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Chapter 673 647
November 3rd, early morning.
The trilateral summit was held behind closed doors in the Capital City.
The human situation has reached an extremely critical point, and everyone knows that this retreat is merely a breathing space for humanity.
The meeting immediately fell into a heated debate.
"As the most powerful country at present, Great Xia must shoulder the primary responsibility of saving human civilization. The facts have proven that Great Xia has this capability," Joseph, the Prime Minister of the European Union, said sharply.
"Our country has just gone through a great war..." the President of Great Xia said with a slight frown.
"It's only the power and communication systems that were damaged. As far as we know, you didn't suffer many casualties," Lucy Country immediately interrupted.
Compared to the other two countries that are barely holding on, Great Xia's situation is undoubtedly much better. With its enormous industrial power and massive population, it still has resources to spare, even showing signs of becoming stronger the more it fights. So much so that at the beginning of the meeting, Lucy Country and the European Union stood on a unified front, collectively attacking Great Xia.
Anyway, no matter what, Great Xia has to be the leader. Whether it wants to or not, who asked you to be the strongest?
If Great Xia had such an opportunity before the mutation, it would naturally take up the responsibility without hesitation. But this is wartime, and peace is nowhere in sight. Being this figurehead leader offers no benefits, instead requiring sacrifices in human lives.
"Our overseas forces have reached ten million, effectively maintaining the peace and stability of more than a dozen countries. I believe this number speaks for itself," the President said in a deep voice.
Currently, Great Xia's military coverage extends east to the Rising Sun Country, west to the Middle East, north to Korea, and south to Luoyue Country, with garrisons in many countries.
After the God of Light was defeated, the European Union and Lucy Country lacked the power to garrison troops. Except for a few areas near their two countries, most other regions are guarded by Great Xia's military, which has established temporary governments.
Of course, saying this is meaningless; all countries are as if insects on the same rope.
"Alright, let's stop the endless debate. According to the intelligence you provided, it was God Chen who risked himself to drive away the Lord of Lightning..." the Prime Minister of the European Union said, his heart pounding. This strongest warrior of humanity is truly awe-inspiring. He swallowed and continued, "I want to know the specific strength of God Chen and how big the gap is with the Lord of Lightning?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference hall suddenly fell silent.
The President of Great Xia remained silent for a moment, then said solemnly, "The gap is large!"
Great Xia has gathered more intelligence than imagined. At that time, Chen Shouyi guarding the Spatial Passage was not a secret. Many people observed from a distance, several of whom were Martial Artists.
Although the battle process was vague and unclear and lasted only a moment from start to finish, it was still possible to see the absolute disparity. If President Chen hadn't cleverly used the power of the terrain to turn the tables, it would have likely been a different outcome.
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Time passed by in the blink of an eye, more than ten days gone.
Snow-covered mountains in another world.
Chen Shouyi, eyes closed, practiced the Horizontal Training 36 Moves. Around him, light flows, the magnetic field distorts, the ground ice layers crack, and fragments of ice float up, transforming into fine ice crystals.
A terrifying aura permeates, making the surrounding tens of kilometers a Forbidden Land.
No creature dares approach here. Nowadays, even without transformation, he can contend head-on with a True God of Weak Divine Power. To him, ordinary life is as fragile as ants.
Once he finished a complete set, he opened his eyes to check the attribute panel.
Strength: 23.3
Agility: 23.3
Constitution: 23.3
Intelligence: 23.2
Perception: 22.2
Will: 22.2
Energy Accumulation: 58.46
Faith Value: 234.5
Innate Abilities: Self-Healing (Super): 1.01%; Giant Battle Body (Super): 50.01%; Mastery of Atmosphere: 27.01%
Compared to when facing the Lord of Lightning, over this past half month, his strength, agility, intelligence, and will have each increased by only 0.1 points, but perception increased by 0.2 points.
The fourth optimized version of the Horizontal Training 36 Moves has become less effective for him, relying only on the accumulation of time.
He glanced one last time at the Energy Accumulation value and closed the attribute panel:
"About three months until optimization, not long now!" he exhaled.
Incidentally, during this time, the accumulated Faith Values were all added to Mastery of Atmosphere, which played a crucial role in the last battle. Currently, his attack power isn't too weak; on the contrary, his attack power is terrifyingly formidable. What lacks is not enough reaction; he can't capture the opponent's movements.
Mastering the atmosphere can slow the opponent's actions.
Chen Shouyi rested for a moment, took out the meat mash of Powerful Divine Power, and wolfed it down, continuing his training.
Though progress is slow, it's better than none, and without training, even this bit of progress would not exist.
He somewhat misses the previous adventures in the Forbidden Land. The two Divine Stones he acquired boosted his strength significantly.
If not for the Forbidden Land being too dangerous, and the search for Divine Stones relying entirely on luck, spending a lot of time without necessarily yielding results, along with the optimization time approaching, he would have wanted to venture there again.
...
When returning at dusk, Chen Shouyi deliberately chose a different unfamiliar path.
Because the more he traveled the same road, the more the number of familiarly brazen women grew exponentially. Several female workers even waited at the factory gates, just to encounter him, initiate conversation, tease, or follow him.
It annoyed him to no end.
Of course, he knew that changing the path only treats the symptoms and not the cause, and it wouldn't be long before it becomes the same as before.
But... what else can be done?
...
The setting sun slanted wa.
Chen Shouyi rode his bicycle along an unfamiliar path and was surprised to discover a dense aura of the Power of Faith enveloping a distant village.
He paused momentarily, thinking: How could there be such a strong Power of Faith here?
Originally planning to go home, Chen Shouyi immediately changed his mind and headed towards the village.
It was the farming season, and the fields on both sides were full of villagers cutting rice. Though it's been three years since the mutation, there remains a shortage of agricultural machinery. Even here in Zhonghai, it's rare to see farm machinery.
His keen senses detected a faint hint of incense in the air.
Following the scent, he rode quickly and soon arrived at a small temple.
A pair of couplets hung at the entrance:
"Seek a child, send a child; seek a grandchild, send a grandchild, filled with children and grandchildren. Want a son, get a son; want a daughter, get a daughter, all wishes come true."
Undoubtedly, this was a temple dedicated to the Goddess of Childbirth, and inside it was bustling with incense offerings.
"But how can there be such dense Domain of Faith?" he pondered as he parked his bicycle and walked into the temple, gazing at the divine statue of the Goddess of Childbirth.
Great Xia strictly cracked down on the Barbarian God's cults but didn't interfere with normal faiths, as it involves too much.
This kind of faith lacks a source, generally speaking, no matter how much faith there is, it's like a rootless duckweed, unable to form a substantial Domain of Faith.
Yet the scene before him seemed to break this perception.
"There must be something odd about this!" he mused internally.
At this moment, a sinister voice sounded behind him:
"What are you doing in there?"
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PS: Getting used to publishing one chapter, seems hard to change, will definitely do two chapters tomorrow or the day after; otherwise, I'll eat dirt.