lcionline Chapter 233 Observations of ASH
Chapter 233 Observations of ASH
A man who appeared to be a reporter stood up and asked, "Ms. Bai, if you put a man's brain into a woman's body, would he still be considered a man?"
Bai Yuekui, quick-witted as ever, said, "If doing this in the future can replace complex sex reassignment surgery, why wouldn't the beneficiaries be happy with it?"
The response was quite clever, but not particularly brilliant. Similar to the previous answers, it avoided the key point of the question and answered by subtly changing the subject.
Just then, a man dressed as a priest stood up and exclaimed excitedly, "As this young lady says, the life essence is not controlled by the brain. If A's brain enters B's body, and B's body still retains its own life essence, then who exactly is this person? Such a haphazard patchwork of God's creation—aren't you afraid of incurring God's punishment?!"
The voice was very excited, which also sparked a discussion among the audience.
Religion has been an integral part of human civilization, seemingly not dominant, but indispensable.
“I said, brain transplantation itself raises ethical issues.”
"So, don't you think the brain transplant experiment we just did was pretty bloody?"
"Exactly, no one even asked the lab mice for their opinion..."
An absurd and bizarre scene unfolded at the scene.
At first, no one paid attention to the two white mice used in the experiment. The whole process was presented with the latest holographic technology, making it look like it was filmed by an ultra-high-definition camera, which made people feel like they were there. However, it only amazed everyone present.
At this moment, I realized what was happening, but I felt uncomfortable. This is a feeling of awe and fear of life that exists in human instinct.
Om-!
Suddenly, a piercing noise reached everyone's ears, and in an instant, all the noise stopped, and everyone instinctively covered their ears.
Then, the sound stopped, and Bai Yuekui's huge projection looked at the crowd, then at the priest, and said, "To be honest, I don't believe in any gods in this world!"
Wow——! ! !
The incident caused a great stir, and the scene was in an uproar. Although most people in this era choose to believe in science, they do not completely deny the influence of faith on humanity.
Therefore, publicly promoting a firm atheism in such a setting is unfriendly to certain groups and is not a wise move.
Sure enough, the priest clutched his chest, seemingly in great pain, and said, "This, this...you woman, you're utterly hopeless!"
Bai Yuekui remained unmoved and continued speaking in the projection, "What is God? I don't know. I only know that I am human, an individual existing as a carbon-based life form. You, me, and everyone here are just insignificant specks of dust in the universe. The so-called 'gods' you speak of only exist in the myths and legends created by humans."
After saying that, he paused slightly, raised his hand and gestured with his fingertips to represent the universe, and said, "It is far smaller than humanity."
But as she spoke, she suddenly noticed something. In the crowd, Qin Ming calmly watched everything. Seemingly to avoid drawing attention, he had changed into an outfit that suited the times and cut his hair short.
His calm gaze remained undisturbed by the scene, as if he were a complete bystander, and unaffected by her speech.
He raised an eyebrow slightly, not paying attention for long, and continued his speech, saying, "There are about 50 trillion cells in the human body. If all the DNA molecules in a cell were unfolded and lined up, the total length could circle the Earth 300 million times. The human body is clearly the most complex biological machine on Earth, yet human perception has always been impoverished. We restrict ourselves, restrict the diverse forms of life, and are completely unaware of the limits we can reach."
Seemingly worried about sending the priest, who appeared to have a heart condition, away on the spot, Bai Yuekui finally steered the conversation back to Gray, saying, "Exploration and the bottom line are inherently intertwined. How can we know where the boundaries are if we don't move forward? We can't all become 'Iron Man' like you, can we? What do you say, Director Gray?"
This time, a burst of laughter erupted from the crowd. Gray stood in the middle of the crowd, and to him, all of this laughter was an insult to him!
Without saying a word, he turned and walked out of the venue with his hands behind his back. As he left, Gray turned back and said, "I admire Miss Bai's eloquence, but... if you conduct clinical trials before your files are approved, I guarantee that the Black Box Prison will be your destination for the rest of your lives."
"Yes, sir!"
Bai Yuekui clearly didn't take these words to heart, and his quirky provocation of Gray only made the audience laugh more.
Just as the scene was filled with excitement for this groundbreaking invention, an accident occurred.
Rumble!
A strong tremor occurred at the venue, and the local radio station in Hisakawa immediately broadcast a report of a serious geological disaster. Within moments, the ground above the entire venue collapsed, resulting in casualties.
The ambulance arrived at the scene within minutes and took the injured away.
A gigantic vine burst forth from the ground, blotting out the sky. Within its crevices, spores resembling eyeballs wriggled, creating an eerie scene.
When the disaster struck, Bai Yuekui was not present at the scene; he only broadcast the event live via projector. However, Horn Garcia narrowly escaped death in the disaster.
Bai Yuekui's brother, Bai Yuetian, disregarded the danger and rushed into the disaster site to rescue Huo En.
Bai Yuekui watched this scene from afar, his heart filled with anxiety. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Bai Yuetian bring Huo En out. He then immediately turned around and rushed to the hospital.
As she was leaving, she suddenly noticed something around the vines out of the corner of her eye, but when she turned around in surprise, she found nothing.
Hallucination? Oh well, never mind.
Meanwhile, Qin Ming appeared at the top of the ground vine, looking at this strange plant, or rather, a chimera of plant and animal, which was the source of the doomsday disaster that led to this world.
But in his perception, this thing was not a living being.
It can only be considered a material spirit, but there is a will similar to that of a living being inside it driving it to burrow out of the ground.
Similar to his "spirit wood" ability.
"Ok?"
Just then, Qin Ming sensed something spying on him. His gaze shifted slightly, and he released a burst of spiritual energy to shield himself from the sensation.
Meanwhile, within the ASH data core.
In a vast ocean of data, every blade of grass and every tree in Jiuchuan City, even the physical condition, every move, and every breath of every person, is monitored and fed back here in real time.
ASH's core data is presented in the form of a woman. Looking at the image in front of her, it is the scene of Qin Ming standing above the vines and observing.
"Analyzing the target's identity reveals abnormal behavior."
The moment Qin Ming appeared on the vine, it had already noticed something amiss and immediately mobilized its massive computing power to attempt to remotely analyze Qin Ming's data.
But in that instant, the scene before my eyes suddenly blurred, and an abnormal red light appeared in the surrounding sea of data.
"Warning! Target lost! Data lost!"
Finally, Ash stared blankly at the scene before him.
Why did I need to mobilize such massive computing power? Strange... some data is missing.
"Resolve missing data".
Puzzled, it attempted to retrieve the lost data using its massive computing power, but every time it tried to analyze the data at Qin Ming's location, a portion of the data would inexplicably be lost.
Ultimately, ASH could only record Qin Ming's appearance data, simply marking it as "unobservable," and sealing it away in the deepest layer of the core data.
The core data includes phrases such as "life 2.5 million years ago," "life source material," "earth vines," "mass extinction," and "ancient civilizations"...