Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Strange Change

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

Since there was a power failure, there was nothing to ask then.

Chen Shouyi simply returned to his room.

Upon seeing Chen Shouyi returning, the shell girl started to make a big fuss. She was like a mosquito and kept buzzing non-stop.

Now, she was very mesmerized by cartoons.

Every day once they returned to the motel, she had to watch the cartoons whatever happened.

Chen Shouyi was growing increasingly annoyed to the point where he couldn’t take it anymore. She was getting increasingly naughtier.

She didn’t wish to use the glass marbles to placate her as he was afraid it might become a habit. Seeing that his handphone still had enough battery, he spoke in a bad mood, “Watch, watch, watch! I will let you watch your show.”

He used a television app and randomly selected an episode of the little pig ‘Peiqi’.

In any case, she wouldn’t care about this. To her, as long as there was something to watch, it was enough.

He placed his phone before the shell girl.

But she only took a single glance and began to make a big fuss once again, her face filled with unhappiness. “Small Beiqi! This is a small Beiqi! I want a big Beiqi!”

What? Weren’t they the same thing?

Chen Shouyi spluttered from depression. His temples bulged violently.

“Watch if you want to watch. If not, go to sleep!”

Seeing that the giant was angry, the shell girl instantly ceased her tantrum. She only pouted and expressed her wrath silently.

But very soon later, she was immersed in the cartoon and stared at the handphone screen unblinkingly. As for her previous anger, it had vanished completely when she listened to the adorable characters in the cartoon.

Chen Shouyi sat on the edge of his bed and was in a daze. He didn’t know why, but he felt somewhat flustered with anxiety as if a bad thing was currently happening.

He sat silently for over ten minutes.

At this moment, he could faintly sense a bizarre feeling in his body.

It felt there was a weak energy stirring inside, like a seed that had been frozen solid slowly sprouting due to the arrival of the spring wind.

This feeling…

His expression changed. In order to verify his uneasiness, he opened up his attributes panel.

Seeing that his innate ability was still elementary recovery and didn’t change into natural recovery, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

But very soon, he stood up abruptly.

His expression was heavy and his face was filled with disbelief.

To his shock, he discovered the words ‘elementary recovery’ became much dimmer compared to the other words. ‘Elementary recovery’ was now semi-transparent.

At this moment, the shell girl started shouting, “Beiqi! Beiqi! Beiqi!”

When he heard the shell girl making a huge fuss again, Chen Shouyi suddenly felt a bad premonition.

He hurriedly checked his phone and discovered that the signal was cut off.

Regardless of the web signal or mobile signal, everything had disappeared.

Even the phone screen was flashing intermittently as though the voltage had become unstable.

He tossed his phone to the side and took up a lighter prepared by the hotel.

He tried to use it… but there was no fire.

In a fluster, he shook the lighter and tried it again, finally succeeding in lighting it up.

Staring at the dancing flames that were not even a centimeter high, he suddenly stopped like a frozen statue.

There was still over 50% fuel-liquid in the lighter.

Perhaps he was innately born with the desire for destruction and he had loved to play with fire since he was younger. Although he didn’t smoke, he would often light up the lighter for no apparent reason at all.

He clearly remembered that just yesterday, the flames from the lighter were still a few centimeters high.

Naturally, this could be caused by insufficient air pressure in the room. But when he considered this strange situation along with his innate ability becoming semi-transparent, there was only a single possibility left…

…

He sat on the edge of his bed again, feeling slightly confused in his mind.

The shell girl was still making a fuss, causing his heart to be in turmoil and his thoughts distracted.

The other guests in the motel also noticed that their phones had no signal. They were chatting outside their rooms, and more and more people gradually joined in.

Chen Shouyi couldn’t sit here any longer. He grabbed the shouting shell girl and placed her inside his briefcase after tying her up.

If he continued staying in the room, no information could reach him.

He was preparing to head outside for a look.

The corridor outside his room was full of people. It seemed that all the guests had come out. Chatter could be heard everywhere.

These people were strangers coming together by chance. In the past, they most probably had never met before. But right now, everyone was conversing with no barriers; all of them felt the unease in each other’s hearts.

Although the power failure was unexpected, at the very least, everyone here had experienced it before.

But now. their phone had no signals and no network either. This was clearly not something ordinary.

“Little brother, you want to go out?” asked a curious middle-aged man when he saw Chen Shouyi clutching his briefcase with a look of preparing to head out on his face.

“It’s too stuffy to be stuck in the room. I will head out for a look and get something to eat.”

“Don’t go out at this time, it’s pitch black out there,” said a woman with light makeup on out of goodwill.

“I should be fine as long as I’m more cautious.” Chen Shouyi smiled.

What a joke. As an expert on the level of a martial practitioner, how would he be afraid of thugs in the dark?

Chen Shouyi then left the motel quickly.

The vehicles on the street all died, blocking the way and forming a long line of vehicles that resembled a dragon.

Many drivers felt that they might as well open their doors. Some squatted at the sides of the road, smoking out of frustrations or simply standing there idling.

Not far away, there were even people in a fight, causing many people to gather there and watch.

Chen Shouyi’s heart grew increasingly heavier.

He didn’t know if this only happened in Dongning City or the entire world.

What if it was the entire world?

He couldn’t really imagine it.

The mysterious force field of the Otherworld could lower the mobility of electrons. Even if it just weakened them by half, the chemical reactions would become extremely retarded. Electric currents would need higher voltage to flow, and low-grade electromagnetic waves would become extremely difficult to propagate in the air.

A drastic change would occur in the entire human society. In fact, civilization might even decline.

He glanced at his phone. Luckily, his handphone still had battery left. This indicated that this incident had not reached the extent of a calamity yet.

He wondered how the situation at home was.

At this moment, he finally could no longer suppress the longing in his heart. He stepped out, changed his direction, and headed back home.

As he traveled, over ten minutes later, he saw that familiar building where his house was located.

The restaurant below had already closed. The metal shuttles were shut as well.

The entire thing was filled with the vibes of Mother Chen’s cautious personality.

He glanced at the dark windows above as his emotions surged. He couldn’t suppress them and he called out loudly, “Father, Mother, Sister, are you all here?”

After shouting for a while, the window finally opened. Mother Chen stretched her head out.

“Shouyi, why did you return?”

“Have you eaten yet? Let me open the door for you!”

“No need to. I just came back for a look and have to leave right away. The training class has very strict rules at night, and they will check our rooms daily. I need to leave soon.

“Damn child, why are you still running about now that there’s a power failure. Since this is the case, why don’t you return home?” Mother Chen spoke with worry.

At this moment, Chen Dawei also stretched his head out. “Don’t let the pressure build up on you. It’s fine even if you don’t pass the Martial Apprentice Test. Son, you have grown much skinnier since the last time I saw you.”

“Father, I’m very strong now.” Chen Shouyi controlled his tone carefully and flexed his biceps.

His emotions were slightly agitated and his eyes were somewhat red.

During these days, he had been enduring hellish pressure.

This was especially so after the intense battle today—the lingering fear after he survived, his terror toward death… He could only hide all these emotions in his heart. He was like a bowstring that was stretched taut; no one could help him relax.

At this moment when he was facing his closest kin, he finally revealed the fragility in his heart.

“Stop boasting, hurry up and go back,” Mother Chen interjected.

“Is Xingyue home?”

“She is home!”

When Mother Chen finished speaking, Chen Xingyue also stretched her head out. “Elder brother, you will really pass the next Martial Apprentice Test?”

“Of course. I’ve been working very hard. When the time comes, I will give you a fright.”