Edited by: Juicetin
Proofreader: Arya
Gu Qing Shan stared at the War God UI, a bit surprised.
The War God UI issued a Quest in Reality.
“World-ending” ——–for the Quest to have such a description; could it be even the War God UI feels that this is an unwinnable calamity?
But this Quest is exactly what Gu Qing Shan wanted.
No matter if it’s repairing the Chao Yin Sword or discovering the truth of the calamity, they’re both things Gu Qing Shan wanted to do.
Repairing the Chao Yin Sword was the first step of the sword saint Quest.
If he can regain the sword saint’s power while still at Ascended early stage, he will become even stronger than he was in the past life.
Pulling his eyes away from the War God UI, he glanced around the conference room.
The princess was hugging the Empress, crying.
The officials and royal guards were quickly flooding the room.
Gu Qing Shan stopped them from approaching the Empress.
At the moment, these people aren’t trustworthy.
Before Zhang Ying Hao gets here, this is the only way.
While quietly protecting the Empress, Gu Qing Shan was thinking of something else.
The Confederate’s Navy Supreme General Li Dong Yuan was replaced by a clone.
Does the Fuxi Emperor have ambition towards the Confederate?
Gu Qing Shan quickly asked: “Impartial Goddess”
[I’m here sir] Impartial Goddess replied.
“Is the President still fine?”
[He’s not connected to me, but his life signs are perfectly normal]
It was midnight right now, so the President is probably resting.
Gu Qing Shan relaxed a bit, asking: “What are the President’s activities tomorrow?”
[It’s today to be exact, there’s 4 hours until dawn. The President will hold a speech on national television at 9 AM, to encourage everyone to participate in voting for the election]
“Where is the Martial Saint?”
[General Zhang Zong Yang is currently guarding the President’s manor]
Gu Qing Shan was able to put his worry down.
The Martial Saint was able to notice his feint so he’s probably not a fake.
With the Martial Saint’s protection, the President’s safety is mostly guaranteed.
In the conference room.
The Empress began giving out orders.
One by one, people began leaving the room following their orders.
Under the Empress’ management, the palace villa quickly regained its high efficiency.
“Your Highness! There’s a guest outside the palace requesting entry with your email, sire!” a royal guard reported.
“Let him in” the Empress ordered.
Zhang Ying Hao quickly appeared in the palace conference room.
“This is my business partner, Zhang Ying Hao, very trustworthy” Gu Qing Shan introduced them.
“I know you, the rebel of the 9 Lords, King of Assassins, nice to meet you”
The Empress extended her hand.
Zhang Ying Hao performed the hand kiss etiquette and spoke: “It’s an honor to meet you, your Royal Highness”
The Empress went straight into the main issue: “The Empire’s generosity is known across the land, so you won’t have to worry about your payment, as long as you protect me and my daughter well”
Zhang Ying Hao smiled and respectfully bowed: “The Hunter Association moves by your will, Your Highness”
Gu Qing Shan asked: “Where are your men?”
Zhang Ying Hao answered: “They’re all here, I’ll have them come in now ——-as long as Her Highness permits”
“Let them in” the Empress replied.
Zhang Ying Hao took out his phone and contacted his subordinates.
While waiting, Gu Qing Shan brought Zhang Ying Hao to a corner to tell him everything from beginning to end.
Zhang Ying Hao gasped.
“A clone… even a Professionist’s powers can be cloned, that Tang Jun is really good” he muttered
“But their memories are a mess and without any fighting experience. Can your men handle protecting this place?” Gu Qing Shan said.
“Power without any substance is an assassin’s favorite prey” Zhang Ying Hao confirmed it.
Gu Qing Shan patted his shoulder and said: “Then I’ll leave this place to you, I need to go somewhere first”
“You’re leaving?” Zhang Ying Hao was a bit shocked, “and here I thought we can finally fight side by side”
“Next time, this time’s situation is very severe, I have to go to a certain place to make sure of something” Gu Qing Shan answered.
“Alright, then you can go, just leave this place to me” Zhang Ying Hao replied.
Gu Qing Shan turned to say goodbye to the Empress only to see that she was sitting on the Emperor’s throne.
Many officials and royal guards were kneeling before her, waiting for their orders.
The Empress was still busy delegating people with emergency countermeasures.
The Empress very solemnly ordered: “Whoever disobeys orders are all moles, you may kill them on sight, got it?”
“Understood, Your Highness”
“Now leave”
“Yes”
The royal guards accepted their orders and left.
Her eyes were clear, her tone is keen and her orders are reasonable and decisive, everyone in the palace easily followed her without trying.
A few moments later.
A lot of people wearing sunglasses came into the conference room and stood by Zhang Ying Hao.
Zhang Ying Hao then began to delegate people to their posts.
One of them was a young girl who lowered her sunglasses to greet Gu Qing Shan.
It was the assassin Tong Tong.
Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded to greet her back, then turned to go to the Empress.
“Your Highness, what are your plans following this?” he asked.
“He’s already gone mad, but I haven’t, I still want to save this country” the Empress calmly declared.
…
In the shadow of night.
Gu Qing Shan drove a shuttle heading to Ridden Cloud Valley.
Impartial Goddess didn’t manage to find anything in the locations within the Confederate, but Ridden Cloud Valley was the only origin point of the Calamity in Fuxi.
This is a national reserve, which also happened to be where the Emperor went to hunt by himself.
But there’s no such convenient coincidence in this world.
When Gu Qing Shan came, Ye Fei Li was already there waiting for him.
“When did you get here?” Gu Qing Shan asked first.
“When you told me to come, I was already on my way” Ye Fei Li answered.
“Very well, then let’s search around here first, if you hear anything, try to hear where the sound came from” Gu Qing Shan said.
He released the full range of his inner sight with his spirit energy.
“Why are we in so much of a hurry?” Ye Fei Li asked.
“It’s an emergency, we’ll split up to find it” Gu Qing Shan said.
“What are we looking for?”
“Any sort of anomalies, for example… ice”
“Ice? Alright”
The two of them started to search in the valley.
Since this is quite a large national reserve, various wild animals roamed the forest area, which made it suitable as a hunting ground.
It was night in the forest while the cold rain fell on them, there wasn’t a single person in the forest.
A faint mist covered the entire forest despite the rain.
The mist didn’t dissipate, instead it was following the forest winds, spreading and expanding outwards.
[Sir, satellites can’t get a clear read on the ground] Impartial Goddess spoke.
“No matter” Gu Qing Shan answered, “we’ll look for it ourselves”
He and Ye Fei Li braced the night rain, trekking across the forest.
Half an hour later.
Gu Qing Shan was standing next to a frozen lake.
The surface of the lake was covered by a thin mist, hiding anything below.
“Found it, come to me” Gu Qing Shan spoke to his Holo-Brain.
[Got it] Ye Fei Li hung up.
A few breaths later, a blood-red streak quickly arrived.
As the blood-red glow disappeared, Ye Fei Li showed himself.
“It’s been completely frozen” he squinted his eyes.
Gu Qing Shan answered: “That’s right”
Despite the thick layer of ice above, his inner sight was still able to penetrate below, discovering that there wasn’t a single bit of water left in the lake.
It was completely frozen.
