Chapter 465 Temporary Power-Up

This was Tianji’s voice—ever since Xia Xinyan’s Tianji had materialized, Ling Mo had become quite familiar with that little yellow chick.

Or maybe it wasn’t Tianji.

Because this voice had appeared in his head a long time ago.

Time had passed, and Ling Mo had nearly forgotten that he had a so-called savior system akin to Xia Xinyan’s.

Monica had also mentioned that both he and Xia Xinyan were special beings, brought in to test out the effects of the new Terminal—as guinea pigs, no less. But it seemed his Terminal wasn’t solid-state; it took a millennium to boot up, and only now was it finally establishing its own presence.

At the same moment, a lot of information suddenly flooded his mind—all about understanding and using the system that he didn’t even need to familiarize himself with—mastered in an instant.

He couldn’t help but become dazed, pausing even in his battle stance.

Noticing something was off, Xia Xinyan immediately asked, “What’s wrong? Mo Mo?”

“I…” Ling Mo furrowed his brow with a strange expression, “My system is loaded.”

Even Xia Xinyan didn’t immediately react: “What system?”

—One could see how long this thing had dragged on for her to forget about it.

Well, one reason was that she had been calling him Tianji, causing her to overlook the system.

But she quickly remembered: “System?! You loaded it?!”

It was rare to see her mood fluctuate like this—after all, her previous dog’s life system only loaded after her death, concluding with a line: “How did the host die?” Anyone else would have likely flown into a rage at that.

She did survive, thanks to Tianji helping her resurrect.

She had speculated multiple times on when Ling Mo’s system would successfully load. If following her past timeline, it would probably take another half a year for a response—by then, it’d be too late—unless maybe the host had to die to provoke Tianji into completing the load. But even if that were the case, there was no need to experiment. Would Tianji resurrect him as Xia Xinyan after he died? That would be an infinite nesting doll.

So it seemed that Ling Mo’s system was useless from the start, and thus they had never considered this factor, even forgetting about it altogether.

But… only when Ling Mo mentioned it did Xia Xinyan remember that this life’s timeline was actually different from her last. For instance, the timing of the Cataclysm had been pushed forward a lot, so it wouldn’t be impossible for the system to load successfully sooner.

Most importantly… this successfully loaded system might just become their new trump card!

“Quick, check if your system has points!” After coming to her senses, Xia Xinyan said, “Points should enhance your base strength, and you can exchange them for powerful weapons. It might come in handy!”

Her own system had long since maxed out both her and Ling Mo’s points, but since she’d never seen Ling Mo’s system in action, she wasn’t sure if their systems shared progress. The crucial part was still the points. If Ling Mo had zero points, it would be useless.

However, after a brief daze, Ling Mo oddly responded, “Points… I probably have several hundred million?”

That long string of numbers was too much for him to count, but it felt like he was given infinite points right from the start. What a dream.

Xia Xinyan was momentarily stunned: “…Hundreds of millions?”

[Not surprising. The character bound to the host’s task system remains the host’s original self. Theoretically, this system and the host’s original system are one and the same. Therefore, even if the host’s original system hasn’t fully loaded, tasks issued by this system can still be shared with the host’s original system. Thus, once the original system fully loads, it will gain all points from completed tasks by the host.]

Tianji provided a timely response in Xia Xinyan’s mind.

Yet the battlefield wouldn’t pause for their moment of hesitation; in fact, the withdrawal of two powerful fighters increased the pressure on the Chicks’ side significantly. So Ling Mo had no time to dwell on points anymore, and quickly made a decision—

Xia Xinyan watched as Ling Mo’s aura grew rapidly and terrifyingly powerful, to a point that shocked her. But shortly after, she suddenly felt an immense surge of power born within her, flooding her limbs and core, causing her own strength to skyrocket.

This sensation wasn’t unfamiliar—when Xia Xinyan used to level up, it brought that same feeling. Back then, to avoid Ling Mo noticing anything weird and because her points were accumulated slowly, she’d only gain minor feelings of enhancement. This time, it was as if Ling Mo had instantly maxed out their attributes, amplifying the effect to an unprecedented level, which Xia Xinyan had never experienced.

She felt almost god-like in that moment.

However, this feeling of elevation didn’t last long. Ling Mo quickly capped their attributes at the max. Then he spoke over the comms: “All vanguard units, gather around me!”

The Vanguard represented the strongest among the Chicks, previous allies who had participated in quite a number of missions alongside Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan. Loyal and swift to execute orders, the remaining combat-capable Vanguard members quickly assembled by Ling Mo’s side, awaiting further commands. After losing this elite force, the pressure in the Chicks’ battlefield jumped several notches.

Ling Mo didn’t care about this detail; instead, he opened a public communication line for the expedition: “Chicks, this is Ling Mo calling. I will lead a small team to take down the strongest Demon. It should be the leader of the Demon army. All others, provide cover for us unconditionally.”

Without waiting for others to respond, he cut off the communication. Raising his hand, an overwhelming white light erupted throughout the Chicks’ arena—he even manifested complete Battle Armor for all elite team members!

This scene left Xia Xinyan quite astonished—given the scattered distance, it already surpassed Ling Mo’s limit of manifestation, not to mention the armor’s level. Higher-intensity Battle Armor was harder to manifest; previously, Ling Mo could only provide protective-type armor. This time, he manifested powerful Battle Armor just like his own!

This level of power increase was absolutely more than double!