Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

9:30 a.m. The competition officially began.

"Team Austenberg, Selene from the medical organization, Orla from Team M of the Youth category... please welcome these thirty contestants to the stage!" As the host's voice faded, Selene stood up from her seat.

"Selene, no rush, just stay steady. With your skills, there's absolutely no problem," Mr. Tanner whispered.

Selene nodded and confidently strode towards the stage.

Flora was seated in front of her. When Selene passed by, she couldn't help but glance at her. Coincidentally, Flora also looked up.

"First place, in the bag," Flora said casually. Among this group, only Team M posed any real challenge, but even they were no match for Selene.

If Selene didn't take first place, that would be a real shocker.

Selene smiled, her eyes lighting up with amusement. "Yeah, in the bag," she replied, then confidently walked onto the stage.

With thirty contestants in this round, there were thirty computers on the stage, arranged in three rows. Following the host's calling order, Selene took her place at the end of the second row.

"Now, contestants, you may check if there are any issues with your computers. Remember, once the competition starts, any malfunction must be handled on your own."

After the host's symbolic announcement and a two-minute wait to ensure everything was in order, he called out, "Start!"

Instantly, the computer screens in front of all the contestants turned into a selection box. There were twenty-six numerical selection boxes. Clicking on one would enter its corresponding question bank. Selene chose the first one. A large electronic screen broadcasted in real-time, clearly showing the answering process of all contestants.

"Selene has chosen a somewhat difficult question bank, but overall, it's manageable. Not bad at all," Mr. Tanner said, his face wrinkling into a smile. For Selene, this level of difficulty was child's play!

As the contestants began answering questions, Selene's speed was incredible. She quickly finished the first question and moved on to the second, third, fourth...

Her speed was astonishing, leaving the other contestants far behind.

"Team Austenberg's contestants are all monsters!"

"Damn, her speed is unreal! The questions she got aren't easy, but she doesn't even seem to need to think!"

Because of Flora, teams from various countries couldn't help but pay attention to Team Austenberg Seeing Selene's progress, they were dumbfounded. Not only was her speed impressive, but her answers were also nearly all correct!

One Flora was already formidable enough, and now there was a Selene too!

Only fifteen minutes had passed when Selene completed all the questions and clicked to submit her answers. Then, she waited for the system to automatically calculate her score.

Turning to step down from the stage, her expression was calm but tinged with frustration. Too slow. Still too slow. Not even half as fast as Flora. She knew she had to keep pushing herself.

The scores for the first round were quickly tallied. Selene scored 96 points, securing first place by a clear seven points ahead of the second place.

In the second round, Joy stepped up.

"Give it your best," Mr. Tanner

encouraged her, patting her shoulder. Joy had scored second place overall in the first round, and he figured she wouldn't be far off in this round either. He guessed that as long as the questions weren't too

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Joy chuckled nervously, full of concern as she approached the stage. She was actually quite anxious. Her excellent performance in the first round was because Abbey had leaked the questions to her This round, she was completely in the dark, unsure of what to expect.