Continued from the archive.
With Umbrella's advanced cloning technology, cybernetic technology, and other forms of biotechnology, the consciousnesses of the dead could also be transferred into cloned bodies and cybernetic bodies.
As early as the 2030s, after Umbrella promoted the idea that human clones possessed no independent intelligence or consciousness, society had broadly accepted cloning technology and no longer viewed it as immoral or anti-human.
Afterward, medical cloning technology for organs, tissues, and limbs came into widespread use.
However, medical human cloning still faced certain ethical restrictions.
Even though clones had no consciousness, many people still could not accept harvesting a clone's organs and causing the clone's death in order to save the original.
In truth, clones had no perception whatsoever. They were vegetative patients in the truest sense.
Once Consciousness Transfer technology had been perfected, hospitals gained the ability to completely transfer the consciousnesses of patients on the verge of death into cloned bodies.
Before this, several hospitals had performed brain-replacement surgeries, but the risks were immense. Unlike other organs, brains were not easy to transfer, and improper procedures could severely damage their integrity.
Consciousness Transfer technology could perfectly bypass those difficulties.
Patients could use their own cells to clone themselves at any age they desired, allowing them to change bodies and continue living.
However, the surgery was extremely expensive. Cultivating healthy clones at various ages consumed enormous amounts of manpower and resources from hospitals.
Thus, when hospitals began offering Consciousness Transfer surgeries, the vast majority of patients on the verge of death, or those who had already made their wills, chose to upload themselves into virtual worlds.
The procedure of transferring one's consciousness into a clone at the ideal age and continuing to live in a new body was mostly chosen by the wealthy.
Realistic cybernetic bodies were