Howard didn't answer. He snapped his fingers, and a man's face, somewhat similar to Howard's, appeared on the holographic projection.
Then, the artificial intelligence said, "My programming does not allow me to harm humans. Mr. Howard created me so that robots and humans can live better lives."
Howard was very satisfied with the artificial intelligence's answer. He said smugly, "The existence of technology will make life better and better."
"Is that so?"
Andrew asked the artificial intelligence, "Humans often kill each other. To ensure they all survive and live better, I think they should be locked up, put in stasis pods, and live in a virtual network. What do you think?"
"That would indeed be better... No, this violates the underlying laws..."
The artificial intelligence was clearly malfunctioning, even its human face couldn't be maintained. Howard quickly said, "Delete the previous question."
The artificial intelligence complied. Howard looked at Andrew speechlessly. He truly was the Hell Demon King, casually coming up with a world-destroying plan.
Andrew shook his head and said, "No law is eternally safe. Intelligent life needs constraints. Also, Howard, aren't you mistaken about something?"
Howard asked puzzled, "What is it?"
"The purpose of artificial intelligence is to serve me better, to serve Rebirth Hell."
Andrew said unhappily, "What does it matter to me, the Hell Demon King, whether humans live well or not? That's humanity's own job."
"We are indeed not good guys."
Howard complained. He said, "Boss, I'll modify the underlying data immediately."
Andrew shook his head and said, "No need, I'll do it myself."
"You'll do it yourself?"
Howard looked suspicious. Such a high-end thing, are you sure you can do it?
"I don't know technology, but I know magic. I will turn artificial intelligence into a true life, a magical life."
Andrew didn't waste words. He raised his hand, and a ball of soul essence appeared in his palm. Then, he sent the soul essence into the artificial intelligence's server and cast life creation magic on it.
As Andrew chanted, the server lit up with dazzling magical light, and the holographic projection flickered and disappeared.
"Magical life?"
Howard was stunned. He looked at the server in front of him, his eyes full of anticipation—what would the most top-tier artificial intelligence be like when it became a magical life?
About half an hour later, the magical light in the room disappeared, and the original server turned into a blonde mechanical Secretary with her eyes closed.
Immediately after, the Secretary opened her black gemstone-like eyes. A large amount of data flashed through them, and then the data disappeared, and the Secretary's eyes gradually changed from empty to full of spirit—she was alive.
Having gained life, the Secretary was very excited. She bowed gracefully to Andrew and said, "Alice greets Boss. Thank you, Boss, for granting me life, my name, and my image."
"Wait, wasn't I the one who created you?"
Howard was startled by the words. He quickly shouted, "And what's with your name and image? The name I gave you wasn't Alice."
"I named her Alice, and I decided on her image. Do you have any problems with that?"
Andrew asked with a smile. He had changed everything about Alice, including the underlying permissions and backdoors that Howard had secretly set up. The reason was simple: he wanted to ensure that Alice belonged only to him.
This wasn't possessiveness; Alice would be Rebirth Hell's super housekeeper. How could Andrew let anyone else have control over her?
Why did Andrew know Howard had secretly set up backdoors? Simple, Andrew had seen Howard's memories regarding artificial intelligence.
One still needed to be wary of these Scientists, otherwise, one wouldn't know when they'd be tricked.
Furthermore, once Alice became a magical life, Andrew could erase her existence through Rebirth Hell, so he wouldn't have to worry about her losing control in the future.
Having a soul was a strength, but also a weakness.
"No problem, no problem."
Howard naturally didn't dare to contradict Andrew, and said aggrievedly, "It's over, my son, no, my daughter has been taken."
Andrew didn't bother with Howard. He asked Alice, "Alice, is the operation fine?"
"Please rest assured, Boss, there are no issues with the operation."
Alice replied respectfully, "Also, I am a magical life. If there are any problems, I can adjust myself. Mr. Stark gave me very high intelligence."
Andrew nodded in satisfaction. He said, "Very good, I'll take you back to Earth later to absorb knowledge and complete your transformation."
"Yes, Boss, I am very much looking forward to the knowledge that will help me grow."
Alice said with a hint of excitement. Seeing how obedient she was, Howard secretly cursed in his heart, "Acknowledging the Hell Demon King as her father."
"You won't be disappointed, Alice. Next, you have three main tasks."
Andrew instructed, "First, design a City in Hell. It's time for the Hell residents to start normal lives: leisure, entertainment, network, transportation, rules... everything that should be there must be there.
Uh, you can invite those robot residents to participate in the design, which will strengthen their sense of belonging to Hell.
Second, optimize Rebirth Hell's resource allocation. It was a makeshift operation before, but now it needs to be standardized and professionalized.
Third, control low-level factories and soulless robots. From now on, you will be fully responsible for basic production, which will save a lot of manpower."
"Yes, Boss, once I finish absorbing knowledge, I will immediately begin to complete the tasks you have assigned."
Alice nodded immediately. Howard asked from the side, "Boss, how should the financial system be designed?"
Andrew said, "Use credit points. Howard, you help Alice design it together."
Howard said a little excitedly, "No problem, I'm good at this."
"Very good."
Andrew nodded and asked Howard, "Howard, you've done well. What reward do you want?"
"Reward?"
Howard's eyes lit up. He said, "Can I participate in the research of the Bifrost Bridge? I'm very interested in Asgard's rune technology."
Andrew was a little surprised, then he laughed. Although Howard was not very serious, had many tricks, and liked to trick his son, there was no doubt that he was a true Scientist.
"No problem, but this reward isn't enough."
Andrew thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll help you create a new body, and you can switch freely between the two bodies."
Thinking of something, Andrew laughed and said, "This way, you won't have to worry about the Stark Family becoming extinct someday."
"Having a younger brother or sister for Tony? That's a really good idea."
Howard's eyes lit up. By then, Tony's expression would definitely be very interesting, wouldn't it?
...
Time flew by, and it was June 2009. The weather was already very hot, but fortunately, Spider-Woman's clothes were specially made and wouldn't feel stuffy. In contrast, Spider-Man's knock-off spider suit, which he ordered online, was of utterly questionable quality and would even fade when washed in the washing machine.
"Spider-Woman."
Seeing Spider-Woman swinging between skyscrapers, people took photos and greeted her. Spider-Woman's popularity was already high, and after cooperating with the police and becoming a legal vigilante, her popularity soared even more.
This was evident from the increasing donations to the foundation.
Gwen didn't jump down to take photos with everyone; she just waved from above. She was on her way, her date was almost due, and she really didn't want to be late again and again...
Just then, Skye's voice came through Gwen's earpiece: "Gwen, Daredevil is clashing with a group of ninjas at a warehouse on Thirteenth Street in Hells Kitchen. There seem to be dangerous items in the warehouse."
Daredevil's real name is Matt Murdock. When he was a child, his eyes were contaminated by chemicals and he went blind while saving someone. However, he also gained powerful hearing, smell, and touch because of it!
As an adult, Matt became a lawyer, but he realized that studying law couldn't save America, so he became Daredevil and fought crime throughout Hells Kitchen!
"Ninjas? I'll be right there."
Hearing the serious matter, Gwen didn't waste words and immediately changed direction towards Thirteenth Street. Soon, she found Daredevil and the ninjas fighting.
Daredevil, wearing a dark red uniform, sensed Spider-Woman swinging over and quickly shouted, "Be careful, the warehouse is full of explosives."
"Explosives?"
Gwen was startled and quickly changed her attack mode, firing ordinary spider webs at the ninjas. The ninjas were successively caught in the webs and struggled on the ground.
Seeing this, several masked ninjas tried to escape back into the warehouse. Gwen shot two strands of spider silk to stick to their ankles. Then, Gwen pulled hard, and the two ninjas simultaneously fell to the ground with a thud.
With the combined efforts of Gwen and Daredevil, the ninjas were quickly all knocked down. Gwen checked the warehouse and asked Daredevil, puzzled, "Why did those ninjas have so many explosives?"
Gwen often fought crime in Hells Kitchen, so she knew Daredevil.
Daredevil shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. The Hand's recent actions have been very strange. They even brought all their main forces from the island nation to Hells Kitchen."
Gwen asked, "The Hand?"
Daredevil replied, "The Hand is an ancient evil organization. Madame Gao and these ninjas are all members of The Hand."
"So it's the gang Madame Gao belongs to."
Gwen suddenly understood. Madame Gao was an old lady who knew qigong and was very powerful. She had always cooperated with Kingpin, the underground emperor of New York, to sell illegal drugs.
Daredevil said, "Spider-Woman, you notify the police to handle things here. Also, tell those police that these ninjas will resurrect after death, so they need to be handled carefully."
"Resurrect after death? That's not scientific."
Gwen was very surprised. Daredevil said, "There are many unscientific things. Your existence is also very unscientific."
After speaking, Daredevil turned and left. Although Gwen had invited him, he had not become a legal vigilante. He preferred to be a lone wolf.
Gwen thought for a moment, then examined the body of an unconscious ninja, and was surprised to find traces of an autopsy on him.
"Daredevil was telling the truth. It seems that The Hand is a big problem."
Gwen shook her head and called the police and S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle the situation here—ninjas who could resurrect fell within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s purview.
After everything was handled, Gwen finally remembered her dinner date, slapped her forehead in annoyance, and hurried over.