An Expert Is actually By My Side - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: By the Way, Help me Pick Out Two Books as Well

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Dorm room.
Cloud Hao, who had come back with his roommates, was leaning forward against the balcony railing. He opened the gift pack awarded by the system.
[Newbie Gift Pack unlocked]
[Reward: 1 memory fragment, 1 random attribute point, 1 enlightenment gem]
Cloud Hao had some idea of the attribute point. It was probably used to light up his empty attributes panel. But what are memory fragments and enlightenment gems?
“Anyway, let’s look at the attribute point first.”
Taking a deep breath, Cloud Hao moved his consciousness to the pulsing unassigned attribute point.
At first, he thought he could choose where to assign this point, but reality ultimately betrayed his expectations. As soon as his consciousness touched the point, it turned into a streak of light rushing towards the attributes panel.
[Programming +1]
At the same time, the locked attributes panel was illuminated, and the data on it was refreshed.
[Host: Cloud Hao]
[Programming: 1]
What the f*ck?
The point allocation is actually random?
However, Cloud Hao didn’t have any comments about the system’s assignment.
After all, his major was software engineering. There was nothing wrong with laying the foundation for his specialized course in the future.
The only thing he didn’t quite understand was the function of this one-point attribute.
Or rather, exactly how strong can I be?
“It feels like nothing has changed…”
Cloud Hao stared at the attribute panel with a frown. He then moved his gaze to the memory fragment and enlightenment gem in the inventory.
[Memory fragment: Upon activation, a sealed memory can be unlocked]
[Enlightenment gem: Enter a state of enlightenment for twelve hours]
Unlock a sealed memory?
So… my memory was actually sealed, huh?
As Cloud Hao read the description of the memory fragment, realization dawned on him and his gaze turned fervent.
Although he wasn’t particularly obsessed with the ongoings in his previous life, he felt exhilarated when he thought about all those pop songs and novels.
In that case, doesn’t it mean that I have a cheat code for life?
Not to mention my allowance.
I don’t care about the title of the richest man!
As for the enlightenment gem…
Since he couldn’t figure out the specific function of the attribute, he didn’t think much about it.
Without a second thought, Cloud Hao selected the memory fragment. He held it in the palm of his hand and crushed it. Right after that, a gush of heat rushed up to his forehead. It was so fast that in a split second, Cloud Hao’s consciousness became muddled and his eyes rolled back.
When he regained his consciousness, a line of light blue text appeared before his eyes…
[Unlock memory: Game “2048”]
[Activation Mission: Produce and launch the game 2048, with at least 100,000 players]
[Reward: Unknown]
“What the f*ck? This is a scam!”
This time, Cloud Hao couldn’t help but curse out loud.
Not because the reward was unknown…
Is this retarded system actually asking me, a noob, to create a game?
And what the hell is 2048? Besides the rules of the game, the gameplay, and the creativity itself, his other memories about it were a ball of mess. Cloud Hao couldn’t even remember if he had played this game in his previous life and whether it was popular.
From a mobile game planner’s perspective, it would be strange if such plain and monotonous gameplay could be fun!
The number of players has to exceed 100,000?
Eat sh*t!
“Cloud Hao, what are you yelling about?”
“Eating shit—Oh, no, counting stars.”
“What stars are you counting during the day? Or are you just ogling at beautiful women?” Zhou Xuan, the podgy little man from the room next door who had dropped by, looked at Cloud Hao standing on the balcony. He had a mischievous smile hanging on his face as he teased him, “I heard that you smashed someone’s phone. And you even have to compensate her?”
This guy…
He just has to touch a sore spot!
Cloud Hao’s face instantly turned solemn.
“What do you mean by smash? It was obviously just a touch!”
“Aren’t they both the same?” Zhou Xuan smiled and prodded his arm. “How is she? Is she pretty? Have you added her on WeChat?”
“Get lost. Just recalling this matter is annoying.”
The Dami p6+ mobile phone was considered the most expensive model as of now. On top of that, it was equipped with a quad-core processor.
As a tech giant in Country Xia and even in the world, the mobile phones made by the Dami Group were all of the top quality and had nothing to complain about.
The only letdown was the screen, which was a tad bit brittle. Its repair cost was not cheap, either.
3000 yuan for a screen repair. Based on Cloud Hao’s monthly allowance of 800 yuan, he might not be able to compensate her even if he sold himself.
This was his price to pay, though, and Cloud Hao certainly wasn’t planning to run away from his responsibility. However, that girl sure was ruthless. She had dragged him to the security guard room by his arm and pulled out surveillance video of the basketball court.
He saw the ball fly in a perfect parabola and go through the net. It then hit the ground, bounced off in a beautiful V-shape, and directly knocked the phone out in the girl’s hand.
Even the security guard who was watching the surveillance video with them cast Cloud Hao a sympathetic look.
His luck was just so bad.
What a waste of his nice name.
Just then, a certain Mr. Zhu shouted from the door of the dorm room.
“The new books are here. Come and get them.”
The newly-promoted Zhu Kening had a flushed face at the moment, with a high-spirited expression. It made people want to bash him up.
“Giving out books?”
Zheng Xueqian, who had the sharpest ears, instinctively stood up. Fearing that he would be too late, he sprinted over to choose the books.
He was indeed worthy of being a programmer with 7 combat power, immediately picking up a copy of “Tan Guangning’s C Programming Language” from the book pile.
As for the music expert with combat power of 8, he was not that eager. He cast a lackadaisical glance at the pile of books and continued to tune his guitar.
“Do we have specialized courses in freshman year?”
“Yes, data structure and C programming language. However, they only start next semester.” Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Zhu Kening smiled like a good son of the people and said, “There’s still something to do at the female dorm. I’m worried that the committee secretary can’t handle it alone, so I’ll go over to lend a hand. You guys can just leave me a set of books.”
After saying that, he put down the pile of books and left.
“Good that it’s given out beforehand. We can look through them first.” Zheng Xueqian smiled and picked out his books before walking back to his seat.
Just then, Cloud Hao’s gaze fell on that book on C programming language.
At the same time, a crazy idea popped out in his mind.
“Let me borrow this.”
He took the C language textbook, which was right at the top of Zheng Xueqian’s stack of books.
“What are you borrowing that for? I didn’t write my name on it anyway; how about I give it to you…? Hey, where are you going?”
Zheng Xueqian looked at Cloud Hao in stupefaction, not knowing what he was going to do.
“I’m going to the library.”
After putting on his shoes, Cloud Hao didn’t waste any time and went out without saying another word, leaving behind three people with stunned expressions.
Liang Ziyuan asked, “…What’s wrong with him?”
Zhou Xuan shook his head in bewilderment.
Zheng Xueqian followed the same action and said, “I don’t know.”
However, in a split second, a thread of electricity seemed to run through Zheng Xueqian’s brain, and he immediately became alert.
Wait a minute…
Who will go to the library when they have nothing to do? And with a book!
It must be for self-study!
Instantly, a light bulb lit up in Zheng Xueqian’s brain, and he knew what his roommate wanted to do.
GPA!
As well as…
Scholarship!
Heh, River Town University is full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Looks like the competition already started when the dorm rooms were assigned, but I was careless…
Seeing through Cloud Hao’s plan, Zheng Xueqian’s competitiveness was ignited. He instantly dug out another C programming language book from the stack of books. Then, he mumbled to himself as he started reading from the content page.
“I shall also read in advance… Erm, no, just taking a look.”
What happened to the two of them?
Apart from me, nobody in this room is normal.
Liang Ziyuan looked in bafflement at the guy who had suddenly become a bundle of nerves. However, he soon lost interest and continued to focus on strumming the strings of his guitar.
“Oh.”
“By the way, help me pick out two books as well.”