Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 780 - 753: Sea Monster

"President Chen, please stay!"

Chen Shouyi stopped at the doorway, watching the deputy minister leave, pondering:

"Has the grain issue really reached this point?"

He thought for a moment and opened his hand.

A faint glimmer of fire ignited in his palm, instantly decomposing the water molecules in the air into hydrogen and oxygen, then extracting carbon and other elements from the soil in the yard. Under Chen Shouyi’s modulation, they swiftly constructed into starch...

In just a few seconds, a grain of snow-white, crystalline rice was constructed out of thin air.

He shook his head, and the rice was reduced back to nothingness, dispersed back into atoms.

"The efficiency is too low!" he thought to himself.

Although this synthesis process consumed much less than atomic compression—almost negligible by comparison—it was also more complex.

Every millisecond, he needed to manipulate billions of atoms to carry out countless chemical reactions in the atomic proportions of glucose molecules, a level of information processing that would be mind-boggling for the average person.

He estimated that in a day, he might produce a few hundred tons of starch.

It’s really just a drop in the ocean.

He shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it, and turned to head back to his bedroom, only to be stopped by Chen Xingyue.

"Brother, are you going on a visit to the Ba Country?"

"Yes, in five days, I expect to stay there for a few days," Chen Shouyi said, immediately seeing through her intentions: "But don’t even think about it!"

"Why...why?" Chen Xingyue, who was previously secretly excited, now looked crestfallen.

"I’m going there for serious matters, not for fun, and the Ba Country is a Barbarian God controlled area, which has its risks. If you want to go, let’s talk about it next time!" Chen Shouyi said.

He was already marked "red" by Tamu, carrying hatred; who knows what might happen at that time.

If that Barbarian God loses his mind.

Although he was not afraid and could protect Chen Xingyue, it was better to be cautious.

"Well... okay, but next time you must take me."

"Rest assured!" Chen Shouyi replied dismissively.

...

Winter had arrived.

The two little ones had put on the thick cotton clothes synthesized by Chen Shouyi early in the morning. This year, they no longer had to wear the thin seasonal princess dresses with chilly breezes blowing against their butts.

However, despite his rare good intentions, the two little ones were clearly not appreciative.

Sitting on the bed, they twisted around as if bugs were crawling all over them, utterly uncomfortable.

If it weren’t for the hairdryer and various colorful flowers they loved most emblazoned on the chest and back of the cotton clothing, Chen Shouyi suspected they would have torn them off already.

"Don’t you like the clothes?" Chen Shouyi found it amusing and asked, holding back his laughter.

He admitted the clothes were, indeed, a bit too thick... just a little.

But they were warm.

They were for their own good.

What if they caught a cold in such weather?

Shell Lady looked conflicted, glanced at the big hairdryer and flowers on her chest, and after a while, reluctantly said: "... Like!"

"I like them too," piped in the dazed, red little one beside her, "just can’t move."

In fact, they could still move.

They were just used to the lightweight clothes; suddenly wearing thick clothes felt cumbersome.

However, they would get used to it.

Like when Shell Lady was shaved bald by him and cried her heart out, rolling on the ground. Yet, a few days later, she was fine.

...

"On November 14, 2020, at 19:23, a trial flight of a small experimental manned spacecraft arranged at the Jingjin Launch Center’s launch site experienced an abnormality during flight, losing control and crashing after ascending for more than ten seconds, resulting in the loss of dozens of astronauts.

According to space personnel, the issue arose during flight with the fusion engine control system, ultimately leading to launch failure."

Chen Shouyi flipped through today’s People’s Daily, sighing upon seeing this news hidden in the corner like a small block of tofu.

"This is already the second failure!"

Since the launch of the massive space project, human space activities have become extremely frequent, with test news popping up every few days. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been smooth sailing, more like stumbling forward.

The manned space shuttle has always been the pinnacle of human aerospace technology; even the pre-mutated United States could only manage trips between Earth and the Moon.

Great Xia Country reaching this point, there’s not much experience left to draw from.

"Ring ring ring!"

At this moment, the phone rang.

Chen Shouyi got up and answered the call.

"Hello, this is Chen Shouyi."

"Alright, I’ll have a look tomorrow." A few minutes later, Chen Shouyi hung up the phone.

This was the first mission since killing the Lord of Lightning.

Clearing out a mysterious sea monster in the East Sea.

This sea monster was quite vicious and cunning, frequently attacking coastal fishermen and causing havoc.

Half a year ago, Great Xia Country had dispatched warships attempting to kill this sea monster, but they disappeared without a trace, provoking even more intense retaliation.

However, after suffering a loss once, it dared not attack warships and submarines anymore, but for fishing boats and cargo ships, they became its targets for revenge against humanity.

As a result, shipping between Great Xia Country and the Rising Sun Country was intermittent, maintained on a small scale under warship escort.

It wasn’t particularly powerful itself, just that the vast ocean made it hard to find and kill.

However, for Chen Shouyi, this is just a trivial little task.

...

The sky was barely brightening.

The morning sun hadn’t yet appeared, but the dawn sky was already ablaze with red.

A streak akin to an arrow shot through from afar, cleaving the sea in an instant, accompanied by a thunderous roar, as if it was splitting the ocean in two.

Seconds later.

Chen Shouyi suddenly stopped, stepping on the sea.

Behind him, the tide as high as city walls parted to the sides, the sea’s surface surging with waves.

Yet, as soon as the waves approached within a hundred meters of Chen Shouyi, they swiftly calmed down.

His perception spread out thoroughly, covering hundreds of kilometers around, with countless pieces of information flashing through his mind, quickly processed.

If there’s any area where alien invasion is most severe.

It undoubtedly is the ocean.

After more than twenty years of continuous invasion.

Today’s ocean almost has no native species left, Earth’s naturally evolved creatures over long years seemed especially fragile against the onslaught of creatures from other worlds, utterly unable to withstand it.

Except for a very few tenacious native species still barely hanging on, the ocean has become the domain of creatures from other worlds, forming a new stable ecosystem.

Of course, if not considering the safety issues of navigation and the dangers of fishing, the impact on humans is just a change in seafood, with a better taste even.

"Huh!"

At this moment, Chen Shouyi suddenly uttered a soft exclamation, showing interest.

He detected a faint trace resembling the domain of fear.

"Could it be a Barbarian God...no, too faint, it should be a Demigod."

P.S.: A little request for that something or other!