Chapter 6: Contacting Earth 1

The phone emitted a 'beep', indicating the call had connected, but Cang Luo did not speak first.

"Minister, it's connected," came an excited voice from the other end of the phone.

"Cang Luo? This is Li Weiguo, head of the Feng Lin Huo Shan special department of Huaxia. There is something very important I need to confirm with you; please cooperate."

Hearing the voice from his homeland, Cang Luo said joyfully, "Hello, I am Cang Luo. My family..."

Before Cang Luo could finish, Li Weiguo spoke again: "Good, Cang Luo, now please cooperate with us and answer my questions.

One, do you know where the other world you are in is located..."

His words were cut off. Cang Luo felt slightly annoyed, so he interrupted the other person, saying, "Where are my family? I want to speak with them."

He must first confirm whether his family is safe; family is the most important thing.

If it were truly as Eden and Izumo Society claimed, that his family was under house arrest, then Cang Luo would refuse to reveal any information about the other world to Huaxia.

The other end of the phone paused for several seconds before Li Weiguo's voice came again: "Very well, transfer the call to his family's phone and let them speak."

Hearing these words, Cang Luo's heart sank; his family was indeed in their hands, but he hoped they were not under house arrest.

While waiting to speak with his family, Cang Luo's phone kept emitting 'beep-beep' sounds.

This indicated that someone was currently calling his phone; Cang Luo didn't need to think to know who it was.

One minute later, Cang Luo's mother's urgent voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo, are you okay? Where are you? Did you eat breakfast?"

"Mom..."

Cang Luo's voice trembled slightly; although they had only been apart for one day, they were now separated by an unknown distance, as if by a lifetime, and he didn't know when they would meet again.

Cang Luo choked out, "Mom, I'm fine, I'm very safe. What about you? Where are Dad and little sister?"

"Xiao Luo..."

"Brother, we are here."

Cang Luo's father and sister's voices sounded simultaneously. Cang's father took the phone and said, "Xiao Luo, we are fine, we are very safe.

For now, we are temporarily living in the Imperial Capital. Do not worry about us. Is it dangerous where you are?"

"It is very safe here. What about you? Did they do anything to you?"

Cang's father said with relief, "Mm, that's good. We are very safe; you don't need to worry.

Sigh... Comrade Guard, please give me a few more minutes..."

Seeing the guard try to take the phone back, Cang's father hurriedly said, "Cang Luo, you must cooperate well with the nation to complete the mission and serve your homeland..."

"Dad, Dad, Mom, little sister..." Cang Luo shouted anxiously.

"Cang Luo, do not make us repeat ourselves; please answer our questions."

This time, it was not Li Weiguo speaking; the voice was extremely sharp, full of a commanding tone.

That person paused briefly and continued, "One, do you know where the other world you are in is located? What are the characteristics of this other world?

Two, is there any way to return to Earth?

Three, why can the phone connect to the internet and make calls to Earth?"

Hearing these several commands, Cang Luo's face grew cold; this commanding tone was extremely unpleasant.

It was as if he owed the man several million, or as if he were the man's subordinate. Cang Luo said impatiently, "Who are you?"

"Who am I?" The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have heard an unbelievable response.

After a moment of silence, the other party said in a deep voice, "I am Chen Jun, Deputy Minister of the National Special Department Feng Lin Huo Shan, and Feng Lin Huo Shan reports directly to the Cabinet Committee. Who do you think I am?

Answer my questions immediately. Do not disappoint the nation, do not disappoint your parents, or else..."

"You are threatening me with my family?"

Cang Luo roared in a low voice, pulled the phone away from his ear, unwilling to hear the other person's voice any longer. Ignoring Li Weiguo's voice from the phone saying "Don't misunderstand," he hung up directly.

Cang Luo's eyes widened in anger, his teeth clenched tight: "They actually threatened me with my family. Indeed, what Eden and Izumo Society said is true.

My family is under house arrest; they want to use this to blackmail me into providing information about the other world."

At this moment, Cang Luo set a goal for himself.

Learn the cultivation techniques of the Yuanwu Continent, wait until next year to return to Earth, and utterly destroy those who wanted to harm, or had already harmed, himself and his family...

But now, his family is in their hands. What should he do?

Cang Luo looked at the phone in his hand, which continued to vibrate, still displaying an incoming call from 'Unknown Number'.

Cang Luo narrowed his eyes slightly and pressed the answer button again.

Li Weiguo's voice immediately came through the phone. He said, "Cang Luo, do not misunderstand. We will not harm any Huaxia citizen, nor will we place your family under house arrest.

You may not know, but in the twenty hours since you were teleported away, do you know how many foreign forces attempted to kidnap your family?

Without the protection of Feng Lin Huo Shan, your family would have been snatched away long ago.

For this, Feng Lin Huo Shan sacrificed the elite warriors of seven combat teams."

Hearing that his family had been kidnapped and that the homeland had thus sacrificed seven elite warriors, Cang Luo instantly roared in anger, "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me just now? Who kidnapped my family?"

Li Weiguo explained, "It was your parents who did not allow us to tell you, fearing you would worry.

Rest assured, although we also wish to obtain information about the other world, we would absolutely never use such methods.

As for the force that kidnapped your family, although they all committed suicide by poison after the kidnapping failed, we deduce it was either the Izumo Society from that arrogant island nation or Eden from North America."

Hearing the names Eden and Izumo Society, Cang Luo remembered the content of the text message.

"Indeed, they are trash pretending to be international rescuers. When I have mastered a set of skills and return to Earth, I will repay them a hundredfold," Cang Luo roared in his heart.

As for Li Weiguo's words, Cang Luo only believed them seventy percent. Even if he would not use his family to blackmail him, he could not guarantee that others would not.

In other words, his family might be in danger at any time, but now he is in another world, with no means or ability to do anything for his family. He can only entrust his family to his homeland.

So Cang Luo said sincerely, "I apologize; I misunderstood you just now."

"It doesn't matter. Rest assured, we will protect your family well."

"Thank you!"

Cang Luo finished his thanks and then voiced his question: "What organizations are Eden and the Izumo Society? Are they very powerful? They can even operate within the Motherland's borders!"

There seemed to be some hushed whispering on the other end of the phone, followed by the voice of Li Weiguo: "It does no harm to tell you. Do you remember how the current international situation of the world was formed?"

Cang Luo, of course, knew this; it was written in the junior high school history books.

After the end of the Second World War, the two hundred or so countries and regions of the Earth united, some merging, some annexing.

Ultimately, this formed five superpowers dividing the Earth, four alliances, and one war zone, along with several small nations serving as buffers between the great powers.

The five superpowers occupied almost half the Earth's surface area: one in North America, and four covering the Eurasian continent combined.

The remaining half of the surface area was roughly composed of alliances: one in South America, one in Africa, one in Southeast Asia, and another alliance formed by several island nations.

Finally, there was the war zone, where wars frequently broke out due to the abundant production of oil.

Recalling his junior high history, Cang Luo asked in confusion: "What exactly do Eden, the Izumo Society, and Feng Lin Huo Shan do? They seem incredibly awesome?"

"To make a long story short," Li Weiguo paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his words.

"First, let's discuss the causes of the First and Second World Wars. In fact, they were not as written in the textbooks, but were fought to seize alien technology.

After the Second World War, the various nations formed the current international situation in their continued struggle to seize and search for other alien technologies.

Organizations such as Eden, the Izumo Society, and Feng Lin Huo Shan were established specifically to search for alien technology.

Over the past few decades, Eden in North America has gained the most, directly bringing the Third Technological Revolution to Earth and ushering the planet into the atomic energy and information technology eras."

Cang Luo was stunned and exclaimed in surprise: "The internet and computers are alien technology?"

Cang Luo felt quite shocked by the truth Li Weiguo revealed, and also somewhat helpless, helpless because he was merely an ordinary person who knew nothing about these things.

If he had not transmigrated, he probably would never have been able to access these secrets in his entire life.

Li Weiguo continued: "Of course, otherwise how do you think Earth could have developed to this extent in sixty or seventy years? Furthermore, nuclear weapons are actually alien technology as well.

Not only that, but according to our investigations, Eden is preparing for a Fourth Technological Revolution."

"The Fourth Technological Revolution? What is that?" Cang Luo, facing the barrage of incoming information, had already become somewhat numb.

Li Weiguo spoke solemnly: "It is related to genetic technology. Alright, you will gradually come into contact with it in the future.

First, answer my questions regarding the Otherworld; this is extremely important to the Motherland.

Information about the Otherworld is extremely important to the Motherland; it might allow us to skip the Fourth Technological Revolution entirely and enter the Fifth Technological Revolution directly."

After Li Weiguo finished speaking, Cang Luo was so shocked he was at a loss for words.

The Fifth Technological Revolution? That's too exaggerated, isn't it?