Dawn of a New Era

After one o'clock in the middle of the night, Chen Shouyi fell asleep in a daze, but his sleep was still very light, and he was awakened several times during the period.

When he was woken one last time by a loud bang, he got up and sat up.

He looked at his watch and saw that it was only half past four in the morning.

He walked to the window, the night outside was still hazy, and there were still more than two hours before dawn.

The sound of guns in the distance has been ringing for most of the night, and it has not stopped, but it has become more and more intense. From here, you can see the flames that light up not far away from time to time, appearing bright and dark in the darkness.

Chen Shouyi looked at it for a while, and was about to lie on the bed and squint for a while.

At this time, a dull sound similar to that of an old-fashioned train gradually sounded from far to near, and the ground began to vibrate slightly.

It didn't take long for a giant steel beast to drive through the streets near the community. With the help of the moonlight, Chen Shouyi carefully distinguished it.

This is a huge steam tank, one or two meters higher than the outer wall, with a long barrel pointing straight ahead, surrounded by six giant machine guns like small cannons.

The ugly tail that spews white gas like a locomotive looks quite eye-catching.

Chen Shouyi had also seen many tanks in the channel garrison military area, but none of them was bigger and bloated. Compared with it, those heavy tanks that seemed huge at first looked petite like babies.

It's well finished, bloated but compact, with an unblemished finish and a jungle camouflage floral green finish.

It is clear that this tank is not a recent development.

In peacetime, it takes five to ten years for an important piece of military equipment to go from request, to pre-research, and to be equipped with the whole army. In wartime, it may be shortened to one year or even less.

However, there was only more than three months between the first mutation and the second mutation. In such a short period of time, even if the entire Great Xia Kingdom was fully mobilized and entered a wartime state, it would not be possible to equip the troops stationed in Hedong City so quickly. second line army.

In fact, it is.

This kind of tank has been finalized more than ten years ago. Its original intention was to form a frontal offensive force against other worlds, and it was specially developed. It is purely steam-powered, and even the shells are ejected with ultra-high pressure steam.

Later, due to the complex environment of the different world and various other strategic factors, in the end it was only a small batch to equip first- and second-line troops.

These tanks have been useless since they were equipped, and they have been sealed in the arsenal.

until now!

Watching this huge vehicle rumbling past for a long distance, Chen Shouyi came back to his senses and let out a breath.

At this moment, he had no sleepiness at all, so he simply wasn't going to sleep.

While getting dressed, he opened the attribute panel, took a look, and found that his will had increased by 0.1, reaching 12.9 points, and his perception had also increased by 0.1, reaching 12.1.

Shell girl was still asleep, he gently picked up the little one from the bed and put it in the briefcase.

Shell Girl muttered a few times, smacked her mouth, and then started whistling again.

Sometimes, he really envied Shell Girl, who was simple and carefree, like today, he tossed and turned all night, restless, but she slept like a pig.

Seeing that it was still early, Chen Shouyi picked up his sword to warm up.

The increase in perception made him seem to have an additional sense. No matter the front or back, whether eyes are open or closed, within a radius of 1.5 meters, he can vaguely sense and judge what it is.

It's not a picture or color, but an extremely strong intuition.

This ability is quite useful, as long as it is within the range of perception, any troubles can't be hidden from him.

...

After training for about half an hour, there was a scream outside, and then it stopped abruptly, which was creepy.

The sound was so close that Chen Shouyi's heart sank when he heard it. He quickly stopped, walked quickly to the window, and just took a look. His pupils shrank involuntarily, and he quickly leaned sideways behind the wall.

A familiar silver figure stepped gracefully into the community from the door.

Under the hazy moonlight, it seemed to be covered with a beautiful silver light all over its body.

Chen Shouyi held the hilt of the sword firmly, squinting his eyes and observing carefully.

He didn't know if this was the one he met during the day, but the size seemed to be about the same. At this time, another scream of fear came from the community.

Everyone is in panic tonight, unless they are born with a thick nerve, no one can sleep, not only worried about these monsters breaking into the city to eat people, but also worried about being affected by artillery fire here, and I don’t know how many people, they have been sleeping all night. Stay at the window and pay attention to the situation outside.

Attracted by the scream, the silver figure paused, and suddenly spread its wings and flew up quickly.

As an insect that can fly under three times the gravity, once it arrives on the earth, its speed can be imagined.

It flapped its wings at a high frequency, and it flew towards the residential building near Chen Shouyi's house like a ray of silver light.

With a bang, the glass on the eighth floor shattered, and several shrill screams rang out, but they disappeared one after another within a few seconds, obviously something unexpected had happened.

After a while, there was a slight commotion in the house, and soon someone walked into the living room. Chen Shouyi glanced at the broken window on the eighth floor opposite, stepped to the door, opened the door, and quickly said, Dad, call everyone else! Go to the living room, don't sleep, keep quiet.

Chen Dawei was startled when he heard this, and looked at his usually calm son. With such a reaction, he knew that something serious had happened, so he didn't ask further:

Good! I'll call them out right away.

...

Chen Shouyi went back to the window and continued to observe.

This giant silver spider hasn't come out for a long time.

Chen Shouyi's face was silent. After looking at it for a long time, he looked away, sighed, and gently closed the curtains.

He is not a superman, nor a god, but just a stronger ordinary person. Naturally, he has no problem dealing with those giant black spiders, but he is helpless against this terrifying silver giant spider.

Walking out of the bedroom, everyone has already come out.

It was still early in the morning, and the living room was dark, with no candles lit, and the atmosphere was quiet and depressing.

Shouyi, what's going on outside? Mother Chen asked a little uneasy.

It's very dangerous. A terrifying monster appeared in the neighborhood. Chen Shouyi hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth.

Brother, can't you handle it? Chen Xingyue asked.

En. Chen Shouyi nodded.

The atmosphere quieted down, only the sound of heavy breathing remained.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the community remained silent.

This is undoubtedly good news. Obviously, this giant silver spider did not carry out unnecessary killings after eating.

But the existence of this terrifying creature still made Chen Shouyi feel as if there was a huge boulder on his heart, which was heavy.

...

The sky gradually brightened.

Song Tingting couldn't hold back and went to the toilet, and when she came back, she told a disturbing news.

The running water has stopped.

Chen's mother and Chen Dawei couldn't sit still for a while, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to check the natural gas together.

Fortunately, it was finally found to be usable.

Chen Shouyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the natural gas is not cut off.

As for tap water, the family has a lot of it, enough to last for ten days and half a month. If it is saved a bit, it can be used for cooking and drinking water for a month without any problem.

What's more, there is a small lake in the community, although it is not clear and clean, but at that time, having water is already good, and you can expect more.

If there is a problem with the natural gas, all the residents of the entire city will be in disaster.

Not only are the cities densely populated, but most of them are reinforced concrete, and there are not many other fuel alternatives except natural gas.

Moreover, after the mutation, the chemical reaction becomes relatively slow, and flammable gases like natural gas can be ignited relatively easily, while others, such as wood and coal, are difficult.

...

After a simple breakfast, all the people stayed in the living room.

Time soon approached noon, and the huge noise of the steam tank sounded again, seeming to be heading this way.

At first, Chen Shouyi didn't pay attention, but soon his heart sank.

Such a big movement might startle the giant silver spider!

I'll go and see the situation! He stood up, said something, walked quickly to the bedroom, quietly opened a gap in the curtain, and observed carefully.

On the opposite side of the eighth floor, there has been no movement. The giant silver spider is not sure if it is resting or doing something else.

But with the movement of the steam tank, it became louder and louder.

Finally, this terrifying silver figure reappeared in the window. It looked far into the distance, and there was no expression in its transparent compound eyes.

Suddenly it jumped up, flapped its wings, and flew towards the distance at high speed.

You don't even need to think about it, you are flying towards the steam tank.

Chen Shouyi struggled, gritted his teeth suddenly, picked up his bow and sword, and jumped out of the window.

His body fell straight down, and the air around him roared.

A few seconds later, Chen Shouyi landed with a bang, rolled forward to release his strength, stood on the ground, and then quickly ran in the direction of the noise.

He can take twenty or thirty steps every second, and each step is three meters long. Due to the effect of the natural ability of the wind element, the resistance of the air to him is negligible, and he has already crossed a hundred meters in just a breath. distance.

Just ran to the wall when the worst thing happened.

Following a burst of steam-like explosions, countless black projectiles roared into the air, and soon sank into a building in the distance, leaving behind dense bullet marks. A large number of glass shattered and fell from the air.

With a solemn expression, Chen Shouyi suddenly accelerated his speed and jumped over the wall.

Half a kilometer away, the huge steam tank had already stopped. The nearly ten-meter-long giant barrel had not moved, only the projectiles spewed by six giant steam machine guns, shooting crazily at a silver figure.

There are already more than a dozen deep scratches on the thick armor of the tank, the shallow ones are two to three centimeters, and the thickest ones are five or six centimeters deep. Thanks to the thick armor of this steam tank, otherwise it will be torn apart.

It let out a sharp and piercing cry, and its body stumbled in mid-air, trying to get closer, but its body was repeatedly hit by the bullets from the steam machine gun.

This giant silver spider obviously picked the wrong opponent. It can't do anything about such a big guy with rough skin and thick skin. At the beginning, it relied on its speed and agility to let it attack, but once the machine gunner inside came over, It doesn't have many chances anymore.

A few seconds later, it suddenly moved and flew towards a fifty-sixty-story skyscraper next to it like a ray of silver light.

The next moment, it was already standing on the top of a high building, looking down coldly with a pair of compound eyes.

Chen Shouyi, who was running, immediately dodged and hid behind a building.

This giant silver spider was already injured. The carapace on the surface was covered with dozens of small cobweb-like cracks, which were slightly sunken, and green blood slowly seeped out of it.

However, this degree of injury is obviously not serious.

The six steam machine guns of the steam tank continued to fire for a while, then stopped, and the steam filled the air.

The two did not move for a long time.

For some reason, Chen Shouyi, who was hiding aside, had a bad feeling in his heart.

This giant spider is obviously not an ordinary insect, it possesses considerable intelligence.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the silver giant spider came again like lightning.

It was too fast, and before the machine gun fired bullets, Chen Shouyi heard a series of dense metal explosions that sounded like iron, sparks burst out from the top of the tank, and six giant steam machine guns were distorted and scrapped in the blink of an eye, with countless parts Blast and fly.

Xu destroyed the high-pressure steam pipe of the machine gun. The next moment, ultra-high-pressure steam of hundreds of degrees Celsius was violently sprayed into the sky, forming steam columns tens of meters high, and the entire tank became filled with steam.

This giant silver spider obviously didn't expect to encounter such an accident at all. It was instantly scalded by the high temperature, screamed sharply, and flew up quickly with wings flying over a hundred meters in Chen Shouyi's direction. When he landed on the street, his body trembled and hissed again and again.

The green blood on its body had changed color, and it was obviously scalded by the high-temperature steam.

good chance!

Chen Shouyi's heart moved, he took out an arrow, and came out from behind the building, approaching lightly and quickly. Five or six seconds later, he was already close to 100 meters.

As if sensing movement, the screaming of the giant silver spider suddenly stopped, and turned around slowly.

It was only then that Chen Shouyi noticed that its injuries were much worse than expected, and its pair of compound eyes, which were originally transparent and crystal clear, had become slightly cloudy.

Its eyesight has obviously deteriorated significantly, and it has even gone blind.

His tense mind relaxed slightly, and his steps became softer and closer, and at the same time, the arrow in his hand was slowly resting on the bowstring.

One hundred meters, ninety meters, eighty meters...

The giant silver spider became more and more anxious. It suddenly opened its wings that were already full of holes, and the air exploded with a buzzing sound. It quickly rose from the ground, ready to stay away from here.

At this moment, Chen Shouyi drew the bowstring like a phantom, and shot an arrow.

The supersonic arrow arrived at high speed, and this time it never dodged again.

In fact, it was burned by the high-temperature steam this time, which was more serious than Chen Shouyi saw. Not only was his eyesight severely damaged, but most of the fine hair on his body was also damaged by the high temperature.

These fine hairs are covered with countless receptors. These receptors can not only sense the flow and vibration of air and water, but also act as ears to hear sounds, feel temperature, and smell odors. It is precisely because of these receptors that it can quickly avoid high-speed bullets and arrows. Without these receptors, most of its threats have been removed.

With a bang, the arrow hit its chest heavily.

The hard silver carapace on the chest was pierced in an instant, and the arrow's foot was submerged, leaving only a small section of trembling arrow feathers, and it stopped. At the same time, the huge impact force sent its body that had just left the ground flying backward three or four times. Meters later, he fell heavily to the ground.

The giant silver spider let out a sharp hiss, and flapped its wings desperately, trying to escape.

The next moment, another arrow shot heavily into its abdomen, and it rolled to the ground again.

Chen Shouyi didn't dare to relax. He shot seven arrows one after another. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the terrifying silver giant spider could no longer move. The haze in his heart quickly dissipated.

At this time, the steam tank in the distance finally closed the leaking steam pipe.

Chen Shouyi took a look, and quickly disappeared into the distance with a few steps.

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ps: I am too lazy to divide this chapter into two chapters.