Chapter 24
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Chapter 24: Incredible Influence
“Tribe leader!”
“Tribe leader!”
As Yi Chen made his way back to the tribe, he was greeted respectfully along the path.
The snow in the valley had already been cleared away.
Children, wrapped in thick animal skins, joyfully had snowball fights or played and laughed, carefree in their play.
The elders gathered together, chatting about amusing events in the tribe, their faces filled with joy.
This scene marked the first time in the history of the Flame Mountain Tribe.
In previous years, with the arrival of winter,
the Flame Mountain Tribe entered its most severe survival phase.
The first to suffer was the food supply.
During this time, wild animals were nearly extinct.
The only ones unaffected by the severe cold were the powerful fierce beasts.
When they ventured out to hunt, they could find no prey; if they were unlucky, they would even lose their lives, providing food for those fierce beasts.
If the food stored from autumn was insufficient,
the tribe leader and high priest would have to hold a ritual.
The purpose of the ritual was to send some of the weak and elderly to the four corners of the tribe, scattering dried leaves along the way.
The farther the dried leaves were scattered, the more the spirits would bless the tribe with a successful hunting season the following year.
The harsh truth behind this was that these weak and elderly individuals would die outside, saving food for the tribe.
Every winter, even when the food reserves were adequate, there were always some who starved to death in the Flame Mountain Tribe.
There were also those who froze to death.
This was due to the fact that the distribution of food and resources often favored the strong men and the children.
The former were the foundation for the tribe’s continued survival, while the latter represented the hope for the tribe’s future.
This year, however, was completely different.
Just the green leopard that Yi Chen killed was enough to allow over a thousand tribe members to enjoy a rich winter.
Along with the tribe’s original food reserves, the tribe members, regardless of age or gender, could eat freely.
More importantly, with the promotion of the Chaos Technique within the tribe,
the tribe members’ physiques improved significantly.
Their ability to withstand the cold greatly increased,
and they no longer had to worry about survival in the coming year.
Because after this winter, aside from a few young children, everyone in the tribe would easily become a warrior capable of hunting fierce beasts.
Spirit, energy, and essence transformed completely.
The tribe members held Yi Chen, the new leader, in the highest regard, treating him like a deity.
Their gazes were filled with deep admiration and respect.
This phenomenon was partly due to the high priest, who nearly faced Yi Chen’s wrath.
To preserve his position in the tribe, this high priest went all out to elevate Yi Chen to an almost divine status.
Every night, he gathered the elders of the tribe to chat about how Yi Chen effortlessly made the heavy snow stop falling, how he commanded the clouds to dance gracefully, and how he made thunder illuminate the night sky…
These elders exaggerated their stories and earnestly spread tales of the leader’s miracles to the younger generation.
The effect was remarkable.
Yi Chen arrived at the end of the valley.
To create a peaceful environment, he instructed the tribe members to build a larger wooden house at the valley’s end.
In front of the wooden house was a spacious clearing.
Yi Chen began to run wildly in the open space.
His spirit power flowed into his legs, making his speed far exceed that of ordinary people.
But this was obviously not enough.
While he ran, he recalled the insights he had gained over the past half month, trying to blend them together, achieving a thorough understanding.
…
“Hey, it seems that Yi Chen has finished reflecting and is now beginning to research and create skills?”
“After reflecting, shouldn’t he start studying and testing the pathway of energy circulation for the skills?”
“Only then can he combine his insights and the pathway through testing, making subtle modifications to achieve perfection before a skill is truly created.”
“He probably wants to familiarize himself with and integrate the knowledge he gained before diving into researching and testing the skill pathways.”
“That’s possible!”
Seeing Yi Chen no longer meditating on the wind or studying the movements of birds and beasts, the billions of viewers in the live room felt energized.
Having witnessed Yi Chen create skills multiple times, they quickly guessed what he was doing.
“Speaking of which, he was previously focused on understanding the properties of the wind and examining how birds and beasts run. Now he’s running in the clearing—this new skill he’s creating is probably related to speed!”
“The likelihood is over ninety percent; otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense!”
“This is amazing; he can actually create skills that enhance speed?”
“When he was at the Qi Condensation Sixth Stage, infusing spirit power into his legs allowed him to reach speeds of thirty meters per second.”
“Now, having broken through to the first level of Spirit Release, his spirit power has undergone a qualitative change. If he infuses spirit power into his legs, reaching forty to fifty meters per second shouldn’t be difficult.”
“With Yi Chen’s abilities, enhancing speed by fifty percent should be a piece of cake. Calculating it this way, reaching seventy to eighty meters per second is practically guaranteed; he might even exceed one hundred meters per second.”
“Goodness, over one hundred meters per second, and as long as he doesn’t exhaust his spirit power, he can maintain that speed indefinitely!”
“So, theoretically, his speed could reach three to four hundred kilometers per hour?”
“Wow, once I learn this new skill, my mom won’t have to worry about me being late for class anymore!”
“This new skill, once released, will definitely cause car company stocks to plummet.”
“Driving a car at high speed can’t compare to dashing across the ground like lightning!”
“And it saves electricity and money—no need for maintenance. If spirit power is depleted, he can just cultivate to regain it.”
“Depleting spirit power and then cultivating even benefits the improvement of one’s cultivation level!”
“The only downside is that it wears out shoes! I feel like shoe manufacturing companies’ stocks are about to soar.”
“Wow, the stock market reaction is incredibly fast! We just speculated over here, and the car industry stocks are already plummeting; even the stocks of flying vehicle manufacturers are starting to drop.”
“Conversely, shoe industry stocks are sharply rising!”
“This is crazy; Yi Chen hasn’t even completed his skill yet! The stock market is already reacting so strongly?”
“I guess from today onward, all stock traders will have to pay attention to the live room. They won’t be watching the market anymore; they’ll be focused on Yi Chen.”
“Just a slight change in the wind could be a sign of a stock crash or the beginning of a market surge.”
“Not just stock traders; major news media outlets probably treat Yi Chen as their lifeline, sending people to watch the live streams daily. If anything happens, they’ll immediately change their front-page headlines.”
“‘Yi Chen Returns from the Forest, What Does He Want to Do?’ ‘Yi Chen Runs Wild in the Clearing, What Is He Planning?’ ‘Yi Chen Takes a Sip of Water, What Will He Do Next?’ Everything random is suddenly headline news with explosive click rates.”
“Congratulations on decoding the traffic secrets!”
“Experts and scholars now frequently latch onto Yi Chen’s popularity.”
“The most remarkable thing was that a new movie released by Planet A698 a couple of days ago suddenly changed its title to ‘The Stories I Must Tell about Yi Chen,’ and its single-day box office skyrocketed to over five billion, breaking the annual single-day box office record on that planet.”
“However, the following day, the headquarters of the film company was attacked.”
“This wild operation can only be rated as 666…”
The live room audience sighed deeply.
Especially those early viewers, who never imagined that Yi Chen’s every move would have such a profound impact on human society.
