Chapter 652: Emperor’s Party 279
“How do you feel, Hanton?”
“Your Majesty,” Yang Ming frowned and said, “I’m not very accustomed to the environment here.”
“Haha, I can tell,” the Emperor replied with a smile, “with those old cronies around just now, I couldn’t show you too much care… Would you attack me, Hanton?”
“How could I possibly… Your Majesty, I am loyal to the Empire.”
The Emperor raised an eyebrow slightly, “Everyone standing in front of me has said similar things, come over here, I have something to discuss with you.”
Yang Ming stood up and walked past the intermingled bodies, heading straight to the Emperor’s seat without looking to the side.
The Emperor pushed away the maid in his arms, leaving only two maids standing behind him.
Several maids began pushing a heavy sofa; seeing this, Yang Ming extended his right hand proactively, slightly activating his spiritual power, causing the sofa to slide over by itself.
“Wow!” The Old Emperor’s eyes lit up, “Is this telekinesis? Spiritual telekinesis?”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Yang Ming replied, “a kind of similar power that can be produced when the brain develops to a certain extent, with many marvelous uses.”
The Old Emperor laughed, “I’ve seen nearly all the data on supermodified people, and you are the most surprising to me… May I touch it? Your skin.”
Whoa, could this old guy have had enough of ordinary men and women?
Although he didn’t play with Spiritual Control as smoothly as Bryant, he was still quite adept at it. Wasn’t the Emperor of the Empire afraid…
Oh, right, this was the Empire’s Emperor; he probably wasn’t really afraid of these conceivable means.
Yang Ming extended his right hand, and the Emperor leaned his body over, grabbing Yang Ming’s right hand and gently rubbing it a few times.
“After completing the gene modification of Ancient Gods, did your growth and development become very slow?”
The Old Emperor asked softly:
“Hanton, your current state is identical to the state when the Kigrov experimental ship exploded, is it not?
“They avoid this topic with me, and the Empire’s laws, as well as the admonitions of previous emperors, prohibit such things. The Emperor cannot modify himself, listen, isn’t it an absurd decision?
“I clearly already have everything, yet I cannot extend my youth and life, oh no, even just youth. I understand that life should be granted full meaning by natural death.”
The Old Emperor let out a slight sigh and released Yang Ming’s right hand.
He looked up at Yang Ming, “One of the characteristics of the Ancient Gods is immortality. Can you do it too, dear Hanton?”
Yang Ming suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
At that moment, he seemed to see a nutrient tank filled with his own excrement.
“Your Majesty,” Yang Ming sighed softly, “the world… is balanced.”
“You gain something, you’ll lose something,” Yang Ming quickly organized his thoughts in his mind, “the same goes for me. I’ve lost many precious things.”
The Old Emperor glanced down at the area between Yang Ming’s nose and lips.
Yang Ming hurriedly said, “This is still normal.”
“Then what have you lost?”
“A lot,” Yang Ming sighed, “the simplest price is that I must live with the Genetic Stabilization Liquid for the rest of my life. Without this stuff, I would collapse within half a month, becoming an unconscious cosmic creature, with consciousness occupied by the instincts of my cells.”
“Oh, then stay a little farther from me,” the Old Emperor moved away slightly with some distaste, “don’t splash any on me if you collapse.”
Yang Ming opened his mouth.
The Old Emperor already laughed heartily.
The Emperor patted Yang Ming’s arm and said warmly,
“You need not be tense. The Emperor’s Power has actually been locked in a cage, and I won’t harm you in any way; I’m just purely curious.
“Who doesn’t long for eternal youth, zestful life, to live several hundred more years?
“An Emperor can do it. I have various methods to do it, but I can’t. I must let my successor sit on this position steadily when my natural lifespan ends, maintaining the vitality of the throne, providing this nation with continuous momentum for development.
“Every Emperor faces these challenges, so take a look at these princes below. They have little ambition, indulging in carnal desires, making them the most fitting candidates for the next Emperor.
“As long as the Emperor doesn’t stir things up, it’s the best option for the Empire.”
Yang Ming laughed, “Your Majesty, I do not understand these things.”
“You also don’t need to understand,” the Emperor pointed to the screen at the back, “there are a few women over there.”
“Young man, Hanton, my knight.”
The Emperor whispered,
“I can give you everything you want, but first you must give me what I want.
“Those women have prepared blood collection devices. I need a little of your blood for research, not too much, a hundred milliliters will be enough.
“This way, you’ll have leverage against me, the leverage against the Emperor of the Empire.”