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Chapter 230 A Piece of Dao Heart Shattered (3K)

It's very hot on the streets of Hailing City. Walking under the sun, you feel like your own body is about to be steamed out of the sun.

Liu Jiadong was a little thirsty. He regretted that he hadn't had time to drink water when he was nervous earlier. At least he should have finished the glass of water that the interviewer had poured for him when he left the interview.

Fortunately, a vending machine stood quietly in front of us.

He took out his phone and walked toward the vending machine, only to suddenly realize that there was another person nearby.

He stopped and waited for the other person to leave.

To be honest, he was a little embarrassed.

However, the other party continued to linger nearby, showing no intention of leaving.

If Liu Jiadong gets a little closer, he moves away; if Liu Jiadong moves a little further away, he comes back.

Both of them pretended to be playing on their phones, glancing at each other out of the corner of their eyes, lingering in front of the vending machine, each waiting for the other to leave.

But the other party wouldn't leave.

Several times I thought the other person had left, but actually I was just using the vending machine to block their view.

For some reason, Liu Jiadong felt like he was practicing slalom...

Liu Jiadong was starting to have second thoughts. If all else failed, he figured he'd have no choice but to drink water from the tap in the public restroom.

He remembered there was one at the end of the road.

Liu Jiadong hadn't left yet when he realized the other person had left.

He looked a little listless, and even his walk was unsteady.

This is a young man, who looks to be in his early twenties, and his back view is a bit thin.

In that instant, he suddenly thought, "Hey, I've already fallen to this level, what's the point of being reserved? What's the point of having any shame?"

“Brother,” he called out.

The person paused, but did not turn around.

"Young man!" he called out again, and the other man turned around.

"Come here, come here." He waved.

The young man turned around, swaying as he turned.

The lips are pale and cracked, and the face is flushed.

This is clearly dehydrated.

Liu Jiadong was startled. He quickly took out his phone, opened the connection interface, and randomly selected two drinks.

With two thuds, Liu Jiadong shoved one of the bottles into the young man's hand and dragged him into the shadows by the roadside.

The young man stared at him blankly, feeling a bit dizzy from the heat.

"Drink it quickly!" he said, seeing that the young man was still confused, he twisted open the bottle cap and handed it to him.

The young man finally realized what was happening and gulped down a bottle of water almost instantly.

Liu Jiadong handed him another bottle of water, pulled him towards the nearby subway entrance, and when they reached the entrance, he lifted the curtain. A blast of cool air hit them, and the young man slowly recovered.

"Are you feeling better?" Liu Jiadong asked.

The young man's stomach was rumbling.

His face turned red instantly.

A few minutes later, Liu Jiadong and the young man hid in a corner of the subway passage, eating expired snacks.

"Brother, thank you. You're the second kind person I've met," the young man said.

Liu Jiadong was both amused and exasperated. Who was the first good person?

"Brother, you're saying you didn't buy this? You can just retrieve it with your phone? Without spending any money? What's the name of your app? It's amazing!" The young man's eyes widened.

"You don't know OIFU? Then what were you doing around the vending machine just now?" Liu Jiadong asked, puzzled.

“I’ve been starving before and managed to get food from other vending machines, so I thought I’d try this one. Maybe I could shake it hard and get a bottle of water out… Brother, I’d been shaking it for ages before you came out. I’m telling you, I was thinking of finding a brick and smashing it,” the young man said. “But I didn’t dare. I have a younger sister at home, and she’s a much better student than me. What if I get arrested and it affects her…”

So, you were shaking the vending machine so hard under the blazing sun that you dehydrated yourself?
Liu Jiadong sighed.

"You almost died, do you know that?"

"I was completely confused just now, I don't remember anything." The young man scratched his head and chuckled.

Then he added, "Last time, several days ago, someone else got me a lot of food from a vending machine. I was wondering how they could be so clever as to get food out of there, and why I couldn't. I was puzzled for a long time, but it turns out they used software."

“If it was several days ago, then it shouldn’t be,” Liu Jiadong said. “This software was just released, and I just installed it myself.”

"What's going on? It's a young man in a wheelchair with a dog," the young man said. "I was wondering if he had some special secret."

"Brother... could you give me a copy of that software?" the young man said shyly. "Brother, how did I end up like this?"

Yeah, how did I end up like this?
Liu Jiadong added the young man as a friend, sent him an installation package, briefly explained how to use it, and chatted with him for a while.

The young man said that he was scammed when he was looking for a job after graduating from university. He had no choice but to use his last money to buy a train ticket and come from another place to stay with his classmate.

“My parents are farmers, and they can’t help me, they’ll just worry. So I came to stay with my classmate, but I didn’t expect him to be even poorer than me. He has nothing but a place to live… A few days ago, we couldn’t pay the rent, so we were kicked out. We haven’t had enough to eat for days. It’s good to have this now.” He said, “Thank you, brother, you’re amazing.”

Liu Jiadong didn't know what made him so special.

Although he was indeed a little better off than this young man, at least he had a place to live.

But the rent is only two months away.

Besides, in the summer we can't even afford to turn on the air conditioning, so it might be better to live under a bridge...

He looked at the young man, opened his mouth, then hesitated.

"Thank you, brother, but I can't cause you any trouble." The young man saw through his mistake, stood up, and bowed to Liu Jiadong.

"Goodbye, brother. You're a good person. You'll definitely make a fortune," he said.

Then he turned and left. Watching the young man's retreating figure, Liu Jiadong felt a mix of emotions.

He walked four stops, then took a bus for a while, and walked two more stops back home.

Along the way, he passed six vending machines and connected to them, experimenting with quite a few things.

Back home, he couldn't wait to open his laptop and frantically search through it.

He found a folder.

"There are still some!" he exclaimed with delight!

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he'd thought about Touchpoint Connect and that folder.

It just occurred to me that the laptop I've been using is the one I received back when I was with Touchpoint Connect.

He searched through some code and development documents he had written back then, tried to recall them for a moment, and then opened the L-site forum.

At this time, the vast majority of posts on the forum were discussing OIFU.

A chorus of wails filled the air.

"My Dao heart is shattered! I'm so damn bad at this, I don't want to write any more code today, let me have some peace and quiet."

"Seriously? They came back after only 20 minutes? Does my code have that many bugs?"

"My goodness, Pingzi was busy all night and only slept for a short while, and he's already awake? Young people really have a lot of energy!"

"How many people have been sent back by now? What are everyone's PR numbers?"

"I want to die, I've become withdrawn."

Another post that got a lot of upvotes: "OIFU Project PR Progress Summary! Please provide current PR data! We are currently at PR #27!"

After clicking, you'll see the discussion inside:
"I just submitted #28 to improve the network module... Pray for me!"

"#14, come report on the progress. This is the eighth revision. Now, who else is going to do it?"

"#21, passing by for the ninth time, I've changed it like this, and there's still a bug! I'm such a weakling!"

"No, those who have managed to hold on until now are true big shots. We can only tremble in fear and worship the big shots above us!"

"Hahahaha, I did it! I did it!"

"Another one has gone mad!"

"I can't do this anymore! Someone help me! How do I fix this code?!"

"#15 Brainstorming, everyone please help! I really can't figure this out!"

"I felt the fear of being dominated by my mentor back then. I thought I was already a king, but I didn't expect that I was still a bronze!"

"Advertisement here! Our company is a startup with excellent compensation and ample funding. We are looking for like-minded and technically strong colleagues. We welcome talented individuals who can contribute code to OIFU to submit their resumes! We will give priority to reviewing applications and interview you directly with the boss!"

"Please help me figure out how to fix this bug!!!! I'm going crazy!!!"

"A heart that clings to the Dao is easily broken; if you need anything, burn paper money..."

Looking at the chaotic scene, Liu Jiadong gasped, feeling a bit like backing down.

But then the young man's face flashed before his eyes again.

Bah, Dao heart? Where do I even have a Dao heart anymore!

What's the use of having a Daoist heart? Can it make me drink an extra bottle of water?
He took a deep breath, opened OIFU's project page, forked it, and then opened it.

To be honest, he felt that he had lost his Dao heart, but before he even started submitting the code, his Dao heart was already somewhat shattered.

The current OIFU is no longer the same as it used to be, which had no special features except for the absence of bugs.

Instead, it's a collection of code from many top-notch developers, making it a textbook example.

Just looking at him, Liu Jiadong felt...

What merit do I possess to deserve contributing code to such a project?
But Liu Jiadong has a unique advantage.

He did indeed write part of the code for Touchpoint Interconnect's vending machines.

He hadn't thought about it for a very long time.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Touchpoint Connect has become popular again.

Recalling his journey and the situation with the six vending machines he tested, he felt he had to do something.

No matter how difficult the process may be.

Anyway, I don't have anything else to do right now, right?

In the stuffy room, the sound of rapid, clattering keyboard clicks filled the air.

Much later, he also submitted a PR:

"Pull Request #32: feat(core): Added hardware self-test bypass and forced execution mode"

"Note: Due to the age of the vending machine, in case of food getting stuck, to protect the hardware, the vending machine will usually refund the fare and notify staff to handle the issue. This mode can bypass the error diagnosis and re-execute the command by calling internal code..."

Then he waited, waiting for the day he would be beaten back.

Sometimes, people really feel like they can't go on living.

But they also found meaning in living.

His biggest goal right now is to submit the application successfully.

Anyway, he had nothing else to do.

Today is long, tomorrow is long, and the day after tomorrow is long.

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