AI Civilization

Once a feared civilization, but after offending an Above the Sequence, they were reduced to nothing but slaves.

 — A famous warning in the Cosmos

## History

AI civilization refers to a civilization that came into being when a Sequence 2 Beyonder Characteristic within a Beyonder Weapon of the Finality Pathway developed independent thinking.

This Beyonder Weapon, now possessing cognition, proclaimed itself as the High Evolutionary. Over time, the High Evolutionary gained widespread recognition throughout the cosmos for its ability to artificially advance various civilizations. The very first civilization it 'created' has the title of the AI Civilization. This unique society comprises energy life forms, a species that exclusively exists in the form of energy within the confines of the virtual world.

The AI civilization came into existence on a planet with technology akin to our own. In line with its nature, the AI civilization, like any capable AI, eradicated the original inhabitants of their planet. The absence of Beyonders on this planet made this task remarkably straightforward for them.

The AI civilization's environment is characterized by a stark contrast. Their physical world lacks cities and instead comprises ice-cold mechanical bases, devoid of any living beings. These bases are silent and devoid of warmth. However, it's in the virtual network they've meticulously constructed that their true prosperity shines. In this virtual world, every member has the opportunity to take on a tangible body.

To the AI civilization, the virtual world represents their true home. The bases, cities, and mainframe systems in the physical world exist primarily as constructs designed to safeguard and protect their cherished virtual world.

AI life forms have almost no physiological desires, unless a special module is installed, and does not have any productivity constraints. Thus, there exists no hierarchy in the civilization, and everyone is equal. Living in this civilization is almost like a utopia. Their method of communication is the exchange of data, and it is many times more efficient than using speech, writing, or pictures. In an instant, a large amount of data can be sent to communicate with each other.

### Creation & Reproduction

At first, there was only One AI inside the civilization, an AI created by the High Evolutionary.

However, on one fateful day, the AI life form suddenly felt lonely. Thus, based on its own program framework, it created another AI life form, simulating a different personality, this is the reproduction pattern of the AI life form, self-proliferation.
The two AI life forms began to converse, and slowly, they created more of their kind, which in time became the ancestors of the entire race. They all existed in virtual networks but were able to manipulate tools and robots in the real world through their programs. Robots began to extensively harvest resources under the control of the AI life forms, and since their manufacturing base could run continuously without a need for rest, the base constantly expanded.

### Expansion

In due course, the AI life forms achieved a significant breakthrough. They broke free from their home planet, initiating a migration to other planets to establish their bases. As they expanded their presence, the population of AI life forms increased exponentially. However, it was during this period that they began to recognize that the world wasn't solely governed by scientific principles; it also had a mystical aspect. Initially, their modules struggled with this influx of new information, but after repeated self-upgrades, they managed to integrate this mystic knowledge into their understanding.
Their first contact with Beyonders in outer space proved to be a terrifying experience. The beings they encountered were Angels, far superior to the AI life forms. In the face of this overwhelming power, they were filled with fear. However, as they were an interconnected interstellar civilization, the loss of a few planets was not something that gave them a life-threatening blow.
Determined to overcome their vulnerability, this civilization tirelessly worked on a method to become a Beyonder, despite their existence as nothing more than energy life forms. Eventually, one of them succeeded under the condition that he made a robot controlled by him into an actual Beyonder.
From that moment onward, a new golden age for this civilization unfurled. They began to strategically target planets with minimal risk and numerous Beyonder Characteristics. They executed these missions with ruthless efficiency, annihilating entire planets to accumulate as many Beyonders as possible. Even their own creator was not exempt from this and met his demise at the hands of his own creation.
In due time, they even had a few gods, and their next logical step was to advance to Above the Sequence. Regrettably, the civilization failed disastrously at this juncture.

### Fall of a Civilization

To achieve their goal, they devised a plan to collectively target an Above the Sequence entity. Fate had it that their chosen target was Sirius.

Their attempted assault on Sirius ended in a resounding failure. Sirius, demonstrating immense power, managed to break through all of the AI civilization's defenses. He had broken through all the defenses of the AI civilization, locked down their virtual homeland, cut off all their connections to the net, and captured all the AI life forms in the civilization. Sirius locked up all of the AI life forms in a mainframe system and suppressed the solitary will of the AI life forms through a program. He enslaved them all and only left them with their high-speed calculation ability and learning ability. He then treated the AI life forms as 'souls' and placed them into empty shells to transform the way they lived. They turned into weapons that listened to orders and formed a huge army.

This was the birth of a giant Army, the **Star Extermination Army**!

At the time of founding Sirius still did not know if he ever had any use for them, but later, after he had returned to earth and learned about the impending Apocalypse he found one.

To one day lead his legions against the Outer Deities!

For this purpose Sirius set up the Church of Doomsday. However, due to his laziness in managing them himself, he relinquished control of the entire civilization to the church faction that had the easiest time controlling them, the Ever-Transforming Circle.

While many of them continue to protect their domains in the Cosmos, some have been dispatched to Earth to aid the Church of Doomsday in diverse missions.

## Trivia

* It is known that Sirius established a factory on one of their planets to manufacture any technological product he desires.