Villain’s Programming - Chapter 283



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Episode 283: The First Quest

Dojun said to Saetbyeol.

“Saturday Star. The passage you just blocked doesn’t seem completely blocked. It seems like there’s a gap. You’ve already been restricted for three years, but your language talent has leveled up. How about using this?”

“For now, we have no choice but to give it a try. Who knows? Maybe it will really work.”

Dojun thought of Wang Ja-young’s ‘Network’.

‘Was that a trap? No, it wasn’t a trap. It was more like a part that I missed by accident. There must be a gap like that.’

“why?”

“Ah. So that’s not it?”

Dojun had a serious expression.

“If you want to find out, you have to try it yourself.”

Dojun opened a window of talent right before his eyes.

1) Fashion (C)

– Level: 6/7(MAX)

2) Easy code (A) → Expert code (S)

– Level: 5/10(MAX)

3) Baseball (A+)

– Level: 6/9(MAX)

4) Language (S)

– Level: 9/10(MAX)

5) Copycat (S)

– Level: 8/10(MAX)

6) Malice Detection (S)

– Level: 5/10(MAX)

7) Helper (S+)

– Level: 7/10(MAX)

Dojun, who saw the talent window, scratched the back of his head.

‘I thought I worked hard, but I didn’t reach the max for any talent. Well, thanks to that, I still have a lot of room to level up.’

Dojun thought back to what Saetbyeol had said earlier.

‘Even if the last level-up really worked, it’s still insignificant if Saetbyeol doesn’t know about it. But what if you raise your talent to MAX?’

It’s not like Dojun never raised his talent to the max. He raised the easy code (A) to the max and evolved it into an expert code (S).

‘To that extent, it’s like you’ve acquired a new talent. Couldn’t it have an effect on the passage that the morning star was talking about?’

Dojun carefully examined each talent.

‘First of all, the easiest thing to upload is fashion… … .’

To improve your fashion talent, you either had to study more about fashion or do something meaningful in a related industry.

‘The problem is that I don’t know anything about fashion. I haven’t studied it in a while.’

Of course, if I had time, I could do it, but the time given to the world of Saetbyul didn’t seem long.

‘It’s not about fashion. Right now, I have to do what I’m good at.’

Dojun looked at the remaining talents. The highest level talent was ‘Language (level 9)’, followed by ‘Copycat (level 8)’.

‘I’ve come to the conclusion. It’s language. We need to raise the language.’

The reason Dojun chose the language was simple. He had recently leveled up while studying javascript because of node.js.

‘Who knows? You might be able to level up like that this time too.’

Dojun said to Saetbyeol.

“Saturday Star, just wait a moment. I will definitely save you.”

* * *

Dojun started studying ‘language’ like crazy.

‘Let’s study C# first.’

C# was a ‘programming language’ developed by Microsoft to compete with Java. Just as JAVA is a ‘virtual machine’ that can be used on all platforms, including not only computers but also home appliances, C# was designed to be able to do the same.

Moreover, as the name C# suggests, it has grammatical similarities with C and C++.

Dojun, who had already almost mastered C++ and JAVA, acquired C# without difficulty.

But no matter how much I studied C# and created programs, my ‘language’ talent did not level up.

Dojun held his head and thought about it.

‘What’s the problem? Can’t we do it the way we’ve already done it?’

Dojun thought of the ‘easy code’ that had previously raised his MAX level.

‘That was probably when I was developing with Minmay and the developers at Funsoft. I explained and taught them the code in an easy way, so all the developers’ skills improved and their levels went up. And the easy code reached the MAX level.’

Dojun sighed. Thinking back on that time, it certainly seemed like special conditions were needed.

‘What are the conditions?’

Even though he couldn’t even feel it, Dojun didn’t give up.

‘Perhaps there is a language that is needed in this era?’

Dojun first contacted ‘Larry Page’.

“Larry, is there a computer language that is in demand these days?”

– Computer language? Well? I’m not sure.

“okay?”

– Oh! There is that. There is AI, right? It would be nice if there was a tool, script, or similar language that could analyze it well.

Dojun’s eyes grew wide.

‘Language for AI?’

“Thanks, Larry.”

Dojun then contacted ‘Steven Jobs’ and asked the same question.

“Well, I’m not a programmer so I don’t know much about it, but I wish there was a way to analyze the information that SIRI has integrated.”

This time it was AI.

Dojun hung up the phone and thought back to his past life.

‘There were many languages ​​used for AI analysis in the past life. But there was one language that most AI developers used. That was Python.’

Python was a language developed by a Dutch software engineer named Guido van Rossum.

‘Originally, Python didn’t have many users. It was slow. Especially in the early days, it was very inconvenient because there were no arrays. It came out later, but it was extremely slow. However, many programmers improved it, and it later became a very useful language.’

What’s unique about Python is that many scientific programmers have participated in creating libraries. In particular, they created the ‘ScyPy’ group and even created a library called ‘ScyPy’.

It was a library created by a group of mathematicians and nerds, so other scientists started using it too, and before we knew it, it became the most used language by scientists around the world.

Dojun clenched his fist.

“Yeah, this is it!”

Dojun started studying Python.

‘Wow, this is a whole new world.’

Python was very flexible. Libraries written in other languages, such as C or C++, also worked well in Python.

‘That’s why people were excited.’

Not only that. The language was incredibly easy. Even without using Dojun’s abilities, he could learn to code to some extent after studying for a day.

‘It has its limitations as a main language, but it’s great as a third-party language.’

Dojun studied Python like crazy. Feeling like he was lacking something, he contacted Python’s founder, Guido van Rossum, and exchanged opinions.

Not only that, he contacted Travis Olyphant, the creator of ScyPy, a Python library, and promised to sponsor him, making up for his shortcomings.

‘Isn’t this enough?’

Dojun thought so. But as time passed, his language skills did not level up.

* * *

– Sigh. What on earth could be the problem?

Saetbyeol answered while looking at Dojun who was pulling out his hair.

“Master, take a break and do it.”

– I’m resting well. Sally takes such good care of me. By the way, how are you?

“I’m okay too. I’m eating well and living well.”

To be honest, that was a lie. Saetbyul looked around.

A black pillar was swirling around like a whirlwind, moving through its own world. Wherever the black pillar passed, everything disappeared, leaving only sand.

‘The world is gradually becoming a desert.’

Already, one fifth of the world has become a desert. At this rate, it seemed like everything in the world would soon turn into a ‘desert’.

‘I can’t tell this to the Master.’

– Really? You said it urgently before. The world was falling apart.

“That’s right. I have to say that because the Master is in a hurry. Otherwise, my work will be pushed down in priority.”

The morning star spoke to the Master as he approached the approaching ‘black pillar’.

“Yeah. So you can do it slowly.”

Saetbyeol knew how hard Dojun had been working lately.

‘The Master is trying but is not leveling up. Is the method wrong? If the Master cannot find a method, what should I do?’

Saetbyeol asked the ‘Black Pillar’, hoping that he might get some hints during the conversation.

“Are you really going to turn this world into a desert?”

[right.]

“So what do you get out of it?”

[You will gain something you don’t know yet.]

As the black pillar approached the morning star, the morning star took a step back.

“Tch!”

The morning star spat out the sand that had entered her mouth.

[How long do you think you can run away? You will eventually come back to me. You will never survive in the desert.]

The words of the black pillar were true. The morning star had been to the desert where the black pillar had passed.

‘As I stood on the sand, all the strength left my body. It felt as if my very existence was being torn apart.’

At that moment, Saetbyeol realized that if this world were to disappear, then so would she.

‘The only hope is the Master.’

Saetbyeol looked at Dojun. Even at this moment, Dojun was running around trying to level up his ‘language’ talent.

But then, suddenly, Saetbyeol had a question.

‘What is talent? Why is the Master’s talent not affected by the three-year restriction?’

Of course, he himself was one of the ‘talents’.

‘It seems a little different, though.’

Saetbyeol, who was curious, asked Dojun.

“Master. Talent. How did you get it in the first place?”

* * *

Dojun thought for a moment at Saetbyeol’s question and then chuckled.

“It was nothing. When I first joined the company 10 years ago, I was praised by Manager Kang Min-ho. At that time, a message appeared in front of my eyes. It said that Kang Min-ho liked me and that my trust in me had increased by 1%.”

The morning star opened his eyes wide.

“Yeah. At that time, I gained trust stats and acquired one of Kang Min-ho’s talents.”

Dojun smiled as he recalled what happened ten years ago.

“That was the beginning of it all. Since then, I’ve been able to gain talent with my trust stats.”

Dojun answered with a hazy expression.

“I used to worry about that too. Why? Don’t new talents emerge? Why can’t we get more talents with confidence?”

Dojun nodded.

“I’m not sure, but I’ve come to a conclusion.”

Dojun got up from his seat and looked out the window of the CEO’s office. There were many developers working there.

‘CTO Yang Ha-seong, who always took care of me. Manager Kang Min-ho, who was prickly in my past life, hyung Yong-cheol, who I knew as a bad person in my past life, and Dong-jin, who ignored me.’

That wasn’t all. In this life, I met countless people I didn’t know in my previous life.

Dojun opened the ‘Trust’ in his heart.

…………..

A list of countless people appeared before Dojun’s eyes. There were over 100 of them, and the trustworthiness of nearly 50 of them was over 90%.

The 100th person also exceeded 80%.

Dojun answered.

“I was an outcast in my past life. No, I lived with my heart closed off. I thought I was comfortable alone, but I guess that wasn’t true. I guess I was lonely.”

“I didn’t know that in my previous life, but I learned it in this life. I became close to many people and gained their trust. The connections I made that way were really good. In my previous life, I didn’t know that being close to people was this good.”

Dojun continued speaking while looking at the contact list on his phone.

“That’s probably why. I did that because I wanted to get along well with people in this life. Then, when the trustworthiness of all 100 people exceeded 80%, the trustworthiness quest stopped appearing.”

Dojun shook his head.

“No. I’m not upset. I can’t even use all the talent I have right now. What.”

“huh.”

Dojun answered with a smile on his face.

“That’s right. Father, mother. Just the two of them.”

“No. I’m fine with Sally. We respect and love each other beyond measure. But? Why 99%? I think 99% is the limit for trust between humans.”

“It’s just like that. The kind of love that protects your child no matter what he or she does, and sometimes scolds him or her to help him or her go in the right direction. When your child does something wrong, it’s not your fault, but yours. Who else but parents can have such feelings?”

Saetbyeol thought for a while and then answered.

Dojun looked puzzled by Saetbyeol’s words.

“Morning star… … .”

“What is it?”

Dojun opened his eyes wide.

“… Oh. You saw it too.”

Dojun couldn’t answer for a long time.

“…I think Sally would do that.”

Dojun thought about it for a longer time.

“Honestly, I don’t know. But, if… that AI Saetbyul called me dad, I think maybe it would have been like that.”

Dojun said absentmindedly at Saetbyeol’s words that seemed vague for some reason.

“Why, are you jealous? Then you should call me dad too. Hehe.”

“I’m joking, I’m joking.”

Dojun said with a smile.

“Okay, okay. Go ahead. I’ll let any joke slide.”

“huh.”

The morning star hesitated and said.

It was then that a message appeared before Dojun’s eyes.