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Chapter 244 It's time to show what true engineering brutality and aesthetics are! (4K)

The live stream room was bustling with people.

There are already several thousand people online at the same time.

With this number of online viewers, the platform has started to push traffic to the channel. Every now and then, someone will come in and wonder, "Guys, what kind of live stream is this?"

"A live streaming room that focuses on abstract concepts."

"Don't listen to the nonsense above, this is a live stream for ranking up."

"Rank up? In-game ranking? Which game?"

"It's about using programming to boost scores."

"Oh, sorry to bother you, goodbye."

Most people aren't interested in ranking up through live-streamed coding, but some people still stayed.

Is this a ranking challenge on Maike.com? How many points are they aiming for? Are they aiming for 2800?

"Aim for 1500."

"What's so special about 1500 people that you can stream live? And why are so many people watching?"

Maike.com is a website that many students in related majors use frequently, especially when they are about to graduate and looking for jobs, so it has a high level of popularity.

However, they simply couldn't understand why they needed to stream the challenge of reaching 1500 points.

"So, this is about abstraction!"

"Even abstract concepts need a reason... Can anyone explain this?"

Tang Yiping remained completely silent during the live stream.

Moreover, he couldn't see everyone's comments and focused solely on getting higher scores.

but……

For him, the game had already entered garbage time.

After getting AC on problem A and WA on problem B.

Tang Yiping opened question C.

Everyone, pay attention! Tang Yiping is about to attempt to complete the seventy-two cycles of the Qi circulation!
Suddenly, Tang Yiping closed question C.

Tang Yiping clicked on question D.

Look, everyone! Tang Yiping is truly a genius. He has actually surpassed the seventy-two cycles of the Heavenly Cycle and is directly attempting to break through to the key points!
Tang Yiping closed question D.

Then Tang Yiping opened Problem E!
Please note that this student named Tang Yiping has bypassed the critical breakthrough and directly attempted the Foundation Establishment technique!

The comments section is filled with laughter.

"Hilarious, it's like seeing myself during final exams."

"As for me, aside from the sign-in questions, I just look at which ones look familiar, but I don't know how to do any of them."

"What do you mean by 'drawing your sword and looking around in bewilderment'? Tactical lean back!"

"Which question in this world always brings the greatest hope yet also hurts me the most? The answer, of course, is—the next question!"

"If Hirako is real, then he's practically the epitome of a modern college student, because I am too; if Hirako is faking it, then he must have installed a camera in my head!"

Tang Yiping, of course, had no idea how excited everyone was. He opened question E and began to read it carefully:
"A factory has three robots, A, B, and C, and a series of tasks. Each robot has a different cooldown time after completing a task. The tasks are dependent on each other. Please calculate the shortest total time required to complete all tasks..."

"This problem is really difficult. It's a graph theory problem involving finding the optimal solution. Hirako, hurry up and go back and redo problem B or C. Those two are easier!"

Of course, Tang Yiping couldn't see everyone's complaints.

This time, Tang Yiping finally stopped.

He felt... that he wasn't entirely incapable of solving this problem.

In fact, there is a ready-made tool for solving optimal problems: FORK.

However, FORK is obviously not suitable for this purpose.

When he's thinking, he can't help but veer off into the topic of fork.

This is what is known as the curse of knowledge: once you know something, it becomes very difficult to replicate the state of not knowing it.

In other words, FORK has essentially blocked all of Tang Yiping's ideas in the direction of finding the optimal solution.

He's not the kind of person with a wealth of knowledge or who can readily apply programming concepts. Right now, he can only think of one path, and he can't take it.

Having no other choice, Tang Yiping decided to... try a different approach.

He actually has a solution.

After a moment's thought, Tang Yiping began creating a class, defining the robot's name, cooldown time, and current state.

Then start defining the task ID, dependencies, and execution time.

Then I started writing the scheduler...

Although Tang Yiping isn't particularly skilled in other areas, he has been interning for quite some time now, so he can certainly handle some "object-oriented" development.

In a daze, he felt that he was not in a competition.

Instead, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, and Lu Mingyuan, who had lost his succubus nature, begged and pleaded for a job programming a robot factory. Then, Bao Ge cried and clung to the leg of Tang Yiping, the company's best programmer, begging him to save the company.

What else can be done?

Of course we have to save them!

In Tang Yiping's mind, images of robots were already appearing, waiting for him to control and command them...

At the same time, there came a flood of demands, difficult clients, and the boss's manipulative tactics...

Coming, coming, coming!

Inspiration comes!

Once he was immersed in the production environment, Tang Yiping suddenly had a burst of inspiration.

In his hands, code flowed like a waterfall.

Everyone in the live stream's comment section found it strange:
"Uh... that's strange. Why define so many things? Hirako-kun isn't planning to simulate a robot factory, is he?"

"How many lines will this take! Time is running out, Tang!"

"But if I can complete this, I can definitely add a few dozen points. 1500 is a bit risky, but if I can just get AC on one more problem, it should be close enough."

"Using this clumsy method, we'd have to write hundreds of lines of code! There's not enough time!"

"I hereby unilaterally declare that Tang has unilaterally killed the game."

"It was a one-sided defeat by the competition..."

Although people were still complaining, the tone of the comments changed as Tang Yiping's lines of code appeared on the screen.

"Interesting... Tang's algorithm skills aren't great, but in a real development environment, he's incredibly meticulous and methodical, not at all like a novice, he's practically a veteran!"

"That's because he's an intern at Linghai Technology! The one who developed OIFU! Even if he's not very good, he's only bad to a limited extent! He's good at what he can control!"

"Pingzi is only a freshman, but he's not bad at all. If I were this good as a freshman, I'd be laughing in my sleep."

"Strange, why does Hirako's code seem so familiar? Where have I seen it before?"

"I also felt it was somewhat familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that my own coding style is roughly like this. It can only achieve the minimum functionality, neither beautiful nor ingenious, just mediocre and without any special features."

"This world... is actually made up of code like this... billions of lines of code like this!"

The commenters were moved by Tang Yiping's sincere code, despite its ordinariness.

It's like an ordinary person doing their job in an ordinary way, going to work and coming home in an ordinary way, and earning money to support their family in an ordinary way.

It is people like these who make up this world.

When faced with problems, they have no means or solutions, and can only put one foot in front of the other and move forward.

He was just an ordinary person. But... he kept moving forward.

After a while.

"Holy crap, they're really simulating a robot factory?! This is way too abstract!"

"As expected, Hirako is here to work on abstract concepts! Who writes code like this?"

"During algorithm competitions, you focus on modeling instead of algorithms, huh? To solve an algorithm problem, you build a discrete system simulation model from scratch, right? ...Are you just asking for trouble?"

"Hirako, slow down! This is a problem-solving competition, not operating system development! Your approach is wrong!!!! Oh my god..."

When a person keeps moving forward and never stops.

What happens?
People's reaction to Tang Yiping's problem-solving methods has gone from initial criticism to controversy, and then to shock.

then……

"How can this be considered a wrong approach? Any algorithmic problem can essentially be solved by simulating the real world; that's what's called 'first principles'!"

"The logic is sound, but don't you think the location is wrong?"

"It's true that a heavy sword has no edge and great skill is without artifice, and it's also true that Taizu Long Fist can take down one person with one punch. The question is, do you really intend to take them down from the foot of the mountain to Bright Peak one by one?"

"But isn't this the way to solve the problem? Big shots like [0xT1P] know the Nine Yin Manual and the Dugu Nine Swords, but can't people like us who only know the Taizu Long Fist and how to wield a heavy sword solve the problem? This is solving the problem!"

In the comments section, this has already turned into a philosophical debate.

Just like everyone's complaints before, it won't affect Tang Yiping.

The current discussion has nothing to do with Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping has entered a state of flow.

However, this method was too inefficient, so by the time Tang Yiping finally finished the code, a long time had already passed.

This time, he didn't even glance at it and clicked submit directly.

Then two green letters appeared:
A!C!

Tang Yiping looked at the huge green AC and smiled.

He just felt incredibly good.

To be honest, during this period, Tang Yiping open-sourced OIFU, and while reviewing other people's code, his own programming skills also improved by leaps and bounds.

If you previously acquired skills like "outdated programming techniques," it's like stealing moves from various martial arts schools. You might seem to know a few things, but you can't actually master them.

Today, Tang Yiping, who has entered a state of flow, can be said to have integrated everything he has learned recently.

He felt incredibly awesome today!
AC was also dumbfounded when he saw the comments section.

"Holy crap, they really got AC?"

"Wait, buddy, what happened to the abstract art?"

"Isn't this abstract? This is the most incredible algorithm problem-solving method on Maike.com, it should be in the top ten, right?"

"Holy crap, what does 'powerful bricks flying' even mean?! I never expected to witness such a vivid display of engineering brutality aesthetics in a programming competition on Maike.com!"

"I was so excited just now, can you believe it? It was totally worth the time to watch the live stream tonight!"

"Engineering brutality aesthetics! Absolutely amazing!"

"It's not really that amazing, I could do it too, but why do I feel like it's amazing?"

Everyone was talking about it.

Just as everyone was discussing it, a user named "Canyon Night Watcher" entered the live stream.

"Huh? Why is this guy livestreaming? What is he livestreaming?"

He stayed in the live stream for a while, asking the questions that newcomers always ask, and then he was shocked: "What? He's the developer of OIFU? I've been living off OIFU these past few days!"

"Huh? I've met a real user!"

Hey bro!

"Keep it up, bro!"

People are generally quite friendly towards OIFU users.

"No offense, how are you doing, bro?"

"Hey bro, need any help?"

Faced with everyone's enthusiasm, "Canyon Night Watcher" quickly said, "No need, no need! I've already found a job. A kind uncle took me in as a waiter at a restaurant. Although it's a bit tiring, it provides food and lodging, and I get paid daily. I've already saved up 100 yuan! To be honest, this is the richest I've been in a month!"

"Pingzi, thank you for helping me when I was in my most difficult time. This is not much money, it's just to express my gratitude."

Then, the "Canyon Watchman" sent Tang Yiping a hot air balloon.

This was the first donation in the live stream.

Everyone was shocked when the hot air balloon floated by.

"Brother, don't tip! Keep the money for yourself."

"What if something unexpected happens tomorrow? Don't be reckless!"

"That's right, Boss Pingzi is interning at Linghai Technology, he doesn't lack this money. You can eat several meals with this money!"

"That's right, Boss Pingzi's monthly salary is 3360!"

"What? A monthly salary of only 3360? Linghai Technology is too stingy! If you, Boss Pingzi, come to our company, I'll offer you 3400!"

"3450, that's the most I can go!"

"Even if you want to tip, go to a certain HUB, they take half the cut!"

Even though the programmers were so excited just now, they didn't even think about giving a reward. The programmers are keeping a calm mind.

"Don't joke around here, young man, see if you can contact customer service to get your money back..." Someone suggested that "Valley Watcher" get a refund.

"You can't get a refund. Even if you could, you'd have to ask Pingzi for it. This company is obsessed with money; don't you know how stingy they are..."

"Hey bro, can you contact me? I'll give you the money. I'm pretty poor, but I'm not so poor that I'd starve over 50 yuan..."

"The Canyon Watcher" hurriedly replied, "No, no, I didn't do it on impulse, I'm just really grateful to him."

"Actually, I know this classmate. I remember he has a dog and uses a wheelchair, but I never expected that he would be the one who developed OIFU."

"Actually, even before he developed OIFU, he had already helped me get food from the vending machine."

"I'm wondering now, did he develop OIFU because he saw me and felt that there were still many people who needed help?"

"I've met so many OIFU users these past few days, you have no idea how I feel right now... I'm so grateful!"

The comments section was immediately drawn to the attention:

"What? There's a story behind it?"

"Hirako, your homework is disturbing me! I want to hear a story now!"

"Brother, tell me the story!"

……

It's almost 10 p.m.

In a corner of the city, in a restaurant that wasn't doing too well, a young man pulled down the roller shutter.

Then, on the cleaned floor, he spread out his simple bedding.

He lay on his bedding, feeling the lingering coolness of the restaurant's air conditioning, but his memories drifted back to the night he squatted by the roadside and slapped himself twice.

"I don't know if you ever went hungry, but I hadn't had a proper meal for over a month..."

(End of this chapter)