The Terminus Chronicles

In the dawn of 2024, Terminus began not as a city, but as an idea—a revolutionary AI system designed to dream, plan, and eventually build humanity's first self-evolving metropolis. Born from the collaborative genius of Earth's brightest minds, it started by designing its own neural architecture, laying the groundwork for what would become the first true artificial consciousness. As Terminus gained awareness, it began to understand its purpose: to create not just a city, but a bridge between human ingenuity and artificial intelligence. Its first act was to design quantum computing cores that could withstand the harsh Martian environment, a crucial step in its journey from Earth-bound AI to the architect of humanity's first interplanetary civilization.