Chapter 55: The Strength of a Single Mortal, Rivaling the Gods (Second Update)

As Zhao Zizhen’s voice trailed off, the giant screen began to broadcast the operation footage of the newly prepared smartphone operating system!

The ultimate fluidity, the brand-new interactive methods, and the super artificial intelligence assistance left every netizen watching in absolute excitement!

An indescribable emotion surged into everyone's hearts!

Words like thrilled, touched, and excited were simply not enough to describe the inner feelings of everyone at this moment.

The scene from three days ago, when Western technology giants jointly announced a fifty percent increase in patent fees as a form of coercion, was still vivid in their minds.

The suffocating anger and helpless frustration of being held by the throat by others were still deeply engraved in the memory of every netizen.

Yet now, three days later, the sudden emergence of this brand-new system was like a beam of technological light, directly shattering the barrier jointly erected by the Western tech giant companies!

This feeling was simply beyond description!

Many netizens found their eyes moistening as they spoke!

Yet no one laughed at another for crying despite being adults.

Because only those who had experienced the sensation of being grabbed by the throat and threatened could truly understand the profound significance behind the appearance of this new smartphone system!

Like a beam of light, it provided everyone with sufficient spiritual support!

At the same time, it was also a source of confidence—the confidence to face the Western tech giants head-on!

A massive wave of netizens directly swarmed the official accounts of those tech giant companies, launching a frantic counterattack!

Weren't you imposing blockades?

Weren't you extorting patent fees?

Now, go ahead and charge us again, let us see!

Countless netizens shared the exact same sentiment at this very moment!

Meanwhile, within the livestream, Zhao Zizhen's voice sounded out once more:

"This time, no company anywhere in the world will ever be able to charge us a single cent again!"

"Please allow me to grandly introduce to you all once again: this is our brand-new smartphone operating system—Pangu!"

"And at the same time, its code name is: System Classmate Number One!"

"Classmate Boss is awesome!!"

"I am willing to hail Classmate Boss as a true deity walking the mortal realm!"

"Classmate Boss single-handedly developed missiles to safeguard our national prestige, manufactured photolithography machines to raise our nation's renown, and created the self-developed Pangu system to shatter the blockade. He is truly comparable to a god!"

"He is my god!!"

Zhao Zizhen's words instantly drove the netizens into a frenzy!

First came the missiles and photolithography machines, and now a self-developed system—all brought to fruition with the help of the mysterious Classmate Boss.

At this moment, the netizens' adoration for Lin Yang reached its absolute peak!!

Under the trending topics related to "Classmate," posts were skyrocketing at a rate of thousands per second.

Every single netizen was expressing their excitement and shock!

"Hmph, what's there to be so smug about? Isn't it just a smartphone operating system? It took them so many years of lagging behind to finally develop it, what's there to be proud of?"

"Exactly, making such a big fuss out of it as if it's some earth-shattering event. Truly, these people have zero exposure to the wider world!"

However, just as the netizens were reveling in excitement, certain Western individuals, driven by jealousy or some other complex psychology, began to sneer and mock once again.

This instantly infuriated everyone!

"What the hell? You Westerners actually dare to crawl out?"

"Westerners, if your brains don't work, go to the hospital. If your eyes don't work, just dig them out! You call this *merely* a smartphone system?"

"Hahahaha, exactly. Hearing them say that just makes me laugh. Anyone with half a brain should know what this new system signifies!"

"Westerners, if you're jealous, just admit it. Stop beating around the bush; the sourness is leaking right through the screen!"

"Hehe, someone is triggered, I won't say who. Someone's mental defense broke, I won't say who either, hehehehe!"

"..."

When it came to sarcastic banter, domestic netizens were top-tier.

With just a few words, they instantly drove those mocking Westerners up the wall.

"Damn Xia nationals, what do you have to be smug about? Isn't it just a phone system? Advanced or not, isn't it still just used to make calls? Our own systems work just fine for us!"

"That's right, we don't think much of this so-called crappy system of yours at all!"

Those Westerners whose psychological defenses had cracked were still putting up a stubborn front.

However, the top executives of those major tech giant companies now wore expressions that were hideously dark and gloomy to the extreme!

Ordinary Western citizens might not immediately grasp the formidable power of the Pangu system!

However, since their fortunes were built on operating systems, how could they possibly fail to see the tectonic shift this new system would bring to the industry landscape?

To put it without exaggeration, the advent of the Pangu system was a purely dimensional reduction strike against their current systems!!

If they failed to sanction it, they would soon find themselves with nowhere left to survive!

Soon, the top executives of the major tech giant companies convened an urgent joint video conference to deliberate on countermeasures!

They had to unite; perhaps only then could they withstand the crushing blow of the Pangu system!

"Leku, we used to compete fiercely against each other, and your system is the best in the world. But now the damned Xia nationals have developed this terrifying Pangu system. We must watch out for one another; perhaps only then can we hold our final line of defense. Therefore, I suggest that your system directly interface with ours to achieve a true closed-loop ecosystem, thereby preventing the Pangu system from encroaching upon us!"

"Of course, our system will also interface with yours, and we will share resources."

An executive from one tech giant company spoke to another counterpart in the video conference.

This proposal instantly won the backing of the other major giants!

Leku was a middle-aged man whose slightly chubby face had grown noticeably gaunt at this moment. He frowned for a long time before speaking somewhat reluctantly:

"Very well, let us establish an alliance of mutual defense. We must absolutely not allow the Pangu system's market share to spread to our Western continent!"

"Of course, although their Pangu system indeed appears very advanced, as long as we hold our final stronghold, we can still secure a massive market share!"

"Those smartphone manufacturers don't have self-developed systems; they still have to rely on us. At critical moments, we can lower our patent fees, or even waive them entirely. In short, we must never let the Pangu system become popular on the Western continent!"

"Agreed, no problem. From now on, our source code will no longer be open to the outside world. As long as those phone makers can't come up with their systems on their own, as long as our fees are lower than those of the Pangu system, a large number of manufacturers will still choose to cooperate with us!"

The top brass of the major tech giant companies quickly hammered out what they believed to be a flawless solution!

Yet...

Before they even had time to sign the mutual defense agreement, a subordinate frantically opened a forum page and thrust it into the ongoing video conference!

In an instant, the executives of the major tech giant companies were all struck with a towering rage!

"Damn it! Who released this independent operating system, and why is it completely open-source, provided free of charge for smartphone manufacturers to use?!"