House Witch

Chapter 525 524. Wear and Reincarnation

Mechanical reincarnation, as the name suggests, is a special technology that transforms humans into machines.

This technology is not only an important part of Dorothy's creation plan, but also a prerequisite technology that must be pointed out before the decisive battle with the final disaster beast Leviathan.

After all, the witches need to fight Leviathan after it is completely destroyed, which means that at the time of the decisive battle, the old world is already destroyed.

And weak humans have no ability to survive in such a completely dead world, let alone fight.

Flesh and flesh are bitter and weak, and machines soar.

There is really no superiority between the human body and the mechanical body. Humans need to eat and breathe to live, and they also have three urgent needs: they are afraid of cold and heat, and their whole body is simply full of weaknesses.

The mechanical body is much more convenient. Even on the remains of a dead world where humans cannot survive at all, the mechanical body can still stand firm and fight tenaciously until the last moment.

They don't feel pain, nor do they know they are tired. As long as they have enough energy, they don't need to eat or sleep. Because there is no pain, they are not afraid of injury. Even if they are seriously damaged in a battle, they can return to the factory and replace them with new ones. Spare parts are another hero.

Isn't this fighting power much stronger than the weak human body?

Of course, even now, the Sorcerous Republic actually already has similar mechanized transformation technologies for the human body, such as prosthetics, magic armor, or the heroic weapons used by heroic spirits, etc.

But each of these technologies can actually only be regarded as transformation, not reincarnation. These are two completely different concepts.

To understand the difference, we must mention the connection between body and soul.

All intelligent creatures, whether they are humans, elves, dwarves, etc., all have similar compositions. They all have bodies and souls at the same time. When it comes to souls, in fact, everyone's soul structure is similar, there is no difference.

The reason why there are humans, elves, and dwarves is because everyone's body structure is different. The reason why humans are humans is because the human body gives humans such a clear self-awareness.

So the question is, if you throw a human soul into the body of an elf, is the newly born being a human or an elf?

Regarding this issue, some witches once conducted experiments. They threw the soul of a fanatical human supremacist into the body of an elf, and then observed his reaction.

At first, after the man just woke up and found out that he had changed his race, he was very angry and firmly believed that he was a human being. He shouted that race was the same as gender, not just physical characteristics, but more importantly, physical characteristics. In his heart, as long as he firmly believes that he is still a human being, then he is a human being.

However, after this man returned to his hometown of the human empire, he was guarded and ostracized by his fellow humans in every possible way. Then he went to the elf world and easily integrated into the elf community. Slowly, this man's understanding began to take shape. changed.

He was no longer the fanatical human supremacist, and he began to be less repulsive towards elves, especially when he met a gentle and beautiful female elf in the elves, and the two started a family. A more obvious deflection.

Even in the later period, when the elf tribe went to war with the human empire, this man directly chose to side with the elves, and he began to wave weapons towards his former motherland.

From that moment on, it became clear that he was no longer a human being, but had become a true elf.

As long as I still believe that I am human, then I am human?

There is some truth to this statement, but the problem is that human cognition is never static. What you believed in very strongly at the last moment may be overturned by your own hands at the next moment.

Just like the "wear and tear" of growing up that Dorothy and Adam once discussed, the "wear and tear" caused by changing identities and races is much more intense than growth.

Maybe there are really people who can survive such an experiment and always firmly believe that they are still human. For example, Dorothy feels that her old father Adam can easily survive the experiment. Adam always has a strong sense of the identity of "human". With his mysterious persistence, he is truly able to face death and reincarnation for hundreds of lives rather than become a human being.

But such people are destined to be rare, and the vast majority of people can only drift with the crowd. Eventually, they forget their original intentions amidst this subtle wear and tear and are completely assimilated.

Although the human heart, or consciousness, or wisdom, or self, is hidden in the soul, it does not mean that it will only be affected by the soul. The body also has a considerable impact on it.

After all, the body affects the shape of the soul, and the soul communicates this transformation to wisdom.

Therefore, the difference between transformation and reincarnation comes out.

No matter how you transform, you will still be a human being, but once you are reincarnated, you will really no longer be a human being.

However, there are limits to transformation.

In recent years, prosthetic bodies have become very common in the Sorcerous Republic. They are no longer even considered a trend, but have become a necessity in people's lives.

Even though prosthetics were originally invented to help disabled people return to normal lives, with the advancement of technology, the functions of prosthetics have also evolved rapidly, and have even surpassed the original body.

Mechanical eyes have higher definition, larger and farther field of vision, and stronger perception capabilities than human eyes.

Robotic arms are far stronger and more powerful than human arms, and they are also more dexterous and precise.

Therefore, when a disabled person wears a good prosthetic body and can even run faster and do better than a healthy person, who is the disabled person?

Of course, some people may say that I just don’t need to compare with others and just treat life with a normal heart. But can a person really avoid comparing with others in life?

Even if you don't compare with others, others will still compare with you, or compare you with others, such as work

You are also a food delivery person. You originally delivered 100 orders a day and were the king of food delivery in your area. Apart from you, the others could only deliver 90 orders a day at most. Therefore, you were often praised by your boss and received a small bonus from time to time.

But suddenly the second place in the 90 order was in a car accident while delivering food one day, and his leg was disabled. Then he replaced it with a pair of prosthetic legs. From then on, he ran beyond the human limit. So, relying on the power of the prosthetic legs, he can now relax every day. 200 orders, you went from first place to second place, how do you feel?

Well, second place is pretty good, and it’s still pretty good. You have to live your life as you should. Anyway, you haven’t lost anything. If others are doing better, you’re happy for them.

So, when the third place saw that the second place's prosthetic body worked so well, he became cruel, gritted his teeth, and directly replaced his original intact legs with prosthetic bodies?

At this time, you were surpassed and became third place. How does it feel?

What will you do when everyone in the fourth, fifth, or even last stage gets prosthetic limbs?

What should you do when there is finally a mandatory requirement for recruitment in the express delivery industry that leg prostheses must be implanted?

Involution is everywhere.

Fortunately, in the Sorcerous Republic, because the Mechanicus controls all mechanical monks and even prosthetic doctors, the review of prosthetic modification surgery is very strict, so the situation has not deteriorated to that extent.

But the situation is completely different in the Kingdom of Radiance on the other side. Prosthetics are rampant there and modifications are rampant. It even appears that if you want to find a normal job, you must first borrow a loan to buy yourself a full-body prosthetic body. During the renovation, before even starting work, I was directly saddled with an astronomical debt that would take decades to repay.

Even because your prosthetic body will fall behind in a few years and you can't win over your colleagues, you will face the risk of being laid off. You will have to take out a loan to replace it with a higher-end prosthetic body, thereby incurring heavier debts.

There are countless people there who once had their implanted prosthetics taken away to pay off their debts because they could not repay their loans, and they became disabled and lived on the streets, relying on begging for a living.

Prosthetics, a technology that was originally intended to benefit mankind, has now become a source of pain for those people.

Why do the people of the Kingdom of Radiance believe so devoutly in the Radiance Religion and are hostile to the Sorcerous Republic? A large part of the reason is because the prosthetic technology comes from the Sorcerous Republic, who created this "forbidden" technology, thus turning the world into purgatory.

The people there do not hate the powerful people and companies that exploit them, but they hate technology itself. Even if they can no longer live without technology, this does not prevent them from hating or even cursing the Mechanicus and Magicians who brought technology to this world. Republic.

Well, the people over there really believe from the bottom of their hearts that technology is the technology of the devil, an evil art that induces human beings to fall and bear their sins.

After all, the vast majority of those who had too many prosthetics implanted had a bad ending. Almost all of them went crazy, as if they were possessed by demons, and became no longer who they were. Some even Killing people indiscriminately on the streets and causing all kinds of destruction.

This symptom is called "soul-eating syndrome" in the Kingdom of Radiance, which means that their souls have been devoured by demons.

Similarly, because of the existence of Soul-Eating Disease, more people believe that cyborgization is a demonic technology. People in the Kingdom of Radiance who are afraid of the existence of Soul-Eating Disease are interested in the only Radiance that can give them "salvation" from Soul-Eating Disease. Sectarians became more religious.

But what about the reality?

The so-called soul-eating syndrome is just because those guys went too far and exceeded the safe threshold of "transformation". They forcibly carried out transformation beyond the limit of their own consciousness, which eventually led to the collapse of self-cognition.

After all, you only have prosthetic limbs in your hands and legs, and you can still firmly believe that you are a human being. But when your whole body, except your brain, and even your brain have been modified, can you still be so convinced that you are a human being?

At that time, you were more like a robot than a human, right?

This is basically reincarnation into a robot.

Therefore, under this accumulated self-doubt, one day, your spirit can no longer hold up, your cognition as a human collapses, and you begin to feel like a robot.

In this era, there are real robots, and there are many of them. They are engaged in some of the most painful and tiring jobs that no one wants to do. Generally speaking, they are no different from slaves.

So as an "awakened" robot, if you see "compatriots" all over the street being enslaved by these "aliens", what will you do?

Well, some people may still turn a blind eye, or take a slow look at it, while those who are a little more determined may want to "liberate" their compatriots on the spot.

Of course, the idea may be more extreme and collapse to the point where there is no logic at all.

Therefore, before the end of the world, "soul-eating patients" often made trouble in the Kingdom of Radiance, and they often had some so-called "robot human rights organizations" in the country, shouting every day that robots are people too, and robots must also have human rights and wages. , want a vacation or something?

These confusing behaviors are simply full of question marks in the eyes of normal people. What is the point of giving wages to machines and taking holidays?

But in the eyes of those potential "soul-eating patients", they are serious and they are fighting for the interests of their "compatriots". This is very noble and great, and it directly stands on the moral high ground.

Well, after all, although these people did not lose control in the end, their mental condition was basically a mental illness in the human category.

It is normal for mentally ill people to have a lot of joy.

The main reason why the Witch World prohibits mixing with other natural disaster races is to prevent the impact of such identity transformation. After all, who knows which side these hybrids will ultimately be loyal to.

Even powerful witches are so taboo about such wear and tear. From this, it can be seen that the risks of such "reincarnation" are obvious.

Of course, this so-called soul-eating disease is not really hopeless, and it is still possible to avoid it.

And these two solutions are none other than the two main forces of the Sorcerous Republic today, the magic knights and the armed heroes.

The magic costumes of the magic knights are actually a kind of prosthetic body, just a more advanced prosthetic body. However, the magic knights rarely suffer from soul-eating syndrome.

This is because the threshold for magic armor knights is very high, and the review is strict, and the next step of magic armor evolution must be allowed only if the spirit reaches the standard.

Therefore, the magic knights are actually taking the same path as Adam. As long as my personal will is strong enough to not be afraid of wear and tear, then I can naturally resist the impact of reincarnation.

The armed heroic spirits took another path. Although the personal will of the heroic spirits is not weak, it is definitely not as strong as the magic knights. However, they can control an armed body composed of complete machinery. If they move but don't wear out, that's because someone helps them resist the wear and tear.

This is also the method used by the Radiant Religion to deceive the public. They claim that the power of God can resist the "curse of the devil." In fact, they are just using the power of believers' faith to provide an anchor point for those out of control who have collapsed in their self-perception.

The same applies to the Heroic Spirits. They are worshiped and respected by the entire people of the Sorcerous Republic. The people believe that they are all heroes and good people, and this belief is engraved in the consciousness of the Heroic Spirits.

Perhaps their personal consciousness will be shaken by the wear and tear of this reincarnation, but as long as the steel seal of faith remains, they will not forget who they are and what their mission is.

Of course, although this approach looks beautiful, it is actually just fighting fire with fire.

After all, reincarnation will cause wear and tear on people, wouldn’t faith not?

The heroic spirits are no longer human beings, they are more like the heroes of the Sorcerous Republic. They have been worn down by this kind of faith a long time ago, and have long since turned into the appearance of faith.

Therefore, except for the earliest batch of heroic spirits at the beginning, there has been no large-scale increase in heroic spirits in the Magic Republic since then. Everyone who meets the conditions to ascend the Monument of Heroic Spirits will first ask for his opinion, whether you can accept that. Wear and tear, are you willing to be a hero who protects the motherland and the people even if it is worn out?

Although such inquiries can basically only get one answer. After all, those who can meet the conditions for climbing the Monument of Heroes are basically impossible to refuse. They have already sacrificed their lives for the motherland and the people once, are they still afraid of the second time?

They are all true heroic spirits.

Of course, in addition to these two methods, there is one last method, that is, as long as everyone is crazy, wouldn't there be no such thing as crazy?

Well, as long as all human beings collectively turn into robots, then in fact, everyone will no longer be human, and there will be a whole new race of omnics.

And that's what Dorothy wanted to do next.

Under normal circumstances, this road is a dead end. After all, if you want to be reincarnated collectively, you must first wipe out the whole world.

But isn't this abnormal now? This is the end of the world, and everyone will die sooner or later.

So, flesh and blood are weak, let’s ascend mechanically.

Mechanical reincarnation in progress.