Chapter 38
Ye Xuan’s silence tacitly confirmed Luo Feng’s words.
Luo Feng imagined Ye Xuan as a child—a little milk baby whose candy was often snatched away by different fierce-looking children.
Had he been bullied so much that he had become someone who did not dare fight or compete now?
Ye Xuan blinked. What was going on? Why was there suddenly more fatherly affection and sympathy in Brother Feng’s eyes?
Brother Feng had misunderstood him, right? It was not what he was thinking.
He was not some weak and delicate Ye Xuan. He was the Ye Xuan who had beaten Quan Guanxi until he screamed wildly!
“Brother Feng, I…”
Ye Xuan wanted to speak but hesitated, only to be pulled into a hug by Luo Feng.
“Child, it’s fine. Everyone in our team is very nice. Opportunities are also taken in turns. There won’t be any malicious competition like in other teams. Don’t worry about anyone bullying you either.”
Ye Xuan held his hands open, not knowing where to put them. Brother Feng’s misunderstanding of him seemed to have deepened.
Luo Feng let go and took a step back, then pulled a dark-purple short blade from his pocket.
“For you. A meeting gift.”
“No—” Thinking of what Luo Feng had said to him, Ye Xuan swallowed the word back and reached out to accept it. “Thank you, Brother Feng.”
“That’s more like it.” Luo Feng smiled. “Progress.”
Luo Feng continued, “When I first met the kids, I prepared all kinds of meeting gifts. I didn’t expect more than half of them to be strength-type ability users, so most of the gifts couldn’t be given out. They’re still sitting in my room now. This short blade was something I prepared for a space-type ability user. I thought I’d never be able to give it away, but who would’ve thought you’d actually come to our team? This must be fate.”
Ye Xuan carefully examined the short blade. It looked unassuming, but the edge was sharp. The patterns on the handle were not complicated, but they were very delicate. Brother Feng must have put thought into choosing it.
“I like it very much.”
Luo Feng laughed twice. “As long as you like it.”
“Now, I’ll teach you how to use it.”
“Wait.”
Ye Xuan looked at Luo Feng, his lips moving slightly.
“Say whatever you want to say.”
“I want to know why the base doesn’t use more lethal weapons, like guns.”
Luo Feng clapped his hands and gave Ye Xuan a thumbs-up. “Good question.”
He tapped on his wristband, and a virtual projection appeared.
“Because the virus mutates extremely quickly, the degree of mutation in zombies also differs. Some zombies are very fast, some have high defense, and some even transform into other forms.”
“Because of that, using guns not only increases the difficulty of killing them, but also drags down the team.”
Luo Feng turned off his wristband. “If guns could solve the problem, the base could just recruit soldiers. Why would they need to recruit ability users?”
Ye Xuan had not known that zombies had already mutated to this extent. In his understanding, zombies only ran around and unconsciously attacked people.
“Alright. I’ll use it well.”
Ye Xuan revealed the short blade.
Luo Feng demonstrated how to use it. In his hand, the short blade moved very smoothly, as if it were part of his body.
“The characteristics of a short blade are very obvious. Once it draws blood, it can seal the throat. Its weakness is also very obvious: you have to get close. That means when using it, the user is exposed to danger.”
“So you must act according to the situation. The moment there is an opportunity, strike immediately.”
Luo Feng held the handle in a reverse grip and drew a cold arc through the air. “When using this blade, the dullest method is stabbing. The method most compatible with your ability is slicing. Flash in front of the zombie, let your arm drive your wrist, and slash open the zombie’s neck in one strike.”
“However, if you encounter a zombie with strong defense, it’s better to use stabbing. Find the opponent’s weak point, stab down hard, twist your wrist, and sever the nerves.”
Ye Xuan listened carefully, his hand imitating Luo Feng’s movements.
Luo Feng tossed the short blade back into Ye Xuan’s arms.
“Knowing the theory isn’t enough. You need practice too. Come on, spar with me.”
Ye Xuan circled around Luo Feng. Luo Feng stood calmly in place. Ye Xuan suddenly stabbed toward Luo Feng’s back. Even at such close distance, Luo Feng still did not move.
Afraid that he would really stab him, Ye Xuan withdrew some strength.
It was as if Luo Feng had eyes on his back. He suddenly reached out, hooked Ye Xuan by the waist, and threw him hard into the distance.
The force was enormous. Just as Ye Xuan was about to crash into the wall, he flashed in front of Luo Feng.
“When facing zombies, will you also hold back?” Luo Feng kneaded his fist and rolled his neck. “If I had thrown a punch just now, you’d already be lying on the floor. Focus.”
Ye Xuan concentrated and stared closely at Luo Feng. He found an opening, flashed to Luo Feng’s side, gripped the short blade tightly, and launched a rapid series of attacks.
But Luo Feng dodged every single one. When Ye Xuan made his final attack, Luo Feng threw him toward the wall again.
Ye Xuan flashed to a spot not far from Luo Feng. Luo Feng was like an iron wall, flawless and impossible to break through.
“On the battlefield, the two biggest taboos are only defending without attacking, or only attacking without defending. What you need to train most right now is combining offense and defense, switching freely between the two.”
“Again.”
Unwilling to give up, Ye Xuan attacked again and again. After realizing his strategy was ineffective, he also copied Luo Feng and stood in place, waiting for Luo Feng to attack first.
As a result, the moment Luo Feng made a move, he could not find any chance to counterattack at all. He could only keep defending.
In the end, he was so tired that he sat down on the ground and called surrender. “Enough, enough. I admit defeat.”
Luo Feng picked up a bottle of mineral water from the side and tossed it to Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan opened it and directly drank half the bottle.
Luo Feng crouched beside him and said, “For your first day of training, you’ve already done very well. Combat awareness like this isn’t something you can develop in one day.”
After resting for a while, Ye Xuan stood up again.
“Again.”
The two exchanged blows back and forth, but on closer look, it was obvious Luo Feng was holding back, while Ye Xuan was fighting with great difficulty.
Even after the team members finished training in the central venue and came out, Ye Xuan was still enthusiastically dragging Luo Feng along, saying he wanted to keep training.
“Wow, I really couldn’t tell Ye Xuan loves working this much.”
“It’s his first day at work. Of course he’s excited. He’ll be fine after a few days.”
“Brother Feng, Ye Xuan, we’re leaving first. See you tomorrow.”
Ye Xuan waved goodbye to his teammates, then looked at Luo Feng expectantly. Luo Feng shuddered, even his face wrinkling up. He hurriedly shook his head. “That’s already more than enough training for today. It’s six o’clock already. We’ll practice next time. You can’t eat yourself into a fatty in one bite.”
Luo Feng moved bit by bit toward the door. After touching the door handle, he waved at Ye Xuan. “See you tomorrow.”
After saying that, Luo Feng opened the door and ran off, looking back as he ran, afraid Ye Xuan would chase after him.
He had never seen such a studious student before!
Ye Xuan sat down in the venue and rubbed the dark-purple short blade. After training for the whole afternoon, he seemed to have grasped some of the method. He had originally planned to use this chance to become more familiar with the weapon.
But Brother Feng said a person could not eat themselves into a fatty in one breath. Since he said that, there had to be reason behind it.
The door leading to the central venue opened, and Xia Chenxi walked out. The ends of his hair were slightly damp, and it was obvious he had trained very hard.
Xia Chenxi walked to Ye Xuan’s side. “I got too immersed in training and forgot the time. I thought you left first.”
Ye Xuan raised his head to look at him. The afterglow of the setting sun spilled across his face.
“We said we’d go back together. How could I leave first?”
