Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 608 582: Powerful Divine Power from 20 Years Ago

It's already the end of June.

At noon, the sun in the sky blazed fiercely, its rays scorching.

As a result, there were more legs on the streets of Hedong City.

Various white legs in long skirts, mid-length skirts, and short skirts dazzled the eye.

Chen Shouyi swept his gaze nonchalantly, stepping briskly.

He felt quite troubled; ever since his transformation, his vision had changed from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.

It constantly led him to see things that were awkward for a young man—the skirts became entirely superfluous to him, and as long as there was an opening, he could bypass the fabric at the hem and see... inside.

Of course, he had no intention of looking at these things unnecessarily!

He passed by the family restaurant and found it bustling inside.

Mrs. Chen had just served a dish to a customer, subconsciously glanced outside the door, and her expression froze for a moment. She immediately came over with a look of delight, complaining, "Why did you suddenly come back without giving us a call?"

"I just got off the helicopter, wanted to give you a surprise!" Chen Shouyi smiled and said.

"You've finished your mission, right?"

She only knew her son had gone to carry out a mission but had no idea what the mission entailed. Yet she understood that it was dangerous, fortunately it all went well.

"Handled it with ease."

Many customers turned their attention here upon hearing this, seemingly recognizing Chen Shouyi, their expressions subtly excited.

This small restaurant in Hedong was rather legendary, despite ordinary dishes, low prices, and bland flavors, it often encountered high-level martial artists. Many Martial Artists enjoyed dining here, treating the boss and lady boss with considerable courtesy.

Over time, the reputation of this small restaurant grew larger within the martial artist circle. Among ten customers, eight or nine were martial artists visiting due to its fame, yet no one had expected that the lady boss's son was this figure standing atop the clouds.

No wonder, security here was especially tight; there was a garrison station just across the street.

...

Soon, Father Chen hurried over in an oily apron.

After chatting for a while, Chen Shouyi said, "Alright dad and mom, you carry on, I'll head off."

He glanced around the restaurant, an intangible pressure spread, everyone quickly looked away, their hearts pounding.

A Godslaying Level master, truly terrifying!

After Chen Shouyi left.

Chen Dawei and Mrs. Chen walked into the restaurant apologizing, "Sorry everyone, my son just returned from his trip, caused a bit of a delay..."

"You're too polite, no worries, no worries, however long it takes is fine."

"Boss, take your time, we're not in any rush."

"Boss, are you hiring here, I'd like a part-time job, salary... just cover meals!"

Many scoffed internally.

So shameless, wishful thinking indeed.

"Lady boss, I also want a part-time job..."

...

Chen Shouyi went home and lay on the bed.

His body didn't want to move at all.

Yesterday's thrilling battle, he still hadn't recovered from.

It felt as though all his passion had completely drained with that battle, leaving his heart empty, utterly uninterested in anything, watching the silly and adorable Shell Lady enthusiastically doing math problems.

Seemingly finding endless joy.

Really can't understand, is it truly that interesting?

At this moment, Chen Shouyi remembered the discarded Divine Corpse, his heart started to regret a bit—this was most likely a Middle Divine Power Divine Corpse, far better than Weak Divine Power in terms of nourishment.

If it weren't humanoid, he would've definitely brought back dozens to hundreds of tons!

He stood up, pacing back and forth.

Damn it, why become humanoid so unnecessarily!

Creating a psychological barrier.

Out of sight, out of mind...

"Eh!"

At this moment, his heart stirred, he walked to the desk, picked up the phone, quickly dialing a series of numbers.

"This is Office One, if you have dialed mistakenly, please hang up immediately, otherwise we will pursue your criminal responsibility according to law..." The operator's serious voice came through.

Nowadays there's only one phone network nationwide, no confidential lines, military and civilian communications are unified, any telephone can directly reach the top level, though ordinary people wouldn't have phones now.

"I'm Chen Shouyi, I need to speak to the President." Chen Shouyi said.

The other side fell silent.

Seemingly trying to figure out who Chen Shouyi was.

After a while, the other's breathing started slightly hastening: "Hello, General Manager Chen, my apologies, please hold for a moment, I will transfer you right away."

Waiting for nearly half a minute.

The President's voice came from the other side:

"Sorry General Manager Chen kept you waiting! Thank you for everything you've done for the country and humanity..."

There was already no reward the country could offer this person.

Money held no interest for him.

It's been said this person lived frugally, monthly expenses never exceeding ten thousand yuan, spent entirely on clothes and... bicycles.

He also refused power.

Only a few Divine Artifacts could pique his interest.

But he already possessed more than the country.

How to reward Chen Shouyi had become the most frustrating problem for the president recently.

Chen Shouyi naturally wasn't aware of the president's thoughts, he'd heard these words often lately, without a ripple in his heart, straight to the point: "Regarding that God of Light's Divine Corpse..."

"The Divine Corpse is definitely yours, we've... helped transport it back to the Capital City." The President quickly said, feeling somewhat embarrassed, this matter was indeed handled poorly. Though in principle and legally, Divine Corpses couldn't belong to any individual, they must be given up to the country.

But clearly, this didn't apply to General Manager Chen, who had the ability to overturn the table.

The rightful owner had come to claim it, it was awkward indeed.

"Oh!" Chen Shouyi nodded: "That Divine Corpse is humanoid, I'm not interested, so I'd like to exchange it for the same level of True Divine Flesh, not much, just twenty tons, it must be the same level!"

The President froze for a moment, confirming: "The same level?"

This God of Light was identified as a Middle Divine Power True God, Great Xia Country had only this one, how could it be exchanged?

He speculated if this was some kind of hint?

The other had moral scruples, not liking humanoid True Divine Flesh, wanting it out of sight, out of mind, whether it came from the God of Light, perhaps he didn't care at all!

No, no, this shouldn't be it.

He immediately dismissed that thought.

With General Manager Chen's spontaneous nature, how could he be a hypocritical person, he might even backfire!

"Is there any? Something close would work!" Seeing no response from the other side, Chen Shouyi grew anxious.

He felt he had made it obvious enough.

It seemed there might be something, the President suddenly remembered, quickly saying: "Indeed there is, moreover it might be Powerful Divine Power, just it's been preserved for quite a while, and it's all separated remnants."

Powerful Divine Power?

Chen Shouyi was surprised, this was truly a pleasant surprise, as for remnants, he paid it no mind.

"How long has it been?"

"It's been twenty-three years," the President said.

More than twenty years ago, Great Xia Country had killed several Barbarian Gods invading Earth.

At that time, a substantial amount of Primordial Divine Blood and Divine Marrow was separated and cultivated many strong figures and scientists for the military, while the separated deadly remnants, except a small portion used as experimental material, had mostly been sealed and preserved.

Since back then, without legends, no one could utilize these lethal items.

Even now, legends are barely countable on one hand.

With the scattered True Divine Corpse remains from Great Xia Country's nuclear strikes post-mutation supplying sufficient material for several legends' practice, these remained sealed.