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After learning that the shortlist for the finals was released, Ning Chen immediately opened the official competition website and checked it out.

Ning Chen's hands even trembled slightly amid the nervousness. This kind of nervousness had only appeared in Ning Chen during the college entrance examination score test.

Looking through the results announcement of the semi-final written examination, Ning Chen couldn't help but feel excited.

"Analysis and Differential Equations, first place, Ning Chen (Shengzhou University), shortlisted for the finals."

"Algebra and Number Theory, fifth place, Ning Chen (Shengzhou University), shortlisted for the finals."

"Geometry and Topology, third place, Ning Chen (Shengzhou University), shortlisted for the finals."

"Probability and Statistics, eighth place, Ning Chen (Shengzhou University), shortlisted for the finals."

"Applied and Computational Mathematics, sixth place, Ning Chen (Shengzhou University), shortlisted for the finals."

Ning Chen not only won the first place in the semi-finals in the main event, but also was shortlisted for the finals in the remaining four individual events.

This means that Ning Chen still retains the hope of winning all five individual championships, even if such hope only exists in theory.

After calming down, Ning Chen summarized his performance in the semifinals.

In fact, before the results came out, Ning Chen once imagined that he could get first place in all five subjects in the semi-finals. But when the results came out, Ning Chen's fantasy was shattered.

"It seems that the current intensity of study is still far from enough." Ning Chenxin said.

With the exception of Ning Chen, the top spots in each category were almost all occupied by students from Shuimu and Yan University.

This is also very normal, because students who are admitted through high school mathematics competitions will, without exception, choose Shuimu and Yanda, and these students are among the top students in the country in terms of mathematics ability.

Now Ning Chen only has absolute advantages in analysis and differential equations. In the following training, Ning Chen still needs to allocate more energy to the other four subjects.

Just as Ning Chen was thinking about these questions, the phone suddenly rang.

I took a look at the caller ID and found that it was Liao Jun calling.

"Hello, Teacher Liao."

"Ning Chen! Look at your results! You've entered the finals! You've passed all five subjects!"

Liao Jun's voice was so exciting that Ning Chen had to put the phone away from his ears.

"Yeah, I just saw it too."

Ning Chen's calm voice formed a sharp contrast with Liao Jun, as if it was not Ning Chen who entered the finals, but Liao Jun.

"Before, we thought it was not wise for you to sign up for five events, but now it seems that we underestimated you too much. Ning Chen, how do you plan to arrange the next training?"

Except for Ning Chen, no one else from Shengzhou University was shortlisted for the finals. No one even got the winning prize in the written examination, and they did not enter the top fifteen in the team competition.

In the subsequent finals, Ning Chen will compete as the only young talent of Shengzhou University, and the entire coaching staff of Shengzhou University will also train around Ning Chen.

"Well... I'd better ask the teachers to help me find some questions, which are a little more difficult. I can just go back and do them myself. If I have any questions, I'll ask you."

"Okay, no problem, these things will be taken care of by us."

The news that Ning Chen entered the finals in all five events spread quickly. This incident attracted so much attention that it even exceeded the previous issue of Ning Chen's publication of a paper.

The entire teachers and students majoring in mathematics at Shengzhou University have thoroughly remembered the name Ning Chen.

In the School of Materials Science, Ning Chen's reputation has already been well-known. The results of this competition directly put Ning Chen on the altar.

The instructor Zhang Kun specially found Ning Chen so that Ning Chen could focus on training for the math competition during this period and no longer had to attend classes.

Zhang Kun had already taken care of the relevant procedures for Ning Chen. Even if Ning Chen had no time to prepare for the final exam, the school would give Ning Chen the green light.

After all, Ning Chen did not only represent himself, but also represented the entire Shengzhou University. Small things like classes and final exams seemed insignificant in comparison.

Ning Chen was very grateful to Zhang Kun and the school for taking special care of him. If he had the privilege of not going to class, it would indeed allow Ning Chen to concentrate more on training.

But at the same time, Ning Chen also said that he would take the final exams of each subject normally. Before participating in the competition, Ning Chen had completed self-study in most subjects, which was enough to cope with the final exams.

In addition, because this semester is over and the first academic year of the university is over, there will be evaluations for multiple scholarships including national awards. The sum of these scholarships is not a small amount.

What Ning Chen didn't know was that his semi-final written test results also attracted great attention outside the school.

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Shuimu University.

"Shengzhou University... Ning Chen? Where did this god come from?"

Seeing this unfamiliar name on the results list, Tang Ding couldn't help but frowned in surprise.

"I don't know. I've never heard of this name before. Logically speaking, if he is really a competitive expert, at least we should have heard his name."

On the performance announcement sheets for all five individual events, most of the top names were familiar names to them, because in the mathematics competition circle, the number of masters of the same age is relatively limited.

However, not only had they never heard the name Ning Chen before, but Shengzhou University was also very unfamiliar to them.

"Shengzhou University... turns out to be a 985 university. But how could a great mathematician suddenly appear in 985 University, which is ranked so low?"

Tang Ding thought for a while and felt that things were not that simple.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! After all, this is the first competition. It seems that there is an internal problem within the competition."

Tang Ding subconsciously believed that it was absolutely impossible for this student from an unknown school to achieve such results.

"That's right. The semi-final written examination is divided into so many examination rooms, and it is difficult for the invigilators to achieve uniform standards. If they continue like this, this competition will be ruined by them."

"But why is Ning Chen the only one with such outstanding results? Apart from him, no one can enter the finals of all five events by himself."

"This is indeed incredible, but it is not the primary issue now. We must first ensure that the entire competition is fair and just."

"Wait a minute... We are still in the appeal period for the semi-final results. How about we try to appeal Ning Chen's results?"

"Appealing to Ning Chen's results? The appeal mechanism can only choose to review one's own results, right?"

"This is indeed the case normally, but if we all make this request, I believe the tournament will not ignore it."