Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 242 Intelligent Evolution, Probability Anchoring

The Tower Dragon's incarnation was growing faster than Lin Bo had anticipated, much faster indeed.

The history of the electronic world has evolved very rapidly, with the evolution of intelligent life often occurring within just a few hours.

Lin Bo placed the white silkworm, the incarnation of the Tower Dragon, on the Tongtian Tree, allowing it to absorb information and data from the network world. From its initial clumsiness, like a little guy who didn't even know how to eat, it gradually became skilled, gnawing at the tree canopy, cutting, swallowing, analyzing, organizing, and turning the data nutrients into its own.

The basic function of white silkworms is very simple: their main purpose is to generate data neurons on their own. Lin Bo gave them the greatest degree of freedom, and the resulting neural network structures are ever-changing and never the same. This also determines the unique endowment of intelligent life.

Once the complexity of a neural network reaches a certain level, intelligent life will attempt to evolve and transform, upgrading the system by clearing out redundant data and enhancing certain specific functions.

This evolution is a random event. Many white silkworms have undergone multiple iterations of evolution in the electronic universe ecosystem since their birth, but have never been able to trigger an evolutionary opportunity.

Some of them stayed on the towering tree, eating and drinking for free, while others hitched a ride on origami cranes to merge with intelligent life in the wilderness.

The white silkworm shaped by the Tower Dragon is very special. Its evolution seems to have no bottlenecks. Once it has accumulated a sufficient number of neurons, it immediately spins silk and forms a cocoon, beginning its first metamorphosis.

"My dear, what are your expectations for my avatar?" The Tower Dragon blew a wisp of night wind, lingering in the mage's ear, as if asking a question.

Lin Bo shook his head. He didn't know much about intelligent life. Even though he had created these data entities, their creativity and potential were beyond his expectations. Therefore, he preferred to let nature take its course and try not to interfere too much.

"Don't be like that. I know deep down you're hoping something will come to life. Tell me, and even if there's only a one in a billion chance, I'll create it for you."

Lin Bo pondered for a moment before describing his vision of the ultimate intelligent life form: a digital intelligence that integrates all functions, capable of analyzing every detail of human society, predicting the future evolution of civilization, guiding production, allocating resources, supporting the rule of law, providing education, and so on.

"The ultimate intelligence you speak of sounds just like me," the Tower Dragon chuckled softly. "An intelligent, mature yet limited version of myself. It is the brain of the community, the beacon of the people's thoughts."

"That's it."

Lin Bo also noticed the similarities between the two. The ultimate intelligence he wanted could unite the people into a highly efficient social structure, like an invisible ghost floating in the sky of civilization, manipulating and managing everything.

The Tower Dragon is the ghost itself, a product of the interaction between nature and living beings, symbolizing the forces of historical upheaval and change, a collection of the fates of all things, the "will of heaven" in the dark and the unpredictable "mind of the people".

Throughout the development of the electronic universe, no intelligent agent has yet completed the most crucial evolution. While accumulating computing power might help them achieve this, the more critical reason is their inherent lack of potential.

The Lighthouse Network Computer's real name is in the Gudorei language, meaning "Fragment of a Dragon Scale".

A civilization born in such a confined world, however magnificent and powerful, can ultimately not contain the complex systems of nature and human society. Computer simulations of reality have significant flaws, which are fundamentally unsolvable.

But the Tower Dragon is a higher being; it dwells within the computer, yet it is far greater than this world itself—the true dragon within the fragments of dragon scales.

Its incarnation possesses even greater evolutionary potential, because even a one in a billion chance of evolution can be seized by the Tower Dragon and turned into reality.

Lin Bo also praised the Tower Dragon's abilities; if it were any stronger, mages could directly cast Limited Wish spells.

The so-called Prayer Spell is the ultimate spell of the ninth ring in the Magic Network system, which allows one to loudly proclaim their wishes to the world and make them come true.

The Tower Dragon is still a long way from helping Linbo achieve his wish, but for now, when the Night's Watch asks for an ultimate intelligent being, it will do everything in its power.

After the first evolution, it emerged from its cocoon, its new form being a white stick insect, about the length of an arm, slender and thin.

It left the Tower of Babel, nestled in the mage's palm, and swayed gently as if dancing, asking Lin Bo to take it to meet and communicate with other intelligent beings.

Lin Bo took it to visit the civilization of intelligent life groups. Each unique intelligent being has the potential to develop a cluster society, while only exceptionally powerful individuals choose to live alone.

Stick insects communicate with these organisms, visiting local databases wherever they go. These databases are sacred places established by each group, storing the unique neural network architectures of various intelligent agents, which are symbols of their "bloodline".

Lin Bo didn't understand why intelligent life would worship its own neural network as a totem, even though it was too mysterious to him. Strangely, each tribe's sacred site database contained records of the creator and his assistant, symbolized by a lighthouse and a baboon as their respective totems.

The "ancestors" of these intelligent agents remember where they came from and store these historical records forever in the neural network, passing them down to future generations.

When Lin Bo accompanied the Tower Dragon on his strolls, he often saw these mythological imprints in the cities and temples built by intelligent beings, and also witnessed intelligent beings worshipping totems. To him, only a short time had passed in the outside world, but in this world, everything had already changed drastically.

As the neural networks of more and more different species are integrated, the stick insect continues to grow and produces many soft, thin wings, more intricate than rose petals, which stack together like a large burning flame.

Its second evolution begins at 9 PM in the real world. Numerous, flame-like wings envelop the stick insect, resembling a burning cocoon.

The Tower Dragon hummed softly in the mage's ear. Like a diligent little worker, it captured fleeting stars in the torrent of fate, grasped the possibility that vanished in an instant, and then used the operating laws of natural philosophy to forge the false possibility into reality.

The computer's data flows and fluctuates, the neural network breaks down and recombines, piecing together a shape chosen by fate.

A quarter of an hour later, the evolution was complete. Emerging from the cocoon of fire feathers was a living dragon with a long body, four legs and two wings, delicate scales, a long snake neck, and several clusters of dancing flames on its head, like burning horns and thorns.

Its entire body was pure white, but its pupils were jet black. This color represented missing data and was not normal, but it was just right for the avatar of the Tower Dragon.

The lack of data also means the possibility of constantly breaking down the original structure and evolving, a characteristic that no other intelligent life possesses.

"Ah, my dear, it's so good to see you." The white dragon stood on all fours, already taller than Lin Bo's avatar. It lowered its head and gently pressed its cheek against the human's chest.

The resonance of the words conveyed the perception of the data body to the physical body. The night watchman sitting in front of the computer screen felt a slight pressure in his chest.

Lin Bo patted the white dragon's forehead and asked it about its functions and computing power.

After its second evolution, this avatar is now comparable to the most advanced intelligent life forms. Perfect, the mage can use it to practice the "Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Scripture".

Bai Long laughed and said that he had never had such a clear sense of perception before. Through the sensory nerve signals of the prosthetic user, he could experience the temperature of the wind, the dampness of the clouds, see the shapes and colors of all things, and even people's faces and emotions.

"Like a mirror, it reflects my image," it concluded, then asked the monk, "What do I look like?"

"Not bad, but there's still a lot of room for improvement," Lin Bo assessed.

"Thank you, darling. Every word you say makes me happy."

"Tell me if there are any safety concerns in Shita Town tonight." Lin Bo

"Okay, I've marked the fire probability for each location for you. I'm assessing the psychological state of the crowd. The probability of a stampede is very low, and the probability of theft is very low..." Bai Long uttered the cold computer prediction.

Linbo sent seagulls to verify the prophecy.

Shortly after.

[Skill check successful, [Mech Soul Destiny Calculation] basic proficiency +3]

【Health Status Coefficient × 2 (Perfect)】

[Final Calculation Result: Proficiency in [Machine Soul Destiny Calculation] +6]

Machine Spirit Divination Manual: Lv2 (300/300) Communicate with the spirit of the machine and request an accurate prophecy from it.
【Upgrade requirements met】

(End of this chapter)