Chapter 142: There are many unfair things, it's better to get used to it.
The fact had already been known; when a so-called secret is known by two people, it's basically a semi-public secret.
Not to mention that more than two people knew about it.
At the time, Chen Yiwen was showing off in front of three girls.
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Actually, if the class-division exam's questions were on par with the school's standard exam, it wouldn't have been a big issue.
Unfortunately, in the afternoon, Xu Dajiang obligingly chose one set out of the thirteen left by the already-departed Luo for the School of Mathematics' class-division paper.
As you can imagine, the mood of the freshmen post-exam was evident.
Therefore, an indignant young girl exposed all the facts she had heard from Chen Yiwen directly in the class group chat for the 23rd-grade freshmen.
It then spread rapidly through the School of Mathematics freshmen groups, group by group.
After that, pretty much all the School of Mathematics freshmen groups started blowing up, the sort that even the counselors couldn't calm down in the chat.
After all, anyone in that situation would have a hard time understanding.
How could two freshmen from the Materials Science College boast and cause all the School of Mathematics freshmen to suffer through an extremely difficult exam?
Wasn't everyone a baby who had survived the hellish senior year of high school, just having crossed the rickety bridge into university, ready to become a well-fed student?
Why should they pay the bill for somebody else's BS pleasure?
Fortunately, the new generation of kids still had their wits about them, and combined with an innate admiration for the strong, there weren't many complaints about Qiao Ze. The occasional gripes about God Qiao being a busybody were promptly shut down.
Perhaps it was also because Chen Yiwen had recounted in detail the event of that day, perfectly quoting Qiao Ze's words "redirect those who don't make the cut to the Materials Science College," which allowed the School of Mathematics kids to feel a surge of pride in their hearts...
Even though the Materials Science College actually ranked higher than the School of Mathematics in Xilin University of Technology's subject rankings.
In the end, with the intentional or unintentional guidance of many people, the inexplicable ire of the School of Mathematics was ultimately directed at the Materials Science College.
At first, it was just various impassioned speeches in the chat groups, then screenshots of chat conversations straightforwardly made their way to the Xilin BBS forum. The situation was still controllable at this point, but what escalated it was when the School of Mathematics people wrote an "Open Letter to the Leaders of the Materials Science College" directly on the BBS.
In the letter, they didn't say much, just suggesting that the Materials Science College should also hold a general screening to weed out those who could only bluff and had zero knowledge of physics.
After all, it's okay for mathematicians not to know the basics of physics, but for material scientists, lacking basic physics knowledge was unacceptable.
People who would have to use an electron microscope daily yet didn't even understand its principles was clearly unreasonable.
So the Materials Science College needed not only to retake the mathematics exam but also the physics.
When that letter began to be persistently upvoted by enthusiastic School of Mathematics freshmen, the kids from the Materials Science College finally couldn't sit still anymore.
Getting mocked on BBS was bearable for everyone.
But a class-division exam too? Besides the few elites who still studied hard over the summer, who the hell could stand that?
And then it became quite easy to understand.
All were young people brimming with vigor and living in the era of the internet, and it wasn't long before the discussions shifted from the rationality of class-division exams at the start of the term to an outpouring of internet slang and saucy phrases.
The dispute dragged on longer, and freshmen from other colleges also began to register for their own accounts using their student numbers, starting to remotely watching the drama unfold.
Really, Xilin BBS that had been around for so many years, at a time when everyone was accustomed to getting information through various apps, had barely anyone willing to post on BBS, but this year it began to blossom anew.
Just like Chen Yiwen who had been in the university for a year, if it weren't for this incident, he wouldn't have even known that there was a BBS in the school.
Before, it might not have seen ten new posts in ten days.
At this point, it was churning out a dozen posts a second, and before long, there was an outpouring of mutual mockery, with the view count skyrocketing rapidly.
This had to involve at least a thousand participants and tens of thousands of onlookers to have such an effect.
But this still wasn't what Chen Yiwen considered the most outrageous event.
What he couldn't comprehend the most was that, midway through, the BBS obviously began to lag due to the sudden influx of users, and it eventually crashed completely.
In Chen Yiwen's view, this was a good thing, as it would allow everyone to cool down; after all, the freshmen were to start formal military training the day after tomorrow.
Once the instructors arrived, having these young kids march under the scorching sun for a few days would wash away any resentment built up so far.
But who the hell could have predicted that within less than ten minutes, Xilin BBS would be back up?
Not only was it back up, but whoever was in charge of maintaining the BBS, even conveniently sent out a message on the school's official Weibo account.
"Dear junior students: Xilin BBS is committed to providing a smooth communication channel for all Xilin folks. A lag occurred just now due to an unexpectedly high traffic volume, which caused a temporary outage for emergency expansion. The maintenance has now been completed.
The brothers and sisters from the School of Computer Science will silently support this platform for free speech for everyone. We welcome you all to continue expressing yourself freely on Xilin BBS."
Really, the moment this message was screenshot and shared in the chat group, Chen Yiwen, a natural lover of mischief, felt the world's full malice from those who revel in chaos.
They are all just watching the spectacle and not afraid to see things blow up, right?