Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Danger Comes

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
After eating a simple lunch, he clapped his hands and dug a hole nearby before burying all the plastic rubbish underneath.

Next, he took out a book from his briefcase and pulled the rope binding the shell girl, dragging her closer to him.

He was preparing to continue learning the language during the time used for digestion.

“Hello!”

Seeing the shell girl’s face that was filled with unwillingness, neither saying anything nor cooperating at all, he changed his way of speaking. “Gem!”

This word was much more useful compared to everything else. The shell girl instantly changed her attitude and became extremely deferential as she sat properly.

Chen Shouyi felt speechless in his heart. He felt that his shell girl was getting harder and harder to control and was simply greedy for ‘money’. If he didn’t give her a glass marble, she wouldn’t cooperate. Luckily, the glass marbles were cheap, costing only a few cents for one.

If not, he would become bankrupt sooner or later.

“Hello!”

“Kaluoduye, hello to you too!”

Chen Shouyi listened closely and instantly searched the dictionary for the unfamiliar syllables.

‘Kaluo’ meant respecting the noble gods and deities.

And as for ‘duye’ it meant something like a large mountain peak or giant.

When combining the two syllables, it meant the noble giant or my revered giant.

Chen Shouyi felt joy in his heart, but he felt somewhat shameful upon hearing such terms being used to address him.

He decisively took out a glass marble and gave it to the shell girl as a reward. He then saw her happily clutching it in her hand and became even more focused.

“Where are your parents?”

“I don’t have parents. I was birthed by ‘Yatuo’ Flower,” said the shell girl indifferently, completely not feeling any sorrow or sadness because of it.

Chen Shouyi almost laughed when he heard that.

Was she trying to make a joke?

Weren’t mammals all birthed by viviparity?

If a flower could birth a human, wouldn’t her unique female characteristics be superfluous?

“Is it true?” Chen Shouyi doubted.

“It’s true, I was birthed by a Yatuo Flower.” The shell girl blinked and spoke seriously. One couldn’t see any traces of her lying at all.

Chen Shouyi felt that he wouldn’t be able to dig out anything even if he continued asking.

He was guessing in his heart that maybe, the shell girl had never met her parents before since she was young and thought she was birthed by a flower.

This was also normal. When he was young, he had always thought that he was picked up by his parents from a rubbish dump.

However, he still searched for the term ‘Yatuo Flower’, but after searching through the entire dictionary, he couldn’t find this term at all.

But then again after he thought about it, the exploration and understanding of the various Earth countries with regards to the Otherworld were pretty limited.

Not only because things were dangerous and unfathomable in the Otherworld, but just the gravity there was enough to restrict their movement. Basically, everyone who entered was like Chen Shouyi. They could only have limited activity in the areas near the space channel.

In addition, different regions in the Otherworld had developed distinctive slangs and dialects since such a long time had passed.

“What about the Yatuo Flower?”

“I ate it!” The shell girl, or maybe he should start calling her flower girl, spoke with a face of innocence.

Ate it?

Chen Shouyi involuntarily cast another glance at her.

Didn’t you say that you were birthed by the Yatuo Flower? That flower was your mother yet you ate it?

After he recovered from his daze, he decisively changed the topic. “How old are you?”

The shell girl leaned her head to the side and thought about it. After that, she waved her hands and feet seemingly in an attempt to do a gesture. “I can’t remember too clearly. When I first opened my eyes, the tallest tree on the island was only this tall.”

She first pointed to that large tree at which Chen Shouyi had practiced his sword earlier and flew about one meter off the ground, indicating the height to Chen Shouyi.

Chen Shouyi wasn’t clear if it was a species that grew abnormally fast or slow. It wasn’t easy to judge.

“Do you have a name?”

The shell girl indifferently shook her head.

…

After the conversation ended, Chen Shouyi rewarded the shell girl with another glass marble. She instantly flew away in happiness.

After resting, he took up his battle bow and used the tree as his target board.

A 500-pound battle bow was somewhat heavy. It was far more difficult to use such a bow here, a place with three times the gravity of Earth.

Chen Shouyi did his utmost and finally managed to draw the bowstring fully.

He released and the arrow instantly emitted a sharp whistling noise, penetrating the air. In the blink of an eye, it vanished completely.

He didn’t mind this. He drew out another arrow and continued to shoot.

…

A total of three days passed.

In this tiny island, there had been no traces of barbarians appearing. Chen Shouyi also gradually set his heart at ease.

Today, he continued with his plan and practiced his sword techniques and archery based on the change in day and night in the Otherworld. His days might be dry and boring, but they felt substantial. Seeing his attributes regarding his sword techniques and archery constantly increasing, he could feel himself growing stronger day by day.

During this period, he had sold another pile of gold and earned $250,000. His almost empty bank account was now filled up once more.

But it was just that after that time, he no longer asked Zhang Shaoyue out at night.

The homework given for their final year was growing increasingly heavy. Moreover, there would be a small test every three days and a big test every five days.

What made people tremble was that the school started periods of self-revision that lasted all the way after school ended to 9 p.m.

In addition, because Zhang Shaoyue’s father was worried about her safety, he would always fetch her back home at night.

There wasn’t any gap for him to come in at all.

Chen Shouyi detested this fact bitterly.

…

The dark clouds above his head churned intensely like in. The low pressure was like a huge rock weighing down in his heart, causing him to feel somewhat breathless.

All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning flashed through the air, illuminating the entire world.

It caused a deafening sound to rumble out.

Chen Shouyi clutched the wooden rod in his hand and continued the boring practice again and again, piercing the little balls. He was completely immersed, the sweat dripping from his body was like rain from the sky. He only snapped out of this state after he had heard the rumbling thunder.

He glanced at the sky. Droplets of rain started falling down. He was shocked for a moment by it. “It’s actually going to rain.”

This was the first time he saw rain in the Otherworld.

The rain came very quickly. Even before Chen Shouyi could react, it already came crashing down.

The raindrops fell with three times the gravity like hailstones. They actually caused him to feel a sensation of pain. He hurriedly stripped off his clothes and covered his head as he ran toward the space channel.

Now, he was getting increasingly used to the gravity here.

During these few days, his strength attribute finally increased by 0.1, reaching 12.7. This was the standard of a martial practitioner, but naturally, it was the lowest standard.

In this world where the gravity was three times higher, he could already move about freely with such strength.

However, he was like a weakling. For basic activities like walking, he was no different from ordinary people. But if you wanted him to run a hundred-meter race or move heavy objects, he wouldn’t be able to do it. He was still inferior to ordinary barbarians living in the Otherworld.

The rain grew increasingly heavier. He only walked a few steps and was completely drenched now.

“This rain is so damn heavy!”

At this moment, through the falling rain, he could see the shell girl flying in the air in the distance with the rope trailing behind her.

Did she want to escape again?

A thought arose in his heart, but at the next moment, he didn’t feel this was the case. She was flying toward his direction.

She seemed to be shouting something at him.

Sadly, her voice was too soft. In addition to the interference of the rain, he couldn’t hear it clearly at all.

The rain continued smashing into the shell girl’s body, causing her movements to be shifting up and down erratically. She was in an extremely miserable state.

Chen Shouyi was clueless about her unusual actions. “What’s going on? What madness has struck her now?”

“Go back, go back quickly!” he shouted.

Half a minute later, the shell girl that was completely drenched and bedraggled like a drowned rat finally flew onto Chen Shouyi’s shoulder. Her face was pale and her entire body was trembling. She hurriedly stood stably and shouted into his ears.

“The…sea..!”

“Those giants from before have come again!”