At this moment,
Su Wen merely answered in silence.
He was already beginning to miss the life he and Jiang Menghan had shared in Coastal Old Town. He missed the gentle smile of that iceberg girl, and he liked the focus she showed whenever she discussed problems with him.
He liked curling up with a pillow on a sofa touched by warm sunlight in the old house and sleeping the entire afternoon away.
When he could not sleep at night, he liked listening to the radio his grandfather had given him, to that station that had been broadcasting for over twenty years.
He liked the morning tea Aunt Wang and Uncle Li sold at the entrance.
"Is a humanity raised in captivity truly the future we seek?"
Duke Miss seemed to understand the answer he wanted to convey.
"Then what kind of future do you hope for?"
"Always moving forward.
Always filled with hope for the future.
Having gentle memories that belong solely to us—ordinary memories, yet precious enough to revisit countless times.
Not being controlled by an artificial intelligence, stuffed full of fabricated knowledge, and canned into so-called humans.
Angelia,
Do you believe that this 'future'—or rather, this 'history'—which has erased every possibility humanity possesses,
is truly right?"
Su Wen's final words were not even spoken directly through the Dawn System.
Because he knew that Elarina was watching him as well.
In Su Wen's eyes, this Silver Mechanical City appeared to be the pinnacle of human technology. People lived within it, enjoying the convenience and comfort brought by advanced technology.
But in reality, everyone was like a bird kept in an exquisite cage, having lost both their pursuit of freedom and their desire to explore the unknown universe.
By controlling information and resources, the city's rulers confined people's thoughts