CHAPTER 48: CHAPTER 48: SONIC BOOM

Under the hazy moonlight, in the dead of night.

This slowly walking corpse gives people a strong sense of eeriness.

Although the ghost last night was unsettling, it wasn’t seen directly, as if separated by a layer, and could not bring him deeper feelings.

However, this bizarre corpse is right before our eyes.

Bizarre and unsettling!

At first sight, even Chen Shouyi felt a shiver run down his spine.

Perhaps it had been dead for a day, Uncle Wang’s corpse was already somewhat decayed, he could faintly smell a light stench of rot.

At the far end of the alley, a few bold figures were secretly observing, not daring to approach.

Chen Shouyi guessed that they should be relatives from Uncle Wang’s family.

Encountering this kind of midnight corpse resurrection event, their family must be quite frightened.

According to the local custom, after a person dies, there’s a vigil the next night, holding the funeral until the third day’s dawn before sending to the crematorium.

But given the current situation, traffic is blocked on the streets and there’s a power outage, who knows when they can be transported to the crematorium for cremation.

Uncle Wang’s emaciated corpse slowly approached, soon beneath his window, the stench intensifying, nauseating.

The corpse did not stop, soon walked far away.

After watching for a moment, Chen Shouyi returned to the bed, barely lying down when voices were heard outside.

"Who’s there?"

"Stop!"

"Or I’ll shoot!"

Since last night, Dongning City’s main streets have had military patrols day and night, noticing Uncle Wang’s oddity, soon the quiet night was punctured by several dull gunshots, turning noisy.

Chen Shouyi didn’t go out to join the commotion, he opened his eyes, quietly watching the ceiling.

Suddenly he thought of Zhang Xiaoyue, wondering how she’s doing.

Unfortunately, since the internet broke down, they hadn’t contacted each other in quite some time.

...

Next day, the electricity still didn’t return.

The streets became increasingly desolate, aside from workers everywhere repairing lines, pedestrians sparse, fear prevailing.

In the morning, Chen Shouyi went to school, only to be disappointed finding it was closed, gates shut tight, no one inside.

He then went to Zhang Xiaoyue’s apartment complex, lingered for a long time, looked at his phone with no signal, finally had to leave helplessly.

Chen Shouyi didn’t know which building or apartment Zhang Xiaoyue lived in.

Even if he knew, he couldn’t just show up recklessly.

Unconsciously, he found himself near the abandoned buildings again, noticing traffic police posting notices everywhere.

Chen Shouyi leaned in to take a look.

The notice was about traffic jams.

It required all cars left on the road by noon tomorrow to be attended by their owners ready to cooperate with the unblocking, failure to do so or inability to start the car would result in it being treated as scrap.

Most cars here could still be driven, the ones truly immobile were few, however, it was these stalled cars that prevented the entire traffic flow.

This time they meant business.

Which makes sense, if cars were left on the streets, the congestion could continue indefinitely, not only hindering travel but also complicating efforts to restore city order.

...

Mingshan Park’s mountain top.

There’s a giant ginkgo tree.

October was nearing mid-month, the ginkgo leaves started to turn yellow, fluttering like butterflies as strong winds swept through.

Suddenly, a phantom seemed to flash by.

Accompanied by a piercing air shriek.

Before these leaves hit the ground, they were shredded by a small sonic boom.

A teenager in a gray T-shirt, holding a branch, stood under the ginkgo tree, eyes sharp.

The sword must be precise, and even faster.

Compared to stabbing a bouncy ball, leaves are lighter, their motion more varied, easily affected by the sword’s air currents, but his fast thinking and lightning-speed sword strike minimized these disruptions.

He glanced at the branch in hand, the tip now shredded into fibers by sonic booms from his full-power strikes.

This place is on the mountain top of Dongning City’s largest park, Mingshan Park,

Due to the armed forces on the streets, Chen Shouyi couldn’t go to the abandoned building’s spatial passage, but came here to practice. Luckily this place was quiet now, hardly anyone comes here.

...

Since enhancing again, with various attributes complementing each other, his sword speed increased nearly fifty percent.

During today’s practice, he found he finally broke the sound barrier.

"However this sonic boom thrust imposes a heavy load on the body, by the final thrusts, I feel a terrifying resistance, like stabbing an iron plate, just after dozens of strikes, my body feels somewhat numb from the recoil," Chen Shouyi frowned slightly.

"Fortunately, martial arts forcefully mobilizes more muscles to exert power, evenly distributing the counterforce among them."

Actually, with his strong physique, if it were another martial artist with similar strength and agility, stabbing once or twice would make them spit blood, and even in other worlds, his Natural Healing ability makes such impacts barely noticeable, hardly present.

Then came distant conversations and laughter.

Soon, a young couple holding each other approached.

"It’s too quiet here, not a single person, I’m so scared."

If there were people, I wouldn’t have come, the young man thought:

"With me here, what’s there to fear? There’s an ancient ginkgo on the mountaintop, said to be hundreds of years old, wonder if the leaves have fallen."

Thinking of her boyfriend’s strength, the girl’s worries eased somewhat, but still disliked these deserted places: "Let’s have a look and leave soon, I heard security isn’t good lately."

"Eh, seems like someone’s here!" the young man said, sounding a bit disappointed.

The girl looked at the other’s face, quite handsome, but still a bit inexperienced, probably a student, didn’t seem like a bad person, then heaved a sigh of relief:

"Really? What’s he doing?"

"Probably wandering around!"

"So annoying!" Chen Shouyi looked at the couple, frowning slightly, had to stop reluctantly.

He walked to a nearby pavilion and sat down to rest, waiting for them to leave, planning to continue practicing later.

The couple held each other under the ginkgo, soon began kissing, and the young man’s hand became increasingly indiscreet.

"No, don’t do that, someone’s here?"

"I’ll drive him away, then..."

The young man whispered a plan to the girl.

The girl immediately hit him, face turning red with embarrassment.

He chuckled and headed towards Chen Shouyi.

"Buddy, do me a favor, give us this spot."

Chen Shouyi curiously looked at the pavilion: "Such a big place, still not enough for you to sit?"

The young man frowned, annoyed: "I mean, leave here, go play somewhere else, as a favor to me."

Chen Shouyi understood, feeling a bit irritated.

"Who are you, why should I favor you?"

Finally found a place to practice, not bothering you, yet you have the audacity to push it.

The young man was stunned, didn’t expect this high school-looking youth to refuse.

Have high schoolers become so arrogant?

"Hell, don’t understand human speech? Don’t act entitled, looking for trouble?"

Chen Shouyi’s anger flared, already feeling irritable from the oppressive atmosphere these days, now ready to explode.

"I’ll beat you up!"

He suddenly kicked the young man’s thigh, who clearly practiced martial arts, reacted swiftly, immediately stepping back, yet too late, his thigh struck heavily by the toe, a tingling numbness spreading, dropping him to one knee.

"I was wondering why someone so young was so brazen, didn’t expect him to be skilled." Frowning for several seconds, the young man stood up, furious: "That kick was solid, but compared to a real martial artist apprentice, still a long way to go."

ps: Sorry it’s late, asking for recommendations