Going by the style of old-school wuxia novels, the first generation was usually the strongest. The second generation was still decent, but lacked the talent to reach the first generation's level. The third generation was more tragic, losing even their territory outright because of martial-world vendettas, romantic entanglements, the family falling into decline, and so on.
Then, after some gifted young man went through all kinds of face-slapping and showing-off plotlines, he finally mastered an ultimate technique, reached the first generation's level, revitalized the faction, and restored its prestige in the martial world.
But for the Mechanical Hunter class, things were completely reversed.
The first generation was still in the "slash-and-burn" phase. They hadn't even unlocked the technology tree.
The second generation had unlocked the technology tree, but was soon eliminated by version updates and inflated stats.
As for the third generation, well, sorry, but the third generation had cultivated their mecha demonic arts backward and had completely ceased to be human.
So the third generation ignored the second generation, while the second generation looked down somewhat on the first generation, thinking, How are old relics like you, who should be spending your days in a nursing home, qualified to "rebalance the stats" with us?
The little woman said they were all trash.
That said, although the little woman still looked like a flat-chested loli, she was no longer young. She had already been thirty during the Iron Sand Desert incident, and several more years had passed since then. The "little" in her nickname could be removed now.
An old acquaintance who clearly had a death wish brought up the matter, but after thinking for a moment, the little woman declared that this was simply her nickname. *If you don't believe me, look at these steel-plated pectorals of mine. Aren't