Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 549 - 523: I’m So Stupid

"Capital City, April 10th, People’s Daily—The President attended the reactivation ceremony of the Electromagnetic Cannon at Celestial Spirit Mountain, and during his meeting with the chief engineer and the commander of the defense forces, he pointed out that the other world cannot defeat or intimidate the Great Xia Country, but will instead make the Great Xia Country more resilient in war. The toughest times are over!"

It is reported that this electromagnetic cannon can launch various types of shells, including tactical nuclear bombs, at a maximum speed reaching nine times the speed of sound. It has an independent nuclear power plant for its power system, with a maximum range of up to 300 kilometers. This refurbishment makes it once again a crucial defense weapon for the Capital City.

In the next one or two years, electromagnetic cannons across the country will also be gradually reactivated..."

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dispatched diplomatic missions to neighboring countries, issuing stern warnings to stop invasive and disturbing actions, otherwise, they will face our wrath..."

"At 7:40 a.m. on April 15th, Capital City time, our country successfully test-fired a 300-ton yield hydrogen bomb with a missile in the Nipu Desert, and successfully destroyed the target.

It is reported that the missile was launched from 500 kilometers away, utilizing a new type of aperture radar to emit a super high-frequency microwave beam for guidance.

In the current Original Force environment, shortwave and medium wave are severely disturbed and scattered, unable to propagate.

This is also the reason why wireless and satellite communications have been unable to recover for a long time.

Only super high-frequency microwaves have the ability for directional propagation. The success of this test marks the preliminary restoration of our strategic nuclear missile strike capability."

...

Chen Shouyi flipped through the news of recent days, his eyes flickering.

In just two short years since the mutation.

Human technology is recovering at an unimaginable speed.

From the steam age, it has once again stepped into the electrical age, technology has largely returned to the level of the 1950s.

Apart from the fact that this technology is essentially retraced, war is also the best catalyst for technology.

...

The book-loving Shell Lady was reading in bed, the pages rustling as they turned.

In recent days, Chen Shouyi had bought a large pile of books again.

Mostly at kindergarten level, with illustrations, which she also liked.

However, such books are becoming increasingly scarce these days, and no longer does any overly fastidious publishing house print them, and even if they did, the quality wouldn’t be good.

He felt embarrassed to ask Bai Xiaoling to help buy these.

He had to search each shop himself, finally finding some at an old book stall.

However, what Shell Lady liked most was mathematics.

He didn’t dare buy anything above primary one for her, not because it was too difficult for her.

But worried it might be tiring for her.

It felt like child abuse.

Yet, she was delighted every day, completely enthralled.

...

"Knock, knock, knock!" came the sound of knocking from outside the door.

"Brother, Elder Qin is here to see you!" Chen Xingyue said.

"Got it, I’ll be down right away!" Chen Shouyi replied.

With a thought,

The air suddenly quivered.

A stack of newspapers on the table transformed into a barely visible powder, then rose into the air unaided, forming a grayish-white stream that flew into the nearby trash bin.

Newspapers that didn’t mention his name were clearly worthless.

Immediately, Chen Shouyi got up, opened the door, and walked down the stairs.

...

Qin Liuyuan, sitting on the sofa, stood up somewhat awkwardly when he saw Chen Shouyi come down.

The two were no longer in the same league, even though they had known each other for a long time, meeting still induced some tension: "General Manager Chen, just dropping by to visit you, hope I didn’t disturb you!"

"We’re old friends, no need to be so formal, and why did you bring a gift!" Chen Shouyi glanced at the bag nearby and chuckled.

"Just some worthless tea leaves." Qin Liuyuan smiled apologetically.

More tea leaves again.

Why does everyone give him tea leaves?

Does he seem like a tea drinker?

Tea is for middle-aged folks!

He usually just drinks salt water.

Chen Shouyi didn’t mind, sitting down beside him.

After chatting for a while, they talked about the recent blockade on East Pavilion Mountain to clear out the overpopulated creatures from the other world.

"Were many people killed?" Chen Shouyi asked out of curiosity.

He had heard a word about it from Bai Xiaoling last month but hadn’t paid much attention, such tasks no longer concerned him.

"Yes, quite a few, over two hundred military and civilian martial artists sacrificed their lives, and even a martial champion was killed!" Qin Liuyuan replied solemnly, "They also discovered a Barbarian settlement there, numbering over a hundred."

Chen Shouyi listened intently, but his heart remained unmoved. Invisible deaths were always like cold, hard numbers.

After sitting for a little over ten minutes, Qin Liuyuan got up to say goodbye.

As Chen Shouyi escorted him to the door.

Qin Liuyuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and stopped: "Oh right, General Manager Chen, I almost forgot, I wanted to ask when that auction will be?"

Ever since the news came out.

He had been waiting for a week.

Selling off second-hand weapons, investment shops, and various valuable collectibles, everything that could be sold was sold off, a massive sum of money raised, just waiting for the auction.

But then nothing happened.

Now a whole week had passed, and even the auction date hadn’t been announced.

He went to the Provincial Government every day to inquire about the news.

It was truly testing his patience.

Had he taken his pants off just to see this?

Chen Shouyi paused: "Auction? What auction?"

Qin Liuyuan’s heart nearly collapsed, surely you haven’t forgotten?

Fortunately, Chen Shouyi quickly realized: "You’re talking about the Demigod flesh? It should be in the coming days. Are you planning to attend the auction? Why spend the money, I’ll give you some!"

Hearing this, Qin Liuyuan couldn’t help but start breathing heavily, instinctively saying, "No, no, that’s too precious, I can’t accept it, can’t accept... General Manager Chen, please stay, I’ll be on my way."

Chen Shouyi wasn’t one to insist, since he declined so firmly, he didn’t press further.

...

The moonlight was faint.

Qin Liuyuan walked down the street and suddenly slapped himself hard.

A crisp sound echoed.

His face quickly turned red and swollen.

"I’m really stupid, truly!" he muttered to himself.

This is someone who’s slaughtered four demigods, the Demigod meat they have must be calculated in tons, for them Demigod meat is probably like pork.

When they offered to give it, they truly meant it, it wasn’t just politeness.

"Slap!"

As he thought more about it, he regretted it even more, giving himself another slap.

For someone like General Manager Chen.

A pound or two,

they’d be embarrassed to even offer such a small amount.

It would be a disgrace!

Given their past relationship, he estimated it would at least be over ten pounds, possibly twenty or fifty pounds.

If auctioned, how much money would that be worth?

Even bankruptcy wouldn’t be enough.

"And yet, I damn well turned it down!"

"I’m really stupid, truly!"

"Slap!"

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