It’s worth mentioning that the City Council can precisely locate anyone within the shelter, including those sewer rats from the Can Society.

Whether they can be found depends on whether the City Council is willing to spend such effort.

And someone like Lv Bai, a top emerging talent, would definitely be on the City Council’s radar. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Learning that Lv Bai disappeared right before the illegal intrusion incident, the suspicion on him is remarkably high.

Even if a definite judgment couldn’t be made, Lv Bai was still regarded as the prime suspect and an internal notice was issued.

"Lv Bai, it’s indeed you."

As the elevator doors opened, the man standing in front of everyone said in a deep voice.

The man had a black eye patch over his left eye, a highly recognizable image that is hard to forget once seen.

Therefore, Lv Bai was certain he had never seen this One-Eyed Dragon before.

But it was evident that although he didn’t recognize these members of City Martial Arts Team Two, they all knew him.

This doesn’t prove Lv Bai’s fame; it’s simply due to the City Council’s meticulous control over the shelter.

"Since you’re back, come with us for a while."

The One-Eyed Dragon, seeing that Lv Bai didn’t respond much, spoke again.

When saying this, the One-Eyed Dragon slightly bent his body, seeming ready to act immediately if Lv Bai resisted.

Fortunately, Lv Bai remained calm and curiously asked, "You are?"

"Forgot to mention, I am the captain of City Martial Arts Team Two, my name is Yu Zheng, but you can call me One-Eyed Dragon."

The One-Eyed Dragon, noticing Lv Bai showed no signs of aggression, naturally eased his attitude considerably.

After all, even though he just started his job not long ago, Lv Bai was still a member of their City Martial Arts Team.

Strictly speaking, Lv Bai didn’t commit any anti-human acts, at most a bit out of line.

To put it broadly, it was indeed open violence violating the shelter’s regulations, potentially posing significant risks to the shelter’s safety.

But to say it lightly, he was just a young person curious about the outside of the shelter, going out for a walk.

The One-Eyed Dragon sternly said, "Deputy Captain Lv, now give up resisting, come with us and explain things clearly. I believe no one will make things difficult for you, but please, don’t let us get into an unpleasant situation, none of us wants to see that."

Lv Bai carefully observed the members of City Martial Arts Team Two gathered in the corridor, confirming that each possessed more than two abilities.

That One-Eyed Dragon captain had four abilities, qualified to become a Mona Warrior.

With the power to Load, Lv Bai wasn’t worried about dealing with these members of the city martial team; however, he didn’t want to have a direct conflict with the shelter.

He still positioned himself on the side of humanity.

Compared to a confrontation with opposing races like the Monan People, it’s better to unite the forces on the human side if possible.

Lv Bai displayed an innocent smile: "I can come with you, but before that, could you kindly prepare some food first?"

"Not a problem at all."

The tension eased, and the One-Eyed Dragon also noticed those Speakers of various settlements in the Hermit Elevator and generously said, "I’ll take care of it."

Lv Bai went along with it, "Then I’ll trouble Captain Yu Zheng, please prepare twenty thousand... thirty thousand then, enough food to last thirty thousand people for a month."

"How much?!"

...

Ultimately, Captain One-Eyed Dragon managed to allocate the required amount of food.

With Shelter Number 9’s stock, mobilizing such an amount of food isn’t an issue at all.

It’s not about giving Lv Bai face; more because knowing so many of his compatriots are starving on the surface, it’s hard to just ignore it.

While the food was still in transit, he and his team, along with Lv Bai, left the tallest building in this Underground City.

The convoy escorting Lv Bai was very low-key, obeying traffic rules and stopping at red lights, even yielding to pedestrians.

This indicated that they probably didn’t intend to do anything to Lv Bai.

The convoy arrived at a manor located in the northeast part of the Underground City, adjacent to the armed forces’ location in the northeast.

Personnel waiting at the manor gate, upon seeing the One-Eyed Dragon arrive with Lv Bai, led the two of them into the manor.

The environment within the manor was quite pleasant, filled with greenery, but the main impression was the tranquility, as if speaking loudly here would be impolite.

Soldiers stood guard along the sides of the path, fully armed, with a faint sense of hidden surveillance from other directions suggesting concealed sentries.

The main road within the manor soon ended.

Waiting for Lv Bai at the end of the road was an elderly man in a wheelchair.

The elder was thin, hunchbacked, but his eyes were as deep as a galaxy.

The One-Eyed Dragon approached and gave the elder a standard military salute before standing behind him.

The elder looked at Lv Bai, smiling with some difficulty: "Young man, you know everything, right?"

"What do you mean?"

Out of respect for the elderly, Lv Bai used the formal "您" character.

"The world outside, and the extraterrestrial civilizations."

"Yes, I know."

"Technically, the current information should not be accessible to you, but since you have witnessed it firsthand, there’s no need to hide it from you..."

Maybe from saying too much in one go, the elder started coughing.

The medical team behind him quickly swarmed over to start checking his vitals.

Thankfully, it was just a momentary gasp, and the elder waved the medical staff away. He looked at Lv Bai, spoke with a bit of self-deprecation.

"Those compatriots on the surface aren’t wrong; no matter how justified the reasons may be, in the end, we betrayed them.

The so-called shelter is merely a compromise under extraterrestrial hegemony."

The elder sighed deeply, quickly adjusted his mood, and asked, "Can you tell me what you did on the surface?"

Lv Bai raised an eyebrow, understanding what worried the elder.

If the influence isn’t significant and stability can be ensured, they’ll act as if nothing happened, at most providing the Monan People with an explanation.

But the problem is...

Lv Bai pondered over his wording: "Actually, I didn’t do much. I left the defense project, encountered a teenager while wandering, followed him to his settlement, and stayed the night."

Before the elder could sigh in relief, Lv Bai continued, "Then the next day, with the settlement’s Speaker, I met a Monan, and after an unpleasant conversation, I destroyed a Monan Interstellar Battleship."

Elder: "..."