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

The cycle of death has come to an end.

But the magical girls did not let their guard down, especially the few with the most firepower. They were carefully searching along the jellyfish-covered mountain area with magic detectors to ensure that the jellyfish's tenacious resilience and vitality had been completely eliminated.

"Don't worry, it'll probably be fine."

Chi Xue said this.

She removed her hood to dispel the starlight's shadow and stood at the edge of the mountain scenic area, holding the strange man detection compass she had obtained from Xin Yuehu, and spoke to the girls who had gathered around her.

The compass did not display any information about the strange creature related to the jellyfish. Even with both sensitivity and range maximized, and even able to detect faint strange signals from a neighboring province in the distance, it still could not find the location information of the astral jellyfish Kraken in the vicinity.

The immortal astral jellyfish has been completely wiped out.

The news made the girls cheer, and cheers and applause echoed through the quiet mountain scenic area.

"Why do I feel like this jellyfish is much weaker than Garuda?" Bai Lili was the first to recover from her joy and began to seriously review the situation.

Hearing what the seniors said, the younger generation exchanged glances and nodded in agreement with Bai Lili's opinion.

Whether it's Garuda, Jormungandr, or Leviathan which was single-handedly defended by Red Rose, these are all genuine astral behemoths, each capable of defeating even the most powerful magical girls, who would have to exert all their strength or even resort to their most unique and unorthodox methods.

At that time, Leviathan saw the first star shadow since Mercury that was not favored by the star god—the Black Hole Hellcat.

Jormungandr and Garuda prompted the veterans to launch a full-scale attack. The latter almost destroyed all the buildings in Chengdu, and the city is still in the recovery period.

This jellyfish is clearly not up to par with its current state—its size is comparable to or even larger than that of a fully-formed Jormungandr, and while its magical power is not quite as great, it is still at a level that no monster or witch can match. However, its expressiveness and strength are so weak that even the newest newcomers like Tian Nanxing can handle it with ease.

...First, we must rule out the possibility that the newcomer will be chased all over the place by the albatross's all-out bombardment.

"I initially thought it would be very troublesome and difficult to deal with, but in reality, with a little cooperation, we were able to handle the threat in an orderly manner." Nightingale pinched her chin as if deep in thought.

"Maybe it's because we've become even more powerful than before, woof?" Tian Nanxing poked half her head out from behind Nightingale, wagging her tail excitedly.

"Whatever! We've already taken this guy down, so why don't we celebrate tonight?"

Still unable to figure out why the difficulty had suddenly decreased, Bai Lili simply abandoned her thoughts and shouted loudly to the girls:

"Let's have barbecue tonight!"

"Okay—"

The barbecue invitation was almost universally accepted, except for Chi Xue and a few others who stood silently behind Albatross, all looking at their former teammates whom they hadn't seen for sixteen years.

The albatross was clutching an old-fashioned astronomical telescope that he had somehow produced, staring intently at the distant Chengdu city area.

Her eyes reflected the newly rebuilt city of Chengdu, trying to find the skyscrapers from her memory, but the scene before her brought a strong sense of unfamiliarity—this was no longer the city she knew, but a new thing beyond her comprehension.

"Is Qiuxi Road still there?" Albatross suddenly asked.

"It's here. It's still that commercial street that locals used to dislike, but there are a lot more shops now," Qiu Baiyang said.

"And what about the cassette tape store and bookstore you frequent, Little Purple?"

"It closed down a long time ago. The owners have changed several times, and none of them have been able to stay open for more than two years," Zidingxiang added.

"The park where we first met, Little Red."

"It has been rebuilt into a green heart roundabout, and now there is a lot of traffic."

Chi Xue, who had been holding back her anger from the artillery fire, had it all dissipated by Albatross's few words, and she didn't know how to answer her question.

Everything in Chengdu has changed, and almost everything from the past has been buried in the dust of history... But unfortunately, the albatross itself emerged from this dust.

The albatross remained silent for a very long time.

Just as the girls who had already booked a barbecue restaurant in the distance sent Tian Nanxing as their representative, the dog girl's cheerful voice broke the silence of the reunion of former companions:

"Woof! Seniors! We're planning to go eat barbecue, woof, wanna come along, woof?"

"Barbecued meat? You mean the kind grilled over charcoal?"

Upon hearing a somewhat familiar term, the albatross tilted its head curiously.

"Not a dog, not a dog, but the kind of dog that's gathered around a barbecue buffet with everyone huddled together!"

Bern Mountain wagged its tail and gestured, but Albatross Curious didn't understand what she was saying at all—all she knew was that the upcoming group activity was some kind of midnight snack.

"Hey... I'm pretty hungry too. Shall we go out for a meal, something we haven't done in ages?"

Chi Xue sighed softly, turned around and walked to Tian Nanxing's side, then waved back to her teammates.

"Then I want a beer!" "What are you going to drink? If you drink two bottles, I'll have to carry you home." "Can't you be a little gentler and carry me home?" "...Same as before."

The girls set off towards a distant city, heading towards a tomorrow yet to come.

The veteran team members reunited, while the younger generation surrounded Albatross, asking her all sorts of questions. Iris mustered up her courage and went up to ask for an autograph, immediately sparking a wave of autographs on the spot.

Hyacinth and Lily walked side by side, staring blankly at the rare peaceful scene before them.

"It was all sorted out without any major incidents," Hyacinth sighed softly.

"But I always feel like we've missed something... but what is it...?"

Bai Lili suddenly went from relaxed to tense. Her sixth sense made her look around, take out the Divine Stone and check her schedule, trying to find out what she had forgotten.

"There shouldn't be anything wrong, right? Senior Akashi said that the jellyfish's regenerative ability has been completely destroyed, and there are no signs of the hydra's resurrection." Hyacinth asked curiously.

"I'm not talking about the jellyfish. I don't think it's very likely that anything could survive that level of saturation firepower and still find any scraps."

"What exactly is it...? What did I miss...?"

Bai Lili looked up in distress at the clear night sky.

The starry sky emerged from the thick clouds; tonight, the stars were clear and vast, and every constellation and every star was clearly visible.

Even the North Star in the northern sky was bright and clear. Bai Lili knew that the star god who gave her magic was there, and couldn't help but look in that direction a few more times.

But it was in that fleeting glance that she caught a glimpse of the lingering magic in the sky.

The magic of the high altitude?

Strange, what level of magic could last this long without completely dissipating? Could it be the albatross's position when it launched the bombardment? But that doesn't seem quite right.

Theoretically, there are only two kinds of things that can produce this kind of magical energy accumulation: a magic girl with full power, or certain unorthodox magic that requires a huge amount of magical energy to support it, such as the summoning magic of Kokoro.

...Heart Moon Fox.

Heart Moon Fox has disappeared.

Bai Lili's tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, and she slapped her thigh, letting out a startled cry that made everyone walking in front turn around to look:

"not good!!"

"Hmm? Bai Lili, what did you remember?" Chi Xue couldn't help but ask.

"The Millennium! Heart Moon Fox has sneaked into the Millennium!!"

A brief silence.

Autumn Osmanthus slumped her shoulders, Iris sighed softly, and Red Snow shook her head helplessly after a moment of surprise.

"Why……"

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."