Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 523 - 497: The Second Speech

Sunday.

The sky was cloudless.

Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy.

Red flags fluttered, colorful flags waved, creating a lively scene.

After four days of preparation, the speech finally arrived, with a large red banner hanging across the school entrance.

Principal Jiang Youwei and a large group of school leaders stood at the entrance, their faces glowing with excitement as they saw the endless stream of people pouring into the campus, feeling like life had reached its peak; this time the impact was even greater than the last.

At least last time at Jiangnan University, there weren’t this many people.

As far as he knew, even the Martial Arts Bureau and People’s Daily had sent people over.

At this moment, he noticed Chen Xingyue standing inconspicuously at the side, like a little helper welcoming guests, and he hurriedly waved kindly.

"Xing Yue, come over, come over!"

"Your brother... General Manager Chen really agreed to come, right?"

Chen Xingyue thought to herself, "You’ve already asked several times!"

But she wore a sweet smile on her face: "Principal, I specifically reminded my brother this morning, he will definitely come."

"That’s good, that’s good, haha, I was just casually asking." Jiang Youwei finally felt a temporary relief upon hearing this.

If it was a big shot like a Martial Arts Grandmaster or even Martial God, he wouldn’t have any means if they bailed.

After a while.

Jiang Youwei couldn’t help but ask again, "Xing Yue, there are too many people coming this time, the speech is placed on the sports ground, will General Manager Chen have any objections?"

"My brother is easy going, he won’t mind!" Chen Xingyue said.

You’re his sister, of course, it’s easy for family to talk.

But for the Martial Arts Academy and himself, it’s uncertain.

I’ve heard General Manager Chen has a very cold personality and is hard to deal with; I wonder if it’s true?

Jiang Youwei thought worriedly.

"Xing Yue, it’s crucial to rely on you at this critical time."

"Don’t worry, Principal!" Chen Xingyue puffed out her chest, full of confidence as she spoke.

...

Time passed minute by minute until almost nine o’clock when Chen Shouyi finally arrived leisurely, riding a newly bought bicycle.

"General Manager Chen, hello, hello, I am Jiang Youwei, the principal of Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy. Welcome, General Manager Chen, to visit and guide." Jiang Youwei breathed a sigh of relief, hurried forward, warmly extending both hands.

"Principal Jiang, you’re too kind!" Chen Shouyi reached out and shook hands with him, glanced at his sister standing beside him with a stiff face, and said with a smile: "I’ve always admired Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy for a long time, if it weren’t for the mutation, I would have attended here."

It was only then the crowd faintly realized that he was only nineteen; two years ago, wasn’t he still in high school?

"General Manager Chen is too modest, our school couldn’t have taught a genius like you." Jiang Youwei quickly said, his face flushed with pride, feeling exceedingly proud.

Who said General Manager Chen has a cold personality, he’s really too humble.

In the span of a few phrases, the crowd quickly gathered inside three circles and outside three circles, outside there were even more people trying to squeeze in.

This was the real General Manager Chen! 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Not comparable to the snowy film footage full of static.

Upon closer inspection, he really was very handsome!

"Make way, move aside quickly, General Manager Chen is coming through." The school leaders in charge of maintaining order hurriedly shouted.

The crowd immediately parted like a wave, forming a path.

Looking at the passage completely made of human walls on both sides, Chen Shouyi opened his mouth.

Isn’t this a bit over the top!

No wonder, these days when going out, he was garnering more attention from passersby.

...

On the sports ground.

The crowd was densely packed, over ten thousand people had flooded in.

And not just the sports ground.

Some with extraordinary abilities even climbed up the trees and onto the rooftops.

Every tree averaged at least a dozen, and as many as dozens, with people occasionally falling from the trees, only to climb back up again, creating a scene reminiscent of pandas climbing trees in a zoo.

"Hey hey hey..."

The loudspeaker emitted a piercing noise.

"Friends on the trees, be careful, don’t get hurt, if you’re not a martial artist, don’t climb the trees."

The crowd chuckled softly.

"Thanks to Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy for giving me this opportunity to speak, and thank you all for coming from afar..."

This time, no speech draft was prepared for him, so he could only improvise; luckily, these were just minor occasions, and he was becoming increasingly adept and confident in giving speeches.

"Last time at Jiangnan University, I shared some insights and reflections on training methods, which I suppose you might be tired of hearing, today I’ll talk about something new, like how to strengthen the body’s defense."

Applause instantly erupted fiercely like thunder.

Countless people brightened their eyes and looked excited upon hearing this.

Unfortunately, for most people, it’s just joining the fun; it’s still something they can’t practice.

From behind the scenes, Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy’s leaders were also excited, originally thinking it was just reheating the last content, unexpectedly, it was entirely new content.

The applause soon subsided.

Chen Shouyi continued:

"The human body is quite fragile, and humanity’s martial arts power system is overly extreme, bringing over-limit lethality, at the same time it also imposes a huge burden on the body, for instance, the most powerful bow-step straight punch, can easily tear the muscles.

Not to mention using a fist, probably no one dares to use a bow-step straight fist to attack a Barbarian with full force, because your arm simply cannot withstand the severe impact and would fracture, for martial artist apprentices, martial artists, and even legendary figures, it’s still the case.

I think there must be a solution.

These days, I’ve been reviewing the traditional Horizontal Training Method, and finally, there’s been some success.

I’ve tried it out, and the effects are quite good."

Chen Shouyi said, glancing up at the crowd to find them silent, each person’s expression was dazed and seemingly unresponsive; feeling mere words didn’t seem effective, he looked at the crowd and asked: "Does anyone have a gun?"

After a moment of silence.

A military martial artist in the front row stood up nervously, stammering: "Gen... General Manager Chen, is a hand... handgun okay, caliber 12.7, effective range one hundred and fifty meters."

It was undoubtedly a handgun specifically targeting Barbarians, with great power.

The bullet was shared with a heavy machine gun, its power greater than a submachine gun.

"Okay, throw it over." Chen Shouyi said.

The military martial artist hurriedly detached the gun and tossed it towards the stage.

Chen Shouyi caught it; the gun body was thirty centimeters long. He pulled out the magazine to check it was fully loaded with bullets.

He released the safety.

The crowd held their breath, already anticipating what was about to happen.

"General Manager Chen won’t have an accident, right?" Backstage, Jiang Youwei worriedly asked Chen Xingyue.

"I don’t know..." Chen Xingyue said nervously, gripping tightly, with veins bulging on her hands, even though she knew her brother had astonishing defense, an iron rod as thick as an arm wouldn’t harm him no matter how much it was struck.

But it was different from a bullet.

Really, why get involved in such dangerous things!

She hesitated whether to go and stop it.

In the next instant, she saw Chen Shouyi pointing the gun at his temple.

"Bang bang bang..."