Chapter 126: The Importance of the Real World

In the eighth year after arriving in the world of Underworld, Chen Mo left.

He left behind a powerful empire that ruled all of Europe and a new breed of vampires who were not afraid of sunlight, did not rely on blood, and were immortal.

There was another powerful ability in this world: vampires could obtain others' memories by absorbing their blood. However, Chen Mo chose to forgo this ability.

This ability was exclusive to vampires and related to their blood-sucking nature. For Chen Mo to acquire this memory-reading ability, he would have to transform into a vampire himself. Despite having the perfect blood, which had no side effects, Chen Mo was unwilling to become a vampire.

Experiments on Andrew and others showed that even after being modified by the perfect blood, eliminating the vampires' fear of sunlight and dependence on blood, many vampire traits remained, such as blue eyes, long sharp canine teeth, and echolocation abilities.

Chen Mo did not want to change his race and appearance just for the memory-reading ability.

The perfect blood eliminated the vampires' dependence on blood but did not remove the ability to extract memories from blood. According to Chen Mo's experiments and theories, this ability relied on the vampires' unique way of absorbing blood, allowing their bodies to extract hidden memory information from the blood and reproduce it in their minds.

The perfect blood's role was evolution. It eliminated their dependence on blood and restored their sense of smell and taste to normal human states but did not change their ability to absorb blood.

This is why Andrew and others, after drinking a drop of perfect blood and eliminating the hazards, could still be strengthened by drinking perfect blood, even though they no longer liked the taste of blood. They did not need to inject perfect blood directly into their veins like Chen Mo did to gain enhancement.

Additionally, the memory-reading ability from blood had significant limitations. The blood had to be very fresh to extract information. Once it left the body or the subject died, the information in the blood quickly dissipated, within a few seconds. Therefore, it could only be used by directly sucking blood from a living person.

Any delay in other methods would cause the information in the blood to quickly dissipate, resulting in fragmented and incomplete memories, or even complete loss. Chen Mo didn't want to act like a monster, drinking blood from others.

Moreover, this ability didn't tempt Chen Mo much. He could deduce many things from the opponent's heartbeat, expression, subtle movements, and his extensive knowledge of psychology.

Even complex information could be easily obtained through interrogation, without the need for torture. Chen Mo could accurately discern the truth of the answers, and by asking multiple times and using the process of elimination, nothing could be hidden from him. Although it was troublesome, it was effective.

So, this seemingly powerful and tempting ability, which required a certain price and was somewhat redundant for Chen Mo, was decisively abandoned.

Additionally, it's worth mentioning that our new empress, little Selena, after overcoming the sadness of Chen Mo's departure, completely entered a tyrant mode. She thought no one could control her after Chen Mo left, and spent her days playing wildly with her royal guard, little William, leaving the empire's affairs entirely to Andrew and the others. She even skipped the few cultural lessons Chen Mo had arranged for her.

Andrew and Amelia had always pampered little Selena. Apart from Chen Mo, who would dare to discipline her? Now, she was the empress, and Amelia and the others had no way to deal with this little tyrant.

Seeing the situation becoming increasingly severe, with Selena spending her days riding horses, practicing swordsmanship, and wielding weapons, showing signs of becoming a violent queen, they couldn't control their empress.

Fortunately, Chen Mo knew her personality well and had anticipated this. Opening Chen Mo's "Guide to Raising an Empress," they finally found a solution.

When Andrew returned from the Imperial Royal Academy with Bert, soon after, the long-lost sound of spanking and clear, loud cries echoed throughout the Blackstone Castle. After that day, Selena finally stopped being reckless and began learning to be a qualified empress while still having time to play.

However, her longing for Chen Mo deepened. The lord wouldn't be so harsh and wouldn't spank her so hard. Afterward, he would gently comfort her, not leave her crying alone. She missed the lord's warm embrace so much!

Poor little Selena was severely spanked by her blacksmith father, leaving her unable to ride a horse for several days.

After Chen Mo unified Europe and established his empire, Selena's father, Bert, and her grandfather, old Cain, continued to manage the workshop, now renamed the Imperial Royal Academy of Sciences.

Old Cain, once an ordinary craftsman, became the dean of the Imperial Royal Academy of Sciences and a member of the Vampire Council. His formerly aged body became strong and full of vitality, granting him a long and eternal life.

The most unbelievable thing for him was that his ten-year-old granddaughter had become the empress of the empire, rising from the daughter of a common craftsman to the most noble ruler of a vast empire.

All of this was thanks to Chen Mo.

Filled with infinite gratitude and reverence, he dedicated himself to his work, leading the Royal Academy of Sciences to continuous development. His long life gave him ample time to learn the knowledge and technology Chen Mo left behind and to innovate based on them.

Upon hearing that Selena was neglecting her duties and disobeying Chen Mo's instructions, the furious old Cain immediately sent the empress's father to the castle. Feeling that Selena had betrayed Chen Mo's trust and expectations, old Cain's command to his son was simple: "Spank her hard!"

The empress's father's severe spanking brought the little tyrant Selena back on track. Under Selena's leadership, the vast empire Chen Mo created would continue to develop. What the future held might only be known when Chen Mo returned.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo returned to the deserted island he had left years ago, though only a moment had passed.

Looking at the familiar trees around him, hearing the sound of waves washing over the beach and crashing against the rocks, and smelling the mixed scent of soil, grass, and the faint fishy smell brought by the sea breeze, Chen Mo slowly closed his eyes, his majestic aura gradually receding.

In the world of Underworld, he was a lord, a king, an emperor ruling the entire European continent, and a god worshipped by all his subjects.

But in the real world, he was a fugitive murderer, a survivor stranded on a deserted island. Fortunately, he possessed great power and the ability to travel through time and space.

Chen Mo would not arrogantly assume that he could act without restraint in the real world just because he had conquered everything and ascended the throne in the movie world.

He clearly understood the position of his power in the real world.

Even his incredibly powerful temple knights, who had conquered all of Europe, were no match for modern mechanized human forces in the real world.

Although ordinary bullets couldn't kill them, snipers, cannons, tanks, explosives, missiles, flamethrowers—humans had countless ways to turn this invincible medieval knight squad into ashes.

So, Chen Mo wouldn't let his achievements in the movie world go to his head, thinking he could challenge the entire world as a god.

This was his homeland, where he was born, grew up, and lived. There were no enemies or monsters here, but there were his family and compatriots. This was his root.

The movie worlds he traveled to were just places to enhance his strength. No matter how long he stayed there, he would always return to the real world. This was his home.

In the movie world, he could act freely and do as he pleased because even if he messed up, he could leave at any time. But the real world was different.

He couldn't travel directly from one movie world to another.

If he left the movie world, he could only return to the real world. Only after a month in the real world could he continue traveling.

If he messed up the real world and had to hide in the movie world, he wouldn't be able to continue traveling.

So, he was always cautious about the development of the real world. Failure in the movie world could be escaped, but not in the real world, unless he gave up his ability to travel through countless spaces and permanently hid in another movie space.

But the real world had his parents and relatives. He couldn't abandon them and hide in other worlds forever.

However, although the real world was extremely important, it wasn't very dangerous.

The country's military power was strong enough to threaten Chen Mo, but this wasn't the crisis-ridden movie world. As long as Chen Mo didn't cause trouble and hid his special abilities, no one would provoke him.

Overall, this world was relatively peaceful and stable, with no large-scale wars, no werewolves, no vampires, and no enemies strong enough to threaten him.

Although his past as a fugitive murderer left some hidden dangers, Chen Mo's appearance and demeanor had changed significantly. As long as he didn't show his face to familiar people, no one would connect him to the former Chen Mo.

Even if he appeared before the police investigating and capturing him, they would only think the two looked somewhat alike, never suspecting they were the same person.

As long as he left the deserted island, everything could start anew.