Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Unexpected Joy

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

Amidst the warmth, he could feel the light rays before his eyes becoming increasingly bright and his vision also grew increasingly clearer. At the same time, the muscles of his entire body were contracting and relaxing at times.

Such a feeling caused him to feel a sense of deja-vu, but before he recovered, the sense of warmth receded as quickly as it came. After several seconds, it vanished completely.

Chen Shouyi sensed his somewhat light body and finally recalled the past when he had had this experience.

Wasn’t this the same feeling he had had when he first entered this little island? It was when the Book of Knowledge modified his body!

His heart stirred as he rapidly opened up his attributes panel.

…

Strength: 13.1

Agility: 13.1

Constitution: 13.8

Intelligence: 12.6

Perception: 11

Willpower: 11.8

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: 8); Sword Techniques (Proficient: 12); Archery (Proficient: 6)

Innate ability: Natural recovery

Accumulated Energy: 2.95

…

His attributes had huge changes.

His strength had increased by a total of 0.4 from 12.7 to 13.1.

Other than this, his agility, constitution, and intelligence had all increased by 0.3.

Even his willpower had increased by 0.2.

However, Chen Shouyi guessed that the Book of Knowledge wasn’t the reason why his attributes changed. Most probably, it was the life-and-death battle he had just experienced.

The more Chen Shouyi looked at it, the happier he felt.

Although this strengthening couldn’t be compared to the previous one, it was like finding a windfall underneath your bed. You naturally couldn’t ask for more.

Having a strength attribute of 13.1, if changed to a numerical value, it meant that it was roughly about 350 kg. He had far surpassed the lowest martial practitioner’s standard!

After being excited for a while, he suddenly calmed down. He involuntarily felt puzzled in his heart.

After his intelligence increased by another 0.3, his thinking also became much quicker.

His memory, observation, imagination, pondering process and judgment had all improved.

He glanced at the damaged ‘fruit core’ and suddenly had a thought.

This incident was too abnormal and definitely not a coincidence. Something must have triggered it.

This ‘fruit core’ had always been together with the barbarian leader and there was no change to it. Chen Shouyi couldn’t have absorbed all its energy to modify his body just because he obtained it, right?

If there was such a good thing, the barbarian leader would have used it long ago.

If one was to find something unique by comparing him and the barbarian leader, there were only two points. Firstly, he wasn’t someone from the Otherworld.

Secondly, he had the Book of Knowledge.

The first possibility was soon eliminated by him. The probability of it was too pathetically little.

In that case, the only other reason was that in his body, he had the Book of Knowledge.

Its origin was illustrious. Just its material alone was the heart of the world tree, and it was then manufactured into a divine weapon. Although it was already broken and its might was gravely weakened, it still possessed some unique ability.

Sadly, the information was too little. He couldn’t make an accurate judgment.

However, he could faintly sense that this item wasn’t anything good. He was actually filled with a sense of loathing when he stared at it.

…

In truth, Chen Shouyi didn’t know that his subconscious mind was influencing him.

Although he had been in a state similar to being hypnotized by that voice earlier and he had lost all his memories regarding that, his subconsciousness caused a sense of vigilance and resistance to arise.

Naturally, it also meant that Chen Shouyi’s willpower still wasn’t strong enough.

‘Tree god” might have the word ‘god’ in its name but it was far from being any true gods. It was merely a creature with some divinity, and its ability was considered somewhat weak. For an experienced warrior that had fought many battles, such a warrior could completely ignore and even block such disturbance.

…

Chen Shouyi squeezed it lightly and the fruit core was instantly crushed into powder as though it was made from flour.

He rolled the powdery substances using his fingers lightly and could sense some moisture mixed within.

It was truly the core of a fruit.

He tossed away the powder and clapped his palms.

After that, he pulled out the two arrows embedded in the barbarian’s body. He lifted the corpse and walked toward the sea.

The weight of the barbarian leader was lighter than he had imagined.

Naturally, he was also clear that this was a misconception created due to his increase in strength.

He carried the body and cautiously walked, doing his best to control the increased attribute.

Luckily, the strengthening this time around wasn’t overboard. Not long later, he already got used to it.

After tossing the body, he began to settle those two canoes that were left stranded in the shallow waters.

He was different from the past!

Previously, he was worried that if the canoes were left on the island, barbarians passing by the sea would be able to spot it and that would expose him. In the end, he could only push the canoe away and let the waves carry it.

But now, he naturally didn’t need to worry about this any longer.

In fact, he was actually worried that if he pushed these canoes back to the sea, other barbarians would regain them.

The canoes were pretty big, roughly four to five meters wide and ten meters in length. The interior of the canoe was uneven and the workmanship incomparably crude. Chips could be seen on the wood surface everywhere. Evidently, the canoes were created from giant logs by digging through it, thereby forming a rough resemblance to a canoe.

At the same time, the cutting marks of the incisions weren’t smooth, the wood quality of the surface was already damaged, and loose filaments were everywhere. This indicated that the tool used to cut it wasn’t sharp, rather it was the result of repeatedly hacking by brute force.

How long would the barbarians need to build such a canoe?

Based on his estimations, if there were enough manpower, from the choosing of materials all the way to the end product, they would need at least three to five years.

After all, although barbarians had strength far surpassing humans, the trees in the Otherworld were all extremely dense and tough. If the barbarians wanted to build such a large canoe like this, it would undoubtedly be a huge engineering project.

He also considered the fact that there was a professional shipbuilding faction in the barbarians tribe that specially focused on building these canoes and not producing anything else.

In truth, the time needed might be even longer.

A canoe like this was a treasure or wealth that could be passed down by a tribe, lasting for several tens of years. Usually, these canoes could also be used for fishing, as a tool for survival.

Now that they had lost two canoes, it was undoubtedly an impactful blow to the barbarian tribe. At the very least, this was a major matter that would cause them to miss quite a few meals.

Chen Shouyi naturally didn’t want the barbarians to collect them back, even though it was only a possibility.

…

He strode across the water and flipped the canoe up.

After that, a bizarre stink directly assailed his nostrils.

He instantly held his breath, took up a rough rope woven from a vine, and tied this canoe to a rock on the shore.

After that, he tied up the other canoe properly.

…

Naturally, he didn’t forget about the arrows embedded in the bodies of the other corpses. He slowly retrieved them back one by one.

This battle caused him to realize how powerful a bow could be in a fight.

An archery expert could win against someone stronger as long as there was enough distance.

The strength of the barbarian had been stronger than him, the barbarian’s speed had been quicker as well. Yet, other than that barbarian leader, the other barbarians had all died to a single arrow.

After he had retrieved all the arrows, Chen Shouyi discovered that he was short of eight.

All of them had fallen into the sea, and there was no way for him to find them.

He didn’t really mind. Right now, he didn’t lack money. For metallic arrows like these that were sold in shops, they cost roughly twenty bucks per arrow. He could buy five for a hundred bucks. He had decided to head back there and purchase another batch of arrows.

Chen Shouyi picked up the battle bow, his clothes, and that beast skin from the ground. Thereafter, he turned his head back for a glance before walking toward the space channel on the mountain’s waist.

When he was still far away, he could see the shell girl dancing in the air, seemingly very excited.

As Chen Shouyi got closer, she instantly flew over and landed on his shoulders, jumping about agitatedly and shouting, “one, one…one giant was killed by you. One, one…one giant was frightened into fleeing by you!”

(Do I still need you to say this?)

(I knew it long ago.)

Chen Shouyi had an unconcerned look on his face, but the corners of his lips were curled into a smile.

At this moment, he remembered the timely warnings of the shell girl. He felt that he should reward her.

He touched his trousers pockets and took out two glass marbles in a rare act of generosity.

“These gems are for you. You discovered the giants!”

The shell girl instantly flew before him and respectfully grabbed the marbles with her hands, smiling happily.

“Noble giant, you are really a good person!”