The protagonist is a 996 overworked office worker who collapses and dies suddenly after staying up too late to work overtime.
When he opens his eyes again, he's face-to-face with a gigantic red-eyed monster drooling all over the place.
Before he can even get scared, he notices a translucent code window floating in front of the monster and falls completely silent.
...What's this program doing on the monster?
Why does this is_hungry() hunger function always return true?
With the monster's gaping maw right in front of him, the protagonist steels himself and changes true to false, making it permanently full. He adds a comment for good measure: Had to change this to stay alive. Sorry, bro!
The monster's gaping maw suddenly stops. Its eyes aren't red anymore, and it's stopped drooling.
The monster freezes. The monster turns and leaves.
Soon after, the protagonist comes across a huge treasure chest.
He tries to query it, but is told he doesn't have permission. Hesitantly, he enters the beginner hacker command "1 or 1=1" (always unlock).
The chest opens.
The protagonist can't bear to look and closes it again, unable to resist adding a comment: Bro, code security matters!
Later, the protagonist gradually discovers that this continent is full of bugs.
Even the simplest spirit-absorption program has hundreds of nested loops!
The protagonist: ...
The protagonist angrily adds a comment: Bro, open your eyes and look at the code you wrote!!
To his surprise, his words come true. The other party really opens their "eyes."
The natives around him cheer, calling it divine words and a miracle. The protagonist is the only one who wants to run for his life.
Then the god says: [Haha, I can't maintain this anymore. I'm outta here!]
The protagonist: ...You're just abandoning a project with billions of users?!
The continent of Kitharper has been abandoned by its "god."
The spiritual energy once seen as a gift from god has now become a "curse."
Going berserk, losing control, and even becoming spirit beasts is the inevitable fate of every awakened person.
To find a way to lift the curse, the Alliance sacrifices countless soldiers to explore every ruin on the continent. The Church prays to the gods, offering them countless treasures.
But the ruins are impossible to decipher, and the gods remain silent.
Hundreds of years pass, and the curse continues to weigh heavily on the people.
Until one day, a young man emerges from the depths of a forbidden ruin.
People are astonished to discover that a miracle has finally returned to the world.
A kind and merciful new god steps into the mortal realm and once again scatters light across the world.
Also known as Only I Can Edit the World's Code, How to Optimize a Heap of Spaghetti Code, and If the Bug Runs Without Crashing, the Safest Thing to Do Is Leave It Alone
Inspired by looking at Jinjiang's website code, which has been spaghetti code for ten years straight = =
2023.06.29
P.S. "or1=1" is a universal SQL injection command. The blurb isn't wrong; it doesn't need "==" here.
Theme: Good code, good health for everyone