Let's rewind time a bit.
The Pope answered the call of the 7 Holy Apostles and returned to the Holy Cathedral.
At this time, the Fiendkind haven't started their attack.
The Fuxi Empire.
The Holy Cathedral of the Empire.
Varona's coronation ceremony was being solemnly held.
The coronation of the Empress was a huge event for the entire human world.
Varona will become the first Empress in the history of the Fuxi Empire.
Every country in the world sent out their own live broadcast teams, ready to use their cameras to record this historic day.
At this time, on TV, every country's commentator was reminiscing about the Fuxi Emperor.
The cause of his death was covered up by Varona.
To avoid causing panic and unrest, or to save the Fuxi Empire's face, the Fuxi Emperor was declared to have died fighting against the Frozen Hell.
As the frost spread across the entire world, the Frozen Hell was no longer a secret.
Driven by despair, every country in the world was rioting.
The country's leaders had no choice but to use Mechs and Professionists to maintain order in their society that was on the verge of collapse.
In the Fuxi Empire, Varona Empress gave the military the right to act according to the situation.
The military's execution process was greatly simplified, there were only two stages.
The first stage, confirm the crime.
The second stage, execute on the spot.
Everywhere in the Fuxi Empire, the criminals who robbed, killed, destroyed, and destroyed everything were wiped out.
That's right, the Frozen Hell was about to descend. In the future, humanity will most likely die in this calamity.
But if anyone dares to cause trouble, they'll be executed before the Apocalypse.
In just a few days, the Fuxi Empire was littered with corpses.
Such cruel methods naturally drew the ire of the people's opposition.
Some of the pro-democracy groups were looking for international support, trying to put pressure on Empress Varona.
But this time, they miscalculated.
Not a single country on the international scene condemned this.
Not a single person stood up to criticize Varona.
In the face of the Apocalypse, any rational leader would seek the stability of their country.
Those who tried to resist were secretly executed by Varona.
Right after that, Varona started a war of propaganda, trying to appease society and its citizens.
The TV stations broadcast the details of the Frozen Hell 24 hours a day.
Under Gu Qing Shan's suggestion, Varona even captured a few dead people and locked them in cages for the public to see.
At first, the places were filled with people.
But due to the Game of Eternal's appearance and the Murder Clown's actions, humanity wasn't as scared as they thought it would be.
After the novelty wore off, people found that it was no longer interesting.
— — -the reason why people are afraid of death is because death is something unknown.
No one knows for sure what will happen after death.
Will it disappear completely?
Or will there be a place to go?
Now, a living example was placed in front of him, proving that there was a place for people to go after they died.
Ago. Death isn't too bad.
Some people were discussing whether there was a place like Heaven or Kingdom of Heaven.
More and more people began to do good deeds, hoping to find a good place to return to after death.
There were more and more people doing good deeds, and the social atmosphere had changed.
Nowadays, any old lady would have to be carried in a princess's arms when crossing the road — they would even have to go through a few hands.
Because of that, the Fuxi Empire that was originally on the verge of collapse after the King's death, after going through the cleansing of blood and fire, slowly stabilized.
World will Fuxi Empire's Saint World Empire is Was Was Even better than before.
Seeing that, the other countries all followed suit and quickly achieved good results.
Varona's reputation skyrocketed, finally gaining the recognition of the majority of the world's forces and ascending to the Fuxi throne.
But something completely different from the past life happened.
The frost on the ground continued to spread. Occasionally, some dead people would appear.
The dead eat people.
Everyone knows this. But because the dead are frozen underground when they appear, as long as they're discovered in time, there won't be too much of a problem.
The armies of the various countries were busy collecting the dead and sending them into space.
Humanity as a whole is becoming calmer and calmer.
Everything seems to be changing for the better.
Until a strange person appeared in a frozen river in the Federation's territory.
When this person was discovered, he had already broken through the ice.
He killed a squad of 30 people on the spot.
Everyone's blood was sucked dry.
He became extremely powerful.
Fortunately, a mysterious Professionist intervened and killed it in one fell swoop, thus avoiding more casualties.
Humanity's top brass received reliable information.
There would be countless of such monsters appearing in the future.
The leaders of the various countries agreed to head to the Fuxi Empire for an emergency meeting on the day of Varona's coronation.
At this point.
The Empress' coronation ceremony.
Led by the Pope of the Holy Church, 12 clergymen escorted the future Empress out of the church.
The Empress was going to the high platform at the back of the church.
That platform was also known as the Blessed Land of the Gods.
It was the Holy Church's most sacred place.
On the platform, the Pope was going to bestow the 12-pointed crown that symbolizes the throne to the Empress.
This meant that the Empress' throne was a gift from the heavens.
Everyone in the church stood up one after another, following the Empress and the Pope towards the platform.
Gu Qing Shan, Jang Young-ho, and Ye Fei Li were also among them.
The three of them followed the flow of people while whispering to each other.
"Why does it feel so strange" Ye Fei Li said.
"What do you mean?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"There seems to be less people here" Ye Fei Li commented.
"Of course" Jang Young-ho replied.
"Why is that?" Ye Fei Li asked.
Jang Young-ho spoke in a low voice: "The Fuxi Emperor had unparalleled martial prowess, capable of suppressing the powerful Professionists of the country, but now that he's dead and the Empress isn't that strong, a lot of people aren't willing to accept her"
"There's such a thing?" Ye Fei Li asked.
"That's right, quite a few powerful Professionists with actual authority aren't here" Gu Qing Shan followed up.
According to Impartial Goddess' statistics, almost half of the powerful Professionists with actual authority aren't here.
Ye Fei Li asked: "Hell is about to descend and they're still fighting, aren't they annoyed?"
Jang Young-ho answered: "Compared to uniting against a common enemy, those with authority are more interested in internal strife"
"And here I was thinking of following you to see the world, but it turns out to be like this" Ye Fei Li muttered.
Gu Qing Shan was also a bit annoyed.
The Frozen Hell is silently expanding.
What I'm about to do next will require the full cooperation of the Fuxi Empire.
— — -but Monarch Varona will probably need a very long time to subdue the entire Empire.
Time is of the essence, there's no time for the Empress to eliminate the dissidents and consolidate her authority.
While he was thinking, Jang Young-ho came closer and said: "I heard that some people want to choose an adult male from a side branch of the royal family to inherit the throne"
"That's true, the military and a few local forces are very vocal about this choice, Varona had to use every means possible to barely suppress those voices" Gu Qing Shan answered.
"They want a puppet Emperor?" Ye Fei Li asked.
"That's right, this is the best thing for them" Gu Qing Shan answered.
"Don't they care what happens to the country?" Ye Fei Li innocently asked.
Gu Qing Shan and Jang Young-ho exchanged glances but didn't say anything.
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent for a bit, then made a decision.
At this point, the Empress had already stepped onto the platform.
The guests were all standing below, waiting to witness the most important moment of the Empress' coronation.
The Bishop of the Holy Church raised the 12-horned pure gold crown up high, about to place it on Varona's head.
As long as they didn't have anything else to do, everyone turned on their Holo-Brain to watch this historic moment.
At this point, the number of people watching the live broadcast worldwide had reached an all-time high.
But at the scene of the Empress' coronation, something very strange was happening.
Occasionally, people would look down to check their Holo-Brain.
More and more people were whispering to each other.
An indescribable sense of unease and unease was silently spreading.
Including the President of the Federation, many dignitaries all turned on their Holo-Brains.
As they listened to the news from their Holo-Brains, their expressions turned serious.
The leaders who held great power began to issue orders.
The President was also remotely commanding the country's armed forces.
"This can't be right, something big must've happened" Jang Young-ho muttered in a low voice.
"Impartial Goddess, what's the situation?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"… Something has happened in the deserts of the world"
[The relevant information is incomplete, there's no complete report yet] Impartial Goddess replied.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
"Let me see what happened" he said.
[Understood, sir]
A scene appeared on the Holo-Brain.
The Freedom Federation's Masala Desert.
A gigantic figure blocked out the sun's light, slowly moving through the desert.
This figure was as tall as a skyscraper.
A giant.
The giant appeared.
As it walked, every step it took caused the desert to tremble.
Any sand that came into contact with its body turned ashen.
Thick black chains wrapped around the giant's feet, occasionally letting out flames to burn the giant, burning it painfully.
But the giant endured the pain and roared:
[Faster — — Faster!]
It roared: [Before the living know, we must build our city of the dead!]
[Yes!]
Hundreds, if not thousands of giant figures replied.
The grey desert city slowly began to take shape.
The screen flashed.
Gu Qing Shan slapped her forehead and sighed deeply.
What she feared had come true.
There wasn't even a sliver of ice on the ground in the desert.
The black chains that bound the giant's body also had nothing to do with the Frozen Hell.
This clearly wasn't the Frozen Hell.
— — the second hell had arrived in the human realm.
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but look at the War God UI.
A line of glowing text was displayed there.
[11 hours left until Huang Quan reinforcements arrive]
Damn it!
I delayed the Frozen Hell's appearance, but the other hells have arrived ahead of time!
Gu Qing Shan asked: "System, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
[Ting]!
The War God UI replied: [The System didn't know that the other hells would arrive, in fact, you were the one who discovered the Frozen Hell first]
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit and found that to be the case.
"But you can summon the Huang Quan reinforcements" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The War God UI continued to explain: [I was only informing them, they were already searching for the hells that escaped Huang Quan]
As Gu Qing Shan was about to continue talking to the System, she suddenly stopped.
On the platform.
The ceremony was still ongoing.
"Varona Medici …"
The Bishop had just recited the Empress' name and was about to bless her.
The sky suddenly darkened.
Something happened — — -
Everyone looked up.
"Something's not right, I can sense spatial distortion" Jang Young-ho spoke with a serious tone.
"Something seems to be coming — — look!" Ye Fei Li also said.
They all looked at a certain spot in the sky.
The sun was hidden behind the dim wind.
A black hole appeared in the sky.
All of a sudden, a coffin appeared from the void of space.
This coffin was extremely large, almost the same size as the entire cathedral.
The coffin was made entirely out of black bones, occasionally blood could be seen dripping down from the gaps between the bones.
Bam!
A loud sound, like a cannonball exploding.
The lid of the coffin was blown open. A monster was roaring, trying its best to crawl out.
It was a jet-black corpse.
Gu Qing Shan released her inner sight to observe, only to find that the coffin was filled with sharp spikes.
These spikes pierced through the monster's body, fixing it inside the coffin.
That's why it was struggling to crawl out.
The coffin and the spikes.
This was an unprecedented hellish punishment, completely unrelated to the Frozen Hell.
Gu Qing Shan immediately had an answer.
For a while, he stared at the sky without saying anything.
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