Chapter 922: Practice First and Sword Behind
As long as the array room is open, college students can enter and exit freely with their student ID cards.
As soon as the showroom opened, Zhou Wen swiped his student ID and went in.
There weren't usually many students coming here, and it was too early. When Zhou Wen entered the showroom, the staff were still tidying up, and there wasn't a single student.
Now that he was there, Zhou Wen didn't rush to look at the knives. He just looked at the first exhibit.
What is displayed here are all the metal weapons produced by humans after the dimensional storm, but most of them are imitations, just for show.
The knife is the mainstream, followed by the gun and crossbow, the sword and others are non-mainstream, and there are also shields and armor made of gold, but the number is very small because the effect is not very good.
Then there are various Yuanjin bullets and firearms. Most bullets are gold-plated or mixed with a certain amount of Yuanjin. Pure Yuanjin bullets are relatively rare and are generally only equipped by senior military officers.
Rocket launchers and artillery shells can also be made of meta-gold, but they can only attack large groups of dimensional creatures, so they are not suitable for general combat.
Most of them are used to repel large-scale dimensional creatures, or to deal with some immobile plant-like dimensional creatures.
There are even more types of knives, ranging from sharp knives as small as the length of a palm to long-handled sabers. Zhou Wen was dazzled by the sight, but after looking at them, he always felt that they were just tools and there was not much difference.
If you talk about what is pleasing to the eye, it is not as pleasing as the bamboo sword that Zhou Wen often uses.
But Zhou Wen had already tried it. Even though he was thinking of the bamboo sword in his mind, there was no way to make the Yuanqi Pill advance.
"Is there no weapon that can make people fall in love with it at first sight?" Zhou Wen felt helpless. He was not a passionate person. If he was asked to value a weapon more than his life, he really couldn't do it.
No matter how good the weapon is or how valuable it is, if it really comes to a life-or-death situation, Zhou Wen will definitely abandon it to save his own life.
"Young man, there are no weapons in this world that you fall in love with at first sight, only immortal veterans." A staff member nearby spoke after listening to Zhou Wen's mumbling.
Zhou Wen turned around and saw that the person who was talking was a man in his forties. Although he was wearing sunglasses, Zhou Wen could tell that it was because one of his eyes was blind and one of his legs was a prosthetic.
"Can you explain in detail what that sentence means?" Zhou Wen looked at him and asked.
The man wiped the weapons on the display shelf and said, "Most people don't really like weapons, but in times of danger, they need them to protect themselves and their families. Aside from a few people who have a passion for weapons, for ordinary people, weapons are just tools."
Zhou Wen nodded. What the man said was pretty much what he thought.
"But..." The man wiped a knife clean, carefully placed it on the knife rack, and straightened it. He continued, "Once you pick up a weapon and fight with it, whether you love it or hate it, or even if you dislike it, it will become your most important partner. It's more important than your woman or your brother. It's the only one you can truly trust on the battlefield."
"That's not wrong." Zhou Wen nodded.
The man continued, "So, on the battlefield, whether you like it or not, no matter how proud you are, you must understand it, become familiar with it, practice constantly, and constantly hone in on it. You have to be more attentive than chasing a woman, otherwise, it may cost you your life on the battlefield. If you want to survive as a veteran, you must get used to it, no matter how bad it is. Over time, you will find that the weapon has become a part of your body, not a tool that can be easily discarded. Because without it, you are like missing a part of your body, like a disabled person. The probability of disabled people dying on the battlefield is naturally much higher than that of normal people."
Zhou Wen listened to the man's words, deep in thought.
"Practice with the sword, practice with the sword. Why practice in front and the sword behind? Young man, practice well." The man patted Zhou Wen on the shoulder and continued to clean the other side.
"Thank you, what's your name?" Zhou Wen asked.
"He's just a disabled veteran, he doesn't even have a name." The man said and ignored Zhou Wen and continued with his work.
Zhou Wen felt a little uncomfortable. War brought misfortune to most people. No one liked war, but sometimes war was unavoidable.
He did not continue to look at the exhibits, because Zhou Wen knew very well that he was not a person who liked weapons, so no matter how much he looked at them, he would never regard a tool as his life.
Just like the old soldier said, practice with the sword, practice comes first and the sword comes later.
Zhou Wen already had an idea in his mind. He walked out of the showroom and prepared to return to the dormitory.
When they were halfway there, they saw Li Xuan, Sadie and Ge Lie walking towards Xuanwenhui.
"Old Zhou, what a coincidence, where are you going?" Li Xuan came up to greet him.
When Zhou Wen saw Li Xuan, his eyes lit up. He went over and pulled Li Xuan over, saying, "Come on, practice with me."
"No, you should go find someone else. I feel dizzy and I can't take it anymore..." Li Xuan covered his chest with his hands, looking like he was about to faint.
He was not afraid of being beaten, but he could not accept being beaten by Zhou Wen to the point of having polio.
"Coach, what do you want to practice?" asked Sadie from the side.
"Practice sword." Zhou Wen said.
"If you don't mind, I can be your sparring partner." Sadie's eyes lit up and she said to Zhou Wen.
"Okay, let's go to the practice room." Zhou Wen nodded.
Sadie's actual combat ability is slightly worse than Li Xuan's. If she really fights hard, she is no match for Li Xuan. But if she practices, she has the Eye of Odin, and her performance in combat is even stronger than Li Xuan, making her more suitable for Zhou Wen to practice.
After all, with the power of Odin's Eye, Sadie can break various tactics in battle without risking her life like Li Xuan.
The four of them went to the practice room together, and Sadie picked up a sword.
There are two kinds of swords in the North District. One is a heavy sword like a broadsword, and the other is a narrow and thin armor-piercing sword. The two swords have their own characteristics and are used completely differently.
Originally, Sadie was good at armor-piercing swords. With her Eye of Odin, she could easily find the opponent's weakness and deliver a fatal blow.
However, since coming to Sunset College to study, Sadie has learned a lot of East District swordsmanship and integrated it into her own swordsmanship.
Because she had never competed with a real East District swordsman, Sadie didn't know how well she was doing with her swordsmanship. When she heard that Zhou Wen was going to practice swordsmanship, she also wanted to test how well she was doing with her swordsmanship.
The sword she chose for practice was naturally the armor-piercing sword commonly seen in the North District. The blade was slender and much narrower than the swords in the North District.
It’s the Shopping Festival, so please be gentle and don’t be so ruthless. I’m going to bed first. Good night.
(End of this chapter)
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