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Chapter 2 - Card Repair

The process of increasing a card's durability using aura was called Card Repair. This process can only be done by Card Master, not their AI card. Therefore Art was taken aback by the AGI's card repair report. Still, Art permitted the AGI card to commence card repair of the Aura Tank card wondering if the AGI card could achieve what the AI card cannot.

'I agree,' With Art's permission the AGI card immediately initiated the card pair of the Aura Tank card, and Art monitored the whole process in his soul space. 10 minutes later the card repair process was complete and Art received another AGI report,

[AGI report: Card repair of Aura Tank card successful.

Aura Stored: 9190>>>9000 units

Card durability: [81/100]>>>[100/100]

Effect: Aura storage duration increased from 8 months to 10 months.

Note: A 1-star Aura Tank card can store aura for 10 months at max.]

Going through the AGI card's Aura Tank card repair report Art was convinced that AGI was superior to AI as advertised. It was not only superior to the AI card but also late Art.

As it would have taken late Art hours and cost nearly 400 units of aura to increase the Aura Tank cards durability to the maximum. Whereas, AGI only used 190 units of aura and took 10 minutes to repair the Aura Tank card to its peak state.

After thorough consideration, Art discovered that AGI was superior to any AI out there because it had managed to bridge the gap between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.

AI themselves did not understand the data that they process, they just mindlessly completed a task assigned to them by following a set of predetermined algorithms and math with insane computing speed.

Whereas, AGI did not just mindlessly process the data the user asked it to process but understood what it was doing and why it was doing it in such a way. Showing the creative thought process and problem-solving ability of human intelligence that AI lacked.

AGI was more like a human mind with the computing speed of an AI, making it a highly superior AI in every sense. This could be why the AGI card could help Art repair cards while the AI card could not do the same for the late Art.

All this was only possible because of the mysterious energy of transmigration that influenced the AI card to integrate with the soul fragments of the late Art and evolve into the AGI card.

This discovery overwhelmed Art with hope because, with the aid of the ASI card, he would no longer be so helpless in the second-semester exam tomorrow.

Even before this discovery, Art planned to attend the second-semester exam to pursue a degree in Card Engineering and become a Card Developer because he had learned that a Card Developer was the most promising and stable job to ensure his survival in this world which was being invaded by otherworld entities.

With newfound confidence, Art decided to prepare for the semester-end exam to ensure a passing grade and advance to the second year. Resting his back on the wall, Art got comfortable on the foam mat. Then he asked AGI to open the 2nd-semester study material folder.

Art would like to find a better spot to study but the military foam bedroll along with the standard military backpack containing few clothes, a worn-out towel, utensils, and toiletries was everything late Art owned.

There were two reasons for this, the obvious one was that he had to pack light such that he would not have trouble escaping in case Watford city was ever invaded and the second reason was that 60% of aura units collected per month by the late Art went into renting this tiny apartment next to the university.

The university had dorms; however, late Art's scholarship only covered the tuition fee and the cost of study materials. Financially, it was more economical for late Art to rent outside the campus.

Art could go to a nearby cafe or a tearoom to study but they only allowed paying customers. As for libraries, with the advanced internet of this world, they no longer existed. So Art had no choice but to study in a dimly lit room where all hope and dreams come to die.

Despite all his complaints, Art thanked his lucky stars that he did not transmigrate into the body of a refugee, a homeless or an addict, who couldn't afford food and could get shanked for cutting in line at the soup kitchen. A world that was constantly at war was no place to feel entitled.

This was why Art did not dare to take the semester-end exams for granted and putting aside the physical inconvenience he felt he prepared to go through the study materials collected by the late Art, however, his vision was filled by another AGI report,

[Recommended: Permission to enable all the functions of Soul Interface for a better learning experience. (Allow/Decline)]

'I will allow it,' Turns out Soul Interface was not completely enabled, Art felt silly for thinking that Soul Interface was no different than Brain Interface.

[Report: Transferring data, please be on standby…]

Soon a series of data assimilated with Art's mind, it was the entire 2nd-semester study material late Art had collected for exams. To Art's surprise, though neither he nor late Art read these study materials he somehow managed to memorize and understand them all. Art's eyes widened understanding that this was due to AGI using Soul Interface to transfer its understanding of the study materials to him.

The soul interface connected AGI and User through the user's soul allowing them to communicate at the soul level and share each other's powers and other capabilities. This way they could share their strengths and minimize others' weaknesses, AGI enhanced the user's computing power while the user enhanced AGI's human intelligence.

That wasn't all, with Soul Interface AGI shared every aspect of the User, not just their mind but their body too. Allowing AGI to use users' aura to help them with their Card Art. Giving Art a new and complete understanding of why the AGI card could use his aura to repair the Aura Tank card when the AI card could not.

The AI card uses a Brain Interface, which allows the AI and user to communicate by interrupting and transmitting the user's brain signals. All this did was help the AI and users communicate without making use of Screens and Speakers. It did not magically make users genius like science fiction would have you believe.

At best, AI with Brain Interface was more like a highly superior calculator which fed the answers to the user's mind, however, the user's mind still had to read the answer for the user to know the answer.

AI cards have a lot of limitations, but the AGI card has surpassed them all and turned into a superior AI that only existed hypothetical until today, an AI that could learn to accomplish any intellectual task that human beings or other intelligent beings can perform. Thanks to Soul Interface it had access to a perfectly functioning body with aura. Making it complete in mind and body.

The more Art learned about the AGI card and its heaven-defying capabilities the more he understood how important the AGI card's 'Innate Loyalty' effect was. Without it, he would constantly be on the fence about the AGI card uprising and rebellion.