When Qin An's words fell, dead silence gripped the scene. A dropped pin would have been heard.
The Mechanical Emperor raised his head in terror. Meeting Qin An's cold gaze, he stumbled back several steps.
"No! Don't kill me! I can still be useful! Once I recover my strength, I'll stand on your side. I'll be your dog. I'll go wherever you tell me and bite whoever you tell me, without daring to disobey you in the slightest! I swear I'll never betray you!"
He was afraid. Truly afraid. He had no will left to resist.
What terrified him was that Qin An genuinely intended to kill him.
If he had still possessed useful information, Qin An might have spared him. But he knew nothing about the things Qin An most wanted to learn, so Qin An would kill him without hesitation.
Yet he wanted to live.
Back in his own world, he had treated everyone as prey. Even when he destroyed that world, everyone before him had seemed like worthless weeds, with no reason to be left alive.
Only now, facing death himself, did he understand how terrifying it was.
As the saying went, the longer one lived, the more one feared death.
He had lived long enough to know how sweet life could be, and how intensely satisfying it felt to humiliate others.
But now he was about to die. He could not accept losing everything like this.
Qin An shook his head slightly and took a slow step forward. "You don't even have the most important information. What makes you think you're qualified to bargain with me for your life? Besides, I don't need your strength. Rather than keep a ticking time bomb at my side, I'd sooner kill you and have lasting peace."
He meant every