Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 463 - 437: Wounds of the Soul

The frontline was jubilant.

The news of the God of Hunting’s death spread to every corner!

Listening to the cheers outside, Chen Shouyi felt like an outsider, without a trace of joy.

He and the Shell Lady stayed in the room, looking at the attributes panel, with a serious expression.

The original 15.9 perception was now only 15.0.

This was just the loss in attribute points, not even the worst of it. He found it hard to concentrate, let alone gather his will. If he tried to force it, his head felt like it would split open.

During this time he tried to practice the Thirty-Six Horizontal Training Forms, only to find he could no longer do it.

Similarly, the meditation to cultivate himself also couldn’t be done.

"The brain should be fine, even if there was a problem, it’s self-healing!" Chen Shouyi thought to himself, "I reckon it’s a soul injury!"

He lay on the bed, closed his eyes.

Soon he entered the Book of Knowledge Space.

He found that the World Tree in the center had lost its former luster, its leaves faintly yellowing.

His own once solid body had also become slightly transparent.

"As expected, it’s quite serious!"

He quickly exited the Book of Knowledge Space, feeling heavy-hearted.

It should recover, right?

If it doesn’t recover, he won’t be able to train in the future.

At this time, there was a knock on the door. Chen Shouyi opened it to find two officers standing outside:

"What is it?" Chen Shouyi was in a bad mood, sounding impatient.

The leading lieutenant colonel officer hesitated but showed no concern, politely asking:

"Uh, hello, Chief Advisor Chen. Sorry to disturb your rest. I’m Zhang Luoshan from the Military Region Intelligence Office. We wanted to confirm something with you. According to reports from pilots and several martial artists, at that time, the God of Hunting was fighting with a giant about three to four meters tall, and since you have the ability to transform into a giant and were also hunted by the God of Hunting, we came to confirm if it was you?"

Chen Shouyi’s face was expressionless; he nodded. Since it was discovered, there was no harm in admitting: "It was me!"

Mentioning this made his anger rise; the thermobaric bomb almost killed him as well.

After the confirmation, the two officers were dumbfounded. They were just following procedure, having initially thought it was another Barbarian God that suddenly appeared in Pingzhou, unnoticed.

As for why they were fighting, was it necessary to understand battles between Barbarian Gods?

Perishing together would be best!

But to find out it was really true, really Chief Advisor Chen, this... this was simply unbelievable!

After a long while, Zhang Luoshan digested this astonishing intelligence and snapped out of his daze.

He finally noticed Chen Shouyi’s subtle discontent, and with a thought, he understood the situation, cursing inwardly that something had gone wrong:

"Our pilots didn’t know it was you. They thought you were... an otherworldly being. Here, on behalf of the military region, I apologize to you!"

He felt that he must suggest to the superiors that the entire army should learn to recognize the characteristics of Chief Advisor Chen. His ability to transform into a giant, if the soldiers are unaware, could easily lead to another mistaken bombing!

In fact, the fight between the two was extremely fast, electric and flint-like, each moving at near sonic speed, taking only thirty seconds or so from start to finish.

Now, without high-speed tracking cameras, and the city full of buildings, even if it could be captured from the air, it wouldn’t be seen clearly.

Only a vague image of a big and a small giant fiercely fighting could be seen, so bombs were dropped without the slightest hesitation.

Chen Shouyi felt exceedingly frustrated and exhausted.

He was actually mistaken for an otherworldly being.

Blame me!

"Forget it!" he exhaled and said.

What could he do if he didn’t let it go? He couldn’t take revenge on those pilots; he wasn’t that petty.

Zhang Luoshan breathed a sigh of relief immediately, for this was someone who could contend with a "True God." If they sought revenge in anger, who could stop them, and who could punish them:

"Thank you, Chief Advisor Chen, for your understanding and leniency. Once we return, the military region will definitely give you an explanation!"

Then he cautiously asked, "By the way, it seems there were some changes with the God of Hunting afterwards. Do you know...?"

"I don’t know about that," Chen Shouyi said.

The Book of Knowledge certainly couldn’t be mentioned.

Since it couldn’t be mentioned, it was better not to admit it.

Before the two officers left, Chen Shouyi stated that he needed to return to Hedong to recuperate for a period, unable to engage in combat for the time being.

Seeing Chen Shouyi’s pale complexion, Zhang Luoshan quickly expressed understanding.

Such intense combat would be abnormal if unscathed.

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Chen Shouyi closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed, dazing silently.

That night, he did not train at all and slept well.

Early the next morning, a helicopter slowly descended on the rooftop of a building next to the villa area.

Chen Shouyi stepped out of the helicopter, came to the street, looked at the pedestrians and the buildings undergoing repair on both sides, and exhaled a long breath of air,

Hedong had completely restored peace.

Everything was getting better.

It wasn’t long before he arrived at the front of his home, the door tightly closed.

He shouted a few times, but there was no one.

Then, disregarding the headache, he forcibly concentrated his will, and with a thought, the lock clicked open automatically.

The living room was clean and tidy. He walked to the dining table, opened the cover, and found some leftovers, indicating that everything at home was fine.

He returned to his bedroom.

Threw all the luggage down and lay on the bed, feeling a bit listless and not wanting to get up.

He couldn’t help but look at the attribute panel again.

The perception was still only 15.0, with no improvement.

He finally faintly realized the severity of this soul injury!

He sighed, just about to turn off the attributes panel, when his eye caught the faith value, and his expression changed to surprise.

He found something strange: after more than ten hours, the faith value was still 0.0.

The faith value increased every moment, sometimes growing by nearly two points a day.

Sometimes not even one point.

But no matter how little, it couldn’t be absolutely nothing.

"What’s going on?" Chen Shouyi quickly sat up, his face puzzled.

He had a feeling, faintly capturing something.

Then he lay back down, closed his eyes, and immediately entered the Book of Knowledge Space.

He looked at the World Tree with somewhat yellowing leaves, carefully observing.

He finally discovered a slight anomaly.

He noticed that occasionally, a sliver of a bright glow would appear on the yellowing leaves carrying countless memory images and then disappear.

"This is the Power of Faith. The World Tree is using the Power of Faith to recover!" he thought in surprise.

Chen Shouyi didn’t feel any reluctance. If not for the World Tree’s last outburst, heavily damaging the God of Hunting, he would have already been unable to be standing here, and without the World Tree, the Power of Faith was useless to him.

Moreover, he always had a faint feeling that the World Tree was entirely one with him, sharing loss and prosperity.

Even... this World Tree might just be himself.

Otherwise, it couldn’t explain why all the leaves of the World Tree were the memories of each day.

"Maybe to heal my soul’s injury, it must rely on this World Tree." He mused, then looked at the occasional glow shining on the leaves:

"But, isn’t this amount of Power of Faith too little, barely showing any recovery effect!"

"Looks like I should take a trip to Dongning. I wonder if the nuclear radiation there will affect me!"

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