Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 486 - 460: Scar

This is the legacy weapon of the four-armed giant, extremely terrifying.

Last time he came here, he merely attempted to touch it with the tip of his sword, and was knocked to the ground by a frightening mental impact, taking a long time to recover, almost scattering his soul.

He suspected this weapon might be a divine artifact.

"Try again?!" Chen Shouyi felt somewhat tempted.

"Little one, fly farther away." Chen Shouyi turned his head to the Shell Lady standing on his shoulder and said.

"Okay!" The Shell Lady immediately flew up, hovering several meters away in the air.

He glanced at her, retracted his gaze, and stepped forward step by step.

Now his strength was incomparable to before, but he still felt no confidence in his heart; the weapon had terrified him before, leaving a significant shadow.

He took a deep breath, gathered his will, and cautiously extended the tip of his sword towards the long spear, just barely touching it.

In his mind, an insanely fierce four-armed giant’s figure roared at him in anger.

His whole body trembled, and he took several steps back.

He was disappointed to find that his performance was slightly better than last time, but not by much.

Chen Shouyi shook his somewhat dizzy head, in that moment earlier, he felt like he was confronting a true god; his will collapsed on contact, and his mind was heavily consumed.

"Too terrifying!"

He could feel that this "four-armed giant’s soul" was resisting him.

"This legacy weapon probably can only be used by the four-armed giant, anyone else wanting to use it must either not fear the mental impact or must first subdue the weapon spirit." Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

Wanting to subdue it personally... naturally, it’s not even worth considering.

"I wonder if I can communicate with it."

Chen Shouyi had a thought and then said:

"Are you there?"

The long spear remained completely still.

"Why must we all fight and kill, let’s just sit down and have a calm conversation."

"Your master is dead, are you content to remain here forever and eventually turn to dust?"

The long spear still showed no reaction.

"I think for a person... no, for a weapon, the most important thing is happiness, being open-minded. Your anger towards the world is really too extreme, too bloodthirsty."

"And if I touch you, you don’t lose a piece of flesh, isn’t that reasonable?"

At this point, the Shell Lady floated over in confusion and said grievance: "Good giant, are you talking to little one? When you touch little one, little one doesn’t get angry!"

Chen Shouyi felt a bit stifled, waving her off: "Not talking about you, fly farther away."

"Okay!" The Shell Lady quickly floated farther away.

Interrupted by the Shell Lady, the atmosphere for a good conversation was gone. With the long spear remaining silent, Chen Shouyi assumed it had probably been persuaded by him.

He quickly got up and used the tip of the sword to test-touch it again.

Unfortunately, the long spear clearly was not persuaded as Chen Shouyi had thought.

He was struck with another mental impact, his brain faintly aching.

Stubborn and unyielding, a waste of emotions.

Chen Shouyi was also enraged, annoyed.

"Even if you don’t cooperate today, I’m taking you away."

He glanced to both sides, brought over a bundle of huge animal skins from afar, and covered the long spear, laying on four layers.

He touched it through the animal skin and found the will impact was indeed much lighter.

From unbearable, it became bearable.

He quickly transformed, turning into a six-meter-tall giant, grabbed the long spear, and threw it into the Book of Knowledge Space.

...

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

The battles in all areas of Jiangnan Province have gradually calmed down.

Apart from occasional rumors of barbarians lingering in rural and mountainous areas, the entire Hedong City was peaceful, yet the wounds of war were not easily healed.

In the entire war, the population of Hedong was reduced by thirty to forty percent.

Many had fled or were casualties of the war.

The compulsory military service system had drafted a large portion of the male population in Hedong.

Before the war, Hedong’s army had maintained a staggering size of six to seven hundred thousand, but after the war, it was reduced to less than half. Almost every family wore mourning, grief pervaded the entire city.

It could be said that this battle had completely drained Hedong’s vitality, leaving the entire place desolate and cold.

Walking on the street, seven out of ten people were women.

Until the year end approached, the previously silent atmosphere finally started to turn lively.

Early in the morning, Chen Shouyi and Chen Xingyue were called by their parents, riding a borrowed large tricycle, to go to the farmers’ market to purchase New Year’s goods.

"Shouyi, you stay and watch the cart! Xing Yue, let’s go shopping." Mrs. Chen said.

Chen Shouyi was not keen on going, so he responded with a sound.

He jumped off the tricycle and squatted in the corner carelessly.

He checked the attribute panel.

Strength: 18.4

Agility: 18.4

Constitution: 18.4

Intelligence: 18.0

Perception: 16.6

Will: 17.1

Energy Accumulation: 22.3

Faith Value: 268.5

He glanced for a moment and withdrew his gaze; over the past few days, his strength, constitution, and agility had finally been arduously raised to 18.4, thanks to consuming a large amount of demigod flesh daily, but now it was getting slower.

He used to get a nosebleed from just eating a pound of demigod flesh, now eating a couple of pounds had no effect.

Now he was training, eating at least a dozen pounds at a time.

This indicated that as his strength gradually approached that of a demigod, the effect of demigod flesh on him was also decreasing.

If his stomach wasn’t strong enough, it would have given him gastritis by now.

He looked at the Energy Accumulation that had reached 23.3 points.

"Not far now!"

"According to the rule of each optimization being three times the previous effect, once I reach 27 points, I can optimize again. I wonder what effect it will have then." Chen Shouyi had some anticipation.

...

"General Manager Chen, what brings you here?"

Chen Shouyi heard a familiar voice, looked up, and saw Song Yingjie pushing a bicycle looking at him in surprise, with a middle-aged woman who resembled her standing next to her.

"Are you also here to buy groceries, is this your aunt?" Chen Shouyi closed the attribute panel, stood up with a smile, and said.

She originally had short masculine hair, but it had grown out, covering her cheeks. However, Chen Shouyi still acutely noticed a centipede-like red scar on her face, almost splitting her face in half.

Song Yingjie sensed Chen Shouyi’s gaze, looked down, touched her hair to cover it, and awkwardly smiled: "Yes, this is my mom!"

Then she tilted her head and introduced: "Mom, this is the Chief Consultant of Provincial Security, and the strongest Martial Artist in Jiangnan Province!"

"Hello! Hello!" Her mother was shocked upon hearing this and immediately responded.

"Auntie, you don’t have to be so polite. I’m Chen Shouyi, I’m friends with Sister Song, we’ve known each other for a long time." Chen Shouyi smiled and said.

"You’re Chen Shouyi? Ying Ying often mentions you, and last time I heard you even saved her!" Mrs. Song face filled with gratitude, suddenly became much more enthusiastic.

Song Yingjie’s face turned red upon hearing this, followed by a sense of melancholy.

"It was nothing," Chen Shouyi smiled and said.

After chatting for a while, during which Song Yingjie hardly spoke, they soon left with her mother.

Watching their fading backs, Chen Shouyi’s smile gradually faded, and he sighed.

Throughout the conversation, he never asked how she got injured.

PS: Sorry for the delay.