Tech Overlord: Savior of Worlds
Chapter 34

Fire Across Huaxia!

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Lin Xiaodong, a Java software engineer who had recently graduated, worked nine to nine, putting in eight hours of frontline software development plus an additional four hours. As a single dog, finding a girlfriend was impossible, so he could only scroll through Douyin in his spare time, watching those beautiful young ladies sing, dance, and do funny things.

Around 10 AM, while his supervisor was in a meeting, he snuck out to the hallway, lit a cigarette, and puffed away, pulling out his phone to scroll through Douyin.

As soon as the interface opened, it displayed a young lady with a score of over 9 points, playing the game "eating chicken."

In the final circle, the young lady, holding her breath and lying in the grass like a prone soldier, suddenly got a low battery warning: 20% remaining.

Seeing this, the young lady urgently said, "Xiaoxiao, quick, bring me my charger! It's the final circle, and my phone is about to die."

Soon, another young lady with a score of over 9 points appeared on the screen, handing over a small white plug.

The "eating chicken" young lady quickly plugged the small plug into her phone, flipped the switch on the white plug, and her phone entered charging mode. She then successfully won the game, and the camera finally focused on the white plug.

Lin Xiaodong swiped to the next video after watching, but felt something was off. He swiped back to the young lady's video and saw the like count: 2.89 million, with 330,000 comments! It was terrifying!

Clicking into the comments, the top-liked one read: [No need to thank me, the young lady's in-game ID for eating chicken is: Wanyue Little Fish. I've already added her!]

[Can any generous Douyin user explain what brand of power bank this white plug is?]

[Black technology wireless charger! Looking at this young lady's other videos, it's amazing!]

[Wireless charging black technology spotted!]

[Where can I buy this wireless charger?]

[……]

Lin Xiaodong quickly clicked on the young lady's avatar. There were several more videos inside. He clicked on one of them.

"Hello! Douyin friends, let me introduce you to a mobile charging black technology. Ta-da! Here it is. It's small and exquisite. One end plugs into the power source, and the other end plugs into the phone. That's it, see, it's charging. We're running forward, and we're already ten meters away from the power cord. Look, it's still charging. The manual says it supports up to 17 meters. Hehe, want to know where to buy it? I won't tell you, bye-bye~"

At the end of the video, the young lady blew a super cute flying kiss at the screen.

Lin Xiaodong saw the like count and gasped! 5.88 million, with 590,000 comments!

He quickly clicked into the comments.

[Stop blowing kisses, we just want to know where to buy this black technology!]

[Even though the young lady is very pretty, I still want to know where to buy this black technology more.]

[Miss, it's too much to keep such a good thing to yourself.]

[After watching this video, I threw my data cable into the trash in frustration, and now I've picked it back up.]

I work in wireless chargers, this video is fake, certified!

[Is this video real or fake?]

[Is this charger real or fake?]

[……]

Lin Xiaodong scrolled down the comments desperately for a long time. The comments were divided; some were shocked and asking for purchase links, while others were arguing and scolding.

Clicking on the young lady's other videos, each one had millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of comments.

The other videos all showed the young lady testing various usage scenarios of the wireless charger in her hand: through wooden boards, through stone walls, through large iron gates, through buildings. The final conclusion was that this wireless charger basically ignored obstacles, with a maximum charging distance of 17 meters.

Lin Xiaodong's interest was immediately piqued. He grabbed his phone and went into the office to discuss with his colleagues whether this wireless charger was real or fake.

Such a scene was appearing all over Huaxia, with everyone discussing whether the wireless charger on Douyin was real or fake.

On Weibo, the top three trending topics were all occupied by #BlackTechCharger#, #DouyinYoungLadyCharger#, and #WirelessChargingArtifact#.

In addition, as soon as you opened the news, you would quickly see various self-media articles related to the black technology charger.

Baijiahao, UC Browser, Toutiao, Penguin Kandian, Zhihu – all sorts of popular science and exposé articles...

A wireless charger had ignited the entire Huaxia.

Throughout the day, the content of everyone's conversations always included the question: "Any news on that charger yet?"

By evening, the young lady's Douyin follower count had skyrocketed to over 23 million! Her linked Weibo account also had over 12 million followers!

At precisely 8 PM, amidst the anticipation of countless people, the young lady finally updated Douyin with a new video!

"Mwah, I didn't expect so many people to follow me and send me private messages. If I don't say it now, I'll probably be doxxed. It's time for the reveal~ First of all, this is a real wireless charger! Its name is Dawn 1.0, a new product from a Huaxia company. It's super powerful. Super powerful, mwah, love you all~" At the end of the video, the young lady blew another cute farewell kiss.

One video instantly blew up the entire Douyin.

[Baidu search: Dawn 1.0, the first result is it. iOS version 499, Android version 399. No need to thank me!]

[True black technology, I'm kneeling.]

[Could it really be true?]

[Selling a broken charger for hundreds of yuan, are they crazy rich?]

[If no one cares about the young lady's looks, I'll take her.]

[Weibo has a repost giveaway for wireless chargers, 1000 of them! No need to thank me, just give me a like!]

[……]

In the Su City Industrial Park.

"Wanyu, you've gone viral all over Huaxia this time. Nearly 30 million followers! How can we not be jealous? No matter what, you have to treat us, a big feast! A super luxurious feast!" Gu Xiaoxiao said with a huff.

"Hehehe, no problem," Zhao Wanyu said with a happy smile. Her video, thanks to Achen's push, had become a massive hit across Huaxia, unleashing unimaginable advertising power.

"Achen, how's the website traffic looking now?" Zhao Wanyu asked Achen.

"Traffic is still rising. We've already got over 3 million real-name registrations. The 30,000 Dawn 1.0 units that were put up for sale have been bought out," Achen said, pointing to the website's order interface on their screen. The inventory displayed 0/30000 [Next inventory refresh time: 24:00].

The order instructions on the interface clearly stated: "We apologize that the production of Dawn 1.0 is currently limited and can only be offered in small quantities for pre-order. Customers who successfully place an order can expect delivery within 3 business days. Please be patient."

"Wanyu, your Weibo is blowing up," Gu Xiaoxiao said.

Zhao Wanyu smiled and picked up her phone. Her pinned retweet giveaway for 1,000 wireless chargers had been retweeted over 6 million times!

There were over 2 million comments, a chaotic mix of everything imaginable!

"Right, have you seen Brother Sun? I've called him several times and his phone's busy," Gu Xiaoxiao asked.

"Brother Sun's phone has probably blown up too. He's preparing to hold a press conference right now," Zhao Wanyu chuckled.

"Press conference?" Gu Xiaoxiao blinked in surprise.

Three chapters today, this is the first. Please recommend and collect.

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