Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1600 The Significance of Science and Technology

As civilization has developed to this point, advanced technology has long been integrated into all aspects of people's lives.

Besides the most common hovercraft and various assistive robots that make daily life more convenient, there has been significant progress in sophisticated medical technologies.

Bionic robotic limbs can perfectly replace missing limbs; mechanical organs can stably replace biological organs and support the body's circulation; and mechanical eyeballs and cochleas can be connected to the auditory nerve via microcode to achieve barrier-free function...

Of course, these all come at high prices.

The more powerful the function and the closer the accessible medical prosthesis is to the original object, the more expensive it is.

If you're on a tight budget, there are also various low-priced options available, with features and comfort that naturally match the price.

Regardless, technological advancements have freed some people from despair and inconvenience, allowing them to enjoy a life similar to that of able-bodied individuals. This is the greatest significance of technological development.

In theory, existing medical products can even replace all the organs and limbs in a person's body, except for the brain.

Even though artificial intelligence has developed to a speed that far exceeds that of ordinary biological brains by trillions of times and has deeply integrated into everyone's lives, the brain, as the only organ that carries biological thought and memory, is irreplaceable.

Just like the Mok people.

Their biomedical technology is already top-notch in the entire star system, and they even voluntarily replaced their physical bodies with mechanical bodies in order to seek the continuation of life.

The brain, however, was preserved intact and transplanted into the central container in the waist of the mechanical body.

From the outside, the Mokman's robotic arm has a completely unadorned, purely mechanical appearance, making it look even more like a machine than a bionic robot.

However, the Mok people are still classified as human because they retain a biological CPU—a brain—that enables them to think independently.

They can also receive bionic prosthetics to make them look no different from normal people.

But those who are obsessed with medical technology to the point of madness believe that exposed mechanical limbs are more flexible and convenient, and easier to disassemble and assemble tools with different functions.

What ordinary people consider beautiful skin and muscles are useless trash in their eyes...

After transcending the stage of aggression, advanced civilizations have made increasingly significant progress in enhancing their spiritual civilization.

In particular, after the Star Nexus Ring incorporated the surrounding star field forces into its system, the moral standards of lower civilizations unconsciously converged with those of higher civilizations, eventually forming a series of moral system conventions that were biased towards higher ideals but were actually generally beneficial to intelligent beings.

Among them are two ironclad rules:

First, it is forbidden to use intelligent living beings for unethical live experiments.

Second, any form of intrusion into the brain of an intelligent being is prohibited for any purpose other than medical treatment.

This convention, when it was first concluded, was opposed by many less civilized civilizations.

They believe that artificial intelligence responds faster than the human brain and should be used to fully assist the human brain in its work to improve efficiency.

But after a series of painful lessons, they have had to admit that artificial intelligence can only serve as an external aid and must never intrude into the human brain to perform tasks.

After all, even if any part of your body is replaced, as long as your brain is still functioning normally, you are still you.

But once the brain undergoes involuntary changes, even if the rest of the body remains the same, is that person still the same person?

Even if you train a model that thinks and behaves exactly like you using your life events, and use the most advanced artificial intelligence as its brain, that person can only be a lifelike robot that is infinitely close to the original.

Its processing and response speed may be faster than a biological brain, but it lacks the most fundamental human soul—

A living, breathing soul, imbued with memories, emotions, and responses to the world's various sensations, rather than a string of efficient but rigidly programmed, cold code.

Therefore, in the criminal law of the Convention, intentional injury to the head and brain is punished far more severely than injury to other parts of the body.

This is also due to the irreversible, fragile, and irreplaceable nature of the brain. And Shen Chong'an knowingly committed this crime.

He not only conducted live experiments on Sentinels who were on the same side as him, but also implanted code into the brains of top-tier 3S Sentinels—while Helian Rongjin was fighting for the star field and receiving treatment for serious injuries, he attempted to erase his original consciousness and replace it with artificial memories to control him…

The code written into the brain is not like a file entered into a computer, which can be deleted at will.

Given the brain's fragile, tofu-like structure, the fact that it was able to complete the writing was mostly due to Helian Rongjin's 3S talent. Anyone else would probably have died on the spot.

So, what exactly is Helian Rongjin's current situation?
Netizens acted swiftly, and several hashtags related to Helian Rongjin quickly rose to the top of the trending searches.

Lin Fan guessed that Rong Jin was a consciousness formed from code, and asked:
"Helian Rongjin was receiving treatment, and you all took action near the battlefield. How did he end up on the edge of the planet?"

The battlefield and the edge of the star are in two different directions, and they are not close to each other.

“I don’t know,” Shen Chong’an replied. “The message I received was that the treatment room was broken from the inside out, all my men were dead, Helian Rongjin is missing, and no one knows what happened.”

"I guess he must have been stressed during the writing process, possibly lost consciousness, had a near-death experience, and took the opportunity to escape. In any case, given his physical condition at the time, without timely intervention, death was only a matter of time."

"I sent people to search for him, and at the same time, I staged the scene of the beast attack. The Helian family was hoping for Helian Rongjin's death, so they didn't verify the authenticity of the death report at all. Even the people who came to collect the body were indifferent. Of course, at that time, I used the excuse that his body was incomplete and difficult to piece together, and found a substitute flesh paste to be cremated into ashes. If they wanted to make a fuss, they had no way to do it."

This is the truth behind Helian Rongjin's funeral.

Helian Rongjin's uncle was so confident that his plan had succeeded that he was completely at ease and no longer cared about any twists and turns in the process.

"Didn't his uncle have any doubts at all?" Lin Fan scoffed. "That's Helian Rongjin! Besides, apart from his family, didn't anyone else, including the authorities and the Sentinel Association, have any questions about Helian Rongjin's identity?"

"Of course there are doubts, but who am I?" A hint of arrogance could be heard in Shen Chong'an's calm tone. "As the highest executive officer of the Sentinel General Institute, it is easy for me to cover up the traces of such a trivial matter."

This is the advantage of being in a high position—you have a lot of authority, and the public naturally trusts you more.

The live stream was already filled with curses, but Shen Chong'an was completely unaware.

"The search for Helian Rongjin yielded no results, and at that time I thought he might be alive. Since he's alive, it means the code I implanted worked, so there's no need to rush the rest."

Shen Chong'an smiled faintly: "Although I don't know how he got to FW-73, the fact that he was able to come back in such a short time has already proven his ability. It's just that the situation seems to be a little different from what I expected."

His lips gradually fell back into a smile: "His personality seems to be different from the planned procedure. I forwarded the message to the Helian family, and sure enough, I got the results, but afterwards, his behavior became increasingly unpredictable."

"He seems to have some suspicions about his situation and is looking for me. Naturally, I won't contact him at this time and deepen his suspicions. I can only observe him secretly and try to see how much Helian Rongjin has slipped out of control."

Although Shen Chong'an didn't say it, Lin Fan felt that the program he originally set up should not be the cowardly Rong Jin with amnesia.

Or rather, due to some unexpected circumstances, the important part of Rong Jin's original memory that leaned towards Shen Chong'an was lost.

Perhaps it was an implantation issue, or perhaps Helian Rongjin's brain automatically rejected the unconventional signal, treating it as a virus and erasing it.

After Helian Rongjin's brain was invaded, he should have been out of control for a period of time. During this period, Helian Rongjin and Rongjin's consciousness clashed in his mind.

Ultimately, Helian Rongjin was exhausted and could only erase the parts of Rongjin's memory that were harmful to him.

Rong Jin was also severely injured, but he was in better condition than the heavily injured Helian Rong Jin. He took the opportunity to seize control of his consciousness, which led to his emergence after the garbage planet awakened.

"So what if you figure it out?" Antonio said sarcastically, arms crossed. "Are you going to beat him up badly if he doesn't meet your requirements, and then write a new program into him?"

“Observing variables is also one of the objectives of the experiment,” Shen Chong’an replied. “I won’t harm him; I will only intervene to correct the situation when the observations of variables have accumulated to a certain extent…”

!!!

Everyone was shocked, and Helian Rongjin even jumped up.

Could it be that Shen Chong'an left a backdoor for remote control?