After finishing roasting the heinous Lin Yuan Xian Yu,
Mualani asked, "Mu Yang, what were you making in the shop earlier? Were you modifying a surfboard?"
Mu Yang nodded and explained that he wanted to create a surfboard that, like Mualani's shark shark surfboard, could also sprint on land.
However, Mualani's surfboard could achieve this function due to Natlan's special environment and the Natlan people's use of Night Soul and Phlogiston.
This created difficulties for Mu Yang in terms of promotion.
After all, other nations could not use these abilities.
Wouldn't that mean it couldn't be sold?
"So, I was thinking whether I could change the power source to Elemental Power."
Everyone brainstormed together. If there was such a mode of transportation, it would indeed save a lot of time and effort in many places.
Mona seemed to understand why Mu Yang was so wealthy.
So even when relaxing, his mind was still thinking about business matters…
However, she had a question. According to the style of Mualani's shop [The Leisurely Puffer], why not make the surfboard in the shape of a porpoise?
Sharks not only didn't look as cute as porpoises, they also looked quite dangerous. Wouldn't that affect sales?
"Uh… well…"
This topic reminded Mualani of one of her "friends."
—A freshwater hot spring shark.
At the time, Mualani was surfing as usual when it silently and very swiftly approached her from afar.
Then it suddenly leaped out of the water, baring its sharp teeth at her.
The pointed fangs reflected a cold glint under the sun.
Mualani nimbly changed direction, dodging its charge, and accelerated with her feet to create distance.
"Haha, are you here to surf too? Then let's race each other!"
The freshwater hot spring shark seemed to understand Mualani's provocation and began chasing her relentlessly.
Mualani sprinted at full speed, and the waves obediently laid out a long white track for the girl and the shark.
As they approached the shore, the freshwater shark failed in its hunt and reluctantly turned away.
Mualani waved from not far away: "Let's play together again next time!"
After that, every time Mualani came to this area of water, this "challenger" would appear.
It would engage in one intense race after another with Mualani.
Mualani gave it a name— "Shark Shark."
After many races between the girl and the shark, Mualani was faster in the first few rounds.
But Shark Shark refused to admit defeat and gradually closed the distance, finally catching up to Mualani.
This time it didn't bare its teeth to bite. Instead, it elegantly swayed its chubby body, declaring itself the winner of the race.
"You won this time! Here, the promised reward."
Mualani fed it the small dried fish she had brought and stroked its fin.
In this way, they became surfing companions.
Until one day, after finishing their play, Shark Shark circled Mualani a few times, then waved its tail and swam off toward the setting sun.
Mualani waved at it as usual.
Later, when Mualani went surfing at the usual spot again, she never saw that round and swift figure again.
Mualani did not feel sad about it. Instead, she wished Shark Shark smooth sailing on its new journey.
Meeting itself was a journey. Everyone would have new destinations, but the time spent together would never disappear.
Thinking of this, Mualani pulled out a blueprint and began sketching and writing on it.
Half a month later, she handed the design drawing for the "Shark Shark Surfboard" to a familiar craftsman.
Shark Shark's fins were very hard, but its tail was highly elastic.
For this reason, she carefully selected materials to replicate the texture of Shark Shark in her memory, even recreating the internal teeth and jaw joints.
As for the color scheme, it naturally had to be eye-catching enough.
Mualani wanted anyone who had seen Shark Shark to remember its appearance.
When Mualani debuted with the new equipment, the surfboard under her feet immediately drew everyone's attention.
Everyone wanted to own such a cool board.
However, Mualani guaranteed that the Shark Shark Surfboard would not bite them while in use…
Thus, amid everyone's cheers, the [Shark Shark Surfboard] went on sale and was publicly offered.
Sales were pretty good.
Of course, this was a simplified version.
They wouldn't bite people…
After finishing the story of the surfboard, Mualani sighed.
There was one thing she had always felt quite regretful about.
That was—which was faster, the [Shark Shark Surfboard] or the real Shark Shark?
She really wanted to know the answer.
It would be great if she could race Shark Shark again someday.
Mu Yang hadn't expected there to be such a story behind it.
He had simply thought that sharks looked cooler, that was all.
Now it was perfect—he didn't need to make one up himself.
Mu Yang followed her gaze and looked at the clothes on his own body, pointing and asking Mualani.
"This is also Shark Shark?"
"Correct! Hehe, right? You remembered it with just one glance, didn't you?"
Mualani looked very proud.
Alright, this wondrous friendship between a girl and a shark.
After breakfast, everyone returned to [The Leisurely Puffer].
Along the way, Citlali hesitated about whether she should find an excuse to slip away.
Because she had just heard about the shop's "experience" yesterday.
She was really worried that Mualani would drag her into being a model.
This little girl would absolutely do something like that!
If that happened, where would this grandma's face go?
Would the little brats in class end up calling her Bikini Grandma?
Fortunately, Mualani's focus today was not on running the shop.
She also wanted to see if Mu Yang's modification could be completed.
The answer was, of course, yes.
And there was already a finished product.
On the outside, it looked almost the same as the Shark Shark Surfboard.
But the energy circuits inside were quite different.
After all, it used ordinary Elemental Power.
If it was meant to target ordinary people, it would have to be like installing a battery.
However, for now, Mu Yang wasn't thinking that far.
In this Genshin Impact world, he simply wanted to try releasing a vehicle system.
It would just add another wave of popularity for himself later.
Mu Yang let Mona, who was also an outsider, try it first.
Through Elemental Power control, it was indeed very easy to get the hang of.
The Vision served as an external magic organ.
They were already very used to using it.
It was just like how once you knew how to ride a bicycle, you wouldn't fall when riding an electric bike.
Seeing Mu Yang's result, Mualani immediately got excited.
Although she couldn't race the real Shark Shark right now,
She could still race against this Shark Shark 2.0!
Thus, things developed into:
Mualani / Shark Shark Surfboard
VS
Mu Yang / Shark Shark Surfboard Elemental Power Type I
Both sides set off from [The Leisurely Puffer] and followed the set route around the People of the Springs once.
They could use the Spiritways.
At first, Mualani took a clear lead with her superb skills.
Just when everyone thought Mu Yang would definitely lose, he finally increased the output of Elemental Power.
In the end, Mualani still lost in the face of the full-power sprint of Elemental Power Type I.
However, Mu Yang's surfboard also nearly broke down from withstanding too strong an outburst.
This speed was the limit of the board and the circuit.
It was not Mu Yang's limit…
"Ah—! I lost!" Mualani expressed her strong unwillingness.
She was also going to modify her own surfboard and fight again later…