When "God" Decides To Start Over

"Isn't it right here?" Ximen Guan chuckled.

"Right here... you couldn't mean this, could you?" Li Xiu's gaze turned to the object on the desk.

He had spotted it when entering the room but never imagined it was his Demon Armor.

The object on the desk looked exactly like a laptop with a black case; although slightly thicker, it was no bigger than a gaming laptop, even smaller than the Ghost-faced Magic Armor.

The key was that its appearance was so similar to a laptop that even a Magic Armor Master, if not informed in advance, would definitely mistake it for one.

"Old Guan, your skills are getting more impressive." Li Xiu had to give Old Guan a thumbs-up. This level of craftsmanship and skill surpassed that of Space City's first laboratory.

The remarkable part was that Old Guan's equipment was much simpler than the first lab, making it indisputable that he's indeed the Father of Demon Armor.

"Read more books when you have time, learn how others compliment people; you keep repeating the same old words. Aren't you tired of saying them? I'm tired of hearing them." Ximen Guan crossed his arms, looking nonchalant, but his boastful little eyes had already given him away.

"Alright, I'll read more poetry when I have time, learn those praiseworthy verses, and make you feel cultured next time." Li Xiu studied the armor for a long time and couldn't find the activation switch. "Old Guan, where's the activation switch?" he wondered.

"What era do you think we're in? I've added fingerprint recognition for you. Only your fingerprint can open it, and the real activation device is revealed once the lock is unlocked." Old Guan pouted as he explained.

Following Ximen Guan's instructions, Li Xiu input his fingerprint on the side, and using fingerprint activation revealed the real device.

Li Xiu thought these flashy things were useless. Space City had designed fingerprint locks before, even iris recognition at one point.

But they were of little use, too easy to tamper with, and Magic Armor Masters activated armor via Spiritual Sense. Even powerful Masters could activate armor through the outer shell.

Moreover, such features affected the rapid equipping of the armor. It was embarrassing to hear, "Fingerprint error, please re-enter," while demons were right in front of you.

Eventually, such gimmicks were abandoned; most armors were unlocked, and only the boxes containing armors might be locked.

Ximen Guan seemed to read Li Xiu's thoughts and smirked, "Try activating it without fingerprint unlocking."

With Ximen Guan's prompting, Li Xiu gave it a try.

His spiritual sense was so strong that even without crossing certain boundaries, it was of world-class standard.

Since he knew the location of the activation device, not just through a thin panel but even through a metal block, Li Xiu could activate it.

Yet when he tried, the armor didn't respond at all, making him suspect it was faulty and simply couldn't be activated.

"Heh, ordinary fingerprint locks don't work because the materials aren't right. This armor has materials refined from Demon Spirit Wood—without unlocking, no matter how strong your spiritual sense is, you can't activate it." Ximen Guan chuckled.

"Interesting." A white light flashed in Li Xiu's eyes as he tried again to activate the armor without unlocking it.

"Heh, even if you try ten thousand times, it won't…" Ximen Guan's voice abruptly stopped before the word "work" was out, as his eyes nearly popped out watching Li Xiu.

The laptop-like armor began to glow with streams of blue light. As the light progressed, the entire armor transformed, spreading from Li Xiu's hand over his body, covering him entirely in an instant.

The black lacquered shell had each component in the perfect streamline, with blue Light Patterns flowing across its surface. The faceplate resembled a black mirror with occasional flashes of blue light, exuding a sense of technology and futurism.

Wearing this armor, Li Xiu looked like a future warrior traveling back through time, completely unlike a product of contemporary technology—simply too sci-fi, too cool, too dreamy.

Li Xiu's mind moved, and the blue light on the shell flowed, lifting his body off the ground as if he were an alien in super armor.

"Impossible... how was it activated... could it be malfunctioning?" Ximen Guan was still puzzled about how the armor had been activated.

Li Xiu moved around the office as if floating in water before settling back in front of the desk.

Although he hadn't tested the magic light strength of this armor, just the speed of magic light transmission, its efficiency, and its sensitivity to spiritual sense, Li Xiu knew this armor's performance far exceeded that of the Ghost-faced Magic Armor.

"Old Guan, what do you call this armor?" Li Xiu was very satisfied with it, noting its performance was far superior to his previous user, the Red Hibiscus Shield.

"I'm not in the mood to name armors like this. Except for my personal armor, none of the others deserve a name. If you want a name, think of one yourself." Ximen Guan replied proudly.