"So that was why you said 'a thousand years late'..."
Mu You sighed, finally understanding what Taurus had meant when they first met.
She had been waiting for Kent. Yet with no word from him after all these years, she probably knew he had long since died.
And now, as the person who had inherited Kent's legacy, Mu You naturally had an obligation to help him fulfill his old promise.
"As a persuasive speaker, Kent was undoubtedly capable. At one point, he even convinced Ava to believe in the Fools' Flight to the Heavens plan," Taurus suddenly said again.
"Mechanical People can repeat fixed tasks endlessly. Their strength lies in working within established rules, such as making more advanced weapons or making machinery run more efficiently. They can push existing rules to their limits, but because their underlying logic is locked, they can never break beyond those rules. Without help from living beings, their technological ceiling is easily fixed in place."
"That was also why Ava accepted Kent. It needed that spark of inspiration he possessed as a living being and a top Alchemist to help them break through their existing technological barriers and create more advanced products."
"So Kent received extensive permissions from Ava. He could move freely within Eden and requisition all kinds of resources at will."
"Kent spent nearly two hundred years in Eden. With Ava's assistance, he developed many things that Mechanical People could not create on their own."
"Everything had been moving in a positive direction. I could even feel Ava's personality quietly changing, becoming a little more tolerant and merciful toward living beings. It was under those circumstances that I was fortunate enough to be released and see the light of day again."
"But the good times didn't last. Two hundred years later, terrible