Bianca let out a cold, venomous laugh. "Serena, since you're so eager to take on this challenge... if you can't solve it, you pack your bags and get the hell out of the Vanguard Honors Program!"
Serena didn't even grace Bianca with a glance.
She simply reached up and drew a sharp, decisive line right through a specific section of the formula on the board.
"The logic in your third step is noticeably flawed."
Serena's voice was calm, carrying a slightly raspy tone from just waking up, yet it held an undeniable, commanding rhythm.
Her words threw the entire classroom into absolute chaos.
"Is she out of her mind? Did she really just say Professor Warren's formula has a logical flaw?"
"Does she even know what she's looking at? That's the finale problem from the International Microchip Forum! If there was a logic error, the greatest minds in the world would have spotted it ages ago. Who does she think she is?"
"She's clearly just spouting absolute nonsense to try and save face!"
Professor Warren let out a sharp, angry bark of laughter. "What did you just say? Where exactly is the flaw in the third step?"
"The parameter settings in the third line, regarding the quantum..."
As she spoke, Serena moved to an empty section of the chalkboard, the chalk in her hand flying across the slate in a rapid, fluid blur.
Her voice was crisp, her tone measured and completely unbothered.
But as she rattled off a relentless stream of highly advanced terminology, breaking down exactly why the third line's parameters created a logical paradox, she made her argument crystal clear.
Professor Warren froze.
The noisy, jeering classroom instantly plunged into an eerie, suffocating silence.
Every single student stared in dumbfounded shock, their eyes tracking the complex strings of equations Serena was effortlessly writing across the board.
Regardless of whether her math was actually correct or not...
Just listening to the rapid-fire, insanely high-level terminology pouring out of her mouth proved one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt: she wasn't just making things up!
This special recruit, the girl who did nothing but sleep...
She actually knew what she was talking about!
Hadn't the rumors explicitly said she was just an uneducated country bumpkin who got expelled from high school?
What kind of high school dropout understood quantum architectural parameters?
But the most deeply shaken person in the room was Professor Warren.
As he listened to the parameters Serena was reciting, tracking the logic of her corrections...

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