Translator: transcendentwings
Title explanation: reminder that their full class name is 威武不屈求生1 while the name of their alliance uses the first two characters 威武 which means “mighty and unyielding”
Qiao-tongxue, who fully realized the fighting strength of the proletariats, was full of bitter tears. He was really suffering, but had nowhere to voice his troubles—It was his father that was rich, not him, he was already very low-key ah!
Horsing around was just that, after having enough fun, they still had to discuss their serious business.
“Are we really going to the underground parking lot?” Li Jingyu asked anxiously, “That’s too far.”
Their university didn’t allow motor vehicles to enter the premises except for express delivery, the canteen, and supermarket, places that required frequent material circulation. Those vehicles with special permits then only enter and exit through the side door in a low-key manner. All private vehicles belonging to the teachers and students must be parked in the underground parking lot whose entrance was set outside of the university’s main entrance while the entrance and exit for personnel was set near one of the academic buildings by the main entrance of the university. If a line was drawn between the canteen residing in the innermost part of the residential life block and the academic building adjacent to the main entrance of the university, it would basically run through the entire campus vertically from the northside to the southside.
“It really is far,” Huang Mo, who didn’t speak for a long time, commented abruptly then asked Qiao Siqi, “I don’t really know much about cars. Are you sure that you can receive the shortwave broadcasts that He Zhiwen was talking about from your car?”
The implication was that if it really was true, then it was worth the risk to travel that far.
Yet, this question stopped Qiao Siqi in his tracks as he replied with shame: “I’ve always only connected my phone to Bluetooth and played music when I’m in the car. I’ve barely listened to the radio so I really didn’t pay attention to this.”
Zhou Yilu pursed his lips and tried to search for relevant information in his brain—He didn’t own a car, but he’s always liked cars, so he had always consciously or unconsciously observed the vehicles every time he hitched a ride in one. Especially if he encountered a good car, he couldn’t wait to examine it meticulously from the inside out: “I don’t dare speak for all, but all of the cars I’ve seen seem to only have FM and AM, but can AM receive shortwave?”
This question was naturally handed to He Zhiwen.
The latter pondered if for a while, then shook his head regretfully: “AM is basically equivalent to medium wave or MW in our country with a maximum transmission distance of several hundred kilometers, mainly used for broadcasting within the province. If you want to receive shortwaves from Beijing, you must clearly mark the receptibility of the SW band on the radio.” After saying so, He Zhiwen paused momentarily as if he was reminded of something and then added, “Also, even if it was a full-band radio, you would have to tune it bit by bit slowly if you want to receive shortwaves. After repeated attempts, I feel that cars wouldn’t be able to be adjusted so finely. If it automatically searches for available channels, then the possibility is even more slim, and most weak signals would be directly overlooked.”
“After saying so much, it just won’t work after all bei?” Qiao Siqi didn’t really understand the too professional aspects, but he still got the gist of it.
Qi Yan had been keeping tabs on these classmates from Class 2. After holding a conversation up to this point, he formulated a general conjecture in his mind: “You guys came to us to discuss a cooperation, so you shouldn’t only have guiding theories and should have a preliminary plan ba?”
He Zhiwen had been holding it back for a long time. Of course, they came with a plan, though who would’ve known that the Class 1 classmates would be so diligent and eager to ask questions. What was even more amazing was that as they conversed, even a car was unearthed. Who could have predicted this miraculous development?
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“A full-band radio should be available in the Gewu Building.”
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“You’re sure that the Computer Engineering Department has it?” Song Fei’s heart was beating like a drum. If they were talking about making a trip to the Computer Engineering building to find a computer, he’d be completely at ease, but to find a radio seemed a little far-fetched ba.
The world of liberal arts students and the science students were like the Cowherd and Weaver Girl separated by the Milky Way, thus without waiting for an answer from He Zhiwen, Luo Geng, who also resided on the same embankment of the Milky Way, understood instantly and helped him resolve his doubts: “The full name of our university’s Computer Engineering Department is the Department of Computer Engineering and Electronic Information. I have a feeling that the Electronic Information Engineering major also includes these kinds of radio signals?”
“En.” He Zhiwen gave a positive answer, “My elective course this semester was taught by a teacher from their department. The teacher explained to us how information technology was developed and how it has advanced in the first lecture. However, he still liked tuning into the radio and what he originally studied was wireless communications, only that major isn’t commonly seen now as it was either renamed or directly merged into the field of electronic information engineering. . .”
“That,” Song Fei politely interrupted him, “We aren’t too interested in that teacher’s life, can we discuss the main issue at hand?”
“The point is that he also put an entirely fully-featured radio in his office. When there was no class, he liked to tune it randomly and mention with an air of mystery and secrecy that he heard a lot of interesting stations!” Zhao He blurted out in one breath, so relieved that he was practically about to take to the skies.
He just didn’t understand it. This was something that could’ve been taken care of in two sentences and yet these people had to go round and round in circles and skirt around the periphery. Even if you understood the purpose of this wave and that wave, in the end, don’t you still have to find the radio!
Song Fei was taken aback by Zhao He, but being simple and crude had its advantages and the situation was made clear in an instant. Though, he still looked towards He Zhiwen and asked: “Since the situation is already so clear, when I asked where such a radio was located, why didn’t you just state it directly and instead expressed that it was uncertain?”
He Zhiwen declared righteously: “Although the teacher told us that there was one in the office, in case he took it home on a whim ne or if the radio failed to work ne, these are all possibilities that can’t be ruled out, so the way its conveyed must be conservative.”
“. . .” Fine, you win.
The Gewu building was located on the eastern side of the campus and was distributed irregularly in this area along with various other buildings belonging to the other departments. It wasn’t located too close to the canteen, but compared to the underground parking lot at the southernmost end, it still brought with it a huge discount.
“There are buildings belonging to many different departments and majors over there,” Feng Qibai drew a circle on the futon with his finger and then pointed out different spots within it, “Yixin Building, Luban Building, Qiushi Building, and the Gewu building are located at the very end. These four buildings are arranged along a straight line, and if we deviate, there are the Wenbo building, Marxism building, etc. Every building must be full of zombies which means that we would be storming into zombie cesspools. You guys better consider it carefully and don’t end up running away, implicating your comrades-in-arms.”
Song Fei shot him an angry glare: “When we were hitting the dungeons, you were still at the novice village!”
“And because there are many buildings, that means that there are plenty of places to hide as well,” Qi Yan dialectically analyzed, “This trip definitely won’t be as smooth as just coming and going. Other than that, our movements will be limited by the availability of light during the day, that will already keep our hands full, so it’s very likely that we would need to find a place to spend the night as well.”
“That makes sense,” Huang Mo’s admiration was both sincere and appropriate, its sense of proportion made people very comfortable, “This is also the reason why we came to cooperate with you, not only because there isn’t enough manpower, but more importantly it’s because you guys are more experienced.”
Song Fei grinned: “So you guys are here to leech off our experience?”
“It doesn’t matter if we are here to piggyback on it or not,” Huang Mo was playfully amused, “At least we don’t have to worry about getting stabbed when we are picking up the equipment drops.”
Song Fei made a face and only spoke after a long time: “Jiejie, is there any area where your knowledge doesn’t reach?”
Huang Mo pretended to contemplate it hard for a while: “There doesn’t seem to be any for the time being.”
Although it wasn’t stated clearly, the two classes were tacitly aware that—The intent to cooperate had reached its initial stages.
Huang Mo and He Zhiwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in unison. One came as the negotiator while the other was the technical consultant, they all came with their own assignments. Besides convincing Class 1, they also had to constantly guard against the unruly behavior their freedom-loving companions may suddenly whip up in the middle due to a bout of sudden-onset insanity. But, just bringing two wasn’t enough. After all, there are eight people in Class 1 and if they arrived with only two people, it was inevitable to always feel insecure, making it more difficult for them to seize the initiative in the negotiation.
Shooting Zhao He a look, Huang Mo gestured to him—They’ve achieved their strategic intentions, so they could discuss the details of the cooperation now.
After all, if you really wanted to charge into battle, you still had to have a general lead the charge. She and Lao-He could only accompany on the side and beat the drums at most.
Zhao He received the order and his waist that had been tensed in a precarious sitting posture finally loosened up. He stretched his sore muscles and tendons, shook out his arms, then cracked his neck. It was like spring had arrived and everything finally burst with new life—Feigning solemnity really was too d*mn tiring!
All the male classmates of Class 1 were immediately put on guard, always feeling that the baldy was going to rush over for a gang fight at a moment’s notice.
Huang Mo held her forehead, praying that all the Class 1 classmates were all doves of peace on one hand while praying that Zhao-laoye would speak more quickly on the other.
Finally, Zhao He was more comfortable and commented: “I thought that you guys wouldn’t agree to cooperate with us ne.”
Huang Mo made a face.
And the classmates of Class 1 just sighed in amusement. They exchanged looks with each other, and finally Song Fei, who had the deepest friendship with him, asked on their behalf: “Why?”
Zhao He didn’t speak in circles and bluntly stated his own confusion: “We wanted to rush out and look for information because our food stocks on the second floor won’t last long, but you guys on the first floor are in a different situation. I won’t overestimate it, but two or three months shouldn’t be a problem for you ba, so why would you want to take risks with us in this situation?”
“For there to be someone to charge with you, isn’t that good?”
“It’s good, but unreasonable. If you died along the way to the Gewu Building and the rescue troops actually arrived in two days, then wouldn’t you have died unjustly?”
“Can’t you choose a more gentle example in the future ma. . .” Song Fei was speechless, but he also understood that Zhao He was still vigilant against them rather than confused because in the other party’s preconceptions, it was unnecessary for the eight of them to take these risks. They had food, drink, and shelter, why would they risk their lives?”
Song Fei turned his head to glance at his companions. Without exception, complex emotions flashed in everyone’s eyes. He knew that his comrades were thinking of the same thing and this was the driving force behind their desperate search for information in order to resolve this crisis as rapidly as possible despite them already taking on the role as gatekeepers to a mountain of food.
“If we stay here and wait for rescue, the biggest possibility is that the rescue hadn’t arrived yet when other students who had escaped from the dormitories already have.” Song Fei smiled wryly at Zhao He, “If possible, even if we had to take risks, we don’t want to have to experience Fen Duo Duo again.”
Human emotions wallowing in despair was always more frightening than zombies.
It wasn’t that they were pessimistic, but that human hearts were too easily subjected to mutation in such an environment. If one could really obtain information about the outside situation letting this campus establish even the slightest connection to the outside world, everyone would have something to rely on in their hearts and just knowing that would make the situation a lot better. If this news could guide them in the right direction for getting out of this mess, let alone taking risks, it would be really worth it even if they had to fight for their lives.
Song Fei’s words stunned Zhao He for a while and then understanding dawned on him fully, dissipating all of his remaining doubts.
“Happy cooperation.”
Zhao He took the lead in extending his hand in friendship, then Feng Qibai, Huang Mo, and He Zhiwen hurriedly stacked theirs on top.
The companions of Class 1 looked at each other and ultimately also reached their hands over.
The heated palms covered the back of another’s hand, transmitting warmth layer by layer. The twelve people felt a burst of pride in their hearts—
The entire Class 1: “Mighty and Unyielding Fighting for Survival 1, all monsters and demons will be eliminated!”
Zhao He: “Might and Unyielding Fighting for Survival 2. . . Even if we die, we’ll die together?”
Feng, Huang, He: “Who allowed you to unilaterally decide our class slogan!!”
Author’s Chapter Summary
The campus is shaken with turbulence of wind and rain, seizing the initiative is the only reliable course of action!
The translator has something to say: HAHAHAHAHA, it’s too late for them, they’ve already been converted to being part of Song Fei’s group’s evil cult, I like how they accepted their class name in the end after all
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