Chapter 24 Questions

In the top-floor classroom of an independent teaching building in Longcheng Military Academy, there were twenty students of different ages. The oldest seemed to be middle-aged, and the youngest, such as Wang Yao, was only about eighteen years old.

But each of these twenty people had a unique temperament, either rebellious or introverted and steady.

The whole classroom was quiet, and no one was talking to each other.

But if you look closely, you can find that these twenty students are more or less observing each other.

At this time, the door of the classroom was pushed open.

Wang Suo walked in with a textbook.

"Hello everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Suo. I am one of your mecha theory instructors. Your instructors will be divided into theory instructors and practice instructors. There will be a total of four theory instructors, who will teach you different systems respectively. There will be three practice instructors, one of whom will train your physique, one will teach you mechanical operation, and the last one will teach you tactics. You should also know that the mecha discipline is newly established, so there are no ready-made instructors. Including me, we have just come into contact with it. What I can do is to teach you what I have learned and lead you into this discipline." Wang Suo said to the 20 elite students in the audience.

In fact, after he finished speaking, Wang Suo was a little melancholy in his heart!

"Hello, teacher!" Everyone replied respectfully to Wang Suo.

Wang Suo nodded and said: "Now we are ready to start class, but before class, there is one thing to emphasize. The knowledge you have learned here is confidential. Any outflow is strictly prohibited, otherwise you should know the consequences."

"Understood!"

Then Wang Suo turned on the imaging equipment, and the initial model of a mecha without any weapons emerged.

"This is the model of the 1.0 version of the mecha. In terms of structure, it is very similar to humans. Its initial concept originated around the year 2000, and then it was initially established in the year 2800 to solve a series of problems. It was truly finalized in the year 3002, and there is the famous..."

Wang Suo carefully introduced the origin of the mecha and its basic performance.

At this time, a student with a rebellious look stretched out his hand to interrupt Wang Suo's teaching.

"Sun Murong, do you have any questions?" Wang Suo asked. Although it was the first time they met, Wang Suo had already read all the students' information.

"I have some questions that I want to get answered before this subject officially begins, and I don't want to hide them. I think these questions are very harsh, but these are inevitable questions. I wonder if I can ask them, Mr. Instructor." Sun Murong seemed to be asking for advice, but he was very strong.

"Academics themselves need to be explored and solved. Ask them." Wang Suo nodded and replied.

"Teacher, from the parameters and performance you just gave, the mecha is completely incomparable to fighter jets in terms of flight speed, and its anti-strike capability can only be considered ordinary. Sometimes it even loses its combat effectiveness due to damage to parts. I don't understand why this technology is restarted. Although this subject seems to be very competitive, it seems useless in my eyes."

"You are right. If we only talk about speed, mechas are definitely not as good as fighter jets. If we only talk about firepower, it is not as good as heavy weapons. If we only talk about anti-strike capability, it is also very standard. But you forgot one thing. The biggest advantage of mechas lies in their versatility and applicability! Let me give you the simplest example. If you want to go to a city in the occupied area, Do you send a fighter? A heavy tank? Or infantry? A single type of soldier may not be able to complete various combat missions in the occupied area, but the mecha is different. Under the control of an excellent driver, it is possible to complete it alone in the occupied area, and its role is not just as simple as simple combat. It can even be competent for a series of tasks such as exploration, transportation, and looting. It only needs to be equipped with corresponding equipment. Just like when you find something of high value in the occupied area, you can take it away directly with the mecha without transport vehicles and other equipment! And when performing space operations, it can perform complex operations. Can fighters do this? "Wang Suo retorted.

Sun Murong was a little confused by the rebuttal and didn't know how to answer.

Wang Suo continued, "Don't just look at one side of things. It's true that mechas are not as good as other types of soldiers in terms of pure performance, but the overall situation is different. In a sense, it is a leapfrog version of exoskeleton armor! It is an expanded version of humans! This is why we humans are not the strongest creatures in nature, but we can become the masters. The reason is the same, because we are omnipotent!" (Note: omnipotent here means multi-functional, not invincible and omnipotent! Don't get me wrong!)

"But, but if that's the case, why don't we develop robots?" Sun Murong replied with some dissatisfaction.

"You are right. Robots are good things. They can do many things for us. Even intelligent robots can do more than 90% of our things. But have you ever thought that everything has two sides? Let's not talk about this aspect because it has been banned. I will just talk about its value and role. You know the benefits of robots to us best. I won't say more. It can create too much value. I will just talk about the most insignificant hidden impact. Let's give a most realistic example."

"Before the civilization fault, our technology reached its peak, artificial intelligence was widely popularized, robots were also widely popularized, and a lot of work was done. Replaced by intelligent machines and robots, a large number of laborers are unemployed and have nothing to do. Everyone has become lazy. Not to mention the social impact caused, even the most basic agriculture is completed by them. When the civilization disaster broke out, you know, we found that many people even forgot how to grow food. In those turbulent years, the world's population dropped by three quarters! Half of them starved to death! The same seemingly harmless technology actually affects us in a subtle way, which is one of the reasons for banning robots. "

"Since you said it so well, why did you ban the mecha in the first place?" Sun Murong asked puzzledly.

"This involves the technical level. There are a total of many versions of mecha, from version 1.0 to version 2.0. When mechas were first born, they were very useless because they were too difficult to operate and had poor dexterity. They were once used as auxiliary troops. From version 1.5, there has been a qualitative leap, because the virtual intelligent system can assist neural connections and complete the neural synchronization between mechas and humans, making mechas a complete part of the human body, thereby greatly improving flexibility. Before version 1.5, all mechas relied on manual operation and auxiliary systems! And it was precisely because of the hidden dangers of the virtual intelligent system that the mechas had problems, so the mechas were banned." Wang Suo explained.