Are You Actually Reading or Just Flipping Pages?

Everyone looked at Ye Jin with mixed feelings.

Are you sure you're serious about coming to the library to read?

What time is it already? All of humanity has vanished.

Now look at the other contestants competing against you.

What are they doing?

And what are you doing?

Could you stop showing off already?

You're putting on a show worthy of a shampoo commercial.

Many people even began to wonder whether the hell he had come to compete or to take a vacation.

How could he sit down in the library so calmly and leisurely, then start reading at his ease?

And the book he was reading was a highly complex one about computers.

The production team hadn't tipped him off, had they?

After the translation, the viewers abroad also learned what book he was holding.

They stared at him as though he were a monster.

Was he even human? Just what kind of mindset did he have?

If he had simply come to the library to read, improve his education and fill the emptiness in his spiritual world, they could have accepted all that.

But why had he picked up an obscure and difficult book on Principles of Computer Organization?

Was he thinking of changing careers?

Though computer science paid considerably more than other fields,

But!

The whole damn world had disappeared, and the entire world belonged to him alone!

All the luxury cars and mansions were his alone.

What was the point of studying?

Many viewers around the world had backgrounds in computer science.

They had all studied the book in Ye Jin's hands when they first encountered the subject, but most had merely skimmed through it before leaving it untouched to gather dust.

When Ye Jin picked up the book, they felt as though they had returned to their youth.

It struck an even deeper chord with them.

Brian commented from the side, "The book Ye Jin is holding is Principles of Computer Organization, a basic university course. But Ye Jin himself majored in architecture, so I don't know why he chose a book like that. Perhaps it's because he's interested!"

"But according to some friends who majored in computer science, although it's a basic course, the book is extremely profound. Without a teacher to guide you, I'm afraid it would be hard even to understand it."

Brian shook his head.

There was an indescribable note of mockery in his voice.

Ailiya smiled beside him and said, "Perhaps our contestant Ye Jin picked up the wrong book. Maybe he just wanted to have a look."

"I don't think contestant Ye Jin will last long. How long do you think he'll keep at it?"

A flood of bullet comments instantly swept across the screen.

"I'm a computer science student. Even my teacher thinks this book is a bit complicated. I threw it aside a few days after I got it. I bet he won't last a few minutes."

"He's definitely just flipping through it. Ten minutes at most."

"What's the use of learning all that theory? Is he really going to become a programmer? It's just one book. Becoming a programmer isn't that easy. What a flight of fancy."

Viewers from the Nine Domains Nation began to argue back.

"What do you know? My God Ye is awesome!"

"The place is so quiet, it's perfect for spending the time studying. He's nothing like those restless contestants from other countries."

"Maybe by the time the competition ends, my God Ye will already be a big shot in the computer industry."

"Come on, God Ye!"

"God Ye, you're awesome!"

Countless pairs of eyes watched him without blinking.

It was the first time they had watched someone read so intently.

The scene was so peaceful.

A quiet library, a quiet man.

Except... Ye Jin was turning the pages a little too fast.

He swept his eyes over each page once, then turned it immediately.

He was practically reading ten lines at a glance, sweeping through a page in a few seconds.

Then he moved straight on to the next one.

Viewers all over the world found it extremely uncomfortable to watch.

They couldn't even decide whether the way Ye Jin was reading was right or wrong.

If he was reading seriously... he only glanced at each page two or three times before moving on.

But if he wasn't reading seriously... he turned every page without missing one.

Even some haters who wanted to attack him didn't know where to start.

If you're going to read, just read. What's with all the fancy tricks?

On the country's biggest social media platform,

The topic "Ye Jin reading" shot straight to the top of the trending rankings.

It sparked discussion among countless people.

Some teachers in particular... simply didn't know what to say when they saw it.

They suddenly felt a little relieved.

Luckily, he wasn't their student.

Otherwise, they would have been driven to death by anger.

Time passed bit by bit, and a few minutes later, Ye Jin finally finished flipping through the book.

An electronic notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Would you like to learn Principles of Computer Organization? Spend twenty Talent Points to master it."

"Learn!"

"Ding! Learned successfully. Talent Points reduced by twenty. Two hundred and sixty remaining!"

As the notification sounded, countless pieces of computer knowledge instantly appeared in Ye Jin's mind.

The history of computers and their components were now perfectly clear in his mind.

Most importantly, among the tens of thousands of points of light on the battleship in his mind, one in the command system section had finally lit up.

Although it was only an extremely tiny one.

But this was hope!

It was the foundation of all his confidence.

Having finished the entire book, he stood up.

He put it back where it belonged.

Then he walked over to another spot.

"That's it? It's only been a few minutes! And was he actually reading seriously, or just dabbling?"

"Sure enough, I was right. Ye Jin couldn't keep reading at all. He was just showing off."

"See? I bet Ye Jin's leaving in a moment. Reading was just a whim. I don't believe he'll keep reading. If he does, I'll livestream myself having diarrhea while doing a handstand!"

Before their words had even died away,

Ye Jin was holding a cup of hot coffee.

He walked back to the same bookshelf, picked up another book, The Soulful Chip: How Computers Work in Simple Terms, then returned to his seat and sat down again.

Watching everything he did, the crowd felt as though they were looking at a monster.

Did you understand it?

Did you even read it?

And you're already picking up a second book?

Could this be... quantum reading?

They practically wanted to cough up blood.

They wanted to gouge out their own eyeballs.

Isn't reading the most boring thing in the world? With that time, I could scroll through videos on YouTube or watch TV shows. Wouldn't that be much better than reading?

There are so many movies in the history of cinema that even if you watched ten a day for ten years, you still wouldn't finish them all.

Some people hadn't forgotten the person who had just been spouting off in the bullet comments.

"Whoever said they'd livestream having diarrhea upside down, get out here."

"Hurry up and start the stream. I want to watch!"

The person who had posted the comment about livestreaming himself having diarrhea upside down gritted his teeth. "Wait for it. I'll start the stream right now. I'll have diarrhea while doing a handstand!"

Everyone: ...

That exciting?

Ye Jin took a small sip of hot coffee.

He hadn't expected the hotel's power system to be broken while the power elsewhere still worked. He didn't know what was wrong with the hotel, so he would take a look when he went back today.

The coffee was a little bitter.

He added a tiny bit of sugar.

This coffee... is just like love!