1048 Chapter 583: Fantasy AI

Richard calmed down. He looked at the mini flesh machine in his hand.

Curiosity rose in his heart.

The predecessor of this thing was a transcendent hunter. In the early days of the "Shining Era," it was his uttermost trump card.

He opened his attribute panel.

[Flesh Hunter]

[Level: 22]

[Type: Flesh Machine (Unique Creation)]

[Power of Flesh: 100,000]

[Transcendence Characteristic: Sharp Edge. One consumes 100 energy points per second to add extraordinary power to the weapon. It can destroy magic and break through all shields formed by energy. The more energy consumed, the stronger the effect.]

[Skill: Super Overload -- (Beyond A-rank) It instantly consumes 30,000 flesh energy. It increases all attributes by 500%. Speed increases by 600%.]

[Bloody Tentacles (Beyond A-rank) -- The flesh outside the body can condense into twelve tentacles that are 50 meters long to attack the enemy. The tentacles will directly devour the enemy's flesh after they hit the enemy.]

[Weak Flesh (A-rank) -- The body is made up of flesh and blood when injured. It can devour flesh and blood to recover its injuries and flesh power. It is also immune to all control skills.]

[Mechanical Ascension (A-rank) -- Body and bones are made of metal. Defense increased by 400%. One can consume 1,000 points of flesh and blood strength per second to increase to 800%.]

[Levitation (A-rank)]

[Skull-Ripping Strike (A-rank)]

[Charged Strike (A-rank)]

[Violent Armor Piercing (A-rank)]

[Mad Slaughter (A-rank)]

[Race Characteristic: 1. Special Life. A flesh machine that has fused with several souls has become a unique life. It can become a hero-like unit and fight independently after its sleeping consciousness is activated. Moreover, there were five spaces reserved in the core area. It could devour powerful enemies and seize their strength. One could also use it for mechanical modification and strengthening.]

[Binding-Fusion: One could engage in a fusion battle with the bound master. It can allow the other party to pilot the body. One can double all the attributes of the body after the fusion. And all skill damage will be increased by 300%. One can transmit all information within an 800-meter radius to the pilot in real time with the mechanical puppet as the center. (Current Bound: Adele)]

[Description: The first flesh machine forged by a master blacksmith, Forbidden Master, Adele. It has powerful potential.]

"Good heavens!"

Richard was amazed after he read the attributes of the flesh machine.

This blood hunter had already become a living being, and his combat strength was not inferior to ordinary transcendents!

His attributes were off the charts!

The other party would also become a hero-like unit with high intelligence and could fight once one activated it. The system could enormously increase Adele's attributes if she drove it herself.

That was a little abnormal.

Alchemical machines or magic puppets that could fight were not rare, but it was too rare for them to have life and intelligence.

That made him think of more.

Could it grant all alchemical mechanical lives if one continued to develop this technology?

What was there to worry about if he could do this?

They could mine ore veins, farm farmlands, and build cities. One could almost hand over everything to these mechanical lives to complete.

Richard's expression suddenly became strange.

Giving life to a machine, wasn't that? AI?

The effects weren't much different, although the development direction was different.

If one could realize that scene was unimaginable.

He raised his head and stared at Adele. He took a few deep breaths, but he could not calm the excitement in his heart.

"Adele, how difficult is it to make a flesh machine?"

Adele is going to be serious about this matter.

Adele pondered. She slowly said, "This flesh machine has extraordinary hunters as raw materials. In addition to the Terminator created by the gray-colored dwarves, it has sufficient foundation for me to modify.

"I would need at least half a year to create it from scratch. And I would need vast resources. It would not be less than 5 million rare resources if one would convert to resources."

So cheap?

Richard was pleasantly surprised.

One could exchange five million rare resources for a transcendent level of battle power. That was a good deal.

However, half a year was a little too long.

Twilight City was useless to create transcendents, although it required high-level powers.

The situation was so terrifying one couldn't trade with just two or three more transcendents.

The foundation was still the strength of Twilight City.

"Can you apply these techniques to ordinary machinery?"

"Giving machines life will greatly increase our overall production efficiency. It's more valuable than creating three to five Blood Hunters."

Adele immediately opened her thoughts when she heard this. 

Previously, she had thought about how to create a more perfect flesh machine and neglected the basic requirements.

"It wouldn't be difficult. One could apply it to ordinary machinery.

"I have already sorted out the relevant technical difficulties.

"An ordinary blacksmith or alchemist can start modifying it after a week of training."

Richard was thoroughly excited.

Artificial Intelligence would be ruinous to the world once people learned to use them. A fantasy world like the "Shining Era" might not be as exaggerated as Planet Blue. But it would be promising.

"What about the cost?"

Adele sensed Richard's excitement. Her mood became even happier. Didn't she do so much just to help him?

Her eyes were curved as she said briskly.

"The cost depends on the target of the modification, but it wouldn't be too high. Take the three-meter-high automatic and fifteen-meter-long alchemical harvester as an example. One can successfully modify it with ten thousand units of rare resources. But more importantly, it was the soul, a complete soul.

"Life is the domain of the creator. I only have a slight understanding of the logic behind the creation of life. I'm still far from being able to create life. Therefore, the flesh and blood machines can't produce their souls. They have to fuse with external souls.

"And the more powerful a flesh machine is, the more powerful the soul it requires."

Richard waved his hand.

"You can apply for anything you need.

"I'll have Bloodhoof City send a legion to take orders. They'll be in charge of harvesting souls."

His tone became serious.

"I need flesh and blood for all the alchemical machines that were going to produce in Twilight City in the shortest time possible.

"Let them have the ability to produce automatically.

"At the same time, Fortress City will immediately establish a flesh and blood machinery research department, which will be responsible for researching this technology. At the same time, we will also try to collect flesh and blood for all the alchemical machinery that can participate in production!

"Once the alchemical machinery can operate automatically, there will be no worries about the industrial expansion of Twilight City!"

Fully automated production was blissful. We could reduce to a freezing point once we realize the labor cost of Twilight City's extensive production.

Humans would get tired, but machines wouldn't. They would always work day and night according to the established plan!

Could the weapons do the same after we made flesh of the production machinery?

It would be a flesh alchemy cannon that could automatically aim and fire. It would be a catapult that could automatically load rocks. Wait, wait, wait!!

One could develop it.

Adele had only created a flesh machine. But Richard had already seen an entire industry in it. It could be an industry that could affect the future development of Twilight City.

Adele took a deep breath and said firmly.

"I won't disappoint you!"

Brown also jumped up and shouted.

"Lord, don't worry. Fortress City will complete your mission!

"We will put the flesh machines into production as soon as possible!"

Richard nodded in satisfaction.

"This matter will be ranked first and carried out immediately.

"Just apply for them if you need resources. I'll let Karu give you priority."

Richard confirmed the general direction. He did not stop and continued to discuss the details with the two.

He also discussed all his thoughts about the flesh machine technology.

Adele heard this, and her eyes lit up. That startled Brown.

Twilight City would only need to accumulate an exaggerated foundation in a very short period once they materialized this idea.

Richard felt motivated with this goal in mind. 

He finished the discussion at night.

Adele was about to leave. She remembered Richard had not asked her about her new profession–Forbidden Master Blacksmith.

A Forbidden Master Blacksmith could study forbidden techniques that mortals could not see.

That was the description of the system. And it looked generously mighty.

Adele's face showed some emotion when she heard Richard's question.

"My Lord, the Forbidden Master Blacksmith is the legacy of the Thorin family.

"It's said that in ancient times, our Thorin family had powerful ancestors. The things they studied even made the gods fear them.

"Several gods attacked our ancestors. Unfortunately, our ancestors died. However, our ancestors left behind a portion of their knowledge using the power of their bloodline before our ancestors departed.

"As long as I can awaken Thorin's bloodline, I can obtain the time to learn forbidden spells and become a Forbidden Master Blacksmith."

Her tone sounded complicated as she spoke.

"But all of this comes with a price. One will taste the curse of the legacy and die immediately after 30 years old if one can't activate Thorin's bloodline.

"Only by becoming a Special Blacksmith can the curse be delayed, and only by becoming a Master Blacksmith can the curse be suppressed.

"That worried my father when I joined Twilight City…"

Richard understood.

Some felt that they had picked up a treasure.

"Don't worry. I'll get someone to bring your father here. It wouldn't be difficult for him to become a Forbidden Master Blacksmith with the support of Twilight City."

Since he had made contributions, he naturally had to be rewarded. Adele's father had joined the Phoenix-Tail Flower Chamber of Commerce and had come to Twilight City once. Richard had hung him up and whipped him for a few days because he was too arrogant.

Adele's heart almost melted when she heard this.

"Lord…"

Richard smiled and reached out to help the young lady brush her hair back.

"I've seen what you've done. Do your job well and leave the rest to me."