183: Chapter 183 A Spark Ignites a Prairie Fire, Ecological Siphon

The twenty-four-hour countdown ticked away, second by second, amidst the mockery, anticipation, and indifference of countless people.

When the final digit vanished from the screen.

Star Technology's official website announced a piece of news directly to the world.

A blood-red headline occupied the entire webpage.

["The first winner of the 'Spark Plan' has been born! Independent developer Lu Fei has been awarded 100 million RMB for his 'wenshu' office suite prototype!"]

Below the headline were two images.

The first was a screenshot of a bank notification for a successful transfer.

[100,000,000.00]

The second was a download link for the "wenshu 1.0" public beta version.

At the end of the announcement, there was a line in small print.

[Note: This award evaluation is based solely on the revolutionary concepts demonstrated by the "wenshu" software prototype. Product completeness was not the primary consideration; we are rewarding ideas and the future.]

This announcement instantly swept across the entire internet.

A little-known individual developer.

Three days.

A 100 million RMB bonus.

It completely shattered all previous doubts and mockery.

Overnight, the "Spark Plan" transformed from a "joke of the century" into a real promised land in the eyes of every Chinese programmer.

On Weibo, the hashtag #100 Million in Three Days# surged to the top of the trending list within ten minutes.

Behind the topic was a deep red "Burst" tag.

"Am I crazy, or is the world crazy? I've been writing code for ten years and I'm still paying off my mortgage, while someone else achieves financial freedom in three days?"

"Say no more. I've already thrown away all my Java tutorials. Now I just want to know, where is the introductory guide for 'Luoshu'?"

"The guy above me, why even buy a guide? Just quit your job and wait outside the Star Technology building, begging them to take you in!"

"Who is this Lu Fei? Quick, find his information! I want to take him as my master!"

Soon, Lu Fei's personal profile was dug up by netizens.

His story of "quitting in anger to resist 996 and reskinned games" made him a new idol for the entire tech circle.

A symbol representing resistance and ideals.

After seeing this news, countless developers could no longer sit still.

Within a minute of the announcement, clicks on the "wenshu" download link surpassed ten million.

When these developers personally experienced the nearly sci-fi "Intent Engine" of "wenshu."

They finally realized that "Luoshu" was not a gimmick.

It was an epoch-making productivity tool capable of subverting existing production methods.

That day, the number of new project applications received by the "Spark Plan" official backend exploded from dozens to fifty thousand overnight.

Countless developers like Lu Fei, who harbored dreams but were suffocated by reality, saw a glimmer of hope at this moment.

Ordinary users also discovered a new world after downloading "wenshu."

Although this 1.0 version was still very crude—even lacking a font selection feature.

Its core functions, like AI polishing, voice typesetting, and intelligent expansion, were ridiculously useful.

"I use it to write my weekly work reports. It used to take an hour, but now I just say a few words to it, and it's done in five minutes!"

"I used it to help my son with his essay. I only need to mention a theme, and it can generate a sample essay and even provide several different writing angles!"

Users spontaneously submitted bugs they found and proposed all sorts of imaginative functional suggestions in Xingchen's official community.

A nationwide software "co-construction" movement, involving tens of millions of users, thus began.

You find a bug in the morning.

When you open the software again in the afternoon, that bug might already be fixed.

A suggestion you made yesterday might become a new feature the next day.

In that familiar meeting room at Microsoft headquarters.

Satya Nadella, Kising, Jensen Huang, and others convened another emergency video conference.

When they saw the technical department's reverse engineering report on the "wenshu" software, the entire meeting room fell silent.

Microsoft's Chief Scientist, Lava, stood before the screen, his voice tinged with frustration.

"Gentlemen, we are unable to analyze its core code."

"We discovered through low-level monitoring that none of its version updates are completed through traditional code replacement."

"Instead, their 'Taiyi' AI core directly generates entirely new binary machine code with a completely different structure after receiving user feedback and developer 'intent'."

Lava's conclusion left everyone feeling powerless.

"We cannot estimate its development efficiency."

"Because its model is a direct conversion from 'idea' to 'product'."

Satya Nadella's face turned deathly pale.

Despair filled the meeting room.

Within a few days.

Various software prototypes based on "Luoshu" emerged on the "Spark Plan" platform.

A graphic processing software targeting Photoshop was named "Huasheng."

A user selects a passerby in a picture and says, "Remove this person from the image," and the AI automatically analyzes the background to perform a seamless fill.

A video editing software targeting Premiere and After Effects was named "Shenjian."

A user imports a pile of messy video footage and tells the AI, "Help me edit these materials into a one-minute, fast-paced, beat-synced video with a cyberpunk style."

The AI then automatically analyzes the music's rhythm and completes all the editing, transitions, and special effects.

They didn't just implement the core functions of the original software.

With the support of the "Taiyi" AI, they displayed terrifyingly intelligent features that far surpassed the original software.

Star Technology Headquarters.

Guan Yi walked into Chen Xu's office to report on the latest developments.

"Boss, the tide has completely turned among overseas tech media."

"They are no longer discussing our chips and systems; they are all talking about 'Luoshu' and the 'Spark Plan'."

"Wall Street analysts are already predicting that companies like Adobe and Autodesk may see a significant drop in their stock prices next week."

"They are all discussing whether we are going to use these new softwares to seize their global market."

Chen Xu spoke slowly.

"Seize? No, I never thought of that."

Guan Yi was puzzled.

"Their market is too small, and their rules are too outdated."

He looked at Guan Yi.

"What I want to do is pull all of them into our rules."

"Send out a notification to release a new regulation."

"Any software developed based on 'Luoshu' and approved through the 'Spark Plan' must include a mandatory clause in its End-User License Agreement."

Chen Xu's gaze looked out the window toward the distance.

He said, word by word.

"This software is permanently prohibited from being installed or run on any operating system other than 'zhoutian'."

"This is the final prerequisite for the distribution of all 'Spark Plan' bonuses."

Guan Yi understood her boss's intention.

The World Alliance wanted to use ecological barriers to blockade Star Technology.

But Chen Xu was going to use a larger, more advanced new ecosystem to pull them, their users, their developers, and even the entire world into the rules of Star Technology.

This was not competition.

This was an ecological siphon.