Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1 & Juicetin
Proofreader: Arya
As Gu Qing Shan was pondering, his Holo-Brain lit up .
“Your Highness, what’s the matter?” Gu Qing Shan asked .
[First of all, I’m only telling this to you alone for now, don’t let anyone else know about it] the Empress spoke in a really low voice .
Her side was completely silent, the only thing he could hear was her voice .
It seems she had purposefully avoided everyone else to talk to Gu Qing Shan alone .
“Please go ahead” Gu Qing Shan answered .
[Iron Shroud has closed off my authority] the Empress’ voice appeared frightened .
Iron Shroud is the name of the Fuxi Empire’s ultimate AI, but the Empire doesn’t use it for non-military purposes .
Iron Shroud has but a single purpose, that is to control and arrange the military strength of the country .
The Empire’s royalty controls the Empire’s three armies for the sake of war .
Once Iron Shroud is activated, all military personnel is to obey its command without question, otherwise they’ll be charged with treason and killed .
“Apart from you, what about the authority of others?” Gu Qing Shan immediately asked .
[Apart from him, everyone’s authority has already been retracted, no one else can use it now] the Empress answered .
“Him” refers to the Fuxi Emperor .
Gu Qing Shan’s heart sank .
Iron Shroud’ highest authority lies with the Fuxi Emperor, and the Emperor had just used his highest authority to remove the authority of everyone else .
Which means, at this time, he is the only person capable of commanding the entire military might of the Empire .
“We’ll keep in touch, tell me if anything else happens” Gu Qing Shan said .
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[I heard your relationship with the Confederate’s President is quite good?] the Empress asked .
“It’s not too bad”
[If anything happens, you definitely have to help me] the Empress said .
“I will, don’t worry” Gu Qing Shan said .
They hung up .
Even if the Empress wasn’t Anna’s aunt, Gu Qing Shan still would’ve done his best to help her .
Unlike the belligerent Emperor, the Empress is a pro-peace person, she will be crucial to stabilizing the strength of Fuxi later on .
Gu Qing Shan quickly left Ye Fei Li’s room .
He went out of the mountaintop mansion, standing in the empty yard in front of it .
Both repairing and forging a weapon requires stove, a pneumatic pick, a forged hammer, an anvil, pliers, and a grindstone .
Thanks to his completion of the Apocalypse Quest from before, he can now use Soul Points to quicken the repair process for the Chao Yin Sword .
I’ll take to take advantage of this rare period of free time to see if I can repair the Chao Yin Sword .
[Sword Manipulation] requires the use of two swords to combine offense and defense into one .
Literal hell was about to break loose, Gu Qing Shan must do everything he can to power himself up .
Taking the 7-colored fragrance bag in hand, Gu Qing Shan scanned it with this inner sight .
There were a lot of miscellaneous things in the storage section of Bai Hua sect .
A few of them even had clear personal marks .
A few furnaces and formation plates even had names and sect’s names carved on them .
He’s unsure if Bai Hua Fairy defeated these people to get them, or she just “borrowed” them, either way, these things were randomly placed inside, cluttered and chaotic .
It took quite a while to search for even one thing in there .
Gu Qing Shan always felt a headache coming up whenever he wanted to find something .
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If I have the time, I’ll definitely have to tidy up the mess in here, he silently swore .
After a while, he finally managed to get all the necessary smithing equipment out .
He already comprehended the sword repair method before this .
Everything had been prepared, let’s begin the repair .
Not even waiting for Gu Qing Shan to call it, the Chao Yin Sword automatically jumped out from the void of space and laid next to the furnace, clearly excited .
It rolled back and forth nervously .
“Don’t be rushed, stay still” Gu Qing Shan said .
The Chao Yin Sword stopped .
But while it stayed still, there was a small clanging sound next to the steel furnace .
Gu Qing Shan looked back carefully only to see that the Chao Yin Sword laid a bit too close to the steel furnace and couldn’t help but be a bit shaken .
“Really, don’t be so nervous, there’s no problem” Gu Qing Shan could only sigh .
I didn’t comprehend all those complicated Smithing techniques for nothing .
Gu Qing Shan formed a hand seal, infused spirit energy into the furnace to light it up .
The dozens of materials were taken out and floated in the air .
When the heat inside the furnace reached an appropriate height, Gu Qing Shan followed the repair process he learnt and placed the first 7 materials inside .
What he needs to do now is to patiently wait for these materials to be liquefied .
A few flowing letters suddenly appeared on the War God UI .
[The user can now use Soul Points to quicken the repair process]
[Detected that user is currently refining materials, would you like to speed up the material melting process?]
“Yes” Gu Qing Shan instantly said .
[3 Soul Points to speed up by 1 hour; 5 Soul Points to speed up by 2 hours; 10 Soul Points to instantly melt everything]
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“Instantly melt everything” Gu Qing Shan answered .
Inside the furnace, the heat suddenly burst as the 7 materials were combined and formed a 7-colored liquid .
Gu Qing Shan then put the Chao Yin Sword into the furnace .
Very carefully, he controlled the liquid with his inner sight to coat every nook and cranny on the Chao Yin Sword’s shaft .
Another notification popped up from the War God UI .
[Material merging process will take a total of 3 days, would you like to speed up the process?]
“Yes” Gu Qing Shan answered .
[10 Soul Points to speed up 1 day; 20 Soul Points to speed up 2 days; 3 Soul Points to instantly cause the liquid material to finish merging]
Gu Qing Shan replied: “Instantly”
[Soul Points spent] the System responded .
In the furnace, at a pace the eyes can see, the liquid material quickly got absorbed into the Chao Yin Sword’s shaft .
Next is to deal with the rest of the materials .
[Would the user like to…]
“Wait a minute” Gu Qing Shan stopped the System .
“Can’t you take all the Soul Points at once or something? Using a knife to cut it off piece by piece is really affecting my mood” he complained .
The System went silent for a second, then replied: [Seeing how generous the user is right now, a one-time payment of 560 Soul Points will be enough to speed up the entire repair process]
“How will you speed it up?” Gu Qing Shan asked .
[Whenever you reach the next step in the repair process, it’ll be instantly completed] the System responded .
Gu Qing Shan glanced at his Soul Points .
[Current Soul Points: 5560/30]
“560? Not too bad, you’ll leave me with a round number” he said .
[Would the user like to spent 560 Soul Points to speed up the repairing process?]
“Yes”
Sure enough, after spending 560 Soul Points, the speed at which the sword was being repaired reach ludicrous rate .
Fifteen minutes later .
While the Chao Yin Sword at the final few steps in the repair process, Gu Qing Shan’s phone rang again .
Gu Qing Shan ignored it and wanted to finish the Chao Yin Sword repairing process before worrying about anything else .
The phone rang 4-5 times in a row, but he ignored it every time .
Suddenly, Impartial Goddess spoke up .
[Sir, you have to pick up this phone call]
“Why?” Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised to hear that .
[The world situation has changed greatly; this is the Fuxi Empress’ emergency call]
Gu Qing Shan had no choice but to stop his hands .
The Chao Yin Sword in the furnace let out a small pitiful cry .
Gu Qing Shan pretended he didn’t see that and picked up .
[You finally picked up!] the Empress’ voice came from the other side .
“Your Highness, what exactly is the matter?” Gu Qing Shan recognized a sense of unease got a bad premonition from her voice .
The Empress explained: [The Empire’s Mobile Mech department is moving towards the border, they’ll soon reach the junction between the Confederate and the Empire]
[Furthermore, the Empire’s 7 fleets have also begun to assembled!]
“Why don’t you…” halfway through his question, Gu Qing Shan realized .
Iron Shroud .
Only the Emperor can command Iron Shroud .
At this emergency crucial moment when the Frozen Hell is about to spread all over the world, the Fuxi Emperor actually wishes to declare war!