Chapter 97: The Declaration of a Great Nation

After Cang Luo opened Weibo, he found his account flooded with unread messages and notifications of new followers, including several prominent system alerts.

One of these system alerts stated that Weibo's official administration had granted Cang Luo a "Big V" verification, with the certification reading: "The First Traveler from Earth!"

Cang Luo smiled faintly, opened the unread messages and the follower list, and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air; he was terrified by the sheer number of his fans and comments.

At this moment, Cang Luo's Weibo follower count had actually reached a staggering one hundred and fifty million!

The number of comments was equally terrifying, reaching over twenty million!

Cang Luo stood with his mouth agape; did Weibo really have this many users?

Could it be that they were all zombie fans and bot-generated comments?

After the shock, Cang Luo opened the comments and glanced through them roughly, discovering quite a bit of foreign text; only then did he understand that the one hundred and fifty million fans included the number of netizens from abroad.

Most of the netizens' comments were asking various questions: How did Cang Luo travel? Can we travel?

What kind of world is the Yuanwu Continent? A cultivation civilization? Or a magic civilization?

Can people of the Yuanwu Continent cultivate? Can people of Earth cultivate? And so on, along with requests for Cang Luo to post more information about the otherworld.

However, a small minority of netizens still did not believe Cang Luo had traveled, thinking it was a scam of the century, with all sorts of abuse and mockery flying across the screen...

Cang Luo thought for a moment, then posted a Weibo message: "Friends of Earth, the otherworld named the Yuanwu Continent does indeed exist. I will first answer a few questions everyone is most eager to know."

"First, I did not travel voluntarily; I was summoned by a martial arts sect named Xuan Tian Gate in the Yuanwu Continent."

"Xuan Tian Gate is an Imperial-level sect in the Chu State of the Yuanwu Continent. Yes, the Yuanwu Continent is a cultivation civilization."

"The highest combat power is the Wu Sheng; a Wu Sheng can fly through the sky and burrow into the earth, move mountains and overturn seas..."

"And we people of Earth can become martial artists through certain methods, and then cultivate."

"Second, I want to tell everyone that Xuan Tian Gate summoned me to investigate Earth, so that after completing the teleportation array next year, they can travel to Earth. As for what they intend to do after arriving on Earth, I do not know."

"Hmm, I'll say this much for now. Since some friends still do not believe in the fact of my travel, I have decided to conduct a live broadcast shortly, streaming my every word and deed in the Yuanwu Continent to take you on a tour of the otherworld..."

As soon as Cang Luo's Weibo went out, it instantly received countless likes, comments, and reposts from netizens; although this Weibo post contained no videos or photos, it answered the questions that netizens around the globe wanted to know, leaving the netizens extremely excited.

First, the Yuanwu Continent is a cultivation civilization; people of the Yuanwu Continent can cultivate, and they are called martial artists, with the highest rank of a martial artist being the Wu Sheng.

Second, people of Earth can also cultivate, though according to Cang Luo's words, there seems to be some conditions.

Also, the Xuan Tian Gate mentioned by Cang Luo will complete the teleportation array next year and come to Earth; what does this teleportation array mean? Is it a technology that instantly connects one world to another?

Spatial jump?

Black hole warp?

After learning this news, netizens around the globe excitedly reposted it to their Moments, informing every relative and friend.

Telling them that next year we will come into contact with the cultivation civilization of the otherworld named the Yuanwu Continent, and that we even have the chance to become martial artists, to become supermen...

However, after a brief moment of excitement, people suddenly became terrified, discussing a terrible question with netizens worldwide on various social platforms.

Will the people of the Yuanwu Continent come to Earth next year?

What will they do on Earth?

Cooperate with Earth?

Or invade Earth?

If they invade Earth, does that mean we will be destroyed in one year?

Will humanity be exterminated? Or colonized?

How terrifying!

Can Earth resist the invasion of the Yuanwu Continent?

Cang Luo said Xuan Tian Gate is an Imperial-level sect, but what level of strength is an Imperial-level sect? Will Earth's nuclear weapons be a match?

Not only were netizens discussing this; major news media at home and abroad also reported on Cang Luo's Weibo as front-page headlines.

In addition, seeing that Cang Luo had made up his mind to reveal the existence of the Yuanwu Continent, the governments of various countries and the United Nations were forced to convene an emergency press conference.

A United Nations representative spoke: "Seven point three billion compatriots of Earth, I am here, very happy yet extremely terrified, to announce to everyone the greatest discovery of this century."

"Two months ago, we discovered that extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations do indeed exist, and they are not far from us..."

The United Nations representative, whose term had only one year remaining, spoke at length about the Yuanwu Continent; however, in his speech he did not mention anything about Cang Luo, nor did he say that the Yuanwu Continent was discovered by Cang Luo; he even referred to the Yuanwu Continent as an alien planet.

At the end of the speech, the United Nations representative also appealed for the countries of Earth to maintain peace, to seek cooperation with the Yuanwu Continent, and to never disregard all of humanity for the sake of personal gain...

Following closely was a certain superpower in the West; its president, whose term also had only one year remaining, spoke: "Regardless of the Yuanwu Continent's intentions, we fear nothing."

"Our warships, our nuclear bombs, are on standby at all times!"

"Additionally, I hope Huaxia will not threaten Mr. Cang Luo and his family for the sake of personal gain; the Yuanwu Continent is the common wealth of all humanity on Earth, not the private backyard of a certain country..."

Compared to the United Nations' speech, which focused on peace, this president's speech appeared incredibly sharp; he showed no fear of the Yuanwu Continent, and even had the confidence to fight them.

At the end of the speech, he also mocked Huaxia, implying that Huaxia intended to swallow the Yuanwu Continent whole, and told Cang Luo not to be afraid, saying we could provide protection for him and his family...

As if by prior agreement, several other major powers also convened press conferences.

At the press conferences, the spokespeople of these major powers displayed full combat intent, saying that if the Yuanwu Continent dared to invade Earth, we would make the people of the otherworld have no return, and turn the Yuanwu Continent into a colonial planet for Earth.

After declaring their determination not to fear the invasion of the Yuanwu Continent, the representatives of various countries unexpectedly began to condemn Huaxia's selfish behavior of wanting to swallow the Yuanwu Continent whole...

After watching the press conferences of the major powers, global netizens finally understood what Cang Luo's Weibo profile meant by "family in danger" and "family threatened."

It turned out that Cang Luo's family had been placed under house arrest by Huaxia.

Indeed, a common man is innocent, but if he possesses a treasure, he is guilty!

It would be one thing if you traveled to an otherworld, but you actually managed to maintain contact with Earth, and you were discovered.

Facing the wealth of an entire otherworld, who could not be tempted? If they are not placing your family under house arrest, whose family are they placing under house arrest? If they are not threatening you, who are they threatening?

Thus, while netizens of various countries sympathized with Cang Luo, they also began to condemn Huaxia, demanding that Huaxia release Cang Luo's family.

In an instant, Huaxia almost became the public enemy of Earth!

Seeing this, Huaxia immediately convened a press conference, sternly stating that Huaxia had not placed Cang Luo's family under house arrest and that these were slanders by conspiracy theorists... Finally, they said that Cang Luo's family had been transferred to the protection of a joint army composed of various countries...

Most netizens accepted Huaxia's explanation, but a small minority of netizens, driven by those with ulterior motives, continued to condemn Huaxia.

Feng Lin Huo Shan's head throbbed with a headache; Li Weiguo was even more furious. He immediately contacted Cang Luo, hoping the person involved, Cang Luo, would come out and explain.

Cang Luo was also watching press conferences from various nations at that moment. When he saw the nations unite to slander Huaxia, he too flew into a rage and immediately agreed to Li Weiguo's request.

Cang Luo immediately posted a Weibo: "I wish to clarify one thing to everyone: when I said my family was threatened, I did not mean they were under house arrest by Huaxia, but rather the 501 Major Incident."

On May 1st, the day I was summoned to the Yuanwu Continent, my family was kidnapped by foreign forces. Fortunately, it was not successful; all of them were killed by Huaxia warriors.

Their purpose was obvious: they all wanted to coerce me into providing intelligence on the Yuanwu Continent..."

After Cang Luo's explanation, netizens from various nations finally understood the truth. They stopped condemning Huaxia and began to focus the topic again on the Yuanwu Continent and cultivation.

Li Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief and called Cang Luo again to express his gratitude.

Cang Luo took it lightly. After ending the call, he posted another Weibo.

The Weibo title read: "Heavy Reward, One Cultivation Method!"

The Weibo content read: "Recently, multiple enterprises under my name have been sabotaged by unknown forces... causing losses of nearly one hundred million RMB. I hereby seek help from netizens worldwide to find the mastermind behind this..."

"The reward is a cultivation method from the Yuanwu Continent (Earth has no Yuan Qi, so cultivation may be impossible, but it can strengthen the body), and five million RMB in cash!"

After Cang Luo posted this Weibo, it once again caused an earthquake on the internet, shaking out many god-level hackers and capable people from all walks of life.

For instance, private detectives...

These people all left comments under Cang Luo's Weibo, stating that they had accepted the reward and would definitely find the mastermind.

Looking at the Weibo comments, Cang Luo sneered coldly in his heart, saying nothing.

You, Feng Lin Huo Shan, are unwilling to help me find the mastermind, so I will use my own method!

This young master? Let's see how long you can remain arrogant.

Money can make a millstone push a ghost. With a cultivation method from another world as the reward, do I still fear no one will help me?