Chapter 3217 — Following the Tide
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That very day, Liu Tianli returned with Han Xiaochao. The men who had once been charged with escorting Liu Tianli here now became his attendants; at Han Jingyi's instruction, Liu Tianli once again took up the post of president of the Liu Group, and these men naturally did not dare treat him as they had before.
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Dr. Benjamin II was quick to imitate. After Liu Tianli retook the Liu Group, the Xuandan Sect also rolled out an upgrade peripheral for its first-grade smart medicinal cauldron—except this peripheral required no internet connection, making it simpler than Wei Zhao's first-grade automatic cauldron, usable straight out of the box.
This posed no difficulty at all for Dr. Benjamin II. He simply hard-coded the server's computing program directly into the peripheral, and it took him only a single day, because he was not alone—he had many assistants helping him complete the work!
As a result, those who had bought the Xuandan Sect's first-grade smart cauldron breathed a sigh of relief. The cauldron could actually still be upgraded, and after upgrading it could be used locally without any internet connection. This made these people feel that although the Xuandan Sect was a knockoff manufacturer, their technical level was clearly no weak thing—the long delay in upgrading was simply because they had turned the internet function into a local function for the convenience of users!
And in fact, this was exactly how Kang Jingming of the Xuandan Sect promoted it publicly, saying that the reason for the lack of a rapid upgrade was merely that they were improving the user experience so that users could enjoy maximum convenience! Only by making things convenient for users could users have a reason and a driving force to choose the Xuandan Sect's first-grade smart cauldron!
Though this advertising copy was a bit fluffy and hollow, it read pleasantly no matter how one looked at it, and so, in this way, over the past few days the sales of the Xuandan Sect's first-grade smart cauldron began to recover...
Under these circumstances, although this was not what Wei Zhao wanted to see, there was nothing he could do about it. True, having Han Jingyi and the Hacker Princess download the server data into the peripheral was an easy matter, but doing so would be a bit like slapping themselves in the face!
After all, this model existed to prevent piracy, yet piracy had still emerged—and they were following in the pirates' footsteps by turning the peripheral into something usable locally. That was, more or less, an unsightly business!
So, with no other choice, Han Jingyi could only release a third upgrade. In this upgrade, she hard-coded the refining programs of the remaining first-grade pills into the upgrade package as well, and this upgrade also removed the peripheral's internet mode, adopting direct local use instead.
Because server verification had lost all meaning—the Hacker Princess could not possibly develop an entirely new backend system in a short time, and even if she improved on the existing system, it would only be a matter of time before Dr. Benjamin II cracked it. There was simply no point. (The link for the pure manga version has been posted on the official WeChat account. Yuren has arrived home; updates will resume tomorrow! WeChat account: yuren22)