Me and countless me.

Chapter 472 Victim

Shigel Klein, the leader of the adjusters' country PLANT, can also be said to be the leader of all adjusters to a certain extent, but his appearance here at this time is very surprising.

Because the two sides are still fighting!

Now whether it is the East Asian Federation, the Atlantic Federation, or any other federation, they are all doing one thing, which is to fight with the Adjusters.

Not only that, the place where he is working the hardest is now!

Some time ago, in order to suppress the power of nuclear weapons and control the ports leading to the Earth's space, these adjusters carried out ruthless descent operations, using neutron jammers to interfere with all nuclear facilities and blockade the nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants together.

This has caused most countries in the world to fall into an energy crisis, especially large and densely populated countries, which have to work very hard just to fill the energy gap.

Not to mention that the rise in energy prices has led to price increases for countless things, and many middle-class families have even become impoverished. Countless factories have closed down and can no longer provide jobs.

This has directly led to almost all countries now being hostile to the adjusters.
So normally, Li Ke felt that he shouldn't be able to see Higel, but the other party appeared in front of him!

Apart from anything else, the people of the Atlantic Federation would definitely be willing to assassinate Higer here, making the Adjusters lose their leader while boosting the morale of the people on Earth.

Moreover, Li Ke didn't understand why such a big shot came to see him, so he tried his best to be polite.

"Mr. Klein, it's incredible that you're here..."

When Li Ke was halfway through his speech, he saw the bodyguard next to Siegel staring at the gun at his feet, so he kicked the gun aside and stretched out his hand.

"If you don't mind, please come in and talk."

He took the initiative to stay away from all places that looked like they could hide weapons. After all, Siegel's bodyguards were no pushovers. Hundreds of them had surrounded the place tacitly. And if Li Ke guessed correctly, there were probably quite a few Gundams on standby in the universe.

"Ah, there are some things."

Higel sighed and walked into Li Ke's house calmly. Li Ke then saw the fatigue in his eyes. This was actually a very incredible thing for an adjuster, but he could indeed sense this feeling from Higel.

But what surprised Li Ke even more was something else.

Higel sat on Li Ke's sofa naturally, not caring about the dust on it at all. Then when Li Ke sat down, he said something to Li Ke as if complaining.

"There are many things that I can't do as I please. Although I am the Speaker, there are limits to what I can do. Whether it's the Atlantic Federation or the East Asian Federation, it's all a mess. To be honest, peace is really a difficult thing."

He sighed deeply and had no intention of talking to Li Ke about the two bodies because someone had already taken action.

Sigel just paused for a moment before speaking a word.

"Mr. Li Ke, do you think the Adjusters are monsters? What do you think of genetic technology? And what do you think of the birth of us Adjusters?"

Li Ke was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Higel would ask him such a question, so he asked it subconsciously.

"Do I have to answer?"

Higel chuckled, then raised his hand, motioning for his assistant to bring a document, and placed it in front of Li Ke before speaking.

"It's not necessary, but it's very important to me... or to be more precise, it's very important to many adjusters."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Ke with a complicated look, as if he was looking at some treasure that had been forgotten by everyone. After Li Ke opened the document, he instantly felt his scalp tingling!
This is a report on his genetic analysis!
The one in front is the genetic analysis report when he was born, and there are reports for almost every year, even last year’s report!

After these reports, there was a summary, praising his strong genetic adaptability, even without any genetic adjustment surgery, and his various indicators were able to surpass those of the carefully adjusted adjusters! Moreover, as the environment changed, his genes became more and more excellent.

He was not surprised that his genes were being studied and analyzed, because due to the technological tree of this world, all larger hospitals had relevant equipment to help people detect what diseases they might have and even make some gene-targeted drugs.

He had a physical examination every year and was told that his genetic condition was normal, but what he couldn't understand was why the Adjuster would study him and even let Higel come to see him specially.

"This is……"

Higel looked at Li Ke calmly. There were many political factors for him to come to Li Ke, but there was more of a very important factor, a factor that could even be said to determine the future of the adjuster.

"…In the analysis of your genes, we have been looking for solutions because of some problems with the adjusters. Therefore, we have been cooperating with hospitals on Earth for a long time. The reason why I came to see you is because your genes have undergone drastic changes in a short period of time."

He looked at Li Ke very seriously.

"Your genes are very special. Your existence is like God mocking us humans. According to our findings, you have a new set of genes almost out of thin air, and this set of genes has not only perfectly integrated into your original gene chain, but also has no negative impact on you..."

At this point, Shigel felt a little tight in his chest. His parents had spent countless money and time, and even several brothers and sisters, but in the end, he was the only one who succeeded in adjusting.

But even so, the difference between him and normal humans is not that big. Moreover, there are many parents among the adjusters who set everything for their children with high expectations, but then the gene modulation fails, and the children either only live for a few days or develop various genetic diseases.

And the genetic diseases that arise as a result are incurable, because the genes of adults basically cannot change much. If they change rashly, it will only cause more terrible consequences.

But Li Ke is different. Li Ke's genes are very special. He seems to only need a little stimulation to change his genes, and his genes will not collapse.

Li Ke’s genes now are like two different people compared to when he was a child!

"The reason why people envy Adjusters is because their parents make us better and more powerful. When humans first used this technology, they just wanted to make us more powerful. But now, your appearance proves that this is not the case. Natural people can also be born like this. It's as if our existence is superfluous."

Speaking of this, Shiger was a little confused. When he was a child, everyone envied the Adjuster, and some people said that the Adjuster disobeyed the will of God and was an unnatural existence.

He had always been dismissive of this, but he did regard the Adjusters as the future of mankind. However, when his informant put Li Ke's information in front of him, he almost believed that gods really existed and mocked the arrogant humans.

Because Li Ke’s existence is the best mockery of their current genetic technology!

The adjusters paid the price of having difficulty in having children and other costs to get what Li Ke only needed a little stimulation, and there were no side effects!
After looking at the information and seeing Sigel's distraught look, Li Ke was silent for a while before answering the other party's previous question. "The Adjusters are not monsters. In my eyes, the Adjusters are actually a group of people who are bound and persecuted by their parents. Rather than saying that the Adjusters will eliminate natural humans like Homo sapiens eliminated other humans, it is better to say that the Adjusters are victims of immature genetic technology, rather than another race."

Li Ke expressed his true thoughts, and Higel just sighed when he heard it.

"If only everyone would be like you and not treat us like monsters."

He closed his eyes tiredly, because it was not just the natural people who thought that the adjusters were not human, there were also some adjusters who thought they were higher humans.

However, he was very interested in one of Li Ke's statements.

"You said that the adjusters were persecuted by their own parents? This is a very novel statement. Would you like to elaborate on it?"

He was very curious about this, and Li Ke expressed his opinion.

"Because children cannot choose whether to become adjusters or whether they are willing to grow up to be what their parents want them to be, but parents can force their children to 'grow up' to be what they want."

Li Ke paused, then stretched out his hand.

"Hobbies, personality, appearance, and things you are good at are originally uncontrollable, so human teaching is meaningful and inheritance is precious, but genetic technology completely denies all of this... You can control everything about your children through genetic technology, ensuring that your children become your ideals, or even a part of your life... This is a good thing for parents, but Mr. Siegel, do children want this? Do they want to sacrifice their other talents and possibilities to make one aspect of themselves more prominent and outstanding? In other words, do children born under such circumstances really have the so-called 'freedom' and self?"

Li Ke had wanted to ask this question a long time ago. After all, a person's emotions and personality are largely determined by genes. If even a child's personality, hobbies, and strengths can be customized, then are such children commodities or real children?

Siegel was speechless for a moment. He had never thought about this question because he himself was the adjuster, the child whose parents controlled everything.

But his opinion on this matter was different from Li Ke's. However, he did not intend to interrupt Li Ke. Instead, he continued to look at Li Ke and motioned Li Ke to continue.

"So I think that unless genetic technology reaches a level that allows a person to freely choose what their genes are good at and what they become, then any modification of human genes is actually quite irresponsible. Moreover, I think the problem between adjusters and humans is not just about whether genes are adjusted, right?"

Higel was speechless for a moment. He did not expect that the darling of God in front of him could see so clearly and even see the essence of things.

Of course, the reason why the Adjusters broke up with humans was not simply because they were superior to natural humans. It was because the Adjusters' parents were rich and powerful people, and these people had taken all the initiative in the previous space development and obtained almost all the benefits. Then when it came to distributing the benefits, some small disagreements arose.

Adjusters, who have lived in space since childhood, think that natural humans are greedy, while natural humans think that adjusters are arrogant and do not know how to be grateful at all.

So rather than saying it is an issue between regulators and natural persons, it is more like a conflict between space colonists and their sovereign powers.

The countries that establish those colonial satellites and planets hope to gain benefits through taxation and other means, while the regulators who work hard in space naturally hope to reduce taxes or even completely break away from the influence of the mother country.

Coupled with social contradictions, the entanglement between new and old forces, and various things, the situation has become what it is now.

Even Siegel's own reasons for wanting to end the war were not so noble, it was just that he couldn't say it out loud most of the time.

So he looked at Li Ke's calm appearance, thought of his special genes, tapped the table with his fingers, and then continued speaking.

"In fact, you are right. I came here this time to reach a peace agreement with the Atlantic Federation and the East Asian Federation. If the war can be stopped, we can return or give up the ownership of some colonies. Unfortunately, it seems impossible now."

He took a deep breath and uttered words that, if leaked, would make him the public enemy of all Adjusters.

The regulators did seize a lot of assets, but for the regulators, these were legitimate acts of revenge. However, for the leaders of those countries that invested in building the colonies, the regulators seized their assets for no reason and refused to pay taxes to them.

Moreover, it was the Atlantic Federation that did it. Could it be that the other alliances were also in cahoots with the Atlantic Federation?

His Klein family is not wholeheartedly loyal to all the adjusters, let alone the Earth, which is full of resentment.

However, the Adjusters need a large amount of assets to rise, and the genetic defects of the Adjusters themselves also mean that they cannot always be enemies of the Earthlings, because they still need the genes of natural humans to help them reproduce. Otherwise, the mere inability to reproduce enough people is enough to destroy the Adjusters.

Moreover, with the current population of the Adjusters, they are destined to be unable to support space exploration and long-term wars.

Therefore, Mr. Siegel, who longs for peace, wants to reach some tacit understanding with those rational people on Earth while he is still the Speaker, and when the time comes, he will redistribute the interests and reach a condition that everyone is satisfied with so that both parties can sit down again.

After all, according to the current mood, interest groups, and direction of the adjusters, sooner or later everyone will be destroyed.

But unfortunately...

He took out a photo from his arms and placed it in front of Li Ke. He had no intention of doing this, but just wanted to persuade Li Ke to provide genes to the adjusters and humans to help the adjusters solve their problems.

But after just a few words with Li Ke, he realized that Li Ke had seen through part of the reality of this world and it was no longer just the perspective of a chess piece.

But the pleasant thing is that this person has nowhere to go.

So he spoke with a smile.

"But now it seems that your situation is as bad as mine, Mr. Li Ke. So are you interested in doing some work that is not so dangerous? For example, helping my daughter promote peace or something like that."

He gave Li Ke a smile that showed everything was under control, and then said something that surprised everyone present.

"After all, I am a bad father and I don't have time to make up for it, so I want my daughter's children to be able to make choices. This is the greatest help I can give her."

While speaking, Li Ke had already seen this somewhat old photo clearly, and the photo showed a pink-haired beauty, a girl named Lacus Klein!

But even though he said so, Li Ke did not feel any affection from this man. He only felt the comfort of a martyr who realized that he had a successor!
Because he was very sure that his daughter would follow her own path!

So, Li Ke couldn't help but sigh.

"Have you even planned your own death? Mr. Klein, you are truly... a complete monster."

(End of this chapter)