Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Space Channel

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
After leaving school and after Sun Xin left, Chen Shouyi took the opportunity to suggest an ice-cream date.

Zhang Shaoyue’s face was filled with shyness, but she didn’t reject it.

She was very beautiful. If one likened women to water, some women would be muddy water, and some would be a clear spring.

Undoubtedly, Zhang Shaoyue belonged to the latter category.

Yet, Chen Shouyi actually discovered that although he was in high spirits, he wasn’t as excited as he had imagined. Just this month, the bizarre experiences he had had already made him a mature young man from an inexperienced youth.

After that, when he was returning home, Chen Shouyi chose another alternative road, and it caused him to pass by an unfinished building. All of a sudden, the Book of Knowledge in his sea of consciousness flashed.

At the start, Chen Shouyi couldn’t be bothered with this. But after finishing today’s homework and practice, when he was about to sleep, it was unknown why but he suddenly thought of this phenomenon.

Ever since the Book of Knowledge had fused with his body, it had been very quiet, like a dead object. If he didn’t summon it, it wouldn’t have any response.

Because he was thinking about this bizarre thing, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. In the end, he couldn’t control it. He wore his clothes and sneaked out of his house without alerting anyone.

He glanced at the time. It was already 12.30 am.

Dongning City was a little city, so its nightlife was extremely lacking.

At such times, there were not many humans around. The streets were empty and there would only be one or two cars occasionally speeding past.

That unfinished building wasn’t far from here. After crossing a few streets, Chen Shouyi soon arrived there.

Even he himself didn’t know why he came here. It was like there was a mysterious energy driving him to come here.

Staring at the building before him, he gritted his teeth and walked over.

If it was in the past, he would definitely not enter such a dark and gloomy corner.

However, strength gave him confidence. As long as he didn’t encounter opponents who were martial apprentices, even if there was a group of ordinary people, they wouldn’t be his opponents at all. If he released his control and fought to kill, he could basically kill them with a single strike.

There were no street lamps here, darkness was everywhere.

He picked up a wooden rod that was tossed aside on the ground, enabling him to feel gustier.

This incomplete building was very big. It originally was supposed to be a business plaza.

That year, which was three years ago, when this building first started to be built, it caused a huge commotion in the surroundings.

Sadly, only this terrible mess was left behind in the end. The boss had long since run away.

Chen Shouyi slowly walked step by step, and the reaction from the Book of Knowledge grew more intense, flashing repeatedly. In addition, he had no idea why his body felt warmer and warmer.

It slowly felt like he was in a hot spring, and the warmth of the water flowed all over his entire body.

The remnant fatigue he always felt after cultivation had been alleviated to quite a large degree. The more he walked, the more effortless he felt.

Following the unknown feeling of attraction, he rushed straight to the underground carpark.

This place was covered in darkness. He wasn’t able to see his five fingers even when he stretched out his hand in front of his eyes. He took out his handphone and switched on the light as he carefully advanced.

He merely walked for over ten seconds when the light of his phone started to flash before dissipating completely.

Chen Shouyi hurriedly pressed the buttons, but his phone showed no reactions.

At this moment, he saw a faint ball of light from the corner of his eyes.

“What is that?”

He was startled, his heart pounded rapidly as he tried his best to see it clearly. However, that light was considerably weak and indistinct. There was basically no way for him to know what that was.

He held the wooden rod in his hand tightly as he continued advancing.

He continued walking twenty to thirty meters, and his body suddenly stiffened as his footsteps came to a halt. His wooden rod fell from his hand, causing a clanging sound that reverberated throughout this quiet parking lot.

However, Chen Shouyi didn’t move at all. It was like he wasn’t aware.

His eyes were wide open as he stared at an area about tens of meters ahead.

There was a grassy area like a mirage floating on the surface, emitting a faint light.

It was only about one square foot and two meters tall. The bottom of the grassy area fused with the cemented ground, appearing like this grassy area had grown out from the cement here.

“An undiscovered space channel!” Shock filled his heart.

Through the internet and television programs, he had seen space channels before. There were large-scale space channels and small-scale ones. However, none of them could be compared to the one he saw with his own eyes.

“But why would a space channel appear in a place like this?” He quickly calmed down.

If he remembered correctly, this unfinished building was built three years ago. It also meant that the space channel had formed recently.

This also indicated that ever since that space channel closed twenty years ago, a new space channel opened up after no incident for the past twenty years.

He suddenly recalled the latest news: A barbarian in disguise was in Dongning City. “No wonder the incidents of creatures appearing from the Other World increased in frequency recently.”

However, he didn’t think too much about it at this moment.

He picked up the wooden rod and walked toward the channel.

As he got near to the channel, he felt his body becoming warmer and warmer, like there was a flame roasting him from within. Under this unusual condition, his body constitution felt increasingly better, as though a burst of energy was sprouting inside, modifying his body.

Very soon, he arrived near the space channel.

Staring at the grassy area, he felt like he could enter the Other World with just a single step.

“Should I go take a look? If it is dangerous, I will return immediately.”

He used his wooden rod and probed, sticking it into the space channel. The wooden rod instantly sank, like something was dragging it. He didn’t feel this was strange. After all, the gravity of the Other World was three times that of Earth.

Very soon, the wooden rod touched the grassy area through the space channel. He discovered that there was no contrast brought about by the light refraction; everything was the same as what his eyes saw. The Other World was perfectly fused with the parking lot.

After that, he pulled the wooden rod out. Using that faint light, he paid close attention to the rod. There was completely no damage to it at all.

“Seems like entering is possible.”

He drew in a few deep breaths and continued probing using a single foot.

At the next instant, the space suddenly changed. His body suddenly sank.

Although Chen Shouyi was mentally prepared regarding this, he almost fell to the ground.

Under this kind of gravity, if he sat down in this manner, his tailbone would definitely break from the impact.

The three-times increase in gravity made him feel as though all parts of his body were being pressed down by heavy objects. His breathing grew heavier, and even his heart found it hard to bear. However, he didn’t come here to lament the terrifying gravity. When he finally stood stably, the first thing he did was to regard his surroundings with wariness.

On Earth, the place he was in was shrouded in darkness. But now that he had entered here, it was the day time. He discovered that he was standing at a mountain’s waist. From here, he could see the ocean in the distance. Everywhere his eyes roamed, he didn’t see any large-sized biological creatures. There were only a few tiny black dots flying high up in the sky.,

After closely observing his surroundings and not discovering anything threatening from the Other World, he finally heaved a sigh of relief.

He followed the path and soon came to the cemented grassy area. He slowly sat down while holding on to his wooden rod tightly.

Only now did he have the time to notice the transformation to his body. His body grew warmer and warmer, simply to the point of spontaneous combustion. His skin was flushed, and steam was constantly emitting from within.

But the strange thing was that as his body grew warmer, it relaxed gradually.

When he had first entered, he still felt his chest being tight as well as shortness of breath. But as more time passed, he felt the gravity in this world becoming lower and lower. His breathing also grew increasingly smooth and the tightness in his chest slowly vanished.

Undoubtedly, this had something to do with the Book of Knowledge.

He immediately summoned it.

In this Other World, the Book of Knowledge seemed to become even more lively. With just a thought, the attributes panel instantly appeared in his mind.

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Name: Chen Shouyi

Attributes:

Strength: 11.6 (10)

Agility: 11.7 (10)

Constitution: 12.1 (10)

Intelligence: 10.8 (10)

Perception: 10.8 (10)

Willpower: 11.4 (10)

Knowledge: Chinese Language (Mastery: 6); Physics (Proficient: 12); Chemistry (Proficient: 11); Biology (Proficient: 10); Mathematics (Proficient: 9); English (Proficient: 6); Computing (Elementary: 6); Culinary (Elementary: 5); Thirty-six stances of Body Training (Proficient: 8); Entering Meditation (Proficient: 2); Sword Techniques (Proficient: 8); Archery (Ungraded)

Innate Ability: Natural Recovery

Accumulated Energy: 2.35

Chen Shouyi only took a single look and shock soon filled his face.

He couldn’t help it and looked over a few more times. He almost thought that he was seeing things wrongly.

In such a short time, his attributes actually had such a shocking change.

“No wonder I feel more and more relaxed.”

Not only that, but his attributes panel also had an additional innate ability, ‘Natural Recovery’.

He suddenly recalled the material that created the Book of Knowledge. It seemed to be made from the heart of the world tree in the Other World. And in the legends of the barbarians from the Other World, the world tree was born when the world was created. It had the power to control space and to balance nature.

Naturally, a legend was ultimately nothing but a legend in Chen Shouyi’s thoughts, and a vast majority of the story must have been fabricated, making it divine sounding.

Even for the gods in the Other World, their strength hadn’t reached the unimaginable boundary. The majority of the civilization here was still in the wilderness, and the society was mainly made up of different tribes. Therefore, it could be said that there were no countries or empires yet.

Many of the gods they prayed to were totemic gods, ferocious beasts with divine ability, powerful giants, or nature spirits. These beings might have some unfathomable power that was foreign to humans, but it was far from being omnipotent.

But even if the truth was greatly discounted from the legends and the Book of Knowledge became extremely weakened on Earth, unable to manifest its full power, it still seemed to contain some remnant energy and was modifying his body.

Also, the modification hadn’t stopped yet, looking like it had just begun. In just tens of seconds, he already discovered his strength rising by another 0.1.