Saturday 23 December 2023

TISHW 31




Chapter 31 Rescue the Hostages (End)

In fact, it wasn't difficult to make a cannon barrel. As Shu Hua said, just use a paper roll to make a barrel. However, the gymnasium was empty and there were no extra things except the necessary props.

It was said that a clever woman can't make a meal without rice. No matter how simple the cannon barrel was, they couldn't do it without the materials.

Then they set their sights on the program team. First Jian Cang, who took a fancy to the drink box provided by the sponsor, took advantage of the staff's unpreparedness, lifted it and ran away!

The director wanted to stop it, but Xiang Chen stopped him and asked first, "You didn't say this wasn't a prop?"

The director stated these were not props, and Xiang Chen asked, "How do you prove that they aren't props?"

The director can’t prove it. After all, there were bathrooms and even water tanks in the gymnasium. Why can’t something as reasonable as a drink be considered a prop?

In short, the lawyer opened his mouth and silenced the director.

Ye Yuanyu, who was observing the situation from the side, saw this and unceremoniously moved another box.

【……】

【Hahaha, God Ye, where is your aloofness? Why have you learned bad? 】

【It’s truly Lawyer Xiang. I have seen how powerful a lawyer is. Look at the director's helpless gaze. 】

【Director: These bandits. 】 

With the materials in hand, they sat down on the spot and began to study how to do it.

If they want to be precise, the diameter of the cannon barrel and the diameter of the tennis ball should be as close as possible. What’s more, aligning the straight tube up and down need a reference

Jiang Yu picked up a tennis ball and then took out the canned soda in the box. After comparing it, she found that the diameter of the tennis ball was almost the same as the diameter of the can.

Jian Cang saw it and couldn't help but said, "So this is the correct prop, right? It just so happens that the can can be used as a reference."

Ye Yuanyu had already begun to take action. He tore the carton apart along the fold line, placed a can in the middle and rolled it up. He wasn't satisfied with the finished product, "The paper shell is too hard. The inside of the roll will not be smooth and the friction will be too much…"

Jiang Yu thought so too. In fact, it was most suitable to use cans. Not only was the diameter just right, the inner wall was very smooth. There was no need to worry about the problem of being wide at one end and narrow at the other. However, they do not have extra tools and needed to remove the top and bottom of the can. It wasn’t very realistic at all.

However, she felt a little unwilling to give up. She picked up a can and turned it up and down to see if there was any other way. Xiang Chen exclaimed in surprise, "God Yu, you’re injured?"

She was stunned for a moment and turned around. She saw Qin Shiyu leisurely walking over with a medical kit in hand.

Shu Hua was about to stand up, "Where are you injured?"

Qin Shiyu shook the medical kit and said, "I’m fine. I borrowed it from the program team."

? ? ? Everyone was confused.

Shu Hua asked for everyone, "Why do you need to borrow the medical kit?"

Qin Shiyu walked next to her and Jian Cang consciously gave up her position. Qin Shiyu sat down, opened the medical box, took out the scissors inside and snipped it twice, "You don't need it?"

Jian Cang immediately caught on and laughed, "As expected of God Yu! It's too ugly to tear by hand and it's hard to trim the edges."

Xiang Chen said, "We asked them for cardboard boxes but they wouldn't give them to us. Why would they lend you the medical kit?"

Qin Shiyu pushed the medical kit to the middle and let them pick out the handy tools inside. He took out an empty can he found somewhere and started cutting, "Aren't some of you injured?"

Ye Yuanyu looked at the glaring director behind him, grasped the realization, and said, "En, I'm injured. I need a bandage and a blade."

Shu Hua reacted, "Ah, me! I'm injured too. I need tape and..." She looked at the medical box and said, "What else?"

【Hahaha, they are really...】

【God Ye has become bad. 】

【The director laughed angrily at them. 】

【But what can be done? Can’t compete with the brain. Can’t beat the mouth. Can only let them be. 】

With the tools in the medical kit, the idea of using cans as barrels could be realized, but before that, they had to get some empty cans.

"Come on, come on, let's celebrate our success in advance!" Jian Cang held up the drink.

Shu Hua clinked the can with him enthusiastically, "Cheers!"

Then the two thoughtfully brought a few cans to the staff, clinked cans with them, and urged them to "sip it down."

【The staff seems to be being forced into prostitution. 】

【Why do they not look like top students, but rather like school bullies? 】

【Hahaha, not only the director group suffered, but the staff were brutally tortured. 】

In short, with their joint efforts, everyone happily collected 15 cans. Qin Shiyu and Ye Yuanyu started cutting with scissors and a blade, while Jiang Yu was responsible for connecting the cans they cut.

The cameraman took a close-up of their handicrafts, while Jian Cang explained: "Welcome to our program on turning waste into treasure. Don't throw away the cans you drank. In five minutes, we will teach you how to use cans to make cannons..."

【It’s so funny, the professionalism of the esports captain game anchor finally matches, right? 】

【Haha, it turns into a handmade channel in seconds. 】

【Speaking of which, why do their hands look so beautiful! ? 】

【When the bigshot was so skillful in connecting the circuit board in the last episode, I thought she was an electrician. But now it seems that she is really good with her hands. How did she fasten these two things so tightly that no traces can be seen? 】

【These people! Is there something they can’t do? 】

【Probably just the matter of marrying you? 】

【Sarcasm...】

In Jian Cang's funny explanation and the audience's teasing, they quickly made a cannon barrel close to 1.5 meters.

Jian Cang tested it, throwing a tennis ball in from one end, and it immediately slid out from the other end very smoothly, "Great! Success!"

The next step was the actual operation.

Jian Cang directly laid on the ground and aimed at the buckle button through the barrel. After determining the position, Qin Shiyu held the barrel still. After he moved away, Qin Shiyu carefully vertically put down the barrel.

Ye Yuanyu said, "No worries. Try it once first, and then adjust it if it's not right."

Jiang Yu took four tennis balls. In fact, it was best for the Galileo Cannon to use balls of different sizes, but their conditions were limited. So they put in a few more balls to accumulate potential energy.

Jian Cang and Shu Hua were pumping up atmosphere next to them:

Jian Cang: "Get ready!"

Jiang Yu stacked four tennis balls and placed them at the mouth of the cannon barrel. Qin Shiyu was responsible for holding the cannon barrel upright.

Shu Hua: "Three, two, one! Launch!"

Jiang Yu let go and four tennis balls fell into the barrel. Immediately afterwards, the top tennis ball bounced out at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it hit the steel beam hard with a loud "bang" sound and startled everyone.

The audience was shocked: 【Although they heard that it was quite powerful, they did not expect it to be so powerful. 】

【No wonder it’s called Galileo’s cannon. With the power of four tennis balls, it’s really a cannon. 】

Jiang Yu and the others came back to their senses and looked up to check. They found that the position was a little crooked and the buckle had not been hit. Ye Yuanyu said, "The method is feasible, just adjust the position."

After the first experience, the second Galileo cannon was fired. The rope's bayonet opened with a huge sound and the box with the ransom hooked on it instantly dropped down - the rope fell off.

"Oh yeah!!!" The group couldn't help but cheer at the same time.

Jiang Yu clenched her fists happily. Qin Shiyu looked at them with a faint smile in his eyes.

"Come on, let's work together!" Xiang Chen said, "Get the remaining one down too!"

They were all a group of people who were used to doing experiments. This time they were more skilled. Although there was only one rope left and the suitcase and buckle were in a vertical line, it wasn't difficult for them.

After roughly calculating the time it took for the suitcase to swing away and the time it took for the tennis ball to rebound, Ye Yuanyu used a basketball to knock the suitcase away. Jian Cang aimed the barrel and observed the moment when the suitcase got out of the vertical line position and sent a signal, "Release!”

Jiang Yu and Qin Shiyu cooperated. The ball bounced up at high speed again and the other rope fell down in response.

The suitcase finally fell down. The group dispersed with joy, while the barrage burst into cheers!

【That’s awesome! ! 】

【Although I knew it is powerful, it is shocking to see it with my own eyes. 】

【Is this the process of top students’ conducting experiments? From theory to practice, they only failed once! 】

【The key point is when they hit the second rope. They were able to calculate the swinging and the tennis ball rebound time...]

【Once again, I’m reminded of the gap between me and the top students. 】

Jiang Yu and the others looked back at the suitcase lying on the ground and cheered again.

Xiang Chen, who had always been steady, and Ye Yuanyu, who was aloof, hugged each other excitedly. Jian Cang couldn't help but rush toward Jiang Yu, "Ahhhhh, Elder Sister Yu, we succeeded!"

But Shu Hua was one step faster. She directly hugged Jiang Yu, "Bigshot, you are so awesome!"

Jiang Yu was so frightened that she hugged her neck and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's all thanks to everyone."

Just as everyone was excited, the sound of "tick-tock, tick-tock" suddenly came from the loudspeaker.

The group fell silent in unison. Jian Cang uttered in horror, "I have a bad feeling."

Xiang Chen said, "Bomb countdown?"

"Yes," the kidnapper's crazy voice sounded from the loudspeaker again, "This place is about to explode! Hahahaha, the ransom box is connected to a pressure detonator. You didn't expect this, right!?"

"Three minute countdown to unlock the code of the ransom box." At this point, the voice in the loudspeaker suddenly changed. It was no longer hoarse and unpleasant, but a soft female voice. "This is your last chance..." 

The tone was full of sadness.

The group were stunned, not knowing what was going on. Shu Hua said, "Zhang Diyi?"

The female voice smiled sadly, "Since I said I would give you a chance, I will give you a chance."

In the time it took them to say these two sentences, the ransom box had been opened by Jiang Yu. No one was surprised anymore, but Shu Hua subconsciously asked, "It’s opened? No password clues were given?"

Jiang Yu looked up at the girl coming out of the auditorium, "The 8-digit password is most likely a date. The most important date for her was December 20, 2013."

It dawned on Jian Cang, "The day when her hand was really injured."

Jiang Yu said, "This was the day she wanted Li Zhen to remember."

The few people were silent. The suitcase was opened. There wasn't only the ransom money, but also a remote control. Jiang Yu directly pressed the switch, and the door of the gymnasium opened with a bang. The bright sunshine outside could be clearly seen.

They looked at the door and then at the girl standing there motionless. Shu Hua raised her voice, "What about you? Are you leaving?"

"Zhang Diyi" laughed, "I can't walk out, I will never walk out..." She paused at this point, "Why was she rescued but no one came to rescue me?"

Shu Hua suddenly raised her feet and ran toward the auditorium, "Who said no one will come to save you? We already said we are here to save you!"

"Yes," Jian Cang ran over, "We are here to save you. Li Zhen isn't worth it!"

The NPC who played Zhang Diyi probably didn’t expect this to happen in the end. Shouldn’t they hurry up and run away? She froze there for a moment not knowing how to react.

Shu Hua had already run into the auditorium, "Actually, someone has been saving you, don't you know?"

"Why else would the classroom teacher leave a puzzle and give the key? Because only you can solve it. She was providing you with a safe place."

"Why do you know about the school's secret passage? Was it really a coincidence?"

"Is ferric thiocyanate knowledge for the chemistry competition? How do you know it? Li Zhen and the others don't know it at all. Didn't the chemistry teacher specially teach it to you? Who gave you the experimental reagents?"

She picked up the stunned "Zhang Diyi" and ran outside, "They can't always stay by your side and make decisions for you, but they have been teaching you the ability to protect yourself, haven't they?"

"How else could you be so powerful and keep us trapped here for so long?"

"You only think about Li Zhen and others' malice toward you, but haven't you thought about how to repay those who showed kindness to you?"

【……】

【Why do I suddenly want to cry? 】

【Holy crap, there are such warm details in it. I didn’t notice it at all. 】

【Wuuu, before this, I always thought that Shu Hua is just our mouthpiece, but now I realize that she is very powerful. 】

【They are all so gentle. They are all waiting for them. 】

Jiang Yu and the others didn’t leave until Shu Hua joined them with "Zhang Diyi" in her arms. Only then, they rushed to the door together.

The door that wasn't too far away seemed to be out of reach amidst the "ticking" countdowns. This was probably the most nervous moment for them in the entire episode.

"Waa!! Hurry up, hurry up!" Jian Cang shouted anxiously. The two most athletic people, Ye Yuanyu and Qin Shiyu ran at the end.

The moment they rushed out of the gymnasium gate, there was a sudden rumbling explosion behind them. It was deafening. The group screamed and threw themselves on the mat in front of them.

After the remaining sound subsided, Ye Yuanyu turned over and looked at the gymnasium where everything was normal and couldn't help but say, "Isn’t the recording too realistic?"

Xiang Chen turned over, looked up at the eyes above his head and smiled, "It's really scary."

Shu Hua yelped out, "Miss, are you okay?"

The group propped up their bodies and discovered that Shu Hua had just thrown "Zhang Diyi" out of her arms when she laid down.

"Zhang Diyi" got up and suddenly stretched out her arms to hug Shu Hua, "Thank you." 

Don’t know if she said it as Zhang Diyi or as herself.

【No, I’m crying. What's up with Shu Hua? She is the hilarious one. She is also the sensational one. 】

【They are really great...】

Seeing that they were fine, Jiang Yu relaxed her elbows, fell back onto the mat, and laid down comfortably. This trip was really tiring.

Everyone else made the same move. There was no movement next to her. When she turned her head around, she saw a handsome profile face. Qin Shiyu put a hand on his forehead, closed her eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep. However, there was a hint of a smile on his lips.

A group of handsome guys and beauties lying together was very pleasing to the eye. The director didn’t ask them to get up, but directly asked the cameraman to step forward and focus the camera on them. 

The director asked: "What do you want to say about school bullying?"

Ye Yuanyu finally regained his aloofness: "Only those who live unhappy lives and have imperfect personalities would want to bully others to gain a sense of existence. Pity them."

Xiang Chen said, "Learn to seek help. Tell your parents and call the police. Don't have any scruples. The consequences will never be worse than always being bullied."

Jian Cang pondered for a while, "Not everyone may encounter bullying, but almost everyone has been a bystander. I hope that when we encounter bullying, we can all do something within our capabilities. At that time, your little actions can become a light in the hearts of the bullied people and a spiritual pillar to support them in coming forward."

Shu Hua waved her fist, "Resist any bullying!"

Everyone waited for a long time and found out that was it.

Jian Cang turned to look at her, "You were very eloquent just now. Why are you so concise now?"

Shu Hua said, "I think what you all said is very good."

After speaking, she looked at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu looked at the camera and it was unknown what she thought of, "After the reaction of potassium thiocyanate and ferric chloride, blood-red ferric thiocyanate will be obtained. However, sodium fluoride can make the blood color fade because the coordination ability of fluoride ions is stronger than Iron ions.”

"When you are stronger, you will have the power to fight against malice and the ability to cherish goodwill. Goodwill is the most precious thing."

【It’s rare for Elder Sister Yu to talk so much. 】

【This expression is very academic. 】

Finally it was Qin Shiyu's turn. He put down his hand, finally opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "All is well said."

【Hahaha, here it comes. God Yu’s comment-style speech, Shu Hua at least copied the homework, while you always comment directly. 】

【To summarize what school bullying mean: 1. Bullies are idiots; 2. Those who are bullied must learn to ask for help; 3. We should not stand idly by when bullying occurs; 4. Those who are bullied should learn to be brave. 】

【There are evil people in this world, but there are more kind people. Don’t give up on yourself easily. 】

【I wish there would be no bullying in the world]

【I wish there would be no bullying in the world]

【I wish there would be no bullying in the world]

……

The director announced the end of work.

They slowly got up from the mat. Jiang Yu immediately saw Zhao Shunong waiting next to her. She had been frowning and scrolling through her phone. Suddenly her face changed, "Why hasn't the live broadcast room been closed yet?"

The staff in charge of the live broadcast room seemed to have discovered something and immediately said, "Turn it off immediately!"

The staff originally thought the footage of these people lying together was beautiful and interesting and wanted to broadcast it for a while longer. Unexpectedly, a bunch of random people suddenly came in. These black fans were really annoying.

Qin Shiyu, who was lying still, looked at her lazily, "It seems that Auntie Chen has already started to take action. The next step is up to you."

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment before she realized that the Auntie Chen he was referring to was Chen Yalian. She thought, to be able to call her so lightly, he really didn't take the Qin Family seriously. And instead, he chose to target her, the pawn who was being used. He was really unpredictable.

She nodded in a very obedient manner, "En, remember. It must be yellow." You don't like green, I remember.

Qin Shiyu:......

This girl was really not an ordinary vengeful person.

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1 comment:

  1. that's not how Galileo's cannon works at all though?? The balls can't be the same size, the principle of operation is that the force required to move a big ball a short distance can be used to move a little ball a long distance, so transferring the energy from a big ball to a small ball causes the small one to shoot off a large distance. At the very least, even if they're the same size the ball on the bottom has to be more massive.

    I also don't think it would work very well sideways when it's gravity powered. Or in a tube. Or hit things all that hard at all. The little ball that goes flying off only has as much force as it took to make the heavy ball bounce a centimeter or so... the friction of the tube would leech that small amount of force away easily. And upon reaching the target, not only did it have very little energy to begin with, by the point it's so high in the air almost all of the energy has been converted from kinetic energy to potential energy, it would strike with a tiny tap at best.

    Throwing by hand would be way more effective than Galileo's cannon, which provides very little force and very poor accuracy. Don't underestimate throwing, humans are the throwing kings of the animal kingdom! We have special unique adaptations for throwing not found in any other animal, like the ability to lock our wrists to increase throwing force and accuracy, as well as an inherent intuitive understanding of ballistics. These among other things make humans far superior at throwing than any other animal on Earth. Chimps are the next best at throwing but they're inferior by a huge margin, humans are awesome. No other creature could ever dream of playing baseball, basically.

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