Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"I'm currently arranging for my subordinates to promote the new genetic society. You probably don't understand it. It's the kind where you can freely set your own genetic information to better gain combat power from it and liberate the physical limitations of humanity."

"With further development, we will truly enter an era of reproductive communism. By then, no one will have the selfishness brought by hereditary genes. In that case, everyone can do what they truly want to do."

"The bonds of parents, the internal strife of siblings, the disputes over family property—all of it will be gone. There will only be conflicts between the individual and the collective. Under this social form, people will have more choices in their labor."

"They won't have to worry about people threatening them with blood ties and the like. People can confidently teach a lesson to those who oppress them!"

Noldrei felt very happy thinking about this. He had once again pushed the human liberation movement a big step forward.

The Flame-Chasers really didn't know what to say. This new society Noldrei described sounded... a little strange? But he seemed exceptionally proud of it.

Vill-V opened her mouth to speak, but didn't know how to evaluate such a society. Crap! I should have split off a sociologist personality.

Vill-V truly hadn't expected the Current Era's society to have progressed to this extent. If someone like her, who was born from parents, went out, would she be discriminated against by the people of the Current Era?

The thought of a group of people pointing at her and asking things like: "How does it feel to be born and taken care of by parents?" "Why are you still using such a backward reproductive method as XY random gene screening?" "You actually have parents! That's so rare!"

Vill-V started to worry if she could handle these messy questions. Was she, a seemingly radical old researcher, about to be abandoned by the times?

Eden also wanted to say something, but in the end, her gaze fell on Hua.

Let this friend handle it.

Bearing everyone's hopes, Hua had no choice but to step forward. She asked, "Why do this? If there are no parents, I mean, if humans have no parents or families, how should they handle the interpersonal relationships around them?"

"There's no need to handle interpersonal relationships." Noldrei waved his hand. "Interpersonal relationships are just an imaginary picture of human social relations. Stripping away surplus and genetic rights from human society is to demystify this imaginary picture. What's there to handle? It should be the norm for everyone to strive and struggle for their own needs."

Noldrei's words were much more carefree. He really didn't seem to care about such things.

"What about your parents?" Hua couldn't help but ask the question on her mind.

"Parents? What are you thinking? I was produced in a factory. How could I have parents? I theoretically carry the genetic information of all humanity. Even if there were parents, it should be me who is the parent of humanity."

Noldrei's words made Hua suck in a breath of cold air, rendering her completely silent.

Hua looked at Eden, her eyes conveying the message, 'Could it be that Aponia already knew about this person's situation?'

Eden just shook her head. She couldn't imagine what the Current Era had become to give birth to such a chaotic warrior.

After a brief, tacit exchange of glances, the Flame-Chasers reached a basic internal consensus.

They could not simply treat Noldrei as a civilized warrior as they understood it, but as a civilized warrior born from a civilization they had never seen before.

After simply classifying Noldrei as an alien who looked very much like a human, the Flame-Chasers quickly accepted the new world picture Noldrei described.

"Let me tell you, after I take you out, you will definitely see the beautiful era of the expansion of the genetic society. By then, everyone will have their own new image, and no one will suffer the hardships of the old era again!"

Of course, Noldrei wouldn't tell everyone what the hardships of the new era were. He just wanted to pull this group of people into his little pony empire first and talk about the rest later.

Sovereign Yang still didn't know what kind of excellent reserve personnel Noldrei was planning to bring to Academy City.

He was still in a daze.

The news he received was different from Otto's. It was intelligence that North America had passed to him recently.

Russia was preparing to move against Ukraine. Even the US embassy in Ukraine had already notified the Ukrainian government.

'Why? There's no reason...'

If it were the North America of NATO, that would be one thing. But now, the hegemonic power in Europe was Otto's Schicksal.

North America had no reason to threaten Russia, which meant...

Russia was preparing to make a move against a subordinate of Otto's original Schicksal sphere of influence?

Sovereign Yang fell into a helpless silence. He really had no experience in handling this kind of crisis. And it had been peaceful for so long, why were there suddenly major moves?

"Dr. Einstein, is this news accurate? It feels a bit off. Could it be a conspiracy cooked up by Otto?"

Einstein hadn't believed this intelligence at first either, but now it seemed very likely to be true.

"No, it's certainly possible. In the past, when the Honkai wasn't so obvious, didn't human conflicts also accumulate to the point of war? You have to remember, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy only chose to back down when the various countries were facing the Honkai crisis."

"It's not just because Nazi Germany bore the sin of the Honkai pushing for war. They were also afraid that the Honkai would take the initiative to corrupt the leaders of certain countries again."

Einstein's answer perfectly hit upon the thoughts of those leaders.

Old Yang pondered for a moment and accepted Einstein's guess. Even the leaders couldn't protect themselves in the face of a crisis like the Honkai. Of course, they would do their best to support Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.

"You mean, the people outside can't stand this situation anymore? But haven't they considered where Academy City stands? In this situation... no... that's not right..."

"It's not that they haven't considered where Academy City stands, but that they know Academy City will do the same thing as them!"

Old Yang instantly understood the problem.

It was because all the countries had sensed Academy City's intention to expand that they were in such a hurry to quickly eliminate the security risks around their countries.

"Who among us is handling Academy City's diplomatic affairs? Raiden Ryoma and Cocolia!"

Old Yang immediately remembered what he had forgotten.

How could he have forgotten about such a threatening figure as Cocolia?

"Crap, I thought the most troublesome one was Otto. I actually forgot about that woman Cocolia's ambition!"

Old Yang was full of regret. Only now did he understand why Noldrei had placed Academy City in Otto's hands.