Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 436 - 410: New Changes to the Book of Knowledge
After saying a few words, Chen Shouyi could no longer hold on.
Soon, he fell into a deep sleep.
The night was filled with nightmares.
However, this time the duration was much shorter than the last time.
After a short nap of three to four hours, Chen Shouyi woke up.
His parents, younger sister, big aunt, and cousin were already up, talking softly in the corridor outside so as not to disturb his sleep, their conversation tinged with worry.
From yesterday until now, the number of people in the bomb shelter had decreased by half, with most fleeing Hedong, casting a gloomy and pessimistic mood over the entire shelter.
Chen Shouyi sighed slightly.
He didn’t get up immediately.
He closed his eyes again and checked the attribute panel.
Strength: 17.4
Agility: 17.7
Constitution: 17.4
Intelligence: 17.1
Perception: 15.5
Will: 16.8
Energy Accumulation: 9.25
Faith Value: 0.4
Chen Shouyi was surprised to find that his will had surprisingly increased by 0.3 points, reaching 16.8, nearly 17 points.
This was obviously related to last night’s near-death experience.
However, if given the choice, he absolutely would not want to go through such an ordeal again.
This kind of exhilarating experience really tests the heart.
Energy Accumulation had reached 9.25, but both the next optimization of the Horizontal Training Thirty-Six Techniques and the Meditation Self-Refinement require three times this number, making it seem out of reach.
Chen Shouyi quickly scanned downwards.
Compared to the last time, there was now a Faith Value, but this time there was no change at all.
"Could the change be in the Book of Knowledge Space?" Chen Shouyi thought silently.
"Hmm, that’s not right!"
Now looking at the sub-options of his talent abilities, he was surprised to find that, except for Natural Healing, which remained unchanged, other talent abilities now had an additional percentage value behind them.
Atmospheric Control (Advanced): 2.04%.
Giant Battle Body (Intermediate): 75.32%.
Soon, a set of information entered his mind.
After digesting it, his face became shocked.
Talent abilities can apparently be improved using Faith Value.
He glanced at the meager 0.4 Faith Value accumulated overnight, hesitated slightly, then tentatively clicked on Giant Battle Body.
The next moment, he sharply felt his body slightly heat up, and after half a second, the sensation disappeared completely.
Looking again at the attribute panel, he found that the percentage value of Giant Battle Body had changed from 75.32% to 75.36%, an increase of 0.04.
"So, one point of Faith Value can only increase by 0.1 percentage point. To upgrade Giant Battle Body to Advanced, at least 246 Faith Value points are needed!" Chen Shouyi thought with a knowing expression:
"At my current rate, I can accumulate a little more than one Faith Value point per day, meaning it will take over two hundred days.
Over a hundred days isn’t long, just half a year, and in peaceful times it would pass in the blink of an eye.
But now is a turbulent period!
And during that time, no consumption is allowed, not to mention upgrading the Atmospheric Control talent level to Advanced, which will probably require more consumption."
"Once things stabilize this time, I really need to work on cultivating Faith. I wonder how powerful the advanced form of Giant Transformation will be!" Chen Shouyi felt a faint expectation in his heart.
...
After breakfast, Qin Liuyuan came to find him.
The two walked outside the bomb shelter.
"You didn’t leave yet?" Chen Shouyi asked.
"I’m just about to. There’s no hope left for Hedong City; many soldiers and Martial Artists died yesterday, and the fight took place all night. Today’s attack will definitely be fiercer, and this place probably won’t hold," Qin Liuyuan said, looking at the dilapidated villa district with a sigh, "How about we leave together?"
As someone born and raised in Hedong City, he has more relatives and friends here, dragging along a large family. He knows Chen Shouyi’s strength well, and being with him will undoubtedly be much safer.
"Okay, let’s head out together tonight!" Chen Shouyi said.
He encountered the God of Hunting last night, and he feels it can’t be delayed any longer; the longer they wait, the more dangerous it becomes.
"Alright, I’ll come to find you then!" Qin Liuyuan said, "By the way, I just passed by your house and saw your liaison officer waiting for you at the door."
Chen Shouyi nodded, watching his heavy-backed figure as he headed home in quick steps.
Soon, he saw Bai Xiaoling’s figure.
"Sister Bai!" Chen Shouyi called out.
Bai Xiaoling quickly turned around, her face revealing a hint of joy, "Chief Consultant!"
Immediately, she seemed hesitant, as if she found it hard to speak.
Seeing her expression, Chen Shouyi guessed her intention and directly said, "Qin Liuyuan and I are leaving tonight; you and your family should come with us!"
"Thank you, thank you, General Manager Chen!" Bai Xiaoling said gratefully.
"You’re my liaison officer, without you I wouldn’t be used to it!" Chen Shouyi said. Bai Xiaoling is indeed quite diligent; she’s always the first to complete any requests.
Bai Xiaoling’s face turned red upon hearing this.
Chen Shouyi: ...
He felt a bit baffled; his words were perfectly normal, with no ambiguity. Why would they make her blush?
...
However, unexpectedly.
The entire morning was unusually calm. Chen Shouyi found Yang Songkun, the camp commander of the villa district guarding camp at the frontline, and was told that since morning until now, hardly any barbarians had been encountered, as if their battle lines were retracting.
He looked at the sky.
The dark clouds overhead had gradually dispersed, and the days of continuous snow weather were clearing.
Something must have happened!
...
Things were destined not to settle down today.
Shortly after lunch, two unexpected guests came knocking.
Coming over were Luo Jingwen and Ye Zong, looking travel-worn, their shoes and pants soaked through, clearly having traveled a long distance.
"Why are you guys here?" Chen Shouyi asked in surprise.
"Come over and see if we can find a helper. I thought you had already evacuated, but didn’t expect you’re still here. Aren’t you welcoming us?" Luo Jingwen said with a smile.
Welcome? Welcome my ass!
With Ye Zong around, surely nothing good will come of this!
Chen Shouyi thought to himself, and asked, "What mission are you carrying out?"
Luo Jingwen replied, "To hunt down that ferocious bird. Of course, I’m just here to assist, the main force will rely on Director Ye."
"Old Luo, speaking like this makes it impossible to talk!" Ye Zong said, somewhat helplessly, "I don’t have much confidence either. I heard this ferocious bird is extremely fast and is flying high in the sky. Whether we can kill it will depend on luck."
Chen Shouyi paused for a moment and asked, "Are you referring to that demigod-level ferocious bird?"
"How did you know about the demigod? Have you seen it?" Ye Zong asked with curiosity.
"Not only have I seen it, but I killed it last night!" Chen Shouyi said casually.
There’s nothing to brag about here.
Just a demigod, it’s not like he hasn’t killed one before.
The surroundings fell silent for a moment.
The two looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
After a long pause, Luo Jingwen asked incredulously, "Really?"
"Of course it’s true!" Chen Shouyi said seriously.
"Don’t joke around, it’s not funny at all! Your lame archery skills are known to the entire Capital City, it’s not like I don’t know about it. How could you possibly kill a demigod-level ferocious bird?" Luo Jingwen still didn’t believe it.
It’s hard to tear people down, can we not mention archery?
I’ve made a lot of progress now, alright.
Chen Shouyi was frustrated upon hearing this, and said angrily, "Who said I used a war bow to kill it? I used a sword! Last night, it chased me into a building, and I transformed into a giant to take it down. The body is still there!"
...
A few minutes later.
The three arrived at the site of last night’s battle.
Seeing the scene that looked like a level nine earthquake, even Ye Zong was stupefied and couldn’t help but ask, "Is all this left from the battle last night?"
Chen Shouyi had a mind to show off.
But thinking no one would believe it.
So he said honestly, "It’s not that I have such strength, it was the God of Hunting who did it. After I killed that ferocious bird, I angered the God of Hunting. He started chasing me. Alas, if it weren’t for my good luck, you wouldn’t see me today."
He said this with a rueful face, and even now, thinking back, he still felt a lingering fear!
Luo Jingwen listened, opened his mouth, and finally said, "Your nightlife is truly colorful!"
To hell with nightlife!
The three quickly arrived at the place where the body was buried, removed the fine sand on the surface, and immediately a massive corpse was revealed. Ye Zong looked at the huge wings and the golden divine blood, and immediately confirmed that this was their target.
He felt relieved, but couldn’t help feeling somewhat frustrated.
Feeling that his status had been seriously challenged.
This kid!
How did he grow so fast? The last time we met, he wasn’t very noticeable!
He then asked, "Why are the head and legs missing?"
"Probably the God of Hunting did it. I don’t know!" Chen Shouyi bluffed with open eyes.
"There are quite a few sword marks on the wound!" Luo Jingwen immediately uncovered the truth.
Chen Shouyi felt this old bachelor was becoming more annoying.
He was such a nitpicker.
Absolutely no emotional intelligence!
No wonder he hasn’t found a wife yet!
Then he was stunned to see Ye Zong pull out a sword and slash at the part missing a leg, quickly asking, "What are you doing?"
"Getting some meat to eat! Before, the demigods I encountered were all humanoid, so eating the meat was a bit awkward, but this is just a bird, so it’s fine!" Ye Zong said as he continued cutting meat.
His strength was immense, much greater than Chen Shouyi’s normal state, and the sword was made of divine artifact material, incredibly sharp. With a few slices, he had cut off a big piece of meat.
Luo Jingwen hurriedly said, "Then I’ll get some too, I’ve never eaten demigod meat!"
The two took quite a bit more.
In total, it was about two hundred pounds, which was barely a scratch on the massive divine corpse weighing five or six tons.
After re-burying the divine corpse with fine sand, Luo Jingwen suggested, "Since the mission is completed and there’s nothing else to do, let’s go to Xiao Chen’s house and cook."
"How do we prepare this demigod meat, make soup or roast it?" Ye Zong said somewhat excitedly.
"Let’s make soup, roasting might make the meat tough and get stuck in the teeth!" Luo Jingwen said.
Is this really the time to discuss cooking meat? Chen Shouyi had a face full of black lines.
Hedong is still at war, the God of Hunting could appear at any moment, should we be this relaxed?
"Oh, right, I almost forgot!" Ye Zong seemed to remember something at this moment, took out three signal flares, and fired them into the sky one after another.
"What is this?" Chen Shouyi asked quickly.
"It’s the signal for safety!"
"Can you see it?" Chen Shouyi asked.
"Don’t worry. This morning, a special forces team composed entirely of military martial artists infiltrated Hedong. Part of the communications have already been restored. That Barbarian God is probably too busy to care now." Ye Zong said.
Upon hearing this, Chen Shouyi quickly asked, with a face of joy, "Now what exactly is the situation?"
On the way, Ye Zong spoke about the current state of affairs.
Chen Shouyi fell silent inside.
Dongning City, the hometown where he had lived for seventeen years, has now been completely wiped off the map.
Last night, just when the God of Hunting was chasing him, two battle formations split into two routes, one heading for Pingzhou, and the other for Hedong, but their purpose was merely to deceive the enemy and hold off that terrifying ferocious bird.
The real threat came several minutes later, a formation of strategic bombers set off for Dongning.
Last night, escaping with his life was undoubtedly related to this.
A five-million-ton hydrogen bomb turned Dongning into scorched earth, countless cultists and barbarians hiding underground all died.
In fact, this time the God of Hunting gambled everything.
River east was far from the only place to be attacked.
Having seized air control and eliminated aerial threats, the God of Hunting had no reservations. In just two days, almost half of the northern region of Jiangnan Province, including Pingzhou, Hedong, Ningzhou, and Dongxing, was captured.
Even the blockade line in the Dongning area collapsed after arduously resisting for an hour.
In the face of such a crisis, the Great Xia national central government finally decided to implement Operation Thunder.
This time, Ye Zong and Luo Jingwen were sent to kill that terrifying ferocious bird, completely restoring air control and paving the way for the upcoming comprehensive reclamation war.
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