38: Chapter 38 Mastery of Swordsmanship

Chen Ze walked straight up to the E-Class Mutant Zombie and reached out to touch the blue orb of light. A piece of information immediately appeared in his mind.

E-Class Martial Art: Blade Mastery

Item Description: Upon use, you will master proficiency-level blade techniques, equivalent to the blade mastery achieved after 10 years of rigorous training by a martial artist.

Evaluation: Proficiency-level blade techniques. Attacks are wide and powerful, while defense is impenetrable. Once mastered, monsters below E-Class will no longer be a match for you!

"Holy crap! What the hell is this?"

Chen Ze couldn't believe his eyes and cursed out loud.

Equivalent to 10 years of rigorous blade training—this is practically a cheat code!

"Mr. Chen, what good stuff dropped?"

Seeing how excited Chen Ze was, Wang Yalan hurriedly leaned over to ask.

Chen Ze didn't explain. He simply took Wang Yalan's hand and reached into the orb of light. The latter was instantly stunned on the spot.

"Oh my god, something like this can actually drop? This is basically a secret manual from a martial arts novel!"

"Mr. Chen, as soon as you use this, you'll instantly become a martial arts master!"

Wang Yalan exclaimed.

"Haha, exactly!"

Chen Ze laughed, his excitement plain to see.

"From now on, those monsters below E-Class won't be anything to fear in front of me."

Ever since he obtained the F-Class Tang Dao, Chen Ze hadn't used it properly more than a few times.

The reason was simple: firstly, he had a gun, and the second, more critical reason, was that he didn't know how to use it! He could flail it around a bit, but once in close-quarters combat with a zombie, it was a fight for his life; the slightest mistake could easily get him killed.

Moreover, judging from today's battle, the further things progressed, the less lethal firearms became. The rules of this world seemed to want survivors to rely on their own bodies and cold weapons to survive.

"Mr. Chen, then you should learn it quickly!"

Wang Yalan reminded him.

Chen Ze nodded and clicked to use it.

"Hum!"

A massive torrent of information instantly flooded into Chen Ze's mind, as if countless days and nights of blade technique training flashed rapidly before his eyes.

His body trembled slightly, his hands subconsciously making the motion of holding a blade, while the exquisite techniques and combat experience regarding blade skills in his mind pieced themselves together rapidly like a puzzle.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. He was immersed in this miraculous learning process, and his understanding and insight into blade techniques climbed at an astonishing speed.

When this torrent of information gradually subsided, Chen Ze slowly opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within them.

He reached out to pick up the F-Class Tang Dao, only to feel that the blade seemed to have a life of its own in his hand, fitting perfectly.

Chen Ze gripped the hilt tightly, and an overbearing, fierce aura instantly unfolded.

"Let me test the power of this blade technique!"

With that, Chen Ze swung his blade fiercely towards the E-Class Mutant Zombie.

This strike carried a whistling sound, as if the air itself had been torn apart by the sharp blade.

"Puchi!"

The mutant zombie's tough skin was instantly sliced open, leaving a terrifying wound half a meter long; the flesh was torn apart, and one could even see the stark white bone.

Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!

Chen Ze had a feeling that if the Tang Dao in his hand could reach E-Class, combined with this proficiency-level blade technique, he could even chop off the arm of this Brute Force Zombie in a single strike!

"Awesome!"

Wang Yalan was similarly stunned by this scene, standing frozen on the spot. Looking at the gruesome wound, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"Mr. Chen, with your lethality, back on Earth, you would probably have been considered a peerless master. I'm afraid those top martial arts champions wouldn't even be worth mentioning in front of you."

Men love being complimented by women, and Chen Ze was no exception.

He grinned and laughed, showing his teeth.

"Don't be obsessed with me; I'm just a legend!"

The remaining few orbs of light were at best cyan, but his luck was average, only dropping an F+ Long Whip.

Chen Ze took the whip out to examine it.

The whip was pitch black, and it was impossible to tell what it was made of. The outer skin had layers of wrinkles, looking just like snake skin, and it could stretch out to three or four meters in length.

Chen Ze didn't know how to use this thing, nor did he like it, so he prepared to toss it into his backpack.

But when he turned his head, he immediately noticed Wang Yalan staring intently at the long whip.

Chen Ze raised an eyebrow and casually handed the long whip over.

"Do you like it? It's yours."

"Ah? Is it okay?"

Wang Yalan looked at Chen Ze with surprise, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Ever since she entered this Blockhouse, she had kept her position very low. She did whatever Chen Ze told her to do. Even when she used the arisaka type 38 rifle earlier, she knew that it was because Chen Ze trusted her and gave her a chance to be useful.

But possessing her own weapon was a different matter; that was the treatment reserved for companions.

"Take it, and practice well! You might be able to help me at a critical moment!"

"Yes! I will!"

Wang Yalan nodded heavily and took the long whip with both hands.

The drop rate for the final white orb of light remained stable, yielding a 1000WH portable solar power station, two F-Class planting boxes, and one F-Class Affiliation Scroll.

Oh? A good drop?

Item Information: Affiliation Scroll

Item Description: After being used on a survivor, the target will never betray the user and will receive a 10% bonus to their three-dimensional attributes from the user.

Note: When using the scroll, the target must not resist internally, otherwise the failure rate will increase significantly.

"Holy crap! Good stuff!"

Chen Ze exclaimed. With this thing, his biggest worry about trust was solved. From now on, anyone who wanted to enter his Blockhouse would first have to pass the Affiliation Scroll test.

After opening the rewards, Wang Yalan brought out the meal she had prepared earlier.

Steamed rice, stir-fried preserved meat, shredded potatoes with chili peppers, and spicy cabbage.

"How did you manage to cook these things?"

Chen Ze asked.

"We used to have a portable gas stove at home, intended for picnics once we had kids, but we couldn't conceive for several years, so it just sat idle. It's coming in handy now."

Wang Yalan paused and continued.

"But the last canister of gas is finished, so we'll have to find another way later."

"It's fine, didn't we just get a portable solar power station? We can just use an induction cooker for cooking from now on."

Chen Ze took a couple of bites of the dishes and found that the food Wang Yalan made tasted really good.

"By the way? You and Yang Wei were together for so many years, why didn't you have kids?"

Chen Ze asked casually and continued shoveling rice into his mouth, completely failing to notice Wang Yalan's expression, which had already frozen.

After hesitating for a long while, Wang Yalan spoke softly.

"He... he doesn't have that function!"

"Pfft!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ze immediately spat out most of the rice in his mouth. Seeing this, Wang Yalan hurriedly stepped forward to help him clean up.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll do it myself."

He took a sip of water and heard Wang Yalan continue.

"Ever since I married him, we never did that. At first, I thought he was keeping a mistress on the side, until I accidentally saw his medical report later and realized..."

"He didn't have that function at all!"

"Ah?"

Chen Ze widened his eyes, his face full of shock.

Yang Wei, oh Yang Wei, I originally thought your name was poorly chosen, but looking at it now, this name is a height you could never reach in your entire life!

But then he suddenly thought of an important question.

Holy crap, does that mean the little housewife might still be a virgin?

"Well, that must have been hard on you!"

Wang Yalan didn't speak, just lowered her head to eat. Chen Ze, using the faint light from outside, began to seriously size up the woman in front of him.

Her features were exquisite, her eyebrows were slender, and her pair of peach-blossom eyes were very beautiful. Her slightly open collar highlighted her fair, glowing skin, and her soft, alluring posture stirred his heart.

Chen Ze swallowed his saliva and shouted in his heart.

This is great! This is simply great!