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What the heck is this "heart-image coverage" thing?

Su Li and Song Mingyu, who had come over, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Huh? You don't understand?" Sun Lili was confused. "My transformation is just mind-body coverage."

Su Li was speechless. "Who would understand? You've never explained the principle behind your transformation."

Sun Lili thought for a moment, then scratched her head and stuck out her tongue, "Hehehe~"

Su Li had long been curious and asked Sun Lili about the transformation principle. Sun Lili kept giving nonsensical answers, such as "Activating the magical girl power within to reveal oneself" and "Reshaping oneself with love and justice!"

“I was strictly adhering to the character's setting!” Sun Lili argued.

"Ha, a magical girl of love and justice, why do you always want to fight me?" Su Li scoffed.

"A magical girl in a late-night show is still a magical girl, what do you know!" Sun Lili said, still not satisfied, and kicked Su Li's foot, then made a face.

Su Li rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"Alright, alright, we can do the flirting tonight. Let me explain first," Song Mingyu quickly said.

“Okay, I’ll listen to Sister Mingyu.” Sun Lili hugged Song Mingyu’s arm and then explained, “Mind Covering is actually a commonly used ability of mind-based mages. It uses the scenery in one’s mind to cover the real world. It is a technique of interfering with reality through the mind.”

"As we all know, the mental world is very free. You can imagine flying houses, a world of candy, a cat that is crushed by a steamroller and turned into a piece of paper but is still alive, and other things that are unlikely to happen in reality. By using the ability of mental image overlay, you can ignore logic and the rules of reality to a certain extent."

"For example, my transformed skirt always stays light and airy, defying gravity and maintaining its shape. As long as I don't want to, no matter who looks up from under the skirt, they will only see a ball of holy light."

"The last time we attacked Shirahoshi, that giant robot was the same. With the materials available at the time, making such a giant robot was a complete pipe dream. The original spherical war fortress was the most suitable design. However, under the interference of the psychic system, the properties of the materials were ignored, and the robot image in the supporter's mind was superimposed onto the robot in reality."

Sun Lili placed her hand on the dead shark on the ground, her expression thoughtful. "These sharks have been covered by the mental constructs of certain people, turning them into this state. The concepts attached to them are probably things like sharks being able to control storms and sharks chasing and biting humans."

After listening, Su Li said, "The second one sounds a bit like a stereotype."

Sun Lili nodded. "I don't know about the situation in this world, but on Earth, sharks don't actually like to bite people. Most attacks are caused by sharks mistaking humans for prey like seals. Or they might just be curious and bite to test the waters. The idea that sharks are bloodthirsty and actively attack humans is a widely circulated stereotype."

"By the way, the presence of a mental image indicates that there must be an individual with powerful mental strength influencing these fish from behind the scenes."

"Let's write this information down first. With so little information, we can't deduce anything useful."

Sun Lili placed her hands on the dead shark and closed her eyes to sense it.

"What's wrong?" Su Li noticed Sun Lili's seriousness and asked after Sun Lili opened her eyes.

“Let’s try to break through this mental image overlay.” Sun Lili stood up with some regret, shaking off the sticky substance on her hands. “The person who created this mutated shark is quite remarkable. Even after the shark died, it retained its mutated form. That’s very difficult. Mental image overlay, once the mental power fades, will be corrected back to its original state by reality.”

"But after this shark died, it was stuck in its mutated form. I need to study it and improve my own power."

Upon hearing this, Sofia, who had just arrived, asked, "Do you need to keep a lot of sharks?"

“It doesn’t matter if it’s not a shark,” Sun Lili said, looking at Sophia. “I just need to study the power of this transformation. I can catch some other mutated creatures from the sea. What, do you need these creatures?”

“Yes.” Sophia nodded. “I just studied it too. Almost all the power in these sharks’ bodies has been enhanced to have knockback power and the sharpness of their teeth. This material is very suitable for extracting spirituality.”

"Really?" Su Li's tone was filled with surprise. "Then we must make good use of it."

Sophia's magic spear can extract spiritual energy from the monsters she kills to continuously strengthen it. However, it's difficult to find suitable monsters, so Sophia's magic spear strengthening progress has always been slow.

Sofia currently has three magic guns: a sniper rifle, a grenade launcher, and a laser gun.

"Hmm, I plan to extract the repelling spiritual energy from the mutated shark. I've also investigated the Swordfish Sect over there; they have turbine-like structures on their bodies, and their long snouts are filled with extremely strong penetrating power. I plan to extract the penetrating spiritual energy from the swordfish."

"I'll store up the repulsive energy for now, and when I find a suitable shotgun or pistol, I'll upgrade those two magic guns. These two are more suited for close and medium range, and the repulsive power will help me fight off charging enemies."

"Penetrating spirituality, I plan to attach myself to the sniper rifle to further enhance its single-shot capability."

Su Li nodded. "You can put together your own outfit."

Suddenly, Su Li had a good idea, so she asked Song Mingyu, "How about you extract the factors after Sophia has finished extracting the spirituality?"

"Huh?" Song Mingyu, who hadn't expected to have anything to do, snapped out of her reverie, thought for a moment, and nodded. "Let's give it a try."

Sophia Adam then pinned down a shark and began extracting spirituality.

After Sophia cast the spell, a mutated, transparent shark flew out from the shark's body, turned into a speck of light, and was absorbed into Sophia's body.

Next, Song Mingyu took out her exclusive equipment, the Cradle of Life, and began extracting life factors from the mutated shark.

A green glow emanated from the cradle of life, enveloping the dead shark. Soon after, tiny blue-green particles entered the cradle of life.

Zuli looked at the shark again. The shark's appearance had not changed, but Zuli's intuition told him that the shark had lost something very important.

He exclaimed, "Amazing! This fish can be used in two ways, no, it can also be broken down, and the materials from the breakdown can be used to make equipment. This is a fish that can be used in three ways!"

Song Mingyu sensed the Cradle of Life and said with a hint of surprise, "We extracted a factor related to manipulating the wind to move through the air, and there was a lot of it."

“Me too.” Sophia opened her eyes, sighing. “The spirituality I need is only a small fraction of the spirituality of a single life. I can only collect a little bit each time. But this shark’s spirituality is mostly what I need. The collection efficiency is too high.”

The way the two men looked at the sharks was like the way mold looks at oil, gleaming and sparkling.