Chapter 451 Better to Enjoy

After a brief silence, the person on the other side said, “What did you discover?”

“Those demons… they really are studying human knowledge!” Ling Mo spoke with a hint of fear, “And the leader I encountered in this Demon City-state looks exactly like a human! If it weren’t for the demon aura around her, I would think a human had taken control here! And that person… can control all the demons in the entire city!”

This indeed piqued the interest of the other party: “Well done, Cheng Ming. I’ll report this to the leader, and when you return, there will definitely be rewards for you. Now, tell me more about that woman; have you established a cooperative relationship with those demons?”

“Correct.” Ling Mo then began to spin his tale.

His explanation was simple, almost just layering his and Xia Xinyan’s experiences onto Cheng Ming—by the way, they only just found out the unfortunate man’s name, then skipped the part about the demon aura, merely saying Guan Ling accepted him because they looked alike, and even made him the National General, allowing him to help manage all the demons in the city.

Then he rambled on, claiming Guan Ling could command several other demon cities, being the boss of that area, and that she had great trust in him, ready to mobilize a horde of demons at any time for assistance, etc.

And when he spoke, he handled his tone and pauses exceptionally well, almost perfectly replicating how Cheng Ming had appeared before them. He even showed the exhilaration and excitement of suddenly taking over the entire Demon City-state.

The other side certainly believed him; they even detected a hint of excitement in his tone, but they merely told him to hold his ground and continue building relationships with those demons, while they would report this to the leader and contact him after the leader made a decision.

Ling Mo added a final remark, explaining that he would only communicate at night to avoid raising Guan Ling’s suspicions, keeping the communication device in his space watch at other times—this was also to prevent any calls interrupting him during significant meetings.

Fortunately, the other side didn’t suspect anything and only warned him to be careful before hanging up.

Xia Jincang, watching nearby, was dumbfounded.

It was the first time he realized this guy actually had such good acting skills—rather than being a natural actor, he was more like a born con artist.

This made Xia Jincang have some thoughts, damn, could this guy have used the same tricks to woo his sister?

Of course, he doubted it but didn’t dare to say it out loud, fearing Xia Xinyan would throw him out.

But thanks to Ling Mo, this act at least eased the chaos they felt after hearing the truth of the world.

Since the Eden side had already laid the groundwork, the next thing to handle was the meeting. Ling Mo scheduled the meeting for noon tomorrow, in reality. However, unlike last time, Xia Jincang was informed in advance about the meeting’s content, allowing him to give others a heads-up—so, later on, New Dawn also issued a notice regarding the meeting, stating that everyone who didn’t want to die had better show up, even if they had no decision-making power, at least they could find out how their future fate would be decided in real-time.

This sounded like the Eagles Alliance was going to dominate the world. It was quite intimidating, and the effect was good; at least many who initially didn’t plan to attend were now determined to go—

The reason some didn’t want to attend was that they felt Ling Mo, or rather, the Eagles Alliance was getting a bit too cocky, summoning all forces for a big meeting twice in a short period. Did they really think they were so important that everyone had to show up?

Even the previously mentioned scouting mission could have simply been announced, yet they went through the trouble of organizing a meeting. Didn’t they have anything better to do? Just because they were preparing for an expedition?

—In short, the Eagles Alliance’s influence among equally powerful factions was still insufficient; if it weren’t for New Dawn’s announcement, they likely wouldn’t even gather enough people this time.

However, after tomorrow, things might change.

So, the remaining time today was probably for the last bit of relaxation.

Also… it was time to wrap up those matters.

Xia Xinyan began to ponder again.

After sending the others away, Ling Mo quickly spotted Xia Xinyan daydreaming on the balcony.

He simply walked over and hugged her from behind: “Thinking about something nonsensical again?”

“…No,” Xia Xinyan immediately shook her head, “I was just thinking that from tomorrow until the expedition ends… there probably won’t be any time to be as leisurely as now.”

There were matters regarding the Eternal Life Palace and Eden to handle, and preparations for the expedition needed to be expedited. With just half a month left until the expedition, no one could predict what the outcome would be. At least, before that, it seemed no one would be able to relax.

Except for ordinary people in reality who lacked the ability to participate in this expedition.

At this moment, she suddenly envied those people.

“Still claiming you’re not thinking about nonsense.” Ling Mo chuckled, “I told you, there’s no need to think too much. As long as we do our best with our matters, that’s enough. No matter how much we worry, the final result won’t change, so why add to our troubles?”

Xia Xinyan paused, sighed: “I understand… but…”

She found it hard to shake this habit.

Unless everything ended, with no issues left to trouble her, she’d probably manage to change.

Although she had said she would change… it seemed the closer they got to the expedition, the worse it became, like a chronic anxiety, probably because she had died during an expedition in her past life, so this time… was she getting nervous?

Ling Mo seemed to sense her mood, fell silent for a moment before suddenly picking her up in a princess carry and turning toward the bedroom: “Alright, since Xinyan can’t help but think about those things, I’ll help her not to think about them.”

Xia Xinyan instinctively clung to his neck, momentarily stunned: “Hmm… huh?”

She didn’t immediately react.

“Weren’t you saying we had a little over half a day’s leisure time left?” Ling Mo smiled gently, “Then how about we do something fun in this last bit of leisure?”

They had been busy running around outside for quite a while now, and looking back, it seemed like ages since they had been close with each other.

Just right for this little bit of time when they had nothing going on, wasn’t it a good chance?

He kind of missed that one special night too.

Tch.