Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 758 - 731: I Just Want to Study in Peace

Inside a huge factory building, several cranes under onsite direction carefully unloaded the giant objects from the truck.

"Is this the lunar ship of the United States?" Chen Shouyi, mixed in the inspection team, asked the president beside him.

Early this morning, he went up to the Capital City and donated the two divine corpses he had.

These divine corpses were of no use to him now, occupying space even in his realm, so when the president heard about it and warmly invited him to inspect, Chen Shouyi came out of curiosity.

"This is just a component—although it’s an antique from decades ago, there’s still a lot we can learn from it," the president explained with a smile, feeling very good; after all, anyone who received two divine corpses early in the morning would be in a great mood.

The Great Xia Country still had a significant reserve of divine corpses.

But they were saved from being extremely frugal, making one cent split into two, but if they were freely used, no amount would be sufficient.

Divine corpses were of significant use.

Enhancing individual combat power, cultivating super scientists...

With these two divine corpses, he felt a lot of plans could be carried out more aggressively.

"Recently, we’ve acquired quite a few good things from the United States."

The president paused, thinking that General Manager Chen likely wasn’t interested in these matters and chatted idly, "What have you been busy with lately?"

Chen Shouyi looked at the equipment with interest, responding casually,

"Practicing martial arts and reading books!"

What a pure person he was.

Young, powerful, disciplined, and handsome, as perfect as the very definition of perfection.

The president was moved by this thought, smiling as he said, "General Manager Chen, do you have a girlfriend? Would you like me to introduce one to you?"

He had a granddaughter who was only seventeen, but in this era, it was almost time for her to get married.

Moreover, General Manager Chen wasn’t much older.

They seemed like a good match.

Those accompanying the inspection all pretended to look straight ahead, pressed their noses down, and remained calm, trying hard to maintain a benign and harmless smile, deeply hiding their thoughts within their gaze.

"I have one." Chen Shouyi replied.

This sentence extinguished the secret thoughts of many people present.

At this time, Chen Shouyi remembered something and asked, "By the way, Mr. President, have there been any movements with the surrounding Barbarian Gods recently?"

"No relevant intelligence has been received yet!" said the president.

Since the Lord of Lightning fell, the surrounding Barbarian Gods had been as docile as quails, making not only the borders exceptionally stable but also opening convenient doors, cooperating happily, making neighboring relations even more reassuring than before.

In a normal country, there would be concerns about policy changes and public opinion, but in such a theocratic country, everything was decided by the Barbarian Gods, resulting in unprecedentedly stable policies:

"Did you find any issues?"

"Not really." Chen Shouyi shook his head.

It seemed that the Barbarian Gods still had some rationality, Chen Shouyi thought to himself.

He didn’t care what hostility these Barbarian Gods had against him.

It didn’t matter.

In Tamu, he was insignificant, but on this Earth, those who obeyed him would prosper, those who defied him would perish!

He called the shots!

His remark prompted the president: "This base is of great importance, and security is a top priority. I was wondering if I might ask you to oversee it?"

Chen Shouyi hesitated for a moment, looking at the thick fog here, and straightforwardly refused, "I’d rather not. I’m used to living in Zhonghai, and besides, it’s not too far from here. If something goes wrong, I can be there in a few minutes."

The president: "..."

...

Chen Shouyi wasn’t lying; he had indeed been reading these past few days.

The bookshelves in the once-empty study, used as a mere decoration at home, were now filled to the brim, resembling a small library.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, eyes closed.

Of course, he wasn’t resting or asleep.

He was reading a book.

Light meant nothing to three-dimensional vision, and similarly, whether a book was flipped or not made no difference to three-dimensional vision. The pages, though seemingly closed, still had gaps, allowing him to easily see the text on the surface of the pages.

Not only that, with an intelligence of 26 points, he was like a supercomputer, able to simultaneously read hundreds of pages of textual information, then combine and digest all the text in his mind.

Under normal circumstances, it took him less than ten seconds to finish a book.

And he could recite it backwards fluently.

At first, he felt a little uncomfortable with this way of reading, but soon he adapted to this efficient method.

One by one, the books on the shelf were quickly consumed by him.

At this time, Chen Shouyi profoundly understood what they meant by saying learning made people happy; he felt so immersed in learning, unable to extricate himself.

Of course, the premise was having a clever mind, or else the outcome would be frustration and pain, along with deep existential angst.

When he finished the last book, he felt a bit unfinished, somewhat lost.

He looked at his watch.

"Alas, without realizing it, I’ve been reading for an hour."

"Unfortunately, most of the knowledge in the books is repetitive."

He walked back to the bedroom.

Two little ones were sitting properly on the bed, watching cartoons with great seriousness, not noticing him coming in.

Chen Shouyi shook his head.

He had already given up trying to fix these two little ones.

He walked to the desk, picked up the phone, and called Bai Xiaoling: "Sister Bai, I’ve finished all the books, could you please replace them with another batch?"

On the other end, Bai Xiaoling, covering the phone’s mouthpiece, was dumbfounded.

He finished already?

Bai Xiaoling couldn’t help but doubt if she had misunderstood General Manager Chen’s true intentions, maybe the books weren’t to his liking?

General Manager Chen wanted books on biology.

Perhaps it was just a subtle hint... this biology isn’t that biology.

Just too embarrassed to say it outright.

After all, no matter how powerful General Manager Chen was, he was still a normal man, only 21 years old, living so self-disciplined and pure, of course he had his needs.

As General Manager Chen’s secretary, she felt guilty that she hadn’t noticed, secretly blaming herself.

"Hello! Hello!" Chen Shouyi, hearing no response, called twice.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, General Manager Chen, I zoned out," Bai Xiaoling quickly snapped back, apprehensive.

"It’s alright, no need to apologize," Chen Shouyi replied amiably.

"General Manager Chen, how about if I apply for a private library for you?" Bai Xiaoling cautiously suggested, "Various books can be stored there, and you can read whatever you want?"

Chen Shouyi was momentarily stunned: "A library?"

"Yes, there are many buildings under Zhonghai Air, and several are near your residence. You could have a cinema inside too, no one would disturb you," Bai Xiaoling said, covering the hot phone, her face red.

"No, I’d rather just go to the university library," Chen Shouyi declined, baffled.

He just wanted to study quietly; what did he need a cinema for?