Seeing the brain exposed to the air, Castel and the others fell silent.
To be honest, Castel's biotechnology was only average—several generations behind its industrial technology—but she could still recognize a brain. It was a living, breathing human brain!
"It's not... you people..."
Chloe turned to look at the orderly docks outside, then at the brain embedded in the machine. For a moment, she felt an absurd sense of unreality.
She had originally been the leader of a cult and thought herself the embodiment of evil. But after seeing the Empire and the South Continent, she suddenly felt that Moth Chasing Flame was actually quite conservative.
At the very least, she had never stuffed human brains into machines!
She did not know whether she was mad or the world was mad.
"Why... why would you put a living person's brain into a machine? Wait, did I misunderstand? This is a living human brain, not some bizarre work of art, right?"
"That's right. It's a human brain." Though Carter wore a mask, his distaste was still palpable. "Honestly, we Skinwearers really can't appreciate the Night Watchers' technologies, but... there's no helping it. They really are powerful enough."
Theus glanced at the various vehicles outside that moved without anyone controlling them, and a dreadful suspicion suddenly arose in him. "Could it be that all these machines are..."
"That's right. Cars, submarines... the core of every machine is a brain. A human brain. To keep it active, it has to be removed while the person is still alive..."
Theus fell silent. Just moments ago, he had thought the Skinwearers' rejection of technology was a bad thing. But now...
No problem. They really should reject it!
"Isn't this technology... a little too extreme?"
Carter froze, then his eyes lit up, as if he had