Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1418: The Dinner Knife

Inside the Nasha Royal Library.

The Grand Scholar brought drinks and snacks, cheerfully striking up a conversation with Fatty Xu and Agravain.

A noble of this upper-class society, he had devoted himself entirely to the sea of books. Because of the excellent education he received from a young age, there was not a trace of ferocity about him.

Instead, he was filled with immense curiosity about the civilization of these tiny people.

Listening to Fatty Xu and Agravain describe the world above the ground, his eyes sparkled with brilliance, brimming with longing.

"So that's what the world above the dome is like?"

"It's hard to imagine that such a tiny race as yours could evolve such a vast and advanced civilization!"

"Remarkable, truly remarkable. It's all because we have taken two completely different paths of development."

The Grand Scholar's face was full of regret.

"The reason they kept my position of Grand Scholar is only to put on a show, to flaunt their own nobility."

Fatty Xu listened with great interest, cupping his big face like a curious kid listening to a teacher's lecture.

Agravain, however, was thinking more.

She asked, "Could you tell us in detail about superhuman abilities... what you call martial arts? After all, in our history, such existences are extremely rare."

Hearing this, the Grand Scholar smiled.

"You've come to the right person! In all of Nasha, there's no one else but me who can answer that question for you."

"Rather, besides me, no one cares about this question."

"They only know that martial arts can make people stronger, but they never care about the source of that power."

As he spoke, he stood up from his chair with difficulty, then shuffled unsteadily to the bookshelf. After searching for a while, he pulled out a thick book.

The quality of their paper was poor, so the book had to be handled with extreme care when turning pages. Even now, its edges were already quite weathered, feeling like it would fall apart with the slightest force.

After flipping through a few pages, the Grand Scholar said to the two of them:

"I once searched through all historical records. Combined with years of research by me and my students, I finally arrived at this conclusion."

He looked at Fatty Xu and Agravain, and their expressions turned serious as well.

They, too, hoped to understand the source of superhuman abilities.

The Grand Scholar pointed to the position of his own heart and smiled. "It is the power of the mind!"

"The power of the mind?" (x2)

They said in unison, finding it utterly incredible.

"Yes. It can roughly be shortened to 'the power of the heart.' Hmm, whatever you call it, I have always believed that the source of power is our inner heart, or in other words, it emanates from our souls."

Agravain, who had been full of anticipation, now had her expression twisted.

She was not at all interested in this kind of metaphysical nonsense.

Even in Western history, only the ancient wizards and alchemists had such ideas.

She thought to herself: I really shouldn't have held much expectation for a scholar from a backward civilization.

Fatty Xu, on the other hand, because he had read few books and had a low level of education, was stunned and repeatedly exclaimed in wonder.

"Wow! That's amazing! So this is the source of superhuman abilities? How incredible!"

Agravain discreetly glanced at Fatty Xu and began to doubt whether this guy was truly one of Chaos's elite fighters.

Their expressions were fully observed by the Grand Scholar. He just smiled slightly, said nothing, and continued chatting with them.

...

The Holy Spirit Hall was empty and silent, as if the locals had all hidden away, or as if they were conducting some extremely important ceremony.

This was because, when Prince Anlite was absorbing the sacrificial spirit, in order to ensure no one would disturb him, he had cleared out all irrelevant personnel.

The Grand Scholar, the old man who spent all day in the library, was an exception. No one cared about this bookworm, and no one thought he would disturb Prince Anlite.

Thus, in the Holy Spirit Hall, it was the surface humans who had been banished to various places by General Baburu, searching for their companions and for the treasures within the hall.

The Holy Spirit Hall was not lacking in valuable treasures, but they were all too huge. Except for Zhang Yi, whenever anyone passed by a spot, they would conveniently collect everything inside into their dimensional space.

Gold and silver were also extremely valuable in Nasha. After all, they had stable properties and were vital in the smelting field.

Besides that, there were some artworks in Nasha's style.

However, what everyone truly cared about were still the Divine Source fragments scattered everywhere.

The people of Nasha didn't care about the Divine Source; they only kept them as treasures like gems, storing them away or embedding them in other items.

This phenomenon was quite strange, but it was good, as it meant Zhang Yi and his team faced much fewer troubles when collecting them.

After separating from the others, Old You was also carefully searching for Zhang Yi's location.

He was wearing heavy armor. Only he had armor as heavy as a tank.

This was specially forged for him by Lu Keran for the underground expedition. It could be said he was armed to the teeth.

Although it couldn't compare to Zhang Yi's [Hidden Dragon] armor, it could still give Old You extremely powerful combat strength.

With a superhuman ability index of 8100 points, paired with the exoskeleton mech suit, his overall combat power could reach around 9500 points.

Old You pushed open a large door before him. As he looked in, he saw a massive long dining table placed in the room.

This was the royal dining area. The table was like a horizontally placed building.

Old You had been drawn by the aura of Divine Source, and the Smart System would lock onto its location for him.

But he wasn't trying to obtain the Divine Source for himself. Instead, he wanted to find it for Zhang Yi and the others to use.

Old You's talent was not high.

If he hadn't met Zhang Yi early on, with his current strength, he wouldn't even be able to join Zhang Yi's team.

Zhang Yi was a person who seemed cold-blooded on the surface, but he never held back on his true friends.

He accepted Old You, so no matter how poor Old You's talent was, he would never abandon him.

He gave him the best resources and the best weapons to help Old You grow.

Old You was grateful and devoted everything he had to Zhang Yi.

"Once I find the Divine Source, I should give it to those young ladies. They're far more capable than I am. They'll definitely be a huge help to Zhang Yi in the future."

"Not like me. I'm old, after all. As long as I can assist the kids a little and not hold them back, I'll be satisfied."

Old You thought to himself.

Just then, the Smart System gave a warning.

"Confirmed the energy fluctuation source of the Divine Source!"

Old You looked up and saw a gleaming dinner knife on the dining table. A small yellow gem, along with other gems, was embedded in the knife's handle.