Inside a rental unit at Red Leaf Apartment.
"Acquiring target. Target requires 15,000 Reputation Points!" "Acquisition failed. Insufficient Reputation Points!"
Ye Fan pinched the bridge of his nose. The two messages before his eyes gave him a headache. A mere Graphene Phone required 15,000 Reputation Points!
Host: Ye Fan! Reputation Points: 33 Acquired units: Holographic Projection Technology, Supercomputer Technology!
Inside his mind was a Billion-Crystal Tech System, filled with technology that surpassed Modern Civilization. It had everything, whether civilian or military—things one could imagine and things one could not.
However, acquiring these technologies required vast amounts of Reputation Points. For example, the cheapest item currently in the Billion-Crystal Tech System was the Graphene Phone, yet acquiring it still required 15,000 Reputation Points!
Even adding up all his Reputation Points, he had only a little over 13,000. After purchasing Holographic Projection Technology and Supercomputer Technology, he was left with the pitiful single-digit number of 33.
He was just a college student, not some big celebrity or popular streamer.
If he wanted Reputation Points, he had to become famous.
Though fame was important, what mattered most to him right now was making money. Without money, he could barely survive, let alone worry about Reputation Points. Once he had money, everything else could be discussed.
Ye Fan logged onto a website and browsed through all the information on Holographic Projection Technology. At present, all holographic projection technology around the world was merely in its infancy. To reach the level of the technology in his hands would take another twenty years or more.
That alone showed just how precious the technology in his hands was.
As for Supercomputer Technology, the name said it all. The technology in his mind was more than thirty years ahead of all Computer Technology worldwide. Whether it was programming, artificial intelligence, or supercomputers, he could create them all. As long as he wanted to, there was nothing he could not do.
Even hacking was nothing worth mentioning within Supercomputer Technology.
Ye Fan's fingers clattered across the keyboard as he explored the entire internet.
With technology like this, was he really going to worry about money?
The 61 Program Website was a site where one could fix all kinds of bugs. For example, if a company's software developed a vulnerability that its programmers could not repair, they could post the vulnerability on the site and set a Bounty Amount. Whoever solved it would receive the reward.
Without registering and logging in, one could only view a small portion of the Bounty Notices.
As Ye Fan looked over the Bounty Notices, he could barely keep his grin from spreading. This was practically a money-making plan tailor-made for him. His first pot of gold would likely come from here.
Real-name Authentication. Ye Fan had considered skipping it, but that would not work. Once he completed a Bounty Notice, the other party would transfer the payment through the real-name-authenticated account.
This kind of website was legal.
There was absolutely no need to avoid real-name authentication.
Registering, authenticating his identity, linking his bank card—Ye Fan completed the whole process in no time.
Next, it was time to sweep the entire Bounty List.
Ye Fan registered under the name K.
Apprentice-level: 0 experience.
That was right. This website was extremely comprehensive, a paradise for programmers. Not only could one make money here, but one could also share knowledge and experience. There was even a dedicated forum. It could be called the online Jianghu of the Programming World.
There were levels. Every task completed granted experience, and the amount of experience depended on the difficulty of the Bounty Mission.
There were three difficulty levels: simple, difficult, and hell.
If one's level was too low, one could not take missions above it. This also reduced the difficulty of review.
Crack!
His finger joints popped. Ye Fan smiled. It was time for him to take the stage!
Both hands at once!
A glint flashed in Ye Fan's eyes, and his entire bearing changed in an instant. He no longer looked dispirited. Instead, he gave off an aura that kept people at a distance as he fully immersed himself in the joy of programming.
The computer screen had turned blue. The first mission he accepted was a bug in a card game app from some company. It was a simple-difficulty mission with a bounty of 5,000.
Clatter, clatter. Countless symbols and letters appeared across the blue screen.
One minute slowly passed, and the entire blue screen had filled with countless symbols.
Five minutes!
Ye Fan stopped.
Because he had finished!
After uploading the repaired software source code, Ye Fan did not stop. He continued accepting other missions.
The only sound in the room was the tapping of the keyboard, crisp and rhythmic.
One mission after another was solved at a frantic pace.
More than three hours passed. After source code was uploaded, the company that posted the mission would review it as quickly as possible before transferring the money.
And within those short three hours,
Ye Fan had accepted every mission, and he had already completed most of them. All that remained was the review.
Liu Zeming was an Apprentice-level programmer. He had finished the courses he had spent more than 30,000 yuan on. Recently, he had tried starting his own business, only to discover that programmers of his level were not in demand. Big companies did not want them, much less high-value corporations.
As for small companies, he did not think much of the salaries they offered. He could only keep learning and making money through the 61 Program Website. Apprentice-level missions were not difficult for him, but they were enough to keep him fed.
He could solve one in half a month, two in a month. If he was lucky, he might even take three or four. Earning over 10,000 yuan a month was definitely not a problem.
Hmm?
When Liu Zeming went to accept a mission, he discovered that it was already Under Review. That meant someone had completed the mission and even submitted the source code.
Tsk, tsk. Whoever did it had a good eye. The mission was not very difficult, but the bounty was high. That company must have been in a hurry, or it would not have offered such a high reward. Someone had gotten there before him.
He would look at the others.
That was what Liu Zeming thought, but when he tried to accept another mission, he discovered that it too was awaiting review!
"What the hell is going on?"
"Is someone trying to start trouble?"
Liu Zeming was somewhat annoyed as he frantically accepted missions.
"Submitting, please wait!"
"Submitting, please wait!"
Damn it!
Liu Zeming cursed out loud, his mind going blank!
How were most of the missions already being submitted?
That was impossible.
These missions had all been posted today.
What on earth was happening?
Liu Zeming hurriedly entered the forum. The moment he looked, he practically exploded on the spot.
Because on the forum, most of the Apprentice-level elites were discussing this matter.
"Who is this Code K? Which expert's Alt Account is this? Is this even fun?"
"Exactly. Why is some expert causing trouble down here with us? The bounty rewards for missions at your difficulty level are hundreds of thousands, while ours are only a few thousand. And you still have to take ours? Are you even human?"
"This is so irritating. I couldn't accept a single mission today. Even when I did accept one, someone else had already submitted it!"
By this point, Liu Zeming understood what had happened.
It had exploded!
Had the whole place gone into an uproar?
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