Rebel Demon King

Chapter 6 The Red Queen Hypothesis

(Silence is a philosophy of life, and it is an art when used well. - Cheng Mo)
The sunshine in May brings a new visual experience to the world, everything starts to be bright, especially in the afternoon, the whole campus seems to be transparent.

The camphor next to the playground is glowing with fresh green after the rain, the white clouds are pregnant with a subtle dampness, the sky is blue and the summer is approaching, and the blooming plants have begun to joint.
We used to think that campus life was boring and boring learning, but in fact it gave you the unknown diving at this time.

For our second-year high school male protagonist, who has a strong sense of anxiety at this time, he still cannot feel the sweetness of campus life. For him, the school is the testing ground for the "Red Queen Hypothesis" (Note 1). Here It is not "natural selection", but "human competition" - everyone is choosing the path of life and fighting for better resources in the competition. For everyone, not advancing is going backwards, and stagnation is equal to perish.

The slender, silent figure walked out of the school auditorium with the crowd, with zero marks in all nine subjects, and the undisputed bottom of the whole grade, setting a record low for Changya Middle School, which is undoubtedly accomplished. A feat no one can surpass.

The bustling crowd huddled in front of the bulletin boards on the left and right sides of the auditorium to check their rankings in this mid-term exam. The scene was comparable to the scene of the ancient imperial examinations. If you do well in the test, you may say that it is average. Some people pretend that they don't care if they do not pass the test well.
Cheng Mo didn't stop to look back at the list, anyway, he already knew the result.

It's funny to say that, he has never attracted so much attention with perfect scores in his exams, but this time he handed in a blank paper, which caused a sensation in the whole school. All around him pointed at him.

"Is that the bean sprout with glasses who gave the blank paper?"

"What's his name?"

"It seems to be called Cheng Mo!"

"Silence? What a strange name! He looks like a nerd who can only read!"

"He turned out to be able to get full marks in any subject, even Chinese."

"So hanging? But if you fall from class (1) to class (9), you don't know if you can climb back."

"If it's a genius who can get full marks every time, it shouldn't be difficult!"

"I don't think so, the environment of (9) class. Tsk tsk!"

"Too."

The rumors around him can't affect Cheng Mo's mood. If this bit of slander can make him feel uncomfortable, painful, and overwhelmed, his deformed little heart may have exploded due to overload. Cheng Mo, who has heart disease, is the biggest enemy.

It's just that these unscrupulous comments made Cheng Mo feel that these classmates are like flies. It does not harm you, but it is extremely annoying. However, Cheng Mo had expected this kind of situation. Zhong looked calmly and walked to his classroom, as if these people were not talking about him.

Not many people went to the teaching building. Most people watched their grades in front of the bulletin board. Cheng Mo walked slowly to the teaching building. The high school and the junior high school were separated by a playground. Glittering in the sun, flags fluttered in the cold wind in front of the building.

The class classroom of class (1) in senior one is the first on the right, and the position closest to the cafeteria, which means that students in class (1) can take advantage of lunch faster than students in class (nine) on the far left Location, according to Cheng Mo’s experience, students in class (9) arrive at the battlefield at least 1 minutes later than class (5), and 5 minutes means that you can only see a lot of delicious food, but eat not coming.
This makes Cheng Mo feel a little regretful. He will say goodbye to his favorite roast beef, because this time he is the last in the whole grade. From tomorrow, he will change to the last ranked high school (9) class to go to class.

Here I have to introduce Changya Middle School. Changya Middle School is the best middle school in Xiang Province. It is not one of the best middle schools. It also ranks in the top five in the ranking of Huaxia Middle School.

As the only middle school not in a super city, the reason why Changya Middle School is among the top five in the country is not only because of the excellent students in Hunan Province, but also because Changya's internal competition mechanism is cruel enough to allow them to pass all exams. There is no disadvantage.

Students entering Changya Middle School have the consciousness of studying for exams.

This is not only a school, but also a stadium, and test scores are the only indicator of whether students are outstanding or not.

Changya Middle School takes exam-oriented education to the extreme.

In addition to the "scholarship incentive system" introduced earlier, there are nine classes in all grades, from class one to class nine in order, the first class is the top 61 in the whole year, and the second class is the 120st to 9th in the whole year , and so on, until class ([-]). (Scholarships will be collectively referred to as learning points in the future to avoid confusion)

Class [-] of all grades have privileges, the highest quality educational resources, the most spacious and bright classrooms, priority when using school materials, and a dedicated class [-] booth area in the library and canteen.
Brainwashed passionate education, high-pressure management and control, and anti-humanity success studies have allowed students to sharpen their heads and study hard to reach the top of Changya Middle School for their superior status.

And every time the big test, it will decide which class you stay in. Some people are promoted, some people are demoted. Cheng Mo handed in a blank paper this time and got the last place in the test. Naturally, he will be demoted to the lowest grade (9) class.

So Cheng Mo will be demoted to class (9) called trash class tomorrow
Cheng Mo walked back to the classroom slowly. There was no one in the classroom at the moment. Most of them were watching their own and their opponent's grades on the bulletin board. In this school, everyone was in a competitive position. The words "friend" and "friendship" are Rare, because no one knows whether the two will still be in the same class after the next exam, especially class (1).

Cheng Mo went straight to the second-to-last seat by the window. That was the seat he had spent learning points in exchange for. The reason why he changed this seat was not because there were beauties next to him, but because he could see the sky outside and feel the sunlight by leaning against the window. This can make him feel calmer.

In addition, the penultimate position is also a seat that the teacher is not easy to pay attention to. He can do something he likes to do, read some books he likes to read, and sleep is not easy to be found.

And this position is because there are no beautiful classmates nearby, and no one competes with him, so the exchange of learning points is relatively low. According to legend, the position near Xie Minyun, a sophomore in high school, is the highest exchange value in the whole school. Just after the last big exam, Xie Minyun Tong The seat position has been fired to [-] points, the back is as high as [-], and the front is [-]. This time the mid-term exam is updated again for classes and seats, which must be another bloody price war.
Maybe most people can't see why the school will set up "scholarship e-coupons" instead of sending money directly, but Cheng Mo sees it very clearly. .

The annual expenditure on scholarships is a lot of money for the school. Although Changya has money, there are many places where the money is used, such as campus maintenance, salaries of teachers and staff, and the cost of organizing various activities. Changya is still burdened with debts due to school construction. Where does such a large amount of scholarships come from?

So there are "scholarship e-coupons", and there are many things that are worthless but attractive to students, such as the right to choose seats, such as the right not to wear school uniforms, such as the limited products of e-vouchers in the cafeteria, etc.
It is naturally inappropriate for students to buy these things directly with money, but using "scholarship e-coupons" can serve multiple purposes. It can not only avoid criticism, but also stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning. More importantly, the school actually pays a penny. did not spend
The school's full of "scholarship e-coupons", Cheng Mo, who has read a lot of economics books, of course understands that it is natural to think that spending money on learning to buy some worthless things is simply brain-damaged behavior. You must know that the final exam is the first in the whole grade , the reward points are only 3000, and spending money just to sit next to a girl is such a waste.

Cheng Mo was originally an invisible local tyrant in the school. Before this exam, he had accumulated almost 1 credits, but what makes people a little sad now is that after taking so many No.[-] exams and accumulating so many credits, he was actually rejected The school was completely frozen, and now Cheng Mo sat in his seat and thought: If I had known earlier, I might as well exchange something in advance.

The classrooms of Class 1 ([-]) are not only relatively spacious, but the desks are also new single-person multi-functional seats and seats suitable for ergonomics. The decoration is also low-key and gorgeous in a simple style, and the warm atmosphere lights can make people concentrate For study, in addition to the beautiful and beautiful decorative trees in the four corners of the classroom, there is also a small compartment at the back, which provides a variety of free drinks, and is equipped with a sink and a microwave.
It is the ultimate luxury.

It's just that all this is about to say goodbye to Cheng Mo. Cheng Mo glanced at the class schedule written on the right side of the blackboard. The next class is the class of Tang Shuisheng, the head teacher of math teacher nicknamed Tang Seng. This is a bad lesson for Cheng Mo. Tang Shuisheng had always regarded him as a proud disciple and loved him very much. After learning that he had handed in all the blank papers, he specially called him to have a heart-to-heart talk and asked why.

But Cheng Mo didn't say anything, just let Tang Shuisheng speak his mind without saying a word. Cheng Mo's silence also made Tang Shuisheng quite unhappy. After all, Cheng Mo lowered the average score of class (1) too much this time. , the people from class (2) were chasing after him, and now the person who scored 0 points in nine subjects almost made the teaching director of his age lose face.

I don't know who was stabbed by the principal later. The principal asked him to find out the state of Cheng Mo, the champion seedling. As a result, Cheng Mo ignored it at all. After looking for it three times, it was all like me. The expression made Tang Shui angry and heartbroken.

But Cheng Mo's trouble is not just Tang Shuisheng. At this moment, with the return of the classmates and the arrogant Shen Mengjie walking into the classroom surrounded by everyone, Cheng Mo once again fell into the center of public opinion.

It was not his competitor Shen Mengjie who first attacked Chengmo, but Tian Bin, a sports committee member who made a big bet on Chengmo in this exam.

The cause of the incident was that Tian Bin, the sports committee member, placed a heavy bet in this exam and bet that Mo was No. 1. Changya would "learn to gamble" every major exam. The school has always They all turned a blind eye, and the bet was on grades anyway, which also stimulated the students' enthusiasm for learning.

Cheng Mo handed in the blank paper and made Tian Bin lose everything. Of course, this made him very uncomfortable. If it was said that Cheng Mo really failed the exam and lost to Shen Mengjie, then he had nothing to say, but the result of handing in the blank paper It was completely unacceptable to Tian Bin.

Tian Bin thought that Cheng Mo was definitely intentional.

So after Tian Bin walked into the classroom, he went straight to Cheng Mo's seat and asked very unhappily, "Hey! Cheng Mo, what do you mean by handing in a blank paper? Was it intentional?"

Cheng Mo raised his eyes and glanced at Tian Bin, who was tall and strong with a round inch, turned a deaf ear, and continued to look at the clear sky outside the window.

Tian Bin's appearance is rough, but his mind is quick. He can enter class (1), and his natural learning ability is also very strong. It is said that he has a background in his family and is popular in the class. Compared with the marginal characters, it is actually much more powerful.

Cheng Mo's disregarded contempt was somewhat unexpected, which made Tian Bin feel that Cheng Mo was fighting against him, because everyone in the class knew that he borrowed his learning points to be a banker in gambling.

At this moment, Tian Bin even thought that Cheng Mo had made a bet by himself, so he deliberately failed the test. Anyway, he could retake the test for class (1) at any time.

Such thoughts and Cheng Mo's ignorance made Tian Bin a little annoyed, he slapped the table hard, and sneered: "Cheng Mo, don't be arrogant, I warn you, if you If you can't tell me a reason, and you tell me to find out that you have made a bet yourself, and you deliberately trick me, then I'm sorry, you must pay me for all the learning points I lost!"

After a short pause, Tian Bin added: "Don't play tricks with me? I'll tell you that you won't be able to get along in Changya."

No one knew about Cheng Mo's heart disease, because in order to enter the school, Cheng Yongze gave Cheng Mo a fake medical examination form and a hospital certificate. The above said that Cheng Mo only had severe anemia and was not suitable for sports. It's just a class, there is no mention of heart disease at all.

At this moment, the quarrel here has attracted the attention of the classmates. The scene of Tian Bin questioning Cheng Mo was watched by the whole class.

Cheng Mo didn't say a word in the face of Tian Bin's questioning, just remained silent.

I can't beat it, why can't I say the reason for the zero score in the test, Cheng Mo is also very helpless?
Cheng Mo could have moved his father out and said that his father had just gone to see Max and his old man, and he was so heavy that he had no intention of taking the exam at all, but Cheng Mo was worried about what if the school asked him to retake the exam?
Then TM's appearance will be even bigger, it is better to keep silent
Tian Bin saw that Cheng Mo's clothes were about to die, but he was helpless even if he didn't speak. Everyone in the class knew that Cheng Mo, who didn't take physical education class, had some physical problems. He seemed to be anemic, but he looked like a picture all day. Sick look, certainly can not stand the toss.

He couldn't make things too much in front of the public, he could only figure out a way to get this kid in private, but if he let Cheng Mo off so easily, then Tian Bin would be too shameless.

So Tian Bin thought about it, thinking that what Shen Mengjie hates most is the talented students who get perfect scores every time, so he laughed loudly: "Yo! Cheng Mo, you don't like Shen Mengjie, so you deliberately lost to her, right? Tsk tsk. It's really a passionate seed, I was afraid that I wouldn't know about my feat, so I deliberately took the test for nine duck eggs!"

Shen Mengjie, who was sitting in the front row, was watching a good show with a smile, but she didn't expect Tian Bin to bring the matter to her. she?What's more, she couldn't accept that Cheng Mo lost intentionally because he liked her. Suddenly Shen Mengjie thought that maybe Cheng Mo was because the school upgraded the invigilator equipment. This time, Cheng Mo couldn't cheat, and he couldn't get full marks. Scored a zero.

The proud Shen Mengjie immediately figured out the reason why Cheng Mo scored zero in the test, she stood up from the desk in a hurry, turned her head blushing at Tian Bin and sneered at Tian Bin: "Tian Bin, you are blind yourself. , bet on a cheating liar, who can you blame? Somehow, you will press him next time to see if he can get back to class (1)!"

Shen Mengjie, a junior high school student who studied in Changya, was different from the students who were admitted to other schools. They always had an inexplicable sense of superiority, just like the city people looked at the exclusion of the country people. Therefore, in the first year of Chengmo's school In the mid-term exam, she scored full marks in nine subjects. After winning Shen Mengjie by more than [-] points, Shen Mengjie always regarded Cheng Mo, an inconspicuous young boy who won the weak, as a thorn in her side.

However, in the final exam and countless quizzes, Cheng Mo got full marks, which made Shen Mengjie, who had always been self-confident, start to wonder what kind of cheating tricks Cheng Mo used for self-comfort. This is how she is born with a sense of superiority. , when others are stronger than her, she never feels that she is not strong enough, but doubts what despicable methods the other party uses
Shen Mengjie said that Chengmo cheated in front of Cheng Mo, which caused an uproar in the class, but no one took it seriously. After all, cheating in exams is difficult to get full marks, especially in Chinese and composition. Cheng Mo's composition can be regarded as a model essay.

But this play is really exciting. The story of the top two in the class falling in love and killing each other should not be too topical. It's not too big of a deal to watch the excitement. The high school students are so energetic that they are dying, so everyone starts to boo. Especially boys, forcibly give Cheng Mo and Shen Mengjie CP.

This made Shen Mengjie even more embarrassed and angry, but she couldn't resist so many people by herself, standing in the seat with red ears, staring at Cheng Mo gnashing her teeth.

Cheng Mo is also innocent. I didn't say a word, and actually made up so many unwarranted plots in my brain. I am more wronged than Yue Fei, but Cheng Mo knows that the whole class is caught in a gossip carnival. It can only be the evidence that he has a crush on Shen Mengjie.

So Cheng Mo closed his eyes helplessly.

Before Tian Bin met, Cheng Mo closed his eyes, like a tacit acquiescence that could not be resisted, while Shen Mengjie was a little angry, and instantly felt that his guess had some truth, so Tian Bin turned his head and looked at the people around him who were booing. The boys laughed "haha": "I didn't expect us to be the first in the grade! The last one, Cheng Mo, is still a real lover. Your love is deep enough and great enough! Shen Mengjie even DISS you cheated, and you don't either. refute?"

Cheng Mo is like an old monk who has entered into meditation and sits on his seat, as if nothing happened around him.

Shen Mengjie was already dizzy by a group of boys who were making fun of her. She couldn't let others think that Cheng Mo deliberately lost to her because he liked her, so she said angrily: "If he didn't cheat, why did the school win him? Did you deduct your learning points?"

As other people who eat melons, no one cares whether Cheng Mo is cheating or not. Instead, they are more curious about whether Cheng Mo really got zero marks because of Shen Mengjie. I like Shen Mengjie, so I deliberately handed in a blank
Otherwise, I can't explain it at all?

At this time, Tang Shuisheng, nicknamed Tang Seng, the head teacher, walked in with a thermos cup. Seeing the commotion in the class, he couldn't help frowning and said, "What's the noise? Tian Bin, what are you doing standing in the corridor? Go to the seat?" But Seng Tang did not criticize Shen Mengjie who was standing.

Tian Bin scratched his head and pretended to say "oh" honestly, then bent down and whispered in Cheng Mo's ear: "I will still find your Cheng Mo, don't think this is the end!"

When Tian Bin returned to his seat, the noise in the class gradually subsided. Tang Shuisheng, a monk with gray hair and toad glasses, walked up to the podium and put the thermos cup aside. Cheng Mo by the window, and then said: "First of all, let's congratulate Shen Mengjie for winning No.1 this time. Secondly, students who will be demoted tomorrow should not be discouraged. They will be able to pass the exam next time if they work hard. Today we will explain the mid-term exam. The math test paper for the exam. Please take your own papers down first.”

Cheng Mo looked at his blank paper, and felt a great headache. In fact, Cheng Mo didn't deliberately hand in the blank paper. It wasn't that he couldn't do any of the questions on the test paper, but most of the questions were easy for him. , now it's become more difficult
Let him take the test at the moment, zero points will definitely not be enough, forty or fifty points blind people have a chance, but that is not the style of Cheng Mo, he never only writes accurate answers, and even if he gets forty or fifty points, it will be of no use. He must still be the last, it is better to give a blank.

Cheng Mo had no intention of listening to Tang Seng's explanation of the topics. He could understand these topics, but he could not effectively correspond to the formulas in his memory.

He knew that it was a disease of cognitive impairment, but Cheng Mo also knew that his cognitive impairment was related to the relics left to him by his father. This was because Cheng Mo did not dare to say that he was sick and had to test The reason for the zero score.

Cheng Mo quietly rolled up the cuff of the school uniform in his left hand, and there was a white watch tied on it. The reason why it was called a bundle was because the watch was tied very tightly on Cheng Mo's fair and thin wrist, like it was sticking to the skin. In general, half a minute can't move.

The material of this watch can’t be seen at all. The general watch has a brand logo on the dial. However, this watch only has three silver hands floating and rotating on the dial that is as white as an electronic screen. There is no time scale yet.

This strange watch that looks both electronic and mechanical is the relic left to him by Cheng Mo's father Cheng Yongze. Since Cheng Mo attended his father's funeral and wore this watch, he fell into cognitive impairment. Lost the ability to associate.

Cheng Mo couldn't figure out what this watch was for, but after researching it for a long time, he found that his cognitive impairment was definitely inseparable from this watch, because as long as he pressed the button next to it in the dark, the The pointer will disappear, showing a gene chain in the shape of a colorful nine-pointed star.

Cheng Mo was putting his hand in the drawer, thinking hard about what this watch was and what function it had when Tang Shuisheng shouted, "Cheng Mo, get up and answer this question..."

Cheng Mo heard Tang Shuisheng's voice, put down his sleeve inside the desk, then stood up and looked at the chalk on the blackboard: "Let both P and P+2 be prime numbers, Pand3, sequence of numbers." This is The last question of this math test is a difficult math competition-level question, in order to widen the score difference.

In the past, for Cheng Mo, this kind of problem was really a pediatric problem, and he could solve it in minutes, but now he looks at these letters and numbers, and he can't remember the formulas related to them in his mind, so he can only be silent.

Tang Shuisheng looked at Cheng Mo without saying a word, frowned and said, "You can't solve this problem?" He knew Cheng Mo's level, which should not be too difficult for the young man in front of him.

But Cheng Mo disappointed Tang Shuisheng. He nodded and said softly, "I can't solve this problem."

There was another commotion in the class.

Tang Shuisheng was silent for a moment and said, "Sit down! Shen Mengjie, get up and answer!"

The slender Shen Mengjie stood up from her seat and said, "This problem is really simple. My way of solving the problem is like this."

In the luxurious classroom, Shen Mengjie's brisk voice resounded like a silver bell. Everyone's attention was turned away from the loser, Cheng Mo. The halo of the former learning genius began to gradually disappear, and the loner who only had this advantage. , becoming more insignificant
Cheng Mo sat down with an expressionless face and thought again: For whatever reason, if you can't do it, you can't do it, even if you say that you can't do it because of cognitive impairment, to win sympathy?Get mercy?

Then he would rather not speak.

Cheng Mo knew that the sympathy and pity of others were meaningless. These were not good feelings. Those who were pityed had to accept the slightly disgusting perfunctory in pity.

Cheng Mo never believed in others, he knew that only he was his savior.

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　Note 1: The Red Queen hypothesis is a hypothesis put forward by the evolutionary biologist L. van Valen of the University of Chicago in 1973 based on the story in Alice in the Looking Glass.Natural selection results in only current adaptations of organisms, evolution functions as potential adaptations or future adaptations.There are currently two hypotheses that can more or less explain the evolution of genetic structures with evolutionary functions, namely The Red Queen Hypothesis and Species Selection.

　　
　　
　
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