"I have a question."
Ye Lin spoke softly, cutting Eve off.
"According to you, the Final Producer was just an ordinary researcher before founding the IJ Group. I'm curious-where did all the technologies he later mastered come from?"
"Or rather, how did a researcher become the Final Producer?"
"We've encountered the Rebels before. They claimed that after the Final Producer appeared, this world briefly entered a Golden Age."
Ye Lin swept his gaze around, making no attempt to hide his suspicion:
"In other words, there wasn't a disaster when the Final Producer first appeared, was there?"
Once Ye Lin finished, everyone turned to Eve's projection. He Zheng suddenly caught on, his eyes filling with wariness as he looked at Eve.
Damn it!
They had been listening to Eve all this time and had almost forgotten that her story didn't match Lia's.
Lia's story contained no disaster, only oppression. Eve's contained only disaster, with no mention of the Rebels.
Faced with Ye Lin's doubts, Eve merely nodded and spoke gently:
"So that's what you've been wondering about."
"I'm sorry. Perhaps I didn't explain clearly enough. Let me answer your second question first."
"The Final Producer brought us a wealth of new technologies. Thanks to the Bipolar Project, we rebuilt our civilization."
"The Bipolar Project involved establishing two major human bases in the Antarctic Province and the Arctic, then using the polar night to build a Dyson Sphere that would block out the Sun."
"Once the Sun was blocked out, humanity's greatest threat disappeared, so we did briefly enter a Golden Age. However, that Golden Age was really a golden age for the Rebels-or rather, for the mechanical beings."
Eve paused briefly, as though confirming something, before continuing:
"I don't know whether you're aware that the Rebels are biological machines. They were