Chapter 342 Tianji Materialization

Fortunately, although this guy is quite unserious, at least he got things done: “Your terminal’s permission level is one rank higher than the one we’re currently using, so theoretically, materializing the AI should be feasible.”

After a pause, she continued, “However, you still need to communicate with your terminal to determine how to actually transform it.”

“I understand.” Xia Xinyan nodded.

After all, it’s Tianji that’s being materialized and not Monica, so she wouldn’t be foolish enough not to talk to Tianji.

The problem is, Tianji also had no resources to draw from in this area, so that was quite the predicament.

According to Tianji, it was created to help them save this world, which means besides its world-saving features, it was essentially a blank slate otherwise.

To put it simply, while Tianji had all the permissions and functions that Monica’s terminal had—and even more—those functions were all in a default off state. Without outside help, Tianji couldn’t activate them by itself.

It makes sense when you think about it—Xia Xinyan is just an ordinary person with a terminal that a universe-managing investigator would own. It’s like giving a child access to the nuclear launch button—there certainly would be limitations to prevent Xia Xinyan from accidentally blowing up the world.

The main issue is that while Tianji’s points mall does offer an option to materialize real objects, when Xia Xinyan asked if it could become an AI, it simply replied, “I don’t know.” Plus, materializing operations are irreversible. If the materialization fails… Tianji won’t have any big issues, but all the points Xia Xinyan saved up would be gone.

The cost of such an attempt is something she can’t afford.

That’s why Xia Xinyan wanted to consult Monica, the serious cop, who, although she seemed completely unreliable, at least had some strength backing her up.

Now that Monica had said it, Xia Xinyan felt assured and thought she might as well get on with it.

However, just before she started the terminal materialization process, Monica asked her another question: “The battle armor will only appear when Ling Mo materializes it, right? What about after Ling Mo dissipates the armor?”

She added, “You must understand that materialization and concealment of the terminal consumes energy—and that’s divine energy. I can play around with my divine power without any issues, but you can’t; your divine power is too thin to handle this.”

“What should we do then?” Xia Xinyan paused.

Monica pondered for a moment and said, “How about this? Set a physical form for the terminal so it can switch back and forth between the physical form and the AI form.”

This way, the terminal could stay in a materialized state.

“Is that possible?” Xia Xinyan seemed surprised.

“Theoretically, yes. I can help you try it, consider it a token of gratitude.” Monica smiled and then snapped her fingers, awakening the terminal in Xia Xinyan’s mind, “I’ll establish a connection between the terminal and that thing Ling Mo has; you’ll just need to follow the normal materialization process from there.”

No matter how you slice it, they found such a valuable existence as Xiaobai; they had to show some appreciation.

Hearing this, Ling Mo interjected, “Wait, actually, there’s no need to put that terminal on me… I’m planning to create a set of battle armor for Xinyan, who knows, she might need this AI later?”

He was happy that Xinyan remembered something he casually mentioned before, but if there were any good stuff, he’d definitely prefer to give it to Xinyan first.

Besides, this terminal originally belonged to Xinyan; his own terminal was still frozen.

However, Xia Xinyan didn’t accept his kindness: “You’ve already said the armor you’re making for me will focus primarily on defense and won’t have too many useless features, so what do I need an AI for? Just to complicate things? You don’t need to give me everything; some things would be more useful for you to keep.”

Ling Mo paused for a few seconds and nodded, “Okay.”

Feeling a bit touched.

It seems Xinyan has always been thinking about him.

Monica then click her tongue in annoyance, “Do you guys still want to do this? If not, I’m leaving.”

Xia Xinyan ignored her and closed her eyes to communicate with Tianji: “Tianji, did you hear what was just said?”

【Please execute the materialization procedure, this system is ready.】

Xia Xinyan stared at the materialization section in the mall that required a hefty amount of points, prepared herself mentally for a few seconds, and clicked on it.

In the next moment, her points instantly returned to their original state, and another voice that didn’t belong to Tianji emerged in her mind—

【Please select a materialized form.】

Xia Xinyan pondered for a few seconds and envisioned a small, round yellow chick.

Then, a glimmer of golden light suddenly appeared on the bed and gradually condensed into a palm-sized little chick.

The chick was almost entirely oval-shaped, with two tiny short legs that seemed barely able to support its body, creating an image as if it had just jumped out of an animation—definitely impossible in reality.

Monica stared at the plump chick for a few seconds.

Then she couldn’t help but burst into laughter, “…It’s quite unique.”

Xia Xinyan nodded in satisfaction, “From now on, let’s call it Tianji…?”

Tianji struggled to lift its head and made eye contact with Xia Xinyan for a moment, then opened its beak, producing a sound that was comically amusing: “This system believes the host should let it become a more functional existence instead of this silly appearance.”

It was different from the voice of Tianji that Xia Xinyan had previously heard in her head.

But it fitted the image she had in mind for Tianji—after all, it was her own creation.

“You can still be useful looking like this,” she casually responded, then looked at Monica, “What’s next to turn it into an AI?”

Monica directly picked up the chick and slapped it against Ling Mo’s chest—Tianji immediately transformed into light amidst their startled cries, merging into the battle armor, scattering a few fine feathers.

“That’s all it takes; both sides will need to adapt a bit during the first fusion, and I can’t help with that, you two sort it out yourselves.” Monica clapped her hands, “From now on, if you want it to switch between two states, Xia Xinyan just needs to give it an order. Alright, I have no further business here; I’m off to find Xiaobai.”

With that, she turned and left.

Tomorrow she’d come back to disturb them again—disturbing a couple at night is kinda rude.

——At least she could recognize that herself now.

Xia Xinyan stared at Ling Mo for a moment and asked curiously, “So, how is it? Is it suitable?”

“It’s amazing… it has completely parsed the system of the battle armor,” Ling Mo nodded, though his expression was a bit complicated, “But… never mind.”

He had clearly intended to measure Xinyan’s physical data…

Unfortunately, he had been interrupted several times, and now there was clearly no atmosphere for that.

What a shame.