In the deep winter of 1994, the Yanjing University campus was blanketed in silver. The cedars on campus looked like works of art meticulously carved by nature, every single pine needle pressed with a thin layer of ice, shimmering with a crystalline glow beneath the weak sunlight. The glass curtain wall of the computer department building was like a giant mirror, reflecting the starlit night sky, as if melting into this cold world.
Chén Zhāoyáng stood quietly at the laboratory entrance, his figure appearing somewhat slender against the backdrop of the tranquil snowscape. He tightly grasped a set of keys, the warmth of his palms transmitting through the metal, yet he could still feel a trace of chill. This was his third time applying to use the computer laboratory; the previous two times had fallen through due to cumbersome equipment approval processes.
Yet, this time things seemed different. Chén Zhāoyáng's gaze fell upon the brand-new sign on the lab door, which bore the characters "Special Scientific Research Project Computer Room". The paint on the sign was still exuding a faint scent, evidently having been hung up only recently. It had been specially approved by the university leadership to support his research project.
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