nycdaug Chapter 32 Go outside and see.
Chapter 32 Go outside and see.
"Never mind them."
Jiang Ming squatted down and neatly stacked the five pieces of split sheet metal and five pieces of wooden plank together.
"Come here, everyone."
He waved to the people behind him.
Wang Yang, Li Bin, and Zhong Chengyu were puzzled, but they still gathered around.
Jiang Ming pressed his palm against the pile of rubble.
There was no incantation.
There was no magic circle either.
Only a barely perceptible white light flashed by at the seam of the material.
[Crafting], start!
Rusty corrugated iron sheet + discarded solid wood planks = simple shield (basic armor)
"Buzz—"
The air seemed to distort for a moment.
Under the horrified gazes of several people.
The scrap iron and rotten wood on the ground seemed to be kneaded and reassembled by an invisible hand.
The rust fell off, and the splinters disappeared.
Less than two seconds.
Five rectangular shields, each about half a person's height, appeared out of thin air on the ground.
The shield is made of flattened corrugated iron sheet, with smooth wooden strips wrapped around the edges, and a sturdy "I"-shaped handle on the back.
Although it looks rough, it is full of practical style.
But those were real shields!
"Holy crap?!"
Wang Yang almost dropped the battery in his hand.
He stared intently at the shield on the ground, then glanced at Jiang Ming's hand, as if he were looking at an alien.
"Is this... is this magic? Or a superpower?!"
Zhong Chengyu's mouth gaped open enough to fit a fist. He walked over, squatted down, and reached out to touch the cold surface of the shield.
Really.
Hard.
It's not a hallucination.
Li Bin's glasses slipped down to the bridge of his nose.
He pushed it back, trembling, but it slid down again.
This scene completely shattered his materialistic worldview of more than 20 years.
Creating something out of thin air?
What does this mean?
Jiang Ming brushed the rust and sawdust off his hands and looked at the petrified sculptures in front of him.
"Don't just stand there, try it on."
He pointed to the nearest shield.
Wang Yang shuddered, nearly dropping the lead-acid battery he was holding onto his foot.
"Old...Old Jiang?"
Wang Yang put the battery on the ground and shakily reached for the shield.
It feels cold to the touch.
The edges of the sheet metal were completely wrapped with wooden strips, and even the handle area was polished.
"Is this some kind of magic?"
Li Bin pushed up his glasses.
"The skill I drew last night."
Jiang Ming made up a story off the top of his head without batting an eye.
"It can reassemble some scrap metal into simple tools, but there are limitations on cooling time and materials."
If you just blame it on that mysterious lottery, even the most outrageous things will seem reasonable.
After all, the entire school has been transported to another world and goblins have already appeared, so what else is impossible?
Holy crap!
Wang Yang let out a strange cry.
"Godfather! Please accept my bow!"
"An S-rank rating and we get such an amazing skill?! What equipment do we need anymore? We can just scavenge for gear and make it ourselves!"
Although Li Bin wasn't as exaggerated as Wang Yang, the envy in his eyes was almost overflowing.
"Alright, stop joking."
Jiang Ming pointed to the shield on the ground.
"One person, one package; the remaining supplies will be transported on electric vehicles."
"Let's go outside and take a look."
"Let's check if there's anything good in the direction those goblins came from last night. If not, we'll go hunting by the river outside the school gate."
"That's what I think too."
The group acted swiftly.
Although the shield was made from scrap, it was quite heavy and more than enough to block the goblin's wooden club.
Even Zhong Chengyu's two roommates, who were originally a bit timid, now held their shields and stood up straighter.
Having a weapon in hand makes me feel less anxious.
"Let's go check in the direction those monsters came from last night."
Jiang Ming picked up his black iron longsword, held a shield in his left hand, and walked out of the carport first.
……
The campus was shrouded in a thin mist in the early morning.
The once-clean cement road was now littered with scattered leaves, trash, bloodstains, and an unidentified sticky substance.
Jiang Ming and his group of six lined up in two columns.
Shield in the left hand, weapon in the right.
Although the weapons were varied—including axes, steel bars, and golf clubs…
But the uniform style of the shields, along with Jiang Ming walking at the front, created an overwhelming sense of oppression.
As I passed the square below the girls' dormitory, the previously noisy crowd instantly quieted down.
The two regions are now clearly distinct.
On the left, near the flower bed, are the members of the archery club led by Zhao Yanzhi.
These people are resting here.
Some were polishing arrowheads, while others were waxing bowstrings.
Several girls were cooking something in a large pot that appeared out of nowhere, and a faint aroma of rice wafted out.
"That's... a square shield?"
Zhao Yanzhi was wiping his composite bow with a piece of cowhide when he caught sight of Jiang Ming and the others passing by, and his hand suddenly stopped moving.
He squinted.
Although those shields looked rough, you could even see the original texture of the wavy iron sheet.
But the uniform specifications clearly indicated that it wasn't trash stolen from the goblins.
"Where did these guys get their equipment from?"
Xu Shishi, who was standing next to him, was also stunned.
She had seen Jiang Ming's sword and shield just last night; at that time, he was the only one who had them.
Why is the whole team equipped with shields after just one night?
"This looks...much better than those broken planks we picked up yesterday."
Su Xiaoxiao stood behind Xu Shishi, holding a first-aid kit, and muttered something under her breath.
She looked at Jiang Ming, who was walking at the front.
She felt that the other person was becoming more and more fascinating to her.
"Stop looking."
Zhao Yanzhi stuffed the bow-wiping cloth into his pocket, his tone tinged with bitterness.
"If they have the ability to get it, we're just as good."
On the other side of the square, near the faculty and staff dormitory building.
The atmosphere was completely different.
Wei Yuan was standing on a step, holding a loudspeaker that had run out of power, spitting as he addressed the dozens of people below.
"We must establish a new order! We must unite all forces that can be united!"
"As long as everyone follows instructions, the student council guarantees everyone will have food!"
The students below looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they heard him making empty promises, no one dared to refute him.
After all, there were several physical education students standing behind Wei Yuan, and the wooden sticks they were carrying were still stained with dried blood.
Deputy Director Liu stood next to Wei Yuan with his hands behind his back, nodding in agreement from time to time, putting on the air of a leader inspecting work.
Just then.
Jiang Ming led his men and swaggered between the two groups of people.
Wei Yuan's impassioned speech suddenly stalled.
He looked at the black iron longsword in Jiang Ming's hand, and then at the uniform iron shields in the hands of Wang Yang and the others behind him.
Then look at what your own people are holding—mop handles, broken chairs, and a few plastic lids taken from trash cans as shields.
A strong sense of frustration arose spontaneously.
This is practically a dimensional reduction attack!
"That's... an iron shield?"
Deputy Director Liu pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and stared greedily at the shields.
If only we could get this over here...
But he soon saw the fierce look Wang Yang was giving him.
The fat man was grinning at him, revealing a set of white teeth, and was holding a gleaming short-handled axe.
Deputy Director Liu shrank back and instinctively hid behind Wei Yuan.
We can't afford to mess with them.
They're really not to be trifled with.