Nobody Messes with the Code Master

---- Chapter 5 I withdrew my hand, snapped the laptop shut, and left the company with a faint sense of vengeful satisfaction. No one would discover the flaw. And no one would be able to stop what was about to happen. When I got home, I opened a bottle of red wine I had been saving for years and slowly poured it into a glass. "To technology. To dignity," I murmured, and drank it down in one swallow. At two o'clock in the morning three days later, my phone began vibrating wildly. Seventeen missed calls-all from Oliver. Then the company tech group exploded with messages. (The system has crashed!

All customer data is in chaos! ] (Emergency! Who can fix the main server failure?] (The CEO has been alerted-everyone in tech, return to the company immediately!] I turned over in bed and quietly watched the screen flash, a cold smile curling at the comer of my mouth. That pleasure surged through me like tide, and I couldn't help laughing out loud. ---- At nine in the morning, Oliver sent me a video. Init, Jason stood in the middle of the conference room, drenched in sweat, staring helplessly at the error-filled code projected on the screen.

"Jason, aren't you an algorithm expert?" Peter's mocking voice came through the video. "This little problem shouldn't be too hard for you, should it?" Jason's face was ashen. His lips trembled, but no words came out. "1... Ineed time to analyze it..." "Analyze my ass!" Peter slammed the table. "The clients are about to storm the company. Fix it. Now!" Iclosed the video and leisurely brewed myself a pot of tea. My phone rang again. It was Oliver. "Rex, something terrible has happened. The system has completely collapsed. Can you come help?

We'll double your compensation!" Icalmly hung up and set my phone to silent. By noon, the internal company group chat had erupted. Jason actually posted a message: [@Rex, the system has encountered a serious issue. Could you please come back and help resolve it? It's extremely urgent!) Then came a flood of pleas. [Please, Rex! Only you can save the company now!] ---- [@Rex, are you here? We're begging you to come back!] [@Rex, please save the company! ] Istared at the screen, the smile on my face growing wider.

These were the same people who once ignored me, who had treated me like dust beneath their feet. Now they were begging for my help. At three in the afternoon, Oliver sent another message: (Rex, the company is in total chaos. Jason is getting ripped apart, Peter is losing his mind, and the customer complaint lines have been jammed all day.] leaned back on the sofa, sipping tea while browsing high-paying job offers on major recruitment sites Outside the window, the setting sun cast its glow across my face, warm and soothing. For the first time, I felt a deep sense of calm and satisfaction.

'The system crash was only the beginning. The storm had just begun.