As his words faded, silence fell over the room.
After the two stared at each other for several seconds, Xue Yan abruptly snapped out of his daze.
His eyes shone with excitement. "Why don't we give it a try too?"
Like Xue Yan, Walter rubbed his hands together eagerly. "Give it a try... yes! Let's try it!"
"I've had enough of living like this!"
"Just look at this Exoskeleton Armor..."
As he spoke, Walter thumped the Exoskeleton Armor strapped to his body, then pointed at the Home Medical Pod beside him. His words tumbled out. "And that Medical Pod. Do you know how miserable it is to sleep in there every night?"
"I know. Of course I know..." Xue Yan agreed repeatedly.
Ever since arriving on Dawn Star, everyone had endured an extremely uncomfortable way of life.
Every morning, they climbed out of their wet Medical Pods, cleaned the deep-sea fluid off their bodies, then struggled into their Exoskeleton Armor.
Although the Academy of Sciences had done its best to make the Exoskeleton Armor more comfortable to wear, these powerful "iron frames" still drew complaints from many people-in peacetime, no one wanted to wear a suit of half-open armor around the clock.
"I'm signing up right now!" Xue Yan hurriedly reached out and dragged the Holographic Image around until he found the registration link.
The moment he pressed the button, the Holographic Image automatically switched pages.
"Human Enhancement Project guidelines"
"..."
Several minutes later, the atmosphere in the room grew strained.
"Maybe we should wait a little longer?" Uncertainty flickered in Walter's eyes as he spoke quietly. "This thing seems to tamper with our genes..."
"And..."
Looking at the simulated diagram of the visceral reticulum in the Holographic Projection, Walter's face filled with unmistakable fear.
"This Human Enhancement Project