Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 41: Power Failure

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire

In the afternoon around 5 pm, at the reception desk of the motel.

“You have calculated wrongly, right? How can you charge me two days worth of room price? I only stayed for a single day and won’t be sleeping here tonight!” A middle-aged man complained to the reception desk.

“Sir, according to our rules and regulations, if you stayed beyond 12 a.m., it would be considered a new day. Let alone the fact that it is already 5 p.m. now that you come to check out. It has already long passed the stipulated time,” explained the receptionist.

“What stupid rule is this? I have not used up this day fully, yet I must pay for it? Also, don’t tell me a small motel like this is fully occupied all the time!” The middle-aged man banged the desk with force.

Facing this aggressive customer that seemed as though he would rush over to beat them up anytime, the receptionist also started to be afraid. She cautiously explained, “Sir, it is really not possible. Even if I wish to refund you, the guestroom system has automatically calculated this as the second day. It’s impossible for me to pay for it myself, right?”

“Stop deceiving me. Do you think I don’t know about such things? It’s just a matter of adjusting. Since you cannot make the decision, get your boss or manager to come over!”

…

The glass door of the motel was pushed open by someone. A youth then slowly walked in.

The middle-aged man turned upon hearing the commotion. It was a somewhat handsome youth. It was just that his clothes were wrinkly and crumbled, filled with dirt and patches of black and white. It was as though he just rolled through a mud pit.

The most comical thing was that despite his young age, he actually pretended to be an adult by carrying a briefcase.

But it was unknown why when he stared at the youth’s expressionless face walking closer and closer to the reception desk, he actually felt somewhat nervous. He didn’t even dare to breathe out loud.

“Little handsome guy, you are back!” The receptionist instantly greeted upon seeing this youth.

The youth, who originally had no expression on his face, smiled when he heard that. “Are you busy now? Tomorrow, I might have a parcel delivered here. Could I trouble you to sign off and receive that for me?”

“Right, no problem.”

“Okay, I will return to my room first.”

The youth glanced at the middle-aged man and continued walking up the stairs.

After the youth left, the middle-aged man’s heart suddenly relaxed. But after that slight bout of distraction, he who was originally full of dissatisfaction and anger suddenly felt all his negative emotions diminishing by a huge amount.

…

This young man naturally was Chen Shouyi.

After he returned, he took off his shirt and pants and went to the bathroom for a shower.

He took his towel and rubbed his hair before the mirror.

The youth reflected in the mirror had a body comprised of chiseled and tight muscles, filled with flowing lines. There was no excess flesh at all.

Even for his ribs, back, neck, and other places where muscles were hard to be trained, they now had defined strips of muscles.

Just by exerting lightly, his muscles ‘rippled’ like mercury.

“My skin seemed even better now.” Chen Shouyi glanced at his jade-like tender skin as he frowned slightly.

He wasn’t unhappy though, who would dislike having better complexion?

It was just that half of his supposedly ‘tuition’ time had already passed. And until now, he still didn’t know how to explain to his family about the changes in his appearance.

Forget it, in any case, there were still a few days. He would think of something then.

…

He changed to dry clothes and opened up his briefcase, letting the shell girl out. He then proceeded to tear open the adhesive tape covering her mouth. The moment he did so, she started shouting that she wanted to watch cartoons.

Habits were truly a terrifying power. Back then when the shell girl was tied up, she would be angry for over half a day upon being released. But now, she had grown used to it and taken it as a common occurrence.

Chen Shouyi turned the television on, changed it to the cartoon channel, and began to ignore her.

After that, he took out his phone. While he logged in the Weapons Treasury, he was also simultaneously analyzing the outer appearance of the barbarian tribe near the little island.

Today, after that battle, the morale of the barbarians fell greatly as they fled. Evidently, the barbarians were already frightened by him.

In addition to the death of their tribe leader, their tribe would logically descend into chaos for a period.

Even if a new tribe leader was chosen, it would still be hard for the new tribe leader to organize another war operation due to his prestige not being high enough.

This meant that the space channel on the little island that seemed about to be exposed was actually safe.

At the very least, it was safe for a while.

This battle caused his confidence to surge greatly. As long as no more experts on the level of the barbarian leader appeared, he was confident that he could kill anyone no matter their numbers just with his battle bow alone.

When he thought of this, he made a decision in his heart.

He rapidly browsed and inputted ‘arrow’. He began to look through it.

Very soon, a row of shops appeared on the webpage.

After changing to a new phone, the googling speed was much faster. It would no longer hang for no reason at all.

There were a large variety of arrows.

There were speed arrows, armor-breaking arrows, auto-spin arrows, heavy arrows, sentry arrows, and many more.

Each arrow’s length and quality was completely different.

For example, the auto-spin arrows. They had a tiny propeller blade attached to the end of the arrows. This type of arrows sacrificed a certain amount of speed in exchange for stability. It could increase accuracy and when the propeller blade was moving at high speed, it would bring about a greater amount of killing power.

Naturally, even for the same type of arrows, the prices and shapes would be slightly different due to different shops.

Luckily, compared to how expensive a battle bow was, arrows were much cheaper.

The most expensive arrow was merely $300 for one. He had enough money to buy them.

Very soon, Chen Shouyi chose a specialty store opened by a well-known large-scale cold weapons company. He ordered 100 speedy arrows, 20 auto-spin arrows, and ten sentry arrows.

When sentry arrows were flying through the air, a sharp whistling sound would be emitted. By itself, it didn’t really have much killing power. He bought it only because he felt the sharp whistling sound would cause fear to the barbarians.

All in total, he spent $28,000.

However, he paid quickly in delight. After all, these were items he could use to protect his life. He naturally had to select the best of the best.

At this moment, the light in his room was suddenly off. The television got shut down as well.

A power failure?

He couldn’t remember the last time Dongning City had a power failure. In any case, it seemed like it had been a very long time since there was one.

But even before Chen Shouyi could be puzzled, the shell girl angrily drummed the pillow and shouted, “Beiqi! Beiqi! Beiqi!”

“Beiqi your fart, don’t you know that there’s a power failure?”

But then again, to the shell girl, she truly had no concept of what a power failure was.

“Don’t speak loudly when we are staying here. Wait a while, I will allow you to watch ‘Beiqi’ again,” said Chen Shouyi to the shell girl.

After that, he ignored the shell girl’s unhappiness and took out his phone, switching on the flashlight function to illuminate the surroundings. He was preparing to head to the receptionist to ask about this situation.

When he opened the door, he discovered some hotel guests who had also come out to the corridor.

“I was watching the television earlier when the power failure struck. Has Dongning City sent out any notice about electricity being cut today?”

“I didn’t hear any of it. Most probably, the electrical lines are too old now.”

“Forget it, I might as well sleep earlier!”

“It’s only seven-plus in the evening, it is too early. Can you even fall asleep?”

Upon hearing the discussion of these people, Chen Shouyi halted his steps.

(“Seems like there really was a power failure.”)