Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 554 - 528: I Said, Let There Be Light

The moonlight was hazy, casting a clear and bright glow.

On the way back.

Qin Liuyuan carefully carried a large plastic bag, walking as if stepping on cotton, staggering with each step.

As for the previous luggage bag full of money, although Chen Shouyi asked him to take it back, he was too embarrassed, so he left it and ran off.

"It must weigh over five pounds!" he thought to himself, suppressing his excitement.

It was just so extravagant, so lavish.

Is this the realm of powerful figures, splurging billions without batting an eye!

Wow, I’m floored!

His mind was surging with excitement, uncontrollable.

"Face really isn’t worth much. In front of someone like General Manager Chen, it’s not embarrassing at all. Many Martial Artists want to visit but are denied entry, and only I know General Manager Chen from humble beginnings, barely sharing some camaraderie."

In the future, I should definitely visit more often.

...

Chen Shouyi was lying in bed and casually picked up an academic book titled "Divine Power and Idealism," skimming it quickly.

For nearly twenty years.

Humans have been frantically engrossed in studying everything about divinity.

But most of it is speculation and guesswork.

This book speculates about a form of Divine Power.

That is,

it is a power driven by belief.

Divine Power originates from the faith of believers, the telekinesis of the masses, groomed and refined by the Barbarian God, turning it into a mysterious power that can be freely used.

In this book, this power is described as almost omnipotent, capable of turning stone into gold, burning mountains and boiling seas, and promoting the growth of all things.

But as someone who has personally encountered these divine beings, Chen Shouyi remained skeptical.

A power driven by belief is probably true.

But it can’t be omnipotent; it likely only works within a specific domain, specifically within the realm of a Divine Position.

For example, the Sea God, all his power is related to water.

Or the God of Shadow and Fear, his power relates to shadow and fear.

However, his perspective is quite interesting.

The author of this book is a foreigner.

It’s interspersed with a lot of foreign religious mythology, which he elaborates on.

One such story that made a deep impression on Chen Shouyi is the Seven Days of Creation by God.

"On the first day, God created light: God said, ’Let there be light.’ and there was light."

"On the second day, God created the air: God made the air, separating the waters below from the waters above."

"On the third day, God created vegetation: God said, ’Let the earth bring forth grass and seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees that bear fruit according to their kind, with the fruit containing seeds.’ And it was so."

...

"If there really is a God, then God would be an almighty, omnipotent deity."

Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

Suddenly he had a whim, focusing his will.

"I say, let there be light!"

The next moment, the room suddenly became dazzlingly bright, overshadowing even the light bulb.

"One-one-one-one-one..."

The Shell Lady, diligently working on math problems beside him, suddenly felt the brightness and looked around cautiously but found nothing.

She quickly relaxed and continued with her problems, looking down.

"Hmm? How many ones was I counting just now?"

"Do it again!"

Chen Shouyi didn’t notice at all that his actions delayed the Shell Lady from embarking on the path of a mathematician for a minute; he was utterly ecstatic:

"How is this possible?"

He tossed the book aside, got up from the bed, and started pacing around.

His usual use of willpower was limited to Sword Qi or flying; he had never considered trying this.

Though many times when concentrating his will, he faintly felt a sense of invincibility.

The surrounding environment changed subtly according to his wishes.

But he didn’t think much of it.

Completely unexpected that it could be used like this.

Excitedly, he stretched out his hand:

"Burn, Flame Hand."

No response.

The Shell Lady glanced at the dumb giant upon hearing the commotion.

Ahem.

Too excited!

He couldn’t concentrate his mind.

Thankfully, no one saw it.

Chen Shouyi steadied his mind and gathered his will again.

With a "whoosh" sound.

A faint red flame started to burn fiercely on his hand, the flames flickering.

A wave of heat could be felt on his face.

Although his hand was burning, Chen Shouyi’s skin felt no hint of temperature, only the warm airflow moving violently like countless small mice scurrying around.

However... the temperature seems a bit low.

Chen Shouyi guessed it was only about two or three hundred degrees.

But he didn’t care at all.

This miraculous and unbelievable ability makes discussing its destructive power a buzzkill.

He moved his thoughts again.

"Whoosh!"

His entire body began to burn with flames.

The Shell Lady, who had been recounting numbers, was startled once more, only for a moment before she was frightened, reacting quickly, she flew to Chen Shouyi’s side, loudly reminding, "Good giant, you’re on fire, quick, fly to the water."

She wanted to approach but didn’t dare, anxiously circling around, suddenly spurting out saliva.

Chen Shouyi was speechless!

Did she think a few drops of saliva could extinguish the fire?

"Don’t worry, I’m fine," Chen Shouyi said, then headed to the bathroom to see how he looked burning.

"But you’re on fire, you’re about to die!" the Shell Lady followed quickly, shouting loudly, extremely anxious.

She feared fire the most; once there was a thunderstorm, and lightning struck near her nest, starting a big fire. Had she not flown quickly, she could have been burned alive.

Thus, she had an extreme fear of flames.

Her good giant would be burned to death.

She would be very sad.

"I’m not going to die!" Chen Shouyi hadn’t realized how terrified the Shell Lady was, he said casually, walking to the bathroom.

Seeing a flaming figure with a blurred face in the mirror.

He studied it for quite a while.

The more he looked, the more pleased he felt, sensing the high level of coolness.

Probably in this appearance, even his parents wouldn’t recognize him walking out.

Sigh, just no phone!

Otherwise, to post on social media...

The cute and silly Shell Lady was behind him, frantically spitting saliva to put out the fire, after a while she seemed to feel there was no hope of salvaging the situation and suddenly wailed out loud:

"Boohoohoo..."

Chen Shouyi felt both amused and touched, released his will, and the flames went out instantly: "Alright, alright, don’t cry. Little One, look, the good giant’s fire is out now."

The Shell Lady’s eyes widened, her crying stopped immediately, and she flew to Chen Shouyi’s shoulder in surprise, teary-eyed, touching his face, she asked, "Good giant, does it still hurt?"

"It does."

"Little One will blow on it, blowing makes it not hurt," Shell Lady blew a few breaths, asking, "Good giant, does it feel better?"

Chen Shouyi found it amusing, wasn’t this the trick he had used to comfort the Shell Lady in the other world last time?

Never thought it would be used on him.

"It’s better!"

"Then I’ll blow some more!" Shell Lady said eagerly.

"Give a kiss, and it won’t hurt even more."

"Peck, peck, peck, peck..."

"Now it’s my turn to kiss." Chen Shouyi grabbed the Shell Lady, showing a devilish smile.

"Hehehe... The good giant always has so much saliva... Does Little One smell nice?"

"Nice!"

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