After a period of expansion, Langya City carried out extensive construction work outside the original city gate and built a new outer city. In order to adapt to the increasing population, the functions of the city inside and outside the base have been re-divided, and the different areas are organized in an orderly manner. The entire city has begun to take shape.
Under the command of Yang Bensheng, the survivors spent a week clearing and bulldozing part of the jungle, and at the same time used the obtained wood for the construction of houses in the outer city. The newly built outer city area has no city walls yet, only a lonely stone gate. However, the ground has been initially consolidated, during which Lin Qian found a servant to share her earth ability. Lang Hua met that person once. She was a taciturn and delicate little girl. The hardened road from this stone gate to the inner city is the masterpiece of their master and apprentice.
In Yang Bensheng's plan, the outer city area within the arc-shaped city wall is about 2 kilometers wide and 5 kilometers long. The outer city will be divided into east and west parts with the main road into the city as the dividing line. The west side is more spacious and mainly contains civilian areas and living areas. Newly arrived refugees were first resettled here after being registered by the Personnel Department where Zheng Hong worked. The buildings on the east side of the road into the city are relatively dense. The part near the road is an empty martial arts field, and the distance is mainly used as a military camp. After the outer city wall was built, there were still large open spaces on the east and west sides of Langya City. This gentle slope was fertile and adjacent to the river "Qishui" surrounding Fengwei Mountain. Lang Hua planned to let people open up the wasteland and plant crops after the beginning of spring.
In the inner city, the temporary barracks originally set up on the left and right sides of the city gate have now become the exclusive residence of a small group of people. Some newly awakened low-level ability users, as well as team members with high potential selected by the senior management, will have their own room here. Although it was not as good as the single-family villas in the center of the city, with this 30-square-meter room, they finally did not have to squeeze in with other people in a dormitory in the outer city, and they could regain a sense of civilization.
After all, being able to live in the inner city is a kind of honor and recognition from the top. Of course, those who are selected to have special talents and have the value to be used in the end of the world are also specially allowed to live here. However, their rooms and those of the combatants were separated on both sides of the city gate. There was little overlap in their usual work contents, and they did not have much contact.
Walking further in from the barracks area under the city wall, passing through a wide park square, you arrived at the core area of the inner city. In the center is the City Lord's Mansion, which also serves as the command post, and the Citizens' Hall, which handles various procedures and issues bounty tasks.
Wu Ke's sword workshop is located on the west side of the inner city, close to the material warehouse of Langya City and the heavily guarded arsenal. There is also a two-story building here, which is mainly used as a place for ability evaluation of core members. The sound of practicing is often heard in the dead of night.
At this time, in the semi-open workshop, Lang Hua was taking a slender Miao knife from Wu Ke. The handle of this knife is made of mahogany clad with copper, and the guard is also an oval brass plate. There is a deep blood groove near the back of the blade, and there is a brown-green oxide layer on the surface of the blade, like bronze mixed with olive color, which is not sharp in the dark. Once light shines on it, you can see that there is a beautiful purple-red color on the blade, which looks very beautiful.
The slender blade of the Miao knife resembles a wheat seedling, so it is called the Miao knife. Lang Hua picked it up and made a sword dance, and heard a slight whistling sound as the blade cut through the air. After injecting crystal energy, the blade became slightly red and hot, giving Lang Hua an extremely familiar feel.
Wu Ke's eyes jumped when he saw Lang Hua wielding the sword.
He is also an old man who plays with knives. He can tell the depth of Lang Hua's skills just by looking at them. It is really rare for the opponent to have good sword skills at his age. Thinking of this, Wu Ke's admiration for Lang Hua, the "little leader", couldn't help but reach a higher level.
Wu Ke asked: "Deputy City Lord, have you practiced before?"
Lang Hua raised his head when he heard this and said, "Well, it was... a long time ago."
"Old man, there are few swordsmen I've ever seen who use their swords as beautifully as you do."
Lang Hua nodded, put away the Miao knife, and said with a smile: "Thank you, I am very satisfied with this knife."
"Hahaha, Deputy City Lord, as long as you are satisfied."
According to Wu Ke's introduction, the sword is five feet long, with a blade three feet eight inches long, a handle one foot two inches long, and a width one inch and two inches. The knife blank is hot-pressed using α+β dual-phase titanium alloy. After initial shaping, it was carefully forged by Wu Ke thousands of times before finally obtaining the finished product.
Compared with steel alloys, titanium alloys are sharper at the same hardness, and their wear resistance is even better. It can be said that they will hardly become dull. This high-strength titanium alloy has long exceeded the strength of many alloy structural steels. The same volume of titanium alloy weighs only 60% of steel. The only drawback is that it's too expensive. But in the apocalypse, money is already a piece of waste paper, and no matter how expensive the material is, it is not a big problem.
Compared with the special-grade spring steel used to make Mo Dao, titanium alloy is lighter and stronger, and also performs well in ultra-low temperatures, ultra-high temperatures, and highly corrosive environments, allowing Lang Hua to operate with ease in different combat environments. .
As the saying goes, a light sword makes a quick horse. With this Miao sword, Lang Hua can seize the opportunity faster in combat.
"It took me a lot of effort to polish this guy." Wu Ke sighed.
He looked at the Miao knife on Lang Hua's waist and couldn't help but rub his hands on the leather jacket, as if he was very reluctant to let go. But Lang Hua had no reason to return this beloved weapon.
So he changed his subject at the right time and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Old Wu. The contribution points this time will be doubled. Langya City will not treat our weapons master badly."
"Where is it?" Wu Ke waved his hand quickly, "The old man was only reused because of the deputy city lord's care, let alone an exceptional ability user. Isn't it right for me to contribute a lot to the base?"
"Hahahaha, you should get what you want, don't refuse."
"Then I, Old Wu, will thank the deputy city lord first."
The two chatted happily for a while, and Wu Ke even said that if Lang Hua could get a forging press and some precision equipment, he could provide the army with mass-produced weapons. Of course, the premise is that there are enough manpower.
Wu Ke's evolutionary ability is "skill", and he takes the path of making a big difference. After the outbreak of the apocalypse, he became very sensitive to the internal texture of various materials, and his evolutionary direction was "material perception". He can be said to be a born master of weapon refining.
While they were chatting, another person came out of the back room of the workroom. He was wearing a dirty white T-shirt and thick suspender jeans. It was difficult to associate him with Lin Wenjin, who always dressed more fashionably than the young people.
Lin Wenjin rubbed his nose with his wrist without any image, and handed another huge long knife to Lang Hua.
"Your Mo Dao is repaired, remember to treat me to dinner."
Looking at Lin Wenjin's embarrassed appearance, Lang Hua said quietly: "Uncle Lin, I think it is mainly Old Wu who is doing the hard work."
"There is no credit but hard work, do you understand?" Lin Wenjin pressed his nose and looked at Lang Hua sideways, as if he was very disdainful.
The repaired Modao handle is about four feet three inches long, the blade is nearly six feet, and the overall weight is far greater than before. Its blade is crystal clear, and the blade flashes with a blue-purple light from time to time. It is the result of refining the brain of the black corpse that is rich in crystal energy. In the end, it was named "Purple Night" by Lang Hua, which means that people can dispel the darkness and usher in a glimmer of light in the future.
It was Lang Hua's idea for Lin Wenjin to lay hands on Lao Wu. On the one hand, Lin Wenjin, as a user with both metal and fire abilities, was as talented as Wu Ke in weapon forging. All he lacked was experience and vision, which was completely worth spending time cultivating. On the other hand, letting Lin Wenjin and Lao Wu work as assistants seems to be assisting, but it is actually stealing teachers and monitoring.
There was no way, Lang Hua didn't have much contact with Wu Ke in his previous life, so he still couldn't spare the necessary precautions.
"A good knife, indeed a good knife." Lang Hua sighed and carefully placed the Ziyemo Knife into a wooden box.
"Why, don't you bring it with you?" Lin Wenjin frowned.
"No, you can't have your cake and eat it too. It's better to leave the sword to someone you're destined for." Lang Hua smiled, "I can't take all the good things, right?"
Although he knew that Lang Hua was joking, Lin Wenjin still said sincerely: "After the battle in Nata Mountain, Qian'er got a red ink ax, I got a sun-shooting bow, and even Sheng Ge'er and his wife got Dharma Rings." And the staff, but you are still empty-handed. The silver star pistol that you finally strengthened was given to the girl of the Qin family. The journey is difficult and dangerous, so why not give it to me with my sun-shooting bow..."
Lang Hua interrupted him with a smile and said, "You can't do that, Uncle Lin. There's a saying that a gentleman doesn't take advantage of others. Besides, even with these enchanted gelatin core equipment, you can Have you ever won me?"
"this……"
Lin Wenjin hesitated. Although they initially had the capital to fight at a higher level through the Holy Clothes and Noble Phantasms, if the opponent was Lang Hua... I'm afraid the result would be the same as before.
"Uncle Lin, do you know? A truly strong man cannot rely on external forces forever. When your evolutionary level gradually increases, you will understand that this is the truest truth in the apocalypse."
Lin Wenjin understood everything and agreed: "That's true."
"Don't worry, I'll be back in less than half a month. Shashi can be considered my hometown, nothing can happen."
"Bon voyage then."
"good."
After bidding farewell to Wu Ke and Lin Wenjin, Lang Hua immediately set off for Shashi.
Although he missed the opportunity to enchant the core of the holy clothing, Lang Hua had no regrets at all. He had already taken a different path in his previous life, and now that Wu Ke had re-forged the Miao Dao for him, he would only become more comfortable with it. The next step is to continuously refine and strengthen the weapon through crystal energy materials, and even warm up and refine the Miao Dao through "blood sacrifice".
Although this process progresses slowly, as long as you have patience and time, it will not be much worse than Noble Phantasms, Holy Equipment, etc. in the end. As for the bloody cruelty in the process, or other people's opinions, Lang Hua would not consider it. In the final analysis, it was because he killed enough people and black beasts with black corpses in his previous life that the Blood Roaring Miao Dao grew up and he had the strength to protect what he cherished. Regardless of whether you are born again or not, some concepts will not change.
In his previous life, Lang Hua had been in the army for thirteen years and was good at a variety of weapons. On the frontal battlefield, he was a striker with swords and horses, and he was good at using Mo Dao to defeat ten; on the battlefield behind enemy lines, he was an assassin who wandered in the shadows, holding a dagger in his hand and being fierce and decisive; and in the "Blood Wolf Flower" period, Lang Hua often used It is a strange blood-whispering Miao knife that shocks everyone with its usual life-threatening fighting style, making the name "Crazy Wolf" loud and clear...
After resurrecting his life, Lang Hua already has a new goal.
He knew very well that being a warrior or an assassin would not save anyone. If Lang Hua wants to stir up the world, rewrite history, and influence the direction of the end of the world in this life, he needs and must become the strongest type of person.
For this reason, he decided to pick up the Blood Howling Miao knife from his previous life and fight on the battlefield, killing all the creatures that dared to stand in front of him!
