Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 424 - 399: I’ve Played Before

The so-called innate abilities refer to the natural abilities of a living being, like how a baby knows how to nurse at birth, knows how to breathe; everything is instinctual, with no need for learning.

Chen Shouyi merely glanced at the Shell Lady, and she was immobilized again.

This time, it wasn’t a widespread immobilization like before; it targeted a specific individual, and the force was far superior. She was utterly unable to struggle, her body motionless, as if time had stopped.

"It seems this is the correct usage of this ability. Previously, the area was too large, but the power was pathetically weak. Even the Shell Lady could struggle a bit. I just don’t know how strong this immobilization can get?" Chen Shouyi pondered to himself. "However, it seems impossible to test it on myself."

He soon deactivated the ability.

As soon as the immobilization was lifted, the furious Shell Lady hugged his ear and bit down hard.

"Ouch, let go!" Chen Shouyi exclaimed in surprise.

Why on earth are you biting again?!

"Mmm mmm mmm..." The Shell Lady whimpered angrily.

Chen Shouyi hurriedly pleaded for mercy. The Shell Lady continued to bite for a while before stopping and said resentfully, "You bad Giant, why are you so mean? Why do you always bully little ones?"

Well, because you looked easy to bully, Chen Shouyi awkwardly smiled.

"Hmph, if you bully me again, even if you beg for mercy next time, I won’t let go." The Shell Lady flashed her densely packed, sparkling teeth, and said fiercely with a snort.

She’s really fierce.

...

Having acquired a new ability, Chen Shouyi, intrigued, couldn’t stay in the room any longer.

After staying in the room for a while, he immediately went out.

When he saw an ant, immobilized!

A fly buzzing nearby, immobilized!

A stray cat, immobilized!

A stray dog, immobilized!

A passing young lady...

Chen Shouyi hesitated for a moment and restrained himself.

It’s not good to use it on people after all, and with no resentment, this kind of prank could frighten them to death.

This ability reminded Chen Shouyi of a movie he had seen before. Of course, the ability in that movie was much stronger, stopping time entirely. Even if something indecent was done to immobilized people, they had no memory afterward.

He quickly dismissed the chaotic images from his mind.

While experimenting along the way, he didn’t spare any living thing except humans. He enjoyed himself thoroughly. This ability had a range, allowing him to immobilize objects within his perception range of about six meters. Beyond that, he couldn’t manage it.

Unfortunately, he didn’t encounter any powerful creatures along the way, nor did he meet any Barbarians. The most powerful one was a mangy stray dog, and he couldn’t determine the maximum immobilization strength on a single target.

The scene in Dongxing City was desolate and lifeless.

When passing by a grain relief point, there was a long queue outside.

Evidently, the continuous attacks by the Barbarians and the massive destruction of vehicles left the entire city’s populace in panic, severely affecting their lives. If not for the city’s ample grain reserves, it might have triggered a refugee crisis.

A dry yellow leaf swayed and fell.

Chen Shouyi reflexively immobilized it mid-air.

"Huh!"

He watched as the leaf continued to fall slowly, at a speed slowed by a hundred times, slowly descending under gravity.

A bold idea suddenly occurred to him.

...

Ten minutes later, Chen Shouyi stood on the spire of a skyscraper.

The cold wind gusted fiercely.

He came here, ready to do something thrilling.

At over three hundred meters high, just looking down could make anyone feel dizzy.

Even for him, if he were to jump down...

Wait a minute... it doesn’t seem like a big deal. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Falling freely from three hundred meters, the speed near the ground would only be seventy or eighty meters per second, only half his sprinting speed.

A normal person jogging into a wall wouldn’t die unless they intentionally hit their head to commit suicide, let alone with his defense, which far surpassed what his physique could portray since practicing Horizontal Training Thirty-Six.

"Am I really this strong already?"

Chen Shouyi suddenly felt somewhat unexcited.

He initially found it quite thrilling.

Turns out it was all psychological; just hearing about such a high jump instinctively felt dangerous. Knowing now that falling wouldn’t hurt him, he suddenly felt no tension at all.

Forget it.

Let’s just jump!

The next moment, he plunged down in a diving pose.

He spread his arms wide, the wind howling by his ears, and the ground rapidly approaching his eyes.

It didn’t feel like much. He had often experienced similar thrills, sometimes jumping from one building to another, covering thirty or forty meters in mid-air, with speeds exceeding a hundred meters per second, much more exciting than this.

He wasn’t in a hurry to test the Wind Imprisonment yet; he first tested his willpower effect.

As he focused his mind, the acceleration immediately slowed.

"The acceleration decreased by about a third," Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

Then he relaxed his thoughts and started using the Wind Imprisonment.

The surrounding air instantly solidified into a large mass.

Moments later, the speed suddenly slowed from over forty plus meters per second to single digits. The immense recoil force would have caused a normal person’s innards to shift and bones to break.

However, for Chen Shouyi, it was just slightly uncomfortable.

His body quickly adapted.

At this moment, the air around him completely merged with him, greatly increasing buoyancy.

It was like a balloon with a stone inside, gently descending from the sky.

"Exactly as I suspected?" Chen Shouyi finally felt excited; he floated for over a minute before landing from the building.

Unconcerned about the astonished pedestrians and soldiers around him, he rubbed his slightly swollen temples, feeling a significant drain on his mind.

Then, in a flash, he quickly left.

...

Since the death of the Giant and three other Barbarians, the entire afternoon was event-free with no attacks.

The entire City Government breathed a sigh of relief, the gloom in their hearts vanishing.

In recent days, the City Government had changed several times. Now, all officials were temporarily filling positions through promotions, each living in fear that they might be next.

Qian Pengcheng came from Dongxing City Government specifically to express gratitude, then brought up the most pressing issue: "Chief Advisor, I heard from Special Envoy Zhang that you’re leaving the day after tomorrow? Can’t you stay a few more days?"

"Those remaining ordinary Barbarian might be hard to find if they decide to hide. It’s not much use for me to stay here!" Chen Shouyi replied.

Hearing this, Qian Pengcheng couldn’t help but internally retort, while these are ordinary Barbarians to you, they’re not ordinary to us. The stationed troops in Dongxing City paid a huge price, losing hundreds of soldiers, dozens of Martial Artists, and two Grand Martial Artists, just to kill five Barbarians—less than your tally in just a couple of days.

Even if the Barbarians are temporarily scared, once you leave and they wreak havoc again, that would be terrible.

Applying to have the Chief Advisor return isn’t that simple.

"Actually, you could wander around, play tourist, consider it a vacation! You haven’t been to Dongxing before, have you? There are still many historic sites and fun places in Dongxing, like Lu Xun’s Former Residence nearby. You can have a good tour," Qian Pengcheng suggested.

"I’ve been there," Chen Shouyi said.

When in elementary school, his class went on a trip to Dongxing, vomiting non-stop on the bus, even Chen Shouyi, who never got car sick, was affected by the acrid stench, filling two bags with vomit until his legs were wobbly when they arrived.

Qian Pengcheng: ...

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P.S: Didn’t sleep well last night, busy during the day, now feeling extremely drowsy, only one Chapter today.