Having missed the cutthroat competition of elementary school graduation, I pinned my hopes on experiencing a true showdown through the junior high entrance exams.
Yet truth be told, I could have opted out. From this privileged vantage point, I watched the sea of examinees surge forward – directionless particles propelled by the tides of necessity.
The night before the exams, the dormitory harbored a deathly silence we’d never known. No midnight oil burned, no World Cup matches kept us company through the night. Darkness stretched before us, endless yet imminent.
When dawn light finally pried open our eyelids, we sluggishly crawled out of bed with surreal realization: Today we marched to the examination grounds, joining millions nationwide in this ritualized war.
The pre-exam frenzy resembled both graduation revelry and condemned prisoners’ final catharsis. Students clustered in hallways like startled sparrows, pacing aimlessly by gates. Amid the human tide, I stood transfixed – strangers’ faces swirling around me, admission tickets clutched like fragile talismans. The exams that once loomed distant now crashed upon us with cruel immediacy. Yesterday’s hundred-day pledge ceremony felt simultaneously fresh and fossilized.
Three days dissolved into paradoxical eternity. Each wave of tension crested with strange clarity, carrying us forward like leaves surrendering to the current.
When it ended, I tilted my head skyward. The scorching sun igniting crimson clouds unveiled a vastness I’d never perceived. In that moment, I burned with the dual flames of invincibility and exhaustion – omnipotent yet utterly clueless, my shadow stretching long across the trembling earth.
（translated by Deepseek）
错过了小升初的搏杀，我希望借助中考体验真正的鏖战
但其实我可以不参加中考的。从一个可以不参加中考的学生角度，站在一旁望向众生。挤进赶考的人山人海，被人流推动着，不知所向
考前的晚上，宿舍出人意料地死般沉寂，没有人挑灯夜战，世界杯也不再陪我们过夜，只留下一个伸手不见五指的黑夜，黑夜的尽头，似乎一眼望不到头，但却近在眼前
当阳光洒在床头，传给每一个眼睛细胞以光亮，像往常一样蠕动似地下床，却恍如隔世般发现今天就要赶往考场，赶赴一个挤满五湖四海学生们的战场
考场前的喧嚣，像是在做毕业前的告别，也像是对即将开始的审判的紧张的一种宣泄。三五成群地站在楼道旁，漫无目的地在门口闲走，我在人海茫茫之中无法脱身。驻足观望，满眼都是从未谋面过的面孔。曾经遥不可及的中考，来得如此猝不及防。我多次确认自己手中的准考证，却犹豫的在门前踱步，怀疑自己走错了片场，百日誓师仿佛就在昨天
眼前的一切千真万确
三天中考，每一季度的紧张或痛苦，甚至比往常更加坦荡，一切如顺水推舟。
考后，我望向天空，炙热的太阳把云朵烧红，我从未有过地发现天空竟然如此广阔，从未有某个瞬间可以如此充满力量又筋疲力尽，无所不能却又一无所知…