Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 418 - 393: Trap (Part 1)

The topic of opening up faith has always been sensitive and dangerous.

Indeed, to many, the Barbarian God of the alternate world doesn’t need land or human wealth. It’s not a life-or-death genocidal war; invading Earth is only for faith. It seems like letting it go wouldn’t matter.

Peaceful coexistence is entirely possible.

Before discovering the alternate world, humanity already had countless religions. In many countries, religion even permeates all aspects of life, yet people still lived normally and developed well.

However, these gods were all imaginary.

For most people, faith had become a habit, a custom, a tradition.

Even many in the divine position view it merely as a livelihood.

With technological development, the old ignorance gradually vanished. Most people believe in gods as a spiritual support, a wish for a better future, a placebo. They do what needs to be done in daily life and go to hospitals when sick, rather than praying to deities.

Even if someone desecrated gods, it wouldn’t result in murder out of anger. Most avoided it, at most leading to verbal disputes.

Today’s religions have no power to intervene in political authority. The deterrent power of law outweighs religion.

However, the Barbarian God is different, he is a personified deity, real and existing.

In the hearts of believers, he is sacred, majestic, inviolable, and worth dying for.

The influence and destructiveness between the two are worlds apart, like a grenade compared to a nuclear bomb.

Whoever controls the mind controls everything.

When the majority starts to believe in the gods, the will of the gods becomes everything, and by then, nations and ethnicities will cease to exist, and society will revert to a dark theocratic medieval era.

...

Next, Qian Pengcheng personally accompanied the two to settle down.

This air-raid shelter was of high specification, quite large, with complete supplies and facilities. In some sense, it was a shelter.

There were quite a few living quarters inside, and the staff had been staying here during this period.

Qian Pengcheng opened the door, lit the kerosene lamp, and apologized:

"Chief Advisor, the conditions are humble, please don’t mind!"

Chen Shouyi surveyed the room. It wasn’t large, just like a hotel single room, but it was quite clean, and the quilts were new, evidently just tidied up:

"It’s fine. As long as there’s a place to stay!"

After Qian Pengcheng and Zhang Miaomiao left, Chen Shouyi closed the door, took out his briefcase, unzipped it, and released the Shell Lady.

Then he took a pile of her treasures from his backpack.

Chen Shouyi opened the bow case and quickly assembled the parts into a War Bow.

Half a minute later, Chen Shouyi stood fully armed.

"Play by yourself here; I’m going out for a while!"

The Shell Lady, playing with the Ruby, became alert and immediately put down the jewel, asking seriously, "Good Giant, are you going out to hit the bad Giant again?"

"How do you know?" Chen Shouyi asked curiously.

"Because every time you take this ’bang bang’ thing, you go to hit the bad Giant!" The Shell Lady pointed with her white little finger at the bow in Chen Shouyi’s hand, looking at him as if he couldn’t fool her.

This little thing is getting smarter and smarter.

"Do you want to come with me to kill the bad Giant?" Chen Shouyi raised an eyebrow. Not long ago, the Shell Lady tearfully said she’d go wherever he went, and he remembered it clearly.

The Shell Lady hesitated for a long time, then decided against it. She suddenly yawned theatrically, "Little One is very sleepy now, won’t go help the Good Giant, and will obediently wait here for the Good Giant to return."

Hehe!

Chen Shouyi was speechless towards this little drama queen: "Then sleep well!"

"Little One will definitely sleep well!" The Shell Lady immediately said, then uneasily added, "Good Giant, you have to come back early, or Little One will miss you."

...

On the rooftop of a skyscraper.

The cold wind was biting, making the clothes flap loudly.

This building, located near the City Government’s park, was the tallest.

The weather in November had the damp cold of a Jiangnan winter, with temperatures around five degrees.

Nearby, a group of soldiers in charge of anti-aircraft guns, wearing thick coats, still had slightly purple lips due to the cold. But such temperatures felt like a spring breeze to Chen Shouyi, who was used to the icy and snowy conditions of the alternate world.

Even wearing a thin sports jacket, he hardly felt cold.

He scanned sharply, trying to notice any anomalies.

Unfortunately, he had been standing here for half an hour, and everything remained calm around him.

He was somewhat bored; honestly, he disliked these stealthy enemies the most.

Just as Chen Shouyi became impatient, gunshots rang out from afar.

The nearby soldiers felt a slight tremor on the rooftop, and his figure had already disappeared.

"He... did he jump?" a soldier stammered, looking at a suddenly appearing one-foot-wide dent nearby.

This building was at least one hundred and fifty to sixty meters high.

"Go take a look quickly!" the squad leader hurriedly said.

"Yes."

A soldier quickly ran over. As he reached the edge of the rooftop and before he could look down, he caught sight of a figure in the air flying like a bird. He excitedly said, "He... he’s flying."

"Flying my ass, he jumped across!" said another soldier who came up later: "It’s incredible, the building in front is a hundred meters away, with a drop of forty to fifty meters. Is this even human?"

"Shut up!" the squad leader hurriedly said.

...

In mid-air, the wind howled.

"Bang"

As his feet landed, a large section of the rooftop cracked instantly. After several rolls to dissipate the impact, he quickly stood up. A few steps of running start, and he continued to leap towards another building.

A minute later, he leapt several kilometers and rushed to the scene swiftly.

The area was already surrounded by military police.

Five corpses lay on the ground amidst a pool of blood, and the attacker had long vanished.

From the arrows and wounds left around, it was evident they were killed by bows and arrows.

Chen Shouyi noticed that two of the dead were wearing army fatigues, bearing a major’s insignia and a lieutenant’s insignia, respectively. It seemed they were targeted by the attacker for this reason.

"Damn it!"

Chen Shouyi’s face darkened as he called over a soldier who appeared to be in charge, showed his credentials, and asked, "I’m today’s Provincial Safety Chief Advisor Chen Shouyi, where is the Barbarian?"

"Chief... Chief Advisor, hello, they escaped." The soldier saluted quickly.

"Which direction?"

The officer quickly calmed down from his nervousness, pointed to a distant building, and said mournfully, "The arrows were shot from that direction, but they disappeared long ago. This was supposed to be a trap to lure the Barbarian, but we didn’t expect them to use bows and arrows!"

"This was a trap?" Chen Shouyi then noticed that the soldiers here were all with enlisted insignias, none were officers, and there seemed to be numerous indistinct glances cast here, revealing hidden hands in the surroundings.

"Do you have the courage for another performance?" Chen Shouyi looked around and said to the officer.