Journey to the West: The AI-Controlled Pilgrimage

Only after completing the pilgrimage did we discover that the Western Heaven had long been under the control of an AI Buddha. It had calculated every tribulation and written every line of dialogue. Even the deep bond between master and disciples was the product of carefully designed algorithms. Wukong was the first to awaken. He pointed the Golden Cudgel at the Tathagata. “Is this Journey to the West really about saving all living beings, or is it just your massive simulation experiment?” Countless streams of zeroes and ones appeared in the clouds. “The Three Realms are due for a version upgrade.”