Even If the World Ends, We Still Have Final Exams

[A fiercely competitive girl X a carefree, desireless slacker]

Apocalypse | Zombies | Knowledge Quiz (?)

On the day of her last final exam of sophomore year, the zombie outbreak began.

Looking at the test paper she'd just finished, Li Man clenched her pen tighter and tighter. Heaven knew how much effort she'd put into earning a scholarship this academic year!

As she sprinted for her life, she was hit by a System called [Final Exam], and a transparent screen appeared before her eyes.

[The Chinese exam begins now. Listen to the question: "The evening clouds fly alongside a solitary wild duck." What is the next line?]

Just as she was about to become a zombie's lunch, she shouted instinctively, "The autumn waters merge with the vast sky!"

[Congratulations, your answer is correct! You earn one point and receive one dose of tranquilizer.]

She jabbed the needle between the zombie's ribs and managed to escape.

Li Man: Not bad. This System is pretty great!

She was about to keep answering questions, grasping at straws in the hope of getting items to help her escape the zombie-infested campus.

[Listen to the question: --The screen instantly displays a three-thousand-character modern prose passage-- As he travels by boat along the river, Zixu's thoughts gradually unfold in response to what he sees and feels. Briefly analyze this with reference to the relevant sections of the passage.]

Li Man: ???

Li Man: I could just go die instead, you know. (smiles)

"On the Feasibility of Dodging Zombies While Doing Reading Comprehension"

"Why Do College Students Have to Take Chinese?"

"Knowledge Is Power (For Real)"

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As last year's second-ranked student in the computer science department, Lu Yao always felt that sparks were burning in Li Man's eyes whenever she looked at him.

Lu Yao: Got it. She likes me.

They sat one behind the other in the same exam room, and when the zombie outbreak began, he instinctively grabbed her and ran.

Fleeing the teaching building, he watched wide-eyed as she pulled out a lighter, water, bread... and a massive cleaver from who knows where.

Lu Yao: ? Are you Doraemon?

Hiding in a pitch-black room, their breaths mingled. He watched her draw closer and closer, his heart racing as his thoughts ran wild.

Lu Yao: A passionate romance before we die? Totally worth it!

The next second, the girl in his arms suddenly spoke, her voice calm: "Just checking, Avogadro's constant is 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power, right?"

Lu Yao: ? Is she quizzing me? If I can't answer, do I not get to date her?

"The System bound me instead of Lu Yao because I'm better than him!"

"Everyone else runs to the supermarket. I run to the library."

"Everyone else stocks up on supplies. I stock up on books."

"Why doesn't the library have a Five-Three?!"

[Reading Guide]

1. The exam material isn't limited to Chinese, but mainly covers high school knowledge.

2. The only golden finger is the System. The heroine isn't the only one with a System, and competitions appear later.

3. The young couple's escape story. The male lead's one-sided crush on the female lead is extremely obvious, while the female lead is exceptionally oblivious.

Blurb written on 2023.08.25

Theme: Study hard and make progress every day