Room 408 Ruined My Life

“I wanted to be a carefree grad school applicant, but Course 408 drove me insane.” Lin Ce, a grad school applicant, makes a vow as he tries to conquer the legendary “nightmare subject,” Course 408: Memorize the material anytime, anywhere! Let operating systems flow through his veins and network principles sink into his bones! But life soon takes a strange turn: While gaming, he starts thinking about CPU scheduling. While watching movies, he thinks about page replacement. On dates, he talks about TCP congestion control. Even when arguing with a girl, he has to analyze the four necessary conditions for deadlock... Lin Ce wanted to be a carefree grad school applicant, but instead he’s plunged into a battlefield where “knowledge is king.” Su Mu: “Lin Ce, I really don’t want to know!” Lin Ce: “It’s to help you remember. You just don’t get it!” Lin Ce: The protagonist, an ordinary grad school applicant who can’t stop obsessing over Course 408. Su Mu: Lin Ce’s childhood friend. She’s a law student, but Lin Ce’s obscure trivia always ruins the mood on their dates.