Chapter 127: Swift Thunder

  On the first day of school, two things were buzzing at Beiqing. The first thing was that the top student in Computer Class 1 finished reading a book within one class period and fully grasped its content, answering questions fluently in class and giving a speech, saying "I will never stop pursuing knowledge." This inspired a generation of spoiled children.

  The second thing also comes from Computer Class 1, the second place in the college entrance examination, willing to admit defeat, first wrote a big "admit defeat" on the blackboard, and then wore swimming trunks to run a big circle inside the Beiqing School. Not only did he not suffer everyone's ridicule, but also brought about waves of applause. Losing to the champion who is like a monster, this doesn't count for anything. Since Yu was born, why should Guang be envious? Fortunately, this Yu has a broad and tolerant heart.

  I heard that some flower sisters who had been infatuated with Bangyan Ge's half-naked sprint wrote love letters to him. Who would have thought that the seemingly delicate and thin Bangyan Ge would actually have bulging muscles all over his body after taking off his clothes, especially the thick black hair on his chest, abdomen, and legs, which is extremely sexy. Maybe this time it was Bangyan Ge's carefully planned plot, no matter win or lose, he will make a big splash.

  Later in college for three years, he left a record of 63 girlfriends in Beiqing, this record has no predecessors and seemingly no successors. They all lowered their heads without seeing him raise his head, how could he put down his hand. At the same time, stepping on several boats, surprisingly playing with the wind and water, didn't get caught, this is not scientific

  Just like a comet rising, Xuan Qi rose to fame, but just like a shooting star, he disappeared from the public's sight. Except for the first day when I saw him attend class, he never appeared again. A student with an incredible memory and logical thinking, being confined in school was actually harming him. Teaching students according to their aptitudes, everyone can develop their talents to the fullest.

  Deng Xianli was ecstatic and then anxious. In his anxiety, he felt helpless. When he really saw Xuan Qi master in half a day the knowledge that others need three years to grasp, Deng Xianli suddenly trembled, holding onto Xuan Qi's shoulders, reminding him to take care of himself. At this moment, learning anything was unimportant, Deng Xianli feared heaven's jealousy towards talented individuals.

  Xuan Qi shrugged indifferently and then made an appointment with Deng Xianli for the exam to confirm the elective credits. After that, Xuan Qi took his ID card and went to the computer room in Beiqing. It had been many years since he last touched a computer or went online, and suddenly a sense of anticipation rose up in Xuan Qi's heart.

  Pushing open the door of the server room, a wave of strange smell gushed out from inside, almost making Xuan Qi faint. Although the air conditioner was humming continuously, the pungent smell still made people feel nauseous. It took Xuan Qi three breaths to get used to it, and he found a machine to sit down, running his hands over the keyboard with worn-out letters, and the monitor which was originally silver-edged but had turned black and dull. Memories that were almost asleep slowly began to wake up again.

  There are two computer rooms in Beiqing. One is a bright and spacious room, usually used for leaders to inspect or new students to familiarize themselves with computer knowledge, and even open classes are held there. The latest machines are placed inside, which are expensive and run very fast, all of which use Windows operating systems, lined up neatly like an internet cafe.

  And this messy one is a small computer room, with discarded machines inside. The running speed is slow, the noise is loud, and there isn't even a graphical user interface operating system, but rather Hnix or Ltuu.

  Those who have made achievements in the field of computer science or have a strong foundation in it are willing to endure the dirty and chaotic environment of small machine rooms rather than go to large machine rooms. In their eyes, only those that can be freely manipulated are considered computers, while those used for teaching are mere props. Moreover, the programs they write must be able to run on the worst computers. Therefore, they endure loneliness, typing away at their worn-out keyboards, hammering out their dreams.

  Xuan Qi's hands fluttered like butterflies as he input command after command. As the commands continued to flow in, Xuan Qi began to browse through the main directory and subdirectories of this computer.

  A bespectacled senior with a goatee opened his mouth and let out a stench that could kill mosquitoes, flashing his yellow teeth as he said: "Enter the execution command, then enter the command path, bring up the text set, and continue writing your part." The busy and error-prone goatee senior mistakenly took Xuan Qi for someone else.

  "En" Xuanqi didn't explain either. In each university, there will be different project groups. They may do some programming development because of interest or hobbies, or due to certain economic benefits, or even involve paper and courseware development. The cats in the small machine room, these school brothers must be doing something big. Otherwise, they wouldn't put the wrapped packages into the machine room, looking at the color and smell of the teeth of the brother next to them, at least three weeks away from the world.

  Along the path to open files, Xuanqi began to watch the source code. This is actually a single-task breakpoint network downloader that is relatively well-known in Xuanqi's memory. There are network ants, interstellar express, followed by BitComet, and eMule, until finally Thunder unified download portal port, becoming the largest, most installed, and most supported portal software in China.

  And now this piece of code lying in the program is simply not competitive at all, too rough. At first glance, it's just a student club's graduation project, too careless.

  After being baptized by the great Internet era, Xuan Qi's starting point is different from these seniors. His thinking starts with how to make this software a unique and towering tree. Facing the entire code segment, Xuan Qi's thoughts begin to leap.

  This was the year 2000, not yet the era of widespread internet and terminal dissemination, but there was a huge pirated CD market, very suitable for some large software companies to grow their client base in a barbaric way, such as Zhou, the father of rogue software, whose 3721 emerged in this era, occupying 95% of online computers.

  So Xuanqi's intention is quite different, not to make the software look good or to have a high algorithm. But in order to occupy more users, or to take root in more terminals, so facing this downloader, Xuanqi's eyebrows gradually furrowed.

  "Excuse me, senior," he asked, turning around, "what's this software called and what is it used for?"

  "This is called Fast Fire Downloader, similar to NetAnts or Internet Express Downloader. It's a project we undertook as part of our research at China Web and also our graduation thesis." The senior looked at Xuan Qi with a surprised gaze: "Aren't you a recent graduate?"

  Xuan Qi rubbed his nose, inevitably passing the strange smell, and tried to make his voice calmer: "I'm a freshman." After saying that, he didn't care how shocked this senior was, and instead looked at the source code by himself.

  A very traditional way of coding makes the entire database look bloated. Xuan Qi can't help but want to simplify it. At this time, Lao Ding suddenly says: "What are you doing, young man? You're not even going to school anymore, and you're wasting your good time on these things?" The source code is all over the place, too much for Lao Ding to handle. If the way of cultivation is like a heavenly book to ordinary people, then what Lao Ding sees now is also like a heavenly book.

  "This is the best way to quickly accumulate wealth in the next few years. Don't underestimate these green texts, they are all about money," Xuan Qi said with a shrug of his shoulders. Cultivation requires money, and making money doesn't contradict it, but rather complements it. Thinking about how to modify the code.

  "Since you also know that this thing is valuable, let's maximize the profit. Now, who gets to decide how to divide the benefits? Do they get to decide?"

  This sentence was like a wake-up call to Xuan Qi, making him suddenly realize that this wasn't the time for idle chatter. Xuan Qi sat silently, starting to think about how to start his own business. In the desolate region of the internet, it was suitable for barbaric growth. Every founder seemed like a skilled chess player, already beginning to set up their pieces. Now, Xuan Qi had several opportunities that could change the world, such as the current downloader, and the future Hot Blood Legend. As long as he could grasp this opportunity, no matter how he soared to success in the future, at least he would be able to become rich enough to rival a country. Therefore, Xuan Qi needed to seize every opportunity. The purpose of doing so was only one: to use Tian Yun's wealth to forge an extremely sharp flying sword.

  Xuan Qi began to ponder how to develop this software, as if the wealth he currently possessed was enough to develop this suite of software. For a moment, Xuan Qi's heart was on fire, fantasizing about unifying the world, sweeping across the six harmonies, and being the sole ruler of the swift thunder. Xuan Qi stood up, his hands slapping together fiercely, "crack, crack, crack", three sharp sounds in succession.

  "After attracting everyone's attention, Xuan Qi's eyes flickered with ambition: 'Hey brothers, it's not enough to just do things like this. You should also take a closer look at what you're writing, which is essentially plagiarizing the core program of Network Ants, and the logic is clumsy. Others are using five threads for downloading, while you're doing something that doesn't even resemble it. What's the point of all this? Is it just to get by on China Net or to graduate?"

  Two consecutive questions from Xuan Qi left everyone speechless, but then a thoughtful glint flashed in their eyes. They didn't even know what they were doing themselves. The teacher assigned the task, the students found the topic, and so they started working on it. No one had ever thought about why.

  Xuan Qi's eyes were filled with gloom, lamenting their misfortune and resenting their lack of struggle. Pitiful people must have a hateful side, they are now bewildered and helpless, but in fact, it is all their own doing, in other words, they had it coming.

  Xuan Qi slapped his hand directly on the monitor: "You're not young anymore and should consider your own future. Everything you do now is to lay the foundation for entering society in the future. Those who don't want to be eliminated by this world must be open-minded, innovative, and progressive, rather than just copying and imitating, being inferior to others."

  Xuan Qi said as he picked up the pen and wrote a segment of principle code on the blackboard in the machine room. In later generations, some genius software had been cut off due to special reasons, and the developers had made the source code public in their enthusiasm. Xuan Qi had dabbled in it before. Now, taking out something that transcended time, the original elements of Bit Spirit.

  "Firstly, a file is divided into hundreds of parts. A downloads the 10th part from the server randomly, and B downloads the 92nd part from the server randomly. Then, A's downloader will go to B's computer to get the 92nd part that B has already downloaded, and B's downloader will go to A's computer to get the 10th part that A has already downloaded. This not only reduces the load on the server but also speeds up the download speed for users. Efficiency is improved, and regional restrictions are reduced. If C wants to connect to the server to download, the speed may be very slow, but if they go to A or B's computer to get it, it may be much faster. Based on this infinite sharing, the more users there are, the faster the download speed will be. This is the superiority of downloading, where you are uploading while you are downloading. Others are getting a part of the file from your computer, so while you are enjoying others' downloads, you are also completing the transmission process."

  Cross-era download principle, stunning all the school brothers in an instant. A school brother looked at this text and asked stupidly: "What is this downloader called?"

  Xuan Qi loudly said: "Swift Thunder" just like that, Swift Thunder's naming rights were stripped away, born half a year earlier in Huaxia, and possessing a transcendent Bit Core group that spanned across eras.