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Near the Hypertheological Seminary, in a high-level hospital.

Some intensive care unit.

A man in a coma slowly woke up, his body was full of nutrient delivery pipes, as well as the link pipes of various life-sustaining equipment.

On the hospital bed, Zhen Li felt that his consciousness gradually returned to his body, and he couldn't help but wonder how he was still alive......

At this time, a nurse pushed the door in, and was about to check the body of the patient on the hospital bed, when she looked up at Zhen Li's open eyes, and couldn't help exclaiming:

"Wake up! Director, he's awake! "

"Come on, he's awake!"

The nurse ran out, presumably to call someone.

It didn't take long for Zhen Li to see that a group of medical staff in white coats rushed into the ward in a hurry, and the moment they saw him wake up, they all exclaimed:

"Miracle, really miracle!"

"Hurry up and inform your superiors!"

Zhen Li's thinking was in a daze, and a bald doctor next to him cautiously asked:

"Do you feel anything unwell?"

"No, I don't feel anything...... Zhen Li replied habitually and calmly.

"You've been in a coma for half a month...... It's a miracle to hear that you survived by crashing into an antimatter bomb while driving a battleship. The doctor excitedly described:

"When we found you, you appeared on a mountain peak on the planet...... And the 081 frigate you were piloting has been completely shattered, we don't know how you fell to the blue star, oh my God, the location of the explosion of your battleship was so far away from the blue star, and you didn't have any precautions on you, so far apart, even if it was blown up into the atmosphere and fell, you should have fallen to your death......"

"Relevant personnel speculate that it should be your warship that caused some special spatial reaction when it came into contact with antimatter and exploded, which caused you to survive."

"I ...... We? Zhen Li quietly listened to the other party's description and grabbed a key word.

"Yes, you and the two crew members and the commander of the Project 099 frigate survived, the others ...... Alas, there is really no way, you can survive because of luck. "

Zhen Li worked hard to digest this information, and he also felt a little incredible, such a scene, such a dangerous situation, they still had a chance to survive?

It's ridiculous, unless there really is some god secretly protecting them.

But he was an atheist, and never believed in the existence of any god in the world, and even if there were, it could not be the omnipotent god he knew.

Zhen Li felt the sensations of his body gradually recover, and his limbs and torso returned to self-control, but he ...... It feels a little strange.

He raised his hand to look, his gaze frozen.

I saw that his two arms, one from the palm to the elbow, had become a mechanical arm, and the other arm had been completely replaced with a mechanical prosthesis.

"My Hand ......"

Zhen Li couldn't help but get excited, and hurriedly looked at other parts, one of his legs had also become a mechanical prosthesis, and the same was true for other parts of his body, from the chest cavity down, most of his body had turned into a machine.

"My, my body...... How so! Zhen Li said with a shocked expression.

His behavior just now caused several pipelines of life-sustaining equipment to be broken free, and the medical staff next to him saw this situation and hurriedly calmed his emotions and said:

"Please calm down, you were found with extensive body damage and your life was in danger, and we had to ......"

"I can calm down, but it's ......" Zhen Li tried his best to control his thinking, but he still couldn't accept this status quo.

Suffering this kind of damage to the body, it can basically be regarded as a person who has been scrapped......

Isn't his position in the Space Force the same as his ambitions......

At this time, a person wearing a Space Force uniform walked in, and when he saw this person come in, the surrounding medical personnel silently retreated.

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Looking at Zhen Li, who was a little afraid to accept the reality on the hospital bed, the visitor didn't say much, and directly announced:

"Hello Commander Zhenli, this is a notice from the Space Force Command."

"For your outstanding combat performance in the Pan-Solar System Campaign, you have been awarded a Special Merit!"

"And after review, your Space Force rank will be promoted from a fifth-level commander to a third-level commander, this is your appointment letter!"

Hearing this news, Zhen Li was still a little discouraged and said:

"Promotion? What do you mean? "

"Literally."

"With the way I look now, can I command any warship......" Zhen Li shook his head.

The visitor looked at Zhen Li's current semi-mechanical body, and did not have any unusual gaze, but smiled:

"You're a hero, and the Space Force won't abandon a hero like you."

"I just wanted to say ......"

"It doesn't matter what you say now, what matters is whether you can recover as soon as possible and take up your new position as soon as possible." The visitor placed a document next to the bedside and then said:

"With the current technology of civilization, it is not impossible to save the damage of your magnitude...... It just takes some time. "

"It's a miracle to survive in such a situation, or do I hope you can adapt more, besides, sometimes machinery is better than flesh and blood, isn't it?"

"This ......" Zhen Li still held some psychological burden, and he fell silent.

Replacing one's body with a machine in vain is an uncomfortable process for anyone who sees one's body as a complete individual.

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A few days passed.

Zhen Li felt that he was recovering very well, he was able to walk down from the hospital bed and walk around.

The mechanical prosthetic body on his body did not bring him any physical discomfort, but he still had some inexplicable resistance in his psychology.

Most of the development of civilization is to apply all kinds of existing technologies and knowledge to reality and benefit reality.

This kind of reality is called a concrete survival scenario.

This is the case whether it is to use science and technology to strengthen the means of war and force, or to use technology to improve people's livelihood and living environment.

The emergence of intelligent machinery technology has made more and more people begin to contact and learn the knowledge and scientific and technological principles in this area, produce a sense of familiarity with machinery and intelligence, and apply it to reality, such as medical, industrial, film and television and other details.

The mechanical prosthetic is one of the outstanding representatives, although many people are still a little unacceptable to this technology, but they have to admit that this technology has indeed benefited many people once it was launched.

In the past few days, in addition to adapting to the mechanical prosthetic body on his body and understanding some external conditions, Zhen Li has spent more time thinking because he is very free in a state of recuperation.

Looking at the mechanical prosthetic body on his body, Zhen Li had a ridiculous idea.

These mechanical prostheses were indeed more practical than his original flesh and blood body, and brought him a sense of comfort...... But there was always a kind of resistance.

Since mechanical prostheses have so many advantages over ordinary flesh and blood, will anyone take the initiative to replace their own bodies with mechanical prostheses?

If someone behaves like this, will they completely convert their body into a machine in pursuit of a more general adaptation when too many parts of their body are replaced?

If it reaches that level, is it still human?

Is the machine still purely mechanical?.. co