Chapter 18: Glorious Evolution
"This, this, this...... It's so inhumane. She smacked her tongue and shook her head as if she were shaking.
Jace thinks the same thing as you, and the two of them engage in a heated argument about free will and mental slavery, which ends in a violent argument that nearly gets into a fight, and the two vow never to work together again. Jace later reported the incident to the academy's directors, and Victor was censored for violating basic human rights, and was eventually expelled from the academy and expelled from Pit. ”
"Censorship? Is it that serious? Being censored is basically equivalent to being banned by the Picheng Science and Technology Association. ”
Orianna began to realize the seriousness of the problem.
Back in Zaun, Victor always believed that it was human emotions that interfered with their work, and that all sorts of mistakes occurred. Deep in Zaun, Victor is mired in deep depression, weeks of trauma and self-reflection. A moral dilemma leads him to struggle with himself, and then he discovers that it is human emotions and weaknesses that stand in his way. He has always wanted to help humanity, strengthen flesh and blood, transcend the limits of nature, eliminate mistakes, and save lives. He is enlightened to realize that he too is swayed by these emotions, naively believing that good intentions can break through deep-seated prejudices, while turning a blind eye to human error. ”
Knowing that he could not expect others to follow him unconditionally, but to set an example for himself, Victor hid from everyone and operated on himself, removing the flesh and soul that depended on and carried emotions.
After the operation, the young man who had gone to Piltover was almost gone.
Much of his body structure has been mechanically enhanced, and his personality and personality have changed. His hopes for the betterment of human society were tempered and transformed into a new obsession that he called "glorious evolution."
Victor now sees himself as a forerunner of Valoran's future - his dream vision is for all humans to abandon their flesh and blood in search of a higher Hextech augmentation. In this way, humanity will say goodbye to fatal mistakes and suffering, and of course, Victor knows that this mission will not be easy, nor will it be just around the corner.
As you know, he devoted himself to this great cause vigorously, using technological augmentations to help the Zuan people who were injured in the accident, improving the breathing apparatus, working tirelessly, separating the body from the emotions to reduce the interference of human nature, although erasing emotions is too deviant in the eyes of normal people, but it is undeniable that it is indeed effective in helping those Zuans. ”
"Is this glorious evolution? What a heavy topic......" Orianna looked complicated, and she sighed slightly, regretting that Piltover had lost a genius, and that genius had taken an extreme path.
The autistic Victor narrowed his path and became an emotionally untouched Frankenstein, which has a lot to do with those short-sighted scientists.
Jeno sighed for this, if he hadn't met Oriana, he would have been forced to seek Victor's help, maybe now lying on the workbench, being laser cut through the flesh and skin to be transformed.
But as long as he could live, he thought it was worth it.
"It's a complicated feeling to listen to a person's whole life in a short period of time."
The emotional Orianna likes to put herself in the middle of it, which can bring her a better experience, but it can also make her fall into violent emotional swings. But she liked it, and she thought it was unreasonable for Victor to wipe out emotions.
Jeno laughed at this, and Jace would never understand Victor, just as a well-to-do Picheng would never understand the hardships of a Zaun who was forced to make ends meet.
When life can only bring you exhaustion and pain, erasing your emotions can make your life better, from "terrible" to "not bad", which is also an improvement.
Orianna brought Jeno a glass of boiled water and told him to moisten his throat.
Jeno took the cup and blew lightly on the water, the moisture hazy his face, his eyes darkened, and he wondered how Oriana would react if she heard her story.
However, his own appearance has prevented the possibility of this story from happening.
"Glorious Evolution is over, you haven't explained how the power of faith in Victor came from? Why does a scientist have such a big correlation with religious beliefs, it's not scientific! I can't figure it out! ”
"In Zaun, people heard the words of his theoretical system and saw his success, so they regarded him as a savior-like religious figure. They formed the Glorious Evolution Order, and fanatically pursued Victor, because through technological augmentation, they saw the hope of becoming stronger quickly, transcending life and death, and even eternal life.
I don't know much about their teachings, but they probably persuade people to give up their bodies and join evolution. The higher the status of the Order, the more mechanized the body, and I have seen a priestess who was full of non-humanoid machines from the neck down, and the only one who could recognize a human being was a head. ”
"It's horrible...... Isn't this a cult?! What does Victor himself think? Orianna covered her mouth, speechless in astonishment.
"Victor is frustrated with such people, and feels unreasonable about their small semi-religious group, because this is the emotional defect that he wants to put an end to, the blind faith in the unverifiable that he desperately wants to dispel."
"It's embarrassing." The sudden turn of events amused Orianna.
"The disaster-ridden environment of Zu'an has led to the emergence of many dangerous occupations, and those who have been disabled by various accidents only need a technological augmentation to allow them to return to their jobs and obtain this high-risk, high-reward income.
The Order then helped these people by helping them connect with doctors, raise funds, collect materials, and so on......
As a result, under the vigorous publicity of the Order, technology-enhanced surgery became popular as a new and efficient treatment method in Zu'an, and now more than half of the adults in Zu'an have been more or less enhanced, and there are fewer and fewer people with sound limbs like me. This culture also slowly permeated Piltover, changing the perception of the Glorious Evolution Order. ”
Orianna nodded, she had followed her father to the Midalda family in Picheng, and she saw that the five master craftsmen of the Myrdalda family all wore augmentations, some were auxiliary sounders, some were adjustable amplified prosthetic eyes, and some were fingertip ignitions, but they all used Hextech technology, which seemed much more reliable.
Even the master craftsmen have used the augmentation, which shows how practical this thing is.
The proliferation of augmentations has led to the need for relative augmentations to be competent for many jobs, and even gangsters need augmentations to increase their combat effectiveness, and various families and workshops have to collect security guards.
"The core members of those orders, their fanaticism has contributed a lot of faith power to Victor, coupled with the large number of beneficiaries of the enhancement body, under the accumulation of more than ten years, this torrent of faith has been formed."
The mechanical pioneers are not called for nothing, and Victor's influence in Zaun is very great.
"Thank you for the story, now I'm going to get ready lunch." Oriana stood up on the workbench and smiled and touched Jeno's head.
"What to eat?" Jeno asked.
"Cheese baked prawns, milk cereal or something."
"Oriana, are you not good at cooking, are you a little more delicate, I can't get used to these!"
"Shut up, it's good to have something to eat, and you still dislike me...... Hum! Oriana ignored Jeno's screams and happily jumped into the kitchen.