The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

The Chengdu Heroes Association boasts excellent facilities, especially in the identification of psychic abilities, where it possesses top-tier, reliable equipment that is among the best in the world.

【Rongcheng Psychic Abilities Testing Center】

This place can conduct targeted tests on almost all psychic abilities, effectively distinguishing the specific strength levels of each psychic ability, which plays a crucial role for heroes and the association headquarters in assessing the combat effectiveness and adaptability of specialists.

It was designed without any physical entrances or exits. Electricity was supplied through specially designed walls, and entry and exit depended on the instantaneous movement of those with spatial abilities. It was virtually impossible for the inside to affect the outside.

No matter how powerful the destructive force of the tested psychic ability is, this testing center can provide a comprehensive testing plan.

Its powerful psionic shield can block almost all psychic abilities except spatial abilities, so it's understandable that Meteor would suspect this place.

"Qiyun, can you send electromagnetic signals to the outside world from that testing center?" Messiah pressed.

The S-class hero hesitated for a moment, then squinted and nodded slightly.

"It's possible... but I have to go inside myself first."

"In other words, theoretically, once the terminal is placed in that psionic shielding room, its signal cannot be transmitted outwards, and we will be unable to locate its exact position."

"That's certainly true, but..."

Qi Yun wasn't sure if this conclusion was correct, but after listening to the analysis from her two colleagues, Liu Xing and Liu Mu, she felt that it made a lot of sense.

Albatross's brain circuits are different from ordinary people. In her opinion, the psionic shielding room is really the best choice. Going in to take a look is not a difficult thing. It's just a matter of making a phone call to the BOSS. At most, she would just submit an investigation request and a post-event report.

The heroes shrugged off and got to work.

Descending into the depths of the underground via a private elevator, Qi Yun stood before a black wall as solid as steel. She glanced up at the banner on the wall, now peeling and crumbling, and turned to Messiah, saying:

"This banner is about to fall down! Didn't you have it maintained?"

Messiah glared at her, annoyed.

"When do you think anyone would come up to the wall to look at this place? Ever since the [gatekeeper] retired, hasn't Meteor just led everyone in from the lobby?"

"Hmm...it doesn't seem to be wrong." Qi Yun nodded.

[Gatekeeper] is a hero who retired many years ago. He has a rare spatial ability similar to Meteor, but his strength is far less than that of Meteor.

Meteor doesn't need to touch an object to activate his ability, while this former hero needs to directly touch that object. Moreover, the logic of his ability is different from Meteor's; if he moves to the wrong location, he can actually be crushed by the debris at the target location.

It's probably the difference between "controlling space itself" and "instantly teleporting with something" that the psychic detection center exists to distinguish between these kinds of psychic abilities.

After the heroes entered, Qi Yun checked the room but still couldn't find any terminal signal. The heroes looked at the psionic detection room, which was piled with a lot of clutter, and fell into a longer period of contemplation.

"I've found that I understand albatrosses less and less as I get older," Qi Yun said.

"Who isn't?" Meteor replied.

Messiah somehow got hold of a chair, sat down in front of the air exchanger in the testing room, stared at the desk for a long time, then turned to look at Meteor and the others.

"Where do you think the albatross would hide that thing?"

"If it can't be found in this psionic detection center, then it might not be in Chengdu... Could it have been moved to a neighboring mountain city or another province?"

"I think it's quite likely, but if we start searching other places at the same time, the workload would be too great. We might have to consider that little fox's proposal."

At this point, the heroes exchanged glances and sighed almost simultaneously.

The "little fox" naturally refers to a certain Heart Moon Fox, who had proposed a plan from the very beginning:

[Announce the existence of the terminal and its signal information to the Hero Association and magical girls in other cities.]

[Calling upon heroes and magical girls to conduct a comprehensive search in Chengdu, offering a generous reward to the first person to find it]

"Although this plan seems full of flaws and could easily lead to some unnecessary trouble, I think the person who understands magical girls best is another magical girl."

"Then let's do as Xin Yuehu says."

The Messiah was weary and no longer wanted to try to fathom the albatross's drifting thoughts. He leaned back in his chair and peacefully closed his eyes.

……

Ten minutes later, somewhere in Shanghai.

The pristine white magical girl sat at the conference table, her eyes fixed on the invitation letter sent from Chengdu.

Her eyes were lowered as she glanced at the title of the invitation, then she looked up at her colleague from the Shanghai Association's personnel department across the table and said:

"Are you serious?"

"really."

"How could it be that Hai Rong City is involved again? Damn it."

Bai Lili couldn't help but blurt out a sentence, but was interrupted by the tanuki and burr next to her hitting her with their hands.

For no other reason than that the letter clearly stated "Xin Yuehu's proposal," making it hard not to associate it with the scheming plot of a certain mischievous little fox.

Bai Lili had never doubted Xin Yuehu's abilities, which was why she had some concerns about going to Rongcheng to participate in the support.

What if, what if this is actually a trap, and Hellcat wants to relive the days she spent as a Hell Shrike in Shanghai, and plans to call me over to fight her?

"Do you really want us to go?" Bai Lili pressed.

"It's very necessary to have Star Shadow participate in the investigation. I heard that this is related to the Star Jellyfish attack in Chengdu 16 years ago," said the Logistics Hero of the Personnel Department.

Upon hearing this, Clover quickly turned to look at her captain, while Tanabata and Cocklebur also turned their heads curiously, their expressions seeking confirmation.

"16 years ago? Senior, weren't you a newcomer back then?"

"Yes, I was a newcomer back then and only heard about it in the news. It seemed that the casualties and losses were quite serious. Albatross also went missing in that accident."

Bai Lili said calmly.

I never expected that things would turn around today after 16 years. Although I had only met the Red Snow Squad a few times and it was just a chance encounter, I was still quite upset when I heard that Albatross was missing.

The invitation letter is now implying that this matter is related to albatrosses. Could it be that the little fox really fished the albatross out of the mouth of the astral jellyfish?

...No, I still have to go and take a look.

Bai Lili made up her mind and nodded to the logistics department hero in front of her.

"Okay, let's set off immediately."

"Senior! Where are we headed?"

"—Let's go to Chengdu!"