I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 388 - 238: Applying for Supercomputer Access
But there’s no other way. In this research institute, the Skull Restoration Technique is managed by Liu Shaoming, but obviously, Li Xiang’s skills seem to be even better than Professor Liu’s.
In the institute, strength is everything. If your skills are top-notch, you can walk with pride here.
As for programming, Xiang Hui takes the lead. Now that Professor Xiang is backing Li Xiang, there’s nothing they can do but wait for the results a week later.
At this moment, Qian Zhaoping was also dumbfounded. He genuinely admired Li Xiang.
Whether or not Li Xiang really understands programming, the courage to promise solving the core programming issue within a week is beyond what an ordinary person can achieve.
If it were him, facing the skeptical looks of everyone, he would have been terrified already.
Li Xiang ignored the doubts around him and calmly coordinated with Xiang Hui on the software development requirements and the supercomputer’s dedicated access key.
Li Xiang actually understood the core needs of the program, so he had his own development philosophy and didn’t need to reference previous software code, which made the items Xiang Hui handed over almost useless; he’d basically have to rewrite everything.
The most crucial among them was the supercomputer’s dedicated access key. With this, he could harness the supercomputer’s computing power.
"Before using the supercomputer, give me a heads-up so that I can apply for it. They’ll schedule a time for us, and only during that period can we log in with the access key. Otherwise, without applying, just having the key won’t grant us permission."
"Okay, I understand."
Xiang Hui risked bending the rules to grant him supercomputer access, and Li Xiang was very grateful and certainly didn’t want to cause him any trouble.
"Put a lot of heart into the programming. If you need any support from me, feel free to ask, including manpower."
"Okay, Professor Xiang, I’ll ask for your help if I need anything."
After taking on this task, Li Xiang became busier.
He had to start over with the core program of the digital skull restoration model, structuring it from the ground up with his understanding to write the underlying logic.
It so happened that he understood the technical points of the Skull Restoration Technique as well. From technical aspects to programming, he’s handling both sides robustly — no one in the world is more suitable to develop this program than him.
Thinking of this, Li Xiang returned to his office and asked Qian to bring him a computer.
"Brother Li, your computer is set up. The internet is connected too. Check if there are any other issues?"
"No more, thanks. Please close the door on your way out."
"Uh... sure..."
Qian Zhaoping initially wanted to see how Li Xiang would execute his plan; after all, he made a big promise, and others were curious, considering he was Li Xiang’s assistant and best positioned to find out.
But as soon as the computer was set up, he was immediately sent out.
He had no choice but to leave, pulling the door to exit the studio and entering the outer office.
"Qian, how’s it going? Is Li Xiang reliable?"
"Yeah, Qian, who exactly is Li Xiang? Why is Professor Xiang backing him up with such outrageous demands and yet still agreeing?"
"Let him play. Now that Professor Liu isn’t well, our project relies heavily on him. If he drops it, who knows when our project will take off? Besides, didn’t Professor Xiang just instruct us to redevelop? Ultimately, we still need to rely on us anyway. Let him have his fun. At worst, he wastes a week, and our project just finishes a week later."
"Yes, you’re right. Analysing it makes sense. He thinks he’s a polymath because he surpassed Professor Liu in the Skull Restoration Technique. If he really could develop the program, what would we programmers do? He knows both the technique and coding — he could manage this project solo!"
"Haha, exactly."
Outside, people were heatedly discussing. Su Bohai, feeling somewhat upset after being lectured by Professor Xiang earlier, was sneering inside. He couldn’t wait to see what Li Xiang would present in a week. Then he wouldn’t blame him for pouring cold water on it.
He couldn’t just swallow this resentment.
"What’s all the noise? Get back to work; work late if you must to catch up on the progress." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Suddenly, Xiang Hui returned, and seeing how chaotic the office was, he immediately reprimanded them.
Everyone saw it and quickly went back to their desks to start coding.
Having lost two months of progress, they could only work extra hours to finish the development on time.
On Li Xiang’s side, after Qian Zhaoping left, he logged onto the computer and connected ’Little Wood’ from the dormitory. "Little Wood, check if this computer is safe."
"Received, Master."
Little Wood then started its self-check, the interface window resembling that of antivirus software with a progress bar rapidly ticking away.
Fault detection is complete: 14 issues resolved;
Garbage detection is complete: 84G of junk files cleaned;
Security scan is complete: 1 stubborn Trojan removed;
Vulnerability repair is complete: 174 vulnerabilities fixed...
"Ding, Little Wood has completed the self-check. All data is optimized. Master can now use it with peace of mind."
"Very good."
Little Wood has preliminary intelligence and can autonomously handle many tasks. Once it connects to this computer, the security protection level of the device experiences a qualitative leap.
Then, Li Xiang and Little Wood cooperated to start developing the core low-level code for the digital skull restoration program.
With Little Wood assisting, a lot of repetitive code only needed the requirements passed on, and it would complete them efficiently and with quality.
To make this program meet his expectations, Li Xiang even integrated parts of Little Wood’s core code into the basic logic, aiming to bring the software to the level of the major top AI firms today.
In just five days, he completed the core program, and after running it, fixed some small bugs. It ran very smoothly and was highly responsive, thanks to Little Wood executing a large portion of the code. The code had very few comments, making it extremely streamlined and compact in size at only 98MB, compared with their previous software which was over 500MB and couldn’t even run. This was way superior.
"The code is done; now we can get to business."
The reason for his eagerness was somewhat selfish.
He aimed to use the supercomputer resources applied for through the institute to perfect his stock trading model.
But blatantly running the model on the supercomputer was too indiscreet.
So he needed a cover, and that cover was the core program of the Skull Restoration Technique.
He planned to integrate his previous skull data with his stock model for simulation so others wouldn’t notice. When it came to assigning computing resources, he’d allocate more to simulate his stock model, trying to complete it early for a legitimate means to make money.
After all, there’s no law or rule forbidding law enforcement officers from trading stocks. Investing in stocks is an investment.
He’d merely be making money from his stock investments.
Once the integration and packaging were complete, Li Xiang found Xiang Hui to explain his purpose.
"What? You’ve finished developing the program? Are you kidding me?"
Hearing Li Xiang claim his program was basically done, Xiang Hui’s eyes widened. How much time had passed?
Five days?
A twenty-person core team took two months to develop the core code, yet he completed it in only five days?
How was that possible?
"It’s not entirely finished; it still needs refinement using the supercomputer. That’s why I’m here to apply for it."
Hearing Li Xiang’s request for the supercomputer was also to refine the Skull Restoration Technique’s core program, Xiang Hui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No wonder you want to apply for the supercomputer’s usage rights; I thought you were going to do something personal."
