The next morning.
The president called to give him verbal comndation and ntioned that negotiations regarding the Powerful Divine Power flesh are underway with various countries, and it won't be long before a deal is reached.
This ti, the slaying of the God of Flas was considered a major threat resolved for the country. Most importantly, it freed up significant military resources and alleviated defensive pressures.
Chen Shouyi imdiately expressed his gratitude, exchanged a few more words, and then hung up the phone.
He opened his wardrobe, picked out a jacket, and put it on. The weather had beco increasingly cold over the past few days. Ever since it snowed, it hadn't lted. Although such low temperatures were inconsequential to him, he couldn't exactly stand out and attract attention by wearing a T-shirt outside.
Of course, in terms of attracting attention, it didn't much matter what or how much he wore, or even if he wore anything at all.
He walked out the door, got on his bicycle, and went to East Sea University to borrow so books. As his intelligence increased, he found himself more and more interested in Knowledge.
Perhaps... this is why Little Dot was obsessed with mathematics.
Shortly after leaving the library, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.
"Wang Shengyuan!?"
"Chen... General Manager Chen." Wang Shengyuan was montarily stunned to see Chen Shouyi and quickly responded with a respectful expression.
"What are you doing here?"
"After the last investigation ended, the country arranged for
to be a Martial Arts Teacher here." Wang Shengyuan replied honestly.
In tis of war, for a civilian Martial Artist who is also a quasi-military personnel, being a Martial Arts Teacher at a top university was already a great honor, undoubtedly a form of compensation and reward.
Chen Shouyi laughed, "I recall that I reminded you to co find
after your investigation was over, and I'd give you so Divine Flesh."
At these words, Wang Shengyuan turned red with embarrassnt. Despite being more than ten years older than Chen Shouyi, he appeared almost child-like in his deanor:
"Chen... General Manager Chen, how could I accept this, the country has already rewarded ."
Of course, Wang Shengyuan rembered.
He just felt embarrassed, what if the other person rely said it in passing, that would be awkward. Given how busy such an important figure must be, he felt it was shaless to impose on him uninvited.
After all... he was also a reborn individual.
"The country is the country, and I am myself, how can they be confused." Chen Shouyi said as he looked around the bustling campus, "Let's talk in a more secluded spot!"
The two of them walked to the school's small park.
Chen Shouyi retrieved a large preservation box from his Spatial Passage where he originally stored at paste and took out so Divine Flesh: "About thirty to forty kilograms, it should be enough to get you to Peak Martial Artist level."
"Chen... General Manager Chen, this... this is too much. I don't even know how to repay you." Wang Shengyuan said, extrely moved. Such a huge favor was akin to a rebirth.
An opportunity to beco a Peak Martial Artist is sothing countless people would fight desperately for.
And now, it was so close, entirely within reach.
Chen Shouyi smiled and patted his shoulder, "Train well in Martial Arts."
...
Life returned to its usual tranquility.
In the evening, Chen Shouyi was going through the newspaper.
"Mid-December, with our country leading, the multinational force has made relentless progress, reclaiming over half of Yan State's territory, freeing hundreds of millions of humans from the control of the Barbarian God..."
"The successful experint of the balloon radar, developed by the 385th research institute of Great Xia Country Electrical Science, has reportedly achieved high-altitude over-the-horizon detection of aerial targets, allowing the missile to be accurately steered towards these targets."
"On December 14th, humanity's first computer to surpass a billion calculations was first born at the Computer Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, marking the renewed advent of the information age."
Over the past three years, every ti Chen Shouyi flipped through the newspaper, he could clearly feel the aning of technological innovation, and the pace of this progress seed to be accelerating.
This was due in part to the fact that humanity already possessed this technology and is now retracing its steps, and also because of the effects of Divine Marrow.
As he knew, most of the Divine Marrow did not flow into the military or civilian Martial Artists, but into research teams.
Humanity never ascended to the top of Earth's food chain through sheer might, but through wisdom.
In many industries, individual diligence can make up for a lack of talent, but this is not true in scientific research. Most researchers spend their lives achieving little, becoming re laborers of baldness in the research field.
The gap between an ordinary researcher and a great scientist is much larger than that between an elentary school student and a university student.
Moreover, with the advancent of science and technology, as we enter the twentieth century, the Knowledge humanity has gained has beco increasingly vast and intricate, leading to ever finer disciplinary branches. Polymaths who once spanned multiple fields are now extinct.
Many individuals spend their entire lives circling around their specific areas of expertise. Cross-disciplinary researchers are now few in number, not for a lack of professionalization, but due to the sheer volu of knowledge, they cannot possibly master it all.
However, with the advent of Divine Marrow, talent becos less important; even the most diocre researchers have the opportunity to beco super scientists, or possess the potential of super scientists.
And this isn't about one or two people, but a group—thousands or tens of thousands.
Chen Shouyi quickly flipped through the pages, tossed the newspaper into the waste bin, and sighed.
It had been over three months since the repulsion of the God of Lightning, marking a valuable period of peaceful human developnt.
However, not even humanity at its peak before the transformation was a match for the God of Lightning, let alone the overall strength which has dwindled several tis over now.
His own strength has also remained stagnant.
Since the slaying of the God of Flas, in half a month, apart from his perception and will increasing by 0.1 points, there has been no significant progress elsewhere.
The only consolation was.
His Faith Value has been steadily growing.
Compared to a fortnight ago's gain of about five hundred points daily, he was now achieving six hundred points, an increase of nearly a hundred points, mainly from the followers of the forr God of Flas.
But this number was far below what he had anticipated.
Over three million Barbarian Believers, no, now probably only over two million.
(Which he knew, only until a few days ago when he went to the Spatial Passage in Hedong to find that these foolish Barbarians actually froze to death by a third)
When he had only sixty thousand followers, his daily Faith Value growth was twenty points. Now with forty tis the number of followers, the Faith Value had only increased by five tis, indicating how weak the belief of these Barbarians in him was. They were mostly shallow believers or even non-believers.
As for the devout, there wasn't a single one.
But that's simply how it was.
After having experienced the perks of worshipping a True God, returning to having nothing now could be a bitter pill to swallow. The only reason there was still faith was because he was strong enough, and also due to the oppressive living conditions of the Tam World.
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