Chapter 552: The Last Empress

Lin Xun agreed to spend nearly a month with the Ice Snow Empress.

For roughly this month, Lin Xun would not drive the Ice Snow Empress away.

In other words, within this month, the Ice Snow Empress could use any means necessary to win Lin Xun’s heart.

However, to be perfectly honest, Lin Xun felt that doing this was nothing more than going through the motions.

There was no way this Ice Snow Empress could ever successfully win him over.

In the days that followed, the Ice Snow Empress would cook for Lin Xun every single day.

At first, the Ice Snow Empress prepared the meals herself.

Truth be told, while eating the food she made, Lin Xun suddenly thought of how Qinger used to cook for him; she had been just as clumsy as her.

But later on, Qinger became increasingly proficient.

Although the meals made by the Ice Snow Empress weren’t particularly delicious,

Lin Xun found it difficult to say so.

No matter what, she was personally cooking for him.

Moreover, the Ice Snow Empress was quite enthusiastic at this time.

Every day after dinner, the Ice Snow Empress would go to find Lin Xun for a walk.

It just so happened that Lin Xun was also bored, so he would take Goudan and Second Dog along for a stroll.

It could be said that during this month, the life Lin Xun and the Ice Snow Empress lived was like the pastoral existence of an old married couple.

Lin Xun quite enjoyed this kind of life, yet he didn’t believe he would develop any kind of feelings for the Ice Snow Empress.

Furthermore, while spending time with Lin Xun, ever since the two of them had opened up to each other, the Ice Snow Empress found Lin Xun more and more pleasing to the eye.

Sometimes, the Ice Snow Empress even thought that perhaps she should just stay with Lin Xun like this.

After all, she might never experience such a sense of tranquility again in the future.

Besides, doing so would also fulfill her grandmother’s wish.

However, the Ice Snow Empress knew that Lin Xun wasn’t actually very interested in her, so that was a bit of a minor problem.

In truth, neither of them cared much anymore about whether they would truly develop romantic feelings.

Even if feelings didn’t blossom, becoming friends was perfectly fine.

During these days, Lin Xun had already explained the reform plans for the Ice Snow Country to the Ice Snow Empress in greater depth.

The Ice Snow Empress also spent these days gaining a deeper understanding of them.

Lin Xun and the Ice Snow Empress had even visited a newly constructed Arsenal in the Ice Snow Country.

In that Arsenal, they were manufacturing the new types of weapons that Lin Xun had designed.

Simply put, they were magic-modified versions of AK and M4 rifles from another world.

There were also sniper rifles and even grenades, among other things.

After all, the snow spirit clan simply couldn’t manifest the spiritual energy within their bodies.

In reality, there was a significant amount of spiritual energy residing within the bodies of the snow spirit clan.

These weapons, which could draw out their internal spiritual energy, could better utilize their advantages.

From another perspective,

once every member of the snow spirit clan learned how to use these weapons,

then the Ice Snow Country would be in a state where every citizen was a soldier.

At that time, the combat power of the Ice Snow Country would rise by several levels.

But the problem lay in the fact that the Conservative Faction of the Ice Snow Country was far too stubborn and numerous.

Even the Radical Faction of the Ice Snow Country—the faction that supported the Empress’s reforms—

was somewhat conservative in their thinking and lacked confidence in some of the Ice Snow Empress’s reforms.

To prove his point, Lin Xun had no choice but to take these new weapons and compare them against a traditional archer from the Ice Snow Country.

Lin Xun had to let the facts speak for themselves; otherwise, he would never be able to shut the mouths of the Conservative Faction.

Furthermore, in future reforms, those conservatives would continuously try to obstruct them, which would be extremely detrimental to the Ice Snow Country.

Lin Xun brought over an adult male from the Ice Snow Country and spent half an hour teaching him how to use the AK47 rifle in his hands.

The Conservative Faction, on the other hand, sent a normal, traditional archer.

The content of their competition was simple: target practice at three hundred meters.

The traditional archer brought by the Conservative Faction very sharply pierced the bullseye three hundred meters away.

And the adult male, with the help of auxiliary aiming, also hit the bullseye with extreme precision.

Not only that, but in the time it took for the traditional archer to fire one arrow, this traditional male of the snow spirit clan holding the new weapon had already fired more than ten shots.

Although the power of these new weapons was indeed not as strong as bows forged over hundreds of years,

their power was already sufficient for the battlefield, and ten or so rapid shots were more advantageous than single shots fired one by one.

Furthermore, forging a bow required thousands of years.

Crafting those arrow feathers alone took several days per arrow.

Whereas the forging of this type of weapon required nothing more than rare Ore.

As for other matters, they were very simple and far more practical than bows and arrows.

But these facts alone were not enough.

The most important thing was the Ice Snow Empress’s own attitude.

If the Ice Snow Empress’s own attitude wasn’t firm enough,

then future matters would be very troublesome and would surely end in a mess.

The Ice Snow Empress finally decided that she would lead the snow spirit clan to resist the coming Great Calamity.

The reason was simple: that future Great Calamity would spread across the entire world.

Even if they fled underground, what then?

Once all the myriad races were controlled or enslaved, would her snow spirit clan be able to escape?

Moreover, if it truly came to that, the snow spirit clan would have no allies or resources and would only become playthings in the hands of others.

Lin Xun was quite happy that the Ice Snow Empress could see things clearly.

At the very least, the snow spirit clan would have a brand-new direction from now on and would no longer waver back and forth between two paths.

Of course, after making this decision, the Ice Snow Empress indicated that she would be responsible for it in the future.

Actually, there was no need to be responsible for anything.

Because the Ice Snow Empress was destined to be the last Empress of the snow spirit clan.

Regardless of whether she ultimately succeeded or failed.

Because if the decision the Ice Snow Empress made failed, then the snow spirit clan would be annihilated.

Wouldn’t the Ice Snow Empress then be the last Empress?