Hey, Where's My Blade?

Unable to get a cab or unlock a shared bike, Ye Fan could only run to school on foot.

It was only five kilometers, but for Ye Fan, who had survived seven years in the Apocalypse, it still left him exhausted!

After all, he did not have the physical fitness he possessed after seven years in the Apocalypse.

The place he needed to go was not just the school. The Inherited Profession would only appear after the Apocalypse arrived, so going there now was useless.

His destination was Antique City beside Linjiang University.

There was a peerless weapon there, one that would accompany him for the rest of his life!

"Beep beep, your phone service has been suspended!"

Damn it!

Ye Fan violently smashed his phone to the ground. He had just wanted to call his roommate, but his service had been cut off, and even the internet was gone.

Wasn't this start way too hard?

"Wait, where's Qingwei?"

Ye Fan froze. Two sets of memories continuously collided in his mind—one from before his rebirth, and one from after it.

"Jiang Yang!"

Ye Fan's eyes turned bloodshot. In his previous life, Jiang Yang had slept with his girlfriend and repeatedly caused him to end up at death's door.

Yet in these memories, Jiang Yang had actually come into contact with Qingwei.

Ye Fan's expression twisted. Once he got his Black Gold Ancient Blade, the first thing he would do was chop up Jiang Yang and that bitch Tang Ya!

"Bastard! You bastard!"

Ye Qingwei's eyes were red with anger and shame as Jiang Yang held her tightly in his arms.

"Brother Jiang, why did you do this to me? I... I trusted you so much!"

Tears slid helplessly from the corners of Ye Qingwei's eyes. She had only been drunk, but she knew exactly what had happened.

She could clearly feel everything Jiang Yang had done to her last night. That tearing pain had been deeply engraved in Ye Qingwei's heart.

And after something like this, she was still calling him Brother Jiang.

It seemed this foolish girl had already fallen for him.

Jiang Yang laughed smugly to himself, but outwardly, he looked deeply regretful, guilty, and remorseful.

"I'm sorry... You... you... were too special. It was my first time meeting a woman like you. I couldn't control myself..."

At that, Jiang Yang suddenly slapped himself.

Smack!

The slap rang out thunderously.

Yet Jiang Yang had used only a tenth of his strength.

With the physical attributes of Captain America Serum, a slap delivered with a tenth of his strength was practically painless.

But Ye Qingwei did not know that, and her heart tightened.

Seeing Jiang Yang like this made her feel even worse.

"Brother Jiang... you... don't do this... I'm not... Well... what I mean is, we can't do something like this when we've only known each other for such a short time..."

As Ye Qingwei spoke, her face turned bright red. She lowered her lovely face in confusion and murmured softly, "Um... what did you mean when you said it was your first time meeting a woman like me...?"

Jiang Yang stroked Ye Qingwei's hair and sighed. "I feel... very close to you. There's an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as though you're the other half I was born to have. Whether it's the songs you create or every smile and frown, it feels as if you resonate with me somehow. I'm sorry. In the end, it was still my fault..."

Ye Qingwei's heartbeat suddenly quickened. She had heard plenty of confessions back in middle and high school.

Most of them had just been self-indulgent nonsense.

But what Brother Jiang had said was actually very similar to what she herself felt!

To be honest, she had felt this way about Jiang Yang from the beginning.

Even though Jiang Yang had done this to her now.

"Brother Jiang... I... I don't blame you. Can you give me some time to calm down?"

Ye Qingwei spoke very calmly.

She was still a smart person, after all. She knew she might be thinking too much like someone in love right now, and she needed to calm down and consider how to handle her relationship with Jiang Yang.

At that moment, Jiang Yang held Ye Qingwei in his arms, feeling her softness as desire gradually rose within him.

He was a normal man too. Especially after receiving the Captain America Serum, certain parts of his body had become even more sensitive.

If this continued, he was afraid he would lose control again.

If he did it again now, he would be screwed. There was no way he could keep raising her favorability afterward.

So he nodded and headed for the bathroom.

Antique City, Linjiang University.

Ye Fan was drenched in sweat. The five-kilometer trip had nearly cost him his life.

"This body is too weak!"

Ye Fan shook his head and complained about his body. On the way here, he had already sorted through his two sets of memories.

There were some differences before and after, but they did not matter. As long as he could obtain the opportunity that belonged to him, it would be fine.

Following his memories, Ye Fan began wandering through Antique City. In the memories from seven years into the Apocalypse, this Black Gold Ancient Blade had been extremely famous.

The blade wielder later known as the Number One Blade Under Heaven had relied on this Black Gold Ancient Blade to become a peerless powerhouse of the Apocalypse.

According to reliable sources, after the Apocalypse began, that person had fled here and found this Black Gold Ancient Blade at a street stall.

"Now, this blade is mine!"

Ye Fan had seen what the Black Gold Ancient Blade looked like. He rapidly paced back and forth through Antique City, but the longer he searched, the more irritated he became.

Why couldn't he find it?

Had that blade wielder already taken it?

Was the information wrong?

Ye Fan checked the time. There were twenty minutes until six. If he still could not find it within those twenty minutes, he would have to give up on the blade and find somewhere to hide first.

"Young man, what are you looking for?"

"You've wandered around here several times already. You're from Linjiang University, right? Doesn't your school have a track? Why are you doing your morning run all the way in Antique City?"

A middle-aged man was wiping down a piece of porcelain as he teased Ye Fan.

"A blade!"

Ye Fan was panting heavily. Not only could he not find the Black Gold Ancient Blade, he had also discovered that Antique City did not have any bladed weapons at all.

Not a single one!

"Stop looking, young man. All the blades in our Antique City were sold to a major client two days ago!"

The middle-aged man chuckled. He was the craft shop owner who had received Jiang Yang that day.

"That was a major client. As long as it had anything to do with blades, he bought it all!"

He bought them all?

Ye Fan was dumbfounded. Who the hell was that crazy?

It was fine. There was still the Inherited Profession!

Ye Fan comforted himself inwardly and turned to run toward Linjiang University.

If his seven years in the Apocalypse had not been so deeply etched into his mind, Ye Fan would have doubted his own rebirth.

Antique City was right beside Linjiang University. Ye Fan only took a few steps before arriving there.

Yet when he got there, he discovered that he could not enter.

No student ID!

Helplessly, Ye Fan turned his gaze toward the small hotels beside Linjiang University.

His top priority was finding a place to hide. The instant the Apocalypse arrived, countless people would turn into Zombies, and many Monsters would appear as well. When that happened, a place like a school would instead be the most dangerous!

With that thought, Ye Fan ran toward the hotel.

"Sorry, sir, there's an issue with your identity information!"

The young woman at the front desk looked helpless as she handed Ye Fan's ID card back to him.

"Can't I check in without an ID card?"

"I'm willing to pay extra!"

Ye Fan checked the time. The Apocalypse was about to arrive, and he could not afford to wait any longer.

Small hotels around schools would allow guests without ID cards to check in, but they charged extra.

"Three hundred."

"Wait a moment." Ye Fan rummaged through his clothes, his expression turning awkward. He had no money on him.

He had smashed his phone. Even if he had not, the balance in it would not have been enough for three hundred yuan.

Damn it!

"Qingwei, I know you don't believe me, but wait a few minutes and you'll understand that I had another reason for doing this."

"I won't hurt you."

Jiang Yang carried Ye Qingwei out of the bathroom. Her gaze darted away, her pretty face flushed, and she did not dare look directly at Jiang Yang's perfect body, like that of a Greek statue.

"Brother... Brother Jiang, you actually didn't need to do this. If you wanted it, you could have just told me!"

Ye Qingwei said softly.

After all, without Jiang Yang, she might have been left to waste away in a hospital bed because she could not afford the surgery.

The longer her illness was delayed, the closer she came to death.

Jiang Yang had paid for her surgery. It was a life-saving kindness.

Her life had been given to her by Brother Jiang, so what was there left to struggle over?

Ye Qingwei used that reason to convince herself.