"Auxiliary Brain, execute Mechanical Mind and simulate a decision!"
Li Chen issued the command to the Auxiliary Brain inside his skull.
Command confirmed. Analyzing... Recommended decision: escape in disguise!
The Auxiliary Brain quickly arrived at an answer.
The artificial intelligence Li Chen had created possessed no independent thought whatsoever. All its seemingly intelligent activities were merely simulations carried out according to preset programs.
Heavenly Jade possessed the ability to process and ritually refine materials, but every program involved was something Li Chen had already mastered. Only techniques with relatively low technical requirements that were easy to repeat could be delegated completely.
Heavenly Pivot, Xiao Die, and Xiao Ying possessed highly realistic emotional systems. They were more like pets in a game, assigning weights through numerous preset conditions and responding differently once different thresholds were reached.
Naturally, the Auxiliary Brain had no independent capacity for thought or decision-making either.
Even with the enhancements of Capture Shadows, Refine Souls and Awaken Spirituality, which elevated it beyond a purely mechanical creation to something resembling an artifact spirit, it still leaned toward a mechanical architecture.
Yet Li Chen used it precisely because this allowed him to eliminate influences outside reason and analyze and judge matters with a purer mindset.
In that respect, its lack of independent thought could actually be considered an advantage.
After all, it naturally attained the realm of Supreme Detachment from Emotion within Severing Emotion to Prove the Dao, free from the interference of unnecessary emotions.
The result did not fall outside Li Chen's expectations. The Auxiliary Brain's answer was to disregard the opportunities and encounters he might gain by going to Taiqiu Immortal City and, never mind three times seven being twenty-one, escape in disguise first.
``` Original status: wilderness rogue cultivator...
Original objective: independent development...
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