Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 263 Something's happened in Dream Paris!

'Oh my god...'

Looking at the attributes of the Ring of the Adversary, even though he knew he would be criticized, he couldn't suppress his ecstatic joy. This ring was definitely the best at the moment. Not only did it have all the three major attributes of critical hit, life steal and damage increase, but it also had a Giant Strength-II. And having Giant Strength-II was one thing, but it also had an invincible burst skill!

Moreover, it's not just an invincible burst skill, it's also a group invincible burst skill!

Absolute Space allows teammates within 3 yards to enter an invincible state for up to 7 seconds. This means that if we encounter a BOSS's ultimate move or a heavy attack like Orbital Bombardment, we can summon our teammates to gather together and make at least ten people invincible. At least protecting my team and Ruolin's team is definitely not a problem!
This feels great, it's really useful!

After quickly equipping it, their overall combat capabilities increased dramatically.

【Chasing Shadows】(Starry Sky Super Weapon - Sword Specialization - Tier 5)

Rating: 50
Attack: 4124-5216
Defense: 3090
Life: 65100
Critical Hit: 20%
Bloodsucking: 26%
Damage increase: 48%
Damage reduction: 12%
Charisma: 30
Yuanli: 150/150
Overall combat capability level: 27082
Potential Point Allocation: Strength 1084 / Agility 662 / Spirit 408 / Stamina 352
Achievements: 72
Red Dragon Kingdom Faction Reputation: Exalted
……

With an attack power cap of 5216, there's no doubt about it. Add to that the 30% bonus from War Cry, the 50% bonus from the orange set, and the 40% bonus from sword specialization, and your true attack power will easily exceed 10,000!
In addition, the 20% critical strike chance, 26% lifesteal, and 48% damage increase are enough to make this attack power of over 10,000 deal tons of damage. Coupled with the power sword's armor penetration, it's even more powerful!

The only drawback is the low damage reduction of only 12%. At this stage, I can still be invincible with my 3000+ armor, but other players are not standing still. Once other players get power weapons, my health bar will become "paper-thin", and it is very possible that I will be taken down in one go if I am not careful.

Of course, there's no need to be anxious, because players' damage reduction is low at this stage. In the setting of "Star Abyss", damage reduction is a rare attribute, and the value is very low. Even the damage reduction cap of cyan equipment is only 4%. That is to say, even if a player collects a full set of top-quality damage reduction cyan equipment, his eight defensive pieces together will only have a total damage reduction of 32%.

"call……"

I took a deep breath and continued to concentrate on playing World of Warcraft. I even felt a little guilty. How could I be distracted while playing games with a group of beautiful girls!
……

It was around 10 p.m.

Lin Qingying and I both leveled up to level 20, and the two weaknesses of our team were finally addressed!

Just then, there was a sudden commotion outside, including the sound of police sirens, but it was clearly not directed at Feiyang Internet Cafe; the sirens were coming from next door.

"what happened?"

Cheng Shuang looked towards the door in surprise.

"Go and see?"

When Lu Xiaobei made the suggestion, she had already gotten off the chair. She couldn't sit still; if she saw something interesting, she definitely had to go and see it, otherwise she would feel worse than death.

"Let's go!"

I quickly stood up: "Xiaoying, let's go see what's going on!"

"Oh!"

Lin Qingying grabbed her bag and phone, left the portrait hanging there, and quickly followed us out the door.

At this moment, a large crowd had gathered at the entrance of the internet cafe to watch the excitement.

Sure enough, the incident occurred at the massage parlor next door called "Dream Paris." Sirens were blaring, and a group of women dressed in a very glamorous manner were being escorted out of Dream Paris by police officers. Each of them had their hands behind their heads and their faces were lowered.

On the other side, a group of men dressed in bath suits and slippers were squatting on the ground, some shivering, while others looked up at the police officer and said, "Officer, can we handle this ourselves without notifying our families?"

"Don't talk, squat down!"

……

"I rely on..."

It was the first time I had ever seen such a grand scene, and I was utterly shocked.

"Officer, what's wrong with Dream Paris?"

"This is what a social media 'brainstorming' user asked."

"It's suspected of being involved in PCMY, what else could it be?"

The police officer smiled and said, "Someone reported it, so..."

"oh oh!"

The man looked regretful and stopped talking.

"Humph!"

Lu Xiaobei crossed his arms and said to Lin Qingying, "The parking spaces at this bathhouse are always full, sometimes even in our internet cafe's parking lot. I knew it! Is taking a bath addictive? Why are all these men going there day and night? See, now something bad has happened."

"Ok!"

Lin Qingying nodded and said, "If you walk by the river often, you're bound to get your feet wet."

Cheng Shuang pondered for a moment and said, "No wonder I always see Cadillacs in the parking lot next door every time I come here."

Zhao Yihang grinned: "Ding Han, Dream Paris is probably going to be shut down this time, right?"

"It's highly likely."

I took a deep breath: "Normally, a little inspection and a few taps would suffice, but something like this, where they've practically pulled down the underwear... it's probably impossible to open it again."

"It's a pity, I've never been there." Zhao Yihang said with a regretful expression.

"Focus on your work, and save your meager savings for your future wife."

"Alright, I've learned my lesson..."

After staring at it for a long time, I finally couldn't help but look at the shop of Dream Paris and sighed, "Dream Paris is just a wall away from us. It's such a pity that such a good shop is being used for such illegal things. If they could let us open an internet cafe, that would be so great... We could expand our business even further!"

"Really?"

In an instant, Lu Xiaobei's eyes lit up; her ambition had been ignited by my casual remark.

"Ding Han, do you think we can maintain such a high attendance rate if we continue to expand our business?"

"It's hard to say. 100% is definitely difficult to achieve, but over 80% is basically stable. If the scale is large enough, the profits will definitely be considerable. Not to mention the cost of the machines, the catering and retail in the internet cafe alone are a huge profit."

Indeed, this is the case. According to our previous profit statements, internet fees only account for less than 30% of Feiyang Internet Cafe's profits, with the larger profits coming from value-added services.

"Shall we give it a try?" Lu Xiaobei was eager to try.

The next second, a bell rang in my ear, and a new task arrived—

[You have triggered the daily quest "Grow Stronger, Feiyang Internet Cafe!" (S-rank)! Quest objective: Find a way to take over the neighboring Dream Paris Internet Cafe and transform it into Section B of the Feiyang chain's flagship store in Huaining, expanding the operation to over 500 machines. Upon completion, you will receive a very generous reward!]

……

This S-rank daily quest is definitely not as good as the previous two SS-rank quests. One of those quests rewarded the Power Sword Storm, and the other rewarded the Cyan Ring. But I will never look down on it just because it is an S-rank daily quest. On the contrary, this thing is too precious. Many players can't even get A-rank or B-rank quests. Why would I complain about getting an S-rank daily quest?

"can!"

After seeing the task prompt, I nodded emphatically: "But none of us are familiar with Dream Paris. I've never been there before. How about we ask Old K if he knows any regular customers who frequent Dream Paris?"

"No need, look at that person!"

Lu Xiaobei pointed and saw a middle-aged bald man with an oily face being handcuffed by the police and escorted directly into a car, which sped away amidst the sirens.

"That's the owner of Dream Paris. I've heard someone mention him once before."

"As the owner of this bathhouse..."

Liu Yan narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Organizing MY is no small crime; it carries a two-year prison sentence and a fine of ten thousand yuan is inevitable."

"Depend on……"

I said with deep disappointment, "Then he'll be inside very soon, and we won't even have a chance to take over this shop?"

"Not necessarily."

Cheng Shuang turned to look at me and Lu Xiaobei and said, "I know some people in the South District system. If you are really sincere about taking over this shop, it's not like you don't have a chance. I'll inquire first, and if possible, I'll take you directly to the police station to meet the owner. I guess he's probably eager to sell the shop and cash out right now. He'll take whatever he can get back, otherwise, if he gets sealed off tomorrow, he'll have nothing left."

"Yeah, okay!"

I nodded and smiled: "Then I'll leave this matter to you, Cheng Shuang."

You're welcome~~

Soon after, the gates of Dream Paris were locked, and the onlookers dispersed.

After returning to the internet cafe, we played until 11:30. Cheng Shuang and Liu Yan left first. Afterward, I drove the Bentley home with Lin Qingying. I let her go upstairs first, while I went to see Fatty and gave him the Thousand-Legged Cat Spirit Ring that I had taken off.

The Thousand-Legged Cat Spirit Ring has a full 6% critical strike chance and 10% increased damage, plus 5 seconds of invincibility, making it very suitable for the fat guy's "stand-and-fight" style. Sometimes, if the opponent is not strong enough, you can just activate invincibility and stand and fight to win with powerful firepower. This may be considered a way to survive.

"Fuck..."

Downstairs in the apartment complex, the fat man looked at the ring and said, "Did you get an even more awesome one?"

"Hmm, want to broaden your horizons?"

"You want what you want."

The next second, upon seeing the Ring of the Adversary, the fat man was almost dumbfounded: "Holy crap, this ring is awesome! I feel like I could wear it until the end of time and never need to change it."

"Ah."

I nodded: "I feel like I can definitely wear it until level 70, but if I get lucky and get a better one, then this ring is yours."

"hey-hey……"

He grinned slyly and said, "Then I wish your next ring will have all the attributes."

"All you ever think about is eating shit!"

……

After chatting for a while, the two went home. Shen Yue was still waiting for Fatty at home, and I... Lin Qingying was probably waiting for me at home too.

Well, that should be the case!
The next day, Lin Qingying insisted on giving me a ride to the internet cafe since it was on her way. I couldn't refuse, so I had to let her drive me.

Just as he stepped into the internet cafe, his phone rang. It was a WeChat message from Cheng Shuang: "Ding Han, I've got the connections sorted out. The owner of Dream Paris is most likely in jail, and the store is about to be sealed off. You and Xiao Bei, get ready. I've scheduled an appointment for you at 10 a.m. Do you need a lawyer? If so, I'll bring a top lawyer to draft the contract on the spot. Let's get this over with quickly and efficiently this morning!"

……

Seeing Cheng Shuang's message, I was overjoyed and immediately replied, "Okay, bring a lawyer along. We don't have one available here."

"Okay, see you at ten!"

She casually sent over the location of the Public Security Bureau.

"Lu Xiaobei!"

As he entered the internet cafe, a low shout rang out, and Lu Xiaobei, who was slacking off, dashed over, grinning, "Hey! What's up?"

"Look at you."

I gave him a look of utter disappointment: "You don't look like a star at all! Um... I have some good news. Cheng Shuang has pulled some strings, so we can go to the police station and talk to the owner of Dream Paris about taking over the shop. Be there before 10 o'clock, so get ready in advance."

"it is good!"

Lu Xiaobei said, "Ding Han, if we get this done, shouldn't we treat Cheng Shuang to a meal?"

"Yes, we'll talk about it at noon."

"Well, it's up to you."

……

At 9:30, I went out with Lu Xiaobei. Just then, a few fans came to visit the store. They were all young girls, and they were all pleasantly surprised. They said they really liked Lu Xiaobei and Milo's song "Bare Face".

Indeed, this song has been a complete sensation online recently, causing Lu Xiaobei's popularity to continue to soar, and she's even close to becoming a top-tier female star.

but……

No top-tier female star in the world is as dedicated to her internet cafe business as she is. Fortunately, she usually strolls around the ancient city, otherwise, the number of fans visiting the internet cafe and asking for photos would probably be enough to overwhelm it.

I went out and took a taxi.

Several young fans stared in disbelief, unable to comprehend why such a famous singer would need to take a taxi himself.

Shortly after, they arrived at the district public security bureau.

"Ding Han, Xiao Bei!"

Cheng Shuang, dressed in work clothes, was already waiting at the door. Beside her stood a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He looked like a promising young man, probably the Cheng Group's personal lawyer or something similar.

After registering, I was taken to the police station.

In an interrogation room, the owner of Dream Paris was brought out, his hands already handcuffed. He frowned and asked, "You want to take over my shop?"

"Ah."

I nodded: "I am Ding Han, the operations manager of Feiyang Internet Cafe next to Dream Paris. This is the owner, Lu Xiaobei. We are deeply sorry about what happened to Dream Paris. However, it is a waste to leave the store unused. So we want to take over the store, knock down the wall, and turn the other side into an internet cafe as well. I wonder what you think and what your intentions are regarding this?"

"I……"

He frowned, his face extremely grim, and said in a suppressed voice, "If someone targets me, then I can only accept it. I've poured my life savings into opening this club. The lease on this shop still has eight years left. If you want it, I can indeed sublet it to you. As for the price... I hope you won't push it too low."

Beside her, Cheng Shuang laughed and said, "President Liu, after this incident, this shop is famous now. You don't still want to sell it for a high price, do you?"

"I mean……"

"General Manager Liu" looked troubled and said, "Don't lower the price too much, just leave me a way out."

Lu Xiaobei and I exchanged a glance.

Her face clearly showed she wasn't short of money. She asked, "How much did you pay when you rented it? We'll deduct the amount already paid and pay you back the original price. What do you think?"

“But the value of money has been depreciating in recent years… the original price…” He seemed to want to raise the price again.

Lu Xiaobei was displeased: "President Liu, the conditions I offered are already quite good. Just look at the decoration of your Dream Paris. It would cost me a lot of money to tear it down and renovate it. Think about it yourself. If our Feiyang Internet Cafe doesn't want this store, who will take it over? Once you go in, this store will just be left outside to grow weeds."

"Fine……"

The other party finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "Then we'll sublet it to you at the original price. Do you have a contract with you?"

"Bring it."

The lawyer simply produced a draft contract and smiled, saying, "Both legal representatives can just sign and stamp it; there's no need for too much trouble."

So, after carefully examining it for a while, Mr. Liu finally stamped it, and Lu Xiaobei transferred the money. In this way, the right to use the neighboring property also belonged to us.

……

After everything was settled, it was already past eleven o'clock when I left the police station.

"Sister Cheng Shuang."

Lu Xiaobei said, "You've done us such a big favor, we don't know how to thank you enough. How about Ding Han and I treat you and this young man to lunch?"

"OK……"

Cheng Shuang looked at me and smiled, "Where would you like to eat? I'll decide."

"You can decide whatever you like."

I nodded: "Xiao Bei and I will pay the bill."

"Ok!"

So, Cheng Shuang booked a reasonably priced restaurant nearby, and the group went there in Cheng Shuang's minivan for a hearty meal.

"Ding Han, Xiao Bei, shall I take you back?" Cheng Shuang said.

"Need not."

Lu Xiaobei shook his head: "We can just take a taxi, you guys go back first."

Cheng Shuang didn't insist. She let the lawyer drive while she sat in the back. The young lawyer was very timid during the meal, seemingly very respectful to Cheng Shuang. He even only dared to pick up the food in front of him. He was so pitiful.

After Cheng Shuang left.

"Ding Han..."

Lu Xiaobei frowned and said, "I think we really should buy a car. The company happens to have a few hundred thousand yuan in surplus funds. Why don't we buy one? We can each have a key. We can't take a taxi every time. It's really embarrassing."

This time, I didn't insist anymore: "Then buy it. This is all I have. Don't buy anything too expensive. Although our internet cafe has made a lot of money, we can't waste it. Don't exceed 30."

"Okay, then it won't exceed 300,000. I'll definitely buy an economical car. Are you free this afternoon? If not, let's go to the dealership to look at cars together?"

"not going."

I shook my head: "I have to write code in the office this afternoon."

"You're so busy, then I'll ask Zhao Yihang to come with me."

"Okay, let's broaden this kid's horizons."

……

After returning to the internet cafe, they split into two groups.

Lu Xiaobei took Zhao Yihang and they took a taxi to the 4S store, while I went upstairs to continue writing the algorithm for Yuening Mall. I was busy until evening when the task progress of the Yuening Mall algorithm finally changed!

"drop!"

"1%!"

Wow, that's progress!

My eyes were red and I almost burst into tears. After so many days of hard work, I finally saw results. Even 1% is good. At least I can see hope. Once I have more skill points, I can brush up on my applied mathematics and data structures skills, and things should go much smoother!

"Beep!" A message from Lu Xiaobei: "Go downstairs to check the car!"

Good grief, they drove the car back?!

As soon as he went downstairs, he saw a white Porsche Cayenne parked downstairs with its license plates already installed. Lu Xiaobei was getting out of the car, holding two keys in his hand, his face full of smiles.

"you……"

I stared straight at her: "This is the affordable car you were talking about?"

"It's really already very affordable..."

"Lu Xiaobei, you promised it wouldn't exceed 30!"

"It really didn't exceed that!"

Lu Xiaobei said innocently, "Ask Sister Xiaoman. I did only withdraw 30 from the company's accounts. As for the remaining 60, I made up the difference with my own pocket money. Why should you care if I spend my own pocket money?"

"you you you……"

My hand trembled as I pointed at her; at that moment, I was completely defeated by Lu Xiaobei.

"Ding Han, stop criticizing the boss. She has it tough too."

Zhao Yihang said, "Think about it, she's such a big star, it wouldn't make sense for her to drive such a bad car. Besides... the boss isn't short of money. As long as this car makes her happy, I think it's worth spending any amount of money!"

“Listen to this, listen to this, now that’s human language!” Lu Xiaobei said smugly.

"Depend on……"

I glanced at Zhao Yihang and said, "Hangzi, if I didn't know you so well, I would have thought you were trying to woo Xiaobei with your flattery."

"How could I possibly be interested in him?" Lu Xiaobei immediately raised his eyebrows and asked.

"That's, that's..."

Zhao Yihang bowed and scraped: "Of course the boss deserves a better man. As for me... I'll definitely find a girlfriend of the same caliber in the future. The boss's caliber is far superior to mine. It's not suitable!"

I despise you!

I made a disdainful gesture and said, "Let's go eat."

"Ah."

Lu Xiaobei stepped forward and handed me the master key, but took the spare key for himself, saying, "From now on, whoever needs to use this car can drive it. It's decided then and there."

I had no choice but to accept reality. Actually, it's not so bad. Lu Xiaobei really should drive a car like this.

……

That evening, Lin Qingying sent a message saying she was staying at the company to work overtime.

So I stayed at the internet cafe to work overtime and continued writing code.

Around 11 p.m., there were two knocks, and Lu Xiaobei's voice came from outside: "May I come in?"

"come in."

She was dressed in a business suit, which made her look particularly elegant. She walked over with a printed A4 sheet of paper in her arms and said, "Ding Han, I have written down the future development strategy of Feiyang Chain Internet Cafe. Take a look and help me correct it."

"it is good."

I put down my work and started looking at the project proposal.

Lu Xiaobei looked at my algorithm code, completely bewildered: "What are you even writing?"

"Algorithms, a very high-end and pretentious thing."

“Wow, that’s amazing…”

She smiled and said, "Take a look at the plan first."

"Ah."

After quickly reading through the proposal, Lu Xiaobei stood in front of me and asked eagerly, "So, what do you think of this proposal? Does it have any highlights?"

"Have."

I nodded: "But are you serious about the plan to organize the WBL inter-university league, including Beihai University, at the flagship store in BH City? Xiao Bei, are you sure you have such a large network of connections that you can get Beihai University, one of the best universities in the country, to agree to let you hold this WBL league?"

"I have some connections, but whether I can organize them depends on my own efforts."

Lu Xiaobei said, "So, I plan to fly to BH City tomorrow to take care of WBL. Do you want to come with me to help?"

"Me..."

I shook my head: "I can't go. I can't get away. I'm currently based in Huaining City. Many people and things need me. Even my team in the game is in Huaining City, so I really can't go there."

"Then I need to discuss something with you. I'm taking Zhao Yihang with me this time. He's been much more reliable lately. I'll take the lead, and he can handle the specific tasks."

"That works too. Anyway, it makes no difference whether he's here or not in Huaining."

……

After Lu Xiaobei and Zhao Yihang left Huaining City, I began my days of overseeing the Huaining flagship store. I spent half of my workday maintaining equipment and gaining skills and experience, and the other half designing the code for the core algorithm. It was quite fulfilling, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

It was afternoon that day.

"drop!"

A message came from Fatty: "Ding Han!"

He sent an awkward "scratching head" emoji, which was quite unexpected. Did he perhaps have something he was having trouble telling me? After all,
"What's wrong? Is Shen Yue pregnant?"

I sent a cheeky emoji.

"Damn it, what are you thinking!"

The fat guy sent a righteous face emoji.
"That's really amazing, so what exactly is it?"

"Damn it...it's work-related."

The fat guy sent an ellipsis, so I immediately sent a voice message saying, "Alright, let's not beat around the bush, just say what you want to say!"

"Row……"

The fat man said helplessly, "As you know, I was highly valued after I joined the R&D department of Yuening. I was in charge of a project from the beginning, and that project went very smoothly with high customer satisfaction. So I was promoted to project manager of the sub-department two days ago. But the good times didn't last long. In less than two days, the second project I was in charge of ran into problems."

"What's the problem? Is it serious?"

"It's quite serious..."

The fat man sighed, "The project is finished, and we had no problems during debugging, but when we sent it to the application department, they were not satisfied with the debugging results and sent it back directly. Now the department is in a meeting, and the colleagues who were in charge of this project with me are as anxious as ants on a hot pan. They have debugged it many times, but they still can't find the bug."

"Nima..."

I frowned: "What level are your programming skills?"

"A programming expert at level 8."

The fat man chuckled and said, "Before this matter escalates into a bigger problem, how about... you come over and take a look for me? After all, your level 10 master programming is definitely different."

"Alright, I'll go take a look!"

I said with a heavy heart, "You! I always told you to spend more time on instrument repair and assembly, to gain more skills and experience. But look at you, all you do is spend your days having sex with Shen Yue. You haven't even maxed out your programming skills yet. What can I say about you!"

"Oh, damn it, stop talking! I'm so ashamed. From today onwards, I'll seal off my second brother, okay? You better come and put out this fire!"

"Okay, I'll take a taxi right away!"

……

I went downstairs immediately and glanced at the white Cayenne parked downstairs. I finally decided to take a taxi. There was no parking space for this thing at home, and I wasn't like Lin Qingying who had bought a parking space in advance.

In the car.

"drop!"

A WeChat message came from Lin Qingying: "Ding Han, I heard from Shen Man that Yang Wei has run into some problems with his work. A small project he was in charge of failed the acceptance test and was rejected. This has caused quite a stir and has even reached the high-level meeting."

"I know."

I quickly replied, "Fatty just messaged me. I'm on my way now. I'll check what's wrong with the program in a bit and fix it."

"Yes, we must handle this matter properly."

Lin Qingying said, "Shen Man said that because Yang Wei is a newcomer and is highly valued by his superiors, he has been targeted. Moreover, he is currently leading several newcomers on a project, so mistakes are inevitable. However, he should try not to give others any ammunition to criticize him, otherwise it will be difficult for me to handle the situation."

"Do not worry."

I said confidently, "Now that I'm there, most problems are no problem for me."

"That's good."

She sent a cat-like smiling emoji: "If I get off work early and you're still here, I'll treat you to dinner."

"Okay, I'll be waiting for your dinner!"

……

Shortly after, we arrived at the Yuening Group building.

The fat man, wearing a work badge, strode over, handed me a visitor card, and then we walked into the group building together, heading straight for the research and development department.

In an office in an office building, all six programmers who were in charge of the project with the fat man were present.

"This is my workstation."

The fat man pointed to the seat by the window, and sure enough, the name "Yang Wei" was hanging on that workstation. The corresponding project program was already open and being debugged.

"Brother Wei, is this Ding Han?" a colleague asked.

"Ah."

The fat man said, "His professional skills are better than mine. Let him try first. If it really doesn't work, we'll have to hand the project over to other colleagues."

"Depend on……"

Everyone frowned, their faces showing worry. If they really handed the project over to someone else, it would only mean that they had problems with their work ability, and their future development in the company would definitely be greatly affected.

"Don't rush, let me take a look first."

After I sat down, I first looked at the code framework. It was a subsystem program written in Java. So I started debugging, and just as Fatty and the others said, there were no problems during debugging.

However, during the second debugging, I discovered the problem: some program vulnerabilities were subtle but could affect the application's results, which explained why it was rejected.

So I started to concentrate on finding program bugs. I quickly found the first one, then the second one, and so on... I started sweating profusely.

"Holy crap, what happened?"

The fat man beside him exclaimed in surprise, "This looks like a big problem..."

"The problem is actually not that big."

I turned to a group of programmers and said, "You young people... when you're CTRL+C and CTRL+Ving in the resource library, do you even look at the code?"

"how?"

One of the young men, whose head was thinning, was shocked: "Is there something wrong with this source code?"

"The code itself is fine, but it has vulnerabilities when combined with the whole program. Also, the algorithm here is flawed, which can lead to multiple calculation results. In this case, it may seem to run without problems, but there are actually big issues."

"..."

Everyone was shocked.

……

"how's it going?"

At this moment, a middle-aged man appeared to the side. He was wearing a name tag that read "Architectural Design Director" and was looking down at the code characters that were constantly moving on the computer screen.

"Still catching bugs."

I continued debugging and then looked for answers in the underlying code. I was completely focused, and my Level 10 Programming Master skills were fully activated, allowing me to easily outperform a group of senior engineers!

The process of searching for and fixing vulnerabilities may seem quick, but it is actually quite lengthy.

It was past four o'clock in the blink of an eye.

"okay!"

After typing the last piece of code, I went straight into the running and debugging process. Then I got up from the fat guy's workstation and said, "If it runs without errors, submit it and see if there are any problems with the overall architecture."

"Ah."

The R&D director looked at the fat man: "Xiao Yang, what are you waiting for? Submit it to the architecture department immediately, and I'll wait for the results here."

"Alright, Mr. Zhang!"

The next second, the debugging was successful and there were no problems. The fat man immediately packaged the program and sent it to the department he was working with, and then began to wait for the results.

About half an hour later, with a "beep beep beep" sound, the fat man's QQ avatar popped up, and a colleague sent a thumbs-up emoji: "Okay, no problem!"

"I rely on..."

A group of programmers from the R&D department were dumbfounded, completely awestruck.

The R&D director was also excited: "Your name is Ding Han, right? I've heard Yang Wei mention you before. I heard you're quite technically skilled, but I didn't expect you to be this good!"

Just then, another figure walked in from outside; he looked somewhat familiar.

"Old Zhang, I heard your R&D department ran into some problems. How's it going?"

The person who spoke was actually Cao Jingyao!
I was slightly taken aback, unable to understand why someone of Cao Jingyao's level would appear in the office of a sub-department of the R&D department. Could this small project really be that important?
That's probably not the case. The reason Cao Jingyao is here might be that someone wants to make an example of Fatty. After all, Fatty is Lin Qingying's man. Taking this opportunity to get rid of Fatty would serve as a warning to others.

"President Cao is here!"

The R&D director was beaming with excitement: "The problem has been solved. Yang Wei's friend Ding Han is truly amazing. He found over 140 program vulnerabilities in just three hours. The program has now passed acceptance testing. Mr. Cao, in my opinion, we should keep Ding Han no matter what. I've never seen such a talented software engineer before. We can't let such a talent slip away. We must keep him, at all costs!"

"Ding Han..."

Cao Jingyao's lips twitched, a mixture of amusement and exasperation on his face.

"Mr. Cao, I'm serious..."

The R&D director said, "Our R&D department needs such a capable person who can tackle tough challenges. I think it's worth it even if the salary is higher. We should keep him at Yuening!"

Cao Jingyao's lips continued to twitch, and he was at a loss for words.

Just then, a beautiful figure appeared in the R&D department; Lin Qingying had arrived.

"Mr. Lin!"

A group of employees greeted him.

"Ah."

Lin Qingying smiled and nodded, then looked at me: "Is the problem solved?"

"solved."

"Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner~~"

I nodded and smiled, then left side by side with Lin Qingying, leaving everyone with a low-key silhouette.

……

Inside a Western restaurant in Yuening Plaza.

Lin Qingying treated me to steak, and I ordered a well-done steak. I really couldn't get used to eating steak with blood on it; it felt like eating raw meat and not being fully civilized yet.

"What's your opinion on this matter in the R&D department?" she suddenly asked.

"No idea."

I chuckled and said, "I just think Fatty isn't having an easy time in the R&D department. Since you brought him into Yuening, a lot of people are keeping an eye on him."

"Ah."

Lin Qingying said, "How about... I adjust his position?"

"There's no need. Let him make his own way. How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain? If he doesn't have the ability, then he really doesn't deserve to stay in Yuening Group. Let him gain experience on his own. I kept him in Yuening hoping that he would become your helper, not a burden."

"it is good……"

Lin Qingying was somewhat moved, then continued to sip her soup.

……

In the evening, Lin Qingying continued working, while I returned to my room to disassemble and reassemble firearms to earn some skill experience.

"drop!"

Around 11 p.m., a WeChat message popped up. It was from Fang Ran, the Dragon General of the Great Wall Watchers, whom I had added before: "Ding Han, I have an urgent mission here. I wonder if you would be interested in leading a team to carry it out?"

(End of this chapter)