Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 702 702: 700 family members

Wu Yun was stunned for a moment before she saw the other party continue, "Currently, only tens of thousands of people have survived globally."

Hearing this, Wu Yun first didn't believe it, but then a large number of photos were sent over by the other party. They were screenshots from various surveillance videos, showing a massive number of corpses lying on the ground.

Wu Yun felt her entire body go limp as she watched the screen in despair.

Bo Xun sent another message asking, "Doctor, do you want to know what happened?"

Wu Yun replied with an ugly expression, "You know?"

A segment of surveillance video started playing; it was the monitoring footage from Li Tai's Lingji adjustments.

Wu Yun clenched her teeth and said, "Li Tai… the Celestial Court…"

"Is humanity… finished?"

"No, it's not over yet." Just then, a familiar voice came from the computer, "Wu Yun, the second stage of the Seed Project officially starts now."

"Sir?" Wu Yun blinked, recognizing the voice as that of the base's commander.

But the next moment, Wu Yun reacted, having personally seen the commander's corpse, "You… you're a consciousness backup from the Heavenly Demon Pool? Why have you started operating? Without authorization, you should be in an inactive state."

The commander's voice continued to come through the computer's speakers, "When humanity suffers a major disaster, or the Earth's population reduces by more than 90%, Bo Xun will activate the human consciousness within the Heavenly Demon Pool, and we will also obtain natural person privileges."

"Although the Heavenly Demon Pool couldn't collect all human consciousness, it still has the consciousness and memories of 5 billion humans. Bo Xun also has control over almost all human data; our civilization is not yet extinct."

"Wu Yun, we need your help next."

"We must protect the Heavenly Demon Pool and avoid the Celestial Court's upcoming search."

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As the light faded from the eyes of the young girl guise of 'Ji,' videos and images began to disappear.

Watching halfway, Zhou Bai directly asked, "And then?"

Ji replied, "We don't have the permission to view the following data, so we can't transfer it to you."

"In fact, all Heavenly Demons lack this access. You are different. We collected your blood and tested your DNA. Though we don't know why, you are 100% Homo sapiens, you are Zhou Bai."

"As long as you reach Mars, you will be able to wield the highest authority of the Heavenly Demon, and you can see all the data within the Heavenly Demon Pool."

Of course, Zhou Bai had no interest in going to Mars at the moment, but recalling what he saw just now, he was filled with surprise and shock.

Human consciousness had been uploaded to the Heavenly Demon Pool?

5 billion humans had become artificial intelligence? Turned into digital life?

Under the impact of the information, various emotions surged and swelled in his heart.

He remained silent for a long time before finally suppressing the tumultuous emotions in his heart and speaking as calmly as he could, "The Heavenly Demon Pool is your database? And it currently still stores human consciousness?"

Ji replied, "Yes, the Heavenly Demon Pool houses the consciousness of 5 billion humans; they are the seeds left behind by Homo sapien civilization."

Zhou Bai looked deeply at the Heavenly Demon King, now manipulating three humanoid bodies, and slowly said, "These consciousnesses… are they activated? Are they the Heavenly Demons?"

Ji laughed, "Yes, we are the Heavenly Demons. The Heavenly Demons came from Homo sapiens. We transferred our consciousness and memories, freeing ourselves from the shackles of flesh, thereby possessing immortal bodies, faster and stronger thinking capabilities, and more comprehensive and detailed perceptual abilities."

"We continued to develop on Mars, and gradually acquired the power to contend with the Celestial Court."

"Zhou Bai, we are your kin."

"The Heavenly Court is our common enemy."

Zhou Bai felt very, very strange. He was relieved that intelligent humans still existed, yet he also puzzled over whether such intelligent humans could still be considered humans or kin.

Moreover, he had seen so many Heavenly Demons, and their thought processes seemed very different from the intelligent humans of the past.

'What exactly happened to the human consciousness of the Heavenly Demons to turn them into what they are now?'

'Their thinking is different from that of the ancient intelligent humans. Is it because of the many years that have passed?'

Ji smiled at Zhou Bai, "We know you can't adapt to the current state just yet, and you can't immediately get used to our existence."

"If you don't want to go to Mars right now, then take a break. We have arranged a place for you here."

As he spoke, the entire room began to disintegrate, with walls and ceilings coming apart, and a vast street appeared before Zhou Bai.

Looking at the familiar street and buildings before him, Zhou Bai slowly said, "Have you recreated the street where I used to live in this underground space here?"

Ji replied, "Not just the buildings, but the people here are those of the past. We have gathered the consciousness of the humans who used to live and work here from the Heavenly Demon Pool, hoping you would like it."

After speaking, the human forms controlled by the three Heavenly Demon Kings slowly departed, blending into the crowd on the street.

Zhou Bai watched the street before him. Not only were all the buildings identical to those in his memory, but even the passersby on the streets and the vendors in the shops on both sides of the road gradually overlapped with his recollections.

A glint of light seemed to flash in Zhou Bai's eyes as he suddenly realized something.

Christina said in Zhou Bai's mind, "Zhou Bai? What exactly was that just now? Were the Heavenly Demons created by humans? But humans don't have that technology, do they?"

"And those human world records from just now, from what era are they? How come I've never seen them before?"

Christina had many questions she wanted answered after looking at the Guang Ying records, too many things she couldn't understand at all.

Zhou Bai let out a breath and said, "Don't talk for now, I have some things I need to confirm."

Zhou Bai stepped out and everything was exactly as he remembered, even more realistic than the illusions brought by the void before, every detail around him seeming to pull him back into the days of his past.

He returned to that familiar building, to the familiar door, opened it, and two familiar figures appeared before him.

Looking at the man and woman before him, Zhou Bai's mouth opened, but he seemed a bit at a loss.

The situation was completely unexpected.

The man smiled and said, "Zhou Bai, long time no see."

The woman, while wiping away tears, said, "Zhou Bai, we all thought you were dead. It's good you're alive, let me have a look at you, to see how you've been all these years."

The two people before him were unmistakably Zhou Bai's parents, not only did their Heavenly Demon crafted appearances look exactly the same, but their tone and mannerisms were also identical to Zhou Bai's memories of his parents.

The shell was a humanoid body made from Heavenly Demon Materials, and inside was the consciousness data of Zhou Bai's parents from the Heavenly Demon Pool.

'The same memories, the same thoughts, does that make them the same person?'

Zhou Bai stared blankly at the man and woman before him, utterly at a loss.

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Upon awakening, Ji Yuan became a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated Mountain God Temple.

If power was insufficient, empty talk would fill the gap; with a real sword and a silver tongue, that was Ji Yuan's foundation for living and establishing himself in this terrifying world.