"The Reformists' primary goal is 'de-infectedization,'" Yang Lian said. "They believe humanity should rely on its own strength to fight anomalies, rather than depending too heavily on infected hunters like you. In their eyes, the infected will always be outsiders... You may consider that discrimination, but that is simply the reality."
"Humanity's own strength?" Sun Hang thought about it. The only thing he could think of was Anomaly Equipment like "Slaughter," but such equipment still relied on the power of anomalies. Qualified Users were little more than "accessories," and those who spent long periods in contact with Anomaly Equipment probably did not seem much different from the infected in the Reformists' eyes...
"Anomaly Equipment and Qualified Users were the Reformists' earliest attempts... But at this presentation, she seems to intend to propose an entirely new direction for development." Yang Lian said, "Professor Deng is extremely hostile toward anomalies and the infected. She was deeply opposed even to the proposal for Anomaly Equipment... If the Xiazhou Federation's border defenses did not still need hunters like you to hold them up, I reckon she would have proposed wiping out all infected people long ago."
"Was she traumatized or something? Why does she hate the infected so much?" Sun Hang asked curiously.
"Good guess..." Yang Lian nodded. "Her mother was once the direct supervisor of an Anomaly Hunter, like my sister. But that hunter's infection progression spiraled out of control, and he tore her mother to pieces. Professor Deng was only eleven at the time, and she witnessed it with her own eyes. From then on, she became a staunch member of the Reformists."
"I see."
Sun Hang suddenly felt that there was some reason Professor Deng had become so extreme... The fact that she could sit in her current position showed that