In the world of "Covering the Sky": An Analysis of the Ancient Sacred Body at the Start

"Brother Yu, when are you planning to go to the Arctic to find the temple? Can you take me with you?"

After escorting Xiao En back to the Supervisory Council, Fan Xian rushed back. He had just visited the Empress Dowager and obtained the key to the box by imperial decree.

"We're leaving in three days! You should stay! We need you to lead the spread of the faith."

War requires a lot of preparation, including strategic planning, material reserves, weapons and equipment, and even the weather is one of the factors that need to be considered.

Otherwise, Yu Yi would have already sent troops to attack Qi and Dongyi City, instead of dragging it out until now.

The journey to the Arctic to find the temple will take about three or four months. By the time we return, everything will be ready, and after unifying the world, we can go back to Shrouding the Heavens.

"No, please. I can entrust the matter of spreading the faith to my trusted subordinates. It definitely won't cause any problems. Brother Yu, please take me with you..."

Fan Xian was very curious about the temple and insisted on going with him, so Yu Yi had no choice but to agree.

"Since you insist on going, then go back and prepare! You know what the situation is like in the Arctic, remember to bring Wuzhu with you."

"Okay, no problem!"

Although Wu Zhu has lost his memory, he has a close connection with the temple and a certain feeling for it, which may be helpful in finding the temple.

……

"Uncle Wuzhu, His Majesty plans to go to the Arctic to find a temple. We will go with him."

"Also, I just went to the Cining Palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager—no, I should call her the Grand Empress Dowager now—and I got the key to the box from her..."

After returning to the Fan residence, Fan Xian called Wu Zhu into the room, and then carefully took out the box hidden in the wardrobe and placed it on the table.

Fan Xian did not light a lamp. As a cultivator in the Bitter Sea Realm, he was naturally able to see in the dark. He inserted the key into the brass-like keyhole.

With a click, the box opened, revealing a small black panel with some strange little squares on it—this was the keyboard.

"The password is my name, but I forgot what it is. I only remember it was my name, and the lady said it only has five input methods..."

Standing behind Fan Xian, Wu Zhu suddenly spoke. Although his eyes were covered by a black cloth, they still revealed an emotion called sadness.

"ggttgh..."

Fan Xian nodded slightly. He had already asked Yu Yi, so he naturally knew what the password was. The password wasn't that the name only had five strokes, but rather the Wubi input method.

The box opened with a soft click, revealing a disassembled Barrett rifle and two letters addressed to Fan Xian and Wu Zhu respectively.

"Uncle Wuzhu, this letter was left for you by my mother. Also, could you please go to the cellar of Taiping Villa and retrieve the bullets my mother left behind?"

"What is a bullet?"

Wu Zhu had clearly forgotten about the bullet, so Fan Xian could only describe its appearance, size, and length to him.

"Oh! The thing you're talking about is indeed in Taiping Villa. I thought it was useless, so I didn't bring it with me when I carried you away."

After Wu Zhu finished speaking, he turned and left. About fifteen minutes later, Wu Zhu returned with three bullets.

Fan Xian was frowning as he fumbled to assemble a Barrett sniper rifle. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person and had never had the chance to come into contact with firearms.

Finally, it took Fan Xian most of the hour to finally and painstakingly assemble the Barrett.

"Finally assembled! It's a pity there are only three bullets, otherwise I really wanted to test their power..."

"This thing isn't very useful to me now, but since Brother Yu said it's for sniping geniuses, then he's definitely right..."

Fan Xian plans to hand over the Barrett to his younger sister, Fan Ruoruo. Now that he is a cultivator in the Bitter Sea Realm, the Barrett is of little use to him.

After playing with it for a while, Fan Xian felt it wasn't very interesting, so he disassembled the Barrett, put it back in the box and locked it up before opening the letter to read it.

"Brother Yu didn't lie to me. I really didn't time travel. This world is still the same Earth..."

After reading the letter, Fan Xian burned it immediately. Some secrets are best kept to himself.

……

An endless snowfield, a winding coastline covered in solid ice, where occasionally polar bears can be spotted foraging for food.

A cold wind blew in their faces, and heavy snow fell everywhere. In this desolate Arctic snowfield, a team of several thousand people was struggling to move forward.

"Brother Yu, we've been searching for half a month using the map, and we haven't even found a trace of the temple. Is Sean's map reliable at all?"

"And Uncle Wuzhu, do you really have absolutely no recollection of anything about the temple?"

Yu Yi and his group of several thousand people spent two months reaching the Arctic, and then spent another half a month searching for the temple using a map, but they still could not find it.

The temperature in the Arctic is extremely low, especially at night. Fortunately, the weakest of the people Yu Yi brought this time were all eighth-rank martial artists, who were already immune to heat and cold.

"The map is correct! Because I have a gut feeling that the temple is nearby, and the further I go, the stronger this feeling becomes..."

Although Wu Zhu has lost his memory, he is an intelligent robot who came out of the temple, and he always maintains a certain connection with the temple's artificial intelligence.

"Your Majesty, the temple has been found..."

At this moment, Deng Li stepped forward with a joyful expression to report that they had found a strange building more than ten miles away, which was very likely the legendary temple.

"lead the way!"

Then, led by Deng Li, the group traveled more than ten miles away and saw a building covered by heavy snow, with only a corner of it showing.

At Yu Yi's command, everyone sprang into action and quickly cleared away the snow, finally revealing the building's true form.

It was a modern-style building, resembling a temple in appearance, blending harmoniously with its surroundings, with a large metal gate directly in front.

"Uncle Wuzhu, weren't you a temple messenger before? You should be able to open the temple gates, right?"

Wu Zhu nodded slightly and slowly walked to the front of the temple, placing his right hand on the metal door, seemingly communicating with the temple's artificial intelligence.

"Museum staff detected, identity verification in progress... Identity verification successful, gates are opening, Wuzhu, welcome home..."

Just then, an electronic voice suddenly sounded, and the metal doors of the temple slowly opened. The legendary temple was finally about to unveil its secrets.

Inside the temple is a large exhibition hall displaying a variety of military weapons, each with a corresponding description.

There was only one of each weapon, but the display stand marked Barrett was empty. Clearly, that Barrett was the one that Ye Qingmei took away.