Chapter 5: The Unthinkable Attempt

  By the way, Lao Li's scale for collecting waste has a problem. The weight measured by this scale is only 90% of the original weight, which means it is a nine-out-of-ten scale. Feng Xiaotian knew about this long ago, but even so, he still chose to sell the trash he picked up to Lao Li because Feng Xiaotian understood all the waste collectors in the area very clearly. Although Lao Li's scale was nine out of ten, others were eight out of ten. Comparing the two, Lao Li was more reliable.

  Feng Xiaotian cooked a good dish, put the dishes into the plate, then poured the rice that had been rinsed into the pot, added some water, and started cooking - what? You said he didn't wash the pot? Ah... Of course, this wasn't because Feng Xiaotian was lazy, but because he thought any waste was shameful. The pot just used for stir-frying still had oil on it, wouldn't washing it with water be a waste? Cooking rice directly would allow him to not waste a single drop of oil, and one drop of oil weighed 0.15 grams, which wasn't a small amount!

  After all the dishes were ready, Feng Xiaotian squatted in front of the stove and started eating. There was still some fire in the stove, and it was warmer to eat here. By the time he finished his meal, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

  Feng Xiao Tian put away the bowls and chopsticks, placed the leftover food on the stove, and then came to the computer. He had something very important to do - he wanted to connect his computer to the wireless network.

  In this era, there was basically no wireless network in the country. If there was one, it could only be owned by the military. As the guardian of the nation, the army had priority rights in many aspects, such as computers and other things, which were first used by the military.

  Feng Xiaotian knew that for a computer to connect to an external network, there were only two ways: one was wired connection and the other was wireless connection. Wired networks are still blank in China, so we can only consider wireless networks now - the problem arises: how to make the computer connect to the wireless network?

  "Hmm... this is a problem, and it seems like an impossible one to solve, but Feng Xiaotian found a feasible method, which is to use the radio as a medium to achieve this goal."

  Radios are not that new, they were popularized domestically 20-30 years ago and for a long time, radios served as an important tool for receiving information, with a huge following in the country. However, this phenomenon slowly changed after TVs became widespread. Now it's 1990, many families already own a TV set, although they are small black-and-white ones, but compared to radios which can only produce sound, TVs with images and audio are naturally more attractive.

  Feng Xiao Tian was a scavenger. Every time he picked up something, he would make a distinction. Some usable things he always kept for himself, and the radio was one of them.

  Feng Xiaotian had picked up five radios, but they were all broken. However, he was happy to study and repair them. After his tinkering, he managed to fix two of the radios. These two radios were also the only household appliances in his home. Now, Feng Xiaotian's gaze fell on these two radios.

  Because the radio needs batteries to use, for Feng Xiaotian, this is simply a waste of money, so he rarely uses it, except at the beginning when he thought it was fresh and listened for a few days, after that it basically just sat on the table without moving.

  Feng Xiaotian was very familiar with radios and knew that they received signals through electromagnetic waves. Depending on the frequency of the electromagnetic wave, the radio could search for different stations. Nowadays, most wireless signals in the world are also transmitted via electromagnetic waves, and computer wireless networks work on this principle as well.

  Feng Xiao Tian carefully considered it for a moment, then began to take action. His heart still had some uncertainty, not knowing if this would work, but this was the only method he could think of at present, and he wouldn't be able to rest easy without giving it a try.

  Feng Xiaotian took out his toolbox, first disassembling the radio and carefully removing the signal receiver on top. Then he turned his attention to the computer host, hesitating for a moment before finally taking action.

  Although this computer was a treasure in his eyes, an unconnected computer was nothing more than an expensive toy at best. To further approach the world of the internet, Feng Xiaotian decided to take a risk.

  After disassembling the host, Feng Xiaotian did not touch anything else. He just focused on the computer's wired port and pondered for a moment before trying to connect the radio signal receiver to the port. This process was somewhat complicated and uncertain, so Feng Xiaotian worked extremely slowly. It took him over an hour to finally complete it.

  "Hmm..."

  Feng Xiaotian let out a breath, although the weather was very cold, but his forehead had already sweated profusely. It seemed that he wasn't relaxed either. If things went wrong, this computer might have problems, and the consequences would be extremely severe for Feng Xiaotian.

  Feng Xiaotian wiped the sweat from his brow, gazing at his masterpiece with a mix of pride and trepidation. He was proud that not just anyone could accomplish this feat, which required advanced theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills to complete. Yet, he was also uncertain whether it would actually work, and if it didn't, he wouldn't know what else to do.

  Feng Xiao Tian stood in front of the computer, feeling his heart beating extremely fast. After a moment's pause, he decided to turn it on and take a look at the effect.

  Five minutes later, Feng Xiao Tian sat motionless in his chair because after the computer started up, it was still the same as before and didn't receive any prompt for wireless network signal. It seemed that his method had some problems.

  What's the problem? Feng Xiao Tian sat on the chair, thinking carefully. After a while, he opened the computer application and checked the network settings. The computer's basic programs were all complete, so the problem shouldn't be with the computer itself. Could it be that the radio signal receiver had a problem?

  Feng Xiaotian thought of this possibility and immediately began to carefully inspect, after repeated checks, he did not find any problems, so Feng Xiaotian was stunned, he sat stupidly in the chair without any reaction, his eyes staring blankly at the already disassembled computer host, wondering: In theory, this should be feasible, where is the problem?

  This is a problem, at least Feng Xiaotian couldn't figure out the reason, but he vaguely thought of a possibility in his mind. However, this idea was like playing hide-and-seek with him. Every time Feng Xiaotian was about to catch it, it would run away immediately. Feng Xiaotian felt very suffocated and after a while, he was almost driven mad.

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