Astral Mind

In the middle of the 22nd century, mankind is faced with a contradictory dilemma: technology has initially allowed interstellar travel, but human physiology and psychology have become the biggest shortcomings in exploring deep space. The long journey, lonely environment, and complex and unknown alien threats are far beyond what the fragile human body and spirit can bear. At this moment, a super AI system named "Guide" completed its final deployment. Its mission is not to replace humans, but to empower them. Through nanotechnology, gene editing and neural interfaces, the "Guide" provides physiological and cognitive enhancements to the "Pioneers" who volunteer to participate, creating a new human form - the "Ascendant". The story follows a young female astronaut named Ella. She volunteered to become the first batch of "Ascendants", deeply bound to her AI partner "Guide", and led a biological neural network spacecraft "Transcendence" to a distant promising galaxy. Their mission is not only to explore a new world, but also to continuously unlock their own potential during the voyage, redefine the boundaries of "humanity", and face an ultimate question: With the assistance of AI, what will humanity eventually evolve into?