Chapter 458: The Price of Freedom
Shen Chao's first option for the Theron was to require all Theron people to participate in a body modification program for a maximum period of 18 months, and all Theron people participating in this program could choose a transformation method to transform themselves according to their own wishes, with the ultimate goal of transforming the bodies of the participating Theron people to conform to the conventional "human" standard through biological and mechanical means.
Some of the main modifiers in this scheme include: "brain transplantation, consciousness transfer to the new body, somatic genetic information reconstruction + facial reconstruction...... which allow them to transform the Theron with a large number of repetitive faces and genetic information into humans in the conventional sense.
Brain transplants are well understood, and Theron people who choose this modification are sent to the operating room, where they undergo a craniotomy under the operation of a sophisticated automated medical table, and the brain is removed and carefully transplanted into a new "human" body made by the Parliament's biomedical department.
Most of these bodies are from the Legendary Plane, and a few are clones or biomodified bodies, half male and half female. Many of these bodies belong to the previous virus infections, and although the virus in the body has been removed, the consciousness of the original owners of these bodies has long since ceased to exist.
With the new technical support of the biomedical sector, they carried out a series of biochemical and nanotechnological modifications to these unowned bodies, creating a batch of semi-organic and semi-synthetic "human bodies".
Although these "human bodies" that incorporate various advanced technologies are no different from ordinary humans in appearance and can produce healthy offspring like ordinary people, they are actually a completely new species.
In terms of physiological values. The strength, speed, and nerve reflexes of the human bodies, which Hargrave calls the head of the biology department, are significantly beyond the norm, and in terms of athletic ability alone, these new bodies are more like tireless machines.
Structurally speaking, although most of the dominant genetic information in the bodies of these new Homo sapiens comes from humans, they are mixed with the "excellent genes" of many higher organisms in other planes. For example, the super vitality of the Krogan people, the immunity of sharks, and the environmental adaptability of CEPH......
Overall, this project is basically part of Hargrave's single-handedly promoted "Upgrade Humanity" program. This plan, while far less popular within the Council than the plan to expand the fleet, was a guaranteed long-term plan.
Since the CEPH strike plan for his plane was shot very late in the schedule, Old Man Hargrave had plenty of time to work on this real project for most of the past six months, and it was he who built Shen Chao to persuade the Theron people to accept the transformation of these technologies.
Although the technology is quite mature in Hargrave's own opinion. But due to the lack of volunteers. He has only been able to apply this technique to some terminally ill patients under the expedition's treatment, although it has worked well. However, if you want to further develop the technology, you need more volunteers.
In this way, the people of Theron were favored by the old man. The reason why Shen Chao agreed to persuade the Theron people according to Hargrave's advice was not that he wanted to use them as test subjects, but that he was more optimistic about the development prospects of the Theron people and wanted to "reward" them in this way.
It's not what most of the Theron people think. This is not a punishment or a test. It's a bonus. Compared to the people in the fugitive fleet. The people of Theron are more valuable to the Parliament, they have a higher level of education, and they are technologically advanced. And because of the backward organizational model, it is easy to assimilate.
From the perspective of social operation, the absorption of Theron people is more similar to the effect of absorbing replicants that has been going on, and it is an important boost to promote the rapid development of the entire society. The option of "upgrading itself" was given to the Theron in order to allow them to be more socially effective after assimilating them.
However, if the Theron eventually rejects this technique, he will recommend the same technique to the fugitive fleet. In addition to brain transplantation, the medical department has recently mastered the technology of real-life consciousness transmission, which can only be wired over a short distance in the real yàn room, but the feasibility of this technology has been proven.
If the Theron chooses this option, their consciousness will be transmitted into a new body that is different from their original body. Essentially, this option has a very similar principle to the Thoron respawn technology.
With the current technology of the expedition team, it is possible to safely transmit consciousness between the brains of the two bodies in the real room. That is, they can use guò to turn the Theron with a large number of repetitive faces into a group of "humans" in the true conventional sense.
Genetic Information Reconstruction + Facial Reconstruction is the least modified option of the first option, and the Theron undergoing this modification will undergo a minor modification surgery to change the genetic composition of his or her reproductive organs and perform a plastic surgery on their faces, so that they no longer have an exact resemblance to each other.
That's all for the first option, and for the newcomers, these "radical" renovation projects, while seemingly justified, are not what they want.
In contrast, the second option proposed by Shen Chao is slightly less "oppressive", and the requirements of this option are very simple, on the condition that all Theron people receive a high-tech chip in the short term, which can be used to track their location and confirm their identities in real time, so as not to cause danger to the society of natural persons by a large number of identical Theron people using their "group advantage"!
On the surface, this option is much milder than the first option, and it does not require the Theron to modify or replace their existing bodies, but if this condition is accepted, the Theron will undoubtedly become the object of real-time surveillance. There is no need to talk about privacy or anything.
This is also extremely provocative for the Theron society, which has always pursued its own "human rights". Many people in Theron, who are paranoids of persecution, even accuse this of being a precursor to a "concentration camp" style of management for them.
Diane, who represents the people of Theron, knew that this statement was ridiculous, but she could not convince everyone to look at it from her point of view. Most of the Theron people still had doubts about Shen Chao who had taken them in, questioning his motives.
"I'm not asking too much, Diane. Your people want to be treated as equals, I understand. But it can't be done without a price......" Shen Chao expressed his understanding after listening to Diane's statement.
But he also pointed out that it is impossible to join the human society here without making any sacrifices, and the total number of Theron people who came to take refuge this time is about 8,000, and there are only 6 models of so many Theron people.
That is, each model of Theron has thousands of siblings who look exactly the same. Such a number of repetitive faces would not have been able to receive them into human society without some modification or the use of special identification methods.
On this issue, Shen Chao and the representatives of the Theron people had another fruitless exchange of positions, neither side could convince the other to accept their terms, and in the end, Shen Chao decided to give them a new option.
"In this way, I am not asking you to make a choice collectively, if the option remains the same, I will allow all the people of Theron to choose an option by themselves......" Shen Chao no longer asked the people of Theron to make the same choice collectively, but gave each of them the right to choose.
In this way, the contradictions of the Therons' choices will be concentrated within their own organization rather than directed at the Parliament. Shen Chao realized that he had fallen into the trap of his own thinking by letting the Theron people make a collective choice before.
He was now dealing with groups of people with their own organizations and wills, so he had become accustomed to treating the representative of an organization as the head of the group in conversation, but the current organizational model of the Theron people was not like that of other human organizations.
As long as the main contradiction is pushed to the inside of their organization, their own dish discussion will naturally defeat all the opposing voices, and in the end they will still achieve the result that Shen Chao hopes to see.
After seeing Diane away, Shen Chao met with the representatives of the fugitive fleet again. The members of the fugitive fleet are undoubtedly more popular than the Therons, as they do not have the same social compatibility problems as the Therons, many of whom have already been sent to settlements around the planet through guò quarantine to start a new life.
However, this is not to say that all the finishing touches have been done, in fact, the fugitive fleet has been very unsuccessful in its internal affairs, so after the dissolution of their government, it left the parliament with some rather difficult messes.
For example, the problem of prisoners in the fugitive fleet, the problem of gangsters. All of this requires the Council to spend a lot of unnecessary investigative resources to carefully review everyone's backgrounds and criminal histories to ensure that the scum of the fugitive fleet is not directly released into the area where order has been restored.
In addition, the issue of war criminals is also a major headache. Although they had discovered their own internal demons and most of the security threats on board the ship before they arrived, they did not deal with the war criminals they captured until the dissolution of the colonial government, including the famous traitor, Gaius. Dr. Potar.
Now, everyone is waiting for Shen Chao and his council to administer "justice" and deal with the criminals and war criminals left in the various fleets. Needless to say, if Shen Chao does not handle this kind of problem well, the endless number of intellectuals in the fugitive fleet will jump out to accuse and actively jump up and down, like the Russian government that still exists in this plane, seeking to retain autonomy in the shadow of an increasingly powerful parliament. (To be continued......)
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