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Chapter 1699
Nicole began to size Ryder up.
Suddenly, she felt the seat beside her moving.
Her eyes darted sideways and she immediately saw Preston and Edwin.
"Nicole! You're here too?" Preston asked, feeling quite excited when he saw Nicole.
The school's computer competition was usually conducted through the simple process of drafting a few unlucky
souls in class to make up the numbers. It was only until the citylevel competition, in which the wheat had been
separated from the chaff, that the pros would duke it out.
However, for Nicole's identity and level of skill, participating in a national competition in a developing country was
truly a disservice to her talents.
Nicole too wore a helpless look on her face. "Yeah, no one in class registered for this."
That was why the teacher had picked her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"But your class has quite a few capable folks, right?" Preston glanced at the general direction of Bradley, Wayne
and Jack.
The mention of this reminded her that she was still a little mad at Bradley. "If that bugger had raised his hand
earlier I wouldn't have needed to come. Long story short. Meh."
Preston smiled coyly. "It's alright. Just think of it as a game."
When Gary heard that, he felt as if Preston seemed to know something. 'Is it possible that he knows Nicole's
identity?'
Thinking that perhaps he was the one who had known nothing all along, Gary could not help but feel deflated,
feeling like an absolute fool.
"So be it. I want to see how a pro does it." After she had said that, Nicole glanced at Ryder on the stage.
Gary was suddenly sweating profusely. 'Sh*t, Ryder probably ran into a brick wall this time."
At that moment, the teacher had already gotten Ryder to commence with the briefing of today's test. "What people
love the most when it comes to tech, is cracking. So I've come up with a question for all of you today. If you can
crack the code in this test, then I shall believe that you will have no issues acing the city-level tests."
As he said that, Ryder tapped on his laptop and sent a compilation of viruses to everyone's computer.
"Eh? We're tasked to crack a virus?" they asked.
"It can't be right. Ryder's own questions?!"
"Doesn't that mean we'll be stuck here cracking it until the sun goes down?"
Most of them were just rich scions who only knew how to play games. Cracking a virus was totally beyond their
range of capabilities.
Nicole saw the virus and felt a little intrigued as she raised her hand asked. "Did you program this virus yourself?"
Ryder gave Nicole a look of surprise.
He had met her a few times before but had never spoken to her.
Seeing that she was seated beside Gary, and considering the fact that the both of them were classmates, he
replied with a, "Yes."
Nicole let out a playful smile. "Not bad. Seems like it'll be quite challenging."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe thought process and methodology that Ryder had employed were a little different from the others. His skills
and capabilities were obviously leagues above Gary's, which made it surprisingly interesting for her.
To Nicole, this was definitely far more interesting than just sitting in class.
"This is the only requirement. You must use a specific coding language to do this. The time starts now, and let's see
who will be the first to crack my virus," Ryder announced.
Yet, just as Ryder's confident voice began to trail away, the massive screen looming above them suddenly showed
that PC 30 had managed to crack the code and neutralize the virus.
Everyone saw PC 30's icon turning green and everyone in the hall looked over. "Goodness, someone had already
cracked it!"
Even Harvey could not help but to glance to the back.
Much to their surprise, PC 30 was Nicole's computer.
This made his eyes gleam with interest.
He knew that Nicole was skilled. Back when they were at the Golden Coast Building, she had also showcased her
ability in this field.
But what Ryder had shown them earlier was more like a hacker's virus.
Anyone who knew even a little about computers would know that countermeasure techniques like these were more
akin to a duel between hackers.
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