Everyone in the room was stunned. First, the amount of information in Chu Han's words was enormous. Second, the speculation was far too bold and obscure. Some people simply failed to understand it at all—Chen Shaoye, for example.
"Boss, I'd better not think about it. My head hurts. I'll just watch everyone discuss it and stay out of the way!" Chen Shaoye sat back down in his chair with a miserable expression. He truly did not understand any of it.
Quick-witted Lu Bingze and Lu Wencheng, whose long-term training in the Intelligence Department had exposed him to vast amounts of information, were the first people present to figure out the logic behind it, aside from the exceptionally intelligent Song Xiao.
"So, Cao's Research Institute was backed by the Rothschild Mysterious Family?" Lu Wencheng looked at Chu Han in amazement, admiration still shining in his eyes.
Only after hearing Lu Wencheng did everyone finally bypass Chu Han's thought process and directly understand the conclusion.
"It had to be. There was no other possibility." Chu Han spoke firmly. "Only a Mysterious Family could have had the ability to develop Cao Chunhui's research institute to this extent. Not to mention the Land of Sanction beneath Nandu Base, something only the Mysterious Families cared about. Besides, among the four great families, Rothschild was the only one that had grown powerful overseas. As for whether the Xiao Family still existed, that no longer mattered."
After hearing that explanation, along with even more strange information, Lu Wencheng was confused again. What was the Land of Sanction?
Lu Bingze's thoughts wandered even further. "What does someone even more mysterious than the Mysterious Families mean? Aren't the Mysterious Families the people at the very top of the pyramid in this Apocalypse Era?"
Chu Han waved a hand. "That