Sweeping the Universe Starting with a Hand-Built CPU
Chapter 9

Serpent Emperor Destroyer

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Monsters surged like a tide, a myriad of attacks raining down, various colors flashing across the screen, and numbers representing lost health points appearing above the heads of monsters and characters.

Han Yang entrusted all these numerical calculations to the chip in his brain. All logical judgments and decisions were handled by his human brain.

Visual processing, fuzzy recognition, logical judgment, and final decision-making were areas where the human brain had a natural advantage.

Even a child could identify the numbers they needed to pay attention to among many distracting colors, but it was very difficult for a powerful computer to do so.

The same was true for logical judgment and decision-making.

In other areas, especially numerical calculations and short-term memory, it was very difficult for the human brain.

Even a mathematical genius would struggle to instantly perform complex calculations involving hundreds of numbers. But for a computer, even the primitive chip Han Yang had cobbled together, it was a task that couldn't be simpler.

Thus, the combination of the two, complementing each other and leveraging their strengths, achieved an effect where one plus one was far greater than two.

It was precisely because of this that Han Yang was confident in performing extreme maneuvers and clearing the Serpent Emperor dungeon with such poor attributes.

Under Han Yang's command, the robot operated the keyboard and mouse with precision and dexterity, giving the game character movements that were precise to the extreme. With monsters in swarms, it weaved through them like a butterfly flitting through flowers. No matter how many monsters there were or how complex the situation was, it always managed to minimize damage taken while maximizing damage dealt.

Potions were always drunk at the most critical moments, skills were always released when their effect was greatest, and positioning was always in the most advantageous spot.

The first wave of small monsters was successfully dealt with, the first mini-BOSS was successfully dealt with, the second wave of small monsters was successfully dealt with...

Han Yang calculated various data with all his might. At this moment, the frequency of the primitive chip in his mind had been overclocked to 30KHZ, equivalent to performing over 30,000 floating-point operations per second. But even so, the control of the other three computers was slightly affected, and the skill level dropped from expert to proficient.

An hour quickly passed. All the early monsters were dealt with, and the game character, in a predictable state, stood before the final big BOSS, the Serpent Emperor.

Han Yang planned to take 25 minutes to defeat this big BOSS.

The early kiting, bleeding, damage amplification, and buffing were executed flawlessly. Han Yang chipped away little by little, and the Serpent Emperor's health bar began to drop bit by bit.

The entire process was fraught with peril. Several times, the game character's health bar dropped to a dangerous level. With just a slight mishap, everything would have been for naught. But each time, Han Yang always managed to control the game character as if defying fate, escaping from the dangerous situation and turning peril into safety.

The most dangerous time, the health bar had dropped to the bottom, with only 30 health points remaining. The potion cooldown hadn't finished yet, and the game character was also poisoned by the serpent, continuously losing 20 health points per second.

An ordinary person encountering this situation would have given up long ago. How could they possibly fight? Just wait for death.

But Han Yang remained calm in the face of danger. After another second passed and his health dropped to 10 points, which was not enough to withstand the next tick of continuous damage, the potion cooldown just happened to finish. Han Yang immediately chugged a large health potion, and his health quickly soared, narrowly escaping death and coming back to life.

It seemed thrilling, but in reality, there was no danger at all. Because every value and every duration was within Han Yang's calculations.

Such extreme maneuvers, if performed once by an ordinary expert, would be enough to boast about for a long time. But for Han Yang, this was just basic operation.

Under these circumstances, after 24 minutes, the Serpent Emperor let out a mournful cry, and its massive body collapsed directly. Various materials and equipment dropped with a clatter, and the system immediately prompted that the character had obtained an honorary title.

This order was completed.

The reason for finishing a little early was that games always had some randomness. Today's luck was a little better, so it finished a minute early.

An hour and a half, 150 yuan income, 100 yuan per hour!

Phew...

Han Yang sighed inwardly, It would be great if there were more orders like this.

If he could achieve a stable hourly wage of 100, one computer would earn 2400 a day, four computers 9600, and his monthly income would directly reach 300,000.

But Han Yang also knew in his heart that such orders were actually hard to come by.

At this moment, in Tiemu City, Zhao Ping was anxiously waiting, scratching his head.

Normally, defeating the Serpent Emperor took about an hour and a half. Only an hour and twenty minutes had passed, so it was impossible to be finished.

Even for an expert, the possibility of clearing it in one go isn't high. I'd better not ask, in case they find me annoying and refuse my order. Hmm, I'll wait three hours before asking. In three hours, they can attempt it twice. Regardless of whether they succeed or not, there will be a result.

Zhao Ping tried to comfort himself and continued to wait. But he hadn't waited long when suddenly, a notification sound rang, and a new message arrived. Clicking it open, Zhao Ping was startled to see a message from the customer service of the Revival Game Studio.

"Dear, the task has been completed. Please log in to check. Please confirm receipt as soon as possible. If you are satisfied, please give our little shop a good review~"

What the hell?

What's going on?

Counting the time it took to log in, it was only an hour and twenty-five minutes at most. It's already finished?

Even an expert couldn't be this fast, right?

At this moment, Zhao Ping felt not excitement, but despair.

A scammer, I must have encountered a scammer.

Zhao Ping didn't reply, but logged into his account with some nervousness.

Huh? What's going on? Why am I in the Serpent Emperor's hall? This thing... is the Serpent Emperor's corpse? So much gold, so much equipment, did the Serpent Emperor drop it?

My title is... Serpent Emperor Destroyer? I got the honorary title? Holy crap, did they really kill the Serpent Emperor?

Zhao Ping's mind went blank for a moment, first disbelief, then ecstasy.

"Brother, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Zhao Ping hurriedly thanked him while quickly clicking to confirm receipt, and casually gave a five-star review: "The shop owner is a true expert!"

He took a screenshot of the scene where the Serpent Emperor was killed, and also screenshots of the purchase and his chat history with Han Yang, and sent them directly to the game group.

The game group was silent for a moment, then suddenly erupted.

"Holy crap? Seriously? With your trash gear, Old Zhao, you cleared the Serpent Emperor dungeon in an hour and twenty-five minutes, and it cost 150?"

"This, this isn't just an expert, this is a super expert, right?"

"The key is the price is so low, and the speed is so fast?"

"Old Zhao, which shop did you buy from? Quick, tell me! This Crimson Iron Behemoth has had me stuck for five days!"

"Stop dawdling, hurry up! This Planet Devourer has had me stuck for three days too. If I can't beat it, that whole cart of materials will expire, and I'll have to sleep under a bridge!"

"Old Zhao, Brother Zhao, Uncle Zhao! Dad! Hurry up, which shop is it?"

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