The next morning, Yue Xingwen woke up to find himself sleeping on Jiang Pingce’s shoulder, and when Jiang Pingce noticed that he was awake, he looked down at him, and the two of them gazed at each other.
Yue Xingwen hurriedly moved his head away and smiled, “How did I use you as a pillow?”
He rubbed his sore neck and said, “Maybe I dreamed of being chased by a snake last night and wanted someone to lean on. *Cough*. I’m sorry, did you not sleep well?”
Yue Xingwen treated Jiang Pingce as a close friend. He felt that there was no need to be too polite between good brothers, if Jiang Pingce slept on him as a pillow, he would definitely not be angry, then, Jiang Pingce should not be bothered when he leaned on him, right?
Yue Xingwen stretched out his hand and gently kneaded Jiang Pingce’s shoulders, saying, “Your shoulders are numbed from my pressure, right?”
Jiang Pingce felt comfortable after being kneaded, his lips slightly raised, and a rare smile appeared in his eyes, “It’s fine.”
Ke Shaobin also woke up, and when he saw this scene, he adjusted his glasses and coughed. “Good morning you two.” Looking around and finding that Liu Zhaoqing was not nearby, Ke Shaobin asked doubtfully, “Where is senior brother Liu?”
Jiang Pingce said, “He wasn’t there when I woke up, I don’t know where he went.”
Ke Shaobin thought for a moment and said, “I’ll send Xiao Tu to find him.”
The light on Xiao Tu’s head was lit up, while singing ‘Look and look and look for a friend’ as it glided out. A moment later, Xiao Tu located Liu Zhaoqing’s position, sent a blue coordinate point to Ke Shaobin’s laptop. Ke Shaobin looked at the coordinate point, said, “Senior brother is less than 1 kilometer away, staying still without moving, I don’t know what he’s doing.”
Yue Xingwen stood up and stretched out, yawning and then said, “Just ask him in the Research Group’s chat channel.”
Just after these words, a message from Liu Zhaoqing was sent on the Research Group’s chat channel: “Have the three of you gotten up yet? I found a river with clear water and fish in it. The water should be drinkable.” He was awakened by thirst early in the morning and went to look for water nearby.
Jiang Pingce got up and said, “Let’s go and have a look.”
After a while, the three of them found Liu Zhaoqing according to Xiao Tu’s positioning. He was crouching in a river and tried to poke the fish with his scalpel. The river was crystal clear, and Ke Shaobin walked to the river and swallowed his saliva. “Is this water really drinkable?”
Liu Zhaoqing said, “I just took a sip, and had no adverse reaction. This deserted island is uninhabited, and this stream of water is pure and pollution-free, even if it’s not as clean as mineral water, at least it won’t be poisonous.”
Yue Xingwen was also thirsty and his throat was dry. He had not drunk a single drop of water since he landed on the deserted island yesterday until now. He had sweated a lot after being chased by the snakes all the way yesterday afternoon. At this point, his lips were about to crack, and his throat seemed to be on fire. Yue Xingwen rolled up his sleeves and squatted down, holding up the stream water in the palm of his hand and taking two sips.
The sweet and clear water made his dry throat feel much better, and he hurriedly called Jiang Pingce, “Pingce, come and drink a few sips too, this should be a mountain spring, it’s quite clean.”
Jiang Pingce walked over to him and drank the water.
Liu Zhaoqing looked around and found a bamboo forest nearby, so he quickly walked over, split a bamboo tree that had fallen on the ground into several pieces with his scalpel, picked up a few bamboo tubes as containers for water, and filled some water by the stream for backup.
The scalpel was very sharp after upgrading, not only could it kill the pheasant, but it could also chop wood.
Yue Xingwen smiled and gave a thumbs up, “Senior brother is the most thoughtful. Let’s take some more water, seal the mouth of the bamboo tube and put it in our backpacks, so we can continue drinking when we’re thirsty halfway.”
Four of them quickly filled a dozen bamboo tubes and placed them in four backpacks to secure them.
Liu Zhaoqing stared at the fish swimming in the river and said, “I couldn’t aim my scalpel at those fish. I had tried several times but failed to catch them. Do any of you know how to catch fish? Get a few to eat.”
Jiang Pingce said, “I’ll do it.”
He drew a coordinate system with his right hand, narrowing his eyes slightly at the school of fish in the water.
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It was as if a large portion of the river had been lifted up by a mysterious force, and it suddenly flew up from the river and fell onto the river bank with a ‘crash’ sound, bringing several fish with it.
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The four of them had been working half a day at the river bank, getting the water and food ready. While they were about to turn around and return, they suddenly heard a series of footsteps behind them, and several familiar people coming to their side—— It was the team from Binjiang Normal University, led by their team leader, Qin Lang, followed by the small Liu Xiaoxiao.
Meeting Yue Xingwen’s gaze, Liu Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up and she immediately trotted over and said, “Xingwen, it’s you guys ah!”
Yue Xingwen smiled at her, “What a coincidence, did you come to find water to drink?”
“En, we heard the sound of water flowing and went over here to check it out. I haven’t had any water all day, I’m dying of thirst.” Liu Xiaoxiao glanced at the crystal clear stream and asked, “Is this water drinkable?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Yes, we’ve already drunk it. There are fish in the river, you can catch a few to eat.”
Hearing the word ‘fish’, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately came to the river, took out her lecture note and began to read it—— The fish in the river were affected by the group fixation effect of the lecture note, and the school of fish were stop in place, and the senior brothers and senior sisters around her cough many of the fish with their bare hands in the blink of an eye.
Yue Xingwen: “…”
It seemed that Liu Xiaoxiao had become very skilled in lecturing the animals.
Qin Lang took the initiative to walk over to Yue Xingwen and asked, “How many points have you got ah?”
Yue Xingwen replied, “25 points, how about you?”
Qin Lang said, “We have 25 points too. We’ve searched this area and only found three green cards and one blue card.”
Yue Xingwen was stunned and asked, “You’re not the A-76 Research Group who rank first?”
Qin Lang smiled, “We’re A-153, ranking fourth.”
Yue Xingwen wondered and asked, “Do you know who the A-76 Research Group is? They got 20 points at the beginning, it’s pretty impressive.”
Qin Lang said, “It is the team with the fastest progress from Kyoto University, they have already cleared the course and are on the fourth floor.”
The team with the fastest progress from Kyoto University? Senior brother Zhuo had mentioned it before, saying that it was a fast-paced team that combined physics, chemistry, biology, and geography. They used the Geography Department’s displacement skills to get past the 3rd Faculty of Architecture’s course.
So, it seemed that when they landed, they just encountered a 20-point card, whether it was the Geography Department using displacement skills to move the card out, or the Biology Department directly using mitosis to get the card, or the Physics Department and Chemistry Department jointly clearing the field. They had so many tricks to use to get the point card and it was no wonder they were ranked first in points.
As he thought about it, the leaderboard in the hover box in the upper right corner was updated in real time——
[A-76 Research Group 55 points]
[B-16 Research Group 40 points]
[C-233 Research Group 30 points]
[C-183 Research Group 25 points]
[A-153 Research Group 25 points]
Yue Xingwen’s team dropped to fourth place, and tied with them was Qin Lang’s team from Binjiang Normal University, both teams with 25 points. The team who ranked first had actually started just after dawn and had earned 55 points, 5 short of passing score. The efficiency of the fast-paced team with the combination of natural science and geography was really high.
Yue Xingwen sighed. “The fast-paced team is almost getting the passing score, it looks like we also have to hurry up.”
Qin Lang said, “The point card on this small island is limited, there are still two days to go, good luck.”
Liu Xiaoxiao excitedly ran over with a few fish, and she stopped in front of Yue Xingwen, took out a brown sugar-like thing from her backpack and handed it to Yue Xingwen, “Xingwen, here’s some honey for you, we got a lot of it and couldn’t finish it!”
Yue Xingwen was stunned, “Honey? From where?”
Qin Lang smiled bitterly and replied, “Yesterday I found a blue card in the bee’s nest. I accidentally stabbed the bee’s nest when I took the card and was chased by swarms of bees all the way… *sigh*. Nevermind, I only had time to cover my head with my backpack and got multiple bug bites on my arms.”
He rolled up his sleeves, and Yue Xingwen looked down to see a series of pustules next to each other on the male student’s sturdy arm, and there was almost no intact skin left. When Liu Xiaoxiao saw this, her eyes immediately turned red and said, “In order to protect us, senior brother lured away the bees. At that time, our skills were on cooldown and senior brother was stung by the bees…”
The long-haired senior sister next to her sighed and said, “It’s so hard to get a 10-point card, but luckily, Xiaoxiao’s lecture note skill’s cooldown had finished at the critical moment, and we escaped. This bee is venomous, but fortunately it’s not fatal. The skin is inflamed and festered after being stung, and it’s somewhat uncomfortable.” She also had two large bumps on her wrists that were so itchy and she could never resist the urge to scratch them with her hands.
Yue Xingwen glanced at Liu Zhaoqing.
Senior brother Liu understood and took out a lump of gauze and said, “Come here, this doctor will help you to examine.” He checked Qin Lang’s wound and wrapped the white gauze around Qin Lang’s arms with his nimble hands.
Miraculously, those pustules actually disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the skin of Qin Lang’s arm soon returned to normal, and a strange cool feeling soothed the body.
Qin Lang was stunned, “So powerful?”
Liu Xiaoxiao’s eyes widened, “Senior brother Liu, didn’t you have the scalpel? What is this gauze?”
“I exchanged this prop, it can heal injuries. You have been stung by bees and the toxins have not invaded your bloodstream, it’s just the redness and itchiness on your skin, I can heal that.” As he spoke, he tore a few pieces of gauze and handed them to Liu Xiaoxiao and said, “This gauze is disposable, just throw it up after using it. I’ll give you a few spares, and if you get bitten again, wrap the gauze on the wound yourself.”
Qin Lang’s nose was sour, and he reached out his hand to pat Liu Zhaoqing’s shoulder hard and said, “Thank you brother.”
Although he forced himself to stay calm, his arms were full of pustules after being bitten by bees and he could not sleep well last night. His whole body was itchy, which was worse than if he’d been whipped directly with a whip! Liu Zhaoqing met him for the first time and used his skills to help them heal for the sake of Xiaoxiao, this kind of kindness between unfamiliar classmates was really rare.
Liu Xiaoxiao’s eyes reddened and said, “Thank you, thank you for the gauze senior brother…”
Liu Zhaoqing waved his hand and said, “Don’t mention it, it’s just a small matter.”
Yue Xingwen smiled and looked at Liu Xiaxiao. “Thanks to your honey too so we can have sweet grilled fish.”
Everyone looked at each other and laughed.
Qin Lang looked at Yue Xingwen and said seriously, “Xiaoxiao told me about you in the <Cardiovascular Ward> yesterday, Xingwen, you are indeed very awesome. I won’t say more polite words, in the future, feel free to send me a private message or look me up on the campus network forum whenever you need me. I know a lot of experts on the forum and might be able to help.”
Yue Xingwen nodded, “Okay, goodbye senior brother Qin, I wish you good luck.”
They parted at the river.
Yue Xingwen looked at their distant backs and sighed in his heart—— How great would it be if, among all the student teams, they could get along with each other? However, he knew, this was just an extravagant hope.
The key to their ability to exchange information with the team of Binjiang Normal University was the existence of Liu Xiaoxiao.
Previously, he worked side by side with Liu Xiaoxiao in the <Cardiovascular Ward>, and Yue Xingwen was very appreciative of the female student’s straightforward personality and her courage to lecture the monkeys. In addition, Qin Lang was the person who posted the strategy for the Orienteering, Yue Xingwen felt that the students of this team of the Binjiang Normal University were not bad people, only then did he let senior brother Liu give them a little cure.
Liu Xiaoxiao took the initiative to send honey, and was also thanking Yue Xingwen for helping her before.
However, with tens of thousands of students in the library, there were all kinds of people. In the future, it could not be so harmonious when meeting with other teams. Yue Xingwen’s principle was that if the other party gave him goodwill, he would return the kindness. If the other party hit directly, then he would not be polite.
There were more than 20 teams on this deserted island, and it was still unknown what would happen.
After eating breakfast, Ke Shaobin adjusted his glasses and finally had a smile on his face, “This sweet grilled fish smeared with honey is quite delicious, much better than the tasteless grilled pheasant yesterday!”
This guy was actually a foodie, Yue Xingwen patted Ke Shaobin’s shoulder and said, “Liu Xiaoxiao gave a lot of honey, we’ve had enough. We’ll grill all the fish and bring it with us, enough for us to eat for two days.”
Their backpacks were filled with water and grilled fish, and everyone could continue to continue their journey with confidence.
Since the team from Binjiang Normal University went southwest, they adjusted their route to go north. The point cards would not be well distributed if their two teams scouted the same area, and it would be prone to argument.
Xiao Tu continued to monitor with his radar, and the four also stared around with their eyes to find the point card on the side of the road.
Just after walking for a while, they noticed something was not right up ahead.
Eight students dressed in camouflage suits, four on each side, faced each other across a quagmire, and the atmosphere was tense.
There were many scattered rocks on the quagmire, and a card was placed on the middlemost rock, emitting a soft blue light—— Blue Card, 10 points.
Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other, it seemed that the two teams had found the blue card together, and then they quarreled over the ownership of the card. Jiang Pingce whispered, “Don’t interfere,” and Yue Xingwen nodded, stopping without moving forward.
Closer to Yue Xingwen, there were four female students standing at the south, and four male students standing across.
At this moment, the short-haired female student with a height of more than 1 meters said, “We found the point card first, first come, first served, don’t you know the rules?” Her voice was clear and cold, her face was expressionless.
A male student on the other side of the quagmire smiled, and his mouth said in a teasing tone, “You’re being unreasonable, is this card with your name on it that no one else is allowed to take? I remember that there was no first come, first serve rule for exam requirements, right? Whoever gets their hands on it is the one who gets it.”
The female student’s gaze was sharp and said, “What to snatch it from my hand? You might as well try it.”
Yue Xingwen looked at her side face from a distance, and always felt the female student’s face was a little familiar. He was thinking about where he had seen it, and Ke Shaobin suddenly whispered, “Xingwen, is she the Qin Lu of the Geography Department? We’ve seen her in the <Cardiovascular Ward>”
Liu Zhaoqing also thought about it. “It seems to be her, the girl that has a globe in her hand and can do a plate movement!”
Qin Lu, Yue Xingwen naturally remembered her. At that time, in order to collect evidence, he also took Qin Lu to the ward to find clues, and then used the plate movement to swap the position to escape. At the night battle royale, Qin Lu’s plate movement also helped everyone a lot.
However, Yue Xingwen always felt strange——
Qin Lu had short, ear-length hair, had a beautiful appearance, and she had an introverted personality. Yue Xingwen clearly remembered the time of the battle royale on the first night, if he had not warned the other students out loud, Qin Lu’s whole body would have stiffened in fright, her face was pale, and her hands were shaking. Yue Xingwen asked her to use the plate movement, and she just remembered that she had a globe.
However, the female student in front of them was too cold, sharp, and strong.
They had the same appearance, but had a completely different temperament, what was going on? Yue Xingwen could not figure it out either.
Twin sister maybe?
Twins?
Thanks for the chapter 💕
I’m guessing twins too.
but how cool that Xingwen’s reputation precedes him!
thanks for the chapter <3
Maybe she already went through several other exams in the time between?
Sweer grilled fish smeared with honey 🤤
Thx for the chapter!
Sweer grilled fish smeared with honey 🤤
Thx for the chapter!
thanks for the chapter!!
Twin sister maybe?
Thanks for the chapter
Hm, new thought about honey in the fish… Sounds good
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍🤍
I find it a bit odd that they just, drink the water. Water that is clear is not necessarily safe to drink, even if it is running water which is generally much safer than still water. Parasites and other things could be present. It might not be such a fast reaction but delayed after all. It’s not like you necessarily get sick right away after ingesting something bad. I feel like they should’ve boiled the water first. They’ve been pretty cautious so far and it seems like they would be cautious here too. Idk maybe it’s just me
twins?