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Chapter 349 Use magic to defeat magic

As 37 told his story, Duan Mingyuan discovered a serious problem.

Overwriting technology is the convenience that brain-computer interfaces bring to cyborgs. If we go back 20 years, this technology has been widely promoted on various planets. Even doctors believe that this technology will completely solve more than 90% of mental illnesses.

Everything was thriving, and people of that period were immersed in the conveniences brought by brain-computer interfaces, fantasizing about their future lives. Until the first group of cyborgs blew up the research institute, killed the researchers, and destroyed most of the information about brain-computer interfaces.

They are seen as a product of failure and a wake-up call for everyone who is concerned about brain-computer interfaces.

Afterwards, Duan Mingyuan learned that the first batch of cyborgs had received help from the Shanqi Chamber of Commerce and had hidden in a star region outside the influence of the Universal Company. In return, the cyborgs transformed into ghosts and became important strategic partners of the Chamber of Commerce.

But at the same time, Duan Mingyuan discovered a loophole.

Since every cyborg with a brain-computer interface can have their thoughts rewritten, why didn't the company's research institute brainwash them in the first place?

The brainwashing brought about by mind rewriting is even more solid than religion and cultism. It can fundamentally change a person's memory and cognition, transforming them into a completely different person.

Theoretically, the company can completely rewrite the minds of cyborgs, making them loyal to the company and execute any orders without hesitation, even at the cost of sacrificing themselves.

I downloaded a lot of dramas of this type in September.

Twenty years ago, some screenwriters wrote their concerns about brain-computer interfaces into their works. They believed that if even memories and thoughts could be overwritten, humans would no longer have a sense of security. This means that everything you see now, everything you know, and even your future life goals are set by the program.

The future brought by this technology is to completely erase human free will and turn them into machines that obey arrangements and commands.

However, movies of this type have never been released in theaters, and September downloaded it from an unknown "banned film website."

The reason is that it is not conducive to the promotion of brain-computer technology.

So the question is, why did these cyborgs who were so rebellious that they blew up the laboratory for freedom suddenly turn into emotionless killing machines, willing to sacrifice everything for the purpose of completing their mission?
37 looked at Duan Mingyuan. She was still waiting for the sergeant to explain.

In her opinion, the sergeant was the most outstanding senior in the academy. After graduation, he left the star zone to carry out a mission and only returned to them for this mission.

In order to hide his identity as a cyborg, the brain-computer interface at the back of his neck was also removed.

This is really inconvenient.

If the sergeant still had the brain-computer interface, they wouldn't have to sit here and guess each other's intentions through conversation. With a simple consciousness upload package, they could fully understand each other's thoughts.

Cyborgs can communicate much more efficiently than humans.

Perhaps it's because they have been dormant in human society for too long, so even someone with an iron will like the Sergeant has been assimilated.

37 thought for a moment and asked, "Is it because of the fox demon that came with you? I heard that it is a creature unique to Blue Star."

If the sergeant still had a brain-computer interface, he could package up the process of his hibernation on the Blue Star and send it to her. In this way, it would only take her less than a second to understand all his experiences after leaving the star zone, and thus better understand the sergeant's current situation.

Duan Mingyuan frowned at this moment.

He tried to understand cyborgs - on their own terms.

So, he got 37 different memories from 37.

In a life span of less than 25 years, 37 has become 37 completely different people. He suddenly realized that this number seemed to represent the number of times his memory was overwritten.

Her first memory overwrite occurred when she was six years old.

The target to be assassinated is a famous philanthropist in a certain star region. The employer believes that the philanthropist's industry has caused them a lot of trouble, so the ghosts take full advantage of 37's six-year-old age and the philanthropist's consultation, making an orphan who lost his parents in the attack of space pirates.

The philanthropist took in the six-year-old 6 and took good care of her. He always said that this reminded him of his daughter who died in the war. This was also the reason why he resolutely embarked on the charity business. His ideal in life was to prevent the star zone he was in from becoming a victim of the struggle between other forces.

All this is as it should be.

Before setting off, 37's superior overwrote the personality and memory of the philanthropist's dead daughter, and even his appearance was the most suitable for the philanthropist's daughter.

Everything is so carefully selected and so professional.

If you look at it from a bystander's perspective, the ghost killers' methods are like works of art. In order to get close to their targets, they will tailor a package for the other party and accurately touch your weak spots.

So until the dagger pierced his throat, the philanthropist could not understand why 37 did this.

Duan Mingyuan found some emotional fluctuations in 37's first memory that had been overwritten long ago. On the night of the assassination of the philanthropist, she was once shaken. When her hands were stained with blood, she also felt panic and anxiety, as well as a little regret.

But these negative emotions did not last long.

Just as 37 said just now, cyborgs will never have any psychological trauma. After being taken back by the ghost, their minds are immediately rewritten.

They erased this memory, so for 37, she had spent the past six months in school. It was also because of this action that the ghosts saw 37's potential and trained her step by step to become what she is today.

In the following twenty years, she became someone's student, lover, and first love girlfriend. No matter how her identity changed, she had only one common goal - to kill the target, or someone who was very close to the target. In the subsequent missions, 37's negative emotions no longer existed.

A true killing machine.

Just now, the killing machine in front of him extended an invitation to Duan Mingyuan, inviting him to return to the embrace of Ghost and become a killing machine as good as her.

This was the technology that cyborgs originally hated the most, but now it is widely used among them. Every member of the Ghost has more than 20 memories, and their lives are to constantly transform into other characters.

Amid their ever-changing identities and memories, only one thing remained unchanged.

——Faith in the mechanical pioneers.

The cyborgs believe that in the virtual digital world, there is a pioneer who can solve their confusion and lead them to a bright future.

Simply put, it is a variant of religion and gods.

Their identity as cyborgs makes it impossible for them to accept traditional religious beliefs, and thus this omnipotent pioneer in the digital world was born.

The Pioneers were the product of the social status of the cyborgs at the time. After blowing up the laboratory and escaping from the star region where the company was located, the cyborgs fell into confusion about the future.

Confusion about one's own identity.

And finally realizing the ideal of change, and truly welcoming the confusion after freedom.

They are free from the shackles of the company.

But what happens next?

Under such social trends, cyborgs are in urgent need of a true leader.

They turned their attention to the virtual digital world, where there were countless unknowns, and the unknowns could bring them hope at that time.

The cyborgs were comforted by the existence of mechanical pioneers, but as time passed, history proved countless times that when faith developed to a certain extent, it would inevitably shift towards power institutions.

Today's mechanical pioneers have become tools for ghosts to brainwash their subordinates.

They preached the theory of redemption, believing that cyborgs were the product of a deformed fusion of machines and flesh, that they had killed their creators and were born bearing sin, and that the only way to atone for their sins was to become one of the ghosts and faithfully carry out the tasks assigned by the organization.

The reason is that the current leader of the Ghost is the only one who can hear the whispers of the Mechanical Pioneers. He is the apostle of the Pioneers, and what he conveys is the guidance of the Pioneers to them.

A result that is both unexpected and reasonable.

Half human ancestry plays a role in this matter.

The apostles of the pioneers and the archbishops in the church all used the same set of rhetoric. In Duan Mingyuan's opinion, the only difference between them was the different skins they used.

One is the scientific version and the other is the mystical version.

At this point, Duan Mingyuan also understood what he was facing - a loyal believer who was devoted to the organization and had his memory overwritten 37 times, a killing machine trusted by the organization.

In the face of faith, a mere outstanding former senior is completely insignificant.

Duan Mingyuan had no doubt that if the next order from the headquarters was to kill him, 37 would also slash at him after expressing his regret and apology.

He also quickly realized that it was impossible to convince 37 through reasoning, and there were only two options before him.

Overwrite her memory for the 38th time, but that would be too much.

He is just an ordinary magician, how can he take responsibility for other people's lives?
So, there is only one last thing left.

"You want to know the reason?"

he asked.

37 nodded almost immediately, listening attentively.

"Because I've found it."

This was a thought that suddenly came to his mind after he learned about the beliefs of cyborgs.

For cyborgs, the Herald is their God.

But who stipulates that God cannot actually descend into reality?

"The Mechanical Herald is here, with us."

(End of this chapter)