After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 430 Ancestral Grain Storage

Chapter 430: Chapter 430 Ancestral Grain Storage

Under Shi Yaoguang’s smooth talk, a group of people who didn’t know how long they had stayed in the underground laboratory, came to fully believe in Shi Yaoguang’s words.

They believed she was a person from the future.

Their guard against her was naturally lowered by a few notches.

However, they became much more reverent and cautious towards her.

After Shi Yaoguang expressed her desire to dissect "Ancient Humans" for research purposes.

The people in lab coats looked at each other and surprisingly agreed very cooperatively.

Shi Yaoguang accepted this calmly.

As soon as she had successfully arrived here, she had used Divine Sense to scout the situation.

Underground...

There were more than five hundred people hidden.

And they were alive.

The developed area underground was also a bit larger than what she had previously imagined.

She hardly dare to imagine.

More than five hundred people, or perhaps...

Even more.

They had once lived together underground, unaware of how long they had been living here.

They seemed to still regard this place as their home.

No.

Strictly speaking, only a small portion of them considered this place their home.

Many more lived here without any dignity.

Their existence’s sole purpose was to become lab rats.

Shi Yaoguang learned this from a man in a lab coat who called himself Wang Hai.

He had lived here ever since he had memory.

As for how many years had passed in the outside world, he had no idea at all.

None of the people here knew how much time had passed in the outside world.

They had always lived underground.

Their eating, drinking, and all their activities took place underground.

If she had not seen it with her own eyes, Shi Yaoguang would hardly have believed it.

Quan Jinbei also felt shocked and astounded.

In the midst of his shock, he also wanted to figure out what exactly was going on with these people.

Why they were living together here, and when they had migrated.

As they walked along, they saw many people hunched over.

Such posture had already led to the disease of softened bones among them.

This was caused by the lack of sunlight for years on end.

The underground people were divided into two classes.

One class was the masters.

The other class was akin to livestock.

Their existence was only to serve as nourishment for the laboratory.

The purpose of the laboratory was to create biochemical viruses that could affect the human body.

It sounded ridiculous, yet that was the reality.

If we were to trace back, the timeline could go nearly two hundred years prior.

At that time, a global war broke out.

The builders of the laboratory were the leaders of a certain country, who had then thought about having people research biochemical weapons, using such weapons to achieve control, or even destroy enemy nations.

This goal, naturally, was not achieved.

To this day, perhaps the people of that country have forgotten that such a group of people exists in the world.

Yet they were still strictly executing the original orders.

Perhaps, initially, they were executing Shangguan’s orders.

Latterly, this had become a numbness.

A numb execution.

Numb propagation.

Numb experimentation.

Numb demise.

If Shi Yaoguang hadn’t discovered this place, it might have existed indefinitely until every person underground became a corpse for various reasons.

Or perhaps, many years later, someone would stumble upon this place and uncover its existence.

But such hopes were far too vain.

Shi Yaoguang looked at the scene before her and didn’t know what to do for a moment.

She turned to Quan Jinbei, "What should we do now?"

At her words, Quan Jinbei replied indifferently, "Report it to the state."

Shi Yaoguang: "..."

Although this answer was not very reliable, it was indeed the best solution available.

Quan Jinbei said, "This place has existed for a long time now, and it didn’t matter that it hadn’t been discovered, but once it’s been found, it’s not possible to let them continue living as before."

"The best approach now is to leave it to the professionals."

Shi Yaoguang nodded, feeling that his words made sense.

Seeing that she didn’t object, Quan Jinbei, thinking about what Shi Yaoguang had just done, couldn’t help but ask, "What did you just say to them?"

Shi Yaoguang explained what she had done.

After hearing her out, Quan Jinbei also looked rather speechless.

Shi Yaoguang cleared her throat, trying to save her own dignity.

"I was just thinking that it wouldn’t be good to start a fight directly, and if a battle can be avoided, then it’s best not to resort to violence."

Quan Jinbei’s mouth twitched, "Without your explanation, I wouldn’t suspect you of being a drama queen."

Shi Yaoguang stroked her chin, pretending to take the comment seriously, "If you put it that way, I guess it’s not impossible."

The lead scientist of the lab, Wang Hai, along with Lu Nie, saw the "two from the future" flirting and squabbling, a hint of confusion on their faces.

"What are you talking about?"

Wang Hai did not understand what Quan Jinbei was saying, but Shi Yaoguang responded, "I’m talking to my partner, is there a problem?"

Wang Hai naturally did not dare to object. A bit apprehensive, he saw that Shi Yaoguang did not seem to be in a bad mood, so he tentatively asked, "When will you leave?"

Shi Yaoguang deliberately made a fierce face, "Can’t I stay here? Just because you are Ancient Humans, you dare not to take me seriously?"

At her assertive questioning, Wang Hai and the others were startled.

He hurriedly explained, "We didn’t mean that; it’s just that we really have nothing to offer you here."

"Hmph," Shi Yaoguang snorted coldly, "Don’t think you can fob me off with that excuse!"

"I’ve also studied history, and I know that in this period of history, you Ancient Humans had invented many delicious foods."

As she spoke, she exuded a menacing aura, "Are you saying you have nothing to offer because you think we are unworthy of such delicious food?"

While Shi Yaoguang was saying these words, she couldn’t help but laugh internally.

Playing the role of the fierce and malevolent thug, she was quite convincing.

On the surface, however, she looked at them emotionlessly.

It seemed that if they said something to displease her, she was ready to leap up and start fighting at any moment.

Wang Hai felt a chill in his heart but didn’t dare to actually say anything.

He could only patiently explain.

"It’s not that we don’t want to entertain you two; we really have nothing here."

"The history I’ve learned tells me that your era had many delicacies," Shi Yaoguang insisted.

Wang Hai scratched his head...

...and ended up with a handful of hair.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, but Wang Hai nonchalantly retracted his hand.

He respectfully said to Shi Yaoguang, "We have always lived here, and indeed, there are no delicacies."

"The only food we have is left behind by our ancestors."

Wang Hai said as he took Shi Yaoguang to inspect the "food left by the ancestors."

Seeing moldy rice and various other grains stored underground, Shi Yaoguang’s expression twisted momentarily.

Although she had guessed it in her heart, upon seeing these "ancestral stores," she couldn’t help but lose control of her expression.

If possible, she really wanted to know what the people who built this underground laboratory were thinking.

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