Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 521 - 495: Battle in the Skies

"It’s strictly forbidden to discuss the Evil God and Shadow Creatures, violators will be severely punished!"

"Regarding the Evil God, don’t listen, don’t believe, don’t spread, don’t participate!"

"For the stability of our homeland, spreading fear is strictly forbidden."

...

After Chen Shouyi reported the intelligence, it immediately caught the military’s high attention, and measures were swiftly taken that afternoon.

By the afternoon, the town’s walls were filled with large characters everywhere, while a large number of soldiers and town government staff took to the streets to preach. However... the effect was not good.

It’s easy to break faith, but hard to break fear, but at least the trend of discussion was reluctantly curbed.

...

Three days later.

"Then I’ll be off, see you all if there’s a chance." Chen Shouyi said to Wang Lie and Zhu Xueqing.

"Alright, General Manager Chen, take care on the road." Wang Lie shook hands with Chen Shouyi and said.

"Remember to keep in contact!" Zhu Xueqing came forward and gave a brief hug, saying with reddened eyes.

Chen Shouyi nodded, released the embrace, and walked towards a nearby parked military helicopter, which soon slowly took off.

He looked out the window as the combat zone gradually moved farther away.

He retracted his gaze, leaned back in the chair, relaxed his whole body, closed his eyes, and drowsiness soon overtook him as he unknowingly fell asleep.

...

He didn’t know how long he had slept.

Chen Shouyi was suddenly awakened:

"General Manager Chen, wake up, we’ve been targeted by an otherworldly bird, please hold onto a parachute in case of an emergency, the helicopter is preparing for an emergency landing!" The helicopter pilot said loudly with a tense face.

He opened his eyes and asked in confusion, "Bird? You keep flying, I’ll handle it!"

Before the pilot could react, he opened the cabin door and flew out.

This was no ordinary bird, but a monstrous creature akin to a Western dragon.

Its body spanned six or seven meters from head to tail, with a wingspan of ten meters.

Its gruesome head was covered with numerous dark green spines, and under its high-browed ridge were a pair of sunken, fierce brown-yellow eyes. Its whole body was covered in emerald green scales, reflecting a bright luster under the sunlight, coupled with a gaping maw and sharp claws, clearly not a friendly being.

Chen Shouyi drew his sword and flew swiftly towards it.

At first, this giant beast did not pay much attention to the small existence that was Chen Shouyi, its eyes fixed intently on the metal behemoth below, circling in the air ready to strike.

In common perceptions, helicopters are generally not large.

In fact, the vehicle itself was not small at all. The entire helicopter was fifteen meters long, equivalent to the width of a standard basketball court, and the height of the fuselage, along with the wheels, was nearly as high as a two-story building, definitely a behemoth.

It was not until Chen Shouyi got within two hundred meters of this giant beast that it finally raised its guard.

Instinct told it that this creature was quite dangerous.

It turned its body in the air, its huge form not at all sluggish, and a pair of sharp eyes were tightly fixed on the rapidly approaching Chen Shouyi, letting out a low growl. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Chen Shouyi’s speed did not decrease at all.

The beast finally grew impatient, flapping its wings fiercely, gales rose, and its body approached the speed of sound in an instant.

A hundred meters, at the speed of both human and beast.

It was only a blink of an eye.

Chen Shouyi’s expression flickered, in a split second, his body barely evaded, and before he could turn, a strong wind arose from behind him, and next, a tail wrapped around his body.

This was his first air battle, and the result was evidently unsatisfactory.

In the air, his flexibility was greatly limited, far from being as free and easy as on the ground.

Chen Shouyi remained expressionless, as the beast’s tail just wrapped around his body, yet to exert force, Chen Shouyi thrust the Shadow Sword in his hand fiercely into the serpent-like tail.

"Awo..." With an unimaginable pain, the beast let out a wretched howl, its tail stiffened as if electrocuted, involuntarily releasing Chen Shouyi’s body.

After freeing himself, Chen Shouyi grabbed its tail, unleashing his strength, and with the pull, his body passed the beast’s neck like a bullet, the long sword in his hand spitting out a half-meter long sword aura, he slashed forcefully.

The beast’s shriek abruptly stopped, and a head rolled from the air.

Along with it, the giant beast’s headless body also fell.

...

Chen Shouyi flew back to the helicopter.

The atmosphere turned quiet, the pilot’s mouth moved, but he swallowed.

He didn’t mind as he had long been accustomed to the reverent gazes of ordinary people.

He closed his eyes, silently reflecting on the previous battle.

He realized he was not used to fighting in the air.

Not only was his body stiff and reactions sluggish, but habits from ground combat also applied to the air.

If not for his own strength, he might have met defeat.

For example, during combat, he habitually moved on a plane and drew strength from the ground, but being in the air felt extremely awkward.

In fact, in the air, not only standing can one fight, but upside-down, slanted, horizontal, any angle imaginable can be the battlefield, and both feet can be freed, making the complexity of combat in the air exponentially greater than on the ground.

"It seems I should find time to train well!" Chen Shouyi opened his eyes, thinking to himself.

He foresaw that with the gradual strengthening of will, the battlefield would one day move to the sky.

...

Several hours later, the helicopter landed on a building rooftop in the Hedong Safety Zone.

The sky had already darkened, and pedestrians were sparse on the streets.

Chen Shouyi walked out of the building and returned home.

Father Chen and Mrs. Chen were overjoyed, scrutinizing him thoroughly, and only when they were sure nothing was missing did they feel at ease.

"Brother, did you bring a gift?" Beside him, Chen Xingyue asked expectantly.

Has bringing gifts become a given?

Chen Shouyi was slightly taken aback, thought about how his sister had asked several times already, and as a brother, he couldn’t be stingy.

He reached into his pocket, actually taking a scale from his space, and handed it over: "Here, this is for you!"

Chen Xingyue took it, her hand sank involuntarily, the entire scale, about the size of a palm, weighing a pound, presented a perfect symmetrical diamond shape, about an inch thick, looking crystalline and transparent, incredibly smooth, with a peculiar golden glow on the surface, like a beautiful gem.

She gazed at it, fascinated.

"Satisfied now?"

"Brother, what is this thing?"

"A demigod’s scale!" Chen Shouyi said, then, slightly embarrassed, added: "It’s something ordinary people can’t even buy!"

"Brother, you’re so kind!"

"As long as you like it." Chen Shouyi said with a sigh of relief.

With tens of thousands of scales in the space, he shouldn’t have to worry about gifts in the future.

"Oh, by the way, many invitations and visiting cards have been sent to the house, I put them on your desk!" Mrs. Chen said at this time.

"It’s fine, ignore them." Chen Shouyi said.

ps: Sorry for being late.