My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 431: Strange
Lu Bai’s car ride did not last long.
It was not because the secretary was speeding or driving dangerously; he drove quite steadily.
The reason it only took about ten minutes was mainly because the car journey was very short.
After all, given Xiao Zhengyan’s identity and status, it was only natural for him to live in the central district of the shelter.
Lu Bai got out of the car and stood in front of a Chinese-style courtyard.
He looked at the antique main gate of the courtyard and could not help but sigh that this living environment was far superior to that of Yiju City.
“Deputy Captain Lu, please come in with me. Speaker Xiao has been waiting for you inside for a long time.”
Before the words had finished, the secretary stepped up to the main gate and pressed something. A silent iris recognition screen popped out from the originally rustic and heavy door.
After the secretary leaned in his upper body, the verification passed quickly, and the gate automatically opened.
“Deputy Captain Lu, please.”
Lu Bai nodded casually and stepped inside.
Although the whole process was a bit strange, with Lu Bai’s current ability, even if there really was some trap, it would probably just be another amusement for him.
There was no need for anyone to lead the way, because Speaker Xiao Zhengyan was already sitting in the main hall waiting. Between him and Lu Bai, who had just entered the door, there was only a front courtyard of about thirty square meters.
“Deputy Captain Lu.”
Xiao Zhengyan stood up to greet him, handling the demeanor of a speaker very well, but upon careful observation, one could still sense a trace of anxiety.
“Actually, I heard Xueyin praising you a long time ago. At that time, I knew that sooner or later you would make a name for yourself in the shelter, but I didn’t expect it to be so soon.”
Faced with the flattery from a true power figure in the underground city, Lu Bai did not get carried away and asked calmly, “What does Speaker Xiao want from me?”
Xiao Zhengyan actually had no mood for this symbolic small talk either. He took a deep breath and got straight to the point.
“Another Mona Person has descended to the shelter.”
Hearing this, Lu Bai restrained the smile that had unconsciously appeared on his face.
Xiao Zhengyan added, “Not long ago, the Mona Person who descended took away Xueyin.”
Lu Bai: “Did you see it with your own eyes?”
Xiao Zhengyan shook his head: “At that time, I was still in the City Hall Building. If I had been there, I probably wouldn’t have escaped either.”
Lu Bai’s brows gradually furrowed: “Why tell me specifically about this?”
This was really too strange.
A new Mona Person descending to Shelter No. 9 was barely acceptable.
But why, after descending, did they not cause destruction or do anything else, but instead only abduct Xiao Xueyin?
“During the war preparations, leaking out that Mona People can freely enter and exit the shelter would be too devastating a blow to morale. As for why only tell you…”
Xiao Zhengyan said this and reached out to open the tablet computer on the table: “This is the surveillance footage captured by the camera at the entrance.”
After saying this, he pressed the play button.
In the footage, three men wearing white robes controlled Xiao Xueyin, and then one of them spread his palm, releasing a miniature model.
That miniature model turned out to be Lu Bai’s appearance. Before Lu Bai could make out the man’s lip movements, the screen turned into a snow-white no-signal state.
“The surveillance video only captured up to here. The hidden cameras were probably discovered and destroyed by them.”
Xiao Zhengyan looked up at Lu Bai: “The Mona People are looking for you.”
“No.”
Lu Bai refuted Speaker Xiao’s judgment: “If I’m not mistaken, these three are not Mona People, but Mona Warriors.”
He had interacted with Mona People many times, after all, so he could barely distinguish whether someone was a Mona Person.
“Mona Warriors?”
Xiao Zhengyan was a bit puzzled; he indeed did not know about the existence of Mona Warriors.
“They are humans. You can simply understand them as the Can Society’s Cheng Zhi Wu for the Mona People.”
With this explanation, Xiao Zhengyan understood.
After all, the Can Society had existed for so long, and in his view, human traitors were not uncommon.
But the problem still remained; they still did not understand why the Mona People would send Mona Warriors to abduct Xiao Xueyin.
Lu Bai pressed replay.
While watching the footage on the screen, he rubbed his chin.
He vaguely guessed a possibility.
“From their actions, Xiao Xueyin is temporarily in no danger to his life; he was just taken away by them.”
Lu Bai stood up: “Anyway, since it concerns me, they will eventually come to me sooner or later. At that time, I will take responsibility for capturing them. Speaker Xiao, you first arrange for people to secretly investigate these Mona Warriors and how exactly they got into the shelter.”
Even though he was very worried about his son’s safety, Xiao Zhengyan had reached the position of speaker and naturally would not confuse right and wrong.
He knew very well what was most important now and had no intention of blaming Lu Bai; instead, he showed considerable tolerance.
“Then I’ll have the secretary send you back first. Contact me anytime if you need help.”
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Zheng Yongliang was among the first batch of residents to return to the surface.
He was urged by the armed forces to exit the Escape Elevator and, under the staff’s guidance, cautiously walked out of the civil defense project.
He walked out from the passage of the civil defense project.
At this time, the surface was still in the dead of night, with a bright moon high in the sky and stars dotting it.
For some reason, Zheng Yongliang suddenly wanted to stop for a moment.
The moon overhead was very round and bright.
A cool night breeze blew, and he felt a bit cold. He touched his face and realized he was already in tears.
No matter how realistic the sky simulated by the Holographic Sky Screen was, it could not bring him such immense emotion.
There were many, many people like him.
So many that this first batch of civilians completely blocked the exit of the civil defense project.
Faint sobs came from the crowd, consciously lowered in volume, as if breaking the current quiet was an unforgivable sin.
The previously stern staff members did not urge them at this moment either.
Unlike exceptions like Lu Bai, who had only lived in this underground city for half a year at most.
Everyone in Shelter No. 9 had known since childhood that they lived underground and, barring accidents, would never see the real sky in their lifetime, just like their ancestors.
Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors gazed at the starry sky, thinking it ordinary.
No matter what, they could not imagine how moved their descendants would be upon seeing the night sky again.
A few minutes later, when the next batch of civilians arrived on the surface, it brought them back to their senses one after another.
A staff member rubbed his nose, without putting on any more official airs, just raised his voice a bit and shouted: “Alright, everyone, don’t block the exit. This way, follow the guidance of the searchlight.”
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