Yang Yin then reached her right hand into the box. The box was transparent, and the balls inside were red, yellow, and blue.
But no one knew whose name was in which ball.
The crowd watched as Teacher Yang's hand entered the box, stirred forcefully, and once again shuffled the order of the balls.
Under everyone's gaze, she finally drew a yellow ball.
"Now, we invite Teacher Yang to open the ball, take out the slip of paper with the name written on it, and loudly announce the contestant's name!" After the host finished speaking, he turned the microphone towards Yang Yin.
The camera also focused on her hands, with the big screen showing it in real-time.
Soon, Yang Yin opened the ball and took out the small slip of paper. She glanced at the name on the paper and then said to the audience, "The contestant I drew is..."
Everyone held their breath, none of them wanting to be the first.
"Tian Tian!" Only after Yang Yin announced the contestant's name did those who weren't chosen breathe a sigh of relief. Tian Tian, whose name was called, couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Congratulations, Tian Tian, on becoming the first contestant to answer. We wish you a great start and a good example for the contestants to follow.
And thank you, Teacher Yang. Please return to your seat and watch the contestant's brilliant performance!"
Yang Yin then returned to her seat, and Tian Tian walked to the front. The audience below began to applaud, cheering for Tian Tian.
"As the first contestant on stage, how are you feeling right now?" the host asked in an interview.
Tian Tian smiled slightly, "I'm a bit nervous, but I will definitely perform well and live up to expectations!"
"Actually, being the first one up has its advantages. Once you're done, the pressure will shift to the other contestants," the host comforted her.
"Yes, that's what I think too," Tian Tian said, masking her awkwardness with a smile.
The question today was indeed not simple. Remembering thousands of points in three minutes was already very difficult, let alone finding a shape among these points.
To find a shape, one not only had to remember the numbers of hundreds of points but also connect these points to form lines, and then find the shape through these lines.
The difficulty of this could be imagined, and she was not confident that she could answer correctly.
"Tian Tian, are you ready?"
"Ready!" Tian Tian took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
"Please look at the big screen!"
As the host finished speaking, the countdown began on the big screen.
The audience below also watched the big screen.
Based solely on the host's introduction, they couldn't imagine how difficult it was.
When the screen displayed dense clusters of dots, they all felt a tingling sensation. It was like looking at stars in the sky, with no discernible pattern, and they seemed endless.
Although each dot had a different number, from 1 to 689, the order was completely scrambled.
With so many points, who could possibly remember where each one was?
And just remembering them wasn't enough; one also had to use these points to state which points formed the shape.
If they were asked to look at this image for a whole day, they wouldn't be able to remember the location of the points, let alone the shape!
In their eyes, this was an impossible task.
While the children participating in this program all had superior brains, this question was beyond the scope of even the most brilliant minds.
Unless there was a scanner living in their minds, like in a science fiction movie, where they could scan the image and automatically form a complete picture, and then find the corresponding shape within it, it would be impossible to answer correctly.
Many people felt their eyes blur after just half a minute of watching. They might manage to remember the number and location of some points, but a moment of rubbing their eyes and it would all be forgotten.
The venue was silent, and no one dared to make a sound, fearing they would disturb the contestant's thoughts.
Upon seeing the image, Tian Tian immediately immersed herself in her own world.
Her brain raced, trying her best to memorize all the points.
The contestants on stage were also trying hard to memorize these points, hoping they could answer correctly when the host asked their questions later.
Otherwise, if they couldn't answer this question correctly, they might not be able to answer the subsequent ones either.
Although Liu Yifeng's memory had improved significantly, he didn't have the ability to remember so many points simultaneously. He simply gave up.
Instead, he focused his attention on Tong Tong. Tong Tong's eyes were also fixed on the big screen, his expression extremely focused.
He wondered how much more difficult the question would be when Tong Tong went on stage, as he already found this one sufficiently challenging.
Seeing Tong Tong looking so intently, Xia Qianqian didn't disturb him. She herself was already seeing double and could only remember the numbers of the labels.
But she couldn't remember their positions at all, let alone find the corresponding shapes from these points.
Soon, three minutes passed, and the image on the big screen was closed, replaced by a blank white screen.
The host immediately posed the question: "Listen carefully, contestants, please find an equilateral hexagon with a line segment length of three centimeters in the diagram. The timer starts now!"
After the host finished speaking, he began the timer.
Upon hearing the host's question, the audience below erupted.
Finding an equilateral hexagon among nearly seven hundred points was already very difficult, and now they had added the condition of "three centimeters."
Who knew how long three centimeters was without a ruler?
A difference of a few millimeters would mean the answer was incorrect.
It was incredibly difficult. They hadn't even managed to remember the positions of the point labels.
Even if the contestants had better memories, this was no longer a question that could be answered solely by memory.
It required automatically generating the diagram, connecting the lines, and accurately calculating the length of three centimeters.
Thinking about it, this question was just too bizarre.
"Do you think Tian Tian can accurately identify the equilateral hexagon?" one audience member whispered to the person next to them.
"How is that possible? This question is not humanly doable.
With so many points, can three minutes be enough to memorize them all?
Even for us, let alone memorizing, we can't even finish looking at them! If all the questions were like this, I don't think anyone could answer correctly."
"I also think it's doubtful. I only remember the approximate positions of a few points, and there are over six hundred points!"
While the people below were discussing, Tian Tian had already closed her eyes, recalling the points she had seen.
Then, her brain worked at high speed, analyzing the distance between each point.
However, the difficulty of this question lay in remembering so many points in such a short time.
She hadn't completely memorized all the points and could only use the points she had remembered to draw lines and find corresponding shapes.
But these lines could form tens of thousands of shapes of various sizes.
Even if she were a machine, it would be impossible for her to connect all the points and form all possible patterns in eight minutes.
Even if she did, the resulting image would look like scribbles.
Furthermore, even if all the points were connected to form tens of thousands of shapes, it would still take at least several minutes, perhaps even more than several minutes, to find an equilateral hexagon with a length of three centimeters among them.
So, this question was truly extraordinarily difficult, several levels harder than yesterday's.
Time ticked by, but Tian Tian hadn't provided an answer.
Seeing this, everyone speculated that she definitely couldn't answer it.
The host didn't rush her but waited quietly for her answer.
Soon, a large portion of the time had passed. If Tian Tian couldn't answer and didn't use her right to the special guest, she would fail this question.
Tian Tian's mother watched her daughter, who remained motionless, with extreme anxiety, constantly praying that she would answer correctly.
"Tong Tong, do you know the answer?" Xia Qianqian asked curiously when she saw that Tong Tong was no longer as focused as before and was smiling at his father.
Tong Tong shook his head, "I don't know!"
Xia Qianqian's eyes widened. This was the first time she had ever heard Tong Tong explicitly say he didn't know the answer.
She didn't know if Tong Tong genuinely didn't know or was pretending not to.
Tong Tong didn't explain much; he truly didn't know.
This was because he hadn't actually looked at the diagram seriously. Although he had appeared to be studying the diagram intently just now, he had actually been daydreaming.
In his opinion, this question was far too simplistic and didn't warrant him expending his energy on it.
Soon, only one minute was left. Tian Tian finally opened her eyes!