Chen Shouyi did not answer immediately.

He was no longer a young, impulsive teenager easily swayed by flattery.

He suspected Qin Liuyuan had no ulterior motives, merely wanting to form an independent martial artist organization, to provide mutual support, leveraging the vast number of freelance martial artists and his martial artist prestige, to vie for greater power and benefits.

If all freelance martial artists, not just a small fraction, were efficiently integrated, without a doubt, it would become a formidable force, enough to shake Hedong, becoming a power second only to the military, potentially forcing a compromise from above.

However, Chen Shouyi was not interested.

As one of the two official martial artists of Jiangnan Province, he had a transcendent status, having long outgrown the ordinary martial artist rank.

The treatment and attention he deserved were already adequate.

He had no ambitions, nor any cravings for power.

Becoming such a forerunner offered no benefits to him.

Strength was his means of survival, and any spare energy was better spent training hard.

"Forget it, I don't have the mind for this," he thought silently, then said aloud.

Qin Liuyuan's expression briefly showed disappointment, and after a few more words of persuasion, seeing that Chen Shouyi was uninterested, had no choice but to give up resignedly.

...

After returning to the Safe Zone, Chen Shouyi did not head straight home but went first to the Provincial Government.

The Provincial Government Building was not far from the City Government Building, merely a few kilometers apart.

After showing his credentials and stating his purpose, the guard at the gate immediately changed expression, saying to another guard, "Xiao Li, help the Chief Security Advisor register, I'll send someone to notify them!"

Chen Shouyi didn't pay much attention and patiently waited at the gate. A few minutes later, a deputy director from the office and a guard following behind came over quickly, greeting warmly, "General Manager Chen, hello, hello! Nice to see you again."

Chen Shouyi nodded, "Thank you!"

"No trouble at all, even if you hadn't come, we were planning to bring this to you. Please follow me."

They went to the second floor, where the deputy director took out a key and opened a storage room at the end, pointing at a coarse cloth bow pack on a shelf, and said, "Here it is.

The bow is two thousand pounds, it might be a bit heavy. But this is the only bow we've purchased recently.

It was fortunate that our resident office in Beijing staff got it first at a high price, otherwise, it wouldn't have reached Jiangnan Province."

He had no interest in listening to the deputy director's introduction, impatiently unzipped the bow pack, took out a bow limb to examine carefully, finding it smooth to the touch with a matte texture, its weight quite light.

Chen Shouyi knew that this was a type of nanocomposite material, extremely strong.

Though it was a second-hand item, it looked as good as new, with no surface scratches.

Wait a minute.

His heart skipped a beat.

From the very first weapon he purchased as a Martial Artist Apprentice, it seemed everything was second-hand.

He shook his head slightly, dispelling such idle thoughts from his mind.

He then quickly assembled the bow components.

Within half a minute, a complete war bow appeared before him.

The entire bow measured 1.65 meters, similar to that of an eight-hundred pound bow, yet its power was two and a half times that.

The bow handle seemed to be made of titanium alloy, with rough anti-slip patterns, and felt very comfortable in his grip.

He tentatively hooked the bowstring with four fingers, exerting all his strength, and forcefully pulled it back.

A resonant hum filled the air as it appeared to tremble slightly.

The deputy director standing nearby felt his skin tingling as if from static electricity, swallowing saliva, realizing he'd perhaps drunk too much tea.

Chen Shouyi could only maintain the posture for half a second before his hand started to tremble, leading him to gradually release it.

Looking at his fingers, he saw a deep blood groove, his knuckles dislocated.

He flexed his fingers, a series of sharp cracks, and his knuckles reset into place.

The deputy director patiently waited beside him, watching Chen Shouyi dismantle the war bow once more and place it back into the bow pack, he smiled and handed over a document: "If it's suitable, please sign here!"

"Sure," said Chen Shouyi.

The bow was naturally suitable. Without hesitation, he took the document, glanced over the terms, and signed swiftly.

...

Exiting the Provincial Government Building, Chen Shouyi let out a long sigh of relief.

It felt like a burden had been unloaded from his mind.

Although it wasn't yet usable, it wouldn't be long before he could wield this mighty war bow.

He sighed inwardly, thinking that without the Government's assistance in procurement, finding a suitable bow would have taken unknown ages.

He then hung the bow pack on the bike's handlebars, mounted the bicycle, and quickly headed home.

...

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

The effects of the parasites gradually faded. Except for the area around the reservoir, which remained under lockdown, everything had returned to normal.

...

In the alternate world.

Night.

Stripped down to his underwear, Chen Shouyi's thoughts drifted.

Countless Original Force rapidly converged here, glimmering beams occasionally flashing, casting glimmers of light.

His body swiftly began to expand.

Three meters... five meters... ten meters...

In an instant, he had transformed into a colossal figure reaching fifteen or sixteen meters in height.

Pieces of cloth fluttered down from mid-air.

His poor elastic underwear, unable to withstand such expansion, tore into pieces.

Yet by then, he was beyond caring.

An explosive kind of power filled his being.

The Shell Lady crouched in a nearby cave, dumbfounded and gazing up at Chen Shouyi, mouth agape.

At this moment, Chen Shouyi looked at a "small tree" that only reached his chest.

He strode over, creating a whirlwind, and with a single step covered thirty to forty meters, grabbing the "small tree" with his large hand, and yanked hard.

"Boom!"

The ten-meter tall "small tree" was uprooted, earth and all.

Feeling as though it weighed nothing in his hand, he hurled it skyward, and the surrounding air exploded as the tree whistled into the air.

In a blink, it had turned into a black dot.

Strong, too strong.

This power was simply terrifying.

He felt he could even punch through a skyscraper.

He quickly opened the attribute panel.

Strength: 16.1+15.9

Agility: 16.0-2.0

Constitution: 16.4+15.6

Intelligence: 14.5

Perception: 13.8

Willpower: 14.8

Energy Accumulation: 2.25

Staring at these astonishing attributes, Chen Shouyi's face reflected surprise.

Why had he grown so much?

In the alternate world, transforming into the Giant Battle Body, his strength had reached 32 points.

This was a terrifying number, and he estimated in this state, the strength of his arms reached five to six hundred tons.

This was 130 times the increase compared to transforming on Earth.

What did this represent? A heavy tank weighed between 42 and 80 tons.

Which was only about a tenth of his strength.

He could lift a tank and toss it like a shot put.

He examined his grand physique, his once pale skin turned grey and rough, seemingly thick and solid, his feet sank deeply into the soil, indicating his enormous weight.

Chen Shouyi found it somewhat unbelievable.

Where did all this excess mass come from?

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