Imperial Treasure
In the end, Gao Ming was saved by a Player he'd met by chance while fleeing. Later, they were sent back to Yu Kingdom, where they worked as laborers near the border for a year before fleeing again because of the Player War.
During this escape, he came across an injured Player who was a member of Yu Kingdom's current government. After Gao Ming saved him, the man arranged for Gao Ming and his wife to be taken away from the border and sent to Yongta Kingdom. He also told Gao Ming that Yu Kingdom would remain unstable for many years, and warned him not to return.
Afterward, Gao Ming kept an eye on Yu Kingdom's situation. Rumors that the Imperial Treasure had resurfaced alone sparked at least a dozen large-scale Player Wars within the country. Only after fighting had nearly wiped out the population did they redraw the nation's borders, at least leaving ordinary people somewhere they could have children.
"Later, I wandered all over Yongta Kingdom. Communications weren't very convenient, so most of what I heard came from Players who came to me for medical treatment," Gao Ming said. "Yu Kingdom is still looking for the former Chief Executive, and the Imperial Treasure still hasn't been recovered."
"What exactly is Yu Kingdom's Imperial Treasure?" Xu Huo asked.
The game world wasn't like the age of cold weapons. Faith or bloodlines alone couldn't secure power. If so many people were fighting over the Imperial Treasure, at least some people had to recognize its special qualities.
"I don't know much about that," Gao Ming said. "I heard that members of the Supreme God Tribunal had seen it, but when the former Chief Executive left twenty years ago, he blew up the Tribunal, and those people disappeared too."
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