Chen Shouyi left the command center and returned to the rooftop of the base.
He entered his tent, set down his backpack, and continued pacing back and forth, still unable to contain his excitement.
The improvement in strength brought by intelligence was the most obvious.
"Once the ten bottles of Lesser Divine Power Divine Marrow arrive, my strength will undergo a complete transformation!"
He felt that by then, he wouldn't even need to fear facing a demigod head-on.
At the thought, he couldn't help laughing aloud.
Though he had already killed two demigods, his true strength was still far from theirs.
The first, a female demigod, had already been gravely wounded, so there was no need to say more.
The second, a birdlike demigod, had given up its advantage by flying down from the sky to the ground. It had even burrowed into low-ceilinged buildings, where it couldn't stand upright or spread its wings. Its movements were restricted and attacking was difficult; it couldn't bring even one-tenth of its full strength to bear.
That he had won was thanks to favorable timing, terrain, and circumstances, on top of his desperate gamble with his life on the line.
The slightest misstep would have meant death!
Chen Shouyi picked up the cold water from the night before and drained it in one gulp. Only then did he manage to suppress his excitement.
He rubbed his face and paced out of the tent.
"Chief Advisor Chen, is something good happening?" Feng Hansong greeted him with a smile.
Was it really that obvious?
"You must be seeing things. What good news could there be?" Chen Shouyi said blandly, the smile fading from his lips as he went over and sat down.
He still needed to keep a low profile. Showing off too much made