Chapter 187

After Little White left.

Everyone kept waiting by the door, unable to think of doing anything else.

Time passed very slowly.

Tang Jing said only ten minutes had passed, but everyone felt like an hour had gone by.

Twenty minutes later.

A cat's meow came from outside the door.

Everyone was startled.

Dong Junwei ran over first.

The one who arrived was Little White.

After the mount stopped beside the door, it lowered itself again, Du Jia Jia came out of the box, waving at everyone, like an astronaut just returned from space.

…… (ellipsis) Should we translate as "……"? Probably keep as "……". It's a line with ellipsis. We'll output same.

"How do you feel?"

Everyone was curious about this question.

"At first I felt a bit dizzy, but after getting used to it I was fine." Du Jia Jia answered.

"Where did Little White take you?" Chen Mu asked.

"Haha, this is interesting—it took me around the campus in a big loop, then back to its nest; the cat mom wasn't there, but there were several kittens..." Du Jia Jia recalled what she had just seen and heard, and went on at length.

"Have you been off-campus to look around?" Chen Mu interrupted her.

"Well... hehe, actually I still can't tell where Little White wants to go; let's wait until our connection gets stronger before saying more."

"Well then, can you make it come back?"

"Sure can."

"You can make it come back, but you can't let it go off-campus—what's the logic?" Chen Mu wondered.

"Well... uh, this is pretty abstract; I can't explain it clearly to you humans." Du Jia Jia pulled out her big move.

This explanation is simply unbeatable.

Everyone was left speechless.

However, having done it once means a second time is possible; once Du Jia Jia becomes proficient, this cat bus might truly be able to go wherever you want, just like a car.

By then, tasks like searching for No. 1 Middle School personnel or finding the Qingbei base should not be too difficult.

Now this feeling of the enemy being in the dark while we are exposed feels terrible.

I don't know what others think, but Chen Mu can't sleep peacefully every night, constantly worrying that such an invasion will happen again.

However, the following days passed with extraordinary calm.

No. 1 Middle School and Qingbei, at least on the surface, showed no signs of disturbance.

The telescope's function is obvious; now everyone can see the outside situation more clearly, yet still no one has been found monitoring.

Under Dong Junwei's leadership, the second tier of the shelves was also organized neatly; because the iron pot was used as material for a lift, the shelves above ended up with plenty of free space, which also gave Dong Junwei more room to work.

Because there has been no fighting, Chen Mu hasn't gone out lately, and the number of weapons at home has gradually increased; now Qiming possesses 500 explosive grenades, 150 of which are large grenades specially for Cao Zishan.

As the quantity increased, the weapons depot that Chen Mu had specially built was no longer sufficient, so he had to build a larger one.

Regarding the location of the weapons depot, they had actually gone back and forth over it.

If it's too far away, once fighting breaks out, the speed of equipping will slow down.

But if it's too close, any accident could easily level the residential area.

According to Tang Jing's calculations, these grenades are enough to blast a big hole in the door.

To balance safety and convenience, they finally decided to split the weapons depot into three places: one storage room near the residential area, and the other two placed in the corners of the walls.

Moreover, 100 large grenades were transported to the high-position gun turret; Cao Zishan now spends almost every day there, aside from using the telescope to observe during leisure time, he practices throwing, and of course, his usual practice material is just ordinary stones.

…… (ellipsis)

July 27.

This is a day that's neither big nor small.

It has been exactly three months since humanity shrank.

The people of Qiming sometimes look back and think that three months, with about twenty people, they managed to restore life to its current state, and they even feel a bit proud.

On this day, it was Feng Xiao Yu and Zhao Xiao Yan's turn on duty, and they also brought Gu Yinglong along.

The little girl rarely goes to the lookout platform; when she does, the first thing she does is hold up the telescope and look.

Gu Yinglong hardly ever speaks voluntarily, but her thirst for knowledge and curiosity are strong, so she naturally wouldn't miss the telescope.

Not far from the conference table.

At this moment, Chen Mu was busy working as a carpenter.

From what he has already finished—about half of it—this is a set of a single-person desk and chair.

He plans to place some desks and chairs beside the meeting area, so that everyone can come here to write and tinker during their free time.

This seems meaningless, and in fact… it really isn't very meaningful.

Mainly to blame is Dong Junwei.

Since Chen Mu last made a desk and chair set for Tang Jing, the class monitor has been envious, often expressing in chat his fondness for Tang Jing's set, and hinting indirectly that he also wants one.

Most of the time, Dong Junwei acts like a parent, caring deeply for every member of the organization, but sometimes she also shows a childish side.

For example, the last time they wanted to engrave characters on her treasure sword, it directly ruined the group's morale, causing Chen Mu to have a lot of unnecessary work afterward—although he later discovered that engraving is actually great for ability training.

Another example is this time: seeing that Tang Jing has a desk and chair set, even though she normally doesn't write anything, she still feels jealous.

At first Chen Mu indeed didn't have time to do these odd jobs, so he could only pretend not to notice the monitor's hints; but these days the main projects are finished, the remaining tasks aren't very urgent, and with Dong Junwei's persistence, he eventually decided to make her a set as well.

But giving it only to her to do seems a bit unreasonable.

As a member of the decision-making team, Chen Mu often had to discuss matters with Dong Junwei and Tang Jing, so they naturally spent more time together; because of that, some people started gossiping.

They didn't dare to gossip about Tang Jing, so they instead fabricated rumors about Dong Junwei and Chen Mu, often putting them together and joking.

During middle school, gossip about who likes whom is quite normal, and now that everyone has little in the way of entertainment, using this as conversation material is hardly blameworthy.

Chen Mu and Dong Junwei naturally knew as well.

But there was nothing they could do about it; they could only laugh it off.

Of course.

After that, Chen Mu also paid more attention to his words and deeds, trying to avoid overly intimate gestures with Dong Junwei to prevent those people from stirring up trouble for no reason.

For example, with this desk-and-chair matter, if he only made one for Dong Junwei, it would certainly be taken as evidence.

Those people are all bullies who pick on the weak and fear the strong; they clearly know this matter started with Tang Jing, yet none dare spread rumors about Tang top student.

Offending Dong Junwei is no big deal.

But offending Tang Jing would bring trouble.

To shut everyone up, Chen Mu had to put in extra effort, simply making a set of desks and chairs for each person; fortunately, this thing isn't difficult to make, and mass production wouldn't take much time.