Apocalypse Online For All Worlds - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: The Beginning of Something to Come

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Gu Qingshan put aside his communication device and started to use his hands to make a model of a seraph mecha.

Back on Earth, there was a hidden command being given.

“Mission completed. All to retreat.”

The huge, intergalactic battleship fleet left the concert.

The Mecha Battle Group moved away, and the special forces checking the crowd also left quickly.

Su Xue’er put down her communication device and remarked strangely when she saw this sight in front of her. “Didn’t they want to check the crowd? Why are they all leaving now? What’s going on with the Federation?”

The entire concert venue was filled with people who were as puzzled as she was.

Only the young lady standing on the stage gently raised her head and looked into the distant space.

Four hours later.

Gu Qingshan had already quietly returned to Changning Steel Mecha Tech.

He was lying in his room 55 stories below ground and taking a rest.

Continuous, intense work would make even a Qi Refiner Level 5 cultivator like him quite tired, too.

The seraph mecha was already completed, and the Impartiality Goddess would send it for testing before sending it straight to Su Xue’er.

Due to the sensitivity of the technology involved, this mecha could only be used by Su Xue’er and nobody else.

The Impartiality Goddess had made a request to test this mecha out and to ensure that none of the technology was leaked, so she was going to send her own secret forces to protect both the mecha and Su Xue’er.

In that way, Su Xue’er’s safety was guaranteed.

This was a pleasant surprise, and Gu Qingshan happily agreed to this request.

Besides that, all the techniques and technology that he had provided earlier were going to be tidied up by the Impartiality Goddess and made into a classified research result.

Since he had settled Su Xue’er’s birthday present, Gu Qingshan stretched his arms lazily. Then, he sat cross-legged and started to circulate his Spirit Power.

Moving Spirit Power within his body was of great benefit to his limbs and his bones, and it could help to slowly nourish his physical body.

Gu Qingshan slowly entered into a deeper realm of meditation.

At this moment, the whole world was in an uproar.

Many countries made an urgent call to the Federation to ask about why they had suddenly moved so many of their troops.

The president used all his energy to try to hide the real reason and spent a lot of time and effort on convincing each and every country so that they would believe him.

At a casino in Changning County.

The man who wore sunglasses was standing in a hidden room with the beautiful lady he accompanied, and both of them had their eyes fixed on the information coming through from the communication device.

The man exhaled deeply and said, “What a fright. I thought the Federation was declaring war.”

The lady continued to look intensely at the screen. “You believe what the president of the Federation said?”

The man replied with disdain, “These politicians are full of lies. What was that about rehearsing for the Federation’s 300th Union Day military parade? Who would believe him?”

The lady replied, “It’s a full 21 days before the Federation’s 300th Union Day, so that’s a bit of a stretch, all right.”

She then asked him, “But what would have mobilized two intergalactic fortresses, three intergalactic fleets, and the Intergalactic Special Mecha Battle Group all at the same time?”

The man added, “Martial Arts Saint, Zhang Zongyang and Sea Emperor, Li Dongyuan were also mobilized. The two of them were on the frontlines, and the nearest body of water, respectively, for five whole hours, and they’ve both just retreated.”

The two of them exchanged glances and felt that this was very puzzling, indeed.

What happened at the Federation?

At this moment, the communication device suddenly lit up and there was a hoarse, coughing voice on the other end.

Both of them tensed up and immediately straightened up as they greeted together, “Your Majesty.”

The hoarse voice coughed for quite a while before slowly speaking, “Greetings. It’s been hard on two of you out there, especially for my dear princess.”

The lady replied quietly, “Father, this is part of my duty.”

The hoarse voice started laughing and said, “Go and investigate what the Federation is up to. Go find out why they suddenly gathered so much of their military together only to dismiss everything in a matter of a few hours.”

“Got it.”

“By the way, my child, my dear Anna, I will give you the authority to make the final decisions in any crisis. You shall be fully in charge of whatever work you have on hand.”

The authority to make final decisions in a crisis was an authority that only military generals were eligible to receive.

Anna opened her eyes wide, and she tried her best to make her trembling voice sound calm. “Thank you, Father.”

The hoarse voice replied, “So take good care of yourself, and stay safe.”

The call was disconnected after that.

“Princess Anna, congratulations,” the sunglasses-wearing man said sincerely.

Anna continued to stare at the communication device in a daze. She suddenly felt all sorts of feelings overwhelm her.

She had left the palace and wanted to rely on her own abilities and hard work to contribute to the country because she didn’t want to end up being sacrificed in a political marriage.

The king hadn’t made things difficult for his daughter. He’d only said that if she found it too hard, then she would have to obediently go back to the palace and go through with a political marriage to Sacred Religion.

The king had made her start working from the bottommost rung and hadn’t given her any special privileges at all.

It was very risky to work at the bottommost rung, so even though Princess Anna’s capabilities were beyond most, she had still nearly lost her life several times.

Thankfully she’d managed to pull through every crisis, and now she had received an affirmation from the king.

She quickly suppressed her emotions and became calm again. “Let’s get to work.”

“Got it.”

After an entire night of work, the two of them still had no clue.

The Impartiality Goddess’ calculations were virtually flawless. It was pretty much impossible to discern the truth from the movement of the military forces.

After all, even the three commanders and the president of the Federation had no clue what happened, either.

Anna tiredly rubbed the spot between her eyebrows, but her gaze never left the screen of her intelligent computer.

“Your Highness, have some coffee.”

“If you want me to feel more awake, please pass me a bottle of brandy.”

“Can you drink a little less?”

“No.”

Anna turned and smiled as she took an unopened bottle of brandy and continued to immerse herself in her work.

There were seven or eight empty bottles neatly placed at her feet.

Suddenly, she froze for a while as she turned back and looked at the image on the projection screen.

“What’s wrong?” asked the man.

“What are you looking at?” she asked him.

“I’m looking at all the closed-circuit cameras in all the counties of the Federation.”

Anna narrowed her eyes and said, “What about our mission to get talents? How many surveillance robots did we send out?”

The man smacked his forehead and replied, “We sent out 691 robots. Stupid me! I totally forgot that these robots could also record real-time video besides just spying on one particular person.”

The two of them quickly started watching all the video footage from these robots, one by one.

Time passed slowly.

Anna suddenly tapped the man and pointed to the screen. “Look at this.”

The man looked at Anna’s screen to see a mecha flying out from the highest floor of Changning Steel Mecha Tech’s building.

The man immediately got to work at his intelligent computer, and his two hands started flying all over the keyboard.

“Retrieving images from the sky satellite.”

It took some time to retrieve all the images from the surveillance satellite in the sky, so the two of them quietly waited.

After a while, the images came out.

They saw that a midsized, intergalactic fleet had picked up the mecha and headed toward outer space.

“That was the time when the intergalactic fortress, Shrine, was going past Changning County.”

“That’s right. This intergalactic fleet is probably sending someone into the intergalactic fortress.”

The man mumbled to himself, “The problem now is, who on Earth is inside that mecha?”

Princess Anna suddenly asked, “Where was Gu Qingshan at that time?”

The man quickly got to work. “Let me take a look.”

A row of words soon appeared on his optical computer.

“Bio waves detected moving upwards slowly. After reaching 19,217 meters above sea level, the radar signal was unable to continue tracking.”

When the two of them saw this, neither of them spoke for a while.

After a long time, Princess Anna finally started speaking in a slow voice, “Send out a message that the Princess of Saint Olanka Empire will make an official visit to Freedom Federation at 9 AM the day after tomorrow. Her first stop will be Changning County of the Federation.”

The man hesitated before responding, “Your body double is now conducting some charity activities at the furthest end of the Empire and was just on the news. Two days isn’t enough time for someone to zoom over three countries to get here.”

Princess Anna replied, “Then, add one more statement to say that the princess is going to try taking an Ultra High Speed Flying Shuttle for this visit.”

The man wearing sunglasses asked, “Won’t that make you look like you’re in too much of a hurry?”

Princess Anna stared at the surveillance robot’s report on the screen and replied in a quiet voice, “No. In fact, I think it’s too slow.”