He didn’t throw away his battered Xiaomi 6, because the Mind Armor still had more important tasks and couldn’t always maintain the form of a phone. Although data could be stored inside, and whenever he wanted, he could materialize an identical phone with all the data perfectly restored.

But what if, after retracting the Mind Armor, someone called him?

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Chapter 3: Master Magician

There was only one Mind Armor, and its energy was limited. Brian Carter couldn’t possibly use it in daily life. Its more important function was to replicate real-world objects and provide Brian Carter with knowledge for cultivating his psychic power.

Of course.

Occasionally, when going out, he could turn it into a set of clothes. This way, he could save some money on clothes, and most importantly—it fit perfectly!

Nothing was more comfortable than wearing clothes materialized by the Mind Armor.

As for that laptop he’d used for three years, he could sell it for a few hundred yuan. Anyway, if he wanted to use it, he could just have the Mind Armor replicate it, and none of the data would be lost.

He turned on his Xiaomi 6, looked at the more than 20,000 yuan in his e-wallet app, took a deep breath, and decisively went out to hail a cab.

Since he had already figured out the replication function of the Mind Armor, the next step was naturally to take action.

First, he went to the mall and, thick-skinned, replicated every electronic product on the market—refrigerators, washing machines, TVs, air conditioners, induction cookers, ovens, robot vacuums, water purifiers, rice cookers, routers, and so on. These electronic products were relatively quick to replicate.

Then he replicated several sets of brand-name gear for himself.

A handmade suit, leather shoes, and a Patek Philippe watch to match; a Li-Ning sports outfit, a Xiaomi fitness band, plus a hoverboard. Actually, he wanted to replicate a car, but the Mind Armor’s energy limit was insufficient for something that big for now.

This brought up a problem.

The Mind Armor’s energy was divided into power energy and storage energy. Storage energy was easy to explain—it was the psychic power accumulated through daily cultivation. Power energy, on the other hand, was the Mind Armor’s upper limit, representing how much it could materialize at once, which was related to Brian Carter’s mental strength.

As Brian Carter cultivated his psychic power, his mental strength would also increase. The stronger his mental strength, the higher the Mind Armor’s power energy limit, and the larger the objects he could materialize.

So.

For now, he couldn’t replicate a car; he could only touch and “study” the car’s structural knowledge.

However, he did replicate several motorcycles.

In the motorcycle shop, he touched everything, making the salespeople roll their eyes, and finally left in style without even asking about the price.

……

Vroom!

Vroom!

A BMW S1000rr motorcycle roared stylishly as it carried Brian Carter across the street. Wearing a helmet, he enjoyed the attention from passersby in a low-key way, then returned to his rented apartment. He still ate takeout and surfed the internet intensely.

He still rode various models of motorcycles every day, cruising around while searching for new things to replicate, and at night he would digest and absorb this knowledge for cultivation.

Or he would shop on Taobao, buying all sorts of oddities that couldn’t be found in Lucheng, the capital of Anhui Province, to replicate.

But as he watched his bank balance dwindle,

He realized it was time to look for a job.

Graduating from college meant unemployment. If his parents hadn’t known that dating was expensive and given him some money, he probably would have gone hungry.

“I’m a man with a new world as my background—how could making money stump me?” Brian Carter said to the mirror, altering his appearance.

The Mind Armor could replicate anything—except living beings, or rather, it couldn’t replicate living units.

It could replicate dead trees, but not living ones. The fundamental reason was the subtlety of cellular structure—not to mention DNA and RNA, but the soul of a living being was something the Mind Armor simply couldn’t analyze—even though the Mind Armor itself existed somewhere between matter and soul.

Perhaps, in the locked inheritance of the Mind Armor, there was an explanation from the Mind God Clan about souls and psychic power, but for now, Brian Carter had no access to it.

However, he could avoid living beings and use other materials to change his appearance.

“Being 1.73 meters tall is a bit short, so I’ll just adjust the thickness of my shoe soles.” Brian Carter changed his appearance, even boosting his height, before heading out.

It wasn’t that he wanted to play secret agent—he just didn’t want to be recognized.

After all, in the future, he planned to build his own materials empire and energy empire, to become a world-class business tycoon surpassing Jack Ma.

By then, he would definitely be under the spotlight, and who knew who might secretly investigate him? What if the Mind Armor was exposed during that time?

Although for now, the Mind Armor seemed to have completely fused with him and couldn’t be separated, better safe than sorry.

So being cautious was the right move.

After perfecting his new look and riding a newly materialized ordinary motorcycle, Brian Carter headed straight for the custom car shop he had already contacted.

The poor play with cars, the rich play with watches—once you get into customization, it’s a bottomless pit.