Mage Adam

During his work with Ayesha in Titania on the regression model, Adam had discovered that the essence of the Original Flames was a series of data chains. A Titan's personality, abilities, and evolutionary path were all encoded within these chains.

By blocking the formation of inheritance data, Adam effectively stopped the birth of a fully realized Titan. He didn't destroy the Original Flames but halted its potential to become a true life form.

What Adam needed now was a robot---newly assembled and fully functional.

The magic of the Original Flames lay in their ability to create metal life forms as long as there was enough energy and metal available. Even without any "programming," the Flames could still produce a metal organism.

Adam dropped the Flame into the electromagnetic metal, which melted and liquefied under its influence.

With Adam controlling the process, a special Vital Generator and a complete body were constructed.

Two hours later, the robot was fully formed.

The electromagnetic robot stood as tall as Adam, though its weight was massive. Its blue-white surface, made from active metal, had a texture that looked almost like skin.

In theory, the electromagnetic robot was already a living being, but practically, it was like a vegetable. Without a written program, it would simply stand still, without movement or thought.

Adam opened the robot's chest cavity and guided his Flame into its core, starting the first programming session using the M Programming Language.

Thanks to the natural advantages of Titan life forms, their bodies came with various structures that most robots either had or needed. These were already present in the robot's design, requiring no additional components.

Adam's task was simply to write an operating system to replace the soul and bring the body to life.

The operating system's template was Turing OS, which had been upgraded to version 5.0 by the time the supercomputer "Adam" was created.

This system included advanced features like a cognitive enhancement engine, emotional calculation engine, and self-learning capabilities.

These functions made robots more human-like in their behavior. It had advanced movement control, visual recognition, and language interaction that could mimic human actions perfectly.

Adam had the source code for this system, and converting it into the M Programming Language was fairly straightforward.

Three hours later, the operating system was successfully written into the Original Flames.

The electromagnetic robot made a series of joint-cracking noises as flames flickered in its eyes. It opened its mouth and spoke in a cold, mechanical voice, "Electromagnetic Robot Unit Zero, beginning first self-check."

"Logical thinking: good."

"Language function: excellent."

The robot began walking around the lab, performing movements a humanoid could, and reported, "Movement control: excellent."

"Spatial awareness: excellent."

"Visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile senses: successfully integrated."

"Power system: excellent."

The robot completed the series of self-checks on its own, without needing Adam to give further instructions.

After the mechanical voice stopped, Adam asked, "Who are you?"

"Electromagnetic Robot Unit Zero."

"What is 324 multiplied by 455?"

"147,420."

For questions with clear, factual answers, the robot didn't need to think---it responded instantly.

When Adam asked the robot to create a poem about electricity, its eyes flickered as its logic circuits scrambled to find an answer.

After several seconds, it still couldn't produce a poem. Instead, its logic conflicted so severely that it nearly crashed.

"Unable to find an answer. Rechecking," the robot responded.

Adam ordered it to stop. It was clear that the operating system couldn't function as a true soul.

While the robot's computational power was impressive, it lacked real intelligence. It was excellent for executing tasks, but in areas requiring creativity or abstract thought, its value to Adam was limited.

Even so, the test results for the M Programming Language were promising. It had shown true programming capability, proving that Adam's research was headed in the right direction.

Now, he just needed his avatars to continue refining and translating the M Programming Language, making it more robust and complete.

Though the experiment with the electromagnetic robot had concluded, Adam wasn't done with it.

The robot was far from weak. The electromagnetic metal could channel most of Adam's abilities.

By inscribing magic runes---converted into the M Programming Language---onto its Vital Generator and body, and integrating combat and magic-casting functions into its operating system, the robot could be transformed into a formidable warrior.

It didn't fear death, feel pain, or get distracted, making it a relentless executor of objectives. A robot with these qualities was an ideal servant.

Without delay, Adam upgraded its Vital Generator by two levels, ensuring sustained power output at a level-three standard, with bursts of strength comparable to an ordinary level-four mage.

He then infused much of his magic into the robot.

Soon, a combat robot capable of standing between level-three and level-four was born.

Despite how powerful this seemed, mass-producing such robots had limited practical value.

A level-four elemental mage like Sandy could easily summon countless elemental creatures of similar strength, and at a far lower cost. From an efficiency standpoint, they far surpassed robots.

Yet, Adam wasn't discouraged. This was only the first version. He was confident that further development would lead to more advanced and efficient robots.

Adam recalled his time in Titania, where he had broken down his mithril body and used countless tiny avatars to control metal on a smaller scale, helping Lord Svorsi heal.

He believed that, in the future, he could take this concept even further and create true nanorobots.

These machines could manipulate matter at the nano or even smaller scales, using electromagnetic forces to transform both biological and non-biological entities in remarkable ways.

Adam didn't think that day was far off. He still remembered the metal tide he had seen at Karachi Port, and the advanced alchemical golems produced by the Seventh Tower, whose intelligence matched that of the Electromagnetic Robot.

If he became a transdimensional mage---or at least elevated his authority before transcending---he could access classified knowledge in these fields.

Combining these technologies would accelerate his research greatly.

Shaking off these thoughts, Adam left the lab with the robot.

Garfield, still groaning on the ground as the avatars continuously pumped ether crystals into him, was recovering his lost soul and energy.

When he saw the Electromagnetic Robot, Garfield sprang to his feet and rushed over, exclaiming, "Are you my child? I'm your father, little one!"

Adam ignored him and approached one of his avatars to upload the data from the experiment. Just then, his communicator connected, and a voice came through.

"Mage Adam, this is the Trial Command Center. We have a situation that requires your attention."