Originally, the crowd had no particular interest in this matter. However, when Fang Zheng pointed out that there might be something fishy going on, they immediately became alert and stared at Fang Zheng to see what he wanted to say. The man with narrowed eyes was sweating coldly and wiping his forehead anxiously.

"Uh... sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean..."

"You don't understand?"

Fang Zheng sneered.

"Then I just want you to answer me one question. Why did you make combat autonomous machines in human form?"

"This, this is because humanoid autonomous machines are more suitable for combat..."

"fart!"

However, before Squinty Eyes could finish his explanation, he was interrupted by Fang Zheng's cold shout, which frightened him so much that he trembled. Seeing this, the blond pretty boy stared at Fang Zheng with some dissatisfaction and asked.

"Isn't that so?"

“Hehehe.”

Facing the blond pretty boy's question, Fang Zheng just laughed.

"You are just falling into a misconception. Because we are human, we fight like this, so we subconsciously think that this form is most suitable for fighting, but in fact it is of course not the case."

"no……?"

Dongtang Daohua also looked at Fang Zheng curiously, staring at him in confusion.

"Yes, you are just limited by the human mindset, but in fact, if it is a form suitable for combat, then there is no need to stick to humans. Cheetahs are much faster than humans, and they don't need two legs to walk. Spiders can climb walls very fast, so why would they be interested in human arms?"

"Um……"

At this time, Fan Xinglu also nodded.

"Indeed, the ancients often imitated the movements of animals when hunting, so it's not surprising."

"Let's put it another way. If you put six arms on a robot, with two front arms holding shields, two in the middle holding swords, two guns at the back, and a jet at the bottom, what can ordinary people do if they encounter it?"

"Um……"

After hearing Fang Zheng's description, everyone closed their eyes, thought for a moment, and then nodded. Indeed, if Fang Zheng designed it this way, and combined it with the technological power of Luoxing Engineering, the humanoid autonomous machine created would be difficult for even the students participating in the Star Martial Arts Festival to resist.

Of course, except Fang Zheng.

“But why don’t they do it?”

At this moment, Sylvia also became curious. The Alekante Institute was the only academy in Academy City that had research in Falling Star Engineering, and it was also the only academy that could manufacture its own Huang-style weapons. Logically speaking, Fang Zheng could think of this, and with so many students at the Alekante Institute, someone must have been able to think of it.

“It’s very simple.”

Fang Zheng had a sneer on his face and stared at Mimi, while the latter lowered his head and said nothing.

"Because that's not a human, it's a monster!"

“…”

As soon as Fang Zheng said this, everyone present started to think.

"Why is Alejandro so obsessed with making robots in human form? The reason is simple. Humans are empathetic creatures. They naturally like creatures that are similar to themselves. Isn't this the case in many movies? Aliens that are friendly to humans look more or less the same as humans. But aliens that are enemies of humans are either bugs or demons, and they all look like monsters. This is actually a way of applying psychology. Between a beautiful mechanical girl and a centipede man covered in tentacles, most humans will definitely choose the former rather than the latter, right?"

“…”

He narrowed his eyes and lowered his head without saying a word, but seeing the cold sweat on his forehead, one could tell that he was not calm at the moment.

But Fang Zheng won't let him go so easily.

"If you don't want to say it, then I'll say it for you. The reason why the Alekanth Research Institute is so persistent in having humanoid robots participate in the Star Martial Arts Festival is to increase ordinary people's awareness of them, thus paving the way for recognizing the identities and human rights of these humanoid intelligences!"

Fang Zheng stared at the narrowed eyes, his expression cold and stern. He was very aware of the dangers of artificial intelligence. In fact, both Nymph and Yui in Fang Zheng's Tiandao Palace were theoretically obtained by Fang Zheng from other worlds. He himself had never made a humanoid intelligent machine. Generally speaking, when Fang Zheng made intelligent machines, he would either choose the Protoss probe or the Iron Octopus from The Matrix.

As for the KanColle, her main body is a battleship, and her body is a projection-like existence.

Because the most important thing among these is the identification of one's own identity.

Although KanColle look cute and pretty in the eyes of most people, they still perceive themselves as weapons, armies, and warships, rather than human beings.

Anything becomes troublesome once it involves human form.

For example, when the Tiandao Palace first started, because there were no pets, Nymph once proposed to Fang Zheng that they introduce familiars from the Nanoha world as a replacement, but Fang Zheng rejected it at the time. Because familiars have human forms, should they be treated as humans? Or should they be treated as animals? How should their rights and status be determined?

Any issue involves a big discussion on social ethics and morality. Isn't this just asking for trouble?

"But it's quite difficult to determine whether or not there is a self. After all, there is no standard for determination..."

At this time, Claudia also raised her own question, but Fang Zheng's answer was very casual.

"Oh, no need to judge."

"……Why?"

"For academics, there may be a need for a benchmark to judge the self-awareness of robots, but it is different for ordinary people. In fact, when dealing with ordinary people, you don't need a high level of self-awareness at all. You just need to have the same self-awareness as a three-year-old pet dog."

"A pet dog... huh?"

It must be said that Fang Zheng's answer really shocked everyone.

"Of course, ordinary people cannot understand or care about those professional data files. The perception of others is inherently a highly subjective issue. The IQ of a three-year-old pet dog is enough to correspond to most ordinary people."

Having said this, Fang Zheng chuckled.

"Think about it. Suppose a robot has the same beautiful face and appearance as the girls in Aoi Enwei Girls' School, and is well-behaved and obedient. When you come home, she will greet you at the entrance, wash and cook for you, comfort you when you are sad, or meet your special needs... Do you think that at this point, most people will still care about your so-called self-judgment criteria? To them, isn't this their wife? Isn't it natural for a wife to have human rights?"

After hearing what Fang Zheng said, everyone thought about it for a moment, and then their faces darkened. Especially Sylvia and Claudia, who looked even more worried. Fang Zheng, however, folded his arms, sneered and looked at Mimi.

"Let me be frank. Your goal is to increase the popularity and recognition of humanoid machines through the Star Warrior Festival, and then use this as a basis to smoothly bring humanoid machines into ordinary human life. In this way, most ordinary people will be obsessed with those robot beauties. Then, if you can instigate them a little and propose to give robots a certain social status and human rights, you will definitely get a lot of support and support. Haha... You have a good plan. Don't think I don't know that technicians like you are taking advantage of others' lack of technical knowledge and talking nonsense here. What you say sounds like the truth. Do you really treat us as fools?"

“…”

At this moment, the expressions of the others were even uglier. Indeed, they did not understand Falling Star Engineering, but seeing the squinting eyes sweating profusely, they knew that even if Fang Zheng's words were not completely right, they were almost there.

Because the other party has never had a sense of presence, the other academies have mostly ignored the Alecanth Institute. But they didn't expect that these guys were so mean and were actually trying to play a big game here?

If this develops as Fang Zheng said, then other schools will be involved, even Aoi Enwei Girls' School is no exception. After all, if you can make beautiful girl robots, you can also make beautiful boy robots, right? And in this way, the idols of Aoi Enwei Girls' School don't have to worry about scandals, but can be in pairs with robots openly!

“No, we really don’t have that idea…”

Noticing that the eyes of others staring at him were getting more and more ominous, Mimi hurriedly explained, but of course no one would listen to his explanation. Behind the schools in Academy City are various consortiums, fighting openly and secretly with each other. Even if they really have this idea, they will not admit it!

"I don't care if you have this idea or not, I only have one condition."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"It's difficult to determine the baseline of self-awareness, and I'm too lazy to waste time on this. My condition is that the robots of the Alecante Research Institute can participate in the competition, but they cannot appear in human form. Otherwise, it will be considered a violation and they will lose. Or... I will smash them for you myself."

"I agree with Kasugano-kun's proposal."

Sylvia voted for Fang Zheng.

"I agree."

"Me too."

"Indeed, this is safer."

After that, Claudia, Toudou Daohua, the blonde and the fat red-haired man all voted in favor. Although Fan Xinglu still voted against it, saying "it's more fun this way", the majority had to obey the minority, and the matter was finally decided.

Faced with this situation, the student union president of the Alekante Institute had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Just like that, this garden meeting ended, and everyone's view of Fang Zheng changed somewhat. All along, because of Fang Zheng's ruthlessness and toughness in battle, it was easy for people to think that he was an impulsive person. But it was obvious from the proposal just now that they could see that this man was not only ruthless and cruel, but also bold and careful, and even had a wide range of knowledge. They had never thought of something like this. If Fang Zheng hadn't directly exposed it, this group of people might still be confused by the appearance of the Alecanth Institute and kept in the dark!

Therefore, many people have become wary of Fang Zheng - after all, no one wants their conspiracy to be exposed so easily by the other party, right?

This is too discouraging.

After the meeting, Fang Zheng returned to school. Just as he stepped through the gate, a leisurely voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Hey, isn't this Kasugano? Thank you for your hard work, eh?"

Hearing this voice, Fang Zheng turned around and saw Xijing Ningyin standing behind him. At this moment, she was still wearing the ill-fitting baggy kimono and was looking at him with a smile.

"I'm fine...what do you want from me?"

"The chairman wants to see you for something. I'm just here to pass on the message. Also..."

Having said this, Xijing Ningyin suddenly flashed by, came in front of Fang Zheng, stuck close to him, raised her head and stared at Fang Zheng.

"Would you mind coming to my room for some special tutoring tonight?"

Under the sunlight, a pink heart-shaped pattern quietly emerged in Xijing Ningyin's black eyes, and then disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"Of course not."

Then he opened his mouth to answer.