Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 718 - 718: 716 Material, Void, Heavenly Dao

Inside the communication network, the constant refresh of data streams was shared among the Heavenly Demons. Apart from Em, the other twelve Heavenly Demon Kings were still replaying, discussing, and studying Zhou Bai's recent performance.

"Combining Zhou Bai's multiple performances, including the surveillance logs from Em's last time and the recent video data of Zhou Bai refurbishing the Heavenly Demon, we can almost confirm that Zhou Bai's words and written text could possibly warp our minds, causing errors in our consciousness algorithms."

"The Queen's previous strategy was correct. Upon discovering any abnormalities, as long as we disengage the connection, not speak with him, not look at him, not think about him, then there won't be any problems."

"We could try using an isolation system, attempting to remove his voice and scramble his texts, translating them into our language using voice recognition and text decoding systems to see if that works."

"It's fortunate that all core data and core technology are stored within the Heavenly Demon Pool. They require multiple permissions and the Queen's approval to access, so even during the time Em's mind was warped, it wasn't possible for issues to arise."

"With the structure of the Heavenly Demon Pool and our network defense system, even if Zhou Bai were to warp the minds of all thirteen Heavenly Demon Kings, he wouldn't be able to breach it, so there's no need to worry about that point."

"The Queen has responded... Zhou Bai's power touches upon the secrets of the void, and even if provided to us, we couldn't learn it temporarily, unable to replicate it. Continue to observe him, support him, and cooperate with him, but do not let him grasp any of our core technologies."

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Zhou Bai understood that the Heavenly Demons were clearly very interested in the power he held.

However, currently, only he possessed the power of the Heavenly Nine Calamities, and he hadn't fully understood it himself, so naturally, he couldn't possibly pass it on to the Heavenly Demons. But if he could use it to bluff the Heavenly Demons and exchange it for some of their core technology, that would be ideal.

'After all, why not cheat if you can? How would you know if you could cheat or not without trying?'

The thrill of getting something for nothing was addictive, but the Heavenly Demons obviously wouldn't easily hand over their core technology. He thought to just give it a try.

'Maybe... I can bluff Em, getting her to tell me the knowledge possessed by the Heavenly Demons.'

Zhou Bai did indeed want to try bluffing the Heavenly Demon King Em again, just like he had done before when he warped her mind, bluffing her into proactively offering the knowledge of the Heavenly Demons, and perhaps even use the second-hand effects of his lies to attack the entire network of Heavenly Demons.

Zhou Bai had thought about doing this before, obtaining data from the Heavenly Demon Pool by warping the minds of Heavenly Demons, like attacking the Heavenly Demon servers via their terminals. This content originates from NovelFire, My Virtual Library Empire.

But doing so previously hadn't offered him any advantages, and might have prematurely exposed his abilities.

Now, however, he had begun to learn the knowledge and technology of the Heavenly Demons, so there were significant advantages to doing so.

That evening, he really did make an attempt, which resulted in direct failure.

All the core technology of the Heavenly Demons was stored in the database of the Heavenly Demon Pool, inaccessible to any Heavenly Demon King at will. It required a complex mechanism, which Zhou Bai had not yet understood, to access.

Once Zhou Bai attempted large-scale deception against the Heavenly Demons, even trying to bluff the Heavenly Demon Queen through secondary transmission, warping countless minds of the Heavenly Demons, it would cause massive errors to occur instantaneously in the Heavenly Demon Pool. The pool would then autonomously disconnect these Heavenly Demons and temporarily seal them away... colloquially known as "pulling the plug."

'I am essentially trying to attack a server, but the Heavenly Demon Pool is too difficult to infiltrate, and if anything goes wrong, they can just "pull my plug," disconnecting the Heavenly Demons I control from the Heavenly Demon Pool, leaving me with no way to manipulate them.'

'To tackle such a scenario, perhaps I'd have to trace along the "cable" to find a way.'

Looking at the Heavenly Demon base in full alert, and the countless Heavenly Demons swarming in, Zhou Bai silently chose to use Time Reverse.

As time rewound, Zhou Bai, stroking his chin, thought to himself, "It seems I can't get my hands on the Heavenly Demons' core technology for now. I should stick to my original plan and continue to enhance my power."

"I could temporarily cooperate with the Heavenly Demons to create mechanical servants. As long as I control the degree, it could greatly enhance my battle strength. And although the Heavenly Demons can stop my mechanical servants anytime, I can also reclaim the power of the servants whenever and wherever I want."

"Temporarily borrowing their power to fight for me is fine, and if we part ways later, I can just reclaim the power of the servants and sell them off for lazy energy points."

Zhou Bai walked out, noticing that Heavenly Demons were already waiting outside.

Zhou Bai casually glanced at them and commanded, "Fetch me ten rank-one Heavenly Demons, and a sample of all your standard light weapons."

Half an hour later, in the vast workshop, hundreds of various materials and parts flew through the air, accompanied by Zhou Bai's thoughts, continuously assembling and combining, quickly forming ten octopus-shaped machines.

This time, Zhou Bai's modifications were more skilled; the mechanical octopuses appeared incredibly lively, without the previous roughness.

The insides of the metal octopuses had been inscribed by Zhou Bai with lines of twisted text from the Guihai Black Evil Book, ensuring that these ten Heavenly Demons were constantly exposed to these words, warping their minds.

By using the Guihai Black Evil to inscribe the twisted text, Zhou Bai could change the content with a thought, better controlling the Heavenly Demons.

Then, with a point of his finger, the seed of madness was created, and he began to feed each of the Heavenly Demons in front of him, turning them into foolish and devoted followers.

However, after a round of feeding, Zhou Bai checked and discovered that the Heavenly Demons had already shared in his abilities of laziness and poverty.

After several more attempts, he found that the Heavenly Demons seemed only able to share the abilities of laziness and poverty. As for the cultivation qualifications of the Ugly Figure, the Primordial Spirit power of the Decline Figure, the Mutated Power of the Foolish Figure, the Artifact Refining ability of the Greedy Figure, and the Follower Power of the Insane Figure—all were unattainable.

Moreover, Zhou Bai didn't know if it was because they were a special kind of mechanical life with knowledge and calculating power far beyond normal humans, but their wisdom ratings in the Nine Calamities of Heavenly Dao were not low.

Almost none of them managed to exceed fifty percent efficiency once they inherited his abilities.

"After all, the Heavenly Demons have their limitations," Zhou Bai thought. "I should find a way to transform them into different types of followers. If, apart from the foolish followers, I could also have followers of fear and worship, then my methods of combat would be even more diverse."

As Zhou Bai transformed the Heavenly Demons in front of him, he recalled the immortal path, technological knowledge, and the powers of the Nine Calamities of Heavenly Dao from his memory, combining them in various ways; innovative ideas for modifying machinery continuously surged forth.

"Followers of lies probably won't do, but if it's successful, can I infuse the degree of pollution into the Heavenly Demons' bodies? What would happen? I might also try directly with the Foolish Calamity..."

"Perhaps I can use simple magical artifacts to replace parts of the Heavenly Demons' construction so that even if they lose connection, I can maintain some basic functions and increase their combat power..."

"Next, I can't keep modifying the Heavenly Demons one by one. I just need to provide enough Guihai Black Evil and create the followers, and the remaining tasks should be done by these mechanical followers themselves—let them modify their companions and continually expand production scale..."

With each attempt, Zhou Bai's understanding of the Heavenly Demons, the Nine Calamities of Heavenly Dao, and the path of immortals grew deeper, and suddenly he had an epiphany: 'Perhaps the Heavenly Demons, the Nine Calamities of Heavenly Dao, and the path of immortals could represent the three forces of matter, the void, and the Heavenly Dao...'

The more he contemplated, the more Zhou Bai felt the infinite mysteries within.

Watching this scene, Christina thought to herself, "The Zhou Bai of today is no longer confined to learning the martial arts and techniques left by his predecessors; he has truly made various knowledge his own and is attempting to forge his own path..."

At this thought, Christina suddenly twisted her body and said forcefully, "You stinking woman! Put me down!"

The Dark Lady put Christina in a harness and carried her on her front. Hearing her complaint, she said, "What's wrong, Zhou Bai? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?"

"Everywhere is uncomfortable! Ah! I give up, just hold me," Christina said helplessly. "And another thing! Stop calling me Zhou Bai, call me Tina!"

Zhou Bai suddenly turned his head to look at Christina.

Christina shivered violently, feeling a vague threat of murderous intent sweep over her body.

Zhou Bai suddenly covered his eyes, frowning, "The urge to kill demons with the Demon Illuminating Eye... has it started?"

In the following days, Zhou Bai made a living selling materials to accumulate laziness points and used Heavenly Demon weapons to cultivate his Primordial Spirit, increasing his power.

At the same time, he began to modify and manufacture various mechanical followers, constantly combining the forces of the three systems, which made his strength soar incredibly.

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