Lan Ke held the knife in her hand lovingly, but in her mind she recalled what the Ruthless Swordsman had said—
"Although the blade of this knife is slender, the blood groove is deep and long. The handle can be grasped with both hands, which is suitable for chopping and stabbing. It is a truly fierce weapon."
"After you take it back, drop some blood on the blade to make it recognize you as your master. After you recognize you as your master, a connection will be established between the blade and you. Even if you are a novice, you will be able to use it with ease. The weight of the blade will also adjust according to your strength, making it easier for you to use."
"I don't know what the situation is like on your side, but you must be careful when using this knife. Don't act recklessly or you might hurt yourself."
Thinking of this, Lan Ke couldn't help but sigh: "This [Ruthless Swordsman] has a good heart."
Regardless, she remembered the favor.
Now that she has the right weapon, she is confident that she can protect herself from the next global mutation. However, necessary preparations still need to be made.
It was not easy to be reborn, and she had prepared so many supplies, she didn't want to capsize in the gutter.
Pursing her lips, Lan Ke immediately pierced her finger and squeezed out blood to drip onto the blade. No one knew what material the entire blade was made of. At first glance, it looked like metal, but it also had the texture of jade. The blade was as black as ink, with a faint glow flowing, forming strange scale-like patterns.
The scarlet blood dripped on it and was absorbed by the blade in the blink of an eye. The next moment, the blade trembled slightly. At the same time, Lan Ke indeed realized that there was some kind of mysterious connection between himself and the blade.
At this moment, Babao's angry roar suddenly came: "Ahhh, you damned bastard, get off my head!"
Lan Ke turned her head and saw that Babao was flying around angrily, and on top of its head, there was a small bean sprout standing innocently in the wind.
Lan Ke shook her head in a nonchalant manner, picked up the Ink Scale Knife and began to practice. Although it was her first time using it, after it recognized her master, she felt very comfortable using it, as if she had used it countless times.
Lan Ke had used many weapons in his previous life, including guns, knives, axes, sticks, and hammers. The conditions in the last days were harsh, and ordinary people were not qualified to choose weapons at all. They often just found something to use as a weapon.
However, Lan Ke used knives the most. She was a cook and was most familiar with knives. Although her life was extremely hard in the early days, after her conditions gradually improved, she asked someone to make a knife for self-defense.
Come to think of it, the style of that knife was somewhat similar to the Ink Scale Knife, so when she was looking for a weapon, she fell in love with the Ink Scale Knife at first sight.
After practicing for a while, Lan Ke gradually regained the feeling of her previous life and became more and more proficient in using the knife in her hand. It must be said that the Mo Lin knife is indeed not an ordinary item. It is much better than the one she spent a lot of money to hire someone to make in her previous life!
Although she had spent all her savings to buy this knife, Lan Ke knew that she owed a huge favor to the Ruthless Swordsman. The transaction points she offered were not even enough to buy the Ink Scale Knife!
I must find a way to repay this favor as soon as possible!
Suddenly, a green light flashed, and the bean sprout jumped onto the back of Lan Ke's hand. Two bean leaves hugged her fingers pitifully: "Hungry! Hungry! Master! I'm so hungry!"
Lan Ke looked at it silently, scooped up a small bowl of prawns from the pond and put them on the ground: "Eat it."
One day outside is equivalent to one month in the pond. During these days, two batches of fresh water from the pond have been harvested. Lan Ke has made all of them into various cooked foods and stored them in containers so that people can eat them anytime they want.
However, Douya is a young Sky-Devouring Vine after all. Lan Ke wants it to be a future fighting partner rather than a cute pet, so she is very picky about its food. Sometimes she gives it some fruits and cooked food, and sometimes she lets it eat some raw meat, for fear of killing it.
Douya is not picky about food and will eat whatever is given to him, which makes Lan Ke quite satisfied.
The shrimps were very fresh, their translucent, plump bodies moving around in the basin, looking particularly tempting. When the bean sprouts saw the food, they immediately turned into green light and jumped into the basin.
The prawns in the basin were startled and tried to get rid of the uninvited guest, the bean sprouts, with their claws and teeth. However, as soon as they rushed forward, they were entangled by the roots that suddenly grew out of the bean sprouts.
The bean sprouts are still too small, and they mainly rely on their roots for food. Usually, their roots are small, but once they start to eat, they will grow countless thin and long fibrous roots, which will tightly wrap around the food.
Those rootlets are thinner than hair and look extremely fragile, but when you look at the prawns that are unable to move after being entangled, you will know that those rootlets are very scary.
There aren't many shrimps in a small pot, only 10 in total. This is also the limitation of the system. There are a maximum of 10 shrimps of each type of freshwater fish. If you want more, you can only wait for the next batch to mature.
Lan Ke gave the food and stopped caring about the bean sprouts, and continued to prepare the food. She was already familiar with the Molin Knife, so she just needed to set aside some time every day to practice. There was not much time left, so preparing cooked food was the key.
It was always dark outside, and it was hard not to get nervous after looking at it for too long. Lan Ke had experienced it once before, so it was okay, but the others were in a bad situation.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, there was a knock on Lan Ke's door again.
The one-bedroom apartment was not big, and the entrance hall and the kitchen were far apart. Lan Ke heard it as soon as the security door was knocked.
"Please open the door! Save me! I beg you!" Along with the sound of "bang bang bang" on the door, a young female voice kept crying for help, "Open the door, I'm only 15 years old, still in junior high school, please!"
He walked to the door, but did not open it. He just opened the peephole to observe the situation outside.
The lights were on in the corridor, and a girl in a light-colored down jacket was crying and banging on the door. The girl was very pretty, her clothes were a little messy, her ponytail was messy, and there was a slap mark on her pink face, obviously she had encountered something and was bullied.
Just then, arrogant and abusive voices were heard from the corridor below.
"Hurry up, that chick is up there!"
"Yes, yes, we have to catch her quickly!"
"That girl is pretty and she's in junior high school. We can have some fun with her later."
"Hahahaha, that waist is so thin!"
The words that followed became increasingly obscene and were simply unbearable to hear.
The girl heard it, and was immediately terrified, shaking all over: "They are catching up with us! Please save me! I'm only a junior high school student!"
The girl's face looked very young, and one could tell at a glance that she was not very old. If she fell into the hands of those people below, one could imagine what would happen to her.
At this time, even the most heartless person would open the door and save people.
Unfortunately…
Lan Ke sneered at the girl outside the door. A 15-year-old junior high school girl didn't stay at home properly, but ran out in such a chaotic time? Not only did she escape from several hooligans, but no one came to catch her after she asked for help for so long
The acting was good, but unfortunately she had seen many similar tricks in the apocalypse!
Lan Ke was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, the door opposite suddenly opened.