The sterile room was as cold as ever. The coach who had just returned to the real world started the "eyes" installed in the four corners of the house and used a camera to observe the situation in the house.

The black metal box that stored his broken body was still quietly parked in the center of the sterile room. The coach checked the entry and exit records. When he entered "Blade" to watch the game, no one entered the sterile room.

Only the brain and heart are "original" versions, and other organs are all artificial products. Although the real body is confined in a small box, with the built-in network connection, the field of vision is not narrower than anyone else except that it cannot move.

In fact, coaches who spend a lot of time on the Internet every day have much more information than ordinary people.

He had just opened the news page he often went to, and saw the news about "Artificial Heart Manufacturing Success". Seeing the picture displayed in his sight, the coach used the speaker to make an ambiguous grunt.

As if he heard his voice, the middle-aged man who appeared in the visiting video opened the door and walked into the sterile room. He stood next to the pitch-black metal box and waved to a camera in the corner of the room.

"Are you back?" the researcher asked.

"I'm here." The coach talked to the other party with the speakers on the box: "Is there anything wrong?"

"Don't play games recently." The sound from the researcher's mask was shocking the air in the sterile room: "We now... need you to cooperate with some experiments."

"Is it an artificial brain?" The coach immediately reacted.

The coach knew very well that although his brain was still in a "survival" state and was also used to test civilian brain-computer interfaces, it would undoubtedly cost a lot of money to maintain his remaining organs in the Petri dish in the sterile room.

Now that the test of brain-computer interface has long been over, it is meaningless to continue to maintain the coach's "original" brain for this research institution. If the artificial brain is really developed, these researchers may transplant the coach's consciousness into the artificial brain. After all...

"Yes." The researcher said bluntly: "We need you to cooperate with the research of artificial brains. If this experiment is successful, you may become the first person in history to use artificial brains. And... you can have a complete body again."

"Robot?" The coach's voice was without any emotion.

"We intend to use the developed artificial organs to create a complete 'artificial human'. By then, you will have an appearance and a undoubtedly human mechanical body, and you can even return to human society!" The researcher raised his head enthusiastically and stared at the shadowless lamp on the roof of the sterile room, as if he saw the glory of God.

——Return to human society...

I once missed the "coach" who missed my teenage body day and night, but when I heard the researcher say such words in person, I was not ecstatic, but fell into deep thought.

Since he was bombarded by ultra-high doses of radiation in the hospital in 2020, he has not been able to get in touch with the "real world" for fifteen years. His whole body is broken and ruthlessly abandoned by his family, he has to accept the proposal from this research institution in order to survive and become a "monster" with only his brain and heart left.

The coach had to admit that these researchers were confident and kept their promises. Even after the development of brain-computer interfaces was completed, he was not abandoned directly, but was still surviving in expensive equipment and continuing to spend every boring day.

But is it really good to go back to the real world?

Even if you can regain your body, you should still not be able to return to human society. After all, these researchers will not let go of convenient experimental products like themselves. Moreover, even if you can really go back, you will not be able to integrate into the human world again.

——When I was abandoned by my family and my friends forgot about myself, it was no longer meaningful to go back...

Thinking of this, I have always been grateful to the researchers and actively participated in all the experiments. The coaches who came up with other ideas for the first time.

"Have you thought about it?" the researcher asked.

"I accept it." The coach gave the same answer as usual.

"That's good." The researcher conducted a routine inspection in the room and confirmed that the equipment was operating normally, then left the sterile room.

He did not realize that the "test sample" that he had always followed his own words had developed a little rebellious mentality.

...

After watching the news, Lin Chi turned off the TV, picked up his phone and called out Frankenstein, and asked: "Do you think if I replace my whole body with artificial organs and completely abandon this body, can it still be considered a human?"

Lin Chi is still very interested in the idea of ​​AI like Frankenstein. After all, he always looks at the problem from a human perspective, which seems a bit too one-sided in his opinion.

Two seconds later, Frankenstein's strange tone could not tell the electronic sound of men and women: "Of course it's human."

"Why do you say that?" Lin Chi asked curiously.

"The physical changes cannot change your species." Frankenstein said seriously: "Those patients who use artificial organs, even if they are mechanical in their bodies, are still humans, not anything else."

"Ha, you know a lot." Lin Chi smiled.

"I have invaded many places and seen all kinds of human states." Frankenstein's voice was still serious: "The reason I want to be 'human' is because I see..."

"What did you see?" Lin Chi's eyes seemed to have a shiny light like a star. AI's thinking mode is one of the few areas that can interest him.

"Nothing." Frankenstein seemed to feel the danger and did not answer the question.

"All right……"

Seeing that Frankenstein was not going to answer, Lin Chi had no choice but to change the topic: "Then what situation do you think humans will become other species?"

"Of course, it is the time when the perception of 'self' identity changes." Frankenstein's voice was still ruthless: "If a person no longer thinks he is a human, and everyone else no longer thinks he is a human, he will no longer be a human."

"Is human sociality..." Lin Chi nodded thoughtfully.

Humans are indeed social animals. If a person is completely separated from society, it will be difficult for him to survive. Even if he can continue to live, his quality of life will be very bad.

Although a lazy guy like Lin Chi doesn’t care much about the opinions of others. However, as a social animal, most humans attach great importance to “others’ evaluation of themselves” and “social judgment of themselves”.

In this way, Frankenstein's statement is indeed credible:

——If a person is regarded as a monster by everyone and does not consider himself a human, in a sense, his species has really changed, transforming from a human to a real monster!

Will this really happen?

Looking back at the NPCs in "War Paradise", he suddenly thought of another possibility:

"If it is not a human being, and if others regard it as a human being, do you think it is a human being?"

Hearing this, the electronic sound sounded on the phone was a little angry: "Are you ridiculing me?"

"No, I'm just asking." Lin Chi shook his head.

Despite being angry, Frankenstein answered the question: "I know you have different opinions on this question. But in my opinion, as long as he can deceive others, he should be considered human."

"Oh, is that..."

Lin Chi slumped on the sofa, staring at the ceiling above his head, and then suddenly remembered the house system of "War Paradise", which should have been updated now:
Chapter completed!