On the way back in the evening, Chen Shouyi was still pondering in silence, and a trace of gloom emerged in his heart.

This time, the space fluctuation—whether it's a natural phenomenon or man-made—is uncertain. If it's the latter, who knows whether it's a blessing or a curse for Earth?

He shook his head, no longer thinking about it.

...

The New Year is approaching, and it will soon arrive.

This New Year is more lively than in previous years. Visitors came one after another, and even Chen Shouyi couldn't just avoid seeing them. He had to stay home to receive the guests. Fortunately, most people had some self-awareness; after a few words, they would leave their gifts and depart.

Even those lacking self-awareness wisely withdrew under the many glances from the successive visitors.

Cousin Jiang Yanyan, who was retained by Mrs. Chen to serve as a tea and water attendant, observed the bustling living room. Her initial shock quickly transformed into indifference, then numbness, all within half a day.

"Sister, do you know this general?" Jiang Yanyan asked Chen Xingyue quietly after leaving the tea room with a refilled teapot.

She noticed that the two had been chatting for over five minutes.

Compared to the half-minute or one-minute chats other visitors received, this was indeed special treatment.

Chen Xingyue walked over, glanced discreetly, then returned and said uncertainly: "It's likely the legendary military warrior General Li Wenwu Li. I've seen his photo in the newspaper before, didn't expect my brother knew him."

Her tone was quite calm. If Jiang Yanyan had just become numb, Chen Xingyue was like a salted fish that had been pickled for years, meeting no one who could surprise her.

To set an example and boost public morale, military legends were promoted more than civilian legends. You often see them in newspapers, especially now that Li Wenwu is the military's only seedling.

Jiang Yanyan made a face, feeling that her cousin was truly impressive; even legendary warriors came to visit. She then curiously asked, "Are legendary warriors all so young?"

"My brother said that after breaking through to legendary status, people undergo transformation, revert to youthful appearances, and have various mysterious powers," Chen Xingyue whispered. "But he can't be compared; he's just a monster."

At that moment, Chen Shouyi, talking, felt a jolt in his heart. In the end, he pretended not to hear, and asked Li Wenwu: "Are the military operations in Yan State still going smoothly?"

Li Wenwu was just passing through Zhonghai on his way to report at the Yan State battlefield.

"I don't know the specifics, but it's probably not going very smoothly." Li Wenwu sighed, "It's said that two hundred thousand more troops will be added after the New Year!"

Chen Shouyi nodded heavily. The military operations have been going on for over half a year. If smooth, it wouldn't have dragged on for so long without success, clearly indicating a fierce and protracted battle.

At this time, another person came to visit, prompting Li Wenwu to appropriately stand up and say: "I won't disturb you any longer; I should be on my way."

"Then I wish you a safe journey," Chen Shouyi said while standing up, not trying to retain him.

"Thank you for your kind words. Please, stay here."

Chen Shouyi watched him leave, noticing that with his casual blessing, Li Wenwu seemed to be enveloped in a faint aura of spiritual light.

Alas, I must be more mindful of what I say in the future.

He sighed.

As his will grew increasingly powerful, a mere flicker of thought now could have a massive impact on the external world.

An evil thought could drive a person insane, shattering the soul. A good thought, on the other hand, could bless a person as if they were graced by divine favor.

Fortunately, he had control over both his subconscious and conscious mind, or else an inadvertent evil thought could lead to the death of innocent people.

...

At night, all is silent.

Although today was only the first day of the New Year, outside, there was no sound of fireworks or firecrackers, making it seem somewhat desolate.

Chen Shouyi examined the sword in his hand, a gift from the God of Hunting, now retired, collecting dust in a corner of his space.

At this moment, his pupils maximally dilated, the black color reminiscent of a black hole, unable to evade even the slightest electromagnetic wave.

The electromagnetic wavelengths visible to ordinary people are quite short, approximately 380nm～780nm.

The colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, are just various electromagnetic wavelengths within this range, transformed by the brain to create a colorful world.

However, the range he can "see" is many times greater than that of ordinary people.

Yet even for him, except for the 380nm～780nm electromagnetic wave band, which can be converted to color in the brain, the other bands remain beyond reach.

Because the brain cannot recognize them.

This is the intrinsic defect of human beings as living organisms.

Human ancestors co-existed with dinosaurs during the same period—a fact due to dinosaurs' pressure causing humans to remain hidden, day and night, surviving for hundreds of millions of years. During this time, human vision's color recognition significantly degraded.

Some even stopped relying on eyesight (like bats), only recovering color recognition abilities gradually after dinosaurs became extinct and mammals took center stage in history. Yet even then, many mammals are naturally color-blind.

Whereas birds evolved from dinosaurs and have far superior vision to mammals.

They can recognize broader wavelengths of electromagnetic waves.

For example, the human retina has only three color receptors: red, green, and blue, the three primary colors. These color variations create the human eye's colorful world, while birds usually have four receptors, recognizing infrared or ultraviolet, and some even have five receptors, distinguishing tens or hundreds of billions of colors.

Humanity is far behind.

Even Chen Shouyi cannot make his retina produce more receptors.

Fortunately, this doesn't affect his ability to perceive the information carried by other non-visible electromagnetic wave bands. And without the brain's decorative conversion, he can more profoundly understand the essence of these electromagnetic wave messages.

Take this sword, for instance. While he can see the sword with his eyes, he also perceives the bizarre electromagnetic waves emitted from its surface: electromagnetic waves emitted by each atom lacking brightness, definite shape, only varying electromagnetic strength.

Compared to the active motion of ordinary metal atoms, the sword's metal atoms appear stable, tightly bonded, making its physical properties, including density, far exceed man-made alloys.

Chen Shouyi studied it for a while, gathered his will, extended his hand, and lightly flicked it.

"Zeng!"

Accompanied by a soft hum.

The sword instantly burst with light, and the next moment, the whole sword disappeared from sight.

The sword did not vanish into thin air but, due to metal bonds breaking, turned into dispersed electromagnetic clusters (atoms), scattering into the air.

He focused his mind, and countless atoms immediately regrouped and combined, forming a sword twice as large as the previous one.

"Still just ordinary metal."

As he observed, the sword began to shrink slowly, and several seconds later, he could no longer continue, having to halt, looking at the slightly larger sword with a furrowed brow, feeling a hint of disappointment: "It seems compared to the God of Hunting, I'm still lacking a bit."

ps: Two chapters tomorrow.