Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Venturing Out to Sea

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

Chen Shouyi felt a little fidgety in his heart. He walked to the side of a concealed stone cave and gently pushed aside the hay. Inside, there were two packages wrapped in oil paper.

The large package contained the components of a bow and arrows.

In the long package, an alloy sword could be seen.

He reassembled the bow and tested out its power. He didn’t reveal any feelings of becoming lax.

He didn’t feel any surprise. The battle bows of martial apprentices were weapons that could be used in actual combat and needed to adapt to different environments. Being durable and easy to maintain were the basic requirements. They weren’t as fragile as traditional bows. Even if they were subjected to the sun and rain for long periods, their durability wouldn’t be affected.

But comparatively, their prices were also considerably high.

The price of a battle bow was equivalent to a car.

…

He took up his weapon and went to the space channel entrance. Only then did he set the shell girl free.

Now that she had returned to the little island again, the shell girl jumped about in joy and seemingly went crazy, dancing in the air.

Chen Shouyi didn’t bother with her. He walked to the side and started to practice his archery.

After firing a few arrows, he felt that he was somewhat out of it. His heart couldn’t calm down no matter what.

…

He stopped and stood at his original location, lost in his thoughts.

Ever since he had discovered the space channel, Chen Shouyi had been enduring immense pressure. On one side, he was very clear that the existence of this space channel might bring great trouble to Dongning City. On the other, he didn’t wish to give up on this space channel that he had a monopoly over. He didn’t want to share the benefits he could gain.

For this, after he had discovered barbarians appearing on the tiny island, his first thought hadn’t been to hide temporarily but rather, he had chosen to take a risk and kill them. In fact, during the second time when the barbarians had appeared in great numbers, he had even attempted to settle this problem on his own.

For this, he had almost lost his life.

He did this because he wished to make up for his mistakes and to prevent even more barbarians from entering Dongning City. However, how could there not be thoughts of continuing to conceal this space channel in his heart?

…

However, the corpse of this intruder who had entered without careful consideration in addition to the photograph he saw, they finally caused him to be somewhat flustered.

Although he could find a hundred reasons to convince himself that the death of this man was due to his own greed and had nothing to do with him, Chen Shouyi was still clear in his heart that from a certain perspective, it could be considered that this man was the first victim to be implicated due to the fact that he had concealed the existence of this space channel.

In the end, he was merely a youth of seventeen years of age. His heart hadn’t gone cold yet.

Although his hands were long stained with blood, the people who had died by his hands were barbarians and not humans. The feeling was naturally different.

One was the primitive tribe of the Otherworld while the other was his own species.

Just like after the first industrial revolution, humans who proclaimed themselves as ‘civilized societies’ could slaughter American Indians anyhow they wanted. After they placed their guns down, they could be courteous before a stranger, cultured and elegant.

This was because he didn’t consider the former the same race.

…

Naturally, he didn’t feel overly guilty as well. It was just that this incident caused him to feel more vigilant.

It didn’t concern him if people chose to enter the space channel and died.

But what if the barbarians took the opportunity to rush out when he was not around?

At this moment, a thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.

“Should I head over to the island the barbarian tribe is staying at and investigate the situation there?”

“If things weren’t too dangerous…”

One couldn’t help but say that there was an intense gambling spirit in his personality.

His gaze turned cool as he contemplated the risks.

“Compared to the slaughter in the rain at that time, my strength is already stronger. My physical abilities can now be compared to ordinary barbarians. Even without my battle bow, even if I don’t ambush them, I believe I can easily kill them.”

If they were to compete in hunting, Chen Shouyi naturally had no way to compare to barbarians who hunted for their survival. But if they were speaking about killing, when the barbarians were to be compared to humans on Earth, where countless researchers had researched martial killing techniques during these twenty years, the barbarians could only be considered at the instinctive level with regard to how they used their bodies. The difference was simply too great.

It was like an old farmer who planted seeds every day in the soil. His output could never be comparable to a university student who had learned about the techniques of agriculture when both were doing the same business.

For an old woman who had been cooking for over ten years, her skills and techniques could also never be comparable to a graduated chef from a vocational school.

The science and technology society’s efficiency with regard to knowledge was countless times more sophisticated compared to the barbarians.

…

He glanced at the color of the sky. At this moment, it was still afternoon here.

He summoned the shell girl and headed down the mountain.

Walking to the rocks at the side of the sea, he untied the rope that was tying up a canoe. After that, he took off his pants and waded across the sea.

Luckily, the sea today had some high tides, so the canoes weren’t stranded.

If not, he would truly worry that he wouldn’t be able to move such a gigantic canoe.

He placed his weapon and briefcase in it. After that, he did a flip and entered the canoe.

Under the baptism of the sun during these few days, much of the smell in the canoe had already faded away.

He carried up the flat piece of wood that resembled a paddle and did his best to row the boat across the water.

“It’s moving! It’s moving!” The shell girl seemed to be very excited as she shouted in a loud voice.

The canoe slowly turned a circle at its original location.

Staring at the excited shell girl, Chen Shouyi felt some embarrassment. “Stop talking. Be quieter.”

Things were somewhat awkward.

How was this canoe rowed here?

He scratched his head and did his best to recall the scenes where he saw the barbarians rowing the canoe.

They paddled in the east direction and then the west direction.

But this type of method was only suitable for small boats.

A canoe like this was four to five meters wide. Evidently, one couldn’t paddle it this way. Just doing this repeatedly would cause one to be fatigued to death.

Luckily, he could eventually figure things out by slowly trying out different methods.

He tried things out again and again. After a whole half an hour had passed, he could finally control the direction.

Chen Shouyi took out the common language dictionary and flipped through it. He searched for the pronunciation of the uncommon word ‘island’. After that, he spoke to the shell girl, “Go and take a look. Tell me where the nearest island is and there will be a reward.”

“Gemstones?”

The eyes of the shell girl brightened as she hurriedly asked. Seeing Chen Shouyi nod, her face was filled with excitement as she flew up. She flew increasingly higher to the point of a hundred meters before she flew down again.

Luckily, the rope tying her up was long enough.

“Yes, there is one very far away!”

“That direction!”

The shell girl instantly pointed.

Chen Shouyi continued to row the boat.

The canoe was very heavy, and its speed was extremely slow. He estimated that it could only travel slightly over ten kilometers per hour. It was only slightly faster compared to humans walking on the road.

It wasn’t easy to judge directions when one was on the sea. Not long later, he completely lost all sense of direction.

Fortunately, the shell girl constantly corrected his direction. If not, given the fact that he didn’t have a compass, he would be lost for sure.

After paddling for over two hours, he finally saw a bit of green on the horizon.

The stretch of green gradually became larger.

Very soon, he discovered another canoe in the distance.

“One, one giant!” The shell girl’s vision was much sharper than his. She shouted in a loud voice.

This meant that there were two barbarians. Chen Shouyi instantly changed direction and headed toward the canoe he saw.

The canoes were the barbarians’ only means of crossing the sea. He decided to destroy the canoe he saw first.

He slowly moved closer to the canoe.

Maybe it was because the barbarians saw a canoe of the same design, they assumed that the person approaching was their comrade. They stood up and seemed as though they were giving a greeting.

At this moment, the distance between the two was roughly about six hundred to seven hundred meters. The vision was still somewhat blurry, and both sides could only see a tiny dot in the distance.

Chen Shouyi’s heart stirred when he saw this situation. He instantly took off his clothes and revealed the upper half of his body like the barbarians, preparing to mislead them.

He felt that his skin seemed to be too fair and clean. If the distance was closer, the barbarians would definitely be able to tell that something was wrong.

He gritted his teeth and glanced at the surroundings. Very soon, he took out an unknown piece of solidified dirt from the hold. He ignored the nasty smell and rapidly smeared that over his face and body.

He took out his mobile phone that was drained of battery and used the screen as a mirror, looking at his reflection. After that, he smeared the dirt over the places he had yet to cover, doing so in an attentive and well-distributed manner.

The shell girl pinched her nose and had a look of disdain on her face as she sat far away.

Chen Shouyi silently mused, hoping that this would be of use.

At this moment, Chen Shouyi’s canoe changed direction, seemingly wanting to go over to interact with the barbarians.

The distance between the two parties grew increasingly closer.

500 meters, 300 meters.

He could already faintly hear the forthright voices of the barbarians shouting.

Chen Shouyi lowered his head and silently continued to paddle.

After 150 meters, the ‘barbarian’ on the incoming canoe seemed to hesitate. The speed of the boat moving also became slower.

A hundred meters later, a barbarian on the other canoe finally let out a call of alarm.

“This is a fiend!”

(‘Fiend’ is the barbarians describe Earth’s humans)

The two instantly turned their heads. Maybe it was due to panic, but they were completely flustered. Their canoe began to turn circles in their original location.

At this moment, Chen Shouyi inclined his head. He placed the paddle to the side and took up his battle bow. He loaded an arrow and pulled the bowstring to its max.

His gaze was sharp. There were no ripples in his mind and heart.

When the canoe continued moving forward for over ten meters, he immediately released an arrow.