Chapter 23

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Changcheng Computer is a well-known computer company in the country, and it is one of the largest in scale. Being a major shareholder in such a company means one must be extremely wealthy. No wonder Tian Tian was willing to hand over the 50,000 yuan labor fee to me without hesitation to keep her job. It seems this woman comes from a very prominent family!

Since her family is quite wealthy, she probably isn't very interested in the broken computer. Thinking this, Chen Mo smiled and said, "I'm really impressed, Tian Jie. When you buy a new computer, can you sell me this broken one at a discount?"

Tian Tian smiled and nodded, saying, "Thanks to you for helping me today. Since the computer is already broken like this, how can I sell it to you? If you like it, you can just take it."

Chen Mo laughed happily and said, "Thank you, Tian Jie!"

Twenty minutes later, Chen Mo loaded a brand new computer into the trunk of Tian Tian's car. Before they parted, they exchanged phone numbers. After Tian Tian drove away, Chen Mo suddenly remembered something. He rolled his eyes and said, "She still has an unused computer monitor. I should get that the next time we meet."

In Chen Mo's view, anything that's free should be taken if possible. Since Tian Tian's family is so wealthy, they probably won't mind giving it to him.

Chen Mo then took out Tian Tian's teacher's ID and looked at it, muttering to himself, "She's actually a computer teacher at Linhai University. This school is quite interesting."

After speaking, Chen Mo returned to the store. This time, he pulled down all the curtains on the glass doors and windows, tidied up, and then turned on Li Ge's private computer.

As a computer store owner, it's not strange for Li Ge to have his own computer. He usually used this computer to play real-time strategy games like Red Alert when he had nothing to do. After he rested every night, the computer belonged to Chen Mo, which was one of the benefits Li Ge gave Chen Mo for working for free.

However, Chen Mo didn't use the computer to play games. Instead, ...

Three minutes later, Chen Mo connected to the internet via dial-up and then searched for a domain name and clicked to enter.

This domain was a computer technology enthusiasts' forum, and the forum was located at Linhai University.

Chen Mo had been working at this store for a month and a half. During this time, through learning, he had gained a relatively comprehensive understanding of computer software. However, to further improve his knowledge of software, he always sought to learn from people he considered to be very capable. Where in Linhai Province were the most talented and capable computer experts? The answer was naturally Linhai University.

As the top university in Linhai and one of the best in the country, Linhai University had a very high overall level, especially in the computer science department, which was considered one of the five best computer science departments in China. The other four universities were no ordinary institutions.

For example, Beijing University, Huqing University, Dongfang University, and Fudan University, all of which were the top universities in the country. According to the current university rankings, these four universities occupied the top four positions, while Linhai University was ranked tenth.

Because it was ranked significantly lower, the four universities didn't look up to Linhai University's computer science department. They would often engage in debates and sometimes even cyber battles. However, whenever Linhai University got involved, they would always unite to take down this "provincial university" first before fighting each other.

Chen Mo quietly entered the Linhai University computer forum and began browsing the posts.

In the past half month, Chen Mo would enter the forum to learn and seek advice after repairing computer components each day. He kept a very low profile, approaching it with the mindset of a student and never expressing his own views.

To avoid drawing attention, Chen Mo even used a period as his username. This punctuation mark was very small and could easily be mistaken for a speck of dirt on the screen if not looked at carefully.

The forum's moderator was Professor Wang Hongxing, a computer science professor at Linhai University. The school was on summer break, and Professor Wang Hongxing, with nothing else to do, would log into the forum almost every day to read posts. His purpose in reading the posts was not to learn, but to maintain the harmony and safety of the forum.

Recently, things had been turbulent. The Global Black Hat Conference was being held in the United States, and computer enthusiasts in the country were all very excited. Many students were posting and replying with very intense comments, which naturally led to conflicts and even cyber battles.

As the founder of the forum, Professor Wang Hongxing would not allow the situation to deteriorate. He would directly warn those causing trouble, and if they didn't listen, he would ban them for a few days. For those who were clearly there to stir up trouble, Professor Wang Hongxing would usually permanently ban them.

That night, Chen Mo was browsing through interesting posts when, a moment later, he noticed that his already slow internet speed had become even slower.

This situation had happened before. China's internet service providers were notoriously poor, and the promised 4 Mbps broadband often only provided 2 Mbps at best. Chen Mo was using dial-up, so the slow internet speed was to be expected.

Chen Mo watched the unresponsive computer screen and patiently waited. Usually, the internet speed would recover after a while, but this time was different. Chen Mo waited for several minutes, but the internet speed remained at a few KB/s.

This situation was usually caused by issues with the internet service provider, such as a malfunction in their equipment, leading to a complete or extremely slow signal transmission.

Chen Mo thought this time might be more serious, so he waited for several more minutes, but the internet speed remained as slow as a snail. He frowned, disconnected the internet, and tried dialing again.

The internet quickly reconnected, and the speed recovered. Chen Mo immediately logged into the forum to continue learning. When the page finally loaded, he was startled to see a pinned post with the title: "Our School's Forum is Under a Strong Hacker Attack! Everyone, Quickly Exit the Forum! There is a Virus!!!!"

Chen Mo, seeing the multiple exclamation marks, was taken aback. He muttered to himself, "Hackers are here?"