Chapter 456: Worry in the Eyes
15km is very short. He can finish the run in five minutes at full speed. But counting the lights is too tedious, so it takes a lot longer. If you are too impatient, you may get lost in the eight thousand lights. If you are not careful, you may get an answer that is far from the correct answer.

That’s right, the answer he filled in was 8000.

The number of lights he counted was much fewer than this; 8000 was his rough estimate.

There couldn't be only one person sweeping the lamps. When he walked past paths without lamps, he would wonder whether there were no lamps or the lamps were cleared. When he knew how many lamps there were between two stone pillars on average, a number was filled in the empty spaces.

He was not sure about this number, and he did not dare to fill in this number on any empty space. If he really calculated according to the average, the number of lights would exceed 10,000. But his intuition told him that there must not be so many lights.

This is a test question, and since it is a test question, there must be a standard answer. If the number of lights exceeds 11040, then the answer is likely to be , with each candidate corresponding to one light, which is also quite interesting.

11040 is a number that most people can think of, and some people do fill it in, because that's the number they get based on the average. It may be a little off or a little more, but people's romanticism erases that little bit.

If you fill in 11040, although the score is not good, it is considered passing.

After Zhishang left the examination room, the staff took him to the banquet, but the banquet was delayed in starting because there were still many candidates struggling to explore, and it was not time for dinner.

The huge hall was filled with chairs, but most of the seats were empty.

Each round table covered with a white tablecloth can accommodate 20 people for dining. At a glance, there are at least thirty or forty such tables, but there are only two or three hundred people sitting here.

During the dinner, someone asked about the number of lights.

Some said 8200, some said 8300, and as time went by, the number soared to 9000.

One person caught his attention.

The numbers said by others all sounded very nice, all were multiples of ten, but only this person was accurate to the single digit.

8315.

When others asked him why, he was evasive and didn't tell the truth.

Zhishang believes that there can be no correct answer in this test.

8315 is just a number that has been guessed again and again. Different people have different guessing methods. Anyway, the test is calculated based on absolute ranges. For example, people with a 1% error will be awarded first prize, and people with a 2% error will be awarded second prize. It is accurate to the single digit. It seems to be ingenious and outstanding, but in fact, it has almost no impact on the error.

But he checked the number anyway, and what he found was incredible.

The number of people who died in the line of duty at the Institute of History last year was 8315, so 8315 is likely to be the correct answer.

He believes that guessing correctly is also a skill. After all, who would have thought of people who died in the line of duty? Being able to think of this puts him ahead of many people.

As time went by, the number of empty seats gradually decreased, and the first floor of the hall was finally filled with people. Although it was a round table and there seemed to be no priority, people's seats were arranged in chronological order, which was very questionable.

Everyone filled in the answers when leaving the examination room, and then a special car took them here. The seats were probably arranged at that time.

Everyone is here, and the feast begins.

At the same time, they received an email.

The scoring criteria were written in the email.

If the standard answer is 10000 and the candidate's answer is 9000 or 11000, then the error is 10%. In addition, the damage error must be added. If the candidate destroyed 500 lamps, the damage error is 5%. The smaller the sum of the damage and the error, the higher the ranking.

Zhishang believes that this scoring standard is fair, and those who destroy the lights should indeed lose some ranking points.

After they finished their meal, someone walked up to the stage. "Dear colleagues, you must be curious about how many lights there are in Lethe. There are 8316 lights in total. Last year, 8315 people died in the line of duty at the institute. The extra light is for the dean himself. Perhaps one of you will take over the dean's position soon."

8316? It seems that person guessed very accurately, with an error of only 0.01%. His ranking should be very high, right?
When the young colleague heard the good news, he was so happy that he couldn't help dancing with joy.

The person on the stage added: "In order to ensure fairness in the assessment, colleagues who fill in 8315 will be considered to have a 5% error."

The maximum error is 3.8%. In comparison, 5% is a bit harsh. With such a large error, the ranking will definitely not be too high. It is said that being too clever is the opposite of being smart and shooting oneself in the foot.

The young colleague was shocked when he heard this, and his face suddenly became solemn. Others who saw this also didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he was to be comforted, he was opportunistic and probably didn't have a conscience, so he didn't deserve to be comforted. If he wasn't to be comforted, he would have felt the gap and would have been very sad.

Everyone chose the former without any prior agreement.

You dare to do your homework in advance, you deserve to be defeated. Everyone is concentrating on counting the lights, and you guessed a false number, what right do you have to be sad? Not kicking you out of the institute is already polite!

Zhishang didn't care about this. After all, the value of 8315 is public and anyone can check it. If someone can guess here, he has some real skills. If a person only counted 1000 lights, he would not dare to guess 8315.

In the afternoon, the rankings were announced.

His margin of error was 3.8%, ranking 5500th out of 106 candidates, a little higher than he expected.

Blue and red balls of light fell from the sky.

In the darkness, a middle-aged man in white stood in front of a huge aquarium and talked freely: "16 years ago, as the first supernatural creature came into people's sight, it ran rampant in human society. We called it the creature of disaster. There are endless creatures of disaster, and now, we have finally found the source of these supernatural creatures."

There were three claps behind him, and a cold male voice rang out, "Dean Chen's move was truly remarkable. The biological energy reaction of this egg far exceeds those of ordinary supernatural creatures. However, this may not be the source."

"If it is really the source, will you invite us?"

"For such a big project, do you want to drag us down with you?"

"Minister Bai Li is right. You caught the origin creature, what does it have to do with me? I don't want to be your accomplice."

"You overestimate Chen Qiuliang's courage. He doesn't dare to be the main culprit. I asked him to invite you here. I will take the responsibility if anything goes wrong. Let's study together, and if there is any result, we will share it equally."

"Since that's what Governor Yang wants, I have no objection."

"I have no objection either."

……

The six people stood in front of the aquarium, staring at the giant egg in the aquarium in amazement. The egg was about one meter in diameter, emitting a fiery and dazzling red light, and its huge life energy even made the water surface slightly boil.

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded in the room.

Such an alarm sounded, meaning that a supernatural creature had appeared in the base, which should have been an extremely dangerous thing, but these six people showed no fear and did not take it seriously.

The reason is simple. This cage, built 50 meters underground, had only one purpose from the beginning: to imprison the origin creatures. The 3-meter-thick concrete layer and the 1200-ton door are almost unbreakable.

They left the cage only after the crisis was resolved.

This small enemy attack was not enough to alarm the six big men, but it was not so easy for the other people in the base.

"Director, for such a large-scale invasion, do we need to..."

(End of this chapter)