In just a few short months, the entire planet had been completely unified, and all native intelligent beings now bowed at Xiao Yu’s feet. During these months, Xiao Yu had been quietly recuperating. He had only a single robot available, and the stockpiled materials were limited. For now, Xiao Yu was only repairing and maintaining the most critical parts of the Hope spaceship. These parts were of utmost importance and could not be allowed even the slightest mishap.

After the news that the savage nations had been completely wiped out reached the capital, the emperor led all his ministers to once again hold a grand sacrificial ceremony to Xiao Yu. All intelligent beings prostrated themselves in the most humble posture before Xiao Yu, swearing eternal allegiance and vowing never to betray him, not even in death.

It was at this time that Xiao Yu once more displayed divine miracles.

A vast voice spread from Xiao Yu’s position throughout the imperial capital.

“My children, I have an extremely important task to entrust to you. I cannot stay in the Kingdom of Oracle for too long. After a period of time, I will leave here and go to the demon’s lair, to wipe out all demons and ensure they can never again come here to commit evil. And to prevent any fish that slip through the net from coming here while I am away, I have decided to forge a Divine Sword.”

“To forge the Divine Sword, I will need vast quantities of mineral essence. So I need all of you to mobilize, search for these mineral essences all around the world, and transport them here. I have already pinpointed where these mineral essences are buried. Shortly, I will give you maps showing where these minerals are distributed.”

“The amount of ore you gather will be one measure of your loyalty. All who are loyal to me, all who believe in me, I will lead you to the heavenly world and let you enjoy the treatment of celestial beings. Go now, my children…”

Under Xiao Yu’s call, the entire civilization was stirred into motion. The emperor took this matter as the best possible opportunity to display his loyalty. He even personally set out, leading the harem, ministers, and guards to one of the ‘mineral essence’ sites to mine. From top to bottom, officials, every stratum of society, whether merchants, commoners, or even slaves, all threw themselves into this enterprise with fervent enthusiasm.

Xiao Yu had designated roughly more than two hundred large mining sites that were easy to excavate and convenient for transportation, and all of this civilization’s mining activity now revolved around these mining bases. The natives’ enthusiasm exceeded Xiao Yu’s expectations. Farmers abandoned agricultural production, scholars gave up composing poems and essays, officials neglected state administration, and merchants stopped their trade and business. The entire power of society was being poured into this effort.

But this was untenable. Such social development was distorted. Without farmers, the intelligent beings would eventually starve. Without officials handling governmental affairs, society would inevitably fall into chaos. Without merchants, goods could not circulate. With no other choice, Xiao Yu had to add another decree, proclaiming that people of each profession performing their own duties would also be counted as a kind of contribution, and ordering the emperor to strengthen oversight. Only then was the chaos somewhat relieved.

Even so, society still revolved around ore gathering. A huge amount of social resources were poured into this endeavor, which inevitably affected other domains. The economy of a civilization at the Age of Nations was simply too fragile. To prevent shortages of clothing, food, and materials, and to raise the overall labor efficiency of the populace as much as possible to shorten his stay here, Xiao Yu had no choice but to pour his efforts into technologically transforming this society.

Xiao Yu took out many technologies that could be applied at this stage, such as simple road-building techniques, simple mechanical tools, simple lifting machinery, smelting methods, improved agricultural planting techniques that increased yields, more efficient weaving machines, faster ways for information to circulate, and so on. Using himself as the driving force, Xiao Yu was pushing this preliminary civilization into a rapid technological leap.

“This can be considered a small gift from me to you… At this rate of development, in a few decades your technology should reach about the level of the First Industrial Revolution.” Xiao Yu thought to himself. “The more advanced your technology becomes, the higher your work efficiency, the more beneficial it is to me. This is, by nature, a mutually beneficial arrangement.”

Countless craftsmen were being drafted into the imperial capital, where they began learning the forging and smelting methods they regarded as divine arts, preparing to handle the massive influx of raw ore. Large numbers of laborers were building in another direction. Under Xiao Yu’s guidance and according to his blueprints, one bizarre-looking structure after another rose up. The roads connecting the capital to the outer regions had been widened and evened out, and every day great numbers of ore transport vehicles rumbled along these roads.

The main structure of the Hope spaceship was built from micro-particle aggregated material mixed with a certain amount of Python Race Alien Beast flesh. The details were made from a wide variety of elements chosen according to the functional requirements. To repair the Hope’s main structure, Xiao Yu did not have high-level materials like Level 6 Alien Beast flesh or micro-particle aggregated material at his disposal. After evaluating his current construction capability, Xiao Yu concluded that the most feasible substitute was helium-atomic polymer material. As for the repair of other detailed components, whatever element had originally been used would still need to be used now.

The Hope spaceship’s demands even for ordinary elements were very high, which meant that Xiao Yu would have to build a huge number of smelting and processing plants. However, it was obvious that Xiao Yu lacked the capacity to do this at present. With no other options, he could only lower his standards. As long as the products were barely usable, that was enough.

But what Xiao Yu called ‘barely usable’ was already an astonishingly high standard to this preliminary civilization. Xiao Yu spent at least ten years trying to build factories that met his standards and still failed. With no alternative, he had to scale his goal down to building rudimentary smelting plants, then have the lone robot perform high-precision processing. It was slow, but at least this way he could produce parts that met specifications.

In this manner, a unique era of grand construction began. For Xiao Yu in the past, each of his eras of great construction meant tens of millions or even billions of spaceships being built. This time, however, the entire era of grand construction was for the sake of repairing a single spaceship, and a Town-Class small spaceship at that.

“This is the sum of the power of this preliminary civilization. They are simply too backward. For them to reach this level is already extremely difficult. I cannot demand too much.” Xiao Yu sighed to himself.

Inside the Hope spaceship, the sole multi-functional robot worked tirelessly day and night, patching up every bit of damage on the Hope’s hull. Under this robot’s unremitting labor, three years later the Hope’s conventional drive engine and antigravity engine were repaired. This meant that from this moment on, Xiao Yu again possessed the ability to leave this planet, enter space, and carry out short-range interstellar voyages.

Twenty years later, the curvature drive engine was repaired, and Xiao Yu regained the capability for curvature flight. Thirty years later, the ship’s hull repairs were completed. Forty years later, the Hope spaceship had restored eighty percent of its original capabilities.

The time to leave had arrived. On this primitive planet, a repair rate of eighty percent was already the limit.

Once again, Xiao Yu used his vast voice to announce that the Divine Sword had been completed and that he would now leave the Kingdom of Oracle to travel to the demons’ lair and annihilate them all. Under Xiao Yu’s control, the Hope spaceship slowly lifted off from the ground and rose into the sky.

“My children, once I have destroyed the demons, I will return again to grant you perpetual well-being and peace. During the period of my absence, the Divine Sword will protect your safety and destroy all demons who dare invade.”

As Xiao Yu spoke, he had the multi-functional robot carry a greatsword and fly across the capital, finally planting it beside his statue. In that instant, the Divine Sword erupted into brilliant radiance, illuminating the dark night sky as bright as day, and it shone for a full ten minutes before gradually dimming.

The so-called Divine Sword was merely something Xiao Yu forged from leftover scraps used in repairing the Hope spaceship, with some automatic defense systems embedded inside. That dazzling glow was nothing more than ordinary lighting equipment.

“I have already bestowed divine power upon the Divine Sword. So long as the Divine Sword stands here, the Kingdom of Oracle will never be destroyed. My children, farewell.”

With these words, Xiao Yu piloted the Hope spaceship into space and continued his journey. On the planet below, countless people lay prostrate, and the cries of “We respectfully send off the god” rang on without end.

“I hope that the next time I come, you will at least have stepped into the interstellar age…” In space, Xiao Yu took one last look at this planet and resolutely entered curvature flight.

After Xiao Yu’s departure, the court historian made this record, “The god gathered mineral essences to forge the Divine Sword. During the forging, wind and thunder surged without cease, and divine fire burned day and night without going out. After more than fifty years, it was finally completed. Thereafter, the Divine Sword stood beside the holy statue as the sacred national treasure of the Kingdom of Oracle. The god said that as long as the Divine Sword stands, no demon will dare invade the Kingdom of Oracle.”

“After the Divine Sword was erected, the god ascended to the Ninth Heaven. Before leaving, the god said, ‘I go now to slay demons. When I have swept away all evil, I will return and grant the Kingdom of Oracle everlasting well-being and peace.’”

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