Super Zoo

Chapter 453 Illusion Ability

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The courage to face everything, and the self-confidence to overcome everything, are not one and the same. For instance, when facing the formidable onslaught of the Mongols, Guo Jing and Huang Rong dared to defend Xiangyang City, but that doesn't mean they were confident they could ultimately defeat the Mongols; they were merely embodying the fearless spirit of "where the Dao is, let me be there, even if it means going alone against millions," prepared to devote themselves to the cause until death.

Others didn't fully understand the reason behind Suming's transformation and could only speculate that perhaps it was due to the growth of his career that had changed his demeanor.

Only Suming himself knew the real reason.

After half a month of continuous attempts, he finally figured out the true nature of the second evolution of the Animal Friend ability.

By using the Tridacna bead to come into contact with a certain animal, Suming could gain one of the most prominent abilities of that animal!

For example, the first time he obtained an "Energy Storage Bead," it was because the Tridacna bead had only touched Suming, and Suming's most prominent ability was his spiritual power, hence he got a bead storing spiritual power;

The second time, the Tridacna bead was on the back of the alligator snapping turtle, whose most notable abilities might include a strong bite force, a tough carapace, among several other features. The Energy Storage Bead that the Tridacna bead eventually formed contained the ability "hard carapace";

During that half-month, Suming ******** was exploring this ability, trying it out with various animals.

The zoo's pangolin could provide a very powerful digging function, and it took Suming less than twenty minutes to use his bare hands to dig a grave-sized pit in the wilderness behind the hill;

The finless porpoise provided the ability to move nimbly in the water, and with that ability, Suming was even more agile in the water than competitive swimmers;

Most common fish could grant the ability for "underwater long-term survival," not that Suming could breathe underwater, but it could significantly extend his breath-holding time…

The rough idea behind this ability was to drain all the spiritual power from within Suming's body, and, through the conversion of the Tridacna bead, transform the spiritual power into the corresponding ability, and then transfer it back to Suming;

However, the duration and strength of the "corresponding ability" that Suming received, in turn, depended on how much spiritual power the Tridacna bead absorbed from him.

In other words, the larger the capacity of spiritual power within Suming's body, the better the effect and the longer the duration of the Energy Storage Bead he received would be.

For example, with his current level of spiritual power, the "Tortoise Shell Energy Storage Bead" he created had far less defensive power than the actual shell of the alligator snapping turtle.

Just the thickness of that alligator snapping turtle's shell alone was nearly three inches, truly bulletproof, whereas the "hard shell" created by Suming's spiritual power was at best a slightly thicker piece of iron sheet, sufficient to fend off a dagger but definitely unable to block rifle bullets, and as for pistol bullets… Suming wasn't foolish enough to test it by shooting himself…

The underwater survival ability could roughly extend time by just over ten minutes, and with his own decent swimming skills, he could ensure he survived underwater without taking a breath for nearly a quarter of an hour;

From the Asian elephant, he "borrowed" strength, and from the bear as well. With this strength, Suming estimated he could beat Dong in a pure test of strength, but there was still some gap compared to Su Meng, as Su Meng's strength was too exaggerated. However, it wasn't like before when he was completely powerless against Su Meng.

The funniest was the ability from the Tai Sui, which turned out to be "good sleep." With this ability, Suming could fall asleep quickly and have a rather sound sleep, easily for fifteen hours straight…

The most bittersweet ability was that of the lion.

This fellow's ability could be called "super reproduction"… Anyone with a certain understanding of animals knows that lions can mate with lionesses dozens of times a day, but each time, it lasts only a dozen seconds or even just a few seconds…

If Suming utilized this ability, managing seven rounds in one night would be no problem, and probably even fourteen, but as for the duration of each… he hadn't tried, and just thinking about it felt embarrassing; it was better not to try, to avoid being mocked by Nangong for life.

Since all the abilities were temporarily mimicked by the Tridacna using spiritual power, they could only achieve a fraction of the original abilities, with a significant gap to the complete original abilities. Hence, Suming initially planned to name the second evolution of the Animal Friend as "knockoff" or "pirated version."

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Later, he realized the name was too low-end, and compared to his first "Soul Attachment," it frankly seemed rather crude.

So, he decided to call it "Phantomization."

At present, Suming can simultaneously phantomize three energy storage beads with different functions inside his body, and their abilities cannot be duplicated.

However, he was sure about two things. First, the more spiritual power he had, the more energy storage beads he could phantomize. As long as he continued to work on increasing his spiritual power, he would be able to have more energy storage beads at the same time. Second, the stronger his control over spiritual power, the more beads of the same ability could exist simultaneously.

Half a month ago, Suming still felt he had so much spiritual power that he couldn't use it all up. But after his second evolution and gaining the phantomization ability, he suddenly realized that everything was still just the beginning, and no matter how much spiritual power he had, it wouldn't be enough.

To increase the number of energy storage beads, to improve the standard of phantomization, and to add more of the same type of beads, all required spiritual power! Condensing an energy storage bead would even drain **** all of his spiritual power in one go!

Suddenly, Suming thought of a very old animated series: Chief Buresta.

The protagonist, Chief Buresta, was a Native American who had the power of clairvoyance. He could gain the strength of a bear, the speed of a leopard, the vision of an eagle, the hearing of a wolf...

Although Suming's individual abilities were weaker than Chief Buresta's, he had many more options. Chief Buresta only had four abilities, while Suming could continuously change and play with various abilities if he wished.

Having acquired phantomization, Suming felt he had become a downgraded version of a mini superhero of the animal kingdom, and naturally, he exuded immense confidence.

Currently, Suming had chosen three abilities to carry with him.

The first was the Spiritual Energy Storage Sphere, which doubled his spiritual power;

The second was Elephant Strength, significantly increasing his force;

The third was the Tortoise Shell Divine Skill.

With the Tortoise Shell Divine Skill, mom no longer had to worry about me getting robbed! It's quite useful for saving my life in critical moments. Faced with armed thugs, there's little to fear, and even if I do get shot, a layer of iron plate could offset most of the impact.

As the saying goes, "With a weapon in your possession, the intent to kill arises naturally!"

Both the phantomization and soul attachment abilities are based on spiritual power. Using spiritual power on more animals can quickly improve proficiency and also increase the upper limit of spiritual power to a certain extent.

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Therefore, acquiring more animals for the zoo became an urgent priority. This was not only from the perspective of protecting animals and expanding the zoo's scale but also crucially related to Suming's personal capabilities.

Imagine, if there came a day when I had hundreds of phantomization energy storage beads even more powerful than the originals, what kind of scene would that be?

By then, I'd be having drinks and discussing matters like Superman, philosophizing with Ultraman, and those small fry like Batman, who rely on their sports cars to look cool, I wouldn't even bother to include in my games!

"Mrs. Tong, you mentioned the other day that many zoos in the Middle East can't afford to keep their animals and are selling them off, right? Is the newspaper still around? Bring it to me; I want to check it out."