Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

Xia Zhaozhao proudly discovered that she wasn't actually that fragile; her buttocks seemed to have basically recovered.

That's good. It means she can stay up all night again tonight without any worries.

It was already very late, and inside the bank branch, apart from the people on night watch downstairs, most people were already asleep.

However, her nocturnal biological radar could detect that Peach was clearly the same nocturnal creature.

She figured she didn't need to worry about Xiao Lü, so she jumped out of bed, ready to forcefully drag Tao Zi into playing games.

However, before she could do anything, there was a gentle knock on her bedroom door.

Taozi and Shi Yao peeked in one after the other, and Sasha followed beside them.

However, Sasha didn't stick her head in; she was holding her head in her arms.

Not long ago, when Shi Yao first saw Sasha in this form, she was almost scared to death. However, Taozi quickly accepted this setting and even interacted with Sasha's head with great interest.

"Zhaozhao, we need your help!"

Peach looked sullen and placed her binoculars in the middle of the room.

"It looks like water got inside the microscope tube, this is a problem." Peach pointed to the eyepiece.

Xia Zhaozhao leaned closer to take a look, and sure enough, a thin layer of moisture had condensed on the inside of the lens. In this humid weather, this was not unusual.

"You're the best at taking things apart, so hurry up and think of a solution." Peach was already desperate and grasping at straws.

Xia Zhaozhao immediately shook her head frantically. What a joke! If she were to do it herself, this telescope would probably be completely ruined.

"No, no, I absolutely can't handle this! Let's wait for Xiao Lü to come back and have her and Xiao Bai do it."

Peach thought about it and realized that it made sense, so she sighed.

Just then, Shi Yao, who had been silently gazing out the window, suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

"Look outside, isn't Little Green back?"

Her finger pointed out the window.

There were indeed halos in the night sky, but there were two of them.

Xia Zhaozhao turned around and looked back. The next second, her eyes lit up.

This is the expression on someone's face when they get two or even three rare cards in a ten-pull gacha game.

"Holy crap! Little Green has brought back a new magical girl!" she shouted.

Her brain quickly began to work at lightning speed.

The two beams of light had a clear purpose: to enter the room through the still faintly lit window. Thus, a perfect welcoming ceremony quickly took shape in her mind.

"Hehe, let me see what kind of person Little Green has brought back!"

She let out a cryptic chuckle, her gaze precisely locking onto the leather sofa in the room.

Taking advantage of her size, she slid in and silently slipped under the sofa.

Peach paused for a moment, then understood what Xia Zhaozhao meant.

Taking advantage of her size, she easily crawled under the sofa.

Sasha thought about it too.

Taking advantage of her figure (?), she instantly transformed into an amorphous ball of flesh and squeezed directly into the gap under the cabinet next to her.

Shi Yao: "..."

……

Little Green, with the wolf by its side, opened the window and landed in the center of the room.

Once she no longer needed to fly, the wolf quickly transformed back into the girl wearing asymmetrical stockings and sporting a flaxen side ponytail.

The room smelled strongly of human presence.

The potato chips and coffee flavor is unique to Xia Zhaozhao, and there are various supplies piled up in the corner that she has always been too lazy to categorize.

In the very center of the room stood that expensive astronomical telescope.

However, what's even more incongruous is that there's only one person standing in the room that should belong to Xia Zhaozhao.

Shi Yao's eyes held a mixture of helplessness, speechlessness, and relief.

The wolf seemed to immediately sense this subtle, unsettling atmosphere.

She glanced around the empty room, looked at Shi Yao, and then, quite uneasily, whispered to Xiao Lü beside her for confirmation:

"They...don't welcome me?"

……

...? !

Before the words were even finished, two panicked voices eagerly came from under the sofa:

"No, no, no, no, no! We would be very happy to have you!"

The same words, a perfect duet.

"ah!"

The sudden sound caught the wolf off guard, startling her.

Immediately afterward, under the wolf's wary gaze, two dusty figures emerged from under the sofa.

The main culprit, Xia Zhaozhao, and the accomplice, Taozi, scratched their heads with awkward smiles, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Sorry, I just... wanted to give you a surprise." Xia Zhaozhao lied while pulling at the spider web.

Good heavens! This girl's very first sentence revealed a heavy aura that she was completely unprepared to handle.

This made Xia Zhaozhao want to cry but had no tears left.

"...Uh, hello."

She tried her best to force what she thought was the friendliest smile.

"My name is Xia Zhaozhao, codename 'Shrike', and anchor point is Guardian."

"Hmm." The wolf looked her over carefully, nodded gently, and spoke with a pure sense of praise.

"A very good anchor point, full of vitality."

"Huh?" This time, Xia Zhaozhao was stunned.

"I am the 'wolf,' and my anchor is justice."

"Justice?!" This time, Xia Zhaozhao was startled and almost reflexively stood at attention, stood properly, and saluted.

The wolf looked at her strange movements with some curiosity, but still smiled and returned the greeting.

"Hmm...you look so cool! One side is longer than the other, so unique!"

Then, finding that the righteous person in front of her seemed to be able to communicate normally, Xia Zhaozhao's gaze fell on the wolf's asymmetrical socks, and she exclaimed in admiration.

The wolf was pleased to hear the praise and was about to say something when his gaze fell in astonishment onto the cabinet in the corner of the room.

She tensed up instantly, wanting to switch into her magical girl form.

"No, no, no, no! Friendly forces! They're friendly forces!"

Xia Zhaozhao sensed the dangerous aura and immediately spread her arms to block the wolf.

"Friendly forces?" Wolf's eyes were filled with confusion.

Before she could ask any more questions, the fleshy mass slowly wriggled out.

Then, to the wolf's astonishment, the mass of flesh rapidly changed shape, stretching into the form of a young girl.

Sasha waved to her in a friendly manner, as if to say hello.

Wolf returned the greeting as usual, feeling that this stronghold was a bit strange, not quite the survivor camp she had imagined.

"Oh, right, here, take this. I found it."

Xiao Lü interrupted the slightly awkward first meeting and casually tossed a bag to Xia Zhaozhao.

Xia Zhaozhao took it, opened it, and immediately let out a surprised cry.

"Holy crap! Maggots in the ice water!"

Inside the bag, ice cubes were mixed with a bunch of translucent, strange insect-like creatures; the ice cubes seemed to greatly delay the monsters' deaths.

The main worm removed from Lao Zhang's body remained highly active, and only a small portion of the remaining worms had died.

"...Sorry, I threw it in the wrong place."

Xiao Lü expressionlessly took back the bag, and handed another bag to Xia Zhaozhao under her resentful gaze.

"This is a parasitic aggregate with rather bizarre abilities. I wanted to bring it back for Miss Bai to see."

Xia Zhaozhao carefully opened the bag and looked inside. Inside were the jewels she had found in the crow's nest.

"Gold? You traded it for those colonies with ice? That's outrageous!"

"...Can't you think of me in a nice way? I found this!"

The wolf beside her immediately nodded, vouching for her. Then, the wolf's gaze curiously fell on the astronomical telescope.

Peach noticed her interested look and quickly came over, immediately starting to preach to her, while also mentioning the trouble of water getting into the lens barrel.

Little Green thought for a moment, then stretched out her hand towards the binoculars.

Inside the microscope tube, the previously pervasive water vapor instantly condensed into a small water droplet.

However, how to get it out is still a problem.

"Wolf, can I give this to you?" Little Green looked at the girl beside her.

The wolf nodded and instantly transformed.

She borrowed a small ice crystal from Xiao Lü, carefully held it in her palm, and melted it with her body heat.

Then, she simultaneously manipulated the water in her palm and the small water droplet inside the lens.

Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the two water droplets, as if reflected in a mirror, transformed perfectly symmetrically into two almost invisible water threads.

The water filament inside the lens barrel slowly explored the inside of the lens barrel, and finally accurately found a tiny gap at the focusing knob.

Then, the wolf guided it, little by little, to squeeze out of the gap.

Taozi and Shi Yao were completely stunned: "Too...too strong..."

"Symmetrical telekinesis? And the control over it is so powerful!" Xia Zhaozhao exclaimed in genuine admiration. The person before her was truly a powerful being!

Seeing that the four people in front of her had quickly become acquainted and even started gossiping about the wolf, Xiao Lü decided to go find Bai Shuyuan first.

……

Bai Shuyuan's room was as clean and tidy as ever, completely different from Xia Zhaozhao's.

When Xiao Lü pushed the door open, she was facing away from Xiao Lü, adjusting some equipment.

"A new magical girl?" She didn't turn around, her voice calm; she had already sensed it earlier.

"That's right, the anchor point is 'justice'."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shuyuan paused her adjustments and turned around.

"A magical girl whose anchor is 'justice' often bases her behavior on an internal moral standard that differs from universal values."

"Simply put, there are certain risks."

"That's definitely quite eccentric." Little Green nodded, expressing her complete agreement with the assessment.

"However, normal communication is possible. And it's very strong."

She paused, then added.

"Extremely strong."

"Furthermore, her ability is telekinesis. She indicated that she could help repair the Left Bank Interchange."

Xiao Lü raised one of the core topics of this conversation.

A very subtle expression finally appeared on Bai Shuyuan's face, which Xiao Lü seemed to understand; it was interest.

"What exactly is this mental power?"

"Under normal circumstances, it is a completely symmetrical manipulation."

"Let's talk about the unusual situation and what I found at the crematorium all at once."

She took out the ice pack containing the parasite and placed it on the table.

"...It would take quite a while to explain."

……

In the end, in Xia Zhaozhao's room, the seven people sat facing each other, staring at each other.