Chapter 168: Chapter 168

The school’s lack of leniency is understandable—after all, there’s no need to be lenient with criminals.

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Thus, with real names being exposed, many netizens have come forward to discuss Qin Manman’s path of polyphenol refinement.

Some even dug into her family situation.

Fortunately, Mr. Qin’s business, dealing with construction materials, has not been severely affected. However, the relatives and friends who heard about it caused a bit of a fuss.

The rescue team’s work is certainly arduous, but the most intense phase is over, giving everyone a moment to catch their breath.

With today’s advanced technology and the global attention on such a massive disaster, temporary signal stations were gradually established at the various bases a week later, enabling internet connectivity for everyone. This significantly relieved a lot of their worries.

Now, with the earthquake largely stabilized, donations from volunteers and citizens are able to make their way through challenges safely to the affected areas.

On the 7th day after the earthquake, all 36 Rescue Dragonflies were completed, and Chu River unhesitatingly made this data and technology available to the nation—

Honestly, she initially created this just to irk Qin Manman, but she never expected...

To the country, this gift is invaluable.

Has the golden rescue time passed, rendering the Rescue Dragonflies useless?

No, setting aside national defense needs, during the past week, the three Rescue Dragonflies proved to be quite powerful—finding people buried under rubble used to require bomb-sniffing dogs, thermal imaging, and every possible means to locate them from a glimmer of hope.

Sometimes, it could take seven or eight hours to save one person.

And if communication was not timely—even when it was—the process of clearing layers of debris could still lead to further danger. Rescue Dragonflies, after a comprehensive scan, prioritized deploying step-by-step rescue recommendations based on the victim’s physical condition.

This resulted in an astonishing rescue efficiency that directly saved countless lives.

For those still trapped, it’s not merely a matter of Rescue Dragonfly’s efficiency; rather, it’s that...

Those individuals might no longer display any vital signs detectable by the scan.

Now, with 36 Rescue Dragonflies, all affected areas are fully covered. When they operate with full permissions, they can scan up to 16 meters underground, ensuring that no citizen is left behind.

—We must find the living, and recover the dead.

Handing over all 36 Rescue Dragonflies, the makeshift lab can finally relax. As they all stood up, they could hear the joints in their bodies cracking, and their eyes, tired from wearing glasses for too long, seemed unable to fully perceive their real surroundings.

Yet, everyone’s face was lit with warm, enthusiastic smiles.

—They’re scientists, physically powerless, perhaps too frail to even qualify as rescue volunteers.

But in this great disaster, they gave everything they could, contributing even the slightest effort for the benefit of more people.

All of it was thanks to the guidance of this prodigious young girl before them.

Everyone had signed confidentiality agreements and knew all about the project team. Even students with no experience dared not ask Chu River how exactly she was a national treasure...

But when this national treasure finally relaxed, she sprawled in her chair, long legs unabashedly propped on the desk that Cleaning Circle had been tidying, exuding a carefree aura.

Apologies, the role switch was too quick; they couldn’t immediately adjust.

Little Yellow felt dizzy over the last few days, as if she’d learned everything in the universe, yet couldn’t recognize a single character, and the notebook in her hands felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. At this moment, her confused eyes fell on her writing, and her mind couldn’t even process it.

Clearly, she’d become stupid from learning too much.

After all, for a poor student, interstellar knowledge truly is an unbearable burden.

Chu River stretched broadly, no longer speaking with the forceful and decisive tone from when she issued tasks, but with a certain unabashed arrogance:

"Hey, do you guys have anything else to do next? If you’re all free, join me on the next project!"

Though her words were arrogant, tactless, and lacked the demeanor of a humble leader... for the project members who had spent a week with her, was there any need to think twice?