Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 430 - 405: Encounter with a Ferocious Bird
All morning long, some people dragged their families away, fleeing from here, while more chose to stay and observe.
The entire Hedong City was in chaos.
Although the city had already fallen, the battle showed no sign of calming.
Everywhere, there were dense or sparse sounds of gunfire, and the whole city was still organizing resistance spontaneously.
During this time, Chen Shouyi did not go out.
Family had made him lose his passion, becoming cowardly and hesitant, unwilling to take risks easily.
By evening, Barbarians appeared on the outskirts of the Safe Zone, and the troops guarding the villa area finally decided to resist, and when they found Chen Shouyi, hoping for help.
Chen Shouyi finally agreed.
As one of the top powerhouses of the Great Xia Country, letting ordinary soldiers charge into battle and sacrifice on the battlefield while he cowardly hid in a bunker was something he could not get past in his heart.
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When he walked out of the bunker, Chen Shouyi looked up at the sky.
The sky was gray and somber, with leaden clouds shrouding it.
"I hope I won’t be so unlucky to be discovered by the God of Hunting. It’s said that virgins are always lucky," Chen Shouyi thought to himself.
He couldn’t deny that he was a bit nervous!
Facing the pressure of a True God was not something easily overcome, this feeling was thrilling and dangerous, like Death following closely behind.
Then he stopped thinking about it, as overthinking was pointless!
He let out a long breath:
Damn it, if you have the guts, come on.
Humans die standing, live forever if not.
Chen Shouyi glanced at the 200 to 300 determined and resolute soldiers behind him. As the troops guarding the villa area, these were the elite among the elite, basically possessing Martial Artist Apprentice level strength, each battle-hardened and tested by fire.
Unfortunately, the team didn’t have any heavy weapons.
The only thing that could be considered a heavy weapon was a man-portable rocket launcher and a man-portable six-barreled heavy machine gun.
Ordinary people couldn’t lift such machine guns or withstand their terrible recoil; only elite Martial Artist Apprentice level soldiers could operate them normally.
"Battalion Commander Yang, how many troops can still be contacted now?" Chen Shouyi asked Yang Songkun beside him.
"About more than three thousand, but some have chosen to retreat from Hedong, leaving around more than a thousand resisting," Yang Songkun said hoarsely, with a heavy tone.
Retreating was really just a euphemism. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Soldiers are also human, not robots, and can feel fear and hesitation.
Faced with such a war with no hope in sight, not everyone is unafraid of life and death.
"More than a thousand!" Chen Shouyi silently chewed over this number.
That’s more than a thousand lives.
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The troops quickly dispersed as squads.
And Chen Shouyi was already a step ahead, disappearing into the distance in a few strides.
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"Dadada!"
At a crossroads, gunfire erupted.
A Barbarian, wearing armor, protected his head with a huge metal shield, advancing in an S-pattern against the bullets.
The massive metal shield, about fifteen centimeters thick and weighing more than two hundred kilograms, was full of large and small dents, embedded with countless bullet heads, and rifle shots left it unmoved.
In an improvised trench made of sandbags not far away, all the soldiers looked desperate.
The opponent was getting closer, and several soldiers immediately pulled out grenades and threw them.
However, the opponent did not even dodge, suddenly accelerating, and the grenades were deflected by the shield. A few steps later, he charged into the trench, a slight bloodthirsty ferocity in his expression, starting a bloody massacre.
His face was youthful, still just a teenager, and this was his first time participating in a battlefield war.
Over the past year, the tribe he belonged to had become increasingly depressed.
A large number of warriors had been conscripted, sent to Earth for holy war, and never returned. This time, they even mobilized their entire forces, conscripting all males over twelve years old.
He originally felt uneasy in his heart.
Before stepping onto this battlefield, human believers had seriously described the horrors of war with the human disbelievers using all kinds of exaggerated language and stern expressions, and how to deal with human soldiers’ attacks.
But upon arrival, he found that these Alien Race were completely vulnerable. Especially when wearing these shields and armor made by human believers, human soldiers’ attacks were completely ineffective against him.
So far, he couldn’t even remember how many he had killed.
Maybe a hundred, perhaps more than two hundred.
He speared the last soldier to death, stopped, panting heavily.
Looking back, he found he couldn’t see a single companion in sight, but not only was he not worried, he was even a bit excited:
"The great Lord must already be watching over the brave and devout Gari, maybe I’ll become a Priest someday too, commanding anyone as I please!
" He thought to himself: "No, I want to become a powerful Divine Warrior, fighting for the God."
But just as he turned his head back, a stream of light pierced through his chest in an instant, and the thick armor on him was no match for this attack, pierced through front and back as if it were thin paper, blasting a big hole.
His body was knocked backward, flying three or four meters before crashing heavily to the ground, his whole body twitching uncontrollably.
Chen Shouyi lowered the war bow, its string still resonating.
He glanced without looking further, continuing along the street, walking quickly. He checked the status panel.
Strength: 17.4
Agility: 17.7
Physique: 17.4
Intelligence: 17.1
Perception: 15.4
Willpower: 16.5
Energy Accumulation: 7.65
Faith Value: 5.3
He glanced at the attributes. Only the willpower increased by 0.1 in the past two days, better than nothing, and finally turned his gaze to the faith value.
"The increase is so fast, it’s grown by 3.1 points in just two days. Could it be because of the giant I killed in Dongxing City!" He pondered.
This was the only piece of good news in the past two days.
5.3 points of faith value, enough to sustain him through a battle.
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A vague flash of sword light passed by, a barbarian’s head soared into the sky.
"Fifty-eight now!" Chen Shouyi silently counted in his heart.
Night had fallen, but the reflection from the snow on the ground kept the light from being too dark.
The number of barbarians invading this time is extremely large, almost everywhere.
Chen Shouyi estimated that the number of barbarians invading Hedong was over a scale of a hundred thousand.
Individual strength, unless reaching the level of a Barbarian God, is not very useful on such a battlefield.
Whether killing a hundred or a thousand doesn’t make much difference.
He still had two quivers with forty arrows left with him.
But these arrows were for emergency use, he wouldn’t waste them on ordinary barbarians.
If he encounters the God of Hunting, he will rely on these arrows for a desperate fight.
Of course, he rationally knew that this was useless.
If he encounters the God of Hunting, he has a path of death ahead.
In the entire Great Xia Country, no one has ever killed a True God.
Even Ye Zong, who is extraordinarily talented and can shoot electromagnetic cannon arrows at supersonic speeds, can only kill demigods with arrows, let alone him.
But people always need to give themselves hope, even if it’s a mere fantasy. It can give him the courage to continue the carnage, rather than hiding under the gutter, facing the invasion of the alien world like a coward.
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Corpses can be found everywhere.
Some are soldiers, some are fleeing civilians.
Some are covered by piled snow, others lie on the snow-covered ground.
Blood has seeped into the white snow, giving it a pink hue.
It gives a sense of cruel beauty.
Chen Shouyi even saw quite a few female corpses with bare lower bodies, filthy and obviously having suffered molestation either just before or after death.
Not far away, the creaking sound of feet stepping on snow could be heard.
Soon, a family of three cautiously emerged from an alley, carrying large and small bags.
Upon seeing Chen Shouyi in the street, their expressions faltered with fear, but relaxed slightly upon realizing he was human.
"Young brother, are you a martial artist?" a middle-aged man asked cautiously with a smile.
Chen Shouyi nodded.
Beside him, a boy of thirteen or fourteen holding a sword looked at him curiously and admiringly.
"I want to ask, is the road safe?" the middle-aged man asked.
"This section should be safe. Beyond that, I’m not sure!" Chen Shouyi replied.
"Really grateful. Young brother, aren’t you leaving?"
Chen Shouyi shook his head without answering, saying, "Be careful on the road!"
The family soon left, disappearing into the distance.
Chen Shouyi withdrew his gaze.
As the night deepened, the road became increasingly crowded with fleeing people. After ten o’clock, they seemed to appear on the road every few minutes, in groups of three to five, sometimes even more than ten.
Chen Shouyi silently cleared nearby barbarians, creating conditions for their smooth departure.
The night grew deeper.
Realizing it was already twelve o’clock, the number of barbarians around him was dwindling. After he just killed a barbarian he had found with some effort, he was about to return to the bunker.
Just then, a metallic shriek sounded overhead.
He suddenly looked up, facing the sky.
He saw a colorful giant bird rapidly flying from the horizon, then transitioning from high speed to a standstill, hovering a hundred meters in the air, its sharp eyes fixed on Chen Shouyi.
This was the first time Chen Shouyi had seen this terrifying raptor at such close range.
Its colorful feathers emitted a divine and mystical glow in the dark, the air seemed to surging, with a seemingly tangible oppressive atmosphere starting to spread.
His cold sweat streamed down, his heart pounding fiercely!
He was all too familiar with this aura.
This was Divine Power!
This was a Barbarian God!
Deceived by its appearance, Chen Shouyi had always thought this was merely a fast-flying, powerful otherworldly creature.
But he never imagined it was a Barbarian God.
At the very least, it was a demigod.
In fact, he had long known that Barbarian Gods were not all humanoid, and the majority were not humanoid. However, his habitual thinking always unconsciously assumed they would have a human-like form.
"Quite a rare and powerful human. I see the vigorous glow of life on you. You are just one step away from being legendary. Submit to me, or today you will die!" The giant bird suddenly spoke from above, its voice piercing like an arrow, carrying a strong penetrative force.
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PS: The upcoming plot was written for half a day and then deleted. I need to think about it seriously. I’m really sorry, there will only be one Chapter today.
