40,000 Years of Cultivation

"This case has been in trouble for nearly ten years, because in the federal law, the definition of'murder' is indeed'illegal deprivation of the life of a natural person', and the law does not clearly stipulate that a ghost belongs to a'natural person', and indeed there is no ghost. "Life", coupled with the fact that the power supporting "Ghost Xiu inhuman" was very large at that time, and even many ordinary citizens failed to reverse the old concept. Therefore, after the lawsuit was brought to the final trial, the murder charges of these evil Xiu were still not convicted. He was sentenced to a few trivial misdemeanors."

"This result angered many people, including the little girl's brother."

"It has been more than ten years since the little girl died of illness. The little girl's brother grew up and became a Federal Army soldier."

"He fought bravely in the battle against the'Beast Invasion'. Unfortunately, he was sprayed by the acid of a'Unicorn Lizard'. His left eye, left arm and left foot were severely corroded, and the left half of his body had to be replaced. The psychic prosthesis, discharged from the army as a'disabled soldier'."

"As a'disabled veteran', he has no material problems in his life. However, after his sister died of illness, the soul was used, tortured and destroyed in this way by others, and after the other party did heinous deeds, unexpectedly Being found not guilty, such an injustice made this young disabled veteran angry!"

"This is a very smart young man. During the ten-year lawsuit, he taught himself all the courses on federal law, mastered superb debating skills, and got acquainted amidst the turmoil of the'ghost cultivation as a human' thought. He has a lot of like-minded friends, and has gathered into a new force in society."

"After the final verdict, the murder was not convicted, this young man made an amazing decision."

"He directly sued the federal government!"

"The specific details, needless to say, anyway, in the end, the'Ghost Xiu inhuman' faction and the'Ghost Xiu inhuman' faction started a fierce debate in the Supreme Court, and this is also a live broadcast of the trial to the whole federal government. Almost all Federal citizens are very concerned about this trial."

"In the final trial, this angry young man raised the question I just raised, but he asked more intensely."

"He directly used his cold mechanical left arm, poking his hard chest, the artificial crystal heart, asking questions-am I a human?"

"With the development of technology and the improvement of various magic weapons and supernatural powers, more and more people use psychic prostheses to replace damaged limbs."

"If a person's finger is necrotic and replaced with a metal fake finger, will he be considered a human?"

Jin Xinyue could not help but nodded: "Of course!"

Li Yao continued: "So, like this young man, who fought bravely and was unfortunately injured. Almost half of his body, including the heart, was replaced with a machine driven by psychic energy. Is it still a human being?"

Jin Xinyue nodded: "Surely count!"

"What if it's more than half?"

Li Yao said: "What if 51% of the body is a psychic prosthesis? What if 99% of the body is a psychic prosthesis? What if it is 99.99%?"

He asked this question just now.

At that time, Jin Xinyue could easily answer him with federal law, forget it!

But now, after understanding the cause and effect, Jin Xinyue was lost in thought.

Li Yao said, "What this angry young man really wants to ask is, people, what is a person?"

"If everyone feels that a person with a prosthetic limb and 10% of his body made of machinery is regarded as a real'person'; and a person whose body is 99.99% transformed into a machine is not regarded as a real'human'. "

"So, between 10% and 99.99%, there must be a critical point, a critical point between human and non-human."

"Assume this critical point is 50%."

"Then, for a disabled veteran like him, if 49.99% of his body's organs are replaced with psychic-powered machines, he is still a human being."

"If you are very unlucky, and the'one-horned acid lizard' spit out another bunch of acid saliva at him, it is likely that he has 50.01% of his organs. If he needs to be replaced with psychic prostheses, then he is not considered a human being. Up?"

"Obviously, this statement is too absurd. Such a'critical point' is impossible to exist, neither in 50% nor in 90%!"

"Even the brain cannot be the criterion for judging humans and non-humans, because at that time the federal chip repair brain technology was already very advanced. Many people would implant repair chips in their brains after severe brain damage. Of course, they Human too."

"So, 99.99% of the people whose body organs are replaced with psychic prostheses are still'human beings'!"

"So, from 99.99% to 100%, is there such a critical point?"

"Assuming that a disabled veteran is seriously injured and can only retain 0.01% of his brain cells. All other body parts are replaced with psychic prostheses. According to the theory just now, he is a human and can enjoy normal Human rights."

"What if it is not 0.01% of brain cells, but 0.001%, 0.0001%?"

"This number can be reduced indefinitely until it is completely zero. Where should the so-called'critical point' be divided? If we say that there are still 0.00000001% of the brain cells alive, even humans, otherwise, even ghosts. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"The so-called'ghost repairs' are people who have damaged 100% of their organs and replaced them with psychic prostheses? Then, what is the essence of them and those who have replaced 99.99% of their organs with psychic prostheses? What’s the difference?"

"This angry young man, with a series of questions, made the entire court speechless."

"Even all federal citizens who were sitting in front of the light curtain watching the live trial of the trial began to think deeply about the nature of the so-called ‘person’ and what it is."

"This lawsuit has profoundly affected the subsequent formulation of a series of federal laws and policies."

"In addition to reprimanding the law, this young man also kept visiting the senior leaders of the Disabled Veterans Association, and finally won the support of the entire Disabled Veterans Association and even the entire Federal Army!"

"The reason is very simple. Even if the great famine is initially settled, the small-scale conflict between the Federal Army and the monster race will continue, and there may even be a war with the blood demon world in the future. Therefore, the Federal Army and the practitioners have the highest mortality rate in the Federation. A group of people."

"The cultivator's spirit is strong. Needless to say, even the Federation Army is full of vitality and spirit. The probability that they retain ghosts after death and transform into ghost cultivators is higher than that of ordinary people."

"If a Federal Army soldier fought bravely for the motherland, but unfortunately sacrificed and turned into a ghost, but lost all his rights. Others could ravage, torture, and enslave him at will, without being punished by the law at all, then Isn't it ridiculous?"

"Therefore, the Federal Army and the major cultivating sects have gradually turned to the side of young people, and the trend of thought in the entire society has gradually reversed its direction. There are more and more citizens supporting'Ghost Cultivation as a Human.' People’s faction has slowly become a very small minority."

"After all, no one has died in life since ancient times, and there is a certain chance of becoming a ghost after death. Everyone has to think about the future."

"Finally, in this lawsuit, the federal government lost!"

"Two years later, the Federal Government issued the "Affirmative Rights of Humans and Ghosts Act". For the first time, in the legal sense, ghosts with independent will are defined as'natural persons'. They are also federal citizens who enjoy all rights and assume all obligations. Protected by the EFF and cultivators!"

"After more than a hundred years of integration, now the living and the dead of the Federation have been completely integrated, and there will no longer be discrimination against ghost cultivation and treating ghost cultivation as a different kind of thing."

Jin Xinyue heard the ups and downs, and suddenly thought of something: "Where are those evil repairs who killed the little girl? Now, should they be convicted of murder?"

"No."

A mysterious smile appeared on Li Yao's face, "The law is not retroactive, and their murder charges have been ruled as not guilty in the final trial. How can they sanction the past charges after the establishment of a new law?"

"In fact, they were convicted of several crimes very light. One year before the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" was introduced, they were released from prison and were happy again."

"Ok!"

Jin Xinyue frowned, for some reason, regretful about this old case more than 100 years ago.

Since becoming a human, her emotions seem to be getting richer and richer.

However, she felt that Master was smiling very strangely, and she moved in her heart and said, "There is still a story in this?"

Li Yao smiled and said: "There is no story, but these scumbags were killed by some of the young man’s comrades more than half a year after being released from prison, that is, one month before the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" was promulgated. Up!"

Jin Xinyue was taken aback and said, "I thought that since the young man chose to appeal, he wanted to use the law as a weapon, but he still violated the law and lynched."

Li Yaodao: "It's true that lynching is true, but it may not be a violation of the law. The Federal Army is the defender of the country and naturally the defender of the law. How can it be known to violate the law?"

"Although these young men's comrades in arms were all charged, they were eventually released without charge, and their murder charges were also not convicted!"

Jin Xinyue didn't understand: "Why, is the court under pressure from the Federal Army?"

Li Yao said: "Of course not! Because, technically speaking, before the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" was formally promulgated, these young comrades in arms were all ghosts, not'human beings'."

Jin Xinyue: "Huh?"

Li Yao said: "Understood? These young comrades in arms, after fighting bravely on the battlefield, sacrificed heroically, but left behind the ghost repairs!"

"Before the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" was promulgated, the Star Federation did not recognize the human rights of ghosts."

"A ghost is not a human being, so killing a ghost is not a crime of'murder.' This is the basis for those evil cultivators to be found not guilty."

"The question is, people kill ghosts, not murder, but ghosts kill people?"

"After this revenge case happened, people looked back at the federal law and were a little surprised to find that the Federation has been fighting against the monster clan since the founding of the country, and regarded the monster clan as the most fundamental threat, so it targeted the monster clan. There are so many legal clauses, but none of them is aimed at'ghost killing'!"

"This is also very understandable. Even in the ancient world, it is impossible for the government to formulate any rules on how to judge'ghost killing', right? At that time, it was the responsibility of'slashing ghosts and eliminating demons' by the cultivator. The evil spirits killed people, and their own monks, Taoists, and cultivators went to eradicate them."

"But now, it's a new era, a society governed by law. What we pay attention to is the rule of law. Cultivation sects must also act in accordance with the law, practice in accordance with the law, and practice justice in accordance with the law!

"Before the "Human Ghost Equal Rights Act" was promulgated, these sacrificed comrades in arms were not considered'people' in the legal sense. How can they be convicted of'murder'?"