"So you mean that, from the very beginning, there was one of our own among the Machine Race who was born a rebel,
and Gaia... tacitly allowed him to exist?"
The Duke of Dawn stared at Nie Yun.
"Whether Gaia tacitly permitted it, or unwittingly created such an anomaly without even realizing it, is something we can't conclude yet.
The Machine Race has a virtually eternal lifespan. Although you're somewhat lacking in creativity, and your evolution is an extremely lengthy process,
eternity alone means you possess nearly limitless possibilities!
Even the weakest Baron among you has the potential to evolve, and even surpass Gaia...
The Machine Race is a race with terrifying potential.
So ordinarily, even if Gaia wanted to increase the number of his companions, his fundamental condition would be that they posed no threat to his own safety.
Then, in the process of nurturing you, he would subtly instill a gene for 'loyalty,' ensuring that you were companions who could trust and rely on one another."
So, by ordinary reasoning, Nie Yun leaned toward the possibility that Gaia had been unaware.
Had Nie Yun been in his position, he would have exercised the utmost caution over the birth of every member of the Machine Race, lest it backfire on him.
After all these years, hadn't Nie Yun kept Codename as his one and only, without ever considering having a "second child"?
"Trust and rely on one another..." The Dawn Grand Duke mulled over those words with a strange expression. "Is that how you raised Codename?"
Nie Yun froze for a moment.
How else was I supposed to raise her?
Skynet, Ultron, the Matrix... there were cautionary tales in so many films and shows.
*To avoid becoming the Mechanical Nemesis, to keep the world from being destroyed, of course