Natural Disaster: I Started By Hoarding Tens Of Billions Of Supplies

Yao Ran shook her head and answered, "I don't know. For now, I think it's better for us to focus on finding the location of The Ark's headquarters. After we deal with The Ark, I believe we will eventually uncover the truth."

Seeing how calm she was, Xu Ruihan felt relieved. "You are right. I still have things to do, so I will head back first."

"I will walk you out," Yao Ran said as she saw Xu Ruihan standing up.

Raising his hand to stop her, Xu Ruihan calmly refused, "No need. I know the way."

Before taking a step, he turned back to look at Yao Ran and added, "Be careful on your mission. Elder Brother will come to save you as soon as we find the location."

Hearing this, Yao Ran smiled and nodded. "Alright."

Seeing her smile, Xu Ruihan reached out and gently patted her head before leaving. As he stepped out of the study, he ran into Long Yu.

Long Yu glanced at the brown envelope in Xu Ruihan's hand for a second, then looked at him and asked, "Brother Xu, you are leaving so soon?"

Xu Ruihan nodded. "Mhm. The preparations for the attack are almost complete, and I need to coordinate with Wu Yehao."

Seeing that he was busy, Long Yu said, "I see. See you later, Brother Xu."

"See you later, Brother Long."

After Xu Ruihan had left the villa, Long Yu brought the tea into the study. When he walked in, he saw Yao Ran sitting on the couch, deep in thought.

Placing the tea on the low table, Long Yu sat beside her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Hearing his question, Yao Ran snapped out of her thoughts. She looked at Long Yu and explained, "A Yu, Elder Brother Ruihan just showed me a few files that Grandpa Xu received from my grandfather."

Reaching out to smooth her furrowed brows, Long Yu said, "It seems like whatever was in those files is troubling you."

Yao Ran nodded. "Inside the files, there is evidence that Gao Shuwei is actually someone who has returned from the future. But unlike us, he has actually already come back countless times. Each time he returns, he revives earlier than the last."

She paused for a second before asking, "A Yu, do you think it's possible for someone to experience rebirth countless times?"

Long Yu pondered on her question before replying, "Since we were also reborn after our deaths, it's possible that Gao Shuwei has experienced the same. But I believe there is a secret behind why he can return every time he dies."

Yao Ran's eyes flickered when she heard that. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Are you saying that Gao Shuwei is connected to our rebirth?"

Long Yu nodded, and then Yao Ran added, "But I remember that I self-destructed when I failed to escape the secret laboratory."

"At that time, the explosion was caused by my spatial element energy. After my rebirth, my spatial ability became much weaker compared to my wood and water element abilities. My rebirth should be linked to my spatial element energy."

After saying that, Yao Ran turned to Long Yu and asked, "What about you? How did you die in your previous life?"

Long Yu recalled for a moment before answering, "I remember that my team was assassinated during a mission. At that time, I was investigating the secret laboratory after your death."

"The base wanted to understand the cause of the explosion and sent us there. But just as we completed our mission and were preparing to leave, a group of assassins suddenly ambushed us."

"We were outnumbered, and at that time, we hadn't eaten for more than a week. Everyone was too weak to fight, and my teammates all died in front of me. Before I died, I managed to kill all the assassins. When I regained consciousness, I was in the barracks of the First Army, five years before the end of the world began."

"After accepting the fact that I had returned to the past, I quickly sold all the property my parents left for me, bought the air-raid shelter, and with my knowledge of the future events, I used the remaining money to invest and managed to earn enough money to stock up supplies."

Hearing this, Yao Ran realized something and asked, "So you also died in the secret laboratory?"

"Yes." Long Yu suddenly paused before asking, "Could my rebirth be connected to your spatial element energy?"

Yao Ran shook her head and replied, "I'm not sure. If your rebirth was caused by my spatial element energy, then all your team members should have also experienced rebirth since they all died in the secret laboratory. But the fact is, they didn't, and only you did."

"So we can't rule out the possibility that our rebirths are connected to Gao Shuwei," Long Yu added.

Yao Ran nodded. "That's right. So far, what we know about Gao Shuwei is that he is like us—someone who comes back from the future—and he was also an orphan saved by my grandfather."

"Mhm." Long Yu agreed and thought for a moment before asking, "Ran Ran, do you think the reason your grandfather established the Yao Security Company and made Gao Shuwei its director was because he knew that Gao Shuwei had knowledge of the future?"

Yao Ran said, "It's possible. A Yu, do you remember what my elder cousin told me before—about Gao Shuwei requesting a private conversation with my grandfather on the day he was adopted?"

Hearing this, Long Yu's eyes widened with a hint of realization. "You mean… Gao Shuwei told your grandpa about the future and his rebirth at that time?"

"Yes," Yao Ran replied. "Otherwise, why would my grandfather suddenly establish the Yao Security Company without reason, take in countless orphans from orphanages around the country as if he already knew who he should adopt, and order them to protect the heir of the Yao family?"