My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 394: Asking Face-to-face

Surviving in a desolate, empty world, eating is obviously the most important thing.

Based on the situation Lu Bai has observed so far, there are no medium or large animals, and the output from the entire city and its surroundings could support one or two hundred people at most.

How could it possibly feed thousands of people?

Moreover, there are no traces of planting grain. Is it climate change that makes the grain from before the Shelter Era unable to be planted anymore? Or some other reason?

Lu Bai kept these doubts in his heart and silently followed Huo Yao to the entrance of an office.

It was clear that Big Biao Ge, whom these people spoke of, held a very high status in this settlement, with two burly men wearing vests guarding the entrance.

Huo Yao familiarly greeted the guards at the entrance and then stated his purpose.

“Then Huo Yao, you take this kid and wait a moment first. I’ll go report to Big Biao Ge.”

One of the burly men sized up Lu Bai with an examining gaze, then turned and pushed open the office door and walked in.

Moments later, the burly man came out of the office, pointed at Lu Bai and said: “You come with me. Huo Yao, you go do whatever you were doing.”

Led by the burly man, Lu Bai followed him into the office and finally met the Big Biao Ge they spoke of.

Just hearing this title, one might subconsciously think of a rough, burly criminal forces big brother covered in tattoos on his back.

But in reality, this so-called Big Biao Ge was instead a rather slim middle-aged man.

His clothes were neat, and he wore a pair of black-framed glasses full of scholarly air, with no sense of aggressiveness at all.

Anyone who saw him would think he was an intellectual.

“A Zang, you go down first. Don’t worry about me.”

Big Biao Ge waved his hand at the burly man.

A Zang hesitated for a moment but still did not disobey Big Biao Ge’s order, obediently leaving the office and conveniently closing the door behind him.

Only then did Big Biao Ge smile and look at Lu Bai, gesturing with his hand: “A Zang has told me about your matter. Sit down and talk.”

Lu Bai did not stand on ceremony and sat very naturally on the chair across from the desk as if he were at home.

Big Biao Ge looked at Lu Bai, a hint of nostalgia flashing in his gaze, and as soon as he spoke, it was shocking words.

“I come from Shelter No. 76. Before leaving the shelter, I was a member of Can Society. If you came out of a shelter, you should know what that organization is.”

Lu Bai nodded without saying more.

Seeing nothing from Lu Bai’s expression, Big Biao Ge continued: “Are you very surprised why the surface is completely different from what was recorded in the shelter?”

“That’s right. The so-called Ice Age, the so-called underground shelter plan, are all complete lies.”

At this point, Big Biao Ge’s tone clearly became much more excited: “It was just for selfish desires, betraying the entire human tribe…”

Big Biao Ge’s voice was so low it was almost inaudible, but Lu Bai did not press him.

The contents recorded in the underground shelter, combined with what he had seen after coming to the surface, made everything very thought-provoking.

It felt like the people who supported the underground shelter plan were the ones lying.

But if it was a lie, there were many problems with it.

Not to mention, such a colossal lie involving nearly ten billion people could not have been achieved so easily.

Don’t forget, due to resources and construction timelines, at least half of the people at the time had no qualification to enter the shelters.

From the perspective of the shelter side, those billions of people were a sacrifice that had to be made for the continuation of humanity.

If the Ice Age really came, those billions of people truly had no way to live, but if the Ice Age was just a lie, then those billions of people distributed around the world would by no means allow civilization to break off.

Let alone ending up in the current situation where the human population is pitifully small and survival space has to be yielded to plants.

Big Biao Ge could see Lu Bai’s doubts, but he deliberately whetted his appetite and did not continue on these matters, instead changing to a relatively relaxed tone to start another topic: “I suppose you’re very curious how so many people in Linxi Settlement have survived, right?”

This riddle-like approach made Lu Bai somewhat displeased.

Once a person is displeased, their actions become rougher.

He placed both hands on the desk and leaned his upper body forward: “You want to say that the Lord granted you grain?”

Clearly the other party’s face still wore an innocuous smile, but Big Biao Ge inexplicably felt a hard-to-describe sense of oppression, as if a creature at the bottom of the food chain was facing its natural predator, his whole body uncontrollably tensing up.

Big Biao Ge subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, raising both hands in front of him: “Friend, let’s sit down and talk slowly.”

Lu Bai shook his head and said softly: “From now on, I ask, you answer.”

“Friend, I seem easy to talk to, that’s giving you face, but you’re being a bit too discourteous.”

After all, he was the speaker of a settlement of several thousand people. He just felt Lu Bai was not simple and did not want unnecessary trouble, not that he was really afraid of Lu Bai.

Facing such words that were almost a threat, Big Biao Ge’s expression also cooled, and he shouted toward the office entrance: “A Zang! Come in.”

Before the words finished, the office door was forcefully pushed open, and two burly men stormed into the office aggressively.

“Big Biao Ge, you called me?”

“Big Biao Ge, is this kid not behaving?”

Seeing his two henchmen come in, Big Biao Ge said coldly: “Since you won’t talk nicely, then we’ll talk in a way you understand.”

Lu Bai didn’t even turn his head, the smile on his face becoming even brighter.

“What a coincidence, I also know a bit of hand-to-hand combat.”

……

Big Biao Ge’s office.

The two rough, burly henchmen knelt on the ground with bruised and swollen faces, while Big Biao Ge slumped to the side, his expression dazed.

Lu Bai sat cross-legged on the desk, his fingertips tapping the surface idly.

“You mean that before the Shelter Era, the human high command had already reached a transaction with this so-called Lord, choosing to yield the surface and half the population to ensure the continuation of human civilization?”

Big Biao Ge nodded woodenly.

“Why? Since the Lord has such ability, why still need to transact with the human high command? No need to tolerate so many people living underground, right?”

“This kind of secret, I really don’t know, Big Brother.” After speaking, Big Biao Ge habitually shrank his neck, fearing Lu Bai would slap him again.

“Alright then, I’ll ask it face to face.”

Lu Bai stretched lazily and casually inquired: “You’re working for the so-called Lord, right? When is the Lord coming?”

Big Biao Ge adjusted his glasses and said cautiously: “On the first of every month, the Lord summons the leaders of the nearby settlements.”

Lu Bai glanced at the calendar hanging in the office and smiled.

“Isn’t that tomorrow?”

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