Hongmen Banquet, Face-to-Face with the Chen Family!

Surprise, realization, disbelief.

After seeing the towering man who bore not the slightest resemblance to Chen Shen, Su Mo's thoughts stalled.

Looking back over his long time in the Wasteland, the last person he had seen transform himself into something like this was Sun Bahu, who had inherited Yan Country's technology and forced him into the ruins to seek a solution.

But Sun Bahu's decision to embrace technology and gradually abandon his frail human body had been different.

It was not because he truly wanted to merge with machinery and give up his human flesh.

Rather, the situation during the Wasteland's first year had been far too chaotic. He had been unable to centralize his authority, and Origin Camp had been riddled with loopholes.

All these factors had forced him to embrace this kind of power, which could produce quick results, in exchange for short-term strength.

But Chen Shen had no such urgent need at all.

"Mr. Su, is this your first time seeing our Mayor Chen?"

Seeing that Su Mo could barely contain his surprise, Chen Kai was initially stunned. Then, recalling some rumors circulating outside, he smiled.

In the early years, when Chen Shen still frequently appeared in public, he had not looked like this.

Back then, he had been a frail scholar, always polite and refined in speech, with no sign that he possessed any martial prowess.

That impression had become fixed in most people's minds and was the most widely circulated image of him on the New Continent.

Later, by the fifth year of the Wasteland, after that upheaval, Chen Shen appeared before the public less and less.

He would only show his face before a small number of people during important public events. Sometimes, he would even send a substitute in his place.

As a