"The result of developing a country behind closed doors is only backwardness," Lu Mingfei said. "While the former Soviet government valued you and gave you an isolated environment where no one could find you, in these past few decades, the world's technology has developed at a terrifying speed. You have fallen behind. Perhaps during World War II, a force of one thousand super-hybrids would have been enough to conquer the world, but in modern society, a single atomic bomb is enough to turn them all into the ashes of an era."
Dr. Herzog opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute something or offer an excuse, but in the end, he couldn't manage to say a single word.
"Of course you couldn't build an atomic bomb. Although you were the chief scientist of the former Soviet Union, your expertise was in genetic modification and human biology. By the time you realized you needed to learn about nuclear weapons, it was already too late, because you were too old. Even Dr. Herzog, for all his life's efforts, could only reach the pinnacle in a single field," Lu Mingfei said. "But you were given a great opportunity. The arrival of Major Bondarev made you realize how advanced and cruel the modern world had truly become, and at the same time, you found a new goal."
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