Ark Journey

"There are new faces. What do you need? I have the best blacksmith shop in the Reunion Movement."

Xue Zhi looked around and didn't find anything of interest, so she took out one of the explosives made by W.

Portable warehouses can still be used in this situation.

"Nothing is needed. Look at this. Can you make it?"

Looking at the thing Xue Zhi handed over, the blacksmith knew it was extraordinary before he even touched it.

He wiped his hands before carefully taking it, but after taking a closer look, he exclaimed:

"This... this is a masterpiece! The perfect combination of Originium and chemical reagents! I'm sure that if it explodes, my entire shop will be blown up to the sky!"

This sentence made the Yeti and Sarkaz, who were originally watching the fun, take several steps back.

"Brother Xue, do you usually carry this thing with you?"

Xue Zhi waved her hand:

"It is preserved by special Originium techniques, so it won't explode so easily. Can it be made?"

The blacksmith put on a pair of glasses, took out a small knife, carefully scraped off some powder from the bomb and poured it into a cup full of liquid. After observing the reaction, he sighed in disappointment.

"...No, I can't make it."

"That's a shame."

After putting away the bomb, Xue Zhi and the snow monsters left.

In the evening, Alina came to find Xue Zhi as promised to teach the children.

"You went to exercise again? So diligent?"

"Ah."

"Give me your hand, or you won't be able to sleep well tonight."

Alina blinked, then extended her hand to Xue Zhi, and the two walked on the road with their hands touching, just like a couple. However, if you look closely, they didn't touch each other because they were still clones.

"How come you know everything?"

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that."

The warm and comfortable feeling came over me again, and the accumulated fatigue quickly disappeared.

[So comfortable, maybe leaning on him would be better? ]

Alina was frightened by the sudden thought that came to her mind. After all, in her heart, the deepest impression Xue Zhi left on her was her somewhat unscrupulous and arrogant look that day in the underground shelter.

In short, Xue Zhi is not a good person, but many things he does make him look like a saint.

Alina had already learned from Tallulah that Xue Zhi had given her a lot of mineral sickness inhibitors, and the price was just one pure Originium.

And how could I have such thoughts about someone I had only known for two days? Had I really become stupid from practicing sword skills?

[Tell Tallulah tomorrow to lower the intensity. ]

After helping her recover, Xue Zhi noticed something unusual and asked:

"You seem to have something on your mind? It's normal to have that, after all, I said those things."

He is still somewhat self-aware.

Chapter 15: The final stage of seduction

When Xue Zhi said the first half of the sentence, Alina, who thought her thoughts were seen through, was a little panicked and didn't know how to answer. But when she said the second half of the sentence, she knew that it was impossible.

"No, it's just that sword practice is a bit too tiring."

Taking her hand back, Alina caught a glimpse of her nails digging into Xue Zhi's clothes.

"Now this you is still a clone."

"Yeah, otherwise you don't have to bring your hand over here, I can achieve the same effect just by looking at you."

Upon learning of this, Alina sighed, feeling inexplicably lost. If she had really moved closer, she didn't know how big of a joke it would have been.

Neither of them spoke again until they reached the classroom.

After asking Xue Zhi about the subjects he was good at and assigning him tasks, Alina watched him teach from the side.

Xue Zhi really wasn't lying. After he spoke for a while, several teachers who were attending the class with Alina realized that his knowledge reserve was quite profound and his structure was clear. It was obvious that he was a professional, much better than those of them who had only studied high school at most.

Thanks to the lectures he had given in Kazitun, Xue Zhi had some skills in teaching. He was not at all stage fright and appeared to be very confident.

When tonight's class ended, Alina came to Xue Zhi who was packing her books.

"Xue Zhi, are you studying in Kazdel?"

Xue Zhi paused in her movements due to the joke from hell.

"Alina, don't ever say that again, or the Sarkaz will think you're mocking their hometown. Just because I came from Kazdel doesn't mean I went to school there. There's been a lot of war there, and most people drop out of prenatal education. People with high school education can become prophets."

Xue Zhi's words made Alina laugh.

But soon she couldn't laugh anymore, because there weren't many people in the Integration Movement who could receive an education, and the situations of the two were not much different.

After packing up her things, Xue Zhi waved her hand and turned to leave.

"Okay, that's it for tonight."

Alina was left alone here to think about the future of the Integration Movement.

In the next few days, Xue Zhi controlled her clone and took the bird around the Integration Movement camp, helping anyone she could and looking around if there was nothing she could do.

This also allowed most people in the Reunion Movement to know him and give him a very good evaluation. After all, a wizard who masters multiple types of magic is a very versatile person.

When you have nothing to do, help Alina relieve fatigue and give her a meal. The novice protection period is when muscles and various physical fitness increase the fastest, so nutrition cannot be lacking.

At first she was reluctant to eat, saying that everyone was still starving. But after Xue Zhi said that he could provide food for all members of the Integration Movement and provided evidence, but did not provide the food because he was worried that it would split the Integration Movement, Alina finally agreed to be fed.

There were no missions on the Yeti's side, and there was no need to go again after training once. He was an army by himself, and the magic he used was even more powerful than that used by Froststar when the infection was at its worst. There was no way to cooperate with him at all.

The place he went to most often was where Alina practiced swordplay, but his target was not Alina, but Tallulah. Xue Zhi had already made some initial progress, and under the inducement of a little mental power released inadvertently by his clone, the Black Snake was already ready to make a move.

Today, Tallulah, who was teaching Alina some moves, suddenly said to Xue Zhi:

"You've been watching for so long? Do you want to try a few moves?"

"Tallulah, Xue Zhi is a magician and isn't good at these things. /Me? I'm fine."

Just when Alina wanted to help Xue Zhi to refuse, Xue Zhi took the initiative to move forward. The main reason was that he had long wanted to test the weight of the red dragon, which was one of the most powerful races in this land.

The two who spoke at the same time looked at each other. Alina looked at Xue Zhi as if to say: Don't you know I'm saving you? Don't you know what level Tallulah is after watching her for so many days?

Tallulah smiled generously:

"Haha, it seems that Xue Zhi is also a little itchy. Alina, don't say more."

When Xue Zhi was about to draw his weapon, Alina noticed that he had no weapon and threw a sword at him.

"Use this. It's yours anyway."

"also."

Using telekinesis to pretend to be holding a sword, Xue Zhi stood in front of Tallulah. However, his standing posture was not even as good as Alina, who had only trained for a few days.

[All flaws? No way, could it be that this is a swordsmanship that was honed on the battlefield? I have to be careful.]

Thinking of this, Tallulah got ready, and when she saw that Xue Zhi didn't move, she attacked first.

[Very fast, at least much faster than the average Sarkaz, and this is not even her full strength. ]

Tallulah's figure came with the wind, and the two-handed sword attacked from the side.

But Xue Zhi was faster. With other thoughts in mind, he slashed directly at Tallulah's blade with his sword. The two sharp weapons collided with each other, but neither could do anything to the other.

[The power is quite good, even greater than Hedley. 】

As sparks flew out, the two of them took a step back.

Alina knew how powerful Tallulah was, but what was frightening was that Xue Zhi could actually fight her to a draw.

"You are so strong, Xue Zhi."

"Each each other."

After exchanging some praises, the two fought again. Xue Zhi, who had already figured out how powerful Tallulah was, maintained a similar level to hers so that the confrontation could last longer.

Every time they fought, Xue Zhi's eyes would light up, and a bit of his mental power would spread to the surroundings. At the same time, he pretended to be trying his best to confuse the black snake, which was already a little active in his perception.

The battle between the two was very exciting. On one side was the Red Dragon, who had superb swordsmanship and could even wield a heavy sword in various ways. On the other side was the sorcerer, who had poor swordsmanship but could always break the opponent's moves. This attracted many people to stop and watch, and even the Patriot appeared on the side.

After fighting for dozens of moves, the two stopped as there was no clear winner.

Tallulah wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with a smile:

"Xue Zhi, you are so strong, are you really a magician?"

It had been a long time since she had had such a satisfying fight.

"You're not bad either. Your swordsmanship is the best among those I've fought with."

After getting the sword back, Alina found that there were not many sweat stains on the hilt, and it looked more like they were left when she used it.

She looked up at Tallulah, who was wiping her sweat to prevent herself from catching a cold, and then made a judgment.

[Xue Zhi, seems to be stronger than Tallulah in swordsmanship or close combat. ]

Xue Zhi, who was speaking at the side, had a strange light in his eyes, because he felt that the black snake had left Tallulah's spirit body during the last sword fight. Although it was only a little, it was obvious that the plan had worked.

Summary

The holiday is over, and I will return to posting twice a day, and make minor adjustments to the parts of this volume that have already been written. Yesterday, I went to read the relevant plots of Howling Light again, and found some mistakes.

If you have any opinions about the plot or the speed of progress, please feel free to raise them. If there are enough people, I will make changes.

There is no need to update it at the moment. The current data is 81/6200/21. The bounty is still valid. I would like to ask for monthly tickets and razor blades from all the bosses.

Chapter 16: Snake Hunt

At night, in front of Xue Zhi's tent, Alina, who had just finished a day of training, was waiting for him to feed her. She didn't have her sword with her.

An unknown creature was being roasted on the fire. In order to make Alina feel more at ease while eating, this was not something Xue Zhi took out directly, but something Alpha had captured around the base.

Alina poked the firewood and said:

"Tallulah is worried about how to distribute the mineral sickness inhibitors you gave her recently. If she's not careful, this might cause the Reunion to split. Do you have any good ideas?"

"I don't know. And some of my methods are too cruel. You won't use them."

Xue Zhi's answer was very simple, after all, he really had no idea about it.

The situation of the Integration Movement is completely different from that of Kazitun. They started out as a military group and had no worries about food and drink. In addition, the small village nearby had barely a thousand people, and there was no infected patrol team to strangle them.

The underlying color here is an infected mutual aid organization, which is not very militarized and has more people. Except for the guerrillas and Sarkaz team led by the patriot Frost Star, the remaining thousands of people in this organization are basically ordinary infected people who are just looking for a meal, and their spirits are even different.

Simply put, Kazitun is much easier to develop than the Integration Movement. Its only advantage is that thanks to the inhumanity of the Ursus Empire, it still has some mass support.

Alina didn't believe it. Xue Zhi was the most knowledgeable person she had ever met. He would always have some ways.

"You've read so many books, but there's no solution in them?"

"No, or it's OK if there is, but it needs to be changed according to the actual situation. The book generally does not contain specific content on how a certain organization should develop. If there is, then its level is not good enough."

She shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand Xue Zhi's strange words.

"I don't understand. Do you have those books?"

"Yes, I plan to give it to Tallulah after I finish dealing with Black Snake's legacy, and let her read it and figure it out herself."

When Alina heard Xue Zhi mention this matter again, her mood immediately became depressed, but she also knew that he would definitely do it.

With a sigh, Alina perked up again.

"When will we do it?"

"Tomorrow morning, remember to be ready."

"what do I need to do?"

"You don't have to do anything, just help me cover."