Chapter 236 - 235: Is Brother Ling Screwed?

Chapter 236: Chapter 235: Is Brother Ling Screwed?

Xingrui Cafe.

When Lin Xiao saw Ye Ling arrive, a smile instantly spread across his face. "Ye Xiaoyou, I really must thank you this time!"

"Brother Lin, you’re too kind. I saw the news online. Any citizen of Xia Country would have found that intolerable."

Ye Ling waved his hand dismissively, handed over the USB drive, and said,

"I’ve finished designing the overall framework for the Noah system. I also converted the original Noah OS kernel into a microkernel. A dual-kernel setup could cause power consumption issues, so I had to sacrifice some performance."

"I understand."

Lin Xiao nodded, took out the laptop beside him, and eagerly began to examine it.

The more he looked, the more profound the shock in his eyes became.

About ten minutes later, Lin Xiao gasped.

"Ye Xiaoyou, did you really create this in just two weeks?" Lin Xiao stared at Ye Ling, his eyes filled with astonishment.

"Yes. Is there a problem with the system?"

Ye Ling was slightly taken aback by his expression and quickly asked.

"No problem, no problem at all!"

Lin Xiao said immediately, "Not only is there no problem, but it’s also absolutely perfect."

As a high-level talent in the IT world, Lin Xiao knew exactly how valuable this operating system was.

If the Little Green People and the Fruit systems hadn’t come out first, the microkernel Ye Ling designed would have been enough to blow them both out of the water!

It was simply too elegant, too perfect.

"I think the design of this microkernel is brilliant, especially for a distributed architecture!"

Lin Xiao exclaimed.

"Exactly. Actually, I have a suggestion regarding that," Ye Ling said with a nod.

"Please, go ahead."

Lin Xiao’s posture was now incredibly humble, like a junior asking a teacher for guidance.

Yes.

With an operating system like this laid out before him, Lin Xiao finally understood the sheer magnitude of the gap between himself and Ye Ling.

’He even felt that Ye Ling’s computer skills surpassed Zhou Xing’s!’

’No wonder Elder Zhou held him in such high regard...’

Lin Xiao had a moment of sudden realization. He remembered that the last time he spoke with Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing’s evaluation of Ye Ling had been extremely high.

He had even used a phrase like "a peerless talent of our generation"!

It was precisely because of Zhou Xing’s assessment that he had taken Ye Ling’s words so seriously!

"I think the Xia Wei Group’s core concept of a full-scene experience is excellent, and a microkernel is a perfect match for it. First off, a microkernel has very low hardware requirements."

Ye Ling spoke with eloquent confidence:

"Take a mirror, for example. It would be difficult to run a monolithic kernel OS on it, but with a microkernel OS, it’s no problem at all."

"So, with this combination of a distributed framework and a microkernel, the scenes from sci-fi movies where people browse news on a mirror could actually become a reality."

"That makes sense!"

Lin Xiao nodded.

He understood exactly what Ye Ling was saying!

"So that’s my suggestion. A full-scene experience. Isn’t everyone working on the Internet of Things now? I think that’s a very suitable direction for the Noah OS."

These were ideas Ye Ling had considered since his initial contact with the Noah OS, and he had integrated some of them into its development.

The microkernel’s design, for instance, was fundamentally intended to serve this purpose.

"Elder Ye, on behalf of the Xia Wei Group, I thank you once again!"

Lin Xiao stood up and gave Ye Ling a deep, respectful bow.

For the Xia Wei Group in its current state, the Noah OS was undoubtedly a lifesaver!

"Regarding the promised compensation, I will see to it as soon as I return to the company."

Lin Xiao added another promise.

"Alright, no problem."

Ye Ling chuckled, not letting the praise go to his head. "And you don’t have to call me Elder Ye. I’m only eighteen."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

Ye Ling drank his coffee and discussed some more computer-related issues with Lin Xiao—or more accurately, Lin Xiao asked questions, and Ye Ling answered.

About half an hour later, Ye Ling finally left Xingrui Cafe.

"Looks like I’ll only get the reward after the whole thing is completely resolved, huh?"

Ye Ling muttered to himself after getting home.

The system remained silent. It was obvious that even though he had delivered the Noah OS to Lin Xiao, it hadn’t been implemented yet.

Therefore, the Xia Wei Group was still in crisis, and the mission was naturally not yet complete.

Ye Ling didn’t mind. He was just a little curious about the so-called reward, not particularly anxious to get it.

Modu University’s final exams were scheduled for January 25th and 26th, lasting for two days.

Ye Ling wasn’t in a hurry to study. With his abilities, passing a final exam like this wouldn’t be much of a challenge, so he was quite relaxed.

"@everyone, how’s the studying going, bros?"

Ye Ling sent a message in the ’3222 Demon Lords of Chaos’ group chat.

He checked the group. It had been quiet lately. Clearly, He Jian and the other two were "hard" at work studying.

The reason for the quotation marks was that it wasn’t right to say they were working hard, but it wasn’t right to say they weren’t, either.

You couldn’t say they weren’t working hard; they’d been burning the midnight oil every single day. How could you not call that effort?

But then again, you couldn’t really say they *were* working hard... Normally, they were always slacking off and organizing dorm mixers at the drop of a hat. They were practically the poster children for what not to do as a modern college student!

"Brother Ling, I’m about to hurl. It’s been over half a month, and I haven’t played a single game. It’s torture." He Jian was the first to reply, adding a pathetic-looking emoji.

"Me too... I haven’t even had time to chat with the girls I added." Yang Yu replied a moment later.

Seeing that message, Ye Ling couldn’t help but laugh.

’What the hell.’

’Does he really have to sound like a veteran player the moment he opens his mouth?’

’Note, and this is the important part: *several* girls, not just one!’

"Ye Ling: Give it a rest, Yang Yu. No girl’s gonna fall for you. Just study hard and get rich raising pigs!"

"He Jian: Study hard and get rich raising pigs!"

"Yang Yefeng: Study hard and get rich raising pigs!"

"Yang Yu: ???"

"Yang Yu: That’s too much!"

"He Jian: Brother Ling, I see you’ve been spending all your time with our sister-in-law, showing off your love life all the time. Are you going to bomb the final exams?"

"Yang Yu: I think Brother Ling is doomed. How can he study properly when he’s living in the lap of luxury with his girl every day? I don’t believe it. Do you guys?"

"Ye Ling: [Red Packet Phrase]: I believe it!"

"Yang Yefeng: I believe it!"

"He Jian: I believe it!"

"Yang Yu: ???"