The Tycoon's Odyssey

Chapter 11: 11:Solving Codes

DING!

After Aria left, Evan went through the study material notes given to him by Aria.

Half an hour later, his phone chimed, indicating a notification.

He opened WhatsApp and saw the photo of a woman wearing casual clothes making a victory sign and standing beside a mature, beautiful woman.

"She messaged me from her number. And this woman beside her might be her mother."

[Congrats, host! It seems you're slowly making your way into Aria's heart and will soon conquer her. Believe me, just propose to her already.]

"No!"

[Why? Doesn't she look good?]

"Give me a quest to gain one billion rupees, and then I will think about it."

[ (–_–) ]

If the system were a human, it would have already shown Evan the middle finger.

One billion rupees and even after that he said he would think about it...

While the system lamented its fate, Evan opened the computer at the end of the room and clicked on the link.

A series of lines appeared on a blank page, listing numerous companies along with their vulnerabilities.

SecureSoft Solutions' Access Control Bypass: A flaw in SecureSoft Solutions' software allows regular users to gain access to admin-level functionalities or sensitive data due to a permission escalation bug.

Reward: 200,000 Rs (Paid on the first day of next month.)

SecureSoft Solutions' MemoryGuard: The MemoryGuard software from SecureSoft Solutions fails to release allocated memory properly, leading to performance issues or crashes due to memory leaks.

Reward: 200,000 Rs (Paid on the first day of next month)

RaceGuard Vulnerability in Microtect Solutions' SystemX: Under specific circumstances, concurrent processes accessing shared data in SystemX by Microtect Solutions could lead to unexpected behavior or allow the attackers to exploit race conditions.

"Even if someone manages to solve this before us, we will still be in trouble since it's released in parts. Once it is integrated into the source code system, another loophole might pop out," said an employee, which dampened the mood of everyone present.

The people in outsourcing and R&D were always under pressure. The higher-ups would delegate their hands on things one after another, leaving a mess for the lower ranks to clean up.

If they did their job magnificently and succeeded, they would be rewarded, but if the work was a tough nut to crack, they would be criticized several times along with being threatened to lose their job.

"Ehhhh?What the fuck?"

Suddenly, one of them looked at the computer and screamed in bewilderment.

"What's wrong?" the one next to him asked after seeing his colleague react in such a way.

The man who had screamed ignored his colleagues' concern and shouted to call the supervisor, "Sir, someone contacted us through email asking about the problems."

The supervisor, confused, asked, "What did the fellow ask for?"

"The person asked if the problems posted had been solved and if not, whether the bounty could be settled within the next day if he solved everything."

"Everything?" The supervisor flinched back in shock.

"Pfftt!"

The Manager. who was still taking a sip of his coffee, spurted whatever had entered his mouth.

"Where did this guy come from? We even hired a professional team to oversee this but even they couldn't solve all this and are still pulling their hair out in frustration."

The room fell silent until suddenly someone chuckled aloud.

"I think this has to be a joke. If this guy had solved one or two problems, I would have believed him. But everything? And since you said the person solved it from the website then he should be a student from a university so it feels even more unbelievable."

The supervisor frowned but didn't immediately retort. It was outrageous and hard to believe, yet it was not as outrageous since many modern technological advancements had been made by students.

For example, Hark created a vision book when he was just 19 years old, and now years later, look where he stands.

"Let's end this farce. Just reply to the other party that if he has solved everything for real, we will give him an extra 10% reward. And even if he hasn't solved them all, as long as he has at least solved one, we will settle on the same day."

As soon as the supervisor said, everyone stared at him with a blank look on their faces.