Apart from something as completely incomprehensible as Time Crystal, this terminal is just a tool that everyone in the market has. Shen Shi confirmed this from the beginning and also confirmed that there was an option to unbind it.
So he wasn't too worried about any traps in this thing and planned to switch to another terminal when he had the chance.
But at this moment, he had already installed the control system for the simulation shape-shifting material.
It was a wondrous feeling.
Just with a thought, the black liquid spread out on the ground started to move slowly towards him as if it were alive, beginning to wrap around his body from his legs, bringing a cool sensation.
And in the next instant, it suddenly detached, transforming with a swift motion in front of him into a golden, radiant Golden Pillar!
Shen Shi's grin was just as radiant.
His first reaction was actually turning into gold, how tacky.
But he was just a tacky person!
Shen Shi had a very clear understanding of himself.
He yearned for power, status, money, enjoyed vanity, enjoyed being in the spotlight, was unwilling to be ordinary, liked beautiful women, and was infatuated with most of the good things in the world. Even the efforts praised by those around him were essentially just driven by the pursuit of desires.
And now, everything he had longed for seemed within reach.
At this moment, with no one else around, even the crisis three years later seemed to have an escape route. Shen Shi breathed a heavy sigh of relief and stopped suppressing himself, but a mix of fresh, exciting, and anticipatory feelings, mingled with worry, regret, and hesitation, appeared in him for the first time in his over twenty years of life.
Accompanying the emotional surge, the shape-shifting material in front of him began to change constantly.
Sofa, wardrobe, tablet, computer, cat, dog, and even finally turned into a Gatling gun with a long ammo belt!
Even though there would be no energy transformation in the process of changing elements and forms, it could still take part in chemical reactions with the proper settings. Of course, the energy consumed in this process needed to be absorbed externally, meaning that as long as one understood the principle and absorbed enough energy, even a nuclear weapon could be simulated!
"It's just like a spell," Shen Shi marveled.
According to the accompanying user manual, this simulation shape-shifting material itself had military applications. Bringing it into modern society was akin to piloting an armed helicopter into ancient times, akin to "Immortal Gods in the present world."
And if paired with a Cosmic Battleship...
Shen Shi was beginning to realize that in just a few dozen minutes, the power he wielded had already surpassed everyone else on this planet!
This was unrelated to status, power, or wealth.
But to a higher, purer, stronger power!
This feeling was so wondrous that all imagination of it felt powerless in the face of its real presence; only through true possession could one genuinely understand this dream-like sensation.
If not for the looming disaster three years ahead, Shen Shi would probably have already been carried away in oblivious joy.
But precisely because he was aware of the disaster, he struggled to restrain this swelling emotion.
And the desire to share.
How great it would be to have a trustworthy life mentor at this moment.
Shen Shi suddenly craved sharing.
Even if it was just with a true friend.
Even if it was without revealing the real situation.
He took out his phone, scrolling through his contacts, trying to find a friend with whom he could share his emotions at this moment.
However, there was none.
Shen Shi had many friends, but none with whom he could vent his emotions.
Actually, even his father could.
Unfortunately, his father had met an untimely end as a hero six years ago.
In the end, he saw a name.
A person who made him feel a little lost.
"It seems when one is in the limelight, they easily recall the once coveted 'white moonlight'..." Shen Shi expressed with a complex expression.
The last time they chatted was a few months ago when she simply asked if he wanted to attend school in Hai City together, to which he refused, citing some unfinished business as a reason.
Feelings with vastly different levels lose to reality too often, and he was unwilling to face it humbly, so he had to keep a distance.
But now it seemed different.
Shen Shi didn't even know his current mood. Everything that happened in such a short time was so beyond imagination, leaving him in a daze, but it didn't matter anymore. He had already dialed out.
It rang for just a brief moment before being picked up immediately.
"Hello?" A gentle voice came through the line.
"Are you free? I think I need a little help," Shen Shi straightforwardly said.
As soon as he heard the voice on the other end, he suddenly found himself calming down.
It felt like he was finally returning to a familiar realm from an illusory world.
This made him realize.
Perhaps he needed an anchor, something that would prevent him from losing himself amidst his rapid changes.
"What's going on?" The voice on the phone seemed to increase in urgency.
"Actually—" Shen Shi purposely drew out his words, waiting until the breathing on the other end grew rapid before seriously saying, "I struck it rich, overnight fortune, in the billions kind, so now I'm confused. How about coming out to chat..."
The call was abruptly hung up.
Shen Shi was slightly dumbfounded.
But a message quickly came.
"Now you're teasing me?!!"
Shen Shi scratched his head.
It's understandable, if someone told him the same, he wouldn't believe it either.
"Let's meet up, I'm serious." Shen Shi typed energetically on his phone.
"Classes in the afternoon, eight in the evening, I'll come to your place," the reply came quickly.
Replying with a word, Shen Shi put down the phone and then lay fully on the bed.
The shape-shifting material transformed into dozens of kittens, cuddling gently beside him.
Shen Shi extended his hand, watching the splendid galaxy slowly appear on the back of his hand.
A smile naturally formed on his lips.
It wasn't the kind of laughter from earlier based on excitement, desire, or power.
But a genuine smile based on reality.
"No matter what the future holds, from this day forward, my destiny will no longer be ordinary," Shen Shi said to himself.
He suddenly flipped himself off the bed, the kittens scattered and then gathered, transforming into a cube.
The boasting had already been done, and with only a few hours left before the meeting, the priority now was to make money.
This goal of most people's lives, for him at this moment, was really simple.
Even just in the simulation shape-shifting material's gifted transformation "models," it recorded a commonly used weapon for information warfare, and with Blue Star's network level, a supercomputer formed by shape-shifting material could fully take control in just a few seconds.
He wasn't planning to invade anything like a bank.
Just casually creating a few virtual currency wallets, making money was just a matter of extending a hand.
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