My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 409: Humanity

In the Conference Hall, the attendees were still engaged in heated discussions.

Although Lu Bai was the instigator of this incident, after he had said what he needed to say, he had no way to insert himself into the discussions among those scientists.

The attendees each had their own circles.

The military high-level officials had their own considerations, exchanging opinions with each other while thinking about what they soldiers could do under limited conditions if the Mo Na Civilization launched a full-scale invasion.

The City Association councilors’ work would actually be much easier by comparison.

This ease did not refer to less workload, but mainly that the Shelter had contingency plans for similar situations, so their work only needed to proceed step by step.

Meanwhile, the scientists from the Research Institute were discussing the principles behind the technologies that the Mo Na Civilization had currently demonstrated.

Of course, there was no need to directly crack something so exaggerated; being able to prepare defenses would be good, and proposing feasible countermeasures would be best.

Between civilizations, crushing dominance itself did not allow for one trick to work everywhere.

Tribes that could be called civilizations all emerged early from difficult mud, all possessing a civilizational foundation of thinking of ways to overcome setbacks at the first moment they encountered them.

Tribes without this foundation could hardly continue for long.

After all, being lucky enough to have smooth sailing all the way was just a coincidence, and coincidences would not last forever.

Lu Bai sat for a while and found that staying in the Conference Hall was useless, so he simply got up and went to the courtyard behind the Conference Hall to get some fresh air.

However, before he could be alone for long, the One-Eyed Dragon followed him out.

This captain of Cheng Zhi Wu Second Team took out a pack of cigarettes and offered it to Lu Bai: “Want one?”

Lu Bai shook his head.

Seeing this, the One-Eyed Dragon didn’t say much else and lit a cigarette for himself, taking a deep drag.

When the cigarette between his fingers had burned more than half, the One-Eyed Dragon casually brought up a topic: “Everyone’s under a lot of pressure. If I’d known, I should’ve taken leave today. You coming back is fine, I could’ve just pretended not to know.”

Lu Bai slightly turned his head, looking at the One-Eyed Dragon, and made no evaluation of it.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not resenting you.”

The One-Eyed Dragon tilted his head back and exhaled a puff of smoke upward: “I just think this fact is too fucked up. Turns out we’ve always been domesticated poultry.”

“With your authority, you never noticed any issues in this aspect?”

Lu Bai responded casually.

These Death Fighters who could retain their abilities, not to mention being perceptive, definitely had IQs above the average line.

Lu Bai naturally could tell that the One-Eyed Dragon was just casually finding an excuse to chat with him.

“Ha, haha.”

The One-Eyed Dragon gave an awkward laugh a few times, then said seriously: “But after knowing about this, I’m actually pretty happy.”

“Happy?”

“Even though they’re enemies, it means humanity isn’t alone. Haven’t you ever thought about it? When I was a kid looking up at the starry sky, I often wondered, such a vast scale, yet not designed for humanity at all—this fact really saddened me for a long time as a child.”

Lu Bai reminded him: “The starry sky you saw as a kid was just a screen simulated by the Holographic Sky Screen.”

The One-Eyed Dragon was choked up for a moment, slightly resentful: “Every time I look up at the starry sky, someone’s reminding me to watch my step; every time I’m stuck in the mud, someone’s reminding me to look at the starry sky.”

Lu Bai found it a bit amusing: “Humanity is just that twisted.”

The One-Eyed Dragon also laughed: “Indeed, humanity is like that.”

After chatting idly for a bit, the One-Eyed Dragon finally curiously asked Lu Bai the thing he wanted to know most: “How strong are you exactly?”

When joining Cheng Zhi Wu, there was no need to report detailed ability information, so he couldn’t check what abilities Lu Bai had.

He just vaguely felt that this young man in front of him, who had only experienced six Deathmatch Duels, might be terrifyingly strong.

Lu Bai thought for a moment and said honestly: “I’m stronger than any Death Fighter.”

The One-Eyed Dragon drew in a sharp breath, subconsciously wanting to say you’re bullshitting.

……

While they were chatting idly, the meeting in the hall was gradually coming to an end.

“…Summarize the meeting content and sync it to Shelters within two digits.”

“Dean Huai Ruhe, you will lead the formation of a team in the Underground City No. 9 Research Institute to conduct on-site investigation and research.”

“All departments, please take immediate action upon returning. Meeting adjourned!”

The meeting ended, and the attendees left one after another, all with hurried steps.

Although up to now, it was still unclear when the Mona People’s reaction would come.

But with such a huge gap in technological levels between the two sides, humanity as the weaker party could only mobilize fully and had absolutely no qualification to waste any time.

It was worth noting that there were still a few people in military uniforms scattered in the Conference Hall, still steadily sitting in their positions.

If one was familiar with the Shelter’s military leadership, they could recognize that these men in military uniforms were all leaders of the Shelter’s various troops.

The leader of the Armed Forces Barracks in the northeast was an old man with graying hair.

His face bore an inescapable solemnity. After the subordinate functional personnel had all left, he looked at Zhu Taihong and asked: “Minister Zhu, what is the real gap between us and the Mo Na Civilization?”

As part of the leadership, they were very clear that much of the content discussed in the previous meeting was largely to boost everyone’s confidence.

To prevent everyone from falling into negative emotions before the confrontation even began.

But as the leadership, they had to stay clear-headed.

Zhu Taihong looked at the elderly person who had sat back down in the wheelchair, his tone somewhat heavy: “The technological gap is very large, so large that how long we can hold out depends only on how much effort the Mo Na Civilization plans to expend to deal with us.”

Hearing such words, these old leaders present immediately felt the heavy pressure surging onto their shoulders.

This was a war with a huge disparity in strength, but humanity had no way to retreat.

“This situation is really quite difficult.”

These old leaders exchanged glances with each other, instead gaining a bit more detachment: “But as soldiers, we can’t just kneel to the enemy.”

“No matter what, compared to back then, at least now we’ve had several hundred years of stable technological development, and many more Death Fighters. It’s not like we have no room to fight back—just like what Deputy Captain Lu did, at worst we can bite off a piece of the Mona People’s flesh.”

A middle-aged man wearing a black administrative jacket stood up, his tone as serious as if he were issuing a military order: “Our Cheng Zhi Wu will stand at the forefront. If there are any deserters, I will deal with them personally.”

Cheng Zhi Wu had the largest and most elite Death Fighter troops in the Underground City, and as the general captain of Cheng Zhi Wu, he was fully qualified to say such words.

The old man comforted: “Even Deputy Captain Lu, who has only undergone six Deathmatch Duels, could shoot down the Mona People’s starship. We humans don’t need to underestimate ourselves too much; the possibility of victory still exists.”

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