"You..."
Ai Xing froze when Gu Xi put it that way. He had not expected Gu Xi to suddenly change the subject.
"What, is there a problem?"
Seeing Ai Xing react like that, Gu Xi smiled.
"N-no."
"Actually, it's only natural for you to have ideas. But if I said this was all a misunderstanding, that I didn't want anything, and just let you leave like this, would you feel at ease?"
"Well... not really."
Only then did Ai Xing come back to himself.
If Gu Xi really asked for nothing and simply left just like that...
Then Ai Xing would instead suspect Gu Xi was scheming something else, maybe planning to wipe out their entire city at some point.
Now that Gu Xi had made a demand, Ai Xing actually felt Gu Xi genuinely intended to spare them.
So Ai Xing said decisively, "Fine. What do you want?"
"I'm in a hurry right now, and I don't have time to waste on all that nonsense with you.
Two conditions and one question. If you accept, this matter ends here.
If you don't, I'll destroy you and leave."
Gu Xi spoke decisively as well.
"Say it."
At this point, Ai Xing could only brace himself and agree to hear it.
After all, the lives of everyone in the city were in Gu Xi's hands right now.
If he did not agree, who knew when they might look up and find the whole city gone?
"First, sign an agreement. After you die, all your souls will take my Yellow Springs Road."
Gu Xi stated his condition. Since he had no way to kill these people, what Gu Xi wanted first was population.
Just as Ai Xing was about to say something, Gu Xi spoke with absolute bluntness.
"Second, from now on,