Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 762 - 735: Tamu’s Gaze (Part 1)

A second ago, the Shell Lady was looking pitiful, silently tearing up.

A second later, she was fighting with Little Red over the ownership of the red crystal ball, her hands moving like a blur, screaming continuously as they fought non-stop.

As for where the crystal ball came from.

Naturally, it was synthesized by Chen Shouyi by extracting silica mixed with metal minerals from the soil, colored red and blue, each the size of a soccer ball.

No way around it, his standards have risen, and small ones no longer catch his eye.

Think about how a string of beads could deceive the Shell Lady back then, laboring tirelessly to dig for gold, yet finding joy in it.

And now look at her.

You can only say, from frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality is hard.

If he couldn’t be self-sufficient, he wouldn’t be able to afford it.

Chen Shouyi glanced and then ignored them.

If Little Red wasn’t fighting, would it still be Little Red?

He had long since gotten used to it.

They used to fight every few days, now their relationship is better, so they only fight once in a while.

Fortunately, although they seem extremely fierce, full of momentum, they are just like two angry kittens, strong outwardly but weak inside, fighting for a long time without any substantial result.

By the time Chen Shouyi settled his residence for the foreseeable future,

the two little guys had already decided a winner.

Unexpectedly, this time Little Red won.

Though really, he couldn’t tell how the winner was decided.

Anyway, the big red glass ball was taken by Little Red, while the Shell Lady, like a cat whose spine had been pulled out, sat on the ground despondently, sulking silently at the big blue glass.

Perhaps she was struck by the loss.

After all, she used to win all the time.

Chen Shouyi noticed this and found it both amusing and irritating.

Simply useless.

But he didn’t show bias; he never interfered in disputes among Little Red and her peers, always letting them resolve it internally, keeping it fair.

...

From earlier flight to the later synthesis of the glass ball, Chen Shouyi keenly felt that this optimization brought significant changes to his will, making his power stronger and manipulation more at ease.

Such changes clearly cannot be explained by a numerical increase of 0.1, but because his will had become more cohesive.

Many ordinary people’s will is very strong as well.

Some can reach 13 points, 14 points, like some battle-hardened veterans.

But their will is scattered, apart from being better at controlling their emotions, they can’t exert strength in the material world.

If the number reflects the quality, then how to exert the strength depends on the degree of cohesion.

"Unfortunately even so, it is far from enough." Chen Shouyi sighed in his heart.

He didn’t rush into it recklessly; he had to admit, that terrifying memory still cast a significant psychological shadow on him.

Facing the indescribable terrifying existence, he could never be too cautious.

Because if things go wrong, he might really die.

Previously it was just a sliver of the opponent’s power leaking, perhaps not even "attention".

Just like someone looking up at the sun, the sun doesn’t care, but their eyes are already damaged.

This is a qualitative gap, sometimes greater than the gap between unicellular organisms and humans.

His expression was grim; he understood that trying to refine divinity was akin to dancing on a tightrope.

Yet he chose to take the risk without hesitation.

Since the Book of Knowledge chose this direction, it in some sense guided his path forward.

Fortunately, he was not without countermeasures. On one hand, he planned to refine in the Memory Virtual World.

Though it won’t completely shield the harm, with the protection of the Book of Knowledge, it should mitigate the damage somewhat.

After all, the World Tree, once one of the Ancestor Gods, and the Book of Knowledge made from its materials should have some effect.

On the other hand, he planned to find suitable materials to create a sealed place to block the connection between the opponent and divinity.

Will, momentum, and divine power are essentially the same thing, all can be isolated.

The range and effect in the air are superior to underground, in loose soil better than in rock.

Especially heavy metals.

Special forces and researchers dealing specifically with Divine Corpses can easily block divine power by wearing lead-coated protective suits.

However, Chen Shouyi had no confidence in the effectiveness of this method.

After all, the entity’s level was too high, and its power could even radiate to the entire Solar System.

But as long as there was a slight possibility, he must do his utmost.

Even if only to weaken it by a fraction, it’s worthwhile.

...

After resting for half a day, he finally started taking action in the afternoon.

Hail began to fall from the sky, the cold wind howling, creating an eerie sound.

Chen Shouyi stood atop the mountain, the peak beneath his feet trembling slightly.

At first, the mountain only shook lightly, almost imperceptibly, but soon the trembling intensified.

The ice cap that had remained unchanged for millions of years cracked and shattered, then slid down the slope like an avalanche, thundering with a deafening roar.

And that,

was just the beginning.

Chen Shouyi took a deep breath and burned his Faith Value.

Thoughts accelerated.

The next moment,

the mountain beneath him suddenly crumbled, levitating in the air.

Simultaneously, it continued to weather away during the levitation, reduced to basic atoms.

As mentioned before, Chen Shouyi couldn’t see atoms; he could only sense the various electromagnetic forces representing atoms.

In fact, at the atomic level, the line between energy and matter becomes quite blurred.

Matter is energy, energy is matter.

From this perspective, the entire world is empty, filled with complex electromagnetic forces.

Yet based on the strength of the electromagnetic field inside the atom and corresponding it to the periodic table of elements,

he could clearly distinguish what atom the tiny electromagnetic field represents.

Chen Shouyi found that among all atoms, those superheavy radioactive atoms had the best effect on interfering with will.

"What a pity..."

Chen Shouyi shook his head slightly, not because of fear of radiation, but because such elements were pathetically scarce and nowhere near enough.

Fortunately, mixed with other heavy elements, they could still have quite an effect.

...

The continuous rumbling thunder persisted intermittently for over ten hours before finally ceasing around midnight.

A mountain over two thousand meters in vertical height had completely vanished.

In its place, a massive metal sphere, over twenty meters in diameter and weighing about a hundred thousand tons, appeared.

Decomposing such a large mountain and extracting all the heavy elements left even Chen Shouyi exhausted.

Only after a long pause did he recover slightly from the depletion of his mental energy.

"I hope it comes in handy," Chen Shouyi silently thought as he gazed at the massive metal sphere.

Then, with unsteady steps, he walked towards the cave on the nearby mountain.

He was truly exhausted today, and everything would have to wait until he was rested and ready again tomorrow.

ps: Wishing everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, no need to thank me.