Chapter 1396: Hacker in the Top 20 of the Heaven Leaderboard
They walked toward them, probably heading for the elevator.
Du Mingwei lowered his voice and took the opportunity to introduce the opponents she would meet in the finals. “This Aiden isn’t simple. At such a young age, he’s already ranked 18th on the Heaven Leaderboard that I told you about previously. Don’t think that his ranking isn’t high. In fact, he’s very powerful. This is because the Heaven Leaderboard is ranked according to the world, and there’s no age limit!
“He entered the Top 20 of the Heaven Leaderboard at this age.”
Du Mingwei’s voice contained envy.
In the world of geniuses, an ordinary person like him would not be able to compare to someone at this level even if he worked hard and was given twenty years.
“So much for genius.”
Hearing his praise for Aiden, Qiao Nian’s eyebrows didn’t even twitch. She raised her eyebrows and looked at the people walking towards them. She glanced at the person Du Mingwei was talking about and found him a little familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen him before.
Hence, Qiao Nian nodded. “Well, that’s quite impressive.”
Du Mingwei glanced at her. Seeing her reaction, he thought that she didn’t have much concept of the terrifying existence of the Heaven Leaderboard. His eyebrows moved slightly. He wanted to explain to her what the Heaven Leaderboard was, so he said to her earnestly, “This Aiden is the hot candidate to win the software competition. He’s considered second place, right? Other than him, you have a stronger opponent. Let’s not talk about that person for now. Let’s talk about Aiden. He was already a famous hacker overseas at the age of 18. You’re so good at programming. Do you know the Red Alliance?”
Qiao Nian lowered her eyes. “I know.”
“Yes.” Du Mingwei nodded and continued, “Zhou Hengfeng is recognized as the number one hacker in the country because he has connections with the Red Alliance. It’s the same for Aiden. He’s also one of the overseas members of the Red Alliance. Originally, the people of the Red Alliance never participated in such competitions. This time, he’s representing Country D in this competition. It was their councilor who personally looked for him and persuaded him to come out.”
He was from the Red Alliance?
Qiao Nian finally took a closer look at him and remembered where she had seen him before.
Guan Yan gave her a list of new members every year, with photos attached. She had seen the face in the photos of the new members the year before, but all foreigners looked the same to her. They had blond hair, high noses, and deep-set faces. Thus, she didn’t remember him immediately.
If Du Mingwei hadn’t mentioned that he was one of the overseas members of the Red Alliance, Qiao Nian wouldn’t have remembered that such a person existed.
“If nothing else, the winner of this competition should be either him or Mas.”
Du Mingwei explained to Qiao Nian about the opponents she would meet in the finals. He was doing this because he wanted to indirectly tell the girl not to feel so pressured.
The opponents she had to face in this competition were not simple.
It wouldn’t be embarrassing even if they came in fourth place.
Besides, Qiao Nian’s right hand was fractured, so she couldn’t use it for the time being.
It was already very rare for Qiao Nian to have the courage to continue competing. It would be glorious even if they lost!
“Don’t you worry…”
Du Mingwei was only halfway through his sentence when a few tall foreigners were about to brush past them. Among them, Aiden, whom he had grandly introduced to Qiao Nian, seemed to have been electrocuted. He was walking past them expressionlessly when he suddenly turned around.
He walked over with a look of shock and disbelief.
