Dawn of a New Era

After leaving the train station, Chen Shouyi walked to the newsstand: Give me a map of Dongxing City!

I need ink to print the map, or the previous color-printed map. The ink is cheaper, five yuan a piece, and the color printing is more expensive, one hundred. These maps are all in stock before, and now they are getting less and less. I guess there will be more in the future. As a collectible... The newspaper owner said with a smile.

Color printed! Chen Shouyi interrupted his tirade, and handed out a sheet of one hundred yuan.

When he came out this time, he brought a lot of money with him, which was enough for him to spend these days.

He opened the map, carefully looked for the route down to Dongning, then closed it and put it in his backpack.

Master, may I ask you something? Chen Shouyi asked the newsstand owner, Do you know what's going on in Dongning?

You want to go to Dongning? I advise you not to go, because you won't be able to enter even if you go.

...

A few minutes later, Chen Shouyi left the newsstand, frowning.

What the newsstand owner said was similar to the two sisters on the train, and the situation was even worse. Now the entire Dongning area was surrounded by the army, but it seemed that out of some concerns, both sides had been in a strange calm.

He looked up at the gray sky, exhaled lightly, and walked forward.

Dongxing City is one of the eleven prefecture-level cities in Jiangnan Province. Before the change, its economic level had always been in the upper middle position, but there were still very few steam vehicles on the street. After walking for more than ten minutes, Chen Shouyi only saw one .

However, Xu has not experienced the cause of war. Compared with the sparsely populated downtown of Hedong City, there are many more people here, and it is also much more lively. You can see open shops everywhere on both sides of the street.

After asking a lot of passers-by, Chen Shouyi finally found a bike dealership.

...

The sun was gradually setting to the west, and the clouds seemed to be dyed with a layer of golden light.

A young man with a travel bag was riding fast along the provincial road with his back facing the setting sun.

On the farmland on both sides of the road, the newly planted seedlings are already lush and vigorous, and they are as high as chopsticks. Many farmers kneel in the fields and clean up the weeds among the seedlings.

On the edge of the river not far ahead, huge wind-powered waterwheels are lined up along the river bank. Under the breeze, the blades rotate slowly, drawing the river water into the ditch, making people feel like they have returned to ancient times.

This young man was Chen Shouyi.

Starting from Dongxing City, he rode fast all the way, and now he has arrived at the suburb of Qingyu District, Dongxing City, which is adjacent to Dongning City.

He stopped, took out the mineral water from his backpack, unscrewed it, and looked up at the sky while drinking the water.

Chen Shouyi's face was slightly solemn. Here he could already see a large number of military airships the size of sesame seeds floating in the distance. Obviously the newsstand owner was right, the whole of Dongning was blocked by the army.

After a short rest, he put the mineral water bottle back into his backpack pocket and continued riding.

But only for a few minutes.

He heard a crisp click, and the pedal seemed to be stuck by something, making it difficult to step on it.

Chen Shouyi immediately got off the bicycle and looked at the completely broken chain with an ugly expression.

Damn, this quality is too bad!

After the mutation, the industrial production capacity dropped like falling into the water, and the corresponding industrial price also soared several times or even ten times. Just this clumsy bicycle with rough workmanship and not even polished well cost him two dollars. More than a thousand dollars.

He didn't say anything about the price.

As Chen Shouyi, who enjoyed the treatment of a great warrior, he was not short of money, so the quality was still so poor.

How long have you been riding?

Even if he was a little faster and stepped a little harder, the chain wouldn't break!

There is still a long way to go.

Chen Shouyi put his palm on the cushion irritably.

With a sound of Boom!, the cushion and the spring inside flew out directly, and the entire main shaft was bent.

It's a pity that no matter how irritable he is, it won't help. After taking a few deep breaths, Chen Shouyi took the briefcase and sword hanging from the handlebar, put the bicycle on the side of the road,

Reluctantly, he began to walk forward.

It was getting dark gradually, and the farmers in the fields began to return one after another.

When there was no one around, Chen Shouyi immediately strode forward.

Although it's just walking, each step can cover a distance of six or seven meters. It's not slow at all compared to riding a bicycle. It's not that it can't be faster, but it consumes too much energy.

It was getting dark quickly.

There are no street lights on the provincial road, and the surrounding area is pitch black, with only a faint light coming from the village in the distance.

Enter Dongning City one kilometer ahead. Chen Shouyi quickly passed by under a traffic sign.

Finally we're going to enter Dongning! He continued to move forward with a solemn expression.

Ten minutes later, he looked at this small town close to Dongxing all the way. It seemed to have been abandoned, the streets were empty, and the houses on both sides of the road were also pitch-black. ghost town.

Compared with the previous clean road, it looks quite dirty here, with garbage everywhere.

Scattered clothes, broken pots and pans, all kinds of bottles and cans, and sometimes even scattered bullet casings and blackened blood can be seen.

These apparently had some conflicts during the migration of the townspeople.

Chen Shouyi was a little worried about Shell girl's situation. After opening the zipper, he took a look and found that she was still sleeping soundly, so he immediately closed the zipper again.

After walking a few more kilometers, Chen Shouyi finally saw a light in the distance.

This is a watchtower. The searchlights on the top of the watchtower kept sweeping around. More than a dozen soldiers stood on both sides of the road. At the same time, the road was pulled up to the warning fence and the road was blocked.

Sensing Chen Shouyi approaching, all the soldiers immediately became vigilant, pulled the safety guards one after another, and pointed their guns at it.

Who is it, it's forbidden to enter here.

Chen Shouyi raised his hands: Don't get me wrong, I have no malicious intentions. I am from Hedong. I have a military certificate and a certificate of the general security consultant of the Hedong city government. I have relatives in Dongning. Take it.

Although Chen Shouyi already had the strength of a martial artist, his certificate was still the same as the original martial artist. Even the great martial artist Hedong city didn't have the qualifications for the examination, let alone a martial artist.

Hearing this, the soldier's nervous expression softened a little, but the gun in his hand still did not relax, and he aimed tightly.

After being signaled by an officer with the rank of second lieutenant, a dark soldier quickly trotted over.

Chen Shouyi took out two documents from his pocket.

After the soldier took it, he compared it carefully.

Platoon leader, both documents are real, and the other party is really the chief security adviser of Hedong City.

The platoon leader immediately made a disarming gesture when he heard the words, and all the soldiers immediately put down their guns and said, Sorry, it's your duty, but although your identity is fine, according to the notice above, no one is allowed to enter Dongning now, you still Please go back!

PS: There was a thunderstorm today, it seems that the line was interrupted, and the power was out for a long time, that's all.