My Ability Pool is Superior

The shadow that appeared on the moon caused many tasks, including construction, to fall into stagnation, with a tense atmosphere enveloping the forward base.

Faced with such a change of circumstance, it was hard to have the mind to work, and many civilians chose to return to their residences to stay with their family.

Compared to the army, which still had some ability to fight back, ordinary civilians were completely unable to master their own fate and could only silently pray in their hearts.

If it weren’t for Lu Bai holding things down, chaos would probably have already appeared.

An entire hour had passed since the shadow appeared.

The terrifying strike imagined did not appear, and the Mona people seemed to simply paint a shadow on the moon to indicate that they were about to arrive.

But it was hard to say this was any good thing.

If the Mona people made no further moves, it would instead put humanity on the back foot; they couldn’t just keep waiting, could they?

Just like if you knew tomorrow was the end of the world, you definitely wouldn’t have the mood to go to work today.

So even if the civilians at the forward base were strongly pressed to resume work and production, there wasn’t much efficiency to speak of.

Combat command center.

A young staff officer’s patience was finally exhausted, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Lu? What do we do now?”

Before Lu Bai could reply, the uniformed elder standing beside him scolded first, “Shut up. The probe has already been launched. What we need to do now is wait for the results to come back.”

With humanity’s current level of technology, not considering the supernatural power of death fighters, landing on the moon was indeed not an easy task.

It would still take several hours for the probe launched into space to reach the moon.

However, in front of the neatly arranged computers, the technicians were still methodically analyzing the collected parameters.

It was clear that even though no valuable information had been obtained yet, these technicians remained unshaken.

Incidentally, due to human nature, the more comfortable positions had better treatment, and such positions often didn’t require high operation skills, while ordinary people found it hard to get in, which was the so-called class solidification.

But the situation in the shelter was different from historical trends.

This shelter regime was probably aware that the crisis always existed, and it had steadfastly curbed the tentacles of corruption from reaching the army, at least ensuring that the personnel Lu Bai took over could still be considered elite, usable right away on the job without needing reorganization.

Therefore, Lu Bai didn’t urge them; after all, he could see that these technicians had already done their best.

After quietly watching the screen on the central big screen for a while, Lu Bai suddenly turned his head to look at the uniformed elder sitting beside him and softly asked, “Have you noticed that this shadow seems to have gotten bigger?”

“Gotten bigger?”

Hearing Lu Bai’s words, the uniformed elder was first startled, then abruptly turned to look at the screen image, his brows gradually furrowing. “It doesn’t seem to have changed much, does it?”

A technician responsible for answering doubts added from the side, “Mr. Lu, staring at the same object for a long time can cause changes in visual perception; this is a normal phenomenon.”

“No, that’s not right…”

However, another technician said hesitantly, “The shadow really seems to have expanded a bit.”

If only one person felt it had gotten bigger, it could still be explained as an illusion.

Now that more than one person thought so, it needed to be taken seriously.

The technician responsible for answering doubts lowered his head to the earpiece. “Monitoring team, did you hear that? Recheck the optical parameters.”

“Real-time monitoring results show no change in the shadow’s size.”

A middle-aged man wearing glasses stood up irritably in response.

Clearly, the monitoring team wasn’t just sitting idle.

At a time like this, if the instruments detected any change, they would definitely report it immediately.

“Team leader, something’s not right. I compared the images from the start and now; the overlap is less than one hundred percent.”

One of the middle-aged man’s technicians looked slightly panicked. “The shadow really got bigger.”

“How much bigger? Why didn’t the instruments detect it?”

Hearing this report, the glasses-wearing monitoring team leader was so angry he wanted to curse, and he quickly strode to his subordinate’s side. “Quickly check if the instruments are faulty, confirm the shadow’s expansion speed as soon as possible, and sync the results to the combat command center immediately.”

The combat command center soon received the news.

Fortunately, no negative effects from the shadow’s expansion had been discovered yet, so the people present could temporarily remain calm.

“It really did get bigger.” Lu Bai rubbed his chin with his right hand, lost in thought.

He had no intention of blaming the technicians.

In fact, humanity’s current astronomical observation technology was still in a very primitive stage; laser measurement being interfered with was too normal.

Lu Bai silently activated [Heartstream Network] and pacified them. “Everyone just attend to your duties; no need to panic. I’ll step in if necessary.”

……

In the blink of an eye, another three hours passed.

The instrument monitoring results showed that the shadow’s parameters in all aspects were the same as when it first appeared.

However, after several hours, anyone with eyes could tell the monitoring results were wrong.

After all, the shadow on the moon had now expanded to nearly half of the lunar surface facing them.

There was no need for any optical instruments; it was clearly visible to the naked eye.

“This shadow won’t keep expanding, will it?”

Uneasy discussion from the crowd reached Lu Bai’s ears.

But he still sat steadily in his position, not rushing to prove anything to the others.

The uniformed elder stared tightly at the numbers on the tablet and, feeling it was about time, leaned over to Lu Bai’s side and reminded him, “The probe is expected to reach the lunar surface in ten minutes.”

“You’ve got this covered.”

Lu Bai waved his hand and turned his head to switch [Heartstream Network] to [Spider Sense].

This effect, similar to crisis sense, combined with the always-ready [Flash Time], ensured they wouldn’t suffer any sudden attacks.

The Mona people probably wouldn’t just sit by while they probed freely.

Ten minutes passed in a flash.

Unexpectedly, this period had been very calm, with no change of circumstance at the forward base, and they also received the report of the probe’s safe landing.

The whole process went so smoothly it was unsettling.

Soon, the footage sent back by the probe was switched to the main screen in the hall.

The image quality wasn’t great, and the footage was a bit choppy.

But it could still be determined that the shadow was just a simple shadow.

As early as when the shadow appeared, the technicians had confirmed right away that there was nothing blocking the light source in the direction facing the shadow.

“That’s strange, then. How exactly did this shadow appear?”