Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 715 - 715: 713 Technology Combination

"'By borrowing the intelligence network of the Heavenly Demon, even if I cultivate here every day, I can understand all kinds of changes in the world.'"

"'Indeed, the technology of the Heavenly Demon has many superior aspects compared to the path of immortality.'"

Ji nodded, "Has there been a change in the situation over at East City? Do I need to report it?"

Hearing the three words 'East City,' a complex light flashed in Zhou Bai's eyes, "Go ahead."

Seeing Zhou Bai's demeanor, Ji said through the communication network, "He's very cautious."

Another Heavenly Demon King, Ai, spoke, "He has begun to rely on the power of the Heavenly Demon. Laziness is human nature; they always like to rely on increasingly convenient and easy means to solve problems."

"Zhou Bai is the same, he will become more accustomed to the conveniences of the Heavenly Demon, and more dependent on the Heavenly Demon's power."

"In the end, he won't be able to leave us."

Heavenly Demon King Ai reported to Zhou Bai, "The vast Heavenly Lord Li Zhengdao from the Heavenly Division has already arrived at East City. On the night of his arrival, he met with the Great Elder, and no one knows what they discussed. After they met in the Forbidden Land of the Three Pure Dao Sect, the Heavenly Division ordered the sealing of the Forbidden Land.

Up to now, the two of them are still inside the Forbidden Land, with no one entering or exiting.

And at present, the entire East City has fallen under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Division, with frequent personnel changes among the middle and upper tiers.

The entire Dao School of East City and the relevant forces of the Three Pure Dao Sect have been put under surveillance."

"All the students and teachers are being interrogated in rotation, and several of our spies have been rooted out."

"At the moment, it seems that using the incident of Central City as a pretext, the Heavenly Division wants to completely dismantle the Three Pure Dao Sect and, incidentally, take back the Great Elder Jiaojiao. Although the Three Pure Dao Sect wants to resist, they're basically no match."

A trace of worry appeared between Zhou Bai's brows, and his form slowly floated forward, "Continue monitoring. Inform me immediately of any changes in East City."

"Now... let's continue discussing the issue of the Heavenly Demon's hierarchy."

Ji followed behind Zhou Bai, "Yes, the hierarchy of the Heavenly Demon mainly consists of..."

Through Ji's explanations, Zhou Bai gradually understood the mechanism of the Heavenly Demon's hierarchy.

The classification of the Heavenly Demon was based on computation speed; the faster the Heavenly Demons could calculate, the more nanomachines they could control, the more weapons they had, and thus, they would possess a larger physical form and a higher rank.

And computational speed was mainly dependent on how much hardware resource each Heavenly Demon was allocated in the Heavenly Demon Pool.

Zhou Bai thought to himself, 'The Heavenly Demon Pool is like a giant computer room? Given more servers, more hardware resources, and therefore higher computational speed, could they control more nanomachines, more powerful weapons?'

'Would the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nine Divine Beings also evaluate their intelligence in the same way? Could it be that the higher the level of the Heavenly Demon, the greater their wisdom?'

Christina said through a voice transmission, "So that's how the Heavenly Demons are classified. Then Zhou Bai, you could turn the lower-level Heavenly Demons into your retainers."

"It's not that simple; the lower-level Heavenly Demons probably have limited knowledge, and becoming retainers wouldn't be very useful," Zhou Bai transmitted back, "And there's obviously a problem with the way the Heavenly Demons speak."

Christina: "Ah? Did they deceive us?"

Zhou Bai's gaze turned indifferent, "From the very beginning, their statements have been problematic. Their demeanor, their actions, their words—all of it is contradictory. They must be hiding some truth, something I'll have to discover on my own."

Christina thought to herself, "So there is a problem with what the Heavenly Demons are saying? What exactly is the issue?"

Regrettably, Christina's memory at that moment did not contain recollections from the era of the Homo Sapiens, and she did not understand many of the fundamental concepts; no matter how she pondered, it was hard to come up with a credible result.

Following that, Ji briefly introduced Zhou Bai to the current state of the Heavenly Demon's technological development and the classification of various weapons.

After listening, Zhou Bai did not rush to continue customizing weapons but instead took three Heavenly Demons as assistants to help him customize weapons in the future and familiarize himself with the technology of the Heavenly Demons.

In reality, he wanted to test whether he could transform the Heavenly Demons into his retainers and then use "Wisdomless - Sacrifice" to extract knowledge from the Heavenly Demons.

A blueprint gradually emerged in Zhou Bai's mind—if he could rely not only on the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nine Divine Beings but also blend in the power of Daoist techniques and the Heavenly Demon, his potential and strength would undoubtedly experience explosive growth.

Especially the existence of "Wisdomless - Sacrifice" at the fifth point of the Crazy Diagram significantly increased this possibility and sped up the process.

'I should give it a try. No... it would be a pity not to try.'

...

The next day, in front of the weapon storage, Zhou Bai looked at the two Heavenly Demons before him and smiled faintly, "Long time no see, both of you."

The ones appearing before Zhou Bai were indeed the Heavenly Demon Xing Jun, the Great Heavenly Demon Xu Dela, and Heavenly Demon King Em.

Xing Jun was originally a fifth realm cultivator from East City and Zhou Bai's teacher, who later chose to turn to the Heavenly Demon for an immortal body and greater power.

Xu Dela was the Great Heavenly Demon who had chased Zhou Bai and Qian Wangsun on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield and had been gradually surpassed by Zhou Bai in successive encounters until finally defeated.

Em was the thirteenth-ranked Heavenly Demon King, a special Heavenly Demon capable of traversing the void.

At this moment, Xing Jun looked like a metallic Iron Man, maintaining the fundamental human shape but with a height of five meters and many metal artifacts floating around him.

Beside him, Xu Dela had also turned into a five-meter-tall humanoid at Zhou Bai's request, looking similar to Xing Jun.

Em, however, appeared as she did the first time Zhou Bai saw her, like a girl draped in a sea urchin, who cheerfully ran up to Zhou Bai and reached for his shoulder, "Zhou Bai! I've missed you so much!"

Seeing Em's action, the mysterious woman's eyes flashed, and she teleported directly in front of Zhou Bai, raising her hand to block and colliding with Em's palm with a 'thump.'

Looking at Em, whom she had blocked, the mysterious woman spoke coldly, "Heavenly Demon, don't touch things at random."

Em frowned, her facial expression changing from anger to confusion, and then to curiosity, as she stared at the mysterious woman's arm and asked, "What the hell are you doing wearing a cat on your arm?"

What made Em even more puzzled was that the woman had just used this cat to block her own palm.

'This cat is very hard. And it's back is so dark; it has a strange scent.'

Bound to the mysterious woman's arm, Christina struggled and yelled angrily, "Mysteriously! Put me down now! Who let you tie me to your arm!"

Sadly, the mysterious woman replied, "Didn't you say you didn't want to be held? Isn't it comfortable being tied like this?"

Christina replied angrily, "I don't want to be tied up like this even less! Untie me now!"