Chapter 3: The Unnamed Genius

  The mouse is tied to the keyboard, which saves Feng Xiaotian a lot of trouble. Otherwise, if there was no mouse, he would have to control the computer with the keyboard, how troublesome that would be!

  In the following days, Feng Xiaotian began to try various things on the computer based on his own knowledge. For more than a dozen days, after finishing picking up scraps every day, Feng Xiaotian would stay in front of the computer. At this moment, he had a very deep understanding of computer programming. He tried many of his ideas about computer programming, from stumbling at first to now being extremely proficient, and it can be said that his progress was quite astonishing.

  At six o'clock that evening, Feng Xiang Tian was still busy in front of the computer. After a while, he stretched his waist and stood up after adapting for a long time because his legs had been frozen numb.

  "I'm so hungry, it's time to eat."

  Feng Xiaotian turned off the computer after speaking, took a vegetable basket from behind the door and walked out, locked the door and then headed in the direction of the vegetable market. Of course, he wasn't going to buy vegetables, but rather to "pick up" some.

  Every morning and evening, the vegetable vendors would tidy up their goods. Some rotten vegetables that were crushed and couldn't be sold would be thrown away. Feng Xiaotian would pick these up. Although they didn't look good, they could still be eaten. Feng Xiaotian relied on picking up scraps to make a living, and being able to eat his fill was already quite good; where else could he be picky?

  The sky has darkened a bit, and now it's winter. Although Sanjiang is located in the middle of the Central Plains, due to the numerous lakes here, the temperature difference is extremely extreme. In the summer, it's like a big steamer, hot enough to make people want to go crazy, while in the winter, it's cold enough to kill, with the dry and cold north wind blowing fiercely, making anyone shiver.

  Today's weather is relatively good, not a bit of wind, the afterglow of the setting sun left a faint red color on the horizon, tall locust trees stand upright on both sides of the road, dry branches can't see a single leaf, looking around, the whole world has turned into a dull gray, making people feel completely uninteresting.

  Feng Xiao Tian walked forward, thinking about this problem: he had a computer, but no internet cable. What's the use of a computer that can't connect to the internet?

  Feng Xiao Tian has already become familiar with the computer, and he is very knowledgeable about various programs. Now his heart has grown bigger, and he can't wait to use the computer to learn more about the outside world - in simpler terms, he wants to learn more about foreign countries.

  Although the country had already reformed and opened up, various messages were still very closed off, especially in terms of computers, which were basically still in their infancy. Feng Xiaotian was extremely enthusiastic about learning, and when it came to this newfangled thing called a computer, he had an almost crazed fervor for it. This was because he had a little secret in his heart, a secret that sounded like something out of a fairy tale - Feng Xiaotian actually wanted to develop his own operating system, one with artificial intelligence!

  Why did Feng Xiaotian have such an idea? This is completely because he was influenced by the book he picked up, "Computer Programming Language and Programming". The book is still decent, but at the end of it, the author wrote: "Writing computer programs is to better serve humanity, it can open up a whole new world for our lives. Maybe computers are just a dull machine in people's eyes, but we should look at it with an equal attitude, use our programs to enrich it, only then will it become a good friend of humanity."

  These words are somewhat similar to a summary of the whole book, but in fact they don't have much practical significance and can only be considered as having been written on impulse. However, after Wind Laughed at Heaven read these words, he thought about them for a long time and finally came to a conclusion: if you really want computers to become good friends with humans, the most important thing is to enable communication between them. How can we communicate with computers? The first thing that must be done is to give them autonomous thinking ability.

  It's somewhat laughable that although artificial intelligence is very popular abroad, it receives little attention domestically. Even if there are people who pay attention to it, they mostly just view it as a fantasy for the future or something to chat about over tea and after meals. Now, domestically, perhaps only Feng Xiaotian truly thinks about this possibility.

  Feng Xiaotian is a very peculiar person, in the eyes of most people, he is a taciturn person. Feng Xiaotian never communicates with his classmates at school, of course, this is mainly because his classmates don't get along with him. In their eyes, Feng Xiaotian is a scavenger and a beggar. Even if they talk to Feng Xiaotian for a few words, others will probably mock them.

  Feng Xiao Tian often faces discrimination, and is frequently ridiculed by others. However, he doesn't get angry or worked up about it because he knows that reacting in such a way won't do him any good. What others say is their own business; as long as he walks his own path, there's no need to argue with others, since it's a meaningless thing to do.

  In Feng Xiaotian's view, being able to eat his fill and attend school was already very good. Compared to other classmates, Feng Xiaotian wasn't completely a beggar who picked up scraps either. He had his own pride - his academic performance was extremely good, so good that every time a new semester started, when the teacher handed out new textbooks to the students, Feng Xiaotian could finish learning all the knowledge in those textbooks within just a few days!

  The matter sounded a bit frightening, so Feng Xiao Tian had never mentioned it to anyone before. Moreover, he didn't have any friends, and even if he wanted to say something, there might not be anyone willing to listen.

  Although Feng Xiaotian is quite fierce in his studies, he is actually very low-key. Every time he takes an exam, his grades are always at a medium level. Of course, if he wanted to, he could easily get first place every time - except for the essay questions, all the other questions he can answer perfectly without missing a single point.

  As a result, going to school became a very uninteresting thing for Feng Xiaotian. He cherished the opportunity to learn, but he didn't like sitting in the classroom listening to teachers of various subjects explaining knowledge that he already knew - he yearned for a bigger stage and hoped to take on greater challenges.

  So, every now and then, Feng Xiang Tian would buy some books from Old Li, as long as they were of interest to him. Old Li knew his family situation and saw how eager he was to learn, so he only made a small profit margin, without taking advantage of the opportunity to make a big killing.

  The books Feng Xiaotian bought back were quite special, such as "Functional Theory", "Molecular Partial Differential Equations" and "Summary of Physical Linear Theory". These books were all understandable only to people with extremely high professional knowledge. When Feng Xiaotian first started reading them, he was completely confused, so he even specially bought other related books from Old Li. After his research, the theoretical knowledge in these books was almost all figured out by him, and what was lacking was only practice. If this matter were to be told, it would probably shock everyone!

  Imagine a 14-year-old freshman in high school who can actually understand books that even university professors can barely comprehend, what kind of situation is this?