At present, the term "involution" is used to describe the excessive competition phenomena of elite universities, and "Baoyan" is an important aspect of this phenomena. Based on the in-depth interviews with eight undergraduate students in a "Double First-Class" university in Beijing, it is found that the excessive competition is embodied in "grabbing good points", bargaining chips and competing comparison. The performance oriented rules of "Baoyan" lead to commendatory and derogatory effects, aggravating the individual's self exploitation, which easily lead the students to "hollow" in the spiritual world, and cast "exquisite egoists" and involution personality. It not only endangers the physical and mental health of students and damages the spirite of knowledge, but also brings the long-term talent selection and cultivation of society and country the bitter fruit of single talent selection and utilitarianism. As individuals, college students are not only being trapped, but also reflecting on themselves, and trying to break through. Transcending the involution needs individual awakening, as well as ultimately depending on the institutional change and cultural remodeling of universities and even the whole society.