Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 574 - 548: At Any Cost

Sitting in the car, the intern listened to the conversation between the two people. Although he didn’t know what was happening, the phrase "a new era has arrived" clearly indicated that something earth-shattering had occurred.

The car was silent, with only eye contact communicating between them, but unfortunately, no more details could be heard.

The car sped along and stopped at the embassy entrance.

Though it was already nine in the evening, the Beijing Embassy of the European Union was brightly lit inside.

Alvin arranged accommodation and meals for this batch of interns and learned that the ambassador was in a meeting.

Without bothering to eat, he rushed to the meeting room, which was already packed.

"Alvin, you’re back," Ebel, the ambassador of the European Union, said.

"Mr. Ebel, I just arrived," Alvin replied.

"You must have seen the news in People’s Daily today, find a seat!" Ebel said.

Once Alvin was seated, Ebel continued the topic that was previously interrupted: "The news in Great Xia didn’t mention the whereabouts of the God of Blood’s corpse, clearly intentionally concealing it. This is likely a complete corpse, not the severely contaminated leftovers from being vaporized by a nuke, possibly weighing hundreds of tons!"

As soon as the words landed, the meeting room was filled with murmurs of commotion.

Hundreds of tons!

It’s a mind-boggling figure.

Any country acquiring it would undergo a transformative change, greatly altering the current dire situation.

"Undoubtedly, this corpse is either with God Chen or has been acquired by Great Xia, with the latter being most likely," Ambassador Ebel continued:

"After all, this shouldn’t be God Chen’s first act of godslaying. Just a few months ago, the Jiangnan Province had an auction where tens of tons of demigod meat and about one hundred pounds of true god meat was sold.

Various signs and information also prove that the Great Xia’s military strength has been rapidly improving over the past two months, with some rewards for tasks from civilian martial artists now including Divine Blood and Divine Marrow.

This obviously comes from God Chen; only God Chen has this capability.

For him, the true god meat might just be..." Ebel paused, seemingly at a loss for words:

"Beef!" one subordinate quickly added.

"Yes, just like beef, as long as it’s sufficient," Ebel looked at him approvingly and continued.

"Should we negotiate with God Chen? If so, he shouldn’t have much to spare!" Alvin asked: "Moreover, money holds no significance to such entities!"

Everyone began whispering to themselves.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood my point. The transaction would naturally be with Great Xia, and at such a critical time, we mustn’t antagonize Great Xia. What I meant was, is it possible to win God Chen over to our side?"

As for whether winning God Chen over to the European Union would antagonize Great Xia, it’s evident that that’s not a consideration in his mind.

"At any cost?"

"At all costs, even if he wants to sleep with the Queen, we’d clean her up and send her to his bed!"

...

Inside the bedroom.

Chen Shouyi’s massive figure, standing three meters tall, was almost touching the ceiling.

The mysterious black tattoos all over his body accentuated his guise like a demon god, as he gazed at the attribute panel, frowning slightly.

"It seems like there’s not much change?"

Spending three thousand Faith Value resulted in only a 3% progress.

It was hardly noticeable.

Except the black tattoos... seemed a bit clearer.

He felt quite cheated!

The arduous accumulation of three thousand Faith Value felt utterly wasted, barely showing any effect. In hindsight, he thought it should have been invested in the advanced "Control Atmosphere."

A few minutes later, Chen Shouyi returned to his normal size.

The increased attributes quickly reverted to their original state.

Strength: 19.9

Agility: 19.8

Constitution: 19.8

Intelligence: 19.8

Perception: 17.9

Willpower: 18.3

Energy Accumulation: 20.23

Faith Value: 153.3.

Chen Shouyi glanced at the attribute panel and quickly turned it off.

The growth was slowing down.

In nearly twenty days, aside from strength, willpower, and perception increasing by 0.2 points, the rest either increased by 0.1 point or didn’t grow at all.

Fortunately, he wasn’t anxious.

He had a vague feeling that reaching twenty points might be a threshold.

This step was like crossing from human to god.

Once crossed, he’d be indistinguishable from a demigod.

At this moment, the phone in the room rang, and Chen Shouyi answered: "Hey, mom, don’t worry, my health’s fine, no injuries.

I’m eating well, living comfortably, and pretty much idle every day!"

Of course, he was living well.

Now, he was extremely idle every day, besides practicing martial arts, doing nothing else, completely fed and clothed without lifting a finger.

To prevent Chen Shouyi from getting bored.

The dishes varied daily, even the uncommon seafood in inland areas was specially flown in from other provinces.

"Ugh, don’t say death, it’s unlucky." Mrs. Chen quickly said, then paused, asking, "Is what the newspaper said true?"

"Newspaper, what newspaper?" Chen Shouyi asked, confused.

"People’s Daily!" Mrs. Chen said, then seemingly urged Father Chen nearby: "Quickly, bring the newspaper over."

"Let me talk on the phone?" Father Chen said.

"It’s the same with me talking." Mrs. Chen said.

The old couple bickered a bit, but in the end, Mrs. Chen clearly won.

"The newspaper said you killed a true god named the God of Blood in Luoyue Country, is it true?"

Hearing this, Chen Shouyi paused. Being on the Southwest Border, the People’s Daily, transported by railway, arrived a day or two later than in Jiangnan Province; this was the first time he heard this.

"Oh, uh, probably... true I guess?" Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but scratch his head, quickly explaining: "Actually, it was quite easy, no real danger, killed him effortlessly."

Dealing with his parents felt more exhausting than battling the God of Blood.

After saying this, Chen Shouyi felt there was no response from the other side.

"Mom, are you still there?"

"Hello hello, mom!"

"Yes, yes, uh, your mom’s fine." This time it was Father Chen speaking, evidently having taken the phone: "Just a bit shocked, unable to recover, you... take care of yourself, be cautious and careful, don’t be reckless, uh... that’s it, I’m hanging up!"

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Chen Shouyi smiled wryly.

This time, they are really shocked.

Whatever, the old couple will get used to it, just like when they heard about him killing a demigod last time, they’ll be fine in a while.

Chen Shouyi turned his thoughts elsewhere.

He teased Shell Lady for quite a while until he annoyed her into biting him hard for half a minute before stopping sheepishly.

Chen Shouyi looked at the bite marks Shell Lady left on the back of his hand; her strength was indeed growing.

Then he took out true god meat, bit fiercely, and swallowed it down, beginning his continued practice.

He wondered about the changes that would occur after his attributes surpassed twenty points.

His heart was filled with anticipation.

ps: Apologies, I got stuck writing today; the second update might be a bit delayed.