I am weak and friendly

Chapter 245 The victor is furious, while the weakling smiles radiantly (4k)

In the live stream, the young man, having staked his fate, launched a solitary assault on the next question.

Time was running out, and he was so nervous that sweat beaded on his forehead.

Meanwhile, those who should have been watching him in his live stream were all... listening to other people tell stories.

The protagonist of this story is someone else entirely.

At first, they thought it was an ordinary story.

On a sweltering night, a hungry young man, a stuck vending machine, and the mere seventy-odd centimeters between the stuck instant noodles and the dispensing spout—a distance brimming with despair.

Until, in the distance, the wheelchair-bound boy and his dog appeared.

"That night, he left me a lot of food, so I didn't go hungry for two or three days."

"Two days later, I had no food again. One day I was walking on the street and was about to faint from the heat. I saw a vending machine next to me, so I went up and shook it frantically."

"At that moment, I was thinking, how did others manage to get their things out of there? Why can't I? Am I really that stupid that I can't even do this little thing right? I thought to myself, no, I have to get these things out!"

"Then I met a guy who told me about a software called OIFU, developed by a really talented programmer, that helps people like us who are in trouble. With just a tap, you can get expired food out of vending machines. I thought to myself, wow, this guy is amazing! And how does he know me so well?"

"Actually, I don't want to cause trouble for anyone, nor do I want to ask for help, and I don't want anyone who knows me to know that I'm in this kind of trouble. I just need some time to wait for an opportunity."

"But at that time, I really couldn't hold on any longer. When that man saw me, I was already suffering from severe heatstroke and had fainted from the heat."

"I didn't find out until tonight that the person who developed OIFU was actually the same person who helped me get the snacks that day."

"Now I know why I couldn't get the vending machine's contents out—it wasn't because I'm stupid, it was because it was Hirako-kun!"

"I'm not an idiot, hahaha."

"Thank you, Hirako-kun."

The emotions of everyone in the live stream were inexplicably complicated.

"I just put myself in that situation, and holy crap, a lonely and desperate night, a boy suddenly appeared, made a move, and then drifted away. Hirako-kun is actually that cool?"

Meanwhile, looking at Tang Yiping in the live stream, his forehead was covered in sweat from nervousness. He was working hard to modify the code for the next question, which was just a student-level competition question. That inexplicable feeling was even stronger.

"So handsome, he doesn't look like Hirako at all."

"On the complexity of human nature."

"Human nature is more complex."

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like it!

Can you believe it? This young man, who only scored 1407 points on Maike.com, used his not-so-skilled coding ability to write OIFU, which is currently the most popular open-source project, the most discussed project in the industry, and has received contributions from many experts.

It helped hundreds of thousands of people in a city who were in trouble.

To put it nicely, this is called using meager strength to accomplish a monumental task.

To put it bluntly, this means even a novice can do good deeds.

For a moment, no one knew how to judge it.

The key point is that it actually succeeded.

Someone asked, "Young man, are you in Hailing City? What are you studying? What kind of job are you looking for? I might have a job that can help you transition."

"The Night Watcher of the Canyon" didn't reply, and only then did everyone realize that he had gone offline.

Yes, if he were the kind of person who was good at asking others for help, he would probably be playing the victim in the comments section right now.

Not everyone will eat expired food to get through a difficult time.

This society doesn't actually starve people to death.

Just ask for help.

But there are also people in this world... who don't ask for help.

Perhaps only a very few people will recognize their plight and help them in this way.

Just as everyone was trying to align Tang Yiping's two different personas, they suddenly heard Tang Yiping's cheers: "Awoooooo! I got AC!"

Then, the next second, time's up, and the game is over!

"Huh? I got the next question right too?"

"We actually made it in time?"

"Holy crap, at the very last second! That level of precision control is incredible!"

"No way, he actually got AC? There wasn't enough time just now, did Hirako unleash his full potential?"

Tang Yiping was so excited that he almost performed a medical miracle in front of his computer and jumped up.

"Let me tell you, I'm awesome, guys! I did it! I did it! I'm sure I can get 1500 points! Aaaaaaaahh ...

However, people are not so optimistic about Tang Yiping's performance.

"If you don't understand, just ask. Is it possible to get such a high score by completing only three questions?"

Someone explained below: "Generally speaking, in this kind of competition, completing five out of eight questions is already considered quite impressive. Completing three... well, it's not bad, but considering Hirako's low score range, completing three questions is already very good. However, the final score will depend on the performance of others, because each competition involves the same questions. If everyone else can only complete two questions, Hirako could even get over 200 points this time!"

"So, it doesn't matter if I'm bad at the game, as long as others are worse than me?"

"You can say that."

"Got it. How did the others do?"

Tang Yiping said cheerfully, "I'm telling you, I've got this in the bag! Let me see..."

In his experience, the strongest person is actually quite good if they can complete five questions.

This time should be no exception, so his 3 questions plus the short penalty time make him quite strong.

Tang Yiping opened the final results page of the competition and cheered:

"Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah! I'm going, I'm going, I'm going! I did it! I did it! Oh yeah!!"

All I saw on the final ranking screen was:

"Rank: 801/2578, original rating: 1407, new rating: 1502, score +95."

Tang Yiping was pleasantly surprised when he saw his ranking as 801.

He had a vague feeling that he was about to succeed this time!
As a player with 1407 points, his ranking in this kind of weekly competition is usually around the bottom 40%.

Markus.com predicted he would be in the bottom 40%, but today he completely exceeded expectations, jumping straight into the top 40% and scoring a whopping 95 points.

The joy of accident!

It actually worked?!

"I'm awesome! I'm number one in the world!"

Below, the comments section is also filled with wild celebration:

Congratulations, Hirako!

"Hirako-kun is the best in the world!"

"Congratulations to Hirako for breaking the 1500 mark!"

"A cause for universal celebration!"

"Spread the word! Hirako got 1500 points! Hirako is number one in the world!"

It's a perfect picture of a slacker achieving enlightenment and ascending to immortality.

At the same time, news that Tang Yiping had successfully broken through 1500 points began to spread like wildfire on the L station forum and immediately became a hot topic.

Even within the community of Maike.com itself, a long string of posts congratulating Pingzi on achieving 1500 points appeared.

Confused netizens, who were unaware of what had happened, inquired about the details. After receiving a summary of the events from the class representative, they joined the effort to generate buzz.

The world is never short of people who enjoy themselves, and it's especially full of those who dabble in abstract concepts. At the same time, in Luo Nian'an's bedroom, the short-haired girl was looking at the rankings on the leaderboard:
ID: Dreamcatcher; Rank: 1/2578

Upon seeing such results, she let out a loud "Aww!"

"awesome!"

With just one victory, she helped her employer gain a whopping 425 points, boosting the employer's score from 1680 to 2105.

If she wins first place in the competition, she can get an extra 500 yuan as a reward!
This added another 500 yuan to her secret stash of money, bringing her one step closer to her goal!

Actually, Xin Xin performed exceptionally well in this competition.

Although she is a frequent winner in these algorithm competitions, often taking first place.

In fact, she had boosted the accounts of four of the top ten players on the Marksman rankings. She knew almost all the people on Marksman who posed a threat to her.

But this time, a guy with the ID "You don't deserve the surname Tang" suddenly appeared out of nowhere and kept pestering her for points, putting her under tremendous pressure.

This sparked Xin Xin's competitive spirit, and she not only completed all 8 algorithm problems in a very short time, but also passed each submission on the first try without any penalty time.

She hadn't felt this exhilarating sensation in a long time.

She hadn't felt this close to defeat in a long time.

She looked at the ID that was closely following her with lingering fear.

The two people's final total time was only 7 minutes apart.

So strong.

she thinks.

Thank you for bringing out my potential! I can definitely be even stronger!

I must have taken another step closer to my mentor, the master [0xT1P]!
It's a pity I didn't use my own ID this time, otherwise my master would be very happy to see it!

However, I did so well this time, completing all 8 questions in one go, and now a lot of people are probably talking about it!
With that in mind, Luo Nian'an came to the community of Maike.com.

After each weekly and monthly contest, many people come here to discuss algorithms, problem-solving approaches, and scores.

Although she's currently using someone else's account, and although she knows that as a proxy user, she should log out now and let the original user show off.

But she couldn't help but take a look.

Who can resist the thrill of showing off?

but……

"Ok?"

Wait, why is the whole internet celebrating Pingzi's score surpassing 1500?

What the hell is this?

This feeling is like a competition where no one pays attention to the winner, but everyone is focused on the top 32, cheering them on, popping champagne, and having the whole audience stand up to pay tribute.

Yes, that's the level of abstraction.

Luo Nian'an: "???"

What the hell?

In another building, a laptop flew out with a "bang," smashed against the wall, and shattered into pieces.

"Bastard! Bastard!" Young Master Tang's roar seemed to be heard throughout half of the Qihang Building.

"Who is this dream catcher? Who is he?!" Young Master Tang never expected that he would lose in such a lousy competition after condescending to participate in it.
How can this be? !
Don't I possess the greatest talent?
"Go and investigate! Find out who this dream catcher is! I want his talent!" Young Master Tang roared.

“Uh…we…” Captain Li was about to say that they couldn’t send out a special operations team right now, but after hesitating for a moment, he quickly agreed.

“Yes, we’ll check right away,” he said.

"You bastard! You bastard!" Young Master Tang raged again before finally remembering.

How many of those guys are there?

"Uh……"

Captain Li thought to himself, "How am I supposed to know if you don't look for yourself? You even smashed the computer."

But he couldn't say that. His job was to do whatever Young Master Tang said and answer whatever Young Master Tang asked.

He quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and whispered a few words. A few seconds later, he said, "Young master, 'he' got 801st place and solved 3 problems."

"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" Young Master Tang finally cheered up and burst into laughter.

After laughing, he waved his hand and said, "Bring me another notebook!"

Captain Li was prepared. He said a few words on the walkie-talkie, and someone brought up the notebook.

Young Master Tang opened the webpage and then burst into laughter again.

Although I was angry about losing to this guy called Dreamcatcher, it's okay.

He is never afraid of encountering highly talented people.

All those with great talent are blessed by God.

Because someone else's talent is his talent, and his talent is still his talent.

If others are talented, his talent will only be even greater than theirs.

He just needs to calm down and wait quietly.

No one is stronger than him.

Moreover, he is stronger than that guy in any case.

And it's overwhelmingly strong!
Thinking this, he quietly clicked on the comments section of Maike.com.

Everyone must be talking about this grand event of 8 ACs right now!

Although they lost to that guy called the Dreamcatcher, who would be angry about their food?

Rounding up, this is equivalent to getting 8 ACs twice!

He opened the forum, and then...

"Bang!" The laptop slammed against the wall again.

This time, even Captain Li didn't expect it. He was too late to pull his head back and got his forehead grazed, which stung painfully.

"Shameless! Despicable! Shameful! Vicious! Base!"

The fact that he uttered five consecutive words was enough to show how displeased Young Master Tang was.

"What's so great about this achievement? Why is it worth celebrating? What are these people celebrating?! What are they celebrating?!"

Young Master Tang didn't understand at all.

Captain Li was also stumped by the question.

No, how would I know what he's celebrating?
But that's someone who can livestream himself trying to score 1500 points!

And he succeeded in his attempt, so it's normal for him to be happy!

Although it's unusual for so many people to celebrate for him, and although Captain Li doesn't understand it either, but...

He's incredibly abstract and powerful!

All I can say is, as expected of that person.

Captain Li rubbed his temples; he had a feeling.

I may suffer a lot in the future.

Sigh...I'm so tired.

(End of this chapter)