The sudden restlessness and frenzied barking of the dogs immediately put the teachers and students on alert. The clear sound of reading vanished in an instant, and even the barking quickly quieted down. The entire courtyard fell silent, as if it were empty, eerily quiet.
Those who had rooted themselves here, dedicating their efforts to educational support and cultural output, were certainly not naive. They would never base their safety on the innocence of the local mountain people or the "rules" of the bandits. Friends are greeted with delicious food, and enemies with rifles.
The Type 95 automatic rifle in Teacher Shen Fei''s hands was not just for show, she would actually fire it.
Once the rm was lifted, the courtyard once again filled with the sounds of the students''ughter and chatter, as if nothing had ever happened.
In less than half an hour of brief bustling, the third ry station was installed in the vegetable garden at the back yard. The converted WIFI signal was strong enough to cover the entire courtyard and then some.
Chen Fei''s phone connected smoothly to the Inte, and the mountain school finally had awork signal for the first time.
The wireless signal strength sent over from the ry station on the distant ridge was a solid 32dbi, which, after being converted by the AP endpoint, became the mostmonly used WIFI signal, with a speed test peak of 5998Mbps. Although this fell short of the highest theoretical value, it was already an ideal result.
"Come, ''Xiao Jiu'', say hello to Teacher Shen."
Chen Fei had set up a video call with Chef Abel and immediately saw the bouncing little creature.
Before leaving the Aircrew Base, he had entrusted the little bird to the chef for care.
Abel still had no idea that this lively and adorable little creature was actually a Magical Beast from the Cangqiong Realm.
"Jiu Jiu! Jiu!"
Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu curiously examined the phone screen.
Upon seeing Chen Fei, it immediately tried to peck at the screen with its tiny beak, as if wanting to jump into the screen to be with Chen Fei.
Shen Fei, unexpectedly gaining inte ess, was moved and grateful as she had not expected Chen Fei to do so much for her. "Chen Fei, you''ve really gone to too much trouble. I have a satellite phone here; I can still make calls."
She thought of the effort it must have taken to bring thework signal all the way from the Aircrew Base 911 to here, which probably cost more than a small sum just for the equipment.
Although Teacher Shen Fei was not truly cut off from the outside world here—she had an emergency satellite phone on hand—the costs of calls and inte were exorbitant, and it couldn''t be used as casually as a regr phone.
"We''re all fellow vigers, helping each other out is the right thing to do. Don''t worry, it didn''t cost anything. I reused old equipment that the base was discarding, along with some recycled material. At most, it''s just a bit of spare timebor, and it wasn''t too difficult."
Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders, giving Teacher Shen Fei an unexpected answer.
Setting up three ry stations was a mere trifle. If he had to pay for it out of his own pocket, he wouldn''t have had so much spare cash.
Now that Teacher Shen Fei''s mountain vige school was connected to the inte, future visits could be arranged with a heads-up, eliminating the need for sudden unannounced visits that risked being in vain if no one was there.
"Really?"
Shen Fei was skeptical.
"You see, there are signs of age on it."
Without further exnation and letting facts speak for themselves, Chen Fei took out a spare AP endpoint.
The cleaned surface of the device bore some friction marks and was not as immacte as a new one straight out of the packaging. The manufacture date on the productbel was also ten years ago – a truly old and used item.
The Apocalypse Defense Group guaranteed the quality and performance of various kinds of equipment it uniformly purchased for its subsidiary units. Despite regr recement cycles, the AP endpoint Chen Fei had couldst at least another ten years, if not twenty.
Teacher Shen Fei shifted her gaze from the productbel on the AP endpoint and confirmed tentatively, "So you''re really not using this anymore?"
The extravagance of the Aircrew Base 911 exceeded her imagination. If that was indeed the case, the cost wouldn''t have been much.
Even if there were costs, they were limited to somebor and a bit ofwork bandwidth.
For Aircrew Base 911 and the Apocalypse Defense Group, the publicwork was always in use anyway. Allocating a little bit to their neighbor, Teacher Shen Fei, didn''t really count for much.
"More genuine than gold, in fact, there are still dozens of AP endpoints that haven''t been used up."
Chen Fei swung the AP endpoint in his hand. He had collected hundreds, only used three, and kept the rest as spares. If any ry station malfunctioned, a direct recement was ready.
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These gadgets weren''t even worth fixing, let alone Chen Fei knowing how to repair them, recing whatever broke down—pretty much the same routine as the mechanics crew.
If the sr panels and the storage batteries were sufficient, a seamlesswork connection all the way might be possible.
An AP end could nket a 500-meter radius with WIFI signal; two could cover a kilometer. From the Aircrew Base to Teacher Shen Fei''s school, the total distance was 21 kilometers; theoretically, just 43 AP ends would be enough.
"You''re not viting any regtions with this, are you?"
Shen Fei was still a bit worried.
Although theseworking devices had been phased out and weren''t worth much, she feared that abruptly taking them out of the Aircrew Base could cause problems if someone decided to make an issue of it.
"Do you believe that I picked these from the base''s trash heap?"
If it hadn''t been for the logistics department asking Chen Fei to deal with those discards, he likely wouldn''t have stumbled upon so many treasures.
Even those with independent data storages had already been cleared; any truly important equipment would never just be thrown in the trash heap but would be disassembled on the spot by specialized personnel.
"You''re really something, my old townsman!"
Originally thinking that Chen Fei would have to expend funds, now it seemed like a mere trifle. Shen Fei finally rxed, a smile appearing on her face.
"Heh heh heh, a piece of cake. I''ve set up thework for you, use it with ease, free of charge..."
Chen Fei, hearing the praise,ughed and scratched the back of his head. Before he could finish, a sudden loud bang swallowed his words.
What the heck!
What''s going on here?
Before Chen Fei could understand the situation, Shen Fei reacted immediately.
She took the Type 95 automatic rifle slung over her back, nimbly disengaged the safety, and chambered a round.
"Take cover!"
The Xingdu Kush Mountain Area was never particrly peaceful, though there were no bandits to bother them, yet one should always prepare for the worst. Teacher Shen had never taken things lightly and often organized various emergency drills for the students.
At this moment, seven or eight little ck dots were thrown in from over the walls, with two or threending even in the backyard vegetable garden.
"Disabling bombs, duck, cover your..."
When Shen Fei saw clearly what had been thrown into the yard, her face instantly turned ashen.
"Wha..."
Boom... A series of earth-shattering explosions ensued.
Chen Fei''s ears were ringing as he felt the world around him shake. Somehow, he ended up lying on the ground, tried to lift his hand but found it as heavy as lead,pletely unable to move, and without the strength to turn around and see how Teacher Shen Fei was.
With his peripheral vision, he could barely see some students who hadn''t managed to make it back to therge ssroom sprawled on the ground just like him, with all the ssroom window sses shattered, leaving an eerie silence inside.
A ck and a yellow dog struggled to stand up but kept vomiting, copsing on the ground with limp legs, clearly affected as well.
About a dozen individuals armed with automatic weapons stormed the gate or simply climbed over the walls, alternating cover as they advanced, and in the blink of an eye, they took control of both the front and back courtyards.
One of them scanned the entire courtyard, his gaze finally resting on Chen Fei; he curled his lips into a smile, said something indistinct, and walked over to him.
But Chen Fei''s consciousness was gradually fading.
Help me!...
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