Chapter 32: The Three Manifestations of Mind, Strange Transformations

  "Ah, damn it, Old Guo, have you gone crazy? You actually scored 89 points in language arts? Just one point short of passing. And Wen Zhuo, you little brat, got 182 points in liberal arts? Whoa, this time the total score for four subjects is 439 points? Damn, you've improved by 70-80 points in less than a month!"

  The sky lit up again, and everything that happened last night was no more than a nightmare for some people. But for Guo Zhengyang, they were almost not worth paying attention to, let alone wasting any more mind. What made Guo Zhengyang even more delighted was that after the sky brightened, in the afternoon, the last two subjects' test papers from last weekend's exam were also handed out.

  And this time's score also made Guo Zhengyang extremely satisfied.

  It's not just him who is satisfied, Zhang Hang at the same table also lies on his desk again, shouting and yelling.

  Isn't that right, after the Spring Festival holiday just started school that time test, Guo Zhengyang language 72, mathematics 49, English 88, liberal arts 153, four subjects add up to a total score of only 362, and here Zhang Hang also knows there is Guo Zhengyang's cheating achievement, but it's only three weeks, such scores have been greatly improved, he can confirm that this time test Guo Zhengyang did not cheat at all, and the results of the four subjects are really stunning.

  Such achievements are still child's play compared to those truly good students in the class, because Yanhe County No. 1 High School is the best high school in the county, and even in the city, it is one of the top two or three. The total score for liberal arts is 750, and truly good students can easily get around 600 points in various exams. Even though Mingchuan City is located in a province with difficult college entrance exams, if you want to apply to famous schools, your scores must be exceptionally high, but every year, among the more than 1,000 graduates of No. 1 High School, there are at least two or three who can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University.

  Guo Zhengyang's score is not even top-notch in the whole school, let alone in our class of 35.

  If Zhang Hang didn't remember wrong, in the first mock exam after school started, the top student in Class 3-5 scored 665 points, which already exceeded the admission scores of Peking University and Tsinghua University last year. Last year, Peking University's admission score for liberal arts was 620 points and science was 669 points in the province, while Fudan University and other similar universities were around 634 points. The top student in the class had already achieved a score that could be chosen by famous schools, compared to those real academic tyrants, Guo Zhengyang's score this time was not worth mentioning.

  But what's even more infuriating is that Guo Zhengyang's score on the mock exam three weeks ago was only 362, ranking tenth from the bottom in the whole class, and there were still many scores that were copied.

  Now I haven't cheated at all, and in just a short three weeks or so, I've improved by 70-80 points.

  "You don't see how I've been studying for the past few weeks, it's normal to have such an improvement. The worse your grades are, as long as you study hard, the easier it is to improve. Truly good students' grades are already stable, and no matter how hard they try, they can't improve anymore." Amidst Zhang Hang's shocked gasp, Guo Zhengyang was beaming with joy, waving his test paper and pointing triumphantly, full of energy and momentum.

  His grades have improved a lot compared to the beginning of the semester, but it's not like they suddenly skyrocketed overnight. It's been a gradual progress, bit by bit. For example, last week his total score was just over 400 points, and the time before that, he also made progress of around 20-30 points at a time, slow and steady.

  It's not just the total score, but each of the four subjects is listed separately. If you don't count the score from the mock exam that was cheated on, they have all been steadily improving, with each increase not being very large, but always making progress. Three weeks later, seeing such results doesn't seem out of place at all. The reason Zhang Hang is so shocked is that the two people used to be evenly matched, and even Zhang Hang's scores were a bit better than his. But this time, Zhang Hang's score was 376 points.

  His score is lower than the mock exam after Chinese New Year, but to be honest, Zhang Hang cheated on that mock exam, so his score doesn't count. These few weeks he didn't cheat and his scores have been hovering around this level. But seeing Guo Zhengyang's obvious improvement, who scored even lower than him in the mock exam, catching up with him, surpassing him, and widening the gap to 50-60 points, it's hard not to be shocked.

  "Alright, you can be proud of yourself, I don't believe I'm stupider than you. No way, I also need to study hard and next time I'll surpass you." Meanwhile, while Guo Zhengyang was beaming with pride, Zhang Hang's face turned green as he muttered curses under his breath, seemingly really disapproving of Guo Zhengyang's arrogant attitude.

  This guy's smug expression is really asking for a beating, and it's also very easy to provoke people.

  Guo Zhengyang chuckled and laughed softly after hearing this, but didn't say anything else. He picked up the test paper again and continued reading it.

  The total score is four hundred and thirty-nine, such a score is indeed very good, a significant improvement in grades, and no regret for his three weeks of hard work and struggle with only one or two hours of sleep.

  But such a score is still not enough. The distance to truly surprise parents is still far away, isn't it? Compared to those real academic geniuses in the class, the gap is still huge. Moreover, improving grades is like this: the worse your foundation, the lower your scores, and the more you really put in effort, the faster you'll improve at first, but such rapid improvement will inevitably have a bottleneck period. The improvement will slow down as it goes on, becoming harder and harder to improve.

  It's already mid-March now, and there are only more than two months left before the college entrance examination, just over ten weeks.

  If he just wants to casually get a second-rate university degree, it will be easily achieved in two or three months, but his goal is far beyond that. To achieve his goal, not to mention relaxing, I'm afraid he still needs to work harder.

  In the past three weeks, he would return to his dormitory for a normal rest every three or four days, but I'm afraid this resting time will also be extended from now on.

  Who made this time really so tight?

  Holding the test paper and watching it carefully, after a while, when the bell rang for class to start, the language teacher walked into the classroom. This language teacher was also the head teacher of Class 3-5, Wang Dongping. After entering the classroom, he was also holding the test paper and evaluating the small test that had just been taken.

  Kuo Cheng-yang also quickly became engrossed in listening to lectures.

  Half of the class time had passed quietly, and Guo Zhengyang had been listening with great interest, very focused and attentive. However, as he listened, a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

  Kuang Zhengyang's eyebrows furrowed suddenly, and then he was shocked, his emotions becoming complicated. The thought had appeared again? This was the third time. It had been seven or eight days since the last time, and for those seven or eight days, he had been thinking about it with anticipation. After all, the thrill and surprise of the last hunt were too great, whether it was the gray gas or the crooked gourd, they made him so excited that he couldn't calm down.

  But the idea suddenly appeared at this time, Wang Dongping was talking about a topic he didn't know, and he was studying it seriously. There were several more topics after this one that he didn't know or did wrong. Now leave? Even if the head teacher was teaching in class before, Guo Zhengyang would think of leaving whenever he wanted to, just making up an excuse would do, Wang Dongping never stopped him either. But this time...

  Is learning important or is intention important?

  Guo Zhengyang suddenly became entangled in an instant.

  Intention is a good thing, the last time guiding him was also an opportunity against heaven.

  But learning is also important to him! Studying hard and getting good grades was Guo Zhengyang's lifelong wish. Although whether he listened in class or not didn't have a big impact on his achieving this wish, Guo Zhengyang found that it could appear at any time - the first time was in the dormitory, the second time was on the road, and this time in the classroom. What if it suddenly appears during the high school entrance exams? What would he do then?

  In his distraction, Guo Zhengyang suddenly lost his train of thought, but after a moment's pause, he suddenly shuddered and a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

  "What's going on? This time, after the thought arose, I didn't follow its guidance and didn't directly rush to the destination it indicated. But it surprisingly didn't appear with a compulsive force? Didn't compel me to go again?"

  Just now, he was only entangled in it, and indeed, he did not immediately follow the guidance of his thoughts to act. In the past, that thing would have forced his consciousness, trying to control his consciousness and force him to go to the destination, but this time, the thought did not, it just existed in his mind all the time, without any compulsiveness at all.

  No compulsion? Is the target of this intention just nearby? In the teaching building? Because it's close, so when it appears, it's not compulsive, but rather slow and insidious?

  Guo Zhengyang was stunned for a moment, and still didn't move. If the target was really in the teaching building, then going out now seemed useless. At this moment, the target in the teaching building was either a teacher or a student. Even if he reached the vicinity of the target and saw the target, what could he do?

  What can he do in a crowded school during the day?

  As soon as he thought of this, Guo Zhengyang put away his thoughts and began to listen to the lecture, but in his heart, he was also on guard against the slow temptation of his thoughts.

  It's almost... the class is about to end, but Guo Zhengyang was completely stunned because more than 20 minutes had passed and the slow and confusing idea still hadn't appeared.

  This made Guo Zhengyang thoroughly stunned, this time the idea appeared unexpectedly without any coercion or temptation to kill him, but simply existed in his mind calmly.