Chapter 426 Competition

“Xi Yun’s mother left after giving birth to him, and his father died of cancer when he was nine years old. He was raised by his grandparents.” Bei Tuo interrupted when he heard them talking about Xi Yun.

Qin Yuan chimed in, "Later, Xi Yun dropped out of school at eighteen to work. He met a girl who ran off with all the 2,000 yuan he had! He was almost starving to death when Master Lu saved him, and from then on, he followed Master Lu!"

“No wonder, his every word and action seemed to harbor great hostility towards women.” Wen Ni suddenly realized that Xi Yun had such a shameful past.

"So, do you feel sorry for him?" Lu Jinye raised his eyes and teased her deliberately, "Then should we go easy on him during the competition later?"

Don't even think about it.

Wen Ni shook her head decisively, her tone resolute: "He's too extreme. Just because he's encountered two irresponsible women in his life, he's condemning all women? That's rude and his values ​​are warped! Today, I'll do him a favor and help him re-establish socialist values ​​for the new era!"

"Truly worthy of being called successors to socialism and spokespeople for the Party!" Qin Yuan and Bei Tuo gave a unanimous thumbs-up. "What a righteous statement!"

Wen Ni glanced at the two of them sideways: ...

Lu Jinye raised an eyebrow and said helplessly, "Alright, stop arguing. We're waiting for them to settle things after dinner."

"Yes, Master Lu!"

A meal takes no more than half an hour.

They went to Xi Yun's arena. Xi Yun runs a fighting arena. During the day, it is a place to teach basic fighting skills. At night, it becomes a training camp to train professional fighters!

These thugs are ostensibly Xi Yun's subordinates, but in reality, they are all used by the Lu family!

The building was dark and quiet, blending into the night.

But on the underground level, unseen by others, the lights were on full display! Muscular men, shirtless, were sparring and training, their energy palpable!

"Greetings, Mr. Lu! Greetings, Mr. Xi!"

Upon seeing Lu Jinye and Xi Yun appear, the thugs quickly put down what they were doing and turned around, their voices even more synchronized than the military's chanting of slogans.

After exchanging greetings, they turned back to their own business.

Wen Ni looked around and surveyed the surroundings.

The vast basement was completely undecorated, a bare shell, resembling a wasteland! On one wall to the left were various types of knives, ropes, and even guns locked away!

It's practically a miniature arsenal!

Given the Lu family's background, they couldn't keep these things to themselves. No wonder Lu Jinye trained Xi Yun as his shadow so that she could accomplish these impossible things for him!

"This is my office."

Xi Yun raised her hand and pushed open the rightmost cubicle.

What came into view was a computer room of a full 100 square meters, with more than a dozen advanced programming computers arranged in three rows, each with a programmer sitting in front of it, and a code interface with black background and white text popping up on the screen.

To integrate weapons and information databases.

Lu Jinye's arrangement is indeed quite cautious, as it can both protect important information and destroy it in a timely manner!

No wonder, Xi Yun's specialties are hacking and close combat, two things that seem completely unrelated at first glance!

"How about that? Stunned?" Xi Yun casually tossed the keys onto the table, swaggering around. "This is the first time you've seen anything like it, isn't it?"

"It's indeed the first time I've seen it."

Wen Ni was neither annoyed nor angry. Instead, she walked forward more leisurely than Xi Yun, tapped the keyboard, and said in a flippant tone, "First time seeing this... a mere information database actually requires so many programmers to maintain it synchronously? It's like cutting off a knife in the butt, an eye-opener!"

"Pfft!" Qin Yuan and Bei Tuo almost burst out laughing.

Lu Jinye's eyelids twitched.

"You rude woman! Do you think one person with just two hands can easily manage the database maintenance of the entire Lu Group?" Xi Yun's mood soured again. He casually pointed at the computer opposite him. "Didn't you want to compete with me in programming? How do you plan to do it?"

"You set the rules." Wen Ni was too lazy to think.

"Xi Yun, make it the most difficult one!" Bei Tuochun was waiting to see the excitement, and the more exciting it was, the more excited he became.

"Alright!" Xi Yun frowned, thought seriously for a moment, and said, "Time is limited, so let's have a relatively difficult offensive battle!"

"What are the rules?"

"The first person to hack into the opponent's computer and obtain and crack all encrypted information wins! There's a 30-minute time limit. If neither side succeeds within 30 minutes, the winner will be determined by the extent of the system attack!" Xi Yun said confidently and quite proudly, "How's that for the challenge?"

"You call this method of comparison difficult?"

Wen Ni uttered this sentence casually.

The programmers present couldn't help but look up!

"...Isn't it difficult?" Looking at Wen Ni's nonchalant expression, Xi Yun doubted herself for the first time.

But then he thought, this woman is cunning; she might be playing mind games with me! He must remain calm and absolutely not be fooled by her!

"Whether it's difficult or not, we'll only know once we start! Women, it's not so easy to get anything out of me!"

"Alright, let's cut to the chase and get started!"

Wen Ni had already taken her seat, her fingers resting on the keyboard, her gaze sharp, and she said no more!

Lu Jinye took in her expression, and only he knew that she was intrigued. It seemed that Xi Yun's chances of winning tonight would be even slimmer!

As the programming page opens

Everyone crowded around the front, watching intently as the hacking masters competed!

"The hacker's attack is more like a life-or-death battle between two cities. It tests the attackers' skills, strategies, and decision-making. Whoever conquers the other city first will be the rightful new king!" Lu Jinye sipped a bottle of warm milk, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

After his description, Wen Ni and Xi Yun seemed to transform into two generals leading troops to kill enemies on an ancient battlefield, making the entire battle, in which no sword wounds could be seen, even more vivid and interesting!

"We've all witnessed Xi's abilities. Is this girl one of the top hackers on the list? Beating Xi won't be that easy!" The programmers discussed among themselves.

"Yeah, who gave her the courage to challenge Boss Xi? Boss Xi has never fallen out of the top ten in the domestic hacker rankings!"

They clearly didn't think highly of Wen Ni, this stranger.

"You ignorant humans~" Qin Yuan chuckled softly, as if talking to himself, "What's so great about being in the top ten domestically? Even the top ten internationally, our Miss Wen Ni has never taken seriously!"

"Stop being so smug! I'm sick of hearing you call her Miss Wen Ni from this afternoon until now!" Bei Tuo glanced sideways and punched Qin Yuan on the shoulder. "You're even more excited than Master Lu. Anyone who didn't know better would think you like Wen Ni!"

Qin Yuan paused for a second, then punched back, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Your reaction is a bit off." Bei Tuo raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of alarm in his voice, but quickly changed the subject with a laugh. "Well, just pretend I was talking nonsense. You're such a blockhead, you won't figure things out about relationships that quickly, hahaha!"

"Haha, you're right." Qin Yuan quickly joined in the laughter.

Lu Jinye listened from the side, glancing at the screen only slightly before quickly returning to normal.