Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 795 - 768: Quantum Leap

When it was still warm as spring in Ba Country, it was bitterly cold in Zhonghai.

"General Manager Chen, welcome back."

"Minister Fang, you’ve had a hard journey!"

A vice mayor of Zhonghai and Zhang Miaomiao came to represent the city government to greet him.

"Mayor Zhou, we meet again. However, the one who really had it tough isn’t me, but General Manager Chen. If it weren’t for his presence, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly." Fang Xiangqian said with a smile.

"Minister Fang, you’re too kind. I didn’t do much."

Chen Shouyi made a polite remark, then nodded at Mayor Zhou as a greeting, and finally looked at Zhang Miaomiao and asked, "Has it snowed again these days?"

Mayor Zhou was all smiles.

There wasn’t the slightest hint of feeling neglected in his heart, nor did he dare to have such emotions.

After all, everyone receives this kind of treatment, even high officials.

Nodding is normal, and if he’s in a good mood, he’ll shake hands, but at most, it’s just a dry and polite remark. Otherwise, why bring Xiao Zhang along if not to liven up the atmosphere?

To avoid the scene becoming too awkward.

"Yesterday’s snow, indeed. Knowing you were coming, the snow stopped." Zhang Miaomiao said with a smile.

Chen Shouyi’s lips curled up into a smile.

Fang Xiangqian, witnessing this, felt a bit envious, thinking to himself, "Alas, why doesn’t the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have such a talent?"

...

"Crisis Hour, Turning the Tide — General Manager Chen Killing Five Barbarian Gods in Person at the European Union"

Unexpectedly, during Chen Shouyi’s time in Ba Country, People’s Daily had already featured this on the front page, and it wasn’t just the People’s Daily of Great Xia, the major countries of the Eurasian continent also reported this extensively.

And even more explicitly.

Lucy Country praised Chen Shouyi as "The Iron Great Wall of Earth"

While CBB described the battle as "The Advent of the God’s Son"

The accompanying photo was remarkably striking.

In the image, Chen Shouyi was bathed in golden sunlight, silently hovering three meters above the ground, his expression indifferent, looking down at the camera. The unique perspective of the photo, combined with the light and shadow, delivered a massive visual impact.

"No wonder I was right to fix the camera!" Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

This photo was obviously taken by that war photographer, except he didn’t expect it to be so artistic.

This was his most satisfying picture among all his photos from childhood to now.

Of course, it wasn’t without its flaws.

For example, due to being printed, the image wasn’t clear, quite blurry and vague. Also, in the fast flight, his clothing was battered by the high temperature and strong wind, leaving only a few torn pieces hanging on him.

Luckily, though the trousers were reduced to only their short upper part, the pant legs completely torn, they still managed to cover the crucial parts.

Alas, had I known, I should have repaired the clothes first.

To him, that would take just a blink of an eye.

However, overall, these are just minor flaws that don’t affect the overall aesthetic.

"No wonder these past days the faith value has been growing unusually fast!" thought Chen Shouyi to himself.

These days, the faith has returned to about a thousand points daily.

He picked up the phone, ready to call CBB Daily for the photo, but after thinking a bit, he changed his mind and dialed Bai Xiaoling’s number.

Directly calling CBB Daily like that would seem as if he wanted it badly.

...

"General Manager Chen, are you referring to the photo in BBC Daily?"

"Yes, Chen Xingyue wants it, sigh, such a headache!" Chen Shouyi said calmly without blushing, "It’s best to get several copies?"

"General Manager Chen, you really dote on your sister, huh, would ten copies suffice?" Bai Xiaoling said on the other end of the phone with a hint of envy.

"That should be enough," Chen Shouyi thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, General Manager Chen, I’ll call the BBC news agency right away to have them sent over as soon as possible."

...

Peaceful days always pass quickly. In a blink, the New Year was almost here.

Chen Shouyi still went to the Himalayas every day to train and diligently practiced all thirty styles of body refining, yet the effect was minimal, and progress was at a snail’s pace. In over a month, the three major attributes, strength, body, and intelligence, only increased by 0.1 points, reaching 26.3.

Agility didn’t budge at all.

However, his will, which has long surpassed his body’s attributes, seemed to have opened a valve, advancing rapidly day by day.

It advanced by as much as 0.7 points, reaching 29.0 points.

The progress was astonishingly fast, surprising even Chen Shouyi. He could almost increase by 0.1 points every few days.

Contrary to common perception.

In fact, the strength of will is not indifference to all emotions nor is it complete numbness to fear, as curiosity drives humanity’s exploration of the unknown, and fear protects life.

Creatures that face danger like brutes and remain unresponsive have been eliminated over billions of years of harsh selection.

Willpower is about controlling negative emotions and the strength of one’s soul essence.

The current situation feels like the soul, being too large (due to perception), is actively and spontaneously transforming because its quality can’t keep up.

His pure telekinesis strength leaped from its original 300 tons to 1000 tons.

At the atomic level, even a small mountain could instantly be broken down into scattered atoms, not to mention attacking with fusion energy bullets.

He once simulated it in his mind.

A version of himself attacking with pure physical strength through Giant Transformation, and a version not transforming but using pure willpower.

Within three thousand meters, the former had a higher win rate than the latter; beyond three thousand meters, it was the reverse.

Why three thousand meters?

Because this distance is the effective attack range for a non-transformed state to kill with a single punch in Giant Transformation.

And this is just the current state.

Now, willpower continues to rise rapidly while his bodily strength has almost completely stalled.

He’s increasingly felt that his understanding of strength has been skewed. He used to believe muscles equate to strength, but in the face of increasingly powerful will, it’s already beginning to crumble.

In fact, it’s collapsing!

With the growing amount of knowledge mastered, the more profound his understanding of the body’s mysteries becomes.

Muscles can be transformed, physiques can be enhanced, and even intelligence can be optimized, just like the previous transformation of nerve fibers. Only willpower and perception remain the only two, yet he still doesn’t have absolute confidence.

...

Chen Shouyi sat on the grass, facing a large chunk of True God Flesh, and with a gentle inhalation, the piece seemed to weather instantly, turning into a plume of dust, absorbed into his mouth, reaching his stomach, instantly filling it.

He turned and asked the two little creatures also eating.

"What do you think is the meaning of humans pursuing power?"

"Good giant, you’re so dumb. I’m Shell Lady, not a giant!" Shell Lady, who was gnawing on the True God Flesh, raised her head blankly and said cutely.

"Yes, yes," Hong Xiaobudian nodded hard.

"Then why do you pursue power..." Looking at the two chubby eaters, the corners of Chen Shouyi’s mouth twitched, and he gave up, "Forget it, just keep eating, pretend I never asked!"

...

In the evening, shortly after returning home, Chen Shouyi suddenly received a call from the president.

"General Manager Chen, something has happened!"