Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Stern Times

All day long, Chen Shouyi stayed at home and didn’t go out, except for accompanying his parents on a trip to the bank, which yielded no results.

Mrs. Chen filled all the containers at home that could hold water with tap water.

Although Chen Shouyi felt it wasn’t necessary in his heart, even if the tap water were completely cut off, he could get water from the other world.

But he did not persuade, instead he helped to fill the water.

“There are over four million left in the bank, who knows if we can take it out, if only we hadn’t put it in the bank.” During this time, Mrs. Chen repeatedly murmured, and several times tears fell from heartache.

The newly opened restaurant in the family is rented, and not much money was spent on renovation. Originally, this money was planned to be saved for when Chen Shouyi gets married, so they could buy a small place to live with their daughter, and give this large one to him as a marital home, but they never thought such a thing would happen.

“Don’t worry, the bank’s customer data is still there, maybe in a while, there will be some clarity.” Chen Shouyi didn’t know if they could still get this money, or if it had completely disappeared into thin air, he could only comfort them like this.

“The state certainly won’t let such a thing happen, otherwise society would be in chaos.” Chen Dawei also tried to console them, sighed, and then asked Chen Shouyi, “How much do you have saved in the bank?”

“Several hundred thousand?” At this time, Chen Shouyi could only speak conservatively.

In fact, he still had as much as 2.5 million on his bank card.

The family didn’t feel like cooking at noon and only briefly satisfied their hunger with snacks.

In the evening while cooking, Father Chen found that the electronic ignition of the gas stove at home couldn’t ignite the natural gas, and it was only when Chen Shouyi took out the special lighter that it finally ignited.

This kind of lighter is filled with a highly flammable gas, capable of being ignited by just a spark, and can be used normally even in the other world.

The gas stove’s flame was crimson, which is a sign of reduced flame temperature, but fortunately, it could still successfully cook food.

During dinner, Song Tingting from next door and her mom came over to visit, appearing extremely worried.

Song Qiran didn’t come.

Through inquiry, it was learned that the other party is the head of Hedong City’s steam turbine group, now also Jiangnan Province’s largest steam engine manufacturing company. At this moment, the importance of such a company is extremely evident, already concerning industrial maintenance and the nation’s lifeblood.

The era is about to undergo drastic changes, after today, the only thing human civilization can rely on is the steam engine, and at this moment, the other party is probably already incredibly busy.

…

Night fell, and the temperature became increasingly cold.

Even in the bedroom, the temperature had already dropped below zero.

Shell Lady, with rough skin, was merely wearing a thin princess dress and seemed to feel no cold in the air at all, she was very excited jumping around on the bed, playing vigorously as the mysterious power invaded, and the most excited was her.

She kicked off from the bed, her body suddenly leaping more than a meter high, then held her breath forcefully, her little face flushed, and after a brief moment of suspension, she slowly floated down.

“Great Giant, I can almost fly here.” Shell Lady said excitedly.

Chen Shouyi didn’t pay her any mind, gazing at his attribute panel for a long time, his “Elementary Self-Healing” had completely disappeared, replaced by the two semi-transparent talent abilities “Natural Healing” and “Atmospheric Control (Elementary)”.

With a thought, a breeze arose out of thin air, transformed into a tornado swirling in his palm for half a minute, then with a casual wave, the tornado quickly dissipated, merged into the air, hidden without a trace.

Chen Shouyi sighed lightly.

The world is different now, he is different, Shell Lady is different, and presumably those gods from the other world are also different.

He had never felt the approach of war and the uncertainty of the future as he did at this moment.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out from outside.

Chen Shouyi drew back the curtains, opened the window, a gust of cold wind howled in, invigorating him, and the gunshots became clearer.

He had heard many gunshots before, whether from rifles, pistols, submachine guns, or machine guns, but there had never been a gunshot so odd, carrying a sense of weakness and powerlessness.

“Great Giant, look at me, look at me, I’m almost able to fly.” Shell Lady couldn’t help but urge when she hadn’t received attention for a long time.

Chen Shouyi came back to his senses, closed the window, glanced at Shell Lady, “Flying well, keep it up!”

Shell Lady immediately smiled brightly, continuing to bounce around.

…

Early the next morning, Zhang Jingyi led Song Tingting to knock on Chen Shouyi’s house door.

“Sister-in-law, I’m afraid it might be a bit chaotic outside today, I’m planning to let her take a day off. We can’t trust her to stay home alone, I wonder if she could stay at your place.” Zhang Jingyi explained her intentions, as she is a civil servant and needs to be on duty at such critical times.

Mrs. Chen said, “There’s no issue at all.”

“That’s really troublesome, Tingting, quickly greet Auntie!”

“Hello Auntie!” Song Tingting quickly said sweetly.

“No need to be polite, treat it like your own home.” Mrs. Chen looked at Song Tingting dressed in a thick down jacket, carrying a backpack and charmingly smiling, and she felt increasingly delighted as she looked, saying, “Xing Yue, Tingting is here.”

“Oh!” Chen Xingyue happily opened the bedroom door, “Tingting, come to my room.”

Song Tingting glanced disappointedly at the other closed bedroom door, then quickly ran over.

“Xing Yue, where’s Senior?” As soon as she entered the bedroom and closed the door, Song Tingting couldn’t help but ask.

“He went out early, he’ll probably be back by noon, don’t worry about him.”

…

Hedong City, this city that was bustling just the day before, quieted down completely the next day, filled with a desolate and oppressive atmosphere.

There were no more cars on the road, pedestrians were sparse.

Chen Shouyi carried a briefcase, passing by the nearby community bank that had been looted, the bank’s front doors still open, seats in the lobby scattered everywhere, the bulletproof windows of the counters shattered, and glass littered the ground.

Bloodstains still visible on the floor of the lobby, clearly suggesting people were injured or worse.

But now there were already four soldiers standing guard at the bank’s entrance.

Ten minutes later, he found a high-end cold weapon shop still open and walked in.

“Welcome!” A young clerk greeted.

Chen Shouyi walked inside and found the business surprisingly good, with people buying weapons everywhere.

But thinking about it, in chaotic times, the best businesses to run are either food or arms. Although it’s not yet chaos, given the circumstances, it’s likely near.

“Go get your boss!” Chen Shouyi said.

The young clerk glanced at Chen Shouyi, seeing him young but confident and imposing, hesitated, then said, “Please wait a moment!”

Soon, a slightly overweight middle-aged man emerged from the office, glanced at Chen Shouyi, and tentatively said, “Hello, hello, I’m Zhao Linfeng, the owner of this store. Are you looking to purchase weapons or…?”

“Is there someplace more private?” Chen Shouyi asked.

“Apologies, please follow me.”

They walked to the office:

“Do you have Martial Artist Level War Bows?” Chen Shouyi got straight to the point after sitting down.

…

A minute later, Chen Shouyi left the weapon shop regretfully.

But he was psychologically prepared, and it wasn’t disappointing.

The number of Martial Artists in Hedong City could be counted on one hand, and they almost all buy through the martial artists’ internal network, without demand, naturally, there’s no market.

He had been ready to use the gold he had to see if he could exchange it for a Martial Artist Level War Bow, but now he needs to reconsider.

ps: Asking for monthly tickets ah ah ah ah

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