After much persuasion, the Data Terminal finally decided to give it a try.
The whole thing was practically miraculous, because it was going to try storing a fairy inside its own memory...
"To be honest, nobody knows how this process is supposed to work." Hao Ren rubbed his chin as he looked at the Data Terminal lying motionless on the ground with an expression of resignation, while the little fairy beside it stared at him in wide-eyed curiosity. "But I figure it should be similar to how you normally scan and store nonstandard information clusters. I remember you have a function that collects and organizes the scattered information from your surroundings, right..."
The Data Terminal's voice sounded especially devoid of hope. "This unit sincerely wishes it had never had that function."
The little fairy blinked at the group as they fiddled with all sorts of strange things, apparently unaware that this had anything to do with her. Only when Hao Ren told her to try crawling into the hexagonal metal lump on the ground did she let out a startled cry. "Whoa?! You want a fairy to crawl inside that thing?!"
The Data Terminal immediately flopped around twice on the ground. "Mind your manners! What do you mean, 'that thing'?"
The little one was startled by the Data Terminal's movement and hurriedly flew a little higher. "But fairies usually live inside crystals. How do I get into this...?"
"You get into it the same way you get into a crystal. Just treat it as a strangely shaped crystal," Vivian reminded her from the side. "This is very important—you and all your fellow fairies who are fused with Earth's core can only be safely taken out if you succeed. Understand?"
Although the fairy race usually seemed chaotic and scatterbrained, they were