After the emperor finished speaking, he was slightly taken aback when he looked at Gu Changqing, who remained unmoved, before he realized what he had said.

Yes, how could someone like that be interested in his past?

"He, I wonder if you could extract the souls of my wife and children from my body and reshape them into new bodies?"

The emperor looked at Gu Changqing, who seemed to be ignoring him, and asked her with hope in his heart.

And so, Gu Changqing remained lost in thought, while the emperor opposite him patiently awaited his response and answer.

After a long silence, seemingly having finished his thought, Gu Changqing looked at the emperor standing opposite him and slowly spoke:

"Okay, but what can you offer me?"

"Everything! Everything I have! As long as they can be resurrected, not just this empire, but even my life, He can take it."

Upon hearing Gu Changqing's affirmative reply, the emperor finally revealed an excited expression and spoke impatiently.

Looking at the emperor before him, who clearly possessed the world's top combat power, yet was now willing to abandon everything for the sake of so-called family ties.

Gu Changqing was filled with disdain. Mortals are mortals after all. Even if they gain great power, their temperament cannot control it.

"Then you shall collect all the strange artifacts in the entire empire and hand them over to me."

Although he didn't understand why Gu Changqing needed all the Empire's strange artifacts, the Emperor had no choice but to believe him at this point and immediately said:

"Of course, Your Majesty, please wait in the palace for a few days. I need to send people to collect all the strange creatures from all over the empire."

After speaking, the emperor took out an object resembling a mobile phone from his robes, said a few words to it, and then explained to Gu Changqing:

"He, this is a communication device manufactured by the Imperial Research Institute. I have already ordered the guards to send someone here shortly to lead you to the resting area in the palace."

After explaining to Gu Changqing, the emperor then issued an order and notification to Marshal Maurice, who was waiting outside the passage.

He told him some information about his conversation with Gu Changqing, but apart from the request to collect the strange objects, the emperor did not tell him about the other past events or Gu Changqing's purpose in doing so.

After all, it's enough that only He and I know these things. Marshal Maurice is just a subordinate; he should just do his job well and doesn't need to know so much.

After a long while, the door, which contained two opposing auras, was reopened, and a team of members dressed in the uniforms of the Empire's S-class Mysterious Squad entered the hall.

Upon entering the main hall, the first thing they did was to walk up to the emperor, kneel on one knee, and perform an imperial salute with reverence.

"Greetings to the esteemed and great Emperor."

Several members of the S-class Weird Squad addressed the emperor standing before them with respect.

At the same time, they looked at Gu Changqing standing opposite the emperor. Although they did not know who Gu Changqing was, the emperor had personally ordered them to protect and lead this person.

This person must be of a status almost equal to that of an emperor, perhaps the leader of some mysterious force, who has come to the empire to discuss important matters with the emperor.

However, what they didn't expect was that the emperor sent them only to guide the way. If it weren't for the fact that his current status would cause unnecessary controversy by guiding Gu Changqing, he would have liked to guide him himself.

However, Gu Changqing did not care about this. In any case, the first step of the plan had been completed. Next, he could just wait for the emperor to gather all the strange objects in the empire and hand them over to him in a few days.

After handing the Emperor a storage ring he had exchanged from the Main God Space, as if he were storing all the strange objects he had collected into the ring, he then went with several members of the S-rank Strange Squad to the palace to rest.

As for the emperor, he was not surprised when he saw the ring, but was amazed by how large the space inside was.

Although the Empire also has some gadgets that can store items.

However, its internal space is less than one ten-thousandth of that of the black and gold ring.

The emperor put the ring on the index finger of his left hand and watched Gu Changqing and the others disappear into the passage.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected the conversation to be so simple. He had only said one sentence, yet it rekindled his hope of resurrecting his family.

Until a familiar figure re-entered the hall, breaking the silence that had fallen upon the space once more.

"Your Majesty."

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