King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

"boom!"

With a dull thud, Chen Jianghe felt his body instantly lose weight!

A terrifying feeling of falling gripped him.

The next second, the oxygen masks above their heads slammed down, and the piercing alarms and the passengers' frantic screams swirled into a torrent of despair.

The porthole was engulfed by thick ice crystals, carrying with it the chill of death…

The blue Pacific Ocean instantly transformed into a gigantic wave with roaring whirlpools and mountain-like peaks, crashing head-on with destructive speed!

The next second, immense darkness and a tearing sensation crushed all senses, and consciousness was swept into an abyss.

...

"Buzz...Zzz!"

The ear-piercing metallic scraping sound, like a dull saw, repeatedly cut through Chen Jianghe's hazy consciousness.

A strong smell of rosin, burnt solder, and metallic odor filled my nostrils.

It instantly overshadowed the cold, thin smell of aviation oxygen in my memory.

Chen Jianghe suddenly opened his eyes, the blinding light causing him to instinctively shrink back!

The sharp whistling of the grinding wheel as it grinds the workpiece, the mixed hum of the equipment…

On the workbench sat a yellowish-brown motherboard…

A white enamel mug with the words "Advanced Producer - 1981" printed on it in red paint!

Looking down again, I saw a dark blue work uniform with a row of red letters printed on the chest:

[Circuit Board Workshop, 106th Institute of Computing Technology]

Chen Jianghe's mind went blank!

Countless images, sounds, and data streams appeared before my eyes…

2023 New York World Innovation Summit…

A complex architecture model for scrolling…

A chilling sound of metal snapping...

The passengers in the cabin screamed, howled, and yelled in terror…

Intertwined...

"Chen Jianghe! What are you staring at?! Engineer Su is waiting! Hurry up and send the motherboard over!"

A voice rang in my ears!

Chen Jianghe swayed involuntarily and subconsciously braced himself against the worktable.

Chen Jianghe?

Yes, I am Chen Jianghe!

Chen Jianghe, China's youngest IT architect in the 21st century!

But what's going on with all this?

He subconsciously glanced at a copy of the People's Daily on the worktable.

A date that is crystal clear yet suffocating…

October 1983, 9!

1983?!

Did you time travel during a plane crash?!

Finished!

The architecture of Pangu No. 1…

Trillion-level distributed server clusters…

That was the culmination of his many years of hard work!

Crucially, having been born in 1990 in his previous life, he knew absolutely nothing about this era…

So, what about the cheat code?

Why isn't there a cheat code?

Just as I was thinking of this, another image appeared in my mind…

That's who I am now...

A former educated youth who had been sent to the countryside in the Loess Plateau and returned to the city…

Three years ago, my father died in the line of duty...

A worker named Chen Jianghe!

Institute of Computing Technology, 106th Division…

National-level research institutions…

It sounds very high-end…

But he was just a worker in a circuit board workshop!

The man next to me, surnamed Han, was my mentor and my father's former coworker.

"Master, what did you just say?"

Chen Jianghe suddenly remembered something and looked at Master Han.

"I'm telling you, why aren't you sending the motherboard over right now!"

No, the sentence before that.

"Engineer Su is waiting!"

"Engineer Su? Is it Su Wanqing?"

A long-buried memory from the depths of a past life's soul suddenly shone brightly!

In his previous life, when he was studying basic courses at Tsinghua University, he saw an old black-and-white photograph in the introductory chapter of the textbook "History of the Development of Computer Technology in China"!

She is a young and beautiful female scientist, working in a simple laboratory at the 106th Institute of Computing Technology in the 1980s.

The caption beneath that photo carries a strong historical imprint and a sense of respect:

Su Wanqing (1956-2003) was the youngest female academician in the Information Science Division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was one of the core founders of China's computer industry and a key participant in the development of domestically produced chips.

"What's wrong with you today? You're calling Engineer Su by his first name..."

Upon hearing what Master Han said, a sense of absurdity mixed with a dizzying feeling of time and space displacement instantly overwhelmed Chen Jianghe.

Is it really her?!

The goddess I admired in my textbooks in my past life!

They're actually... living, breathing people in the same research institute right now?!

Shocked!

It was filled with disbelief…

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap rang out on Master Han's face!

Master Han exclaimed in shock, "Jiang He! Are you crazy?!"

Chen Jianghe's eyes were intense: "Master, does it hurt?"

"How can it not hurt?" Master Han covered half his face. "If it weren't for your father's sake..."

"Then hit me back!" Chen Jianghe leaned half his face in, "Go ahead and hit me!"

"Ah! You..." Master Han looked completely bewildered. "Hmph! Go deliver the boards first, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

After saying that, he slapped a work order next to the brownish-yellow motherboard.

"The third floor of Building 2 in Zone B! The computer lab! Engineer Su specifically requested it."

The confusion in Chen Jianghe's eyes was completely replaced by a resolute determination.

He excitedly grabbed the motherboard and work order, as if grasping at a lifeline in this era!

He strode towards Zone B...

Chen Jianghe stopped in front of the computer laboratory.

"Old Wang has been tinkering with this Great Wall 0520 for days, but he still hasn't found a bug..."

Suppressed whispers drifted out from inside the door:

"This shouldn't be happening! I've measured the critical voltages several times and checked the timing sequence, so why isn't it working?"

"Nine out of ten times it crashes during a cold start!"

"We've already replaced several spare boards. Could there really be a problem with our motherboard design?"

"If we fail this inspection, our entire computer group will have to be disbanded."

"Made in China products are just prone to failing..."

A deathly silence fell over the room.

Great Wall 0520?!

China's first generation of personal computers!

Chen Jianghe searched his memory for information about the core architecture and instruction set of the Intel 8086…

Clock frequency, address space, register stack...

The sense of dislocation with the times that filled my chest was instantly ignited by a surge of ecstasy!

Absolute control over technology dispelled the last trace of hesitation.

He took a deep breath, ignoring the unfamiliar feeling in his body.

The confident aura from his past life instantly emanated from his body.

He must seize this opportunity that has come knocking on his door!

Immediately afterwards, the hand with distinct knuckles pushed open the laboratory door!

"Squeak!"

The harsh scraping sound shattered the deathly silence inside the door.

Several pairs of eyes suddenly focused on it from all directions in the room!

Everyone's face was filled with doubt and dissatisfaction at the uninvited worker's intrusion into the workshop.

"Chen Jianghe, why did you barge in without knocking? Do you know where you are?"

A man in his late twenties with a side-parted hairstyle reprimanded him in a Beijing accent.

Chen Jianghe ignored him and quickly walked towards a worktable…

My gaze was fixed on a Great Wall 0520 with its case open…

The red and green lights on the debug card were flashing erratically.

In the depths of his mind, the 8086 initialization sequence diagram flashed by...

And bus timing table…

A thought clearly appeared in Chen Jianghe's mind!

The disordered lighting pattern is a problem with the ALE signal!

The problem lies in the logic of the data enable signal!

He blurted out instinctively, "The third red light and the second green light on that debug card, that's ALE..."