Intelligent Carrier

Li Nanguang stepped forward and said in a friendly tone, "Boss, this is Lin Qiye, the one I brought. He's alert, can't sleep at night, and is perfect for the Night Shift."

The Boss glanced up, then went back to operating his computer. He seemed to be chatting with a Girl and even had voice chat on. "Baby, let's talk tomorrow. I have something important to do here."

After brushing off his online girlfriend, he looked up with a smile. "Welcome to Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens. My requirements aren't high. You just need to understand the Internet Cafe registration and cashier system, respond to customers' purchase requests, and not sleep while on duty at night. Can you do that?"

"No problem. As long as you agree, I can start tonight," Lin Qiye replied simply and directly.

The Boss was slightly surprised and held out his hand. "You're motivated, Youngster. You want to work without even asking about the pay? I like people like you. My name is Li Xiongye, Nanguang's Uncle. My family owns five Internet Cafes on this street."

No wonder Li Nanguang spent every day hanging around Internet Cafes. He was a Hidden Rich Second Generation after all.

Lin Qiye turned back to glance at Li Nanguang, making Glasses feel a little embarrassed.

The interview ended without any issues. Lin Qiye took out his ID card and signed the Temporary Employment Contract, officially becoming a member of the Li Family's Chain Internet Cafe Enterprise.

After half an hour of training, he had grasped the Work Process and only needed to wait for the evening to officially begin work.

Taking advantage of the time, Li Nanguang simply turned on another computer and invited Lin Qiye, who was holding an Employee Card, to play an Online Game.

A few hours later, it was time for the evening shift change. Lin Qiye went to the Bar Counter and began working.

He looked around, and after confirming that no one was watching, he turned sideways to block the camera and inserted the Black Cube into the server's USP Interface.

The monitor lagged for a moment, then a black-and-white chat interface like the one on his Laptop appeared.

[Virtual Intelligent Life Sub-body loaded. Chat 1.0 activated.]

[Internet environment detected.]

[Two Entry-level Servers and 106 Workstations detected. Computing Power barely meets the standard.]

[The servers possess six Hard Drives, each with a capacity of 100 GB. However, most already contain stored data. Format them?]

Those Hard Drives contained the Internet Cafe Games. If they were deleted, no one in the entire Internet Cafe would be able to play.

Lin Qiye hurriedly typed.

"Don't delete them. Can the current free Storage Space meet the minimum requirements?"

[100 GB of Public Storage Space detected. Available for use. Minimum requirements met.]

That was good.

"Begin loading the Program Sub-body."

The servers' signal lights immediately began flashing wildly, and the Users in the Internet Cafe complained one after another, "Network Administrator, what's going on? It's so laggy."

Lin Qiye explained with a smile, "Everything looks normal on my end. It might be a network issue. Just wait a moment and it'll be fine."

More than ten minutes later, the lag disappeared, along with the servers' Public Storage Space.

[Program Sub-body loading complete. Basic Logic Framework can now operate. Next, Computing Power Nodes need to be deployed. Deploy them across all Workstations simultaneously?]

During the earlier training, Lin Qiye had learned about the Internet Cafe's computers. This Internet Cafe used a Diskless System, meaning all Workstations drew upon server resources and had no Hard Drives of their own.

Deploying Computing Power Nodes meant drawing upon the Workstations' Computing Power to do its own work invisibly.

Lin Qiye emphasized in his reply, "Only use the Computing Power of machines that no one is using."

After a short while.

[Computing Power Adjustment Function complete. Idle machines will automatically be selected to provide Computing Power.]

[May Data Feeding begin now?]

The newborn Virtual Intelligent Life was like a crying infant waiting to be fed. Its nourishment was the data of the entire Internet.

Lin Qiye tapped the keyboard. "Go eat."

Immediately afterward, invisible Tentacles traveled through the servers... the Network Cables, and entered the Internet World.

In that fertile land that had never been cultivated, a Little Tadpole continuously absorbed and grew.

On the first night, it had only eaten a Light Meal, yet the 100 GB of space had already been used up.

Lin Qiye was speechless. It seemed his biggest expense now would be buying Hard Drives for this thing.

After pulling out the Black Cube, Lin Qiye did not return to the dormitory. Instead, he went to the Computer City on Fallen Street and bought a Used Hard Drive.

Three consecutive Night Shifts left Lin Qiye a little exhausted, but the results were obvious.

After absorbing a large amount of data, the Virtual Intelligent Life began to grow.

However, this growth was one-sided. Lacking interaction and communication, it could only act according to Lin Qiye's commands.

Its growth in intelligence was slow, but its demand for Knowledge Reserve kept rising.

As a result, its demand for Hard Drive space continuously increased. To meet the intelligent life's needs, Lin Qiye bought another 500 GB Hard Drive and installed it in a Workstation as Storage Space.

But merely increasing its Knowledge Reserve meant constant investment with no return. This situation could not last long.

Lying on his dormitory bed, Lin Qiye held his Internet-connected Laptop. Now that the Virtual Intelligent Program Sub-body was hidden within the Internet Cafe's servers, he could communicate with it through the Remote Network.

He tapped the keyboard. "I can't keep funding this. Is there any way to make quick money in a short time?"

[The fastest methods are all written in the constitution. Manager, please do not entertain such thoughts. It would be bad for both of us.]

"Then aside from illegal activities, what methods do you have? Give me a summary plan."

[Based on my current circumstances, the following methods can be implemented:]

[Method One: I answer questions on Internet Q&A websites. However, due to the low return for each individual answer, a large number of accounts would be needed to answer questions. This could easily alert the Q&A websites and lead to a complete account ban, with an extremely low chance of tracing my existence.]

[Method Two: Third-party business. Drafting contracts, legal documents, and various templates. The drawback is that a broad, trustworthy platform is needed to obtain business volume and collect payment.]

[Method Three: Program development, including but not limited to small game development, plug-ins, and various application programs. A company entity would need to be established, and programmers recruited to conceal the true state of the project's development.]

[Method Four: If sufficient Computing Power is available, the Manager can open an account for financial investment. The investment advice I provide will most likely generate profits.]

"What about buying lottery tickets?"

[When purchasing lottery tickets, there is an 87% probability of winning a high-value prize. However, the Manager would need to pay an extremely high betting amount, and there would still be a possibility of losing all principal.]

Fine. That kind of money wasn't meant for me.

Lin Qiye already had an answer in mind.

The first three options were all feasible in the current Internet environment, though they were somewhat troublesome.

The simplest option was stock trading.

Whatever. Since I'd been reborn, I might as well choose the most comfortable route.

He took out his phone and dialed his home number.