binnovel Chapter 410 Finally Reaching Level 13
Chapter 410 Finally Reaching Level 13
Li Chenglong walked out of the Dawn Tower, occasionally responding to greetings from people. He was actually reluctant to appear in front of crowds these days because his battle with the aliens a few days ago was broadcast live, which led to his popularity reaching unprecedented levels. As long as he stood there, a group of people would gather around him in no time.
He didn't dislike it, because deep down he was still very happy to be with the people of Dawn City. But everything in excess is bad, and doing it all the time was tiring.
After standing for a while at the entrance of the lobby on the first floor of the Dawn Tower, Li Chenglong randomly chose a direction and slowly left. "People say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Since I gained teleportation and dimensional travel, I seem to walk much less, and I even drive much less often," he murmured.
In addition to visiting Li Chenglong, Sun Tianlong brought two pieces of good news during his visit. The first was that, after research by the Central Committee of the People's Congress, the State Council and other departments, it was decided to award Li Chenglong the Chinese Hero Medal. This medal was newly established after the end of the world and is currently the highest honor medal in China.
The second piece of good news is that, since Dawn City changed its location and expanded significantly after reaching the highest level, the original division of the Dawn Autonomous Region was no longer valid. Therefore, after research by the main departments of China, it was decided to establish a new Dawn City Autonomous Region centered on Dawn City, with an area including Dawn City's 9000 square kilometers, reaching a total area of 1.2 square kilometers.
Within the newly established Dawn City Autonomous Region, the Dawn City government enjoys a high degree of autonomy, such as establishing its own laws and regulations, conducting its own elections, and making personnel appointments, but it is subject to supervision by relevant departments of China. The Dawn Army and related units of Dawn City are also directly under the jurisdiction of Dawn City. China will not interfere with the personnel appointments and other actions of the military, but it has the right to supervise and make suggestions.
Li Chenglong was naturally very happy about this. After Dawn City was upgraded to the highest level, he had been waiting for news from the higher-ups. Commander Chen Guoqiang had also repeatedly said that he would handle it as soon as possible. Now, he finally had his worries gone.
He walked slowly eastward along the newly landscaped sidewalk. It was October, and the weather in Donghai Province had turned to late autumn, appearing somewhat bleak. Li Chenglong stretched out his left hand and walked forward slowly, stroking one roadside tree after another. Looking at the wildflowers that were still blooming tenaciously in the autumn wind, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
As he walked, if you looked closely, you could see that the plants he passed by emitted different colored lights, which slowly merged into his body.
However, Li Chenglong seemed oblivious to the danger and continued walking forward. After an unknown amount of time, he unknowingly arrived at the Dawn Rice experimental field. At the end of September, Dawn City harvested the last batch of ordinary Dawn Rice. Due to the subsequent battles, these experimental fields were not further processed, and the rice stubble remained.
Li Chenglong slowly walked into the Dawn Rice Field, squatted down, and grabbed a handful of fertile soil with his left hand, feeling it carefully. Suddenly, he lay down in the slightly damp rice field, flattening a patch of stubble, and carefully felt the soil with every pore of his skin.
Li Chenglong turned his head and saw that, despite it being late autumn, new grass was still sprouting among the rice stubble. He turned to the side and looked at the newly grown grass seriously, saying, "It's already this time of year, why are they still sprouting and growing?" However, his question naturally could not be answered. Even the dragon spirit within him, though wanting to answer Li Chenglong's question, did not know the answer.
He lay back down, gazing at the azure sky. Since the apocalypse, although humanity had endured much suffering, the sky had become increasingly blue, and even the night sky was more brilliant than before. Li Chenglong slowly closed his eyes, feeling the fertile earth, the gentle autumn breeze, and the clear sky.
Unbeknownst to him, a vortex was forming around him, and faint energies were emanating from the sky, the earth, and all living things around him, rapidly converging towards the center of the vortex. As the vortex accelerated, the amount of natural energy gathering also increased.
Suddenly, a dazzling beam of light shot out from Li Chenglong's body, piercing the sky. Centered on this beam, a massive vortex appeared in the air. This vortex had a significantly stronger absorption capacity. At this moment, not only Dawn City, but also all living things in the entire East China Sea Province and even half of China emitted faint traces of life energy, which were sucked into the massive vortex in the sky. The massive vortex then channeled the collected energy through the beam of light into a smaller vortex on the ground, and finally, it converged back into Li Chenglong's body.
At this moment, the Central Information Management Department finally detected an energy anomaly inside Dawn City. Lilith suddenly appeared and said to Zhao Liying, who was working, "Go quickly and witness City Lord Li's upgrade!" Zhao Liying was slightly taken aback, then understood and happily said, "Okay, my team and I will go right away."
Immediately afterward, many departments received messages from Lilith, and those people temporarily put aside their work and rushed towards Li Chenglong's location. As more and more life energy gathered, the pillar of light became increasingly dazzling. When everyone arrived, they saw that Li Chenglong's body was already in the middle of the pillar of light, still lying down, and the two vortexes were spinning much faster.
A thunderous roar echoed through the air, and everyone saw energy shockwaves radiating outwards from Li Chenglong, their coverage area vast and unpredictable. High in the sky, the pilot of the Eagle reconnaissance aircraft was astonished to discover that these energy waves actually covered half of China.
At this moment, whether it was Zhao Wuji, far away in the capital of the New Human Empire in Dongguang Province, Sitross, who was reorganizing his troops in Bangbang Country, or Syndra, the vampire queen of Western Europe, they all felt this enormous energy. They all came out of their residences, gazing at the place where this energy appeared, each with their own thoughts.
Yun Lan, Li Xue, Qin Susu, Zhao Liying, and Han Xiaoling, the five Awakened Ones, stood at the forefront of the crowd. Suddenly, they saw the two vortexes begin to shrink, and the radiating energy waves gradually disappeared. Long Ling's figure suddenly appeared in front of the five women: "This upgrade is going to fail. He needs your help now."
The five women exchanged glances, nodded seriously, and took a few steps forward, saying in unison, "Spiritual form!" Yun Lan, Li Xue, and Qin Susu, the three level 12 awakened beings, continued, "Spiritual body summoning!" Immediately, three huge streams of energy and two weaker streams of energy were injected into the vortex in the air.
After they set the example, the other ability users released their energy to help Li Chenglong, who was in trouble. Thousands of energy beams flew out from all directions, rapidly ascending into the sky. As this energy was injected, the vortex on the ground gradually disappeared, while the vortex in the air appeared even thicker.
The superhumans continued to unleash their energy, while the ordinary people watching clenched their fists, cheering for Li Chenglong in their hearts.
Half an hour later, the vortex in the air gradually disappeared, and the pillar of light also shrank until it vanished completely. At this time, Li Chenglong's body was constantly flashing between light and darkness, making it unclear what was going to happen.
Suddenly, Li Chenglong's eyes snapped open, unleashing a deafening roar. A sphere of light erupted from him, enveloping him completely before instantly entering his body. The onlookers were initially blinded by the sudden burst of light, but once their eyes adjusted, they saw Li Chenglong hovering in the air, saying, "Thank you all for your support. I haven't let you down; I've finally leveled up!"
Upon hearing Li Chenglong's words, the more than 20,000 onlookers erupted in thunderous cheers and applause. Yunlan activated her right Phoenix Eye to test Li Chenglong's abilities, but a sharp pain shot through her as soon as she opened her right eye, forcing her to quickly deactivate it.
Li Chenglong had by then reached the ground and warmly shook hands with everyone, some even giving him a bear hug. The crowd responded with enthusiastic applause and sang the city anthem of Dawn City and the Internationale. The joyful atmosphere lasted for over an hour before Li Chenglong finally dismissed the crowd.