Chapter 29: F91 Experimental Personal Workstation

Some believed Ye Chao’s words—Hailey, for example. She had heard before of cases where, through sheer experience and insight, one could cause a collapse in the Zoguang Seed.

“So Zoguang Seeds are ranked: one-year, two-year, five-year… Their carrying capacity differs. And what we’re using is the weakest, the one-year seed.”

Others, however, were skeptical—Yao De Xian and Guan Jun Yuan among them. The claim that one’s imagination could overwhelm the test environment—such things happened, but could it come from a mere elementary school student? Even if he claimed he’d always been hiding his true strength and was secretly a prodigy, that much people could accept…

Regardless of how seriously, or how dismissively, the teachers eyed him, Ye Chao passing the trial in three minutes and earning a reward was an indisputable fact.

This trial, outwardly organized by the school, was in essence part of the college entrance examination. Particularly the latter half: how students form teams to find their way, overcome obstacles to return to the surface, whether they cooperate or step on others to rise—these were directly included in the exam scores and became the most important reference for university admissions.

The school set up the testing grounds, teachers played their roles, all according to established standards. In fact, teachers could only record events; many scores were determined by higher authorities after they submitted their reports.

Though the Zoguang Seed was a temporary addition, the standards remained the same.

Whether or not the teachers believed him, Ye Chao no longer cared; he’d done his utmost to speak honestly.

He couldn’t explain Alpha Ji’s existence, nor did he want to try, fearing a label as an oddity. Even if his emotional intelligence was lacking, he still had a basic survival instinct.

Alpha Ji was still circling the notebook, stammering and hesitant.

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Chao quietly tore off a strip of his sleeve and covered part of his face...

The vomiting finally ceased.

Alpha Ji: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Could such a thing even work?

Ah, such a simple, effective method—why hadn’t she thought of it?

[Favorability -66]

Ye Chao: 눈_눈

Even this costs points? Is this a joke?

Thankfully, in the next second:

[Favorability +23]

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In Alpha Ji’s eyes, Ye Chao’s face, now wrapped in cloth, had transformed into Second Brother.

She projected the image directly; others couldn’t see it, but it was enough that she could. Self-deception had its uses.

“Hahahaha…”

Ye Chao stared at Alpha Ji, who was laughing so hard she couldn’t catch her breath, utterly baffled. Women truly were unreasonable. He waved the notebook: “I tell you what I know, you tell me what you know.”

Fair and square.

“All right, deal.”

“You should have heard—the space-time bubble just now was artificially created, using a Zoguang Tree seed. This equipment, here, is the reward for clearing the stage. The Zoguang Seed combines the clearing process with the challenger’s ability and memory to condense a piece of fantasy equipment suited to the challenger.”

It’s condensed from one’s own memories? No wonder!

Alpha Ji instantly understood.

“The notebook’s official name is F91 Experimental Personal Workstation. It’s basically a portable computer, but the difference is, it’s a conceptual model for the civilian application of the Bio-Supercomputer Project’s biological chip technology.”

“CPU 24GHz × 27, memory 64 × 8G, capacity 256T, SP count 409.6k, single precision performance 1940 Tflops, double precision 124 Tflops…”

“In short, its specs are more than eight times higher than the mainstream configurations before the Cataclysm. And thanks to its supercomputer CPU and memory architecture, its floating-point computational ability is several times stronger still!”

Alpha Ji boasted proudly.

If she wasn’t lying, this configuration was not just eight times stronger than the pre-Cataclysm mainstream—it was much more.

“So it’s really that powerful?”

“Of course!”

[Favorability +33]

“So… it’s fake then?” Ye Chao looked at the favorability score above Alpha Ji’s head and responded calmly.

Though he’d misunderstood at first, as time passed, Ye Chao gradually grasped Alpha Ji’s favorability rules.

Favorability increased either when he suffered misfortune or when her schemes succeeded—never for anything good…

[Favorability -44]

Even if you know, must you say it aloud…

How will your favorability ever be positive at this rate? How can I ever face you directly? Your stupidity is making me despair!

“Tsk, this item was generated by the space-time bubble extracting your memories, so theoretically, it’s equipment most suited to you. Since you refuse to be honest, does that mean… you don’t want it?”

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What?!

That’s right—the obsession with the F91 Experimental model stemmed from the fact that it was once the best vessel for her to leave the laboratory and truly walk and see the world.

Although… now she had Ye Chao, an even better host. Still, having another place to live—one not so repulsive—wasn’t bad!

“All right, since you’ve been so sincere, I’ll explain a little.”

As she spoke, Alpha Ji quietly changed Ye Chao’s avatar from Second Brother to a llama.

“Pfft…”

[Favorability +23]

Is this program crazy? Ever since she emerged from the space-time bubble, something felt off… Ye Chao stared at Alpha Ji in bewilderment.

Alpha Ji, working her abs, explained.

She was telling the truth—the experimental model’s specs were indeed extraordinary, but its greatness lay only in its attributes. It used entirely new technology, new architecture, new hardware.

What did that mean?

The legendary Setun ternary computer, obscure Linux systems, half-baked DragonCore processors—everyone had heard of them.

The F91 Experimental model essentially combined all these shortcomings into one device.

Though its floating-point computing was powerful, its intelligent search and translation functions superb, and its multithreading technology astonishing, its system experience was abysmal! It was almost incompatible with all software, lacking any application algorithms; everything required targeted development…

Music, videos, internet—these mainstream functions, by the time Alpha Ji inexplicably slipped into slumber, had only barely been developed.

So, it truly was suitable only for Alpha Ji—or rather, for a single program. No one else could use it.

In the end, under the condition that Alpha Ji must do one thing within her ability for Ye Chao each day she used the F91, she gained the notebook’s usage rights.

Ahh~ So comfortable, so free—this truly felt like home! As Ye Chao released his sensory link, Alpha Ji dove headlong into the notebook, swimming through familiar low-level code.

“You, you, you… wait a minute!” Suddenly, Ye Chao’s expression changed drastically.

Though Alpha Ji was roaming inside the notebook, he felt his mind surging and churning, the virtual space expanding uncontrollably, threatening to burst his head in moments.

His face paled visibly, and with a thud…

Faintly, a clear female voice sounded in his ear: “Someone’s faster than me! Ye Chao? Is that you? I—I—I challenge you to a duel… hey? Don’t you dare surrender!”