Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 501 - 475: Shankui Province

The helicopter emitted a buzzing noise, and the body slightly swayed.

"This mission is in the northern part of Shankui Province, where some strange things have happened..." A young, valiant-looking female officer in her twenties, leaning close to Chen Shouyi, shouted loudly amidst the loud noise.

Chen Shouyi felt the soft, elastic sensation coming from his arm and felt a bit awkward, but since she didn’t seem to mind, he had to pretend not to notice and asked, "What do you mean by strange?"

"The first signs of the situation appeared in Tuoan City, about three months ago, with people mysteriously disappearing from time to time, turning into monsters hidden in the shadows. Initially, the local government did not pay much attention.

By the time they realized it, it was already too late, and the area expanded from Tuoan City to nearby cities, and the situation became completely out of control."

Chen Shouyi frowned slightly as he listened and couldn’t help but ask, "People turned into monsters?"

"Although it’s hard to believe, it has been confirmed. It’s an evil and terrifying monster that can hide in shadows, very hard to detect and quite difficult to deal with. Our military sent an elite team consisting of a Martial Artist and five great warriors to investigate the source of everything, but they have not returned yet, and their life or death is unknown!"

Originally somewhat nonchalant, Chen Shouyi’s heart suddenly became serious.

There must be great terror behind this incomprehensible mystery.

Barbarian God?

Or something else?

...

Shankui Province is located in the west of the Great Xia Country.

The helicopter flew for a full four or five hours before arriving at Shankui Province.

...

In the evening, the helicopter slowly landed on an open ground in a village.

He bowed his head as he walked out of the helicopter, and a group of people were already there to greet him. Besides the military personnel, Chen Shouyi also spotted two familiar faces.

One was Wang Lie, a Peak Martial Artist whom he had met once in the Capital City, and the other was Zhu Xueqing.

After a simple handshake and greeting with the people from the military, Chen Shouyi looked at Wang Lie, extended his hand, and said, "Elder Wang, hello, hello!"

"Don’t mention it, don’t mention it, just call me old... Wang Lie will do." Wang Lie hurriedly said.

Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but smile, then looked at Zhu Xueqing, but before he could speak, she punched him in the chest.

What’s with this girl?

Why does she always hit my chest!

Zhu Xueqing’s eyes sparkled, her face slightly flushed as she said, "Long time no see, you’ve become quite famous lately, even more than celebrities!"

Sigh!

Why is it always so hard to keep a low profile!

It’s so annoying.

"Forgive me, I didn’t know it would cause such a stir!" Chen Shouyi said humbly. Recently, for some unknown reason, the decreasing Faith Value began to surge again.

"You really are legendary?" Zhu Xueqing continued to ask.

"I don’t know how, but suddenly I broke through!" Chen Shouyi continued to downplay.

Wang Lie, standing beside him, seemed as if he wanted to speak but hesitated, almost exasperated by Chen Shouyi’s words. After all, he had been stuck at the Peak Martial Artist for three whole years without such luck.

...

Through the conversation, Chen Shouyi realized they had arrived two days earlier.

Due to the sandstorm in the other world causing a delay, he arrived two days late.

The entire village had no villagers, obviously relocated, and had now become a temporary command center.

In the evening, the local military enthusiastically treated them to dinner, and Chen Shouyi also obtained more firsthand intelligence.

Chen Shouyi discovered that this strange event had already affected nearly half of the province and showed signs of spreading further. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

To halt this trend, the entire northern part of Shankui Province was now under military lockdown.

After dinner.

Chen Shouyi and the other two returned to their temporary residence, a small three-story building.

Zhu Xueqing was making tea while saying:

"Yesterday, Elder Wang and I checked the area and found a few shadow monsters. They weren’t very strong, a Martial Artist could handle them. Then we went to a suburb village and found that the villagers were living as usual, except..." Zhu Xueqing recounted.

"Except for what?" Chen Shouyi asked curiously.

"Except it felt a bit strange. When asked if they knew about the shadow monsters, their faces turned pale with fear, and no matter how we asked, they wouldn’t say anything. We didn’t dare delve deeper and withdrew."

"We also found this, every household had this thing hanging at the entrance." Wang Lie took something out of his pocket and tossed it over.

Chen Shouyi caught it with his hand.

He discovered it was a palm-sized wooden triangle with a concentric circle carved in the center.

It faintly resembled an eyeball.

"Divine Emblem?" Chen Shouyi’s face became serious.

"Very likely!" Wang Lie said.

No real body revealed, no war, just some power revealed, and several cities subtly controlled. If it really is a Barbarian God, this Barbarian God is unbelievably powerful.

...

The sky quickly turned dark.

Chen Shouyi closed the door, lit the kerosene lamp in the room, and when the Shell Lady didn’t come out for a long time, he reached into his clothes and pulled her out.

He found that she had already fallen asleep.

Woken up by the commotion, she groggily opened her eyes, glanced at Chen Shouyi with difficulty, and mumbled resentfully, "Good Giant, the little one has waited for you for so long, but you didn’t pay attention to the little one and kept talking to the bad Giant..."

"Alright, alright, next time I won’t talk for so long. Go back to sleep." Chen Shouyi said with amusement.

This jealousy is really something.

Hearing this, the Shell Lady finally reassured, and her eyelids drooped as she fell back into a deep sleep.

Chen Shouyi gently placed her by the bed and covered her with a blanket.

He walked to the window. Outside, the sky was dark and gloomy, and the cold wind howled, occasionally accompanied by a strange roar, seemingly from a creature of another world.

He fished out the triangular emblem and gently stroked it with his fingers.

The Divine Emblem showed no sign of Faith’s radiance.

It felt like an ordinary object.

"Is this really a Divine Emblem?" Chen Shouyi questioned in his heart.

"However, we’ll know by tomorrow!"

At this moment, there was a knock at the door.

It was Wang Lie.

Chen Shouyi opened the door: "What do you need me for?"

"Well..." Wang Lie’s face was a bit embarrassed, then seemed to make a decision and took a black notebook out of his pocket, saying: "General Manager Chen, could you give me an autograph?"

Autograph?

Chen Shouyi paused for a moment, a bit at a loss, thinking he misheard: "What?"

Wang Lie’s face turned red, feeling that his lifetime reputation was lost in a single moment: "My daughter... no, my relative’s daughter, really admires you and specifically instructed me to get your autograph!"

"Oh!" Chen Shouyi blankly took the black notebook and pen, opened the first page, and quickly signed his name.

"A blessing message!" Wang Lie reminded.

A blessing message too?

"What should I write?" Chen Shouyi asked.

"May Wang Yuting practice martial arts well, not waste time, and strive to become a powerful Martial Artist!" Wang Lie said.

This must be your daughter, right?

Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but think to himself, quickly wrote it down, and handed it over.