Chapter 152: Forces Act in Pairs

Exerting explosive force consumes a tremendous amount of physical energy, which led her to believe at first that Ye Chao was simply waiting—waiting for their stamina and physical strength to be completely exhausted. However... this exhaustion had already lasted for several minutes.

At least, after they had been putting on an act for several minutes, Ye Chao was still delivering that same kick, touching them briefly before retreating without the slightest bit of reluctance. Did he think he was riding a motorcycle or something?!

The two sisters wanted to flip the table in frustration, while Ye Chao also froze in place.

You're giving up just like that? You're not going to fight anymore?

This... the time wasn't enough, and his level hadn't been raised high enough yet!

He suddenly understood the sheer exasperation Gungun felt when playing video games and having her internet cord pulled by him.

Stop fighting? What a trivial matter! All he had to do was say that he would gift each of them a helmet afterward, and they would undoubtedly be thrilled to keep sparring until the very end. He could have gone all the way to the finals, or so he thought.

However, Alpha Ji managed to hold back and said nothing.

Oh, Ye Chao, Ye Chao, that is not how young lovers fight!

If you keep going like this, you will never get to fight anyone for the rest of your life!

Although Ye Chao's emotional intelligence was utterly failing and he certainly lacked Alpha Ji's social sophistication... after pausing for a moment, he came up with a method of his own.

"Liu Xiaoyi, Liu Xiaoya, the physical tempering of your bodies is truly outstanding, and there is nothing I can guide you on in that regard. But you two... your physics scores are severely failing, aren't they? When it comes to the resolution and composition of forces, you didn't pay attention in class at all, did you?"

"Remote control isn't just about attraction and repulsion. Combining horizontal and vertical forces to generate an oblique thrust—haven't you even learned something as basic as that?"

"We... of course we learned it!" Liu Xiaoyi stammered, as she struggled quite a bit with academics.

"Teacher Ye, are you expecting us to solve those parabolic equations in the middle of a battle?" Liu Xia雅 asked with greater confidence, immediately shooting back a question.

"Parabolic equations? When necessary, you have to solve matrix equations too! Besides, how could it just be a parabolic equation? The forces acting between you two form a typical three-dimensional motion curve equation..."

Liu Xiaoyi was utterly dazed, her IQ in desperate need of a recharge.

Little birds seemed to be circling above Liu Xiaoya's head as well, as if she had just been smashed in the face with a frying pan.

The audience in Jiangcheng who were still watching this side were equally and utterly bewildered.

What does utterly bewildered mean? Ninety-nine point nine-nine percent bewildered.

"What are you spacing out for! If you could master problem-solving methods proficiently, you should have figured out the curved trajectory of remote-controlled movements long ago. Then you could have intercepted me much faster and more efficiently!" Ye Chao tried his utmost to maintain his dignity as a teacher.

"Since you still can't touch me after all this time, it just shows that your foundations are not solid!"

"I have two solutions: either I lecture you on three-dimensional motion curve equations—oh, using the methods of differential geometry; or you just run more, practice more, accumulate experience, and make up for it with muscle memory."

So, this guy's hit-and-run tactics from start to finish were actually meant to train them?

And the reason he activated the dual-flying mode was because it wouldn't be effective unless they were pushed to their limits?

After a few seconds of silence, Liu Xiaoya timidly raised her hand: "Teacher Ye, what is differential geometry?"

"...Differential geometry is a branch of mathematics that uses calculus to study the geometric properties of space."

"Then... what is calculus?"

"Calculus..." That was undergraduate-level material from before the catastrophe, while the two in front of him hadn't even passed their middle school physics exams...

"If you don't understand anything, then you just have to run more and practice more, relying on muscle memory! What are you still standing there staring at? Start running right now!" Amidst his roar, the two trembling girls started moving again, and the game of chase resumed!

Teacher Guan, thank you! Your stern rebukes from the past were truly useful after all!

Left with no choice, the spectators could only continue watching their performance with a sense of dull boredom.

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A little past two in the afternoon.

The first stage of the comprehensive combat tournament, which had lasted for six hours, finally came to an end.

Before it ended, it naturally devolved into a chaotic free-for-all.

Some hid, some searched, some evaded, and some pursued; those with strong abilities played the waiting game to ambush and plunder, while the weak banded together in an attempt to preserve their lives. With so many people harboring different agendas, there were internal conflicts, as well as double agents planted within groups who had already negotiated the spoils-of-war division ratios with certain experts right from the start;

Some took detours to submit their work at other examination zones, while others teamed up with classmates and friends from different zones, piling up their strength to roll over everything in a sweeping conquest...

There were strategic alliances and rivalries between schools, and there was also the very realistic phenomenon of being able to share hardships together but not wealth...

Comprehensive combat was just that comprehensive!

It felt much like certain variety shows from before the catastrophe that claimed to be unscripted. Although it wasn't real, the backstabbing, scheming, and plotting made it thoroughly engaging and entertaining to watch.

It bore a strong resemblance to field training, with the only difference being that field training placed its primary focus on teamwork capabilities, whereas this primarily tested individual survival skills when confronted with an unfamiliar environment, unfamiliar monsters, unfamiliar classmates, and an unfamiliar society.

It required far more than just physical strength or raw power; luck, calculation, personal character, and the ability to improvise were all included in the evaluation.

Therefore, when the bell signaling the end of the first stage rang, the examinees instantly collapsed flat onto the ground, leaving only a handful who could still manage to stand.

With physical strength nearly depleted, minds somewhat disordered, and spirits utterly exhausted... it felt as if they had been relentlessly ravaged through an entire night, drained to the point of collapse!

Moreover, the weaker their strength, the more pronounced this effect was, and that included Ye Chao.

Ye Chao?

Yes.

His flying-wheel fighting style might have seemed effortless—without even needing to move himself, just striking a pose and letting himself be carried along—but let's not forget: forces are mutual!

He flew back and forth using the force of the flying wheels, which essentially was no different from being beaten back and forth by someone else's fists and kicks. At most, he had prior psychological preparation, physiological preparation, and buffering equipment.

However, no matter how advanced a shock absorption system is, it's impossible to pass over speed bumps without feeling a thing... Not to mention that the intensity of the instructional battle and the abruptness of the movements far exceeded a domestic car driving over speed bumps.

It was basically equivalent to... half-foot-high speed bumps placed every few meters, and you driving a cheap fifty or sixty thousand yuan car on an endless road like that with the accelerator pressed all the way to the floor!

No two-hundred-pound fat person mounting you could be this jarring, no two-hundred-pound Thai massage could be this thrilling, and no two-hundred-pound lamian chef could throw dough to make it this thoroughly kneaded...

His experience value was finally almost enough; for the next round, he would save effort wherever he could, drag it out whenever possible, and just barely scrape by...

Dragging his dizzy, aching body and lying flat in a spread-eagled posture just like everyone else, Ye Chao silently calculated in his heart.

After the examinees took a short break to recover their strength, the spectators—who had enjoyed watching consecutive rounds of great battles to their heart's content—finally remembered that it was time to eat!

There was no takeout to be had, and the cafeteria didn't exist either; with the college entrance examination underway, everyone had brought their own dry rations. Gulping down their food voraciously while engaging in heated discussions, it was hard to tell whether they were taking in more calories or burning more...

Amidst the noise and clamor, the scores for the first stage were tallied and announced at top speed. After all, there were sixty examination zones, with only around twenty people in each.

In the end, Ye Chao and Xu Tiange—this male and female pair—both miraculously scored a full eight hundred points, leading people to suspect they had planned it in advance, quietly spreading a wave of romantic dog food.