"Cyborgs …"
Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and gazed at the cyborgs soaked in the nutrient solution. He rubbed his chin and remained silent.
"Mr. Fangzheng?"
At this moment, a voice sounded and Fiole appeared from the other side in a wheelchair. When she saw Fangzheng, she couldn't help but be stunned.
"What are you doing here?"
"Hmm … I'm thinking about some moral issues."
"… Moral issues … Is that so?"
Fiole was astonished by Fangzheng's answer. This was not surprising. After all, the magicians of the Shape Moon world rarely talked about morality. The pursuit of the root was their ideal. Everything else was meaningless to them.
"Yes, I'm thinking about the differences between cyborgs and robots."
That's right. Fangzheng came here to think about this problem. Fangzheng had his own thoughts and judgments about robots and artificial intelligence. But cyborgs were different. Fangzheng had watched a lot of movies about clones and cyborgs, but … there wasn't a reasonable explanation as to why humans created cyborgs and clones.
If they needed organs, they could just clone them. Science and technology also showed that cloning a human would take longer than cloning an organ, and the efficiency would be lower. Not only that, but it would also require more resources.
But if cyborgs were used as labor force, they wouldn't be as efficient as robots. Even if they were used as expendable soldiers, they wouldn't be as safe as robots' AI control. After all, the clone war … Yes, everyone should understand.
But what Fangzheng didn't expect was that Fiole revealed a dubious expression after hearing his answer.
"Robot … human? What's that? "
"…"
Fangzheng was speechless. Of course, he knew that many magicians weren't good at or didn't like modern technology. After all, Fangzheng had a deep impression of Rin Enosaka's mechanical idiot from the War of Five. But … you don't even know what a robot is?
At least Rin Enosaka knew how to use a mobile phone to make calls!
"It's a humanoid tool made by machines. It can be manipulated by humans to a certain extent. It doesn't need to eat, drink, or rest and can work 24 hours a day. Yes … It's like an existence like an autonomous robot. "
Fangzheng gave a simple introduction to Fiore, and upon hearing this, Fiore widened her eyes in shock.
"The humans out there can already create such alchemy devices?"
"No, it's still a concept … Yes, there are some results, but they can't be made into human forms."
While saying that, Fangzheng explained to Fiore what the industrial robots were. And after hearing Fangzheng's explanation, Fiore revealed a somewhat emotional expression.
"I see … But … What does this have to do with the problem you're thinking?"
"Yes, I'm considering if we should treat the androids as humans from a moral perspective."
This was also a problem that Fangzheng was considering. Robots definitely couldn't be treated as humans. Just like Fangzheng thought about it, the androids' thinking circuits and sensory feedback were all programmed by humans. It was only an illusion brought about by human emotions that androids had souls and lives.
But it was an entirely different matter for androids and clones. Their flesh and blood were indeed created by humans, but their way of thinking wasn't. But why did androids appear in the first place? Was this the end of their life as human batteries?
Frankly speaking, Fangzheng wasn't in a position to comment on whether this was humane or not. Because the Thousand World Tree didn't devour the flesh and blood of others to obtain magical powers like Long Zhijie and Caster. It also didn't absorb the vitality of the residents in the city to maintain its magical powers like Madam C.
On the contrary, in order not to involve ordinary people to the greatest extent, they chose the method of "creating androids as magical batteries". From a pure human point of view, this was already a rather humane approach.
Morality was never a fixed concept. Nothing was "very good" or "very bad". What's important is who you're thinking from. For example, two big countries were at war all year round, resulting in heavy casualties. Every year, countless parents lost their children, and countless children lost their parents. Finally, one day, the two big countries decided to use another way to determine the winner. They created two armies of androids to fight on the battlefield instead of their people. Those androids could kill each other on the battlefield and rely on the number of deaths to determine the winner of the war between the two countries.
And the people of the two countries lived a peaceful and beautiful life from then on. Parents could take their children out to play, and the children could also have a happy family with their parents. They could even watch the TV broadcast and cheer for the killing of the Androids.
As a third party, they would definitely think that this scene was funny and evil.
But what about the people of the two countries who were involved in it? Of course, it was easy to say, "It would be fine as long as the war stopped," but what if the war couldn't be stopped?
Would the androids be sent to their deaths? Or would their children or parents be sent to the battlefield and never come back?
Just like this Holy Grail War, for an outsider, it would be fine as long as they said, "Don't betray the Magic Association," or "Why don't you just quietly conduct the Holy Grail War yourself? Why do you have to deliberately say it?" or "The Magic Association let the Thousand World Tree become independent. After all, it's just a group of second-rate magicians".
But what about the positions of the two sides involved?
Could an outsider imagine the anger of the ordinary magicians who had been excluded from the core circle of magic for hundreds of years just because of their shallow background and history, and could only exist as their "spare tire" and "slaves"?
Could an outsider understand the anger of the superior aristocrats who had been oppressed for two thousand years suddenly being slapped in the face by the slaves they had been oppressing?
None of this was possible.
That was why this Holy Grail War happened. One side tried to use the Holy Grail to completely set off a rebellion. The other side tried to completely curb this rebellion for their own dignity, and at the same time, seize the rumored Holy Grail.
And for this war, the two "countries" used their own methods to do everything to the best of their ability.
This was the so-called morality. It would change according to different positions. And as a holy knight, Fangzheng naturally had his own views on the moral level and the requirements of his position.
Of course, if Fangzheng was only one person, he would only help those who were pleasing to his eyes and not care about anything else. But Fangzheng was the leader of the Tendo Temple, and his every move was related to the safety of the Tendo Temple. That was why Fangzheng had to ensure that his position was balanced and relatively correct at all times.
"Miss Fiore, what will happen to these androids in the future?"
"This …"
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Fiore pondered for a moment.
"After the Holy Grail War ends, if they are still alive, they will continue to live as servants of the Thousand World Tree Family …"
"Kala!"
Just as Fiore was speaking, a glassware beside her suddenly exploded. Then, along with the glass shards, a cyborg fell out of the glassware and smashed towards Fiore.
"Be careful."
Looking at this scene, Fangzheng hurried forward and pulled Fiore's wheelchair behind him. At the same time, Fangzheng extended his arm and slapped the android. Boom! At the next moment, the android was sent flying by Fangzheng and crashed into a corner of the wall. Its head tilted to the side and it stopped breathing.
What's going on? Were there fake and inferior magic props?
Fangzheng sized up the broken container before turning his head to look at Fiore.
"Miss Fiore, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Thank you, Mr. Fangzheng … On the other hand, you … aren't hurt, right?"
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Fiore blushed and answered softly. When the glassware exploded, if it weren't for Fangzheng blocking in front of her, perhaps the glass shards would have hit her.
"I'm fine."
Fangzheng stretched out his hand and shook his clothes, sweeping the glass shards on them to the ground. At this moment, hearing the sound, the other Androids also walked over and began to quickly clean up the shards. On the other hand, Fangzheng walked to the wall and gazed at the android.
He looked like a young man with short white hair and a thin body. But it was a pity that this android was extremely unlucky. When Fangzheng sent him flying, he seemed to have accidentally hit his head on the wall and his entire neck was broken … Of course, he was already dead.
Regarding this, Fangzheng could only say one thing …
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