This is not my original work; I am merely providing a translation.
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Meanwhile…
After washing up and taking a shower, Chu Tian returned to his bedroom.
When he refreshed the post he had made, his eyes widened in surprise.
Holy!
In just half an hour, the post had received over two hundred replies.
It's this popular?
- Loud Fart Doesn't Stink: "Amazing. It looks like another expert lurker has revealed themselves."
- Robust Donkey Body: "Hey, expert, is your program really reliable? It shows my girlfriend has registered for hotel rooms over a hundred times. Please respond. I feel like I've been completely cucked. This program of yours must be a joke, right?"
- Self-hanging Southwest Branch: "I checked my brother's girlfriend's hotel registry. Thirty-seven records in half a year. The problem is, none of those were with my brother. Hahaha. LMAO."
- Your Daddy's Your Daddy: "orz. I just checked my own hotel registry records. Everything matched. OP is definitely a real pro hacker."
- Grass Under The Osmanthus Tree: "Guru, are the results from your software real? Please respond. Extremely urgent. I'm about to get engaged, but I discovered my boyfriend has many hotel records that aren't with me. I'm going mad."
- Hong Kong Fat Fish:"I feel sorry for you all. My partner's record is completely clean."
- What The Hell You Looking At: "Guy above me, don't celebrate yet. It's possible your partner's record was registered under the ID card of the person they're with."
- Tolford Gunitsky: "F***ing hell, the girl I've been pursuing for half a year has been to hotels eight times in a single month. Screw her!"
- Kindergarten Gang Leader: "Guru! Do you take disciples?! I truly wish to learn from you! Please take me as your disciple!"
Seeing the flood of replies, Chu Tian couldn't stop grinning.
Even though he had expected people to use his software, he never imagined it would become this popular.
Curious, Chu Tian opened the backend of his software to check the usage statistics.
Holy!
The software had already been used 1,018 times in just half an hour.
How could there be this many usages?
Chu Tian was stunned. There were only about two hundred replies to his post, so he had assumed the software had been used around that many times. He never expected it to have been used over a thousand times in such a short span.
It seemed many users hadn't bothered to leave a response.
1,018 uses. $7 per use…
Chu Tian immediately grabbed his phone and opened his e-wallet app.
Seeing a balance of $7,471, Chu Tian was speechless with excitement.
His e-wallet's original balance was only $200. Now, it had skyrocketed to $7,471.
The speed at which he was earning money was insane!
And this was just the result of half an hour.
The Hacker's Forum had roughly 300,000 registered users, with about 50,000 daily active users. If even half of those active users used his program once…
Chu Tian's heart raced at the thought. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths to calm himself. Finally, he laughed, "The 21st century is truly an era where talent is king. You can only earn money with real skills."
Just then, he noticed something unusual. His eyes narrowed, and a sly smile appeared on his lips.
"Heh. Interesting. Someone's trying to track me? Fine, I'll play along."
He began typing rapidly on his keyboard.
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Ten minutes later…
Chu Tian stared at his screen, smirking. "So, it's the admin of the Hacker's Forum, Bright Moon Illuminating A Big Bed. I was wondering who was being such a pain."
Bright Moon Illuminating A Big Bed was the current admin of the Hacker's Forum and a renowned professional hacker. He rarely appeared on the forum and almost never posted. The only times he showed up were to sticky pop-sci posts about computer knowledge.
Having frequented the Hacker's Forum for three years, Chu Tian knew many users were curious about Bright Moon's identity. Yet, no one had ever managed to uncover it.
Until now.
Chu Tian had discovered that Bright Moon Illuminating A Big Bed was actually Wang Xiaofeng, a 34-year-old man.
Seeing that Wang Xiaofeng was still trying to track him, Chu Tian smirked and opened a black dialog box. He typed a message:
A Handsome Guy Who's Unwilling To Reveal His Identity: "Hey, forum admin, aren't you tired? Why are you tracking me?"
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Meanwhile…
Wang Xiaofeng, who was using three high-end computers simultaneously to track Chu Tian, suddenly froze.
A black dialog box had appeared on his screen.
"Dang! He breached my homemade firewall?! How did he get in without any signs of an attack?!"
Wang Xiaofeng quickly typed a response: "Brother, you're quite capable. You even managed to hack into my computer."
A Handsome Guy Who's Unwilling To Reveal His Identity: "I'm only so-so. Wang Xiaofeng, you should stop tracking me. You won't be able to find me."
"Dang!"
Wang Xiaofeng's eyes widened. "F***ing hell! He even figured out my real name!"
He typed back: "Brother, I admit you're amazing. Let's have a match. Don't delete your post. I'll definitely track you down."
A Handsome Guy Who's Unwilling To Reveal His Identity: "Sure, I'll wait for you."
Before Wang Xiaofeng could respond, the black dialog box disappeared.
"Quite confident, huh?"
Wang Xiaofeng licked his lips, his eyes burning with determination. He resumed typing furiously on his keyboard.