These things are completely meaningless research.
But many crazy scientists are still enjoying it.
In fact, Chen Xu's move to deal with the X organization was purely accidental.
Because many members of Organization X are these kinds of mad scientists… and there's something Chen Xu doesn't know, which Xiao Min hasn't told him either. This Organization X is actually the initiator of a massive scam for the future century!
X is home to the world's most powerful scientists, and the more powerful the scientists, the more prone they are to madness. The document in Chen Xu's hands contains exactly what some of them have considered, but haven't had time to fully explore—a truly "good" idea. So when they saw this document, they immediately felt a sense of kindred spirit!
And MH is so powerful. This gave them confidence, confidence in the future!
So Chen Xu's accidental move was actually the right thing to do! It allowed the X organization to get ahead of schedule in researching the earth-shattering hoax... If he hadn't done this, then according to the original historical trajectory, in July 2010, Dr. Fisher of the X organization would have developed "Fuel No. 1," the kind of fuel that turns water into oil, thus opening the curtain on the "hoax of the century."
Therefore, Chen Xu has absolutely no objection to what X researches, because whatever they research will inevitably prove to be useless and won't improve X's strength. Chen Xu has confidence in Xiao Min about this. Next up is Hao Aiguo. Hao Aiguo didn't waste any time and directly brought some problems they couldn't solve, asking Chen Xu for help. These were basically computer-related problems, which Chen Xu simply assigned to Xiao Min to complete and then replied to him.
Recent events have made Chen Xu realize that his identity as an MH is becoming increasingly useful. Therefore, he needs to maintain good relations with the military and the government.
Following Hao Aiguo were text messages from Blue Baby, Guan Pingchao, and others. They were asking about the hacker competition, suggesting that MH serve as a judge, or at least a guest judge. Some even proposed adding an award to the competition if Chen Xu agreed: the winner would have the opportunity to have a dialogue with SMMH, ask a computer-related question, or even challenge MH.
Of course, this requires Chen Xu's consent.
Chen Xu was overjoyed when he saw that sentence. Vanity, huh!
You have to understand, everyone has vanity to some extent!
This greatly satisfied Chen Xu's vanity.
Because Blue Baby said they would all participate in the competition as contestants. These top hackers are just contestants, while Chen Xu is the final boss—that feels awesome!
So Chen Xu really wanted to agree, but seeing that Blue Baby and Guan Pingchao's avatars weren't lit up, they probably weren't online... After all, it was 3 a.m., and he'd heard that Guan Pingchao was a very disciplined person who always kept to a regular schedule, and Blue Baby also had a family, so she probably wouldn't stay up too late.
Although Chen Xu knew that with their capabilities, they could definitely connect the communicator to the mobile phone, as long as he sent a message, their mobile phones would immediately receive a notification and go online.
But Chen Xu didn't want to disturb them.
Why bother?
At this moment, Chen Xu saw a name on the communicator, um, Yingnian Zaofei (meaning "prematurely fat").
Hehe, his profile picture is lit up, so he must be online.
The thought of this young, overweight guy soon collaborating with him in the hacker competition filled Chen Xu with a sense of absurdity, so he decided to tease him first. Hmm, maybe he could even take him on as an apprentice? Hehehehe, then Zhong Ziyu would become his grand-apprentice. Ahhh. So satisfying, so satisfying! Just thinking about it made Chen Xu feel incredibly happy.
In fact, Chen Xu's personality is quite similar to Bai Kaixin, one of the ten villains in "The Legendary Twins." His nickname is "harmful to others but not to himself."
He's happy to play pranks that he think will annoy others, even if it doesn't benefit him at all.
For example, when I was in high school, my parents went on a week-long vacation to Hainan. They gave me a few hundred yuan and told me to buy myself food every day. As a result, I had a very unhappy week because nothing in restaurants tasted as good as my mom's cooking!
And thinking about this couple—well, wouldn't calling them adulterers be disrespectful? Anyway, the couple ran away, abandoning their son. His parents had done this kind of absurd thing countless times, so while lamenting that he was born into the wrong family, Chen Xu was also thinking about getting revenge on his parents.
So, when his parents came back, Chen Xu came up with a really disgusting excuse... he watched a horror movie and was scared to sleep alone at night!
Then he squeezed into his parents' bedroom, and his intrusion caused his parents to go a month without normal sex. In the end, his father was furious and had no choice but to apologize to Chen Xu and buy him a brand new PSP before Chen Xu let them off the hook.
So when Chen Xu saw Ying Nian, who was already overweight, he was overjoyed. He thought to himself that he would take this kid as his apprentice first, and then one day, when his strength was sufficient and his identity was revealed, he would let him know that the person who called him "master" every day was actually him. Ah ha, how wonderful!
Thinking of this, Chen Xu's little brother was trembling with excitement. He sent a message to Yingnianzaofei: "It's so late, are you still here?"
Chapter 218 Taking on Disciples (Part 1)
Young Fat is currently playing games. He's already graduated with his PhD and is almost thirty, but the problem is he's not interested in women... Don't get me wrong, Young Fat isn't gay, he just doesn't want to find a girlfriend; it's too restrictive... Just thinking about his last blind date, who always wanted him to go shopping with her, is... a nightmare!
He'd rather sit in front of the computer playing games than suffer that ordeal. Besides, what makes a PhD like him afraid of not finding a girlfriend? Even though he weighs over 230 pounds and is bald, he doesn't look like the type to be popular with women.
The young man who gained weight prematurely is actually named Yang Bingqing. He always considered himself pure and innocent, saying that his parents had given him a good name. But for a grown man to have such a name, well, it's a bit disgusting.
At this time, the young and chubby guy was playing NBA and having a great time. His habit when playing games was to close QQ and MSN, but the Red Hacker Alliance's internal communication software was always open, because there were often things going on within the alliance. Besides this communicator, he also had another communication software running, although only one person was connected to it, he would open it whenever he was online.
That was the dedicated software for communicating with SMMH; the number of people in the world who possessed it could be counted on two hands. Although Yingnianzaofei had only spoken with SMMH once, that was enough for him to boast about. Many members of the Red Hacker Alliance were green with envy, but no one dared to ask him for that communication software.
Because everyone knows that SMMH doesn't like to be disturbed. The best, and only, way to find him is to sit there and wait for him to come to you.
This communicator is very basic. It doesn't have as many features as QQ, but its security is far superior. With the simplest settings, Yingnianzaofei changed the sound file for when the communicator received a message. He replaced it with a louder, louder music. However, this music never actually played… He did this only so that SMMH could contact him. What if SMMH suddenly called him while he was playing a game, and he didn't hear it because the game volume was too loud? Wouldn't that be incredibly frustrating?!
So, just as Yingnian Zaofei was about to use Yao Ming for an alley-oop dunk, the music suddenly started. After a second of stunned silence, Yingnian Zaofei jumped in excitement, yelled, and immediately pressed ALT+F4 to exit the game. He saw a familiar name pop up on his communicator with a message: "So late. You're still up?"
The young, overweight boy let out an excited howl, like a wolf. He quickly replied, "Yes, yes, boss! I've finally found you!"
In my excitement, I even misspelled two words...
How could he not be excited? The SMMH boss asked him why he was still there so late? Good heavens. The SMMH boss cares about him so much! This suddenly made the young and chubby guy feel that this boss had a bit of humanity about him. He wasn't the kind of aloof god anymore!
But the young and overweight man had no idea that Chen Xu was laughing hysterically, clutching his stomach. He replied, "Well, I've been busy these past few days, so I haven't had a chance to go online. I just saw the news; is the Red Hacker Alliance going to hold a hacker competition?"
"Yes, yes!" Young and Fat replied hastily, "We'd like to invite you, Boss, to be a judge, or rather, a guest. Well, we don't know if you have the time, it wouldn't take much effort. Our idea is to cultivate a new generation of Chinese hackers, enhance netizens' interest in computers, and improve the overall strength of Chinese hackers. So we hope to leverage your influence. Perhaps you could give the contestants a chance, for example, or, the final winner could challenge you. Of course, we believe no one is qualified to challenge you. So this opportunity needs your help, and perhaps some guidance would be appreciated."
When Yingnianzaofei typed this, he carefully chose his words, afraid of accidentally offending this man. Although he'd heard that SMMH takes good care of its own people... the question is, does he count as one of SMMH's own people?
But they replied very quickly, very fast, because it was just one word: "Okay".
Upon seeing this word, Young Fat couldn't help but feel so excited he almost vomited blood! He had prepared a lot of lines to persuade this guy, but who would have thought he would agree so readily?! His prepared lines... mainly concerned the guidelines for this hacker competition. After all, there were government officials in the Red Hacker Alliance, and writing those kinds of official documents with a strong nationalistic theme was as easy as eating. They could easily elevate it to the realm of national righteousness with just a couple of sentences—a piece of cake!
But he never got a chance to use those lines, though he was secretly overjoyed at the young age of gaining weight.
Why?
Regardless, he's the one who invited SMMH! That's incredibly prestigious! From now on, everyone within the Red Hacker Alliance will look at him with new respect. And if this guy could even teach him a trick or two, wow, that would be invaluable!
So the young and chubby man quickly said, "Thank you so much! I'm so grateful to you. With your help, I believe many young people will focus their energy on the computer industry. Maybe this hacker competition can discover a group of new talents for our Red Hacker Alliance, or even future potential talents!"
"Ha, that's giving me too much credit. I haven't actually done anything. Even if I have, it's all thanks to your Red Hacker Alliance."
"555, you're too modest!" Young Fat exclaimed. "You don't know the power of idols these days! The influence of idols is incredibly powerful! Do you know how many fan clubs there are for you online? How many students have started to like computers because of you? Not just for playing games, but to learn computer technology? Take my relative's kid, for example, he's a senior in high school this year, and he said that many people in his class want to study computer science because of you!"
"Uh..." Even with Chen Xu's thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed saying that. But computer science wasn't bad; at least he'd learn some skills that would be useful in many places later. However, the IT industry... it's exhausting. Life after starting work isn't going to be easy.
After all, there are only a handful of top-tier experts.
However, to be honest, Chen Xu was aware of the SMMH fan clubs online. For example, his cousin, Wang Mingmei, was one of them—a loyal SMMH fan.
The power of idols is significant, and SMMH has indeed indirectly promoted communication and connection between ordinary people and computers. Especially after reports and extensive coverage by major media outlets, many people have embarked on the path of computers because they admire them.
Perhaps among them, a group of real hackers, a group of talented children, will emerge in the future.
Therefore, Chen Xu couldn't comment on these words. He could only reply, "I hope so."
At that moment, Chen Xu suddenly had an idea: to release "Hanyu," an assembly language!
He had personally experienced how Chinese people learn the Chinese language, and he found it to be very simple and quick! Of course, Chen Xu wasn't worried that releasing this language would strengthen everyone else's abilities, thus affecting his own progress and status.
Because it's just a language!
Just like the popular C and VB languages, it's simply a language for communicating with computers, only it's more in line with Chinese habits and the Chinese language.
The primary function of computer languages is programming. Using Chinese allows computer learners to delve deeper into and more easily learn programming languages… However, to become a top-tier hacker, simply knowing a programming language is not enough. Chen Xu's rapid progress wasn't solely due to the Chinese language enhancing his programming skills; the most crucial factor was that when learning Chinese, he could ask Xiaomin for help with any questions he encountered. Step by step, he tackled each challenge one by one, learning each unfamiliar concept… How could his learning speed not be so fast?!
So, to be honest, the Chinese language is just a computer language suitable for Chinese learners. It's not some legendary, invincible tool that you can master instantly. Rather, it's more like a profound internal cultivation method. To become a master, you have to study diligently, learning little by little, mastering step by step... It's no different from learning other computer languages, the only difference being that you don't have to memorize those awful English words.
However, Chen Xu naturally wouldn't reveal any outdated aspects of Chinese programming; those are his true strengths… such as writing programs with spiral double-chain structures in Chinese—those are definitely not things he'd share. But if Chinese could replace C as the fundamental computer language for Chinese learners, it would undoubtedly improve the overall computer skills of China.
However, this is just an idea, because many people are already very familiar with other computer languages, and it would be difficult to get them to suddenly change their habits. But if given the opportunity, Chen Xu felt he could at least give it a try first.
Who should we test it on?
Isn't there a perfect experimental subject right in front of us?
So Chen Xu said, "You're so young and already overweight. Which computer language are you learning? How proficient are you?"
Young and overweight, I didn't know why he asked this question, but he honestly replied, "I studied C++, and my level is at least at level eight."
Chen Xu, who was looking at C++, felt dizzy and wanted to punch someone. He said, "I have a computer language that I wrote myself, which is entirely in Chinese. I feel it's pretty good to use, so could you help me test it?"
Chapter 219 Taking on Disciples (Part 2)
A computer language written entirely in Chinese by myself?!
If someone else said that he was getting fat at a young age, they would definitely look down on him. Although the idea is good, it's just too difficult. Using Chinese characters for computer operations is extremely difficult and complex; it's definitely not something that one person or one group can do well.
Because computer languages are designed for 0s and 1s, their autonomous judgment capabilities are entirely mechanical. In contrast, Chinese has a vast and complex vocabulary… even English programming uses many standardized expressions.
However, given SMMH's statement, it's surprising that he's getting fat at such a young age.
Because of reputation!
The items this gentleman brought out were absolutely top-notch! Every single one was a masterpiece, representing the pinnacle of achievement in their respective fields!
He is not alone! He is definitely not alone! No one but God could be proficient in so many things.
So Yingnianzaofei was a bit stunned, looking at the file SMMH had sent him... It should be a programming language environment. That is, a converter, something that converts this language into machine code so that the computer can recognize it.
Chen Xu gave Ying Niancao basic introductory knowledge of Chinese language; he hadn't given him the advanced stuff yet.
Because many high-level languages are designed for writing programs with future spiral or other structures. However, after studying basic Chinese languages to a deeper level, it becomes possible to write computer programs with new structures... the earliest of which is the complex structure.
To put it simply, the conventional program models we use now are the simplest, like the simplest single-celled organisms in biological terms.
The current programming model is too monotonous and tedious, consisting of line by line, with at most a closing and echoing element, and repeated over and over again.
To give a simple example, it's like when a computer interest group first started making that knock-off version of "The Legend of Jin Yong." The decision-making mechanism they added was incredibly tedious.
For example, IF, or if, is a trigger condition in programming statements. If "if" selects "yes", then "then" jumps to line N; if "if" selects "no", then "then" jumps to line N+1.
Whether it's line N or line N+1, it represents the next part of the plot. In programming, repetitive statements are common; for example, when "No" is selected, the plot ends, and the game returns to the initial screen… These statements must be written at the end of every event. This is very time-consuming. And if even one word is misspelled, the program won't run.
In other words, current programming methods are actually quite monotonous, with one event following another. Each event, in reality, appears independent, meaning each programming method exists independently, only sharing the same data files for many of the calls.
This type of programming is much less efficient, but before the advent of the Chinese language, the global software industry had already undergone a revolution. This revolution involved simplifying and cross-referencing programming statements. In other words, it transformed single-celled programming into multi-celled programming, capable of cell division.
This revolution was incredibly powerful, significantly improving software speed and efficiency while reducing the complexity of programming. Over the following decades, this software architecture matured further, gradually evolving into a double helix structure—a sophisticated structural combination similar to DNA.
To put it simply, current software is like a straight line, very long and thin, resulting in low efficiency and large file size. Future software, however, will have a specific shape, leading to higher efficiency and smaller file size. This is why that martial arts game only has six bytes, even smaller than World of Warcraft! Keep in mind, if it were presented according to current game design principles, this game would be far more than six gigabytes; it might even be 600 gigabytes!
For Chen Xu now, especially at the beginner level, the Chinese language is no longer of much help. Of course, Chen Xu is still learning intermediate and advanced Chinese, and the materials given to him at this young age are only introductory. Even a computer genius, after studying these materials, would at most learn something equivalent to that of a mid-to-advanced programmer.
So this thing is outdated for Chen Xu, something he's tired of playing with, but it's a treasure in other people's eyes.
For those with programming experience, learning a new language again is no easy task. But for beginners, it's a godsend.
Although his programming skills weren't top-notch, they were still quite high. He took the document and glanced at it. The more he looked, the more astonished he became!