Duanmu Huai understood the current situation very well.
Ultimately, this was simply human nature.
In games, many players could never understand why the Astartes Legions were so powerful, yet the High Lord Council dared to hold the Astartes back during the Emperor's crusade.
Forget the Emperor's crusade. During Warhammer 40,000, the Astartes were demigods in the eyes of ordinary humans, yet the High Lord Council could exile them or launch investigations against them at will. If Guilliman had not returned to life, the Empire could have played those Astartes to death.
Many people found this incomprehensible. Why?
Because of rules? But everyone knew that rules were created by the strong. Whoever had the bigger fist had the final say. How could the High Lord Council possibly compare with the Astartes?
The reason was simple. Ultimately, the Astartes had been created by the Emperor.
That was right. It was that simple.
And that was precisely where the problem lay.
Humans could tolerate beings that were innately stronger than them, but they could not tolerate something they had personally created becoming stronger than they were.
It was just like the World Government on the Honkai planet. They did not dare say a word about anything Duanmu Huai did. But when it came to killing the Fusion Warriors, they genuinely intended to do it!
Because a creator could not tolerate its creations disobeying its commands!
It was that simple!
The Astartes, Fusion Warriors, Gram Iron Cavalry, even the Geth and Terminators... ultimately, they were all the same. They had all been created, but once their actions exceeded the limits their creators could tolerate, then as creators, the only thing they would naturally consider was destroying them.
Perhaps someone would wonder where they got the confidence to do that.
The reason was simple as