A few seconds later, looking into Lin An's icy eyes, Haine swallowed hard, seemingly aware of just how twisted the fugitives' methods were.
"Yes, Lin God."
"We are indeed reproducing ourselves."
"Things aren't too bad here. A large number of the humans are still native humans. I haven't had time to spread 'myself' yet."
"You'll understand if you visit the Land of Radiation. Things are even more extreme there. Out of more than three hundred million people in that world, over a hundred million are 'God-Born.' And that guy even likes mating with himself..."
Unable to meet Lin An's eyes, Haine gave a bitter inward laugh.
Rather than saying he hadn't had time to spread himself, it would be more accurate to say that this was simply too depraved for his tastes.
Enslaving himself, mating with himself, giving birth to himself, worshipping himself...
It really was a little twisted.
Lin An's expression darkened slightly, and he asked coldly.
"You do this to obtain higher-quality faith?"
"You strip humans of their ability to reproduce so you can replace them more easily?"
"What's the principle behind it?"
Honestly, he didn't quite understand why the fugitives did this.
Was it because human genes, or perhaps their innate talents, were too poor? If they wanted high-level Awakened without allowing too many deaths, was modifying their "genes" the only option?
But was there really nothing wrong with faith power obtained this way?
Or was it...
As though he had seen through Lin An's confusion, Haine responded.
He began explaining through the pain, no longer caring that this was one of their secrets.
"Lin God, your thinking isn't wrong."
"You must be absorbing faith power too, right? I'm sure you've noticed its drawbacks while absorbing it."
"People have all kinds of personalities and emotions. Among hundreds