Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 520 - 494: The War Is Not Over Yet

"Finally, my strength has reached 19.1." Chen Shouyi turned off the attribute panel and clenched his fist tightly. The muscles on his body, as if twisted steel wires, instantly tensed, making the air around him slightly blur.

19.1, translated into concrete strength, equates to four tons.

If two tons is the dividing line between a peak Martial Artist and a legend, his strength is already double that standard.

"Sadly, it’s still too weak!" he thought to himself.

Chen Shouyi drew the curtains.

All day, there were no calls for him.

He looked into the distant darkness, unsure why, but he had a premonition that something would happen tonight.

Two days have passed, and all those who should have evacuated have done so!

Everything that should be prepared has been prepared.

The war clearly won’t drag on indefinitely, the longer it drags, the more changes happen.

"Ring ring ring..."

At this moment, the phone rang.

With a swift step, Chen Shouyi moved to the desk and quickly picked up the phone.

"Hello, this is Chen Shouyi!"

"Commander Zhang, hello."

"2 AM? Thank you for informing me!"

"Alright, understood, I will keep it confidential."

He hung up the phone with a serious expression, the call was from the command post of the war zone, regarding the nuclear explosion.

"2 AM!" He glanced at the time; the hour hand pointed exactly at ten.

"Only four hours left."

...

Tuoan City had become a ghost town, the fear of shadow creatures and the Barbarian God could not prevent the masses from fleeing, and in just two short days, the entire city was empty and silent.

Moreover, with the panic over the nuclear explosion spreading, even the nearby villages have joined the ranks of refugees.

Had it not been for shadow creatures preventing and driving them back, the refugees might have escaped the blockade zone.

Calm!

Neither the human army nor the God of Shadow and Fear.

Maintained an eerie calm.

...

Chen Shouyi dozed off on the bed for a while, then opened his eyes and got up to put on his clothes. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Good giant..." Shell Lady drowsily opened her eyes.

"You continue to sleep!" Chen Shouyi said.

"Oh!"

Shell Lady closed her eyes again, drifting back to sleep.

He opened the window, activated the shadow stealth ability carried by the Shadow Sword, and silently flew out.

No soldier outside noticed.

Before long, he reached the top of a sand dune, brushed away the snow, and sat down.

He took out a piece of Divine Flesh and chewed it silently while waiting.

The cold wind howled, and the air carried a hint of chill.

As time ticked by, after 1:30, the silence began to break.

From afar, the muffled sound of artillery fire came, evidently to conceal the real plan, and the faint roar of warplanes was heard from afar.

Chen Shouyi quickly finished eating the Divine Flesh, stood up, and gazed into the distance.

A faint red glow spread in the distance, and the continuous artillery fire seemed uninterrupted, going smoothly.

And as the time approached two o’clock.

A distinct bright light arose in the distance, and the sky turned bright.

"Nuclear bomb!"

The brightness didn’t last long before it rapidly dimmed, leaving the sky still as red as fire.

Chen Shouyi’s eyes were fixed on the distance, his fists clenched unavoidably, his heart pounding.

Half a minute later, a slight tremor came from beneath the ground, and a few minutes later, a dull thunderous roar came from afar.

After that, the entire world fell silent.

No sound of artillery was heard.

"Did it succeed?" Chen Shouyi wondered to himself.

After hesitating for a moment, he pushed off with his foot and flew quickly towards the front line.

...

Chen Shouyi searched for a long time and asked many soldiers before finding the new location of the command post.

Located twenty kilometers outside the front line, in a small-town government building, the area was already overflowing with joy.

"General Manager Chen, you’re back, the war is over!" Zhu Xueqing exclaimed excitedly when she saw Chen Shouyi, rushing to give him a hug.

Chen Shouyi could evacuate to safety, firstly because he was targeted by the Barbarian God, and secondly, for the command post’s safety, but she and Wang Lie could not evacuate. The enormous pressure of these two days nearly crushed her.

"Did the Barbarian God get killed?" Chen Shouyi broke free from her embrace and quickly asked.

"Not sure, but even if it wasn’t killed, it must have fled. According to reconnaissance, the entire Bullhorn Mountain has almost been leveled." Zhu Xueqing replied happily.

Driving a Barbarian God away is a kind of victory for humanity, but Chen Shouyi felt little joy. The great sacrifice, so many lives lost, it felt somewhat disheartening.

"Where is Wang Lie?" Chen Shouyi asked.

"He couldn’t stay put and went to see the front line!" Zhu Xueqing said.

...

Thick clouds were pierced by a vast force, revealing a large hole, with a massive mushroom cloud still hanging in between.

Chen Shouyi was in the high sky, not daring to get too close.

He noticed that the Barbarian God’s terror field in the air had been significantly diluted but still stubbornly remained.

Without a doubt, the Barbarian God was not dead.

But he couldn’t determine whether it was still on Earth or had escaped to another world.

Occasionally, shadow creatures could still be seen on the ground, as if nothing had changed.

...

The next day, the war zone remained calm, with a large influx of refugees.

Numerous refugees with their families rushed to escape the strange land.

The town where the command post was located quickly became overcrowded, bringing not only hustle and bustle but also fear of the Barbarian God!

Passing by a refugee camp, Chen Shouyi heard discussions about the Barbarian God and shadow creatures everywhere.

"Do you know how terrifying that ’Evil Messenger’ is? One night, when I went out to get water..." A refugee was vividly and exaggeratedly narrating his horrifying experience, drawing a large crowd who listened with goosebumps.

"That Evil God must be from the Hell of another world... our souls will be taken away." Another group of refugees debated fiercely.

"If you cry again, the Evil Messenger will come!" A young lady impatiently scolded a bawling child.

With the victory of the war, everyone was venting the fear they experienced in the blockade zone, yet they were unaware that fear spread through word of mouth.

Chen Shouyi looked up at the sky, his face serious.

A faint field of terror was forming and spreading, however, no one could see or sense it.

The war was not completely over... This god seemingly spreading fear, as long as it was not eradicated, and as long as humans here would fear It, It would remain rooted in humanity like a virus.

Accompanying mystery and evil is never a pleasant affair.

Chen Shouyi turned on his heels and headed towards the command post.