Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 700 700: 698 Bo Xun

The young girl "Ji" slowly spoke about the history of the Heavenly Demon, while Zhou Bai listened quietly, appearing calm and collected, making it hard to guess what he was thinking.

According to Ji, with the advent of Immortal technology, Homo sapiens used that along with their existing technologies, driving societal technological progress.

After all, many things that were difficult for Homo sapiens to do were easily achievable with Immortal technology.

And many Immortal technologies that were hard to popularize could be more easily done with Homo sapiens' technology.

The two complemented and influenced each other, putting human technological development on a fast track, with the advancements of the first decade equivalent to several hundred years of previous development.

The Heavenly Demon was one of the numerous experimental projects of humans at that time.

Initially, the Heavenly Demon was not designed for combat but as a specialized engineering robot for humans to adapt to harsh extraterrestrial environments and for resource extraction and construction on other planets.

The young girl Ji opened her eyes wide, and beams of light shot out from them, transforming into video clips and images that appeared in front of Zhou Bai.

In the videos, a woman in a white robe was looking at the camera, seemingly taking a selfie.

…

"Today is February 2, 2055."

"I am Wu Yun, the intelligence designer of the 'Adaptive Planetary Modification Robot.' Codenamed Heavenly Demon, it is an engineering robot developed for extraterrestrial colonization."

"I have decided to start collecting my own data from today and use myself as a model to enrich the Heavenly Demon's intelligence database."

"Even though most humans globally glorify the ability to cultivate as the highest honor and view it as a shortcut to success, I believe that combining our current science with the Immortals' technology and using human technology to help disseminate and civilianize Immortal technology to further develop and deepen human technology is probably the true direction of future development. Artificial intelligence will be key in this."

…

"Today is February 3, 2055."

"We are planning to discard the previous design of the Heavenly Demon. We believe they should not have a fixed form or a standard appearance but should change as needed, just like the legendary Heavenly Demon."

"Because their purpose was to adapt to various harsh extraterrestrial environments and then transform planets and gather extraplanetary resources."

"Thus, their shapes and appearances should be able to change with different environmental conditions."

"Using purely human technology to achieve this step is impossible. But with the addition of Immortal technology, what was impossible becomes possible."

"Unfortunately, my cultivation talents are too poor, cultivation is just a waste of time for me, and many design problems I encounter have to be solved by consulting cultivators or Immortals."

A young assistant came over, "Dr. Wu, the meeting is about to start."

Wu Yun turned off her phone and said, "I know, let's go."

…

In the meeting room, Wu Yun said to a monk in front of her, "…Currently, the cost of integrating Artifact Spirits and artificial intelligence is too high. We must reduce the costs, otherwise, we lose the greatest advantage of artificial intelligence, which is self-replication…"

The monk in front responded arrogantly, "Artifact Spirits are unique to Implements from the Ninth Realm. If you want to reduce costs, you will only get a fool, not as astute as a Ninth Realm Magical Treasure, capable of possessing far more knowledge than humans and mastering Immortal techniques."

Wu Yun said, "Adaptive robots don't need such high standards. I just need them to be widespread. Being able to mass-produce and make them accessible to everyone is what I need."

The monk in front scoffed, "Then you'll only produce garbage. I can do better with just a thought."

Wu Yun frowned, finding it difficult to convince the other party. Suddenly, she turned to another monk seated nearby, "Director Li, what do you think?"

Li Tai smiled and replied, "I'm just here to observe; the decision is mainly up to you. But why not give it a try, I don't see any harm."

After speaking, he turned to the other monk, "Brother, why don't we try what Dr. Wu suggested?"

…

"Today is March 15, 2055."

"We were indeed unable to popularize the Artifact Spirits, but by referencing the runes used in Artifact Spirits operations and combining them with our current intelligence programs, we created the first successful humanoid intelligence, which we named 'Bo Xun.'"

"We tried to let 'Bo Xun' self-learn and evolve with the input of vast information and data."

"However, with Bo Xun's current processing speed, it still cannot handle massive data."

"So I changed the strategy, deciding to input only my behavioral data for now, meaning, let 'Bo Xun' imitate me first."

"So far, it seems successful. He is like a digitized version of me."

"I heard that the Spirit Machine Adjustment Program has started its second phase of the experiment. I hope it starts soon, because if I could cultivate too, it would significantly enhance my physical and mental capabilities, greatly benefiting my subsequent research."

…

Wu Yun said to her phone, "Today I took a day off to come home and plan to take my son to the amusement park…"

A man shouted at Wu Yun, "Stop filming, let's go, the car is here."

Wu Yun held her phone and said, "No way, I need to enrich my data collection. I haven't recorded us playing in the amusement park yet."

"Come, Ming Ming, give Mommy a hug."

"Wu Yun, why are you messaging me?"

"Haha, it wasn't me, it was Bo Xun. I gave him your phone number. You should talk to him more when you have time; it might speed up his learning and continue to evolve his intelligence."

"No wonder it felt cold and emotionless."

…

Wu Yun looked at her phone's camera and said, "Bo Xun is learning fast. Next, we plan to let him operate the first generation Heavenly Demon shell and conduct mineral extraction at the Moon Base."

"If the lunar experiment succeeds, the Heavenly Demon will become part of the equipment for the Mars forces and participate in the Mars colonization project."

"We are still collecting massive data from social networks to further perfect Bo Xun's intelligence. Unfortunately, the government doesn't open up much of its data to us; otherwise, I could elevate Bo Xun's intelligence to an unprecedented level."

"Some monks worry that artificial intelligence may betray us in the future, which is complete nonsense."

"I believe the Heavenly Demon will become an essential tool for human colonization of other planets and even replace humans in transforming environments and collecting resources on extraterrestrial planets."

"Speaking of which, I heard that the second phase of the Spirit Machine Adjustment Program was successful. It looks like the days until I can cultivate are not far off…"