Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 748 - 721: Two Dilemmas

The phone booth by the roadside.

"Hello, is Lao Ye there?"

Chen Shouyi didn’t have many friends in the Capital City, just a few. It’s rare to visit, so it wouldn’t make sense not to get in touch.

"Oh, he’s out on a mission."

"I am Chen Shouyi..."

"Yes, that Chen Shouyi..."

"Uh-huh, no problem..."

"Uh-huh, okay, sure, I’ll definitely come visit when I have time... You’re too kind, yeah, let’s leave it at that, I’m hanging up."

Chen Shouyi was a bit unused to Ye Zong’s wife’s enthusiasm and quickly hung up the phone.

So courteous.

Then, Chen Shouyi dialed Luo Jingwen’s number.

This time, the person himself answered.

"Let’s have a drink together!"

"Sure!"

...

After a dozen minutes, a car stopped by the roadside.

A middle-aged man in casual clothes opened the car door, his face full of enthusiasm: "President Chen, when did you come to the Capital City?"

"Came in the morning, got invited to a meeting," Chen Shouyi replied concisely.

"All kinds of meetings, big and small, are indeed quite annoying. You can’t not go, but they’re boring when you do go, a waste of time, better to stay home and train," Luo Jingwen lamented about the trouble, rambling on.

Since becoming legendary, the meetings have increased.

District and municipal ones can usually be avoided, but those above are hard to dodge.

Especially the ideological and political meetings.

At the level of a legend, one could be called a quasi-strategic force, king of lone soldiers. With some military competence, they could single-handedly wreak havoc in a small country, going in and out with ease.

Therefore, the Great Xia Country places great importance on ideological and political work for legends.

At this point, Luo Jingwen remembered something: "By the way, what meeting did you attend?"

"A multi-nation summit," Chen Shouyi said.

Multi-nation... summit? Luo Jingwen opened his mouth, then silently closed it.

He should’ve realized earlier, would President Chen attend just any meeting?

As soon as Chen Shouyi got in the car, Luo Jingwen started it up, twisting and turning down the road, arriving at a private restaurant. After ordering in a private room, Luo Jingwen couldn’t help but ask:

"Recently, the atmosphere in the Capital City seems a bit off. Has something major happened?"

Chen Shouyi shook his head: "You’ll know when you need to know. I can’t disclose this matter."

Luo Jingwen’s heart tensed; he dared not ask more, jokingly saying: "Anyway, if the sky falls, you, being so tall, can hold it up. Even the Lord of Lightning with Powerful Divine Power got beaten by you; what could be more dangerous than that?"

Those words hit close to home; even I can’t hold it up this time.

Chen Shouyi griped internally and didn’t wish to talk more about it: "Last time, it was just luck."

He’s less inclined to boast now.

There’s a saying: The higher the position, the more humble.

He deeply believes this now.

"By the way, how many legends are there now?" Chen Shouyi asked.

"Still the same, just four new naturalized legends. You probably haven’t seen them." Luo Jingwen laughed.

"Oh, from which countries?" Chen Shouyi’s interest piqued immediately.

"Two from the original United States, one from Luoyue Country, and another from Menghu Country," Luo Jingwen laughed: "Originally, both legends from the exiled United States government ended up joining our country’s nationality."

Regarding this, Chen Shouyi was quite pleased.

After all, who called him a Great Xia Country citizen?

The number of legends usually correlates with national strength. Before the anomaly, the countries with the most legends were the United States, Great Xia Country, and the European Union.

The United States had the most.

The United States’ powerful national strength attracted top talents and cultural resources from around the world to itself continuously.

Of course, now it’s Great Xia Country.

"Those countries have no objections?" Chen Shouyi asked.

"What objections could they have?" Luo Jingwen said: "They can’t keep their legends, are they going to stop them? They don’t have welfare as good as ours."

"That’s true." Chen Shouyi laughed.

Money doesn’t mean much to these legendary figures.

And they aren’t short on money either.

What’s most valued to become a legend are training resources and peers to exchange ideas with.

These two things, in this era, no country can outperform Great Xia Country, due to Chen Shouyi’s multiple gratis donations of the Divine Corpse. Now, any legend with Great Xia Country nationality can receive a share of the True God’s Flesh every month.

Although it’s just the residue after extracting the Divine Blood and Divine Marrow from the True God Flesh, for legends in small countries, this temptation is practically irresistible, leading to some small countries not being able to retain their legends.

During this, the dishes quickly arrived.

The two ate and chatted, mostly Luo Jingwen talking, with Chen Shouyi occasionally chiming in.

Even without much intention, Luo Jingwen’s slight flattery naturally showed.

There’s no helping it.

Facing a god-like human strongest, who can truly remain indifferent?

"Oh, by the way, you probably don’t know; Zhu Xueqing got married." At this point, Luo Jingwen brought up Zhu Xueqing’s situation.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shouyi paused and put down his glass: "When did that happen?"

"A few months ago, I think," Luo Jingwen said: "She met him during a joint mission, also a Martial Artist."

"Why wasn’t I invited?"

"Someone as significant as you, Zhu Xueqing probably didn’t dare invite," Luo Jingwen laughed, secretly thinking, if you came, the wedding might not have been able to happen.

Zhu Xueqing had a crush on Chen Shouyi, which he noticed long ago.

There’s no helping it, such a handsome and strong man, no woman could probably resist.

However, though she had feelings, the feelings weren’t mutual.

Rather than drag it on, better to cut it off early.

...

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

The multi-nation summit hadn’t ended yet, with debates continuing.

These are matters of crucial human safety.

They’re decisions not to be made quickly.

Choosing to migrate to another world means abandoning the slowly recovered technology, starting anew, and in a world with three times gravity, only a small elite population can migrate.

Now it seems that Martial Arts are widespread, with Martial Artist Apprentices everywhere, but Martial Artists still account for less than one percent of the total population. If migration to another world is chosen, the vast majority will be left behind, forced to watch them die.

And choosing to leave the Solar System, humanity’s current technology is entirely inadequate.

Not to mention that current technology is far from recovered to pre-anomaly levels. Even before the anomaly, human technology hadn’t reached the level of leaving the Solar System. In fact, humanity has only achieved the feat of landing on the Moon (nuclear fusion has yet to be miniaturized), let alone a mass migration of all humanity.

No matter which path is chosen, humanity faces a dilemma.

ps: Seeking support of some kind.