Chapter 820: Chapter 808: New Advantages
Seeing a slight hesitation on everyone’s face while they were pondering, Zhang Yuan further explained, “We can’t eat now because the bionic body does not integrate such a function. We’ve abandoned biological cells, and if we truly want to enjoy food, we’d need to install a stomach-like incinerator function within the body, which is a technological challenge at present…”
A high-temperature incinerator not only requires space but also necessitates designing a series of protective asures, making it more of a safety hazard; if it’s a bionic biological stomach, the bionic structure itself would need to be redesigned. Superhumans don’t require food for energy supply; a few nuclear power batteries can provide electricity for several decades or even a century, so installing a bionic digestive system seems inappropriate.
“Therefore, just fitting one’s body with a huge contraption solely for eating seems rather unworthy, so it hasn’t been implented for now. There might be a possibility in the future if soone is willing to pursue this research.”
“It’s the sa with sleep. NT new humans have already abandoned neural brains and adopted carbon-based biological brains. Thus they never get tired and generally don’t need sleep. However, we have developed a similar function; if you truly wish to sleep, you can achieve it.”
“After waking up from sleep, there will be a slight sense of pleasure, similar to solving a small problem.”
The host asked again, “So, Professor Zhang, has human’s most instinctual love been abandoned as well?”
This was a point of significant concern for everyone; love is a desire innate to humans, involving the instinct for reproduction. Many young people find it difficult to accept it if one’s impulse for reproduction is cut off.
Zhang Yuan mused for a while and then said with a smile, “Love is less stable compared to family and friendship, so it has been partially weakened. In fact, I don’t hope that young people impulsively transform into superhumans.”
“When young, one should date, play, learn, understand more things, and experience the myriad facets of life. After this, a person can better understand themselves, which requires a long ti.”
“Superhumans are called superhumans because they fully understand themselves, then choose to beco a better version of themselves! The thought modules, the spiritual quality among them, need to be chosen by oneself, not by others. If a person can’t even recognize themselves, how could they choose these modules?”
“Regarding the desire for reproduction… Well, we also made a module that can adjust the intensity of this desire.”
Thought modules are a newly recognized term by the general public.
If you don’t want to eat, work, or sleep, find experinting boring—just load a thought module and voilà, without any side effects… So middle-aged n with declining desires suddenly seem to recall sothing and beco sowhat restless.
“This thought module seems quite useful, does it not?”
“Moreover, the endurance capability of a bionic body is not sothing human flesh can compare with… Hehe…”
“I’m just wondering if you’ll really need these functions then?”
“Becoming a better self sounds rather nice… Well, indeed, not everyone can directly transition.”
Many mbers of society watching TV and live broadcasts are quietly chatting through various ans. After this round of explanation, they don’t feel opposed to the idea; rather, they think it might be quite a pleasing function to fully control their own thoughts.
Controlling oneself is inherently a difficult task.
On the TV program, the host asked again, “Do you think the superhuman mode has reached the standards of a Level 5 Civilization?”
After a mont of silence, Zhang Yuan explained, “Our laboratory has discussed this issue internally and written so papers for that matter. We generally believe that from a ideological standpoint, superhumans have reached the standards of a Level 5 Civilization—that is, in a nearly immortal situation, able to resist decadence and refuse long-term indulgence in vulgar pleasures.”
“To provide a simple example, so ordinary gas are less interesting to us than doing problems; we also won’t continuously intake fragnted, useless information… Of course, very excellent gas can still bring pleasure.”
“Furthermore, the Creator Mode in the Virtual World possesses a high psychological addiction potential, which is the primary cause of downfall for the Radiant Galaxy human branch. But for superhumans, they can control such temptations well, turning it into a clever scientific research tool, which currently has passed tests in the Unreal Laboratory.”
“Creator Mode?!” The host’s voice slightly elevated and involuntarily repeated it; for many older generations, this term is like a nightmare. They can still recall the scene when the Bright Galaxy branch was discovered to have been subrged.
Original humans were impossible to refuse “Creator Mode,” a world where almost every wish instantly cos true once entered and leaves permanent damage on the thought modules.
But now, it the issue is almost resolved; it’s indeed a hugely unimaginable progress.
Zhang Yuan continued, “As for scientific progress, it takes ti to accumulate. We maintain an optimistic view about it. As you know, truly established Level 5 Civilizations might have reached this state tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years earlier than us… This accumulation of ti could have reached a qualitative change that’s impossible to flatten.”
“Of course, the ultimate result of the superhuman plan still awaits observation, and its thought loopholes need ti for appraisal. I don’t advocate blindly expanding experints; our civilization has cautiously reached this point, and a few decades don’t make much difference. Everyone can wait, and we can wait too.”
The next session is a debate by student groups, with topics mainly including “Should the original human identity be abandoned?” “How should humans be defined?” “Should the future be led by humans or superhumans?” among others.
These debates have been endlessly repeated, with the core opinions of both sides being only a few points, and Zhang Yuan was actually not very interested.
However, most of the audience enjoys hearing such argunts, and students debate fiercely, one after another becoming emotional with flushed faces.
After all, everything is related to their future.
A future that appears bright yet carries a hint of unknown.
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