To be honest, Zayen was muddle-headed. He actually forgot that as a Demon King, he had absolute control over his soul, and that was the mark of the Demon Tribe.
Jenn had used it many times in the beginning. Logically speaking, he should be able to remember it.
However, Jenn had forgotten about it.
It was no wonder. Ever since he started working on this project, Zayen's mind was filled with all kinds of CPUs, central program control processors, and programming algorithms. Although magic and science were completely different things, Zayen still instinctively brought them into the mix.
Because of this, when Jenn thought of artificial souls, his first reaction was artificial intelligence. Hence, he went astray from the beginning.
In addition, in Jenn's society, people were still wary of the rebellion of artificial intelligence. Various movies and television shows with similar themes emerged one after another.
Therefore, Zayen instinctively considered it from this perspective, and immediately had two worries. One was that artificial souls were a creation of magic, and if it was seized by someone who was highly skilled in magic, it would be the end of the world.
The other was that artificial souls would gradually develop their own emotions and grow with the passage of time. Although they were not as rich as human beings, artificial souls were artificial souls. They were souls after all.
On Earth, if there were any problems with artificial intelligence, it could be stopped by turning off the power and unplugging the circuit board. Would it not be even worse if it was replaced with a real soul?
Moreover, there was no Three Laws of Robotics in this damn place …
As for Nabelius, she was also completely fooled by Jenn. She was already confused when she listened to Pattilina's theory of relativity. Now that she was facing Jenn's C language, she was no better. Naturally, the little fella who was still in a daze naturally forgot something and was directly led away by Jenn.
On the contrary, Vivian was completely clueless about it. Unlike Jenn and Nabelius, she was not interested in these fancy tricks that required her to use her brain.
Therefore, it was Vivian who first discovered the problem …
After changing his mind, Jenn quickly realized that Vivian's suggestion was indeed a good idea.
First of all, the Demon Brand was unique to each Demon King, and each soul could only have one Soul Brand. The soul engraved with the brand would be completely obedient to the Demon King's orders and would never betray him.
Of course, the soul imprint could also be erased, but once the soul imprint was erased, the Demon King would immediately be alerted.
Not only that, when the Soul Brand was threatened, the Demon King could even order the Soul Brand to completely explode and launch a suicide attack.
In this way, the most serious problem was solved. The only problem left was the artificial soul itself.
The artificial soul was not a real soul. In fact, it was somewhat similar to the concept of the so-called spiritual artifacts in the Xianxia novels that Jenn came from. In many Xianxia novels, there were some strange treasures that were born from the heavens and the earth. After being enlightened by an expert, they gained sentience and had their own thoughts. This was similar to the steps that the great sorcerers in the Klein Continent used to create artificial souls.
The most important thing in the creation of the artificial soul was the rare and expensive magical materials, magical equipment, or magical weapons. In short, the higher the quality of the object used as the main body of the artificial soul, the smarter and more capable the artificial soul would be.
On the other hand, if a few random magical equipment were used to create an artificial soul, it would probably not even reach the level of a Pentium CPU. It would be a weak chicken that would be stuck at Win95.
Previously, Jenn did not consider the artificial soul because of the high requirements. Another reason was that he was worried that it would be invaded and controlled by others.
Now, with Vivian's suggestion, Jenn had solved the last two problems. Now, the most important problem was that the requirements were too high.
Of course, at the moment, with the magical materials in the Inner Continent, it was not a problem to create artificial souls.
All kinds of magical crystals were pure magical materials. Unlike magical equipment, the artificial soul's personality would not be biased due to different uses. It was also easier to control.
However, the problem was that it was too expensive to be widely used.
So, should he do it or not?
After thinking for a while, Jenn finally made up his mind. No matter what, he had to create the "central processing unit" first.
After all, after going through so much trouble for so long, Zayen also realized that if he wanted to rely on the methods of his and Patrina's era, there was no hope for integrated circuits or chip technology. Moreover, if he thought about it carefully, even if there were many problems, wasn't the ultimate development direction of their world still artificial intelligence?
Since different roads led to the same destination, there was no need to waste time on the road. It was better to go straight to the end.
As for the end result … it would only be known after it was created.
Creating artificial souls was a difficult task for most mages. However, for Jenn and Nabelius, it was as easy as lifting a finger. It was just like cooking egg fried rice and eight treasures rice. At most, it would take a little time, but it would not be messed up.
Soon, Zayen chose a Void Crystal of very good quality as the carrier for the artificial soul. Then, he first released his demon brand on the Void Crystal. In this way, when the artificial soul was formed, his brand could be integrated with the other party. In this way, if someone wanted to erase the brand, it would be equivalent to completely killing the artificial soul.
With that, the most important problem could be solved. Next, it would depend on the capabilities of the "central processing unit" that they created.
And this part, Jenn handed over to Nabelius.
Until now, he still could not use magic at will. Although the dungeon provided Zayen with enough magic, the magic he could use was limited to the magic of the dungeon itself and the magic abilities of his dependents.
However, creating artificial souls required complete control over magical powers. Jenn didn't wish to fail on the verge of success due to the limitations of the system, which was why he handed it over to Nabelius.
Nabelius naturally accepted this task.
She held the Void Crystal in her hand and gazed at it quietly. Then, Nabelius spread her arms apart.
At the next moment, a golden magical ritual took shape in Nabelius's hands. Golden lines revolved around the crystal, forming a gorgeous, complicated ritual.
The magical powers coalesced along with Nabelius's actions. Shortly after, Jenn witnessed the crystal emanating a faint radiance as though a person was breathing …
"Sira … Aso …"
As Nabelius chanted, the air began to vibrate. Shortly after, the radiance in the center of the Void Crystal grew increasingly dazzling in Jenn's eyes. The revolving magical ritual also expanded gradually, enveloping the Void Crystal like a blooming flower.
Shortly after, Nabelius released the crystal, extended her finger, and pointed at it abruptly.
"— — —!"
At the next moment, the golden threads spread out rapidly, metamorphosing into dazzling magical threads that vanished into thin air. A beam of light erupted from the Void Crystal and shot straight into the sky.
After a few moments, it turned into specks of light dust and descended from above.
At that moment, Jenn clearly saw a petite figure vaguely visible in the Void Crystal.