"Where is this place?"

She looked around with a blank look - but she always felt that she had seen this place before.

"I don't know either—but, if I were here, I could temporarily escape their surveillance and interference."

He——his appearance is undoubtedly Chu Moyin——

But she looks younger, and magically, she loses her feminine look just by changing her clothes and hairstyle.

"Come to think of it, what does slum mean?" Chu Moyin raised the corner of his mouth: "I originally only saw relevant information in the materials, and never thought that this is a real place-"

I see, this is a slum.

I have seen it before in the system's picture -

It even seems to be an inner slum——but the scenery here seems very clean and bright——

It's almost like saying this place happened earlier than the system's photo event.

"There shouldn't be any poor people in the Empire anymore—after all, all production relies heavily on machines and clones. But why would they establish a place like this?"

Of course, it is to preserve genetic samples——

Chu Shangli opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but no sound came out of his open mouth.

"Haa." Chu Moyin stared at her and gave a helpless bitter laugh: "Really, I almost forgot - you are not supposed to be able to speak, right?"

“Ah, ah…”

The words that came out of Chu Shangli's mouth were all unclear, even worse than the babbling voice of a baby.

"These people are truly cruel—come to think of it, aren't you and I using the same genetic sample? Why do you allow me to speak and maintain high function, but not allow you to make any sound at all?"

“…”

"Wait, I think I know." Chu Moyin snapped his fingers: "They are afraid that irreversible diseases will appear one day, so they want to maintain the richness of the gene pool."

Although Chu Shangli couldn't speak, he could nod his head.

She kept nodding her head.

"In other words—do you agree with me? Or does my answer mean it's correct?"

Chu Shangli thought for a moment and blinked three times.

"So it's both reasons?"

Chu Shangli nodded.

"Well, that is to say - can you understand what I am saying?"

Chu Shangli was stunned——

This sentence was just like saying that he couldn't understand what he said before.

Chu Shangli nodded again.

"I see—as long as you leave the nutrition chamber, you can think." Chu Moyin smiled and said, "That's really great. I was wondering if if you could never communicate with me, would someone look at my feelings from a morbid perspective—of course, they are already very distorted."

“…”

Chu Shangli shook his head in confusion.

"Look, you can't speak or understand me, right? - before. However, I still developed a fondness for you - but isn't this a kind of emotional projection? I only like you because you can't speak or think - because this way I won't betray my ideals. I used to think this way too - but now it seems I don't have to worry about this - my feelings for you, perhaps, are more than just a projection of emotions. Even though I like your face and personality, it can't be considered a selfish condensation - maybe it's still very strange..."