Resurrecting the Genius Within

Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 281 X Make an Appearance

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Despite having the skills to back it up, Kiev was notoriously arrogant and difficult to get along with, and many disliked him.

Now that a newcomer had pushed him off the leaderboard, everyone was eager to watch him fall.

Kiev replied, “That problem has been unsolved for three years, but no one can solve it now. It’s you all who should feel pathetic. His tone was disdainful.

Ha wrote, “The newbie just posted a problem, looking for a bug in a program. Why don’t you give it a shot, Kiev? Maybe you can reclaim your ranking?‘

Kiev scoffed and switched screens to tackle the bug. However, he soon found himself entangled in traps, growing increasingly frustrated.

Meanwhile, the conversation continued.

Dee wrote, Welcome, newbie

Toad wrote, “What the hell? I heard Dee’s a Cheshian. My friend wasn’t wrong; Cheshian bootlickers are plentiful. They’ll lick anyone’s boots.

Ha mocked, ‘Already buttering up the newbie? Is it really necessary? How pathetic. The novice won’t even bother interacting with you.

Toad chimed in, ‘Dee’d dropped out of the top ten; of course he needs to cling on to someone.

Ha echoed, ‘Oh right, I almost forgot. Dee had dropped out of the top ten. Why haven’t you left?”

Dylan cursed at the screen, “What does it matter to you if I welcome someone? You began making fun of me because I was among a group of foreigners who were less skilled.

“I’m not leaving. I’ll stay here to piss you off!”

If George weren’t watching the screen, Dylan would have engaged in a full–on verbal battle with them.

Is this newbie Mr. George?

this newbie is so great, why not challenge X?‘

and X is great. Given enough time, I might be able to crack. your code, but X’s program code is beyond my

the newbie’s bug? How did that go? Judging by your mood, it

this newbie can break X’s

with the second spot. X

newbie finally spoke

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surprised. As expected, it was

can talk? I thought you were mute.

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mocked. ‘I don’t think the newbie is ignorant of etiquette. On the contrary, Y understand it perfectly. It’s not aloofness; Y didn’t reply because he disdain to

doesn’t read these messages and never speaks in

name is Y, right after X in the alphabet. Coincidence or

hacking world doesn’t admire

George is getting ganged up

read the messages rolling in. Her fingers

wrote, Welcome, newbie @Y.

eyes widened in excitement, and he exclaimed

realised, Wasn’t that

real life, and Isabelle was a stark contrast to his

once he did, his

them aside and became giddy with excitement

idol had ‘fallen‘ and Isabelle was quite ruthless, his admiration ran deep. Interacting with her online felt entirely different

X itself was synonymous

it was exhilarating.

hacking community, X was an elite figure who was revered by many. Beyond unparalleled skills, X’s legendary exploits

first appearance in the group and leaving a message would cause a massive

uproar.

group was small, their reaction was

reactions were not much different from Dylan’s initial shock. Everyone leaned