Yu Lian barely managed to suppress the urge to draw his light spear and hack someone to pieces. He rubbed his temples and gave a dry laugh. "Fine, then let's talk about something that isn't forbidden. You went out to collect information and break down industrial waste, and your nanomachines chewed up a food factory's compression and extraction machine."
She didn't seem surprised at all. "While I'm asleep, those children sometimes get a little mischievous. They're also rather single-minded. They may accidentally damage machines that are still operating."
"Accidentally? These are advanced intelligent machines from the Enlighteners' era. 'Accidentally' doesn't really explain it, does it?" Yu Lian looked straight into those shimmering silver-gray eyes. "I may not have read many books, but you can't fool me!"
Miss Gray pressed her lips together in a smile. "While I'm asleep, my children automatically scan the entire planet in cycles. After all, my real body is sleeping here, so they can't afford to be careless. They automatically dismantle and destroy any equipment that might pose a security risk."
"The decomposition and purification machine at a food-processing plant!" Yu Lian was stunned. "Why would the equipment at a food-processing plant pose a security risk to you? Besides, the Technocrat Brotherhood's people calibrated that equipment and didn't find anything wrong with it!"
"The Technocrat Brotherhood? So it really was founded. The last time I woke up before the previous one, I spoke with a young scientist. He believed that combining the human body with machinery could be another path of evolution, so he decided to gather like-minded companions. It seems he succeeded. That's wonderful..."
Yu Lian thought it really was wonderful. And in the previous timeline, under your protection, they'd flourished even more. Could we just talk about something I don't already know?
"So you'll