Chapter 538 - 301: Returning to Earth, Is This Place Home?

Chapter 538: Chapter 301: Returning to Earth, Is This Place Home?

"Lu Cang, you’re on edge."

"What exactly happened? Can you tell me?" Kumironi’s voice was full of concern.

Lu Cang turned to look at Kumironi, who, to her surprise, saw confusion in his eyes.

Until now, Kumironi had always sensed a kind of positive energy from Lu Cang.

Serious, focused, persistent...

He had an extremely firm goal and an unshakeable conviction.

This was the first time she had ever seen confusion in Lu Cang’s eyes.

It made her feel a strange pang of sympathy.

Lu Cang didn’t know how to answer Kumironi’s question.

’What happened...? I don’t really know either. My mind just feels like a mess.’

His Perception couldn’t reach that far. After all, it only extended for a little over ten thousand kilometers, while a two-minute flight covered a distance of several million kilometers.

Therefore, he would only see the final answer when he truly arrived.

But now, a feeling of wanting to retreat couldn’t help but surface in his heart.

’Maybe... this really is a trap.’

’What’s ahead isn’t the real Earth at all. This might just be some special trick to make my Talent perceive an illusion.’

’Something is luring me over there.’

’Should I... not go?’

’This should all be fake.’

’But... I have the Divine Level Unsolvable Mystery. No one should be able to target me, and no one should be able to deliberately find me.’

’Or... has my Divine Talent stopped working?’

Lu Cang had always been suspicious of countless people and things, but the one thing he trusted most was his own Talent.

Because if his Talent failed, the very foundation of his existence in this world would be gone.

Lu Cang said with a hint of helplessness, "Kumironi, I don’t know what to do anymore."

"Maybe it really is a trap."

"But it could also be something incredibly important to me. If I go, I might fall into danger, and drag you into it with me. I might also see things I really don’t want to see."

"I feel like I might lose something..."

The image of his parents appeared in Lu Cang’s mind once more.

Lu Cang was a Transmigrator, but he wasn’t some orphan without parents. And, all things considered, it had been less than a year since he transmigrated to this world.

Even if the flow of time and his repeated rehearsals had sometimes made the time that passed feel much longer.

But adding it all up, it still hadn’t been more than a year.

Yet on Earth, he had lived a full twenty-eight years of his life...

Who could study abroad for a year and forget their entire past life?

Not only would they not forget, but their homesickness would grow even stronger.

"Kumironi... or maybe, we should go back." Lu Cang stopped in his tracks.

"Such a major anomaly occurred in the Secret Sea, and this place is suspected to be the heart of it. I’ve looked around, and it’s not what I imagined. It shouldn’t be the place I’m looking for."

The Solar Element should be somewhere else.

It should be in the Star Realm.

Maybe it’s in another plane called a universe. In any case, it shouldn’t be in the Abyss of the Sea...

"Yes, it’s definitely not here!"

"It’s too dangerous here. We should go back to a safe place first... Or better yet, let’s just go straight back to the Moon Sea, back to Boundaryless Mountain."

"When the time comes, we can meet again at the Tree of the World Center."

"I’ll definitely be very powerful by then. With my growth rate, I’m sure of it... Then, we can join forces and deal with whatever threat arises."

"As long as the disaster doesn’t affect us immediately, we’ll have time and space to grow. We’ll become the strongest people in this world and solve everything." Lu Cang felt his words were a bit jumbled, but he tried his best to speak clearly.

He was trying his best to remain calm.

An Su gazed at Lu Cang’s Sea of Consciousness. It was no longer calm, but was churning with monstrous waves and swirling into a frantic vortex.

But in response to Lu Cang’s proposal, Kumironi simply looked at him calmly.

"Lu Cang, you’re not very calm right now."

Kumironi said, "I’ve never seen you like this. In my eyes, you’ve always had a composure that belies your age."

"Even when facing powerful enemies, you wouldn’t panic like this, would you?"

Kumironi took a deep breath and replied, "Normally, I would definitely agree with your suggestion. We would go our separate ways... act within our limits, and then solve any future dangers together."

"And besides, I don’t want you to fall into a dangerous situation with me."

Kumironi’s tone shifted. "But this time is different."

"Little Lu Cang, you’re running away, aren’t you..."

"You knew it might be a trap from the very beginning, yet you still wanted to go and see. Although I don’t know what it is, I imagine it must be something very, very important to you."

"Iz and the others are always taking risks, too. There are some things you have to do, even when you know they’re dangerous."

"Because if you don’t, you’ll definitely regret it for the rest of your life."

"Some truths, if you miss the one chance to find them, you may never know."

Kumironi shook her head with a wry smile. "Lu Cang, your proposal might be the correct one. We can go back now. But... are you prepared to regret it for the rest of your life?"

’Regret... for the rest of my life.’

’If I back down this time, I might never see Earth again in this lifetime.’

Earth was pitifully small, not even as large as Miselux.

No, forget the Miselux Continent, it couldn’t even compare to Atlantis City.

Destroying it would be incredibly easy.

’If I don’t go...’

The confusion in Lu Cang’s eyes gave way to determination once more.

"Kumironi, thank you..."

"I don’t think I’m ready to spend the rest of my life steeped in regret."

’No matter what the outcome is, I have to at least know the truth.’

At that moment, Lu Cang finally felt a sense of resolve.

At the very least, this was the only thing right now that was worth risking his life for.

He accelerated abruptly!

Lu Cang’s speed was even faster than before!

As he flew through the darkness, he felt nothing but emptiness.

But his heart was pounding to the extreme, thundering like a war drum!

Finally, a faint outline...

...appeared within Lu Cang’s Perception. A lonely planet, spinning on its axis...

It wasn’t orbiting anything.

But it had a familiar map. Lu Cang could sense the glaciers and great rivers at its poles, and he could feel the Vast Ocean on the planet’s surface.

The scene before him was only a vague impression, as Lu Cang was by no means an expert on Earth’s geography.

But this vague impression alone was enough.

This wasn’t some other planet. It was the one he had longed for day and night—Earth!

His Perception hastily swept across the entire planet. He saw the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the White House, and even the Himalayas and Mount Everest.

Mount Tai, the Potala Palace...

His Perception hurried across various locations on Earth.

Everything was so vividly detailed. Scene after scene of memories flooded Lu Cang’s mind.

’This really is Earth... an Earth exactly like the one in my memories!’

’It’s not the ancient past, nor the distant future. It’s my own era! My transmigration was really just a change in location!’

’Earth really exists in this world!’

At this thought, Lu Cang’s Perception quickly scanned and focused on a coastal city—Qingdao.

Right before he transmigrated, he had been about to check in for a flight at an airport in Shanghai.

His destination had been Qingdao. That was where his home was.

His heart was boiling, his emotions at their absolute peak.

Kumironi looked at Lu Cang’s hand beside her and was surprised to see that his palm was trembling.

The first scan had been a rough sweep that lasted less than a second.

Now, Lu Cang concentrated his Spirit and carefully examined the city’s appearance, preparing to search for his home and his family.

’What should I do after I find my family?’

’How can I explain everything that’s happened to them?’

’They’ll probably think it’s surreal when they see me, right?’

’Their son suddenly turned back into a child, and one who possesses world-destroying power, no less.’

’No, now isn’t the time to think about this.’

’The Secret Sea is so dangerous; the problem is how to get them out safely... As a last resort, it’s not like there are no options, but they seem too cruel.’

A mix of thoughts swirled in Lu Cang’s mind, with countless ideas flashing through in an instant.

In the span of a single thought, he had considered so, so much.

But when his Perception settled on Qingdao, enveloping the entire city... Lu Cang froze.

Lu Cang saw something that should not have been on Earth.

And that single glance made Lu Cang’s heart turn cold.