Transforming American comics starts with a leap of faith

Chapter 100 What is a Pioneer?
Who is the mechanical pioneer Victor?
He's a... autistic, crazy, idealistic scientist.

But to explain him clearly, we have to mention Jess who fell in love and killed him.

To use a corny phrase, these two are like two sides of a coin, like light and shadow.

Like Piltover and Zaun.

Jace and Viktor are probably also the heroes who best represent the twin cities.

The former was born noble, lived a good life, was a talented scientist, persistently pursued the truth, and bravely faced powerful enemies... Even his pride and conceit fit Piltover's temperament so well.

Others, such as Camille and the great inventor Heimerdinger, may be strong and good enough, but their characters are obviously not in tune with Progress City.

For Zaan, the same is true.

But compared to Piltover, Zaun's temperament is even more elusive. Like this city, it is shrouded in the everlasting haze.

Some people may think that the representative of Zaun should be Singed.

He is inhumane, disregarding morality and law, and he is bubbling badly.

This... is indeed a characteristic of Zaun.

In this crazy city, inhumane, unstable experiments that may have serious consequences can be seen everywhere.

But if you think about it carefully, hidden under these crimes, what is Zaun's real pursuit?
In order to avoid Piltover's strict scientific research terms, the mad scientists who poured into the city wanted to bring something to the human beings and the world.

Victor: It's evolution.

An often overlooked fact is that Zaun was once part of the City of Progress.

The two are just on the way forward, and because of different ideas, they walked out of a fork in the road.

Of course, for ordinary people, Zaun's path is indeed too hellish.

Cruel mechanical transformation, twisted human body transformation.

These are quite anti-human attempts.

But who can say that this must not be the future of mankind?
Victor's fate seems to reflect this.

He was born on the upper floors of Zaun, the closest place to Piltover, just as he was once infinitely close to Piltover.

After breaking the rules and entering the highest academy in Piltover, his talents and talents were fully displayed.

Even Jess, with his eyes above his head, had to sigh after dinner and when others asked him.

"Victor, this guy is terrible, but I have to say, he is indeed a genius."

Well, according to Jess's personality, I will add a sentence:
"But not as good as me!"

If Victor is willing to restrain himself, compromise, and soften his attitude, he will definitely become a very good, Piltover-style scientist.

But that's nonsense, if he gave up, he wouldn't be Victor.

Viktor still belongs to Zaun at heart.

His academic career in Piltover was lackluster on the whole, and in detail, it could only add to the dislike of others towards Piltover.

But to be honest, Victor's theory is indeed difficult to accept in common sense.

He believes that emotions, or emotions, these things, can become a hindrance in the work that requires high precision.

Because human beings can't always control their emotions very well.

They get scared, they get angry, they get nervous.

These emotions are completely meaningless for solving problems, and disasters will never stop because of people's emotional resistance.

Unrelated emotions just waste time and squander the most precious opportunities.

So he proposed such a deviant plan: to strip people's emotions and use mechanical means.

As a matter of course, Victor experienced ostracism, rejection, and finally expulsion.

After returning to Zaun, the brilliant scientist fell into a deep autism.

"Am I wrong?"

Of course, this self-doubt doesn't last long
Hidden under his humble, even a little unconfident appearance is a firmness and pride that ordinary people can't understand.

And Zaan's successive accidents strengthened his determination even more.

【Abandon this stinky skin】

Such a crazy experiment naturally cannot find volunteers, like all paranoid but idealized scientists.

He made himself the first test subject.

Only by stripping off useless emotions can a confused person see the true self.

Victor, who has completed the experiment... is more sane than ever.

Just like Ivan Vanke at this time, the mechanical pioneer of the Marvel Universe.

He looked back at his life with pure reason.

What he saw was a man in pain.

I am using other people's lives to torture myself, and I am kidnapping myself with the hatred of my parents.

He had hardly lived for himself, lost in the long suffering, seeking a worthless and meaningless goal.

revenge……

And what can he get out of it?
Just some cheap pleasure.

After getting rid of these emotions, the first thing Ivan Vanke felt was sobriety.

Immediately afterwards, there was unprecedented... happiness.

It is a kind of happiness that is not mixed with any emotion and transcends the desires of flesh and blood.

Don't confuse the feeling of a mechanical pioneer with artificial intelligence.

The happiness he can feel is not compiled by cold codes, but a kind of human happiness.

Pure and strong.

He is still human, but a human being freed from impurities.

Ivan Vanke understands: this is evolution.

Immediately after the transformation was successful, Ivan Vanke understood his goal for the rest of his life.

【Let more people get this kind of sobriety and bring a glorious evolution to all mankind】

Obviously, sober he can realize that this is destined to be a difficult road full of thorns.

There is nothing wrong with even saying that this is a doomed path.

But he has transcended the hesitation, hesitation and fear that human beings have in the face of this desperate journey.

He embarked on this path without hesitation.

But the first step... he obviously needs a research base.

"Will you support my research?"

The clown smiled: "Of course, I think your idea is great."

"After everything is done, I want a place that is spacious enough."

Victor stood up, walked out the door, and looked at the lights of Manhattan. There was no emotion revealed in the electronic voice:
"But before that, I need some materials to update and improve myself."

Clown: "For the first question, it doesn't matter how big you are; for the second question, I told you where to go."

The mechanical pioneer turned around: "You are using me."

The clown spread his hands: "Is this important?"

Victor's electronic eyes flickered, he turned and left, stepping boldly into the night.

Although he didn't speak, the others seemed to hear the answer in his heart.

"unimportant."

The clown scratched his hair.

Graves: "Ghosts and ghosts."

The clown squinted at him.

Graves snorted and said, "Don't think I don't understand, he wants to turn me into a robot!"

Sett: "You're too sensitive..."

The young boxing champion seemed to be looking forward to it, and said with a smile;

"Honestly, I was a little tempted by what he said. What does it feel like to completely get rid of redundant emotions and worldly desires?"

Graves slammed the wine glass on the table in front of Sett:
"I don't know anything else, you can definitely quit drinking!"

Sett pointed at him and laughed, before gulping it down.

Graves shook his head.

"Joker, are you really going to support him?"

"Why not? As long as he doesn't turn me into a mech, everything will be fine."

"Do you think he can succeed?"

"Hey, he's lost. If people can get rid of the entanglement of emotions and desires, what's the matter with you and me?"

Graves: "Hahaha, then why are you rooting for him?"

The clown wobbled in his chair and didn't answer the question.

Some wrong roads are destined to usher in dismal failures, as long as they go out, there will always be some gains.

Maybe one day in the future, humans really need a mechanical pioneer...

Who is right?

　It will be on the shelves next week, a little nervous...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)