Twenty groups of numbers, he took fifty-six seconds, a little faster than Zhou Yutong.
He answered a total of 16 questions correctly and got four wrong, putting great pressure on Zhou Yutong.
However, the fact that both contestants made mistakes showed that this round was not simple at all.
"Tongtong, can you remember so many numbers?" Xia Qianqian was also watching the big screen intently, trying hard to remember more groups of numbers herself.
But when it came to answering, she had already forgotten most of them. This was extraordinarily difficult for her.
"I can remember most of them!" Tongtong didn't speak too definitively.
But in fact, he found this method of answering questions easier than the second round.
Because anything he had seen, he could recall with photographic memory.
It was just twenty groups of numbers, and he simply wrote them down according to the images in his memory.
"We just need to stay calm and not get nervous. If you get nervous, you're prone to mistakes, understand?" This was the first time Xia Qianqian had heard Tongtong answer without a tone of certainty, so she quickly comforted him.
Tongtong didn't explain much, just nodded.
Afterward, ten more contestants came on stage, and most of them had a high error rate. So far, only three had answered perfectly.
When it was Song Yicheng's turn, Yun Duo'er quickly reassured him, telling him not to be nervous.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Song Yicheng was very confident in himself.
He then went on stage, and the final result was as confident as he was: he answered all twenty groups of numbers correctly.
Seeing her son's success, Song Mama couldn't help but show off to Liu Yifeng again.
Liu Yifeng had to admit that Song Yicheng was quite capable, but compared to Tongtong, he felt there was no comparison.
Let her gloat for now; she wouldn't be able to smile later.
Liu Yifeng firmly believed this.
By the time Tian Tian came on, there were two more who had answered perfectly, and Tian Tian lived up to expectations by also answering perfectly.
The strength of this group could be considered evenly matched.
Without realizing it, it was Tongtong's turn.
Among the first thirty-one contestants, six answered perfectly. The remaining ones had the fewest errors in two groups of numbers and the most in seven.
Even if Tongtong made one or two mistakes, it wouldn't affect his advancement. However, due to Tongtong's incredible performance in the first two rounds, people no longer dared to underestimate him.
The audience was even more eager for his brilliant performance, wondering what astonishing and impressive display Tongtong would put on this time.
"Tongtong, you can do it! Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just stay calm. It's okay even if you lose; you're still young, and you'll have plenty of opportunities to prove yourself later, okay?"
Although Yun Duo'er also hoped that Tongtong would win the final competition, she didn't want to put her entire career on Tongtong's shoulders.
Therefore, she wouldn't be angry with him if he lost the competition.
"Aunt Xia, you don't need to comfort me. I won't let you lose!" Tongtong said with a smile.
With that, he walked onto the stage.
Looking at the tiny child who had already surprised everyone present twice.
The host didn't know if Tongtong's performance this time would be as good as before.
But he was incredibly excited and believed that once this episode aired, Tongtong would undoubtedly become the most popular and most eye-catching individual.
"Tongtong, do you think the questions in this third round are difficult?"
When he heard the host's question, Tongtong immediately replied, "The difficulty has indeed increased significantly, but the older brothers and sisters have all performed very well. I hope I can be as good as them."
He didn't answer directly but instead praised everyone subtly. Such a humble and polite child, how could anyone not like him?
"We all believe in you, Tongtong. Please pick up your number card!" the host said with a smile.
There was only one number card left on the table, and everyone guessed what it was. Only the number four had not been chosen.
People had an innate aversion to the number four.
This was because "four" sounded very similar to "death," and death was something people greatly tabooed, so they inexplicably disliked the number four and avoided it whenever possible.
And this number four had, by coincidence, been perfectly avoided by all the contestants.
Tongtong, however, didn't mind. Four also had positive meanings.
For example, "four seasons of peace" and "four seasons of prosperity" were all good omens.
"Tongtong's answer card is four. Please look at the big screen!"
After the host finished speaking, twenty groups of numbers immediately appeared on the big screen.
Everyone quickly looked at the twenty groups of numbers. The audience below could barely see five groups before eight seconds passed, let alone grasp all the numbers.
Tongtong, however, already had them in mind. Whether he started writing from the beginning or the end,
or even wrote them in a scattered order, he was fine.
Others were guessing how Tongtong would write them.
The host said, "Please, contestants, start writing from the last group of numbers and proceed to the first group. Get ready."
Afterward, the big screen began to count down. Tongtong picked up his pen, and when he heard the "zero," he started writing rapidly.
The camera focused on his hands. Every group of numbers he wrote was displayed on the big screen in real-time, allowing the audience to see what the contestant was writing.
Tongtong wrote exceptionally fast, without the slightest hesitation.
He finished writing the twenty groups of numbers in just over ten seconds.
It was one thing to write fast, but he also wrote beautifully.
If it weren't for the fact that the hands on the big screen belonged to a child, the audience present would never have believed that these were numbers written by a three-and-a-half-year-old child.
Even the numbers written by adults didn't look as good as his.
The strength of his strokes and the final result didn't look like something a child still in kindergarten would produce.
This child had once again shattered their perceptions.
Now, they had no doubts about Tongtong's introduction at the beginning.
His introduction stated that Tongtong knew calligraphy. Judging by these beautiful numbers, his Chinese characters wouldn't be any worse.
As for whether Tongtong answered correctly, it no longer mattered to them. It truly didn't matter at all.
This child was already amazing enough, smart enough. It was likely that no other child of the same age could compare to him.
Let alone children of the same age, even the adults sitting in the audience couldn't compare to Tongtong.
His heaven-defying memory was terrifying.
Coupled with this beautiful handwriting, it was simply unbearable.
Next was the moment of truth. The host asked Tongtong to state the first group of numbers he had written.
Tongtong didn't even look at what he had written on the paper, directly facing the big screen and saying, "28639!"
As he spoke, the same group of numbers appeared on the big screen, but it was revealed from the end because it was the last group of numbers.
Then came the second group: "13548!"
The third group: "72957!"
...
He continued to recite fifteen groups consecutively, without a single mistake.
Everyone was once again impressed by his powerful memory. When other contestants recited numbers, they all looked at the numbers they had written on paper.
Only Tongtong never looked at his paper, and he had zero errors, which was astonishing.
This child was truly too strong, too strong. It was likely that everyone in the audience combined couldn't match Tongtong's memory, except for the contestants themselves, of course.
As it got later, the tension grew. If he made a mistake now, it would be too regrettable.
After Tongtong's performance in the previous two rounds, Liu Yifeng had become very calm. He watched Tongtong recite numbers with complete composure.
If one didn't know better, one might think he was just an ordinary spectator.