Ten minutes later, Chen Shouyi left the new campus of Jiangnan University.

"Snap!"

He stepped into a puddle, cold muddy water splashing all over his legs.

Chen Shouyi snapped back to reality, cursed silently, and quickly shook his legs to fling off the excess water.

Since March, the temperature had noticeably warmed up. It was no longer as freezing as February. Except for the nights which were still below zero, during the daytime when the sun was out, it could basically stay above zero.

Apart from the roads outside, the small town was filled with muddy stone roads full of potholes. After the ice layers melted, they turned into puddles. If you weren't careful, you'd end up soaked in muddy water.

Chen Shouyi shook his head, dispelling the excess emotions from his mind. He opened his attribute panel to check the current energy accumulation.

"It's already at 5.7. To enhance my strength in a short time, I can only think of using it somehow," he mused silently.

His gaze swept past the energy accumulation and looked at the skills section under "Archery."

"Archery: Proficiency 16"

This was the lowest proficiency among all his combat skills. Compared to the "Mastery 12" level of swordsmanship, the skill level of "Proficiency 16" was worlds apart. It could only be considered mediocre and barely adequate,

but this weakest skill was also the most powerful. At mid-short range, an outstanding divine archer could absolutely kill an enemy above their level.

"The optimization of the Thirty-Six Body Refinement Techniques can only be postponed. Fortunately, this first optimization doesn't consume much, just 1 point. At the current rate of energy accumulation, it will only take six or seven days to replenish."

...

Evening!

The newly installed gas lamps in the new district emitted a pale light, while fully armed soldiers patrolled back and forth incessantly.

Carrying a bow case, Chen Shouyi was stopped and questioned several times on the road before finally leaving the new district smoothly.

Reaching the road outside, the rhythmic roar of machinery from the factories on both sides was deafening in this quiet deep night. From time to time, a steam truck loaded with goods rolled past slowly.

Nowadays, the factories here basically ran on 24-hour shifts. Yet, even so, Chen Shouyi estimated the current production efficiency was not even a tenth or a hundredth of the pre-mutation level.

Before the mutation, all devices were automated and semi-automated, and CNC machines had become entirely universal. Now, almost everything had regressed to the level of before and after World War I. Although some aspects might be more advanced, there wasn't much difference.

He started to quicken his pace. With just a slight force on his ankles, he could cover five to six meters with each step, as if shrinking the ground. Within just ten minutes, his figure had already swept past the farthest factory, covering nearly ten kilometers.

Next, Chen Shouyi left the road and took a path leading to a hill in front.

Seeing no one around, he unzipped his jacket, and soon a tiny person, just a bit larger than a finger, eagerly scuttled out from inside, loudly complaining: "Oh giant, if I stayed any longer, I'd be suffocated to death."

"How could that suffocate you?"

"Stupid giant, I said I was almost suffocated," the Shell Lady pouted. As she spoke, she grabbed Chen Shouyi's clothes and swiftly climbed up to his shoulder, enthusiastically looking around.

...

Chen Shouyi's hand moved like a phantom, like a breeze brushing across the bowstring, a single arrow swiftly flew over a hundred meters, heavily piercing through a bowl-thick pine tree, leaving a large hole in the center. The arrowhead continued with its force, embedding into a rock, the tail feather vibrating violently with a buzzing sound.

At this moment, the pine tree trembled a few times and soon slowly split in half, crashing down.

The huge commotion frightened a mouse hiding in the hole, making it dash out immediately.

"Oh giant, there's a bad mouse here! Quickly kill it," the sharp-eyed Shell Lady said excitedly. Ever since she was startled by a mouse last time, she had developed a hatred for these ugly and fierce creatures.

Chen Shouyi said nothing, quickly took an arrow from the quiver on his back, and lightly touched the bowstring, sending the arrow shooting out like lightning.

The next moment, the arrow, moving at three times the speed of sound, hit the mouse's body solidly, exploding the entire mouse into pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

"Giant, you are awesome, you blew the mouse apart! Look, look, there's another ferocious bird," the Shell Lady, face flushed with excitement, pointed eagerly to the far-off sparrow perched quietly in the tree.

Chen Shouyi chuckled triumphantly and drew another arrow.

The next moment, an arrow flew instantly over eighty to ninety meters, smashing the unsuspecting sparrow into pieces, with a flurry of feathers flying around.

"Using the optimized archery to shoot, my hand holding the bow becomes steadier, less prone to shake, and the arrows shot are much more accurate. Moreover, it discards superfluous movements, making the technique extremely simple and efficient. If I become proficient, my drawing speed can increase by one to two times," he mused silently.

The optimization of archery mainly reflects the coordination and technique of muscle exertion while drawing the bow.

Even before taking the Divine Blood, his drawing speed could reach seven or eight arrows per second. During peak performance, it could even reach ten arrows per second, and after taking the Divine Blood, he could consistently maintain ten arrows per second.

Now, with the archery optimization, once he becomes proficient, his shooting speed will reach new heights.

...

Until four in the morning, the accomplice and executioner Chen Shouyi and the principal perpetrator Shell Lady happily began their journey back.

This massacre resulted in the death of more than thirty mice, over fifty sparrows and similar birds, and two pheasants. Unfortunately, those two pheasants had been blown apart by arrows moving at three times the speed of sound, leaving no trophies.

The loss was that all the arrows were used up.

These arrows were either shot deep into the forest and could not be retrieved or embedded in the soil, making them hard to dig out. Some arrows were even buried half a meter deep in the soil. With that much effort, it was better to simply buy a new batch.

"Oh giant, shall we come again after sunset tomorrow?" the Shell Lady asked eagerly, her face still flushed with excitement.

Watching these creatures, which could usually threaten her, get torn apart under her command was truly exhilarating.

Before Chen Shouyi discovered her, the Shell Lady lived an isolated life of hiding and lurking. For her, there wasn't much concept of good and evil. Anything that posed a threat was naturally considered bad and was better off dead.

Then, everything would be wonderful.

"Sure!" Chen Shouyi replied.

"Mwah mwah mwah!" In her excitement, the Shell Lady kissed Chen Shouyi's face several times. "Giant, you're the best."

Chen Shouyi wiped a slight trace of saliva from his face.

There really was no feeling at all!

Entering the industrial zone, Chen Shouyi grabbed the Shell Lady, and amidst her protests, tucked her into his jacket, zipped it up, and quickly walked forward.

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