Just as his hand was about to touch the top of her head, Xia Yixin suddenly raised her head, which startled him, and he changed his hand to touch the bridge of her nose instead.

Xia Yixin didn't notice this detail at all, but suddenly remembered what she had heard in the bathroom.

"Oh, right, Commander Lu, I almost forgot, I overheard some news when I went to the restroom earlier, and I'd like to know if it's true or not." She summarized what the two girls had said.

After she finished speaking, she saw his calm expression, and her heart sank slightly. "You knew all along?"

After asking the question, she realized how ridiculous it was. How could he not know that so many generations of controlled leaders likely used the Eden as a place to appease those powerful financial magnates?

Lu Yuan's deep, cold voice rang out in the control room.

"These are all necessary sacrifices in war."

Xia Yixin's heart sank to the bottom. She unconsciously looked up at the Eden ship high above, thinking that none of the girls inside would survive.

And were the R-level gene users who had all died previously also of no consequence to them?

She suddenly felt very uncomfortable, especially the thought that she might become one of the executioners in the future.

Looking at her pale face, Lu Yuan said cruelly, "In the future, our plans may involve even more sacrifices. You have to get used to it. A qualified leader is not a saint."

Lu Yuan knew very well that he couldn't save everyone.

She knew rationally that he was right, but a voice inside her told her "that's not how it is," but when she saw Lu Yuan's cold expression, she swallowed the words back.

You can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. If he really has the same values ​​as Qian Dahai, nothing she says will make a difference.

Lu Yuan noticed her hesitation, and for a moment, an eerily silent atmosphere filled the interstellar shuttle.