Resurrecting the Genius Within

Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 281 X Make an Appearance

Finished

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?

‘If 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

bug? How did that go? Judging by your mood,

If this newbie can break X’s program code, I’ll call him

I’m happy with the second spot.

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Make an Appearance

As expected,

can talk?

Finished.

think the newbie is ignorant of etiquette. On the contrary, Y understand it perfectly. It’s not aloofness; Y didn’t reply because

to flatter X, because X doesn’t read these messages and never speaks in the group. But if you crack

name is Y, right after X in the

in the hacking world doesn’t

“Mr. George is getting ganged up on. He’s

as she read the messages rolling in. Her fingers hovered

wrote, Welcome, newbie

excitement, and he exclaimed agitatedly,

realised, Wasn’t that

in real life, and Isabelle was a stark contrast to

once he did, his feelings briefly

and became

admiration ran

was synonymous with prowess and allure.

it was exhilarating.

figure who was revered by many. Beyond unparalleled skills, X’s legendary exploits were widely circulated.

X’s first appearance in the group and leaving a message would cause a

uproar.

group was small, their reaction

much different from Dylan’s initial shock.