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At 9 o'clock in the morning, the motorcade arrived in NJ, and soon a vehicle arranged by the column team took Zhou Ming to the indoor studio next to Tianhe Stadium to shoot a VCR.

In the process of picking up his lines, Zhou Ming met his opponent - the mental arithmetic great Hiroaki Ishiya.

Zhou Ming made eye contact with him for a while, then took the lines in front of the camera, put on a bit of aura, and read out the lines in his mind:

"Being exposed to mental arithmetic for a month, I challenge the strongest. It's not that I am young and frivolous, ignorant and arrogant, but that I firmly believe that my brain is omnipotent! Whether it is the Rubik's Cube or mental arithmetic, no one in any mental field can do anything." I can't stop me! Defeating Atomic Brothers is just a trivial victory, a real strong player, waiting to be defeated by me! Hiroaki Ishiya, are you ready?"

Shiwu Hongming, who was next to him, could not understand Chinese, but he also felt an aura from Zhou Ming who was reading his lines, which made him quite palpitate, and he was not to be outdone. Not only were the lines read with great force, but the expressions were also very exaggerated.

He said:

"I'm Shiwu Hongming, and I'm the number one player in foot basin speed calculation. I really didn't expect the Atomic Brothers to lose last time. Could it be that I have other opponents besides Chen Lanlan? No! I can't let him go! Hurry up, I want to be even faster , even faster than before! No matter who you are, just come here!"

In front of the camera, he raised his fists and roared.

This momentum successfully overwhelmed his opponent Zhou Ming.

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10:50pm.

In the ninth issue of the fourth season of "The Most Powerful Brain", after the recording of the previous two challenge projects "Walnut Mark" and "Sudoku Elimination", amidst the sound of passionate music, the last project tonight is also the audience The mental arithmetic battle between Country Z and Foot Basin Country, which the guests are most looking forward to, has officially begun.

"The international hall of fame player led by Professor Robert Desmond is about to play, the 'Mental Arithmetic King' from the foot basin - Hiroaki Shiwu! The player who is about to face him is the future of the Z country hall of fame player led by Dao Wei "Mental Arithmetic Demon King"—Zhou Ming!"

Accompanied by the host's introduction and cheers from the audience, Zhou Ming, who got up from the throne of the warrior in the Z Country Hall of Fame, walked towards the center of the stage, and Ishiya Hiroaki, who started from the International Hall of Fame, walked towards each other. People stood in front of the Brain King trophy at the top of the stair passage, and after bumping fists, they walked side by side to the center of the stage, stood on both sides of the host, and greeted all the audience.

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In the nearby auditorium.

"Sister Xiangxiang, I didn't expect that after the makeup artist dressed him up, my brother-in-law still looked quite handsome."

Sitting on the right side of Su Yuxiang, Song Feifei's eyes lit up when she saw Zhou Ming on the stage.

It turned out that before the recording of the show, in the backstage dressing room, the makeup artist of the column group designed a look for Zhou Ming, and carefully helped him put on makeup for more than two hours, with a layer of makeup oil on his face, and changed his clothes into He wore a gray Chinese tunic suit with a stand-up collar, and in the past half a month, he has regained five or six catties of flesh. Now his figure has reached the golden ratio in all aspects.

Even that ordinary face became extremely attractive after putting on makeup.

"Zhou Ming is very energetic today and is more handsome than your father when he was young!"

Song Yaqin, the mother on the left, also gave a thumbs up.

Su Yuxiang pursed her lips and smiled. In her eyes, a man's appearance has never been important, because the handsomeness of a man never lies in his appearance, but in his style and aura. Confidence, maturity, wisdom, strength, majesty... These auras are the fatal handsomeness in a man in the eyes of women.

Zhou Ming, who was on the stage at this moment, had these handsome qualities that she admired and fascinated.

"Hmph~"

Su Qingrong snorted in dissatisfaction and thought to herself: Is this kid as handsome as me? Not to mention comparing with myself when I was younger, I can't even compare with myself now...

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After the warm-up speech of the host on the stage and the two contestants’ smacking declaration of defeating their opponents, the host introduced the competition rules of the project “Peak Mental Arithmetic”:

Several combinations of five-digit addition and subtraction and multi-digit multiplication and division form a massive question bank. The guests will choose nine questions from the question bank at will, and each question will be worth one point. , the opponent who gets the wrong answer gets one point, and the first one to get five points wins.

The rules of the competition are simple and clear: there are nine questions, two people compete to answer them, and whoever gets five points first wins.

"Is it the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, the overwhelming of the mountains, or the thunder and the birth of the devil king? Haitian Soybean Sauce, the strongest warriors, two, please challenge the warriors!"

Sitting in the general seat, the special guest Fu Yuanai began to write questions for the two of them. After the questions were finished, Zhou Ming and Hiroaki Ishiya walked into the challenge area together, stood on the challenge platform, and faced the question board.

Mental arithmetic PK, officially started!

After restating the rules of the competition again, the host began to ask questions: "The first question is a question about dividing a 13-digit number by a 7-digit number. Two people, listen to my command, 3, 2, 1, go!"

The countdown numbers on the question board appear, 3, 2, 1, and the question displays:

5076396369264÷8934612

"呲呲呲呲~"

After the question was displayed, through the recording device on the challenge stage, the sound of a marker pen writing on the answer board was heard from the speakers.

Just five seconds later, the buzzer sounded "beep~" and there was an exclamation from the audience.

Fu Yuan opened his mouth wide, and said to Jiang Zhenyu next to him, "I haven't finished reading the topic yet!"

Jiang Zhenyu folded his hands and said helplessly: "Me too!"

Who pressed the answering machine first?

Shiwu Hongming looked at Zhou Ming on the opposite side with a look of annoyance, and the answering machine was pressed by this kid in advance by 0.1 seconds.

"Zhou Ming answered first! Of course, time is important, but accuracy is even more important. Is the answer right? Let's take a look at the correct answer first..."

After the host finished speaking, facing the question board on the big screen, he pointed his finger over, and a line of yellow numbers was displayed below the question: 568172

"Okay, let's take a look at Zhou Ming's answer."

The host bent down, and as the assistant slowly twitched the paper seal covering the answer, numbers appeared one after another, and he began to read: "5...come on, 6, correct, come again, 8...and still more" Yes, 1, come again... 7! There is one more, come here, 2! Correct, absolutely correct!"

A burst of "Boom, Boom, Boom" music sounded, and there was applause from the audience. Jiang Zhenyu, the scientific reviewer, threw his fist and yelled "Roar!"

Song Feifei patted her palm hard: "The next round is won, brother-in-law won the next round!"

Su Yuxiang smiled and said: "This is only the first round, there are still several rounds to come."

The host, guests, and contestants on the stage each said a few more words. In the second game, a seven-digit multiplied by seven-digit question was asked again. Following the host's command and gestures, 3, 2, 1 came up on the question board. above, the title shows:

4985136×8241679

"呲呲呲呲~"

There was another sound of markers rubbing against the answer board.

"Du~" Less than five seconds later, the beeping sound of the answering machine sounded.

Zhou Ming!

He pressed the answering machine a few tenths of a second faster than Shiwu Hiroaki.

"The answer is a 14-digit number. Is it right? 410...858...906...83344! It's absolutely correct. Congratulations to Zhou Ming for another victory!"

"Bah bang bang~"

The applause from the audience was even more enthusiastic. Many audience members had already stood up and shouted the slogan "Come on Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming will win!"

After losing two games in a row, Ishiya Hiroaki began to feel a little uneasy. In order to regain his disadvantage, the third question showed a list of 10 five-digit addition and subtraction questions. After writing the answer, he didn't even check for half a second, and immediately After taking a photo of the answering machine, he was finally 0.1 seconds faster than his opponent.

After comparing the answers, the host announced that the answer was correct, and the battle between Zhou Ming and Hiroaki Ishiya ended at 2:1.

Seeing Ishiya Hiroaki regain a point, Zhou Ming, who originally planned to kill the "mental arithmetic king" with a 5:0 shot, began to deal with it more seriously. In the next two games, he did not give his opponent a chance and easily won it. , the score was 4:1.

Ishiya Hiroaki, who was completely confused at this time, hurriedly pressed the answering machine before finishing writing the answer in the sixth game. As a result, Zhou Ming was given a point in vain, and the score was 5:1.

Zhou Ming wins!

The scene suddenly burst into excitement!

The host Jiang Changjian shouted: "Zhou Ming won. Zhou Ming defeated an invincible opponent and defeated the 'mental arithmetic emperor' with an absolute score advantage. From now on, the 'mental arithmetic emperor' has been defeated and the 'mental arithmetic demon' has risen." !”

"The devil of mental arithmetic! The devil of mental arithmetic!"

The audience stood up collectively, applauding and shouting desperately. Taozi in the guest seat also said coquettishly: "On the stage of the most powerful brains! Country Z finally took back the first place in the world. Zhou Ming, you are the pride of all people of Country Z!"

The players in the Hall of Fame area of ​​Country Z also applauded. 'Memory Master' Li Wei said: "This guy is really awesome. It would be great if he came to "The Strongest Brain" earlier. The Country Z team has him, plus he has not left. Brother Shui, no international team can be a match for Team Z."

Zheng Caiqian on the side suddenly said: "How about asking the program team to invite Brother Shui back and let this kid compete with Brother Shui to see who is more powerful?"

Everyone's eyes lit up, "Maze Runner" Bao Yun said: "This is a good idea."

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His eyes returned to Ishiya Hiroaki in the center of the stage. At this moment, he looked frustrated. For the first time, he tasted the taste of a disastrous defeat, but he was unwilling to do so. He was playing away from home, and the rules of the game were also set by the organizer, which was not conducive to his performance. , the question bank used for the competition also has many questions!

So he applied to the host: He wanted to compete with Zhou Ming again, and the questions had to be given by players from the international team. He felt that there was a big problem with the question bank provided by the column team, and there was suspicion of cheating.

His speculation caused an uproar. Special guest Liu Guoliang said that he had a mental problem. He could win but could not afford to lose. He did not have the magnanimity of a mental arithmetic great.

Scientific reviewer Tao Taowei said: "Our question bank is randomly generated by a computer. There are tens of millions of questions. The probability of human manipulation is 0."

Special guest Fu Yuanai, who also came from Footbath, said to him: "Mr. Ishiwu, you are my idol. Win or lose does not affect your status in my heart."

Amidst the discussions, Zhou Ming made a statement:

"I agree to another round. The questions will be the large-digit division questions that Mr. Ishiya is good at. There is no need to ask other questions, just division! To win, you have to win on the items that your opponent is best at. He was defeated so easily. Mr. Ishiwu, it’s so boring, Mr. Ishiwu’s trip to country Z was in vain.”

Zhou Ming's statement shocked the whole audience. After urgent discussions, director Wang Yunqing and the column team felt that this was a good breaking point, even better than the previous issue of "The Rubik's Cube Emperor Switched to Mental Arithmetic and Destroyed the Atomic Brothers" It also has something to watch. As long as Zhou Ming can win, this episode will at least increase the number of clicks by more than 5 million compared to the previous episode! After asking Zhou Ming again, and gaining 100% confidence from him, the column team adjusted the rules of the competition based on his suggestions, and the two sides competed again!

Sure enough, the playoffs were even more exciting. The nine questions were all large-digit division questions that divided sixteen or seventeen digits by eleven or twelve. The two sides once tied at 2:2. However, in the later period, Hiroaki Ishiya gradually became exhausted due to mental overdraft. , lost three games in a row, and could only watch in despair, watching the crown of his "mental arithmetic emperor" being knocked to the ground by the "mental arithmetic demon" in front of him with a score of 5:2.

"Jun Zhou, I will come to Country Z again, and I will challenge you again next year!"

Ishiya Hiroaki, who bowed to Zhou Ming and finally admitted defeat, left the stage feeling extremely lonely.

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At the end of the recording of the program, Zhou Ming, who successfully defeated Hiroaki Ishiya, was collectively asked for autographs by celebrities including scientific reviewers Tao Wei, Jiang Zhenyu, special guests Tao Zi, Fu Yuanai, Liu Guoliang and other celebrities. Seeing this scene, the audience was still stunned. Among the thousands of excited spectators, many rushed to the stage, broke through the interception of the staff, showed their clothes or cheeks, and asked Zhou Ming to sign his name. Later, more and more spectators broke through the blockade, forming The staff whose defense line was smashed into a sieve simply joined the crowd asking for autographs.

After signing for more than an hour, Zhou Ming, who was suffering from sore hands, used his nimble skills to get out of the crowd. Finally, being chased by a group of people, he got into the parking lot outside the stadium as if running for his life. , Su Yuxiang drove the car, stepped on the accelerator and accelerated, finally staying away from this dangerous area.