On August 27th, seeing that just two days after the ambush, a light rain fell in Zhongzhou, and the rain showed no signs of slowing down after a day.

Qi Ming sat in the bus, swaying three times, the air was stuffy, from home to Zhongzhou University, a total of more than a dozen stops, the old bus was full of a whole carriage of passengers, and it felt like it would fall apart.

When he came to Zhongzhou University, Li Zhiheng received Qi Ming with the highest standard, and set up a table of dishes in the cafeteria, most of which were meat.

Before starting the chopsticks, Li Zhiheng handed over three CDs to Qi Ming, two blue ones with a marker pen written on them, and the other one with the word secret key.

"Boss, do as you command. The content part is two disks, and the key is independent on the other disk. If you want to unlock the two pieces of content, you must have a secret key. Li Zhiheng poured Qi Ming a glass of beer as he spoke.

It looked more or less flattering, but in Li Zhiheng's opinion, it was not important, he lowered his voice and said, "Your idea is really amazing, to be honest, the framework modules you want are okay." But the key to unlocking the mod couldn't have been designed by me alone. There is a very complex algorithm involved, because the key can change at any time depending on your requirements. It changes every minute, so I asked a few of our department experts to help out. I even consulted our mentor and made it overnight. ”

Qi Ming put the three CDs into his school bag, then picked up the wine glass and touched it with him, "It's hard work, find a computer for me to try later." ”

"There are a lot of computer labs on Taoyuan Road, and I usually help when there is a loss of computers, and I know the boss well." Li Zhiheng said with a smile, and filled Qi Ming with wine again.

"Let me ask you more, where did you get these ideas, this idea is too amazing."

Qi Ming actually knew in his heart that he found Li Zhiheng through a group of computer enthusiasts on OICQ, and this group of people has a common characteristic, that is, they like to get in touch with new things, especially computer-related.

The outsourcing work that Qi Ming has given him these days, to a large extent, Li Zhiheng has an in-depth understanding.

Li Zhiheng continued, "I'm actually just a technician, and I'm not good at doing business. After speaking, he patted the sketchbook that Qi Ming handed him, "Like the content you drew on this, although I can make it into lines of code, and finally write it into a module program." But at the end of the day, I'm an executor, planning the overall framework, and it depends on your ideas, and all the work is done based on your ideas. I'm asking this because I'm curious, how did you come up with this? ”

An introverted tech nerd who behaves so aggressively and eloquently. Apparently get along these days. Li Zhiheng has begun to trust, and he admires Qi Ming a little.

Caught a chopstick sweet and sour tenderloin on top of the rice, and then took a big sip into his mouth, Qi Ming did not answer Li Zhiheng's question, but asked, "You will graduate in two years, do you have any plans after graduation?" ”

"Graduate school entrance examination." Li Zhiheng said without thinking, "Zhongzhou is too small, no matter how it develops, it is difficult to surpass such big cities as Dijing, Shanghai, Shenhai, and Guangzhou." So I'm going to go to graduate school, and of course it's best to go to schools in these two cities to prepare for staying there in the future. ”

As he spoke, he took out one of the red rivers on the table and put it in his mouth.

I just took a sip like a cough, but it seemed that I was afraid of showing timidity, so I held back. As you can tell from the way he smokes, this is definitely a pure newbie.

Qi Ming didn't say much, and buried himself in cooking.

Seeing that Qi Ming was reluctant to say more, Li Zhiheng didn't continue to ask deeply, but said: "In the future, I have to think more about my brother and me if I have this kind of work." ”

Qi Ming shook his head: "Let's take one step at a time, of course we can continue to cooperate if we have the opportunity." ”

I had a meal in the CUHK cafeteria, and this time Qi Ming bought the bill.

After eating and wiping, the two went straight to a computer room near CUHK, where Li Zhiheng was obviously very familiar with the boss here, and found a computer with an optical drive in the corner, and then copied the two disks into it.

Li Zhiheng has a hand-in-hand teaching operation, from how to embed the template to the binding key, he knows all the steps endlessly.

After working for half an hour, Qi Ming asked Li Zhiheng to get started with the operation himself.

In just a few minutes, most of the people in the computer room gathered around Qi Ming, including the owner of the Internet café.

After looking at it for a long time, the owner of the computer room also saw some clues, so he asked, "You two made these things?" ”

Qi Ming smiled: "Yes, what do you think?" ”

"It's kind of interesting." The boss of the computer room snorted and stood behind with his shoulders crossed, "I also know some computers, your game is a game mod based on Half-Life?" ”

Qi Ming was noncommittal, but first put a cigarette on the boss of the computer room, "Boss, can your computer here be connected to the local area network?" ”

"Yes." The boss of the computer room nodded, "This game of yours can also be played online?" ”

"Of course you can, now it's the bot mode of the versus computer." After speaking, Qi Ming looked at the other computers, "If you want, you can install all these computers with our game mods and try LAN battles." ”

"Huh? This can be hey. The owner of the computer room was gearing up, and the surrounding spectators were talking about it, and they were also enthusiastic to sign up.

The owner of the computer room actually took it for granted, he thought that after the computer he had here was installed, he couldn't help but sing them together.

As a result, after the installation was completed and it was running, he found out that Qi Ming's game mod needed a key to unlock it!

In other words, the installation is useless, and the key is the verification code issued by the key program.

But when ten computers were installed and the young people in the computer room got started, things got out of hand.

This mod based on Half-Life completely subverts the previous single-player game mode of beating through the story!

Put ten players on a map, start with a pistol and start swooping, and the more wins you have, the more money you have, the better weapons you can sell.

What M4A1, AK47, but also flash, smoke, explosive throwables.

The computer lab near CUHK was full of students from the neighborhood, and their ability to get in touch with new things was very strong, and within an hour, the ten machines were full of people.

The young people stretched their necks one by one, staring at the computer screen, and some were eager to try, and some stood behind the crowd and pointed at the country with their voices.

But because of the limited time, there are only ten computers, and the wolf has more meat and less meat, and those who can't get their hands on it can only stand in the crowd and watch, scratching their ears and cheeks and stomping their feet, which is called a dry hurry.

At this time, the boss of the computer room pulled Qi Ming aside and whispered: "Brother, I want to buy your key, as well as your game mod, you make a price." ”

Qi Ming didn't think about it and stretched out a slap: "Five hundred yuan, a price." ”

The owner of the computer room didn't hesitate at all, and immediately nodded: "Deal." ”

...

The next day at Zhao Zeming's house, Zhao Zeming and Liu Xuqiang in front of the computer looked shocked.

But Fang Wenjin was the first to see some clues: "As long as you are free these days, you will bury your head in the sketchbook and draw around, mysterious and mysterious, it turns out that you are doing this?" ”

While talking about Fang Wenjin, he turned out Qi Ming's sketchbook, and the thick one was filled.

From the map, houses, characters, guns, and even details to the ballistics, as well as the game interface.

Qi Ming smiled and nodded, "I didn't study computers, but I learned to draw." Draw whatever comes to mind. As for the person who made these game mods, I met on OICQ, a third-year computer science student at CUHK. ”

Liu Xuqiang sighed with emotion: "Qi Ming, I really want to open your head to see if the structure inside is different from ours, how did you come up with the idea of using the game "Half-Life" to add a separate and self-contained game mod." ”

"I just think that although Half-Life is fun, it's still a single-player game after all. The computer room has a local area network, and it should be interesting if you can use it and turn a single computer into a local area connection. ”

"This mod has to have a name, louder." Zhao Zeming said.

"I figured it out, and I called it Counter-Strike." After speaking, Qi Ming patted Zhao Zeming, "Where is your family's Fukang?" ”