Chapter 1014: Section 653: Caucasus Trip (Part 4)_2
The pride of this Thainan girl clearly irritated Quetos, but the girl didn’t get angry or discouraged. Instead, she responded with the same proud tone: "We Skinless will also build the big cities you mentioned."
Sostak No.3 raised its eyebrows. This military AI clearly confirmed with its cold logic circuits that these biohumans barely possessed any creativity. Just relying on this child, the biohumans would struggle even to maintain their pathetic level of civilization—actually, Malin thought so too. If they had creativity, they wouldn’t have been oppressed by the Thanan people to this extent.
Jason discreetly smiled at Malin, his expression not so much mocking the child’s overly grand expectations for her people, but more like a caring elder indulging a junior.
Malin smiled back. While Matilda and Quetos were discussing what qualified as a big city, he asked Jason, "You really like this child, don’t you?"
"Yes, because Mr. Zhang always said that if the Great Destruction hadn’t happened, he should’ve gone back to see his daughter back then. He said his daughter was about the same age as this child. I’ve seen her in videos—she’s very similar to this child."
At this point, Jason looked at the girl walking ahead of the group: "When we return to Thainan this time, I’ll take Mr. Zhang’s cyberbrain back to his homeland."
Malin nodded, thinking of Mr. Zhang. Even now, he remembered the man’s reflections during the final phase of his life—living to see the fire of civilization reignite, and passing away contently in the end.
Malin felt a responsibility to help fulfill his wish.
"I’ll go with you," Malin said, gazing at the girl ahead. "By the way, Jason, have you heard of Martin Luther King?"
"You mean the romantic poet?" Sostak No.3 interjected, speaking with mock affectation.
Jason held a different view: "Sostak, drop your sarcasm. Mr. Malin is a man limited by his era. He’s both great and small. His greatness lies in changing a nation, while his smallness lies in being ultimately swallowed by the tide of the era, unable to witness the magnificent world he transformed firsthand."