Through their confessions, Xie Qi learned that these people were from different periods and were brought into this world after their death.

Each of them has a countdown on their wrist. Before the countdown ends, they need to complete the task of assassinating the emperor, otherwise they will die immediately.

Liu Yanxue traveled through time and space to the original owner's body after the original owner fell ill and died more than a year ago. She died earlier than everyone else here, so she only had a week left to live.

This is also the reason why Liu Yanxue was willing to expose her identity and assassinate Xie Qi.

The other six people still have more than a year to live. They all traveled through time a month ago when two boats collided while they were on a boat trip and all the six people fell into the river and died.

Xie Qi looked at their exposed wrists, which displayed their life countdowns. He asked, "948, can you cancel the life countdowns on them?"

948: "Host, this is a group replication mission. Because there are so many people, the level is also the lowest. It is very easy to eliminate it."

After hearing this, Xie Qi realized that the saboteur might have thought that one time traveler could not deal with him, so he gathered a group of time travelers, hoping to win by outnumbering them.

But he never expected that Xie Qi would single out seven people at once.

Xie Qi: "How many people can be copied at most in one copy mission?"

948: "At most 100 people."

After hearing this answer, Xie Qi had a clue in his mind. He just needed to find all 100 people. Those who agreed to cooperate could be recruited for his own use, and those who disagreed could be killed directly.

At this moment, Wang Meng had already lowered his wrist. He looked at Xie Qi and asked, "Our mission is to kill you. You said you could help us, but do you want us to kill you?"

After hearing his words, Xie Qi slowly walked up to him, looked at the only troublemaker, and said, "If I can free you from the constraints of the countdown, can you promise not to become my enemy?"

Wang Meng: "I am a soldier in the modern era. Keeping my promises is my code. If you can really free me from the threat of the countdown, I am willing to serve you."

Xie Qi: "Okay, I believe you, but even if you break your promise, I don't mind. After all, there is no good end to going against me. You must remember that this is ancient times. I am the emperor. If I want to kill you, none of you can escape."

Under Xie Qi's threat, they knew that if they did not cooperate with Xie Qi, there would be even more terrible consequences waiting for them. So, they nodded one after another, indicating that they were willing to follow Xie Qi's arrangements.

Xie Qi turned to look at Wang Meng and said, "Wang Meng, stretch out your arms." Wang Meng hesitated, but still stretched out his arms.

Xie Qi grasped Wang Meng's wrist, and then a mechanical voice rang in his mind: "Contact between the host and the target has been detected. The life countdown mission cancellation operation is being executed..."

In less than a few seconds, the system prompt sounded again: "The countdown task has been successfully canceled."

Xie Qi let go of Wang Meng's wrist, only to see that the red number that was originally flashing on Wang Meng's wrist disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

Then, Xie Qi followed suit and canceled the life countdown for the other six people one by one.

When he finished with the last person, he said to them, "Okay, now you won't be restricted by the mission anymore."

Wang Meng touched his wrist, feeling the relief after the countdown that had been there disappeared. He raised his head, stared at Xie Qi, and asked doubtfully, "You helped us remove the countdown for our lives. What do you want us to do?"

Xie Qi smiled and said, "Didn't I tell your parents before that I wanted to create an organization called 'Pillars of the Nation'? This is no joke. With your modern minds, it shouldn't be difficult to create something new. Just use what you've learned to help me build a country. You'll definitely get some benefits."

When everyone heard this, they were all shaken. After all, Xie Qi had eliminated the danger of death for them and given them official positions. They only needed to use what they had learned in modern times to live a good life in this world.

Moreover, from their modern perspective, Xie Qi is the emperor, and as long as the emperor is their immediate superior, they will only get more benefits, not less.

After all, these modern people don't like the twists and turns of the court, nor do they want to enter the harem and accept polygamy. So after their lives are no longer in danger, it is wisest to follow the emperor.

What reassured them the most was that the emperor was also a modern man, so there was little pressure to get along with him. Therefore, everyone was willing to cooperate with Xie Qi.

At this time, Xie Qi said, "By the way, there are 100 time travelers like you. Those who haven't come here yet may come later. Pay more attention to your relatives to see if any of them have suddenly changed their personalities. Their mission should also be to assassinate me. They are most likely from the capital. You can test them tactfully and then bring them to me, or tell me."

After seeing them nod, Xie Qi continued, "You should know that only the traveler can know about the time travel. Others cannot tell it. So you must remember what I told you today. Don't tell anyone else except the traveler."

In this way, after some negotiations, Xie Qi reached a consensus with these seven people, and they officially became the first batch of pillars of the founding of the country.

Moreover, Xie Qi decided that this organization would be used specifically to shelter those time travelers who were willing to cooperate with him.

When Xie Qi led them back to the banquet venue, the ministers present noticed that their children, who had been obviously irritable and restless before, now all looked relaxed, as if all the burdens on their shoulders had been lifted.

However, what surprised the ministers the most was that Liu Yanxue, who had just attempted to assassinate the emperor, was also following at the end of the team.

This scene shocked everyone. Who could have thought that this rebellious woman would suddenly appear here?

Xie Qi looked at the ministers' surprised expressions and explained with a smile, "Prime Minister, you work day and night for the country and the people. It's truly hard work. Furthermore, you only have one daughter, and I have just interrogated her. This is all just a misunderstanding. Therefore, I have decided to forgive her sins this time and include her in the founding organization."

When the Prime Minister heard this, a huge weight of relief finally fell from his heart. He had been worried about his daughter's behavior, and now he was overjoyed to hear that the emperor was so tolerant.

He immediately knelt and kowtowed, tears streaming down his face as he said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace! Your Majesty is truly kind and generous. I am deeply grateful!"

When the banquet was over, all the ministers asked their children where the emperor had taken them on their way home.

Most of their answers were to speak well of the emperor, saying that they were willing to serve him, etc. This made these ministers almost suspect that the emperor had brainwashed their children.