Chapter 113: Earth Has Been Discovered

Cang Luo pretended to be asleep, lying atop Uesugi Emiko, occasionally shifting his body.

Cang Luo was ecstatic to the point of explosion, but he dared not move too much, pausing now and then, afraid Uesugi Emiko would realize he wasn’t asleep—then the game would be over.

By the way, how did she knock me out?

Cang Luo recalled: from the moment he rescued Uesugi Emiko until just before he nearly passed out, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual about her behavior.

Even meals were separate—he ate his own, she ate hers; she had no chance to poison him.

As Cang Luo pondered, suddenly he noticed the osmanthus scent on Uesugi Emiko growing stronger.

Could this osmanthus scent be the culprit?

Cang Luo was startled, quickly twisted his body, feigned a movement, turned his head, and covered his nose.

At the same time, he bit his tongue to stay alert and whispered to Erha, telling them that if they sensed him about to faint again, they should rush in and kill Uesugi Emiko.

After securing his backup plan, Cang Luo wondered: if this osmanthus scent truly induced sleep, then hadn’t Uesugi Emiko intended to kill him the moment she saw him?

They didn’t know each other, and he had saved her—why would she attack her savior?

No, she was being chased by the Shadow Tiger then; she had no intention of killing anyone, even abandoned him to flee. If she hadn’t encountered Lei Bao Yang and been chased back, none of this would’ve happened.

Cang Luo concluded: this osmanthus scent must truly be her natural body odor—but one that could induce sleep in anyone who smelled it.

Is this a passive skill?

Cang Luo sighed inwardly, continuing his analysis. He guessed Uesugi Emiko had seen his phone, then decided to use her body odor to knock him unconscious and steal it.

If so, that explained why she seduced him—her body odor must require close proximity to take effect.

Hah! If you need to be this close to poison me, then I’ll make it even closer.

Pressed right against my body—satisfied now?

Beneath him, Uesugi Emiko didn’t know Cang Luo had never fainted, nor that he had nearly guessed the secret of the Dream-Sleep Scent.

Right now, she was straining desperately to wriggle free from beneath him—but how could Cang Luo give her that chance?

Uesugi Emiko panted heavily, slowly pushing against Cang Luo, but the moment she pushed him slightly away, he twisted his body again, clinging to her like an octopus.

Cang Jun’s sleeping posture is so strange—like a child...

Uesugi Emiko frowned, struggled a few more times, yet still couldn’t escape. She decided to stop resisting, waiting for Cang Luo to roll over on his own.

While waiting, she began studying the communication device.

The phone screen lit up, emitting faint light inside the tent; the colorful images left Uesugi Emiko in awe.

Cang Luo noticed Uesugi Emiko had stopped struggling and was playing with the phone, so he increased both the frequency and force of his body movements.

He wanted to laugh—this Japanese woman was so naive; she still hadn’t realized he wasn’t unconscious.

Ha! You play with your phone, I play with you.

We each play our own game, no interference, no debts owed...

Actually, Uesugi Emiko had begun suspecting Cang Luo wasn’t poisoned or unconscious, and guessed he was taking advantage of her.

But she had no intention of exposing him—studying the communication device was more important. If she could uncover its secrets, a little groping didn’t matter.

But this communication device seemed sealed with a forbidden array—how could she remove it?

Cang Luo continued twisting his body; Uesugi Emiko gritted her teeth, enduring the strange sensations in her body, staring at the nine-grid forbidden array formed by strange runes on the device, trying to recall how Cang Luo had deactivated it.

Back then, Cang Jun had tapped four runes, and the array was deactivated.

The first rune was probably the center one—the other three...

Uesugi Emiko recalled Cang Luo’s phone unlock code: she guessed the first digit correctly—it was ‘5’—but she didn’t know the next three.

She dared not risk trying, afraid of triggering the forbidden array.

Cang Luo stole a glance, smirking inwardly—If you guess it right, I’ll eat the phone!

Uesugi Emiko was still recalling the phone’s unlock code; Cang Luo accelerated and intensified his movements further...

Gradually, Uesugi Emiko felt increasingly uncomfortable...

She knew what was happening; she gritted her teeth and endured it—she must uncover the secret of the communication device.

For the rise of Japan, this sacrifice meant nothing...

After a while longer, Uesugi Emiko felt increasingly uneasy—extremely “uncomfortable,” extremely “painful!”

To distract herself, she decided to try deactivating the forbidden array.

She tapped the digits: 5, 7, 4, 9...

The moment she pressed ‘9’, the phone vibrated violently, accompanied by a shrill alarm—the alarm Cang Luo had set upon suspecting she might steal the phone, triggered upon failed unlock attempts.

She had anticipated the forbidden array’s failure would cause vibration—she was prepared.

But this alarm—she had never anticipated it, had zero preparation.

Uesugi Emiko was terrified, startled into panic, heart pounding in her throat, trembling involuntarily, instinctively clutching Cang Luo tighter.

That tremor was the final straw—Cang Luo could no longer hold back!

Uesugi Emiko whispered in shock: “Cang Jun! Don’t...”

An hour later.

Uesugi Emiko was watching a video on her phone: *Avengers: Endgame*.

Though she didn’t understand what the characters were saying, she was utterly captivated.

She was deeply drawn to the superpowered heroes and the high-tech weapons and gear.

Especially when the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier appeared, she gasped repeatedly, unable to believe such a massive iron hulk could fly through the air—and vanish.

Uesugi Emiko was stunned—far more stunned than when she first learned the secret of the communication device.

She was so stunned she forgot Cang Luo’s presence, forgot what he was doing right then...

Cang Luo had shown her the movie because she had cried—he didn’t know what to do, so he played it for her. He never expected she’d instantly stop crying.

So Uesugi Emiko watched the movie, while Cang Luo... laid siege and conquered!

After a while, she asked him where the locations in the movie were, who the powerful figures were, and why the devices looked so strange.

Cang Luo was busy laying siege and conquering, had no time to answer, so he brushed her off: the locations were his hometown, the powerful figures were warriors from his hometown, and the planes and cannons she mistook for treasures were unique weapons from his homeland.

Uesugi Emiko was stunned, believing him completely. She watched the movie intently, analyzing and speculating about his words.

Where is Cang Jun’s hometown? Is there such a place on the Yuanwu Continent? Buildings towering over a hundred zhang, vehicles with four wheels that moved on their own without horses.

Most astonishing was that flying, invisible giant ship...

Also, the people of Cang Jun’s hometown were mostly aliens, dressed in bizarre clothing, wielding magical weapons that fired hidden projectiles and exploded...

Uesugi Emiko simply couldn’t imagine any such place on the Yuanwu Continent.

Suddenly, a thought struck her.

Could Cang Jun’s hometown not be on the Yuanwu Continent at all—but somewhere in a hidden realm? And is his communication device a product of that realm?

At that moment, Uesugi Emiko recalled something: earlier, Cang Jun had used the communication device to send messages—could the recipient be someone from that hidden realm?

Can Cang Jun communicate with people from that hidden realm?

How did Cang Jun come from that hidden realm to the Yuanwu Continent?

What was his purpose?

Uesugi Emiko didn’t know—but her heart was now pounding with excitement.

She had accidentally uncovered information about a hidden realm!

And not just any hidden realm—one filled with human beings!

But it seemed... these humans weren’t very strong, merely ordinary people relying on external tools, with only a few powerful individuals—perhaps no stronger than Martial Kings. Yet their weapons and treasures were terrifyingly potent.

If Japan could obtain this hidden realm, and its weapons and treasures...

No! Japan must obtain this hidden realm!

If Japan could seize this hidden realm and its miraculous weapons and treasures, perhaps it could unify the entire Yuanwu Continent!

Thinking of this, Uesugi Emiko trembled uncontrollably, instinctively clutching Cang Luo tighter, beginning to respond to him.

She knew too little about this hidden realm—she must extract more information from Cang Jun’s mouth.

And she couldn’t rush, couldn’t alarm him, couldn’t make him suspicious—otherwise he might use the communication device to warn the people of the hidden realm...

Uesugi Emiko responded to Cang Luo while watching the two-hour-plus *Avengers: Endgame*, all the while planning how to extract information about the hidden realm from him.

Cang Luo, still charging through battlefields and conquering territories, had no idea Uesugi Emiko had already pieced together the existence of Earth—and was already plotting how to make Japan seize it.

Half an hour later.

Cang Luo, still conquering, suddenly felt ravenous.

Starving—extremely starving!

So hungry he felt weak, dizzy, lightheaded.

Cang Luo’s heart turned cold—he suspected Uesugi Emiko again, but her rapt attention to the movie made that seem unlikely.

Cang Luo frowned, ordered Erha to stand guard, then pulled out a second-grade demon core and swallowed it.

Demon cores contained abundant yuan energy; absorbing them could also relieve hunger.

So Cang Luo began conquering while simultaneously absorbing the demon core.

It worked—his hunger vanished instantly.

But five minutes later, something shocking happened.

The second-grade demon core, which he’d estimated would take five to six hours to absorb, had been fully processed in just five minutes.

His absorption speed had increased dozens of times—but Cang Luo wasn’t happy, because he’d absorbed less than ten percent of the core’s yuan energy; the other ninety percent had vanished without a trace.

Abnormal! Absolutely abnormal!

Cang Luo was stunned, confused—and hungry again.

Cang Luo cursed loudly, starving painfully, strangely—so he swallowed another second-grade demon core. Same result: absorbed less than ten percent of the yuan energy.

What’s going on? Why am I suddenly starving? Fine, hunger’s one thing—but eating core stones doesn’t help at all!

And why is the core stone being absorbed so fast? Ninety percent of its primordial energy is gone!

This is pure wastefulness!

Cang Luo was stunned, furious, heartbroken—and then hungry again.

The second-grade core stones were gone, but he still had over thirty first-grade ones.

He kept eating, one core stone after another swallowed...

Cang Luo didn’t know how long he’d been eating, only that Shinsugi Emiko had finished watching Avengers 1 and was now halfway through Avengers 2.

The core stones were gone, but Cang Luo wasn’t full—he was hungrier than ever, trembling all over.

Cang Luo grew afraid. He didn’t know what was happening to him.

In his state of extreme hunger, Cang Luo’s forces were depleted; he had no will to capture cities or seize territory. Lord Shinsugi Emiko gave him a puzzled glance.

Cang Luo froze. That glance felt like a challenge to his ability.

In the next instant, Cang Luo erupted in rage. He gritted his teeth and pulled out his last core stone—the fifth-grade core of the Shadow Panther.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he decided he was acting abnormally—and abnormal conditions required abnormal remedies.

So Cang Luo swallowed the Shadow Panther’s core stone.

The instant it entered his body, the core’s primordial energy exploded inside him—wild, overwhelming, surging chaotically through his meridians, as if trying to burst free.

Cang Luo was startled again. Could it really be true? Would he really explode and die, as Shinsugi Emiko had warned?

A few seconds later, he exhaled in relief. He realized he was now absorbing the Shadow Panther’s core energy—and the hunger vanished.

Instantly, his forces were replenished. He became strong and mighty once more, continuing his campaign to conquer cities and territories...