the first time, Zheng Youlan's terrifyingly long total score finally came to a halt!
1619872546698741!

This is her total "health bar"! Although it still looks daunting, at least it has stopped increasing in the short term and no longer regenerates health.

Zhang Hebei and Bai Xiaotong were overjoyed.

"Inspector Li did a great job!!"

Boom!!! Boom!!!

With two deity-level killing moves unleashed, Zheng Youlan suddenly lost over 1 million points.

However, this score only accounts for 0.00001 of her health bar, so it's still not noticeable unless you look closely.

Bai Xiaotong's golden skull face immediately darkened: "Damn those Rusty City school dogs, why did you have to rack up so many points?!"

Zheng Youlan's score at this moment is not simply the result of these candidates' recent exams; it must also be the result of the accumulation of countless generations in the Rust City over the past years to reach such a level.

Zhang Hebei felt a chill run down his spine: "Everyone, attack together and reset her score to zero!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The cultivators from Misty City and Water Rust City joined forces, with Nascent Soul, Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and even Qi Refining cultivators all relentlessly bombarding Zheng Youlan with their attacks.

One billion, two billion, three billion
Zheng Youlan's score finally dropped at a visible rate, but the rate of decline was still very slow.

At this moment,
The Bewitching Lord and the Core of the Mechanical God have made their move!
The overwhelming haze of smoke seemed to be summoned, instantly transforming into cones that pierced Zheng Youlan's body, causing her to lose hundreds of billions of points in an instant, and also giving her a "continuous point loss" health debuff.

Meanwhile, the core of the mechanical god also increased its output power, unleashing boundless heat that scorched Zheng Youlan's surface while simultaneously buffing other cultivators, replenishing their spiritual energy consumption, and allowing them to continuously output power.

With the two working together, Zheng Youlan's "segmentation" process accelerated dramatically.

"Get out of my way!!"

boom! !

With the whips forged from the thirty schools of Rusty City, the Law of Advancement of the Imperial Instruction swept across the land, suppressing all the cultivators who were solving the "New Mathematical Olympiad," and was about to send them into slumber once again.

She wanted to protect the students from the harmful influence of outside knowledge.

Upon seeing this, Li Wei burst into laughter: "The education system is the most open, inclusive, and in need of continuous improvement and updating system in the world. As the instructor of the advanced laws, you may not use this question to teach your students, but you yourself cannot fail to learn it!"

"Keeping pace with the times—this is the essence and core of the principles of education!"

"Can you really hide your instincts? If you can, then you're destroying your own foundation!"

The voice has not fallen,

As expected, the cultivators on Zheng Youlan's body began to awaken gradually—the Law of Advancement of the Imperial Instruction was continuing to learn knowledge through them. This was the essence of the law and could not be stopped!
Seeing this, Li Wei decided to intensify his efforts and directly turned to the next page of the New Mathematical Olympiad: "Suppose that the pattern of an ancient talisman is an infinitely self-similar fractal of the Dao, with a dimension of log5."

"If cinnabar is used to copy this talisman, the length of the strokes will theoretically extend indefinitely. How can one draw an approximate steady-state structure of this talisman with the least amount of spiritual power?"

Zheng Youlan painfully raised her hand and covered her ears tightly.

The laws within her body don't want to listen!
But as Li Wei said, as an educational principle, she may not teach new knowledge, but she herself cannot fail to learn new knowledge; this is the foundation of educational principles!

The question Li Wei posed was like the fangs of a venomous snake, precisely piercing the advanced laws of the Imperial Cult, infusing them with a poison specifically targeting those laws.

It's just a question.

They actually managed to control Zheng Youlan for half a minute!
Seeing this, Zhang Hebei and Bai Xiaotong pressed their advantage and, with the help of their respective divine powers, directly eliminated 1% of Zheng Youlan's share!

The pain of losing points was about to bring Zheng Youlan back to her senses. Zhang Hebei hurriedly said, "Inspector Li, quick! Give us the questions!"

Wow!

Li Wei turned another page: "Suppose a sword cultivator's flying sword has a mass of m and an initial velocity of v. During flight, it is subject to air resistance F=kv (k is the wind resistance coefficient). At the same time, the cultivator applies a constant acceleration a with his divine sense. Ten seconds later, the cultivator's flying sword hits the enemy. What kind of streamlined rune was engraved on the flying sword to reduce the value of k?"

Zheng Youlan rolled her eyes and roared to the sky, "Stop reading! I fucking told you to stop reading!"

The more the enemy tells you not to do something, the more it proves you're doing the right thing!

Li Wei, holding the golden headband—no, I mean the new math olympiad—delivered another blow: "Suppose the ancient secret realm is an n×n maze, with each cell containing a teleportation array. The teleportation array has a 90% probability of pointing in the correct direction and a 10% probability of randomly teleporting you. What is the expected number of steps for the shortest path from the entrance to the exit?"

Zheng Youlan collapsed to her knees, tears welling in her eyes: "I can't do these problems! I can't do them!!!"

"Ah!"

Li Wei sneered dismissively and slammed the math Olympiad book shut: "In that case, let's make it easy."

"Assuming A's cultivation level is Qi Refining and enemy B's is Foundation Establishment, and they are mortal enemies, A has created a 'Time Acceleration Array' for a closed-door cultivation session specifically to kill B. 100 years inside the array equals 1 day outside. If cultivator A needs 300 years to reach the Nascent Soul stage within the array, what is the actual cultivation time required for B before A emerges from seclusion and is immediately killed?!"

Zheng Youlan was stunned: "This is impossible! A cultivates in the formation for a day, which is equivalent to a hundred years. He can easily surpass Foundation Establishment B. How could B possibly defeat him and kill him?"

Could there be cultivation techniques in the outside world that he cannot understand?
Or is this formation itself a trap, with some special conditions that I am unaware of?

Zheng Youlan considered countless possibilities in a short period of time, but when he heard the final answer, he was completely stunned.

Li Wei pointed at her head speechlessly and said:
"idiot!"

"I can't even think of the most classic brain teasers."

"Who would let their enemy leisurely cultivate in seclusion within a time-accelerated array?"

"So of course B rushed into the formation and killed A the moment he went into seclusion! Didn't you learn the principle of striking first when you were a kid?"

Zheng Youlan was struck dumb: "But wasn't the question you asked a question about immortal arts and arcane magic?"

"Didn't I close the Arcane Book before I gave you the question? Can't you even understand such a simple hint?"

"Moreover, as an educational system, you are so bound by form, and when faced with a problem, you don't think about the essence, but instead get stuck on the name of arcane magic. You can't even understand such a simple question?"

Li Wei looked at her expressionlessly, and said with a hint of pity:

"You! You're utterly hopeless!!!"

Zheng Youlan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!
The Imperial Law System that was controlling her had acquired various magical properties through its combination with the Dao Integration Puppet. Upon hearing Li Wei's evaluation, it was so angry that it almost collapsed on the spot.

I!
The Laws of Advancement to the Imperial Cult!

How dare you say I'm hopeless?

Chaos!

The Imperial Cult Advancement Law System was so enraged that it directly malfunctioned!
This law is still too young. It's the first time it has obtained a Dao Integration Puppet, which has developed living characteristics and is now going head-to-head with a cultivator.

So Li Wei's anger broke through her defenses, and not only did the cultivators who were doing their problems stop, but even Zheng Youlan, who had become a puppet, showed signs of reawakening.

Zhang Hebei and Bai Xiaotong, along with the remnants of the two gods' souls and remains, immediately took advantage of her misfortune, constantly consuming her "scores," instantly reducing her total score by 15%!

Seeing this, a certain entity hidden in the shadows could no longer remain still and quickly connected to the Imperial Cult Advancement Law, saying to it:
"It's normal to get stuck on knowledge you haven't learned before. If you give these questions to that kid, he won't be able to do them either. Wake up!"

The Imperial Cult's advanced cultivation method, which was already on the verge of fainting, suddenly trembled.

Yes,

Li Wei wouldn't know either!
He was bombarding me with information asymmetry, simply trying to stifle my thinking with difficult problems; it wasn't real knowledge at all!

So I don't need to get stuck on the questions at all.

Thinking of this, the Imperial Cult Advancement Law felt that he was back to normal and quickly broke free from the pressure of the problem, gradually recovering.

Li Wei said with pity, "Still unwilling to accept your own ignorance?"

"In that case, let Teacher Li Wei solve this problem for you! I will teach you all the knowledge!!"

Simply bombarding the opponent with questions may trap them in the advanced laws of the Imperial Instruction, but it cannot touch the core of the laws!

But the knowledge hidden behind these questions is the real sharp knife!

Li Wei began solving the problem in mid-air using lightning magic.

The person hiding in the shadows stared wide-eyed in disbelief:
Impossible, absolutely impossible! !

In this version, all the powerful cultivators are pay-to-win players; only poor people become academic talents. How could you possibly solve the problem?

Even he can't do that!!!
So Li Wei must be bluffing; he's just stalling for time... right?

Brush brush!
Countless lightning spells evolved in the air.

Five Elements linear algebra model, stable near-state of Heavenly Dao fractal talismans, shortest path for teleportation in spatial mazes...

One after another, new arcane problems were solved in Li Wei's hands, and a large amount of new era cultivation knowledge erupted in the problem-solving process, making the advancement of the Imperial Cult completely enthralled.

The person hiding in the shadows was speechless.

Ah no!
Wow, you're really good at this!
(End of this chapter)