Pretending To Be A Boss

"As for those who have seen the original, there are even fewer, I remember that each fortress wrote in a different language, in the Sky Guardian Fortress it was in Dongying language. In the Huaxia Fortress, it was in our own script. The fortresses of other federations did the same, all using the languages of their own civilizations before the great catastrophe."

"When I was nine, my brother and I were called in by our father for a talk, where he showed us these texts."

"Inside there was a line that read: 'In the realm of the impure and the fallen, humanity will awaken to divinity, seeing the vision of the Ordainer."

Li Xiaoyu watched Tang Xian, whose expression kept changing subtly.

I had thought Tang would be focused on the last sentence, but when I mentioned that the scripts recorded in each Pyramid fortress were different, Tang frowned.

In that moment, Tang's mind raced with many thoughts.

Did the builders of the Pyramids, or the true owners, actually foresee the great catastrophe of mankind?

Or, more conspiratorially, was the historic catastrophe that vanished without a trace, actually orchestrated by the Pyramid builders?

But why would they do that?
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Tang couldn't come up with an explanation.

It was certain, though, that the Pyramids' locations were fixed, which allowed preparation of the scripts of the corresponding states in advance.

As for Li Xiaoyu's last sentence, under such deductions, Tang was not unshocked, only gradually getting used to the astonishment.

Li Xiaoyu could not understand why Tang was astonished; when she and Li Zheng first came into contact with this information, they were indeed amazed and even questioned whether there really were gods in this world.

But Tang's reaction still seemed strange to Li Xiaoyu.

"Is there more?" Tang asked.

"That's about it, the rest of the text mentions some mineral resources, topographical data, and some common knowledge we are aware of, including talent data, which is also common knowledge."

Li Xiaoyu continued to say:

"So you have to understand, there are no talents beyond the ten kinds of data in this world."

Tang nodded.

He had a clear picture now.

"Do you believe what is said about unlocking the knowledge in the Pyramids?" Tang asked.

"At least for now... none of it has been found to be false, right?"

What should have been a confident reply, Li Xiaoyu started to hesitate as she looked at Tang's expression.

"Do you believe there are gods in this world?"

"Are you referring to the divinity and the Ordainer mentioned in the documents? Human civilization once teetered on the brink of destruction, then huge Pyramids beyond human capacity to build appeared, and even a second world; I… actually don't know whether I should believe it or not."

Instinctively, Li Xiaoyu wanted to say that perhaps there really were gods in this world.

But hidden within Tang's calm expression seemed to be another answer.

"Why do you ask all this, have you thought of something?"

Tang stood up and said:

"Today you've told me a lot of interesting things, let's have lunch here this afternoon, I'll cook you something delicious."

"Don't change the subject! You haven't even answered my last question!" Li Xiaoyu said.

"I'm not changing the subject, it's just that many pieces of information need to be sorted out. I will not yet tell you what I have thought of, but I will first answer your first question."

"I have no talents, at least none related to so-called divinity or the Ordainers. It's true I can't see life values, but I indeed have a very powerful strength, you have to keep that a secret for me."

Tang's expression was very serious.

Li Xiaoyu furrowed her brow and said:

"Do I need to have someone kill the people you just let go? To keep it secret... I would do that."

Tang shook his head and said:

"The information they know is not equivalent to yours, and they will not break their promise. On this point, you needn't doubt; just know that what I'm telling you is correct."

"As for why I have this power, I'm not clear yet. But if we consider the rule that more talents mean stronger awakened powers, then I have indeed defied this rule."

Li Xiaoyu was stunned, and after pausing for a moment, she asked:

"Does anyone else know?"

"No, the others just know I am strong, but in the mines, my being strong is reasonable, and they don't know how many talents I have. Even Akasi and the others actually think that I am just deliberately concealing my talents."

Tang looked at Li Xiaoyu and said with a wry smile:

"You are the first person to know about this. I considered using a plausible lie to placate you, but the information you gave me was very useful, it provided me with insights, and this is reciprocity."

"So the most plausible is the lie, and the absurd truth you're telling me, are indeed the facts?" Li Xiaoyu's face flushed slightly, overwhelmed by being the first to know.

Tang nodded and said:

"It is precisely because the lie is plausible and the truth is absurd that we need to be wary of unknowns like the Pyramids. And I need someone to share information with."

"Me?" Li Xiaoyu's eyes fixed on Tang.

"No kidding."

"Good, I accept. I'll keep it a secret, and I'll help you out, too."

Li Xiaoyu seemed very happy. Because Tang chose to share a secret with her that she thought was definitely worth hiding.

And also because this man was not only smart but also very strong.

Tang, on the other hand, was quite calm.

Selecting Li Xiaoyu was primarily due to her absolute trust in him.