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"There's such a thing?" The people of Zuli were dumbfounded. Was this fairy tale-based ability really that unreasonable? It felt even more idealistic than the previous mind-based abilities.

Seemingly sensing Su Li's thoughts, Sun Keke explained, "I know you're thinking about the Mind-Based faction, brother-in-law. Actually, that's not the case. Although the Mind-Based faction also has many mechanical enemies, they are often stripped of the complexities of the outside world and are the most authentic. Their mechanisms mostly revolve around emotions and desires, and are quite straightforward. Most of their mechanisms are relatively simple."

"Information, the ability of ritual systems, is the manipulation of causality and information, and it is easy to create complex mechanisms."

“The Mindset is like listening to music, feeling emotions such as sadness, joy, and melancholy from the music. The Informationset, on the other hand, is more like reading a novel, with a more intricate and complex plot.”

Sun Keke briefly discussed the differences between the two.

Ivan said with a bitter face, "Stop talking, I've already stacked hundreds of marks on my side, I'm afraid the other side will just kill me."

Indeed, the saintess's ten legs, when they kicked down at once, left Ivan with ten layers of marks. With nine of them attacking at once, Ivan felt that if these marks appeared above his head, they could pierce through the dome of the church.

"How can we break through this fairytale logic and cause them harm?"

Listening to Su Li and the others' conversation, Mother Emma said in a calm voice, "You will never be able to break the protection of God. Heretics, you have some ability, but the difference between mortals and the children of God, you will experience with your lives."

Ignoring the ignorant enemy's rambling, Sun Keke quickly said through the mental link, "Change your mind."

Brother-in-law, what is your understanding of your solar eclipse?

[Powered by magical fuel, the heat energy is converted, raising the greatsword's temperature to tens of thousands of degrees. This heat is then controlled by willpower, binding the enemy's substance to the weapon and using the extreme temperature to kill them. What's wrong? Is something amiss?]

【Have! 】

This is too logical and scientific.

[Huh?] Su Li was speechless.

This is so scientific! You should turn your imagination into a fairytale.

Sun Keke explained.

Yes, although it incorporates ideas of magic and mental control, it is still science.

Many people mistakenly believe that firearms, missiles, aircraft carriers, and mobile phones are science. In reality, these are merely products of scientific research. Science is a methodology, not specific content; it's a system of methods for exploring the world and acquiring reliable knowledge.

In Zurich, magical energy is an objective reality, so it is natural to study this magic using scientific methods, forming a discipline called magical energy science, just like physics and mathematics.

What is scientific logic, and what is fairy tale logic?

Sun Keke's voice in the mental link became clear and fast, as if she were conducting a tense academic deduction.

[Science requires verifiability and repeatability, and is based on objective laws. Brother-in-law, your solar eclipse, in essence, uses magical energy as fuel, achieves high temperatures through a specific mechanism, and then maintains it on the weapon through constraint measures—every step conforms to the verified or hypothesized rules of energy conservation, thermodynamics, and psychomechanics.]

Su Li stepped forward, helping Ivan block the increasingly dense kicks from the saintesses, while quickly understanding: "So, from 'Fairy Tale Veil's' perspective, my attack was an attack devoid of any fairy tale atmosphere, which is why it was blocked by the mechanics?"

"That's right," Sun Keke affirmed. "Fairy tales operate on a completely different logic. I haven't fully grasped it yet, but everyone has heard of fairy tales. Fairy tales often disregard logic, focusing more on storytelling and atmosphere."

She spoke faster, clearly getting into the flow:

[A scientific attack is like a rigorous experimental report, while fairytale defense only accepts attacks that fit the story's atmosphere. In your mind, your sword is a weapon capable of vaporizing matter at tens of thousands of degrees, which is meaningless in a fairytale. But if you imagine it as a holy sword blessed by the sun god, or the core of flame taken from the heart of a fire dragon, then the same flame will be recognized as a story element and thus take effect.]

Ivan couldn't help but complain: "Isn't this just... self-hypnosis? Deceiving yourself to bypass the system?"

Sun Keke agreed, saying, "To be honest, if we hadn't studied magical energy so thoroughly, hadn't read so much about elemental theories, and had just treated it as a black box, a legendary form of magic, knowing what it is but not why it works, we might not be stuck here."

Song Mingyu succinctly summarized it as, "I suffered because I was educated."