Zombie UniversityCh44 - Seeking Cooperation

Translator: transcendentwings


After getting tossed around for half the night, all they did was use a wicker basket to draw water, having absolutely nothing to show for it. ok4QMw

The eight of them were listless, but they couldn’t settle down enough to sleep. They couldn’t even be bothered to seek out their modified black futon and only sat around the floor randomly, hanging their heads, or in a daze, even melancholic as if they couldn’t care less whether their butts were being caressed by the cold air anymore.

The atmosphere of the entire kitchen was dragged into an endless blackhole of depression by these eight eggplants subjected to the frost.

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“It seems that someone from upstairs wants to beat us. . .” Qiao Siqi weakly reminded his companions.

“If he can really make that jump directly, then like him beat us ba. If it was me, I’d also be beaten down.” Zhou Yilu sighed and silently wiped the blood on his blade with a dirty rag he had procured from somewhere. nYIxvB

“Actually, I’m not terrified that there is no signal. There are problems with both cell phones and the internet, so the TV also having problems is only natural, I’m only afraid. . .” Luo Geng hesitated for a long time before continuing, “Afraid that it wasn’t because the server was destroyed that the news could not be transmitted, but because there was no news at all.”

“Impossible,” Song Fei denied without thinking. If he was hesitant before, now he was resolute, “Us, ragtag bunch of fish, shrimp, and crabs could slay some zombies, but the country can’t control the entire playing board? It may be difficult to settle the 9.6 million square kilometer area, but it’s absolutely no problem for them to concentrate their firepower and stabilize the heart at the very least.”

“Then I really can’t figure it out,” Qiao Siqi crossed his legs and adjusted his sitting posture, his brows furrowed, his tone quite indignant, “This TV signal isn’t like a cell signal that needs a nearby base tower or whatever, isn’t just having one TV tower enough, then as soon as the signal Biubiubiu is transmitted, and the TV xiuxiuxiu receives it, it’s settled. Could it be that the TV tower was also torn down?”

Song Fei was rendered speechless. He felt that there was something weird with Qiao Siqi’s statement, but as a layman, he couldn’t put his finger on it. Obviously, it was something seen very commonly in life, but it seemed that he had never thought about exploring its technical principles.

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He subconsciously peeked at Qi Yan—Looking for Qi Yan whenever he encountered a problem he couldn’t understand had already become a deep-rooted reflex for Song Fei.

Qi-tongxue originally only wanted to take the role of a competent listener and mix in the crowd with hooded eyes, but when Song Fei suddenly fell silent next to him, he knew that what went around came around.

He wavered before raising his eyes, sure enough, there were a pair of eyes longing for the truth.

In the past, Qi Yan reveled in being stared at like this because he was always able to provide seamless answers and even convey them eloquently. The questions Song Fei asked were nothing more than about their studies, lifestyle, life itself, and their ideals. After all, it was their green years ma, would anyone suddenly ask, ai, do you know the technical aspects of a TV’s operations, when conducting a romance? JUAd93

Ke,” Qi Yan cleared his throat and analyzed half-guessing, half-making it up, “The signal from the TV tower is similar to a wireless signal ba, the type that is received by an antenna? But now it’s all cable TV, so I don’t think it’s as simple as biubiubiu to xiuxiuxiu.”

Song Fei mulled it over and felt that what Qi Yan said seemed reasonable.

Although the answer was directed at Song Fei, it was obvious that Qiao Siqi disagreed with this. As such the latter was unsatisfied: “You mean to say that the TV is junk now? Purely for show?”

Song Fei originally hadn’t sorted it all out, but after being prompted by Qiao Siqi, he then felt that Qiao Siqi’s questions also made sense, thus he continued to direct his gaze at Qi Yan. lse2Yf

Qi-tongxue could no longer make things up and spread his hands helplessly, stating frankly: “I’m only a biology student.”

Song Fei was startled for a moment before he made a face: “Then you can just directly declare that you don’t know and that’ll do!”

Qi Yan lowered his head, deflated, unable to refute.

Th current times weren’t the same as the past. He was still him, but Song Fei wasn’t that Song Fei and the world was no longer that world anymore—The bluffs and boasts of the past were slowly being paid back ba. gUhRLW

“Who said that the TV tower is purely an ornament,” Lin Dilei, who had been listening the entire time, finally found a gap in which she could insert herself into the conversation. To be honest, although she was studying broadcasting and hosting, when it involved the transmission of TV signals which was in the field of communication engineering, she may only be somewhat knowledgeable, however, once it came to the role of TV towers, she still had an overall understanding of it: “The reason which TV towers were built so high was precisely for its need to receive and transmit signals. In the early days, when there was no cable TV, all old-fashioned TV sets needed antennas to receive the analog signals transmitted from TV towers.”

Qiao Siqi was still puzzled: “You’ve also mentioned that it was early days. Now every household has cable TV, who would still be using antenna TV, so wouldn’t that signal be useless?”

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Lin Dilei took a breath and explained patiently: “There are always places where cable TV hasn’t been connected yet such as remote mountainous areas, so at this stage a certain amount of analog signal transmissions must still be maintained. Besides TV towers don’t only transmit TV signals, if you took a look at it earnestly, it is usually called a radio and television tower. In addition to transmitting TV signals, it also sends out radio sig. . .” Lin Dilei was suddenly stunned, a dumbstruck expression spreading across her face as if she abruptly realized something extraordinary.

The comrades-in-arms who were listening attentively initially with the attitude of increasing their knowledge were all taken aback by her expression. Q0rk7w

Song Fei hastily inquired: “What, What’s wrong?”

Lin Dilei came back to her senses and didn’t care to explain before she exclaimed in a rush: “Quick, take out your cell phones!”

The comrades-in-arms didn’t know why, but seeing that Lin Dilei was in such a hurry, they didn’t dare to refuse and immediately whipped their phones out of their pockets. In a few seconds, five cell phones were presented to her as tribute, adding on the one in her own hand, there was a total of two Apples, one Samsung, one Huawei, one Xiaomi, and one OPPO.

Qi Yan and Qiao Siqi kept silent and watched quietly, but in their hearts, they had silently offered a bowl of wine for the departed to the fruit-brand phones belonging to the two classmates Lin Dilei and Li Jingyu—Although they thoughtfully passed on their respective chargers to the next generation of the fruit-brand party, in accordance with their combat record, it was also only a matter of time before these two gadgets would be sacrificed heroically. BMVT10

Lin Dilei looked at the pile of cell phones that were stacked in front of her without pause, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “Who asked you guys to pass them all to me, I can’t unlock the screen anyway. I just wanted you all to take it out and browse through it yourself to see if there is a built-in radio!”

One sentence startled the dreamers into wakefulness.

Song Fei wanted to give himself a slap. How could he not have thought of it ne, if you can’t receive TV signals, then search for the radio ah!

In their impressions, all phones should have it ba. Song Fei opened the system tools folder—In fact, this folder was equivalent to a junk room where he dumped all the useless programs built into the phone that couldn’t be removed or used—After rummaging through it for so long, he stumbled upon the tape recorder, but the icon for the radio was still nowhere in sight. FkYRJU

The other companions were also caught in a similar plight. They were first excited, then lost, and finally descended into disappointment.

Only Wang Qingyuan’s Xiaomi contained a FM radio station, but after taking a closer look, it was just the kind of internet radio station where it would play the top hits. Its name was quite misleading, but in essence, it still relied on the network signal and was completely different from radios that picked up on the radio broadband.

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“Impossible ah,” Luo Geng was unwilling to give up as he rifled through repeatedly. Rationally, he was clear that there really wasn’t any, but emotionally, he couldn’t accept this outcome, “My dad used his cell to listen to the radio every day, how come it doesn’t exist when it came down to me, so do even cell phones possess a generational gap ah?!”

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Only Qiao Siqi tried to retrace his journey with cell phones and seemed to have discovered some clues: “Maybe it really was because of updates and advancements rendering it obsolete. My first cell phone was when I was in the fourth grade of elementary school. My dad bought it for me and it was still a flip phone at the time. That one could tune into the radio and I always listened to it secretly. Later in the first year of junior high, I switched to a smartphone which also had the radio function. They both required earbuds to be plugged in to listen in. I remember it very clearly, but I can’t quite recall the cell phone I switched to in high school. It seemed like it was there, but I never used it again. At that time, there were so many things that the cell phone could do and no one would specifically tune in to the radio anymore. After going to college and switching to the fruit-brand, it was all about Wechat, Weibo, and various other apps, so I didn’t pay attention to it even more.”

It was most certainly not that all brands and models of cell phones were castrated of their built-in radio function, but if the cell phones of Wusheng Class 1 were used as the sample size for the population, then it was definitely representative of the general trend. However, if it weren’t brought up by Lin Dilei, then they wouldn’t have been reminded of such a thing—The eras developed so rapidly while everyone constantly pursued those new advancements that they were completely unaware of which features were quietly modified qnd those that became obsolete.

Just like when they debated about the TV earlier, you use it very naturally and so you view the fact that it has shows when it’s turned on like a foregone conclusion. However, if you considered it conscientiously, it had actually transitioned from an antenna to a cable very smoothly, from a set-top box to a cable box, from offline viewing to network streaming, then from giving you something to watch developing into you choose what you want to watch, and finally up until the ability to install even more APPs. Q5KJx4

This change was so huge that the technological changes behind it may’ve been earth-shattering, but factoring in one’s entire lifetime, it was but a mere breeze. The switch between old and new technologies was only a silent process for most users, just like how few people could accurately recall the time when they used QQ for the first time, or when they downloaded WeChat for the first time, or even the first time they installed Alipay. When one comes to their senses, they’ve already become a most ordinary aspect in life.

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The radish was in a hurry and knocked again three times in succession.

Song Fei walked next to the futon on the floor and retrieved a flashlight from the backpack that was weighing down the corner of the futon, returning to the window, he opened the blinds, and pa, turned it on—The coast was clear beyond the window, save for a radish with a note attached.

It seemed that without the allure of music, the zombies retreated back into the hall to escape the cold. qyLc6N

Turning off the flashlight, Song Fei rapidly opened the window and removed the note. After he relocked the window, he read the note on the spot.

It was the same graceful and beautiful characters from before. Inexplicably, Song Fei felt that it was written by Huang Mo.

“What are they up to? It couldn’t be that the more they scolded, the more irate they became and really wanted to come down and fight ba?” Zhou Yilu asked nervously.

Qiao Siqi was amused: “Didn’t you say if they wanted to fight, just let them ma? I guess although they originally didn’t want to come down, after they heard your sincerity, they were so moved that they just had to.” 5dHhLw

Zhou Yilu made a face. Just when he was about to retort, he was interrupted by Song Fei who had finished skimming the note—

“They said they want to come down and discuss something with us face-to-face.”

The companions were taken aback. It was already midnight, so theoretically it wasn’t a particularly suitable time for guests to make a visit.

“What should I say,” Song Fei requested for everyone’s opinion, “Let them come down?” Z1jnve

Everyone exchanged a couple of glances and couldn’t make up their minds for the moment.

Cooperation was one thing, while a face-to-face confrontation was another. Although it was a bit narrow-minded of them to think this way, the food reserves available upstairs were unquestionably incomparable to that of downstairs. They already committed an act like luring wolves into their own abodes and that had left them with an omnipresent shadow that would last for a lifetime.

“Are you sure that there are only six of them?” Luo Geng looked up at Song Fei to ask.

Song Fei nodded immediately: “En.” BLP62h

Lin Dilei also followed up: “I can testify, just six.”

“Then just let them come down ba,” Luo Geng gave his friends a measuring look then with a negotiating tone he stated, “Eight against six, we may not actually suffer.”

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Everyone contemplated it for a moment—

“Sure.” 6Xzalj

The radish could be tied up with a plastic bag rope, but if one were to really climb down like Song Fei and Lin Dilei had, they could only tie clothes together. Fortunately, there were only four classmates in Class 2 who were coming down, as such they were all still neatly dressed. The two who were still stationed upstairs, on the other hand, were probably stripped down until they had nothing left, thus as soon as the fourth person landed, the rope made of clothes was retracted instantly.

Song Fei and the others received them at their fastest speed. The four guests were—Zhao He, He Zhiwen, Huang Mo, and Feng Qibai.

As Qi Yan closed the window and locked it, the number of students in the kitchen on the ground floor increased to twelve.

Zhao He and the others, the four of them, stood by the window, standing in the same spot they had landed on when they jumped in, barely deviating even half a step, obviously tense. rptc3G

The eight people of Class 1 didn’t dare lower their defenses either.

Twenty-four eyes stared at each other, awkwardly silent for a while.

Song Fei was familiar with both sides and seeing this, he could only come forward. From a distance of three meters, he asked Zhao He-tongxue, who was the leader at first glance, “Friend or jackal?”

Zhao He was dumbfounded by the inquiry. FezMju

He Zhiwen and Feng Qibai were also befuddled.

Huang Mo smiled, and that smile only made her beautiful facial features inexplicably more moving: “A big river generates wide waves and the wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers to both banks.”

Song Fei grinned: “A friend comes, there’s good wine, a jackal arrives, there’s a hunting rifle.”

It dawned upon He Zhiwen and Feng Qibai that this was from “My Homeland”. They exchanged a glance and then suddenly came to either side of Zhao He, each restraining an elbow. ghG7i0

Classmate Zhao, who also realized it, gritted his teeth and squeezed out with difficulty: “Don’t worry, I can endure it.”

But why did such people who were so good at pulling aggro exist in this world ah!!!

After such a unique opening act, the atmosphere came back alive. Although it was inevitable to remain on guard against each other, this kind of vigilance was more like a survival instinct that was nurtured from this viral crisis, and wasn’t out of maliciousness.

Without malice, they could interact in peace. uXo8 t

Of course, whether a deeper friendship could be formed could only be left to time.

The four of them were invited to sit on the futon. After a brief survey of their surroundings, the classmates of Class 2 understood that this was VIP treatment.

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The eight companions who were originally sitting around randomly also picked up their cells and gathered around. For a while, the floor was a little cramped and a bit warm. With twelve people, they were all squeezed next to each other and crowded together such that there was no way to distinguish between Class 1 and 2 anymore.

“Why are you all holding your cell phones?” Feng Qibai looked around strangely and found that several of them had their cell phones at hand, “Isn’t the internet disconnected? It’s the middle of the night, are you playing offline games?” SuFfWa

A casual remark that was insignificant to the speaker held great weight for the listener.

Their sore spots were jabbed again. Song Fei Sighed: “Don’t even ask. We were finally blessed with sudden inspiration and remembered broadcasts, but too bad none of our cells have access.”

“We have access.” Feng Qibai abruptly claimed.

The eight companions all widened their eyes in surprise: “Ah?” pkjo x

“Too bad it’s useless.” He Zhiwen added on as he dug out the Huawei from his pocket simultaneously, unlocked the screen, and tapped on the radio icon twice to open it. After plugging in a pair of earbuds, he finally handed the earbuds connected to a white wire to Song Fei.

Song Fei took the proffered earbuds and inserted them into his ears while Luo Geng fixed his gaze on his own Huawei alone, speechless until he choked—They were both f*cking supporting domestic products, so how could the other just happen to buy the model with a radio!

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After enduring it for two minutes, Song Fei finally determined that there was no human language resounding in his ears. Even just Spanish or Arabic would do ah!

But he didn’t want to give up: “All I hear is static, why don’t you try changing it to another station?”

He Zhiwen raised his cell and flashed him the screen as he replied helplessly: “I’ve been tuning the channel this entire time. When the campus broadcast rang out at the dawn of the incident, I already thought of using the radio access on my cell phone, but it was useless. The built-in radio on cell phones are mostly based on FM radio waves. These belong to the ultra-short band which uses straight-line transmission so the transmitting distance is very limited and are only able to tune in to local channels.” 5oYEl9

“That can’t be right ah.” Luo Geng ruminated over the years that he was wrecked by his father’s radio, “My dad listened to FM something point something all day long and had even shoved the earbuds to me and forced me to listen too. I remember that the news was on the broadcast network as well ah.”

He Zhiwen: “That’s part of the secondary conversion after the local radio and television center receives the signal and then broadcasts it to local areas through the FM channel.”

Song Fei seemed to have gotten the gist of it: “Now that FM can’t connect to any station and the TV has no signal, then that means. . . That the broadcast and TV systems in our city aren’t functioning properly?”

“It may even be the entire province.” He Zhiwen pushed his glasses slightly, his words had the unique rigor befitting of men belonging to the field of science and engineering, “Although the transmission distance of FM is short, it may not necessarily be limited to within the city as you can often tune in to the channel of other neighboring cities as well, so. . .” uTgIMN

The following words didn’t need to be said because everyone already understood.

This wasn’t good news, but after suffering successive disappointments, it wasn’t that unbearable to suffer yet another. At least they didn’t have to beat themselves over why they hadn’t bought a cell phone with a built-in radio and had even supplemented some knowledge along the way.

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“He-tongxue, aren’t you from the Physics Department? Why are you so savvy with the radio?”

He Zhiwen smiled shyly: “Heihei, it’s a hobby.” Rri26

The originally slightly chubby face made his smile seem even more naïve.

Song Fei lamented, it really was living until one was old and learned, as he attempted to deeply digest the supplemental lesson on radio channels given by the other party. However, after re-examining the previous conversation, he discovered a problem: “Wait, you mentioned that listening to CCTV news through FM is only after a secondary conversion through the local radio and television center, so how does the local radio and television center receive these signals in the first place? It can’t also be frequency modulation ba, after all, we are in possession of a vast territory, so how many times would it take to relay to cover all of it?”

“That’s why we came to find you guys.” He Zhiwen also thought that it was quite mystical when he spoke up to this point. He was initially troubled over where to start, but luckily, he met fellow classmates who were studious and curious, making it much easier for him to bring up the topic naturally,” If, I’m saying if, the country really hasn’t given up trying to send information to us survivors, then there are only two effective channels. One is via radio waves and it must be SW, or shortwave which has the farthest transmission distance and the other is satellite TV signal, which is transmitted by ground signal transmission base stations that are still in operation. They transmit signals to the coupled communication satellite and then the satellite transmits the signals back to the ground. Both of these can be received directly without any need for a transfer, relay, or conversion.”

“There is no if.” Song Fei didn’t stutter, “We turned on the TV even at the risk of getting bitten because we believed that information would be conveyed.” 2Ke6yk

He Zhiwen heard that then swept his gaze across all of the students in Class 1 and found that the expressions on their faces were basically the same as the one on Song Fei’s. Although it can’t be said that it was firm like steel, but it still contained a considerable amount of belief.

He turned around to look at his three companions and received affirmative stares.

He Zhiwen took a deep breath and finally proceeded to announce their purpose for this visit: “We, like you, are eager to gather more information about the situation outside. But if we want to receive the shortwave signals, we must obtain a radio that can receive signals in this band, getting our hands on a full-band radio would be even better. Otherwise, we’d have to find a way to get a satellite dish connected to a TV. However, either way, it probably won’t work with just the few of us.”

“So you want to cooperate?” dYq4rA

“Exactly.”

“Where is this type of radio or the satellite dish located?”

“Not sure.”

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Song Fei was speechless. He was all pumped up for no reason. Just when he wanted to complain about the lengthy discussion with a lack of a target, he heard Zhou Yilu ask: “Is a level 4 or 6 listening exercise radio sufficient?”

The eyes of the Class 1 companions lit up. If it was just a level 4 or 6 listening exercise radio, then there would be no need to fret. The lecture halls were full of them.

“No,” He Zhiwen had obviously considered this option long ago, “The standard listening exercise radios given to us only have two frequency bands, only AF campus radio, and FM. It can’t tune in to any others.”

“What about a car’s radio?” Qiao Siqi interrupted suddenly. UByQt0

Eleven pairs of eyes shot over. This proposal wasn’t shocking, but the idea was very unique.

He Zhiwen quickly came back to his senses, contemplated it for a moment, and answered: “It’s hard to say. It still depends on whether the radio itself has access to this band. In addition, if it’s our university’s underground parking lot, even if it does, I’m afraid it would still be difficult for it to receive it.”

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“You want to run to the underground parking lot and smash the glass?” Zhou Yilu couldn’t come up with an alternative method, unless they were lucky enough to find a fool who forgot to close their window or lock their door.

Qiao Siqi felt inexplicable: “I can unlock my own car with the key, so why would I need to shatter the glass?” 0Am2cQ

All the classmates: “You have a car at the university?!”

Song Fei: “You brought the car key?!”

Now everyone stopped gaping at Qiao Siqi and switched to Song Fei instead.

The latter made a face and hurriedly looked to Qiao Siqi and followed with another question instead of explaining: “Didn’t you escape to the dormitory back then? You brought your car keys along with you?” iBNmpA

“Keys, cell phone, wallet. Even if you are running for your life, you can’t forget these three things ah.” John-tongxue explained as he fished the key ring from his pants pocket. What was on the key ring was quite straightforward, just the dorm key, another pair of keys, probably to his own residence, and an extra, very basic car key.

“Why do you have a car if you are not a commuter student?” Zhou Yilu represented all of the companions and raised this inquiry. In fact, there weren’t many people who drove from home. Their university had a relatively simple school spirit, so most of the students were also down-to-earth and low–key as well.

Qiao Siqi didn’t think much of it at first, but he suddenly started to feel the inklings of guilt under the watchful eyes of his friends and lost steam as he continued: “Just to go out to play on the weekends ah, it’s convenient to travel to the city and whatever. . .”

Zhou Yilu made a face: “I take it you don’t have to fight for a train ticket when you head home for the New Year ba?” SjIiC5

Unexpectedly, Qiao Siqi shook his head violently: “Nonono, my dad doesn’t permit me to drive long distances. I bought the car here and only use it within the city.”

Zhou Yilu: “After yaking for so long, in the end, what kind of car is it?”

Qiao Siqi: “Wrangler.”

Zhou Yilu: “You f*cking just run around the city with an off-road vehicle worth four hundred to five hundred thousand!?” ptwgmG

Qiao Siqi: “O, Occasionally I also make trips to the suburbs. . .”

Zhou Yilu: “The only thing that can cure me now is if you tell me that you scramble for tickets before the winter holiday like the rest of us, don’t tell me that you also have no need for that.”

Qiao Siqi: “My family just directly books plane tickets for me. . .”

Zhou Yilu: “I loathe the rich now. I’m going to beat him up, anyone with me?” uF7WIs

All of the companions: “Take. us. with. you!”


Author’s Chapter Summary

Neighbors coming to visit at midnight, bring everyone up to speed first and then cooperate!

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The translator has something to say: oho, are those new and trustsworthy comrades, I see? Hahaha, can’t wait to see how they’ll put up with our merry band’s antics

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霜打的茄子 (shuāng dǎ dē qiézī) – eggplants contain solanine which is good for the heart, regulating blood pressure, mitigating asthma, and inhibiting microorganism growth and are a good source of potassium. In autumn, the levels of solanine contained in eggplants are high and further increased by the cold temperatures (bitten by frost) as the moisture content increases as well. It was discouraged to overly eat eggplants harvested at this time because excessive solanine can cause abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, although this isn’t a problem anymore because of controlled environments such as greenhouses. This analogy is alluding to the rise and fall of their emotions, from brimming with enthusiasm to wallowing in low spirits

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心脏地区 – “area of the heart”, reminder that this refers to main industrial cities of northern China, Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, as previously mentioned by QY in chapter 22: huehhuehhueh, SF sided with QY unconsciously in that debate I see

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onomatopoeia for shooting sounds

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华为 – lit. “splendid/Chinese achievement”, a Chinese information and telecommunications technology company founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei. The headquarters are located in Shenzhen, China

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小米 – lit. “millet rice”, meaning they start from the bottom and aim for the top. It’s a Chinese company that makes consumer electronics founded in 2010 by Lei Jun, Zhou Guangping, Liu De, Li Wanqiang, Huang Jiangji, and Hong Feng. The headquarters are located in Haidian District of Beijing, China. They use a MIUI (modified android ROM) as their OS

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also a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company founded in 2004 by Tony Chen. The headquarters are located in Dongguan of Guangdong, China

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referring to political party here

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没机顶盒 (méijīdǐnghé)  – lit. “no-machine top box”, refers to the device that enables an analog TV to receive decode digital television (DTV) broadcasts; it was used before the flat screen craze at the initial conversion of antenna-less TV. The difference between analog signals and digital signals is broadcast using varying radio waves to those transmitted by binary code (occurred in 2009)

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有机顶盒 (yǒujīdǐnghé)  – lit. “top box with a machine”, refers to the device that unscrambles the DTV signal for suitable viewing at home

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支付宝 (zhīfùbǎo) – an online payment platform established in Hangzhou, China in 2004 by Alibaba Group. Its current headquarters is in Pudong, Shanghai. It’s an eWallet app that allows users to store their credit or debit cards in it to make online or in-store purchases using just their phone. Apple Pay is essentially the same thing

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稻花 (dàohuā)Rice flower the ozothamnus diosmifolius indigenous to eastern Australia is a long stemmed, slender woody shrub that bears clusters of small flowers at the top which are often used in floral arrangements. It’s also known as white dogwood, pill flower, and sago bush

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我的祖国 (Wǒ dē Zǔguó) – released in 1956, sung by Guo Lanying (郭兰英) and the Chinese Opera and Dance Theater Chorus Group

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stands for frequency modulation where information is encoded in a carrier wave by creating various frequencies for the wave itself, thus amplitude is constant, but the number of waves per a segment increases

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includes all the high-frequency bands and are able to reflect from the ionosphere which get reflected at large angles back to Earth thus spreading its circle of influence. It is between the FM and AM bands

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四六级听力收音机 (sì lìu jí tīnglì shōuyīnjī) – referring to the English level 4 or 6 listening exercise radios, I think

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“audio frequency” which refers to acoustic waves (usually between 20 Hz to 20K Hz) within the range of human hearing. They are produced by alternating currents (AC) with specific frequencies and then applied to a transducer such as a loudspeaker or headset

Translator's Note

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