abnabooks Chapter 674: Cleaning Up the Old Fossils
Chapter 674: Cleaning Up the Old Fossils
“I didn’t take a wrong turn!”Su Yuan pointed at the four massive characters, each one light-year in diameter, atop the giant tower. They clearly read: 【Military Artifactory Headquarters】.
“That’s quite a grand gesture!” Qi Bai exclaimed in amazement.
Su Yuan was also looking forward to it. This incredibly imposing tower was itself a cave-dwelling-type Dominator Artifact, with a quality ranking as high as Seventy-Two Ranks, making it exceptionally valuable.
Such a Dominator Artifact could be considered a major killing tool, yet it was being used as the office space for the Military Artifactory Headquarters. It seemed the high-level council placed great importance on this place.
Su Yuan approached the giant tower. A beam of light shone down on him at the entrance.
“Identity verification passed!”
Su Yuan calmly stepped into the tower and said offhandedly, “Brother Qi, come along.”
Qi Bai hesitated for a moment before following.
The beam of light didn’t appear for him, which made Qi Bai breathe a sigh of relief.
The two stepped inside the giant tower.
They discovered that the interior was divided into countless independent spaces.
The first independent space was enormous, looking like a hall. However, this hall was completely empty, with not a single person present.
“Where is everyone?”
Qi Bai scratched his head.
“Let’s go in and take a look!”
Su Yuan had already locked onto the location of the cultivators.
The two passed through layer after layer of space, arriving at an independent space on the second level.
Inside this space, hundreds of cultivators were gathered in a meeting.
A man sitting in a high position looked very excited.
“I am Cao Dehou. I believe you all know me. I’ve worked in the Artifactory Hall for countless Immeasurable Kalpas, with achievements neither too great nor too small. My abilities can be considered at the level of a high-ranking master-level artifact crafter. Thanks to everyone’s support, I will now serve as the Acting Director of the Military Artifactory Headquarters.”
Hundreds of people immediately applauded enthusiastically.
“Director Cao is formidable!”
“With Director Cao leading the Military Artifactory Headquarters, we will definitely get things done quickly and well!”
“This is the will of the people! Director Cao has the most seniority; becoming Acting Director is only fitting!”
Everyone spoke up, praising Cao Dehou to the skies.
Qi Bai also commented, “Elder Cao had quite the seniority before. Now that the Military Artifactory Headquarters has been established, it’s only reasonable for him to take on the role of Director!”
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan fell into thought. Even an outsider like Qi Bai knew about this Cao Dehou from the Artifactory Hall. It seemed he was indeed well-liked.
The question was, wasn’t he supposed to be the Director of the Military Artifactory Headquarters?
Su Yuan watched Cao Dehou’s dignified and respected demeanor, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
He immediately used his authority to issue task targets to the Military Artifactory Headquarters.
The crowd, who were in the middle of discussing business, all stiffened in unison.
They all looked at their tokens to check the military camp tasks.
Cao Dehou also checked the military camp.
【Current Task Targets for Military Artifactory Headquarters: Within one Kalpa, complete the forging of 100 million Dominator Artifacts, including 10 million Dominator Artifacts of the 50th to 60th Ranks, and 1 million high-level Dominator Artifacts above the 60th Rank. Task Failure Penalty: The responsible person will be removed from all positions and have all Merit Points deducted.】
As soon as this task appeared.
Everyone’s expression changed.
Cao Dehou’s expression shifted dramatically because his token contained additional information.
【Detected that Cao Dehou is about to assume the position of Acting Director of the Military Artifactory Headquarters. Automatically designated as the responsible person for this task.】
When Cao Dehou saw this message, his face turned completely dark.
How could he possibly complete this task?
He could maybe ignore the 100 million other-level Dominator Artifacts, but could the 10 million Dominator Artifacts of the 50th Ranks be gathered within a single Kalpa? Even 1,000 pieces would be a stretch! And those 1 million Dominator Artifacts above the 60th Rank... was that a joke?
Cao Dehou panicked instantly. He absolutely did not want to shoulder this task.
Cao Dehou immediately addressed the crowd, “Everyone, the matter of the Acting Director of the Military Artifactory Headquarters cannot be handled so hastily. I have heard that a Director will be sent to the Military Artifactory Headquarters. We must face future challenges and difficulties together under the leadership of the new Director! The Director chosen by the high-level council is surely a capable and responsible Great Power. Everyone must cooperate fully with the actions of this new Director!”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “Let us immediately go to the entrance to welcome the Director’s arrival. We must not be rude!”
The crowd’s expressions remained unchanged, but inwardly they felt it was bizarre. Wasn’t this the same man who was unhappy about the higher-ups sending a Director, thought he was qualified due to his seniority, and wanted to snatch the Acting Director position through a popular election before the new Director arrived, just so he could flex his muscles? Now, seeing the difficulty of the task, he chickened out!
Cao Dehou’s prestige instantly crumbled in everyone’s hearts. Some had originally thought the higher-ups sending a new Director was unreasonable, but now, well, they’d just have to see what this new Director was made of.
Everyone rose and headed for the main hall of the Military Artifactory Headquarters, preparing to welcome the Director’s arrival.
Cultivators walked past Su Yuan and Qi Bai one by one. These people seemed completely oblivious to the two of them, directly ignoring them.
Qi Bai was startled and called out to one of them, “Old Zhang?”
That Old Zhang didn’t even glance at Qi Bai and just walked right past him.
Qi Bai looked at Su Yuan in shock, trying to guess just how strong Su Yuan actually was.
At the same time, he said, “Master Seven Stars, you’re here to join the Military Artifactory Headquarters, right? Let’s go to the main hall and wait as well. It looks like a big shot is about to descend upon this place.”
Su Yuan chuckled upon hearing this. “I’m no big shot.”
Qi Bai nodded at his words, then stared at Su Yuan in disbelief.
“Could it be that...” Qi Bai’s mind suddenly became clear.
So Su Yuan was the newly appointed Director of the Military Artifactory Headquarters.
That sudden change in Elder Cao’s expression and his sudden change of heart must have been Su Yuan’s doing. This was Su Yuan’s way of handling things!
Qi Bai was stunned.
“Brother Qi, what department are you working in now?”
“Me? I’m currently a manager in the Logistics Department. Sometimes I also go to the battlefield to fight, commanding 100,000 soldiers!” Qi Bai said.
“I’m a bit short on people over here. Brother Qi, are you interested in coming to work for me?”
Su Yuan asked.
Qi Bai’s heart, to his own disgrace, skipped a beat with desire.
He had just asked his comrades about the Military Artifactory Headquarters.
The Military Artifactory Headquarters was extremely high-ranking, even on par with the Logistics Headquarters. This newly emerged, extraordinary department was at a very high level.
A new department meant great opportunities, and being personally invited by the top leader—this was a golden chance to become a trusted confidant!
He was at the 60th Rank now and had the qualifications to advance. Sticking with his old department would require him to accumulate merits to get promoted, but in this new department, wouldn’t it just take one word from Director Seven Stars?
Qi Bai saluted Su Yuan and said, “Director, from now on, I’ll follow your orders!”
“Hahaha, I’ll need your help with a lot of things from now on!” Su Yuan said, patting Qi Bai on the shoulder.