Li Aoz sneered. "What about the Infant Eater?"
"The codename of this body is Infant Eater."
The professor spread her hands.
"Isn't it cool? As a woman in science and engineering, this is just too cool. It perfectly matches my vision of a future of intertwined flesh and blood beyond this world of mechanical augmentation."
"With just a tiny price, you can obtain a body that surpasses those forged through decades of martial training."
"Technology, with a touch of fun."
Li Aoz mocked her coldly. "And the price is those children?"
"Someone has to sacrifice for science. Compared to adults who require compulsory education and consume vast amounts of resources and time, using infants is clearly more cost-effective."
The professor spoke eloquently.
"Without the constraints of morality and law, progress becomes very fast—and the Outland has neither law nor morality."
"Fuck your mother, you bitch! Your research was built entirely on piles of infant corpses, yet its results are used on people from the Four Nations!"
Li Aoz clenched his fists and cursed.
"Fuck you, Newborn! The Outland People have already suffered unimaginable hardship. They have nothing left, yet you even take away their children—the continuation of their lives and their hope! What kind of fucking humanity is this?!"
The professor gave him a surprised look.
"How strange," she said. "When I first saw you, I thought you were just like me."
"What?"
"I can see a shadow in you exactly like my own."
The professor said leisurely.
"We worship strength, worship reason, worship science. We both uphold the principle that profit comes first. We both stop at nothing to fulfill our desires. We both do not care about our own lives, and possess the spirit to sacrifice ourselves for our ideals..."
She spread her arms and split open a