Doomsday Code

Chapter 1007 Light

Although the idea of ​​abandoning things seems a bit problematic, because adjectives like exceptional talent and innate knowledge can never be applied to an ordinary person.

But that's the truth.

She Li was unaware that Chen Cheng had been reborn with his memories intact; otherwise, all of his descriptions would have been explained.

People living in the 21st century have likely experienced many things in society and in their lives.

But if you put them in an environment like Carmack's continent, none of them would be the protagonist in a storybook.

On the contrary, the vast majority of so-called successful people will either be burned at the stake as monsters or fade into obscurity due to the brutality of this era.

Chen Cheng was also such a person. His only difference was that he was lucky because he had a very powerful identity. Otherwise, he might have been just an ordinary farmer under a nobleman for the rest of his life.

Chen Cheng wiped away his tears and said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Did I just slack off? You can't tell anyone about this, or I'll lose face big time."

"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that I'm back in my hometown and thinking back to what happened a few years ago, so I can't help but think a bit more."

Although Chen Cheng kept saying it was nothing, he couldn't fool his own heart.

After truly venting his emotions, Chen Cheng reverted to being the same young man who liked to make light of things.

"Don't tell me you haven't thought about it. You promised Marta back then, and it's been several years now. I wonder if Marta has turned into a waiting-for-husband stone by now."

Chen Cheng's joke, though not a big one, struck a chord with Sheli.

Although he usually appears cold and unapproachable, a beautiful figure has long resided deep within his heart.

While traveling with Chen Cheng, he could suppress his feelings for him because he wanted to protect Chen Cheng. But now that he had returned to the Kingdom of Moss, and with Chen Cheng's joke, it really touched his heart.

"I miss her very much, but I broke my promise to her."

Sheli's voice was very soft and calm, yet this calmness carried a unique sadness within it.

"Cry if you want to. There's no one else here, and no one will know you've cried."

However, Sheli looked at Chen Cheng with a strange expression and said:

"Why should I cry? I'm about to see her, and I'm the one who broke my promise. She should be the one crying."

The sudden logical coherence of Sheli left Chen Cheng's mind blank for a moment, and he couldn't figure out whether what Sheli said was right or wrong.

"Alright, let's go back now, or Dean and the others will worry. When they come looking for you and see you've been crying, don't blame me for not keeping it from you."

Letting go is like coaxing a child; it's like uttering a long sentence I've never said before.

His words made Chen Cheng quite embarrassed.

Indeed, it's best not to have an emotional breakdown in front of others, and after the breakdown, you absolutely cannot let anyone remind you of it, otherwise it's so embarrassing you could dig a three-bedroom apartment out of your feet.

"Okay, you can't talk like that anymore. You need to maintain your persona, otherwise your words are making me so angry that I get goosebumps."

Sheli didn't know what to give or not, but he also knew he wasn't good with words, so he nodded seriously.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng knew he had said the wrong thing again. Knowing She Li's temperament, he knew this guy would probably be even more taciturn in the future.

"Alright, I was just kidding. Forget about any persona. I don't like having a quiet person around. From now on, just say what you want to say, understand?"

Back at the camp, Chen Cheng acted as if nothing had happened, casually greeting Dean and the others.

Seeing that Chen Cheng was no longer acting strangely, Dean was slightly relieved. At the same time, he secretly blamed himself for having to ask for help.

Since I've already done my part, I might as well have done it. Why bother explaining it to Chen Cheng and making him feel alienated?

Dean, however, was unaware that he was not a treacherous minister; an upright and loyal minister would not conceal anything from the monarch he served.

Even if such a thing is suspected of being a way to claim credit.

Because fair rewards and punishments are the duty of those in positions of authority, you may take advantage of your aloofness to ask for nothing and conceal your achievements, but this will indirectly dampen the enthusiasm of others.

Because when someone else makes a valid contribution, they might choose to conceal it out of respect for you as a senior, or for reasons such as saving face.

Wouldn't that mean those who have made contributions receive no reward, while those who have made mistakes are punished?

Nothing happened that night. When they woke up the next morning, after washing up, everyone began to tidy up the campsite, erasing all traces of their presence, as if they had never been there.

Once on the road, Dean led the way, and then used the secret route that Mocha had told him to sneak along. In less than a few days, they arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Moss.

Upon reaching the outskirts of the capital, the sparsely populated journey finally came to an end.

It was sunset, and Dean and his group still had to deliver supplies, so Chen Cheng parted ways with them.

It was too late to enter the city, but fortunately, several outer cities of the capital had been rebuilt and transformed from former garrison towns into industrial cities, so there was no longer any curfew.

Once they were on the wide, smooth cement road, Noah and the others following Chen Cheng all exclaimed in surprise.

"Is this a single, complete stone slab? Where did they bring such a massive rock from, and how did they manage to cut it so well?"

Based on Noah's understanding, the only thing he could think of was that the cement road was a single, huge stone slab.

Chen Cheng then explained to them what a cement road is.

Walking on this road, which is just like the main thoroughfare of a first- or second-tier city in his previous life, Chen Cheng really felt like he had returned to his past life.

Beneath his feet was a straight concrete road, lined with streetlights and tall utility poles, while the industrial city ahead remained brightly lit at night.

However, the exclamations of Noah and the others beside him woke Chen Cheng up, and then he realized that he was not hallucinating. There were indeed lights on in the Acropolis Industrial Park in front of him.

Fearing he was seeing things, Chen Cheng strained his eyes to look again, and through the factory window, he could indeed see the huge incandescent chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"I go."

This was Chen Cheng's first time in the city since returning, and upon seeing the incandescent light bulb, he was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.

There are many arguments to be made about the progress and development of civilization in his previous life, but the birth of electricity as a form of energy directly gave rise to the highly developed 21st-century society in Chen Cheng's previous life.

It can be said that the 21st-century society in his previous life was a prosperous society built on electricity.