Chapter 144 The Trolley Problem (4K)(1/2)
After listening to Mobius’s explanation, Yang Ming quickly thanked:
"Oh, that's very helpful. Thank you very much."
Unexpectedly, I could directly unlock a natural law here.
The natural laws currently unlocked include: Word Spirit, Power of Faith, and Subspace Affinity.
Mobius replied lightly:
"It's okay, what else do you want?"
"This is indeed my purpose, but there is another problem. I don't have the Silver Key with me now."
Yang Ming truthfully stated that he had no intention of returning.
"Well, you can't go back without the silver key. Do you want me to take you back?"
Mobius still asked in a friendly manner, and Yang Ming nodded repeatedly to indicate that this was the case. Unexpectedly, his face suddenly changed, his expression became serious, and he said,
"I can only use subspace teleportation, and you can't complete the conditions now. Now, it's a bit troublesome."
The speed at which the other party's attitude changed made Yang Ming realize that the situation seemed a little bad, so he tried to ask:
"Then can you help me again now?"
"I have a headache now. You begging me like this makes it very difficult for me to do."
Mobius continued to smile and said,
"There was a guy who violated the rules in the past, but I sent him directly to another universe."
Although his expression still looked relaxed, he also vaguely revealed a bit of murderous intent.
"I've heard this story too. Is it the Equalizer? Yang's sister."
"Yes, did he really tell you this story? Haha, the situation at that time was just as you learned, but I am..."
Mobius paused meaningfully and said,
"You are easier to talk to. As long as you don't be as arrogant as that guy, I can still help you a little."
It seems that the Equalizer had a bad attitude at the beginning. After all, as Yang's sister, she might also be an extremely powerful extraordinary being.
If there is no accommodation among strong people, conflicts will get out of hand.
"Oh, what do you want to do before you are willing to help me?"
However, Yang Ming has always maintained a humble style of dealing with things. If he can have a normal conversation, he shouldn't be too embarrassed.
In the past, opponents would often start fights when they disagreed, making it difficult to communicate, so there was nothing we could do.
"Ah, I have to think about this carefully."
Mobius began to think about it, and felt that the other party was actually a person who liked to play more.
After a while, he asked:
"Can I test you first?"
"Test? OK, what do you want to test?"
In fact, it doesn't matter what he wants to say, after all, the initiative lies entirely with Mobius.
"Let me ask you a question first, that is, let's assume such a scenario."
Mobius looked very happy and continued,
"You are at a train crossing and can control the train to change lanes. There is one person on one track and five people on the other track. Now the train is coming. What are you going to do?"
This is the classic trolley problem. Regarding this thought experiment, there are many different discussion options. It is a debate topic with no conclusion. Usually, you can express your opinion as long as it is well-founded.
Although it was not clear why Mobius asked this question, Yang Ming decided to answer according to his own heart:
"Of course I saved them all."
After all, I am also an awakened person. As long as Wuchen is activated, can I save people at will?
This statement made Mobius dumbfounded, so he said:
"Oh, your answer is a bit too much. Then I will impose another condition. Now you can answer from the perspective of an ordinary person, and you can only choose one of the two."
"For those who are tied to the railway tracks, I will comprehensively judge their age, gender, whether they are relatives or friends, whether they are useful to me and other factors. As long as they are beneficial to me, I will save them."
Yang Ming continued to answer, this is an answer purely from a utilitarian point of view. Although it is cruel, it is easy to explain and more convenient.
"You, you're here to cause trouble, right?"
After hearing this statement, Mobius was obviously still dissatisfied and said,
"Then let me add another condition. You don't know them at all, and all those people have been put into black bags. Anyway, you can't get any information except the number of people."
Even the acquisition of information is prohibited. As a person with mental abilities, Yang Ming really doesn't like this unknown state.
But since the other party just wants to know what he thinks about the number of human lives, then he answers like this:
"Then I will save five people."
This time I kept my words concise and to the point. Presumably Mobius will not make difficult conditions anymore. After hearing this, Mobius continued to smile happily:
"Then what's your reason for doing this?"
"My choice is based on probability. The future of the five people will have a higher probability of changing."
"Probability?"
Hearing this sentence, Mobius made a loud sound of doubt,
"How can you be sure that these five people will become better in the future? What if that one person will be an even more powerful person in the future?"
"Don't add conditions arbitrarily. I'm purely considering the number of people. It doesn't matter what experience those people have."
After Yang Ming retorted, he continued,
"The probability I expect is not good or bad, but uncertainty. The more people there are, the more difficult it is to maintain order without becoming chaotic. This is not something that one person can match, so I choose five
personal."
"Oh ho?"
After hearing this, Mobius was slightly surprised, and then laughed loudly,
"Hahaha, interesting, I didn't expect you to think this way, probability? Okay, if you expect probability so much, then it will be as you wish!"
As he spoke, Mobius threw an object. After receiving it, Yang Ming asked:
"This is? Dice?"
It is indeed a dice, but it has many faces.
"This is called a '20-sided die', and it can throw numbers from one to twenty."
"Well, I understand, what do you want me to do?"
"You throw this die between you and me, and I will make it stop on a certain plane. Of course, I will not interfere in this process."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Mobius continued to explain, but his expression became more and more cheerful, and even began to look ferocious.
"How many times you throw, I will fight you with 20/20 of my strength. After that, as long as you can hit me once, even if you win, I will send you back."
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Sure enough, a battle is inevitable, although this is also foreseeable.
"This method is quite interesting. I would like to ask, is your condition as literal as it sounds?"
Yang Ming actually wanted to ask in a subtle way whether he could cheat.
"The rules are what I just said. Just throw it away and start fighting when it's over."
Mobius did not explain the specific situation. In this case, Yang Ming did not intend to throw points honestly.
So, Yang Ming felt the dice with his hands, determined the number of faces, and then threw it into the air.
During this process, Wu Chen continued to control the subtle changes of the dice to ensure that it could come up with the answer according to its own ideas.
Finally, the dice broke away from Wuchen's control, landed on a transparent space above, and continued to rotate freely.
When the dice stops, the result above is - 1.
Everything went according to his plan. Yang Ming looked at Mobius, wondering how he would feel.
"As you can see, the answer is 1."
Mobius didn't have any trouble. He really didn't care about cheating and continued,
"Then I'll use one-twentieth of my strength."
Then, Mobius's whole body suddenly glowed with light, flew out from the gems inlaid on his belt, and hovered in the air.
At the same time, the 20-sided dice also flew up and joined the swirl around Mobius.
If you look carefully, you will see that they are actually seven dice.
They surrounded Mobius, shining brightly. Yang Ming relied on his own perception ability to further observe the shape of those dice.
To be continued...