The paper books were not damp, which showed that this laptop bag was waterproof!
That meant the laptop might still be usable!
But what use would a laptop be for surviving in the wild?
Let's see if it works first before saying anything!
Lu Zhe heaved a sigh of relief and pressed the power button!
Two seconds later, the screen actually lit up!
The girls high-fived each other in celebration!
"We can play games now!"
"Only if there are offline games!"
"I wonder if there are any movies on it!"
"It would be best if there was a whole set of TV shows!"
"Hey, my beauties, be rational. We all watch things online now. Who would download movies onto their laptop! Even if it works, it won't last long since we don't have any way to charge it!" Tang Xiaoguo said.
Lu Zhe sighed, "Xiaoguo, we could catch all the crocodiles on this island and it still wouldn't be enough for you to watch Empresses in the Palace!"
Tang Xiaoguo nodded, "Is farming crocodiles the only way forward?"
"Not necessarily crocodiles!"
Shen Bing thought for a moment, "We could also make soil batteries, lead acid batteries, seawater and charcoal can also store electricity!"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Batteries aren't hard to make. The key issue isn't the power source, but stable voltage! Otherwise it would break after using it for a while. I'm even a bit worried that Class Monitor's phone won't last long!"
Ning Shu said, "No way, my phone's new!"
"Even new phones will have reduced lifespan!"
As they spoke, the laptop had started up!
Lu Zhe operated the touchpad mouse, checking the computer's programs. The girls all crowded around to watch.
Lu Zhe nodded, "The battery is full, must be a girl's laptop!"
Ning Shu asked curiously, "How can you tell?"
"Such a high-end laptop, full of messy bundled software, and a bird wallpaper!"
Ning Shu was taken aback, "Is that...weird?"
"Isn't it?"
"Let's see what games there are!"
Lu Zhe read off the screen, "...PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, League of Legends, Leap Day, Plants vs Zombies...not bad, quite a few games she knows how to play..."
Jiang Yao exclaimed, "Wow, the games are exactly the same as the ones on my laptop!"
Tang Xiaoguo happily said, "Haha, we can play offline games now!"
"Don't even think about it!"
Lu Zhe opened the laptop's drive, searching bit by bit, "We should look for useful information with this little battery left! Her major might have critical knowledge for our survival!"
Lin Qianqian nodded, "Right, a medical student would have nursing materials, a fashion design student would have cutting and textiles information! Civil engineering would have surveying and mapping data!"
Lu Zhe nodded approvingly, "Not bad, Class Monitor is still focused on the right things!"
Jiang Yao asked, "So what's her major then?"
After searching around, Lu Zhe finally found a lot of professional courses that identified her major!
"Damn, philosophy!"
The girls were all speechless!
"Everything from Socrates to Hegel, very thorough!"
"Might as well have some cookbooks on here instead!"
"As useless as useless gets!"
Check the other drives!
There were some Korean and Japanese dramas and movies that brought some comfort to the girls.
This made Lu Zhe even more certain that this was a girl's laptop!
Guys usually wouldn't download ordinary movies onto their computers. If they wanted to watch something, they'd just stream it online.
The precious SSD space was usually reserved for higher quality videos worth rewatching many times.
"Lu Zhe, there's nothing useful on this laptop?"
"If you girls stay mentally sound, then the content in this laptop is indeed useless!"
Tang Xiaoguo blinked her big, hopeful eyes, "Then can we watch a movie?"
"Well..."
Lu Zhe was about to refuse, but then thought:
With the lack of useful data and no reliable way to charge it, once the battery ran out it would be no different from the laptop being broken.
Although if they had a suitable charging device, it would still be quite useful.
But there would be no need to worry about running out of battery then!
Just recharge it when it gets low!
So they might as well let the girls relax for now!
"Alright, fine! But no recharging when the battery runs out, the power banks need to save battery for the Class Monitor's phone!"
The girls happily said, "We know!"
Then they chattered lively about picking a movie!
Since they could only watch one, it had to be a quality film.
Jiang Yao wanted to finally watch the zombie movie Alive, Qianqian wanted to see My Love from the Star, Ning Shu picked Dream Horse, Xiaoguo wanted Monsters University, but they couldn't agree and argued loudly without deciding. Finally they asked Sister Bing!
Sister Bing glanced over the list and pointed at one: "This one!"
It was none other than the survival treasure, Cast Away!
At that time and place, no other movie could resonate with them as much as that one!
"Take notes on any survival knowledge from the movie, it might help us!"
The girls all looked at each other and nodded.
They finally agreed!
By then, the instant noodles were cooked, even with ham!
The long-lost aroma filled the air.
Night had fallen. The friends either held seashells or bamboo tubes, eating steaming hot noodles while watching Tom Hanks talk and chat with a volleyball in his loneliness.
Shen Bing thought back to her own days when she first got stranded on the island. She was even more desperate than the movie's protagonist!
And now here she was, able to pick clothes that fit her, drinking beverages and eating noodles while watching a movie together with partners she would live and die with!
It had been so difficult to get here today!
As she watched, she couldn't help sobbing!
The other girls didn't feel as much.
"Why doesn't he just open all the packages?"
"You don't understand, that represents duty and hope!"
"Why doesn't he look through his poop for seeds?"
...
Shen Bing smiled wryly!
These lovely children!
If not for getting stranded with Lu Zhe, it would be impressive if you could even survive, let alone accomplish what the movie protagonist did!
Yet the movie still resonated deeply with everyone.
"It's so good to be alive!"
"It's so great to have friends!"
...
Mist shrouded the sea, fish swam around underwater.
It seemed the searing hot temperatures had not drained all the fish of their vitality. They were still struggling to adapt to the environment!
After a while, the girls grew tired and lay down to sleep on the bamboo raft's grass mats.
"Sister Bing, you sleep too!"
Shen Bing smiled, "You sleep, we still have to continue salvaging supplies tomorrow. I'll keep watch tonight!"
Still have to keep salvaging supplies...
Lu Zhe looked worriedly at the clothes hanging all over the raft, plus the dozen suitcases and packages.
He sighed, "What if we can't carry everything back in one trip after salvaging it all? If we leave it behind, it'll have to soak in the water again for a while!"
He pondered, then said, "We need to figure out a way to have the best of both worlds!"
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he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
