Traveling through Tomorrow's Ark: Starting with a Yama Sword

"Are you going to use one knife or two? I can also fight you with two swords."

This was Shen Qi's first time at the Penguin Logistics training ground, a place located on the underground floor with configurations comparable to those of Rhodes Island. Standing in front of him at this moment was Texas, who was holding the Originium sword tightly and had sharp eyes.

At this moment, Shen Qi did not feel any spring in his heart, but instead felt more nervous.

Granted, Texas challenged him to a duel and he agreed straight away, but he still wasn't confident in himself.

【Host, please don't feel pressured. 】

"Oh, you've never had this experience."

[I did fight with my former host. I let him off a bit and he won.]

"You don't have human emotions after all."

[It depends on how you perform. As I said before, there are rewards for playing well.]

Shen Qi shook his head and shouted to Texas: "Use one."

He threw the sword aside and picked up the most familiar Yanmo sword. The familiar throwing tiles gathered in his hands, and he became more focused.

Texas took out the Originium sword from behind and exhaled gently.

Then he stabbed Shen Qi's throat with the sword at lightning speed.

At this moment, Shen Qi must be thinking: "Oh my god, this is for real!"

Then Shen Qi actually...

Very clumsily, he used his left hand to catch the sword! The problem was that he caught it!

Wearing reinforced gloves, Shen Qi barely caught the sword, but felt obvious pain in his hand - the gloves were not torn, but his hand was definitely torn.

Shen Qi didn't think much about it. He immediately threw away the Source Stone Sword, then picked up the Yama Sword and slashed at Texas.

"Boom!"

The Originium Sword and the Yama Blade collided violently. Shen Qi felt his right hand go numb, while Texas was pushed back a step by the force of the Yama Blade.

Texas discovered that although Shen Qi's movements were relatively clumsy, he was very strong. She was unable to knock down his knife and was instead at a disadvantage in momentum.

But Shen Qi looked at his left hand, and red liquid was already dripping out - the wound was obviously a bit deep. He had to fight quickly, otherwise he would be knocked down by Texas sooner or later.

However, before he could catch his breath, Texas took another step forward and swung his sword. Shen Qi subconsciously tilted to the left and avoided the attack.

"Yan Mo Dao - Continuous Slash!"

Shen Qi gathered all his strength and swung the Yama Sword directly, slashing at Texas next to him several times - and Texas, who had undergone several years of training, dodged almost all the slashes, and the only time she did not dodge, she took it with the Source Stone Sword.

Shen Qi gasped for breath, feeling that his physical strength was declining rapidly. Texas also wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It seems that I am still no match for these operators in terms of physical fitness."

Compared to the blitzkrieg with Javi, the duel with Texas has gradually turned into a protracted war. Shen Qi thought to himself: "With my current strength, I can still launch one last attack."

After saying that, it was Shen Qi's turn to rush forward and chop. Texas dodged nimbly and stabbed Shen Qi's fragile waist with the source stone sword!

Oh my god, my kidneys!

In panic, Shen Qi used his left hand to catch the Originium Sword again - the glove was still intact, but his left hand was already bleeding profusely.

He gritted his teeth, grasped the Yama Blade tightly, and prepared to chop Texas' throat directly. Texas wanted to draw out the Originium Sword, but was firmly grasped by Shen Qi's left hand...

Is he going to complete the blockade of Texas?

Texas looked at the Yama Sword in surprise, only to find that the sword stopped one centimeter away from her chest. For her, the victory was decided: "You win."

But Shen Qi's expression was extremely painful: "Um, ah, it hurts!"

Texas looked at her Originium sword, which was covered in Shen Qi's blood. But Shen Qi still held her sword tightly.

"You..." Texas opened his eyes wide and looked at Shen Qi, whose face was pale.

Shen Qi lost too much blood and sat down on the ground: "It seems that there is a lot of blood loss."

[Host, you are trying too hard.] The system said to Shen Qi with some sympathy.

However, Shen Qi was still thinking about the outcome: "I am in this state, I must have lost."

Texas tried to say something, but choked himself—he was too competitive.

"Texas, can you help me up?"

Texas quickly grabbed his arms and said, "Take off your gloves."

Shen Qi wanted to use his right hand, but it seemed to have no effect, so Texas had to help him take it off himself.

When he saw the wound on his left hand, Shen Qi almost fainted.

"My goodness, this is too deep."

"You are so stupid. You just used your hand to take my Originium sword." Texas said with concern and pulled him to the infirmary on the first floor.

Shen Qi looked at Texas, but he had no other thoughts in his mind - because his left hand had bled too much.

It hurts, it hurts too much.

Looking at Shen Qi who looked unhappy, Texas was speechless.

......

"Your wound is almost rotting away." The doctor in the infirmary looked at Shen Qi's wound, "It would have been troublesome if you had come a little later."

"Oh, sorry." Shen Qi said weakly.

"How did you get this wound?" asked the doctor.

"Ah? Yes, I scratched it accidentally!"

Texas shook his head. This guy just doesn't tell the truth.

After disinfection, which was Shen Qi's painful mask, the doctor bandaged the wound and told him: "Don't move for the next few days."

"Uh, okay."

Shen Qi thanked the doctor, then slowly stood up and walked out of the infirmary with the help of Texas.

"Originally, I wanted to take you to training this afternoon." Texas said, "Now you should take good care of your injury. You can go back tomorrow."

"So soon?" Shen Qi was caught off guard when he heard that he would go back tomorrow.

"Over at Rhodes Island, Operator Inès said she would take you back immediately. I told her it would be tomorrow, and she agreed."

As soon as Shen Qi heard the word Ines, he knew it. She must know that she was injured.

"It seems that military orders cannot be disobeyed."

"But it's okay. I'll be back to Rhode Island soon and we'll see each other again soon." Texas said calmly, "You should go back to the dormitory now. I'll bring you lunch."

"No, no! I can do it myself!"

"Well, don't force yourself." Texas looked at his hand, "You must have lost too much blood today, go get some sleep."

Shen Qi nodded and went upstairs under the gaze of Texas.

Looking at his receding back, Texas scratched his head and sighed:

"He's really hardworking. What if he hurts his body?"