Chapter 1200: Triumphant Return
Smith and Mike hurriedly arrived with more than ten people.
They are the main judges of the committee for this event, a total of ten chief judges.
Their authority determines many competition rules and results afterwards.
Upon receiving the news, Smith and Mike couldn't believe their ears.
What did Bai Xiao do with her team?
They truly admired Bai Xiao, the doctor, from the bottom of their hearts. A girl with such exquisite medical skills, seamlessly blending Chinese and Western medicine. How could they not understand the medical value she possesses?
Such a doctor could one day lead China to forge a medical path unique to the nation.
The problem is, Bai Xiao, who always seemed orderly and sensible, unexpectedly did something like this?
Arriving in front of the screen, the ten judges looked at the screen simultaneously.
At this moment, they saw Bai Xiao had found two treasure boxes. After opening them, they discovered inside were two small tasks, absolutely of low difficulty. Otherwise, Bai Xiao wouldn't have just put the wooden board in her pocket.
"What is she doing? Why isn't she completing the tasks?"
Smith was somewhat baffled.
In a task-oriented competition, everyone wants to complete the tasks quickly and advance to the semifinals.
Why is this Bai Xiao not following the usual path?
"That Bai Xiao is selecting tasks. This time, it should be a task card with a very low difficulty level; they can complete it easily. Otherwise, they wouldn't just put it away. Generally, for very difficult task cards, they abandon them and opt for the next treasure box," Joanna explained. She was initially confused but gradually understood.
"How can this be allowed?"
George was furious.
"Why can't it be?"
"Isn't this taking advantage? That's loophole exploitation. Such individuals should be severely punished and directly disqualified from the competition, otherwise, it wouldn't be fair, neither to our competition nor to the others."
"What excuse can we use? When provided with the competition rules, nowhere was it stated that one cannot select multiple treasure boxes and choose to complete tasks from the boxes they find easiest," Mike was displeased.
In his heart, he was somewhat biased towards Bai Xiao. After all, she was a lifesaver. He wasn't being partial; he was just discussing the matter.
"But we didn't expect anyone to do this at the time. We assumed finding a single treasure box was difficult enough, who would give up then?"
George's words were met with a disdainful look from Smith.
"Are you saying that the fault lies with the judging panel, but the participating teams must shoulder the responsibility?"
George was speechless; they dared not say the fault was with the competing teams.
Not adhering to rules doesn't mean they must adhere; the absence of a strict regulation means allowance.
If you allow it, how can you pursue their responsibility?
"That's not what I meant, but we must quickly stop this. Look, she found another treasure box. This isn't fair to the others. Moreover, look at the other teams," George was somewhat anxious.
Upon inspecting each screen, people realized only Bai Xiao was daring enough to act like this.
If everyone acted like her, it would turn the world upside down.
Smith was equally troubled; what should be done now?
George glanced at the America team.
The American team was also divided into two teams, now in two different areas.
Still completing tasks, their latest task was performing surgery on a rabbit with congenital anorectal malformation. Although it's the fastest speed, it requires three doctors to perform the surgery non-stop under poor field conditions, eliminating many factors to complete such surgery.
Meanwhile, many teams have already sent people back to submit tasks and finish the competition.
Several teams have discussed and to maintain their advantageous positions, they have sent back their most valuable and strong contestants to submit tasks.
It's rare for others to send back doctors who are old and weak like Bai Xiao's team.
Currently, overall, there are still at least thousands of boxes yet to be found.
The main issue is that it's soon getting dark, and the task difficulty increased.
From this perspective, Bai Xiao's team's actions didn't influence others much.
Many cannot find treasure boxes, but that's different from forbidding them to find any.
"This cannot continue. Although Bai Xiao's behavior isn't considered cheating nor disqualification-worthy, she shouldn't continue lest her whole team benefits, causing others great losses," George was furious.
Smith glanced at George, he certainly knew why George was anxious.
Both he and George are Americans, naturally instilled with a sense of pride for their team, yet the American team still hasn't secured many qualifications.
George's feelings are understandable, but he needs to know his limits; others aren't anxious, everyone belongs to a country.
No urgency for anyone else, just he's anxious.
"Use the loudspeaker to notify everyone starting now, every time a treasure box is opened, the task inside must be completed. Failure to complete a task before opening another box will be considered a violation, leading to disqualification."
Smith wasn't siding with George; Bai Xiao's actions were indeed excessive.
Within such a short time frame, Bai Xiao opened more than ten boxes, leaving nine, and her team completed the tasks and moved on.
At this rate, others would be driven to despair.
Smith was also trying to give others a chance.
The loudspeaker sound made Bai Xiao pause briefly, raising her head silently, she smiled slightly; it finally came.
She wondered when they would stop feigning ignorance.
Not bad.
The action was fairly quick.
Qi Yuqing squeezed in front of Bai Xiao, "Doctor Bai, we've already accumulated enough points, let's hurry back, or it looks like it's going to get dark."
They could be considered to have achieved a great victory; everyone was cheerfully celebrating.
Absolutely no problem for ten people to advance to the semifinals.
Thinking about it brings wide delight; with such results, even if Gu Yangzhi's team is slower, at least ten should qualify.
They never thought finding treasure boxes was difficult.
Just go out casually for a stroll, no more difficult than navigating dense woods, it's actually easy to find boxes.
Look at all they've found.
Gu Yangzhi's team should be stronger in numbers and should've found even more.
Everyone assumed naturally.
Bai Xiao nodded. Yes, it's almost enough.
"Let's go! Let's go back and submit the tasks."
The night was falling, the twilight's lingering glows casting reddish darkness around.
They walked briskly back.
After half an hour, they found the way back.
Standing at the staff's desk, here a big screen was hung, displaying the top thousand who submitted tasks.
But clearly, it's not up to a thousand yet.
The screen only displayed the top two hundred participants.
The names of the two old professors were impressively at the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth positions.