The technician stared in disbelief. "How did you know…"
Yan Yang found the robot vacuum too heavy, so she set it back on the floor and pulled a tissue from her bag to wipe her hands.
Just as she was about to speak, Bai Ping sneered again, "It's just a fluke. You've worked here long enough to pick up the bare minimum."
The technician scratched his head. "But Yan Yang pinpointed the problem so accurately—she must know at least a thing or two."
"Anyone can point out a problem! There are only so many possibilities! Can she actually fix it? Don't let her play you for a fool!"
The others around Bai Ping chimed in, "You've already resigned, so just leave. Since you're no longer part of this company, we don't welcome outsiders here."
These malicious, undisguised glares were almost laughable to Yan Yang.
She ignored their childish provocations and simply said to the technician, "Solving this isn't actually that hard. Optimize the visual sensor algorithms, strengthen the CPU and GPU, and the current issues can be resolved effortlessly."
"But the algorithm engineers we hired have already optimized as much as they could, and we still can't fully achieve obstacle avoidance and intelligent mapping."
Faced with the technician's dilemma, Yan Yang answered almost instantly, "Incorporate 3D perception algorithms and stereo vision algorithms, fuse them with the existing ones, and make sure the system has loop closure detection…"
She spoke with effortless fluency, showing no sign of putting on a facade. The expressions of the colleagues around her gradually shifted.
Noticing this, Bai Ping's eyes turned fierce, and she cut in with a shrill voice, "Stop, stop, stop! What's the point of all that talk? Everyone knows those algorithms need to be added—the key is how to fuse them! That's not something you can just do easily. Do you think it's as simple as eating a meal?"
Yan Yang rolled her eyes. "If you find the fusion complicated, keep deriving. It's not an unsolvable technical problem. I really wonder how someone as stupid as you got into this company."
"Who do you think you are?!" Bai Ping was nearly losing her mind. "If you're so great, then solve this problem yourself! If you can, I'll—"
Yan Yang cut her off, "You'll kneel down and call me Daddy."
Bai Ping: "??"
Her face twisted. "Ha, I don't believe you have that kind of skill. If you can't solve it, you kneel down and beg for my forgiveness!"
"Deal."
A brilliant, dazzling smile spread across Yan Yang's face. "I've never been someone's Daddy before."
Seeing Yan Yang's confidence and determination, Bai Ping couldn't help biting her lip, an inexplicable unease stirring in her chest.
Impossible! If she were really that capable… why would she be working as an admin at this company?! She'd have gone straight to the R&D department! She's definitely putting on a facade!
She probably picked up some bits from someone's weekly report and is trying to bluff her way through…
Comforting herself with that thought, Bai Ping lifted her chin high again. "When you lose, don't come crying and begging for my forgiveness. It won't be me who ends up embarrassed!"
Yan Yang chuckled lightly. "Then let's see."
Discussing algorithm optimization for a robot vacuum with someone from an era where technology was light-years ahead—if word of this ever got back to the Central Star System, people would probably laugh at her.
In the Central Star System, nobody uses robotic vacuum cleaners at all. Their robot nannies have been advanced to the point where they can completely replace manual cleaning, and every household has free labor cleaning any part of the home that needs tidying, 24 hours a day.
So to the humans of the Central Star System, robotic vacuum cleaners are nothing but obsolete junk.
However, some of the core algorithms are still somewhat useful, though they remain at a primitive level for now.
After borrowing a computer from the development department via a technician, Yan Yang immediately sat down and began her algorithm optimization process. The other idle employees gathered around, watching Yan Yang work step by step.
Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she silently criticized the planet's backward technology in her mind.
"Actually, you don't have to rely solely on VSLAM. Fusing multiple sensors would be more comprehensive and efficient. You can try that direction in the future."
After offering her suggestion, Yan Yang didn't bother with what they thought or whether they'd follow her advice, and continued validating the algorithm on the test model.
"Ah… Yan Yang, do you already know the answers to your matrix operations without even waiting for the computer to output the results?"
The technician stared wide-eyed as Yan Yang incorporated all possible movement paths of the vacuum cleaner into the algorithm, even optimizing its internal core structure.
This…
This is impossible!!
Bai Ping screamed internally.
She was also watching, but the more she looked, the more alarmed she became. The color drained from her face, leaving it deathly pale.
From the moment Yan Yang started optimizing the algorithm, Bai Ping had already realized how foolish her earlier behavior was. Even the surrounding colleagues would occasionally cast gloating glances her way.
Clearly, everyone had already noticed that Yan Yang was far more of a dark horse than any of them had imagined…
"Alright, it'll do for now."
In less than an hour, Yan Yang completed her algorithm optimization.
She then reminded the technician of some precautions and reassembled the vacuum cleaner.
"Time was tight, so this is just a temporary fix. Give it a try."
The watching employees still couldn't quite believe it. Yan Yang was just a minor administrative assistant at the company—how could she so easily solve a problem that even the highly paid algorithm engineers couldn't crack?
But they had no choice but to believe it, because the vacuum cleaner with Yan Yang's optimized algorithm was already running again, handling obstacle avoidance with ease. It was tested several times in a row without ever bumping into an obstacle.
"Oh my god! It really works now! Even the map-building speed is faster!"
The technician was ecstatic: "Yan Yang, you're amazing! You could totally work as an algorithm engineer!"
She curled her lip: "Boring. Not interested."
Everyone: "…"
Boring, and yet you mastered it this thoroughly?! Who are you trying to fool?!
Just as everyone began showering her with praise, Yan Yang looked up and caught the figure trying to slip away: "Bai Ping, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
"…No way! I was just joking earlier—who told you to take it seriously!"
Yan Yang sneered: "Can't handle the game? Fine then, let's not play."
She didn't say a single extra word, simply wiped all the data related to herself from the computer, then told everyone, "I added a little something to the algorithm on that robot, so it'll fail in a few minutes. As for how to solve this problem specifically… you can take your time figuring it out."
Yan Yang shrugged, her tone tinged with regret: "I was originally going to help your company solve this problem, but who told Bai Ping she wouldn't keep her promise? I'm off."
It was time to hurry home and engage in a battle of wits with the arch-villain!