I manage female characters in all the heavens.

Xia Dou shook her head: "No, this might not be enough to destroy the Mana Flower in one go."

"Once the Mana Flower senses a threat, it will immediately release a large amount of scarlet pigment to form a self-protective barrier, while simultaneously sending a signal to summon nearby Devouring Beasts."

"If we can't destroy it in one blow, things will get complicated once a large number of Devouring Beasts are summoned."

"Furthermore, we did not bring any weapons of mass destruction capable of destroying the entire building."

No, actually I brought two.

Bai Yuekui spoke up: "I'll do it. I'll chop down the building and the flowers together."

She didn't even turn her head when she said this; she remained with her back to everyone, the wind causing the hem of her coat to flutter slightly.

Xia Dou paused for a moment: "Boss Bai, what you mean by 'split' is..."

Bai Yuekui slowly raised his right hand, making a grasping motion in the air, as if measuring distance:

"I have clearly seen the structure of this building and the location of the Mana Flower. I will cut diagonally from the top to the bottom, hitting the spot where the Mana Flower is rooted. One cut will be enough."

"...Then the entire building will slide open along the cut, and a high concentration of scarlet pigment will escape, preventing mana flowers from growing here again."

She lowered her hand, her tone as calm as if discussing a geometry problem: "It's not difficult."

Shandong swallowed hard.

Xu Tong shrank his neck.

Shattered Star tightened his grip on the bow.

Xia Dou's eye twitched.

Maiduo's lips twitched slightly.

That sounds like you're going to chop down a cabbage.

But everyone knew that it wasn't a joke.

The woman in front of me could truly cleave this shopping mall in two with a single stroke, along with the Mana Flower. After all, she could split spaceships and mountains, so a shopping mall was a piece of cake for her.

The only cost is spending a few more days in bed afterward, further exacerbating cell deterioration, and shortening lifespan.

However, if Bai Yuekui really has to take action, then what is the point of everyone coming here?

So, just as Bai Yuekui was about to draw out his Alaya consciousness, almost everyone spoke up at the same time: "Boss, wait!"

Shan Da strode forward and blocked her way: "Boss, this is nothing, let's take a look first!"

Xu Tong nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, you always resort to the ultimate methods, using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Have we come all this way for nothing?"

"Boss, please be patient. It's not time for you to make your move yet," Suixing chimed in.

Xia Dou jumped up and pulled Bai Yuekui to sit down: "Boss, you rest, watch us!"

Helpless, Maiduo could only echo, "Me too."

Bai Yuekui lowered his head, glanced at them, remained silent for a moment, and finally loosened his grip on the hilt of the knife.

“…Okay, let’s think of another way first.” She took a step back and put her hands in her coat pockets. “But time waits for no one, it has to be resolved within an hour.”

"Alright!" Everyone immediately gathered together, squatted on the roof, and began to discuss countermeasures.

"The core issue is just one: how to reduce the concentration of scarlet pigment inside so that we can go in and ensure that we destroy the Mana Flower in one blow."

The group discussed it amongst themselves for a while, but they couldn't come up with a particularly reliable solution.

Just then, "Maido" spoke.

"If we drill two holes on both sides of the mall to allow natural ventilation, and then put a super blower on one side to blow out the scarlet pigment from the other side, wouldn't the concentration decrease?"

Everyone turned to look at her.

Xia Dou paused for a moment: "Theoretically... it's feasible. Although scarlet pigment is slightly heavier than air, it is essentially a gaseous substance. As long as there is a strong enough airflow, it can indeed be expelled from a closed space."

This method is theoretically feasible, but it has many problems in practice.

Firstly, although the building under their feet was just a shopping mall, it was ultimately a product of the old era when technology and productivity were both advanced. Its quality was extremely high, and the more than one-meter-thick nano-concrete exterior wall was practically indestructible. The explosives they brought were simply not enough to blast a big hole in this thing.

Secondly, there's nowhere to find a super blower. Surely everyone can't just blow it with their mouths, right? Who has that much breath?

"Maido" shouldered her folding gun, gave it a flick of her wrist, and the gun popped out with a click, the iron-gray blade gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

"I'll handle the drilling. I've said it before, my big gun can split mountains and crack rocks. A mere one-meter-thick nano-concrete wall can be chiseled open in no time." She said this in a casual tone, as if she were talking about eating or drinking.

Everyone looked bewildered. "When did you say that? I don't remember!"

Xia Dou paused for a moment, then her eyes lit up: "That's right, we can use directional blasting to deal with the blower. We can detonate a small amount of high-energy explosives at the calculated location to create a directional pressure difference and use the impact of the explosion to pump the scarlet pigment out of the opening!"

Shandong University scratched his head: "Is this reliable or not?"

"As long as we can actually make a hole, then it's feasible!" Xia Dou became more and more excited as she spoke, and took out her terminal to start calculating rapidly.

"As long as the amount of explosives, their location, and the detonation sequence are calculated correctly, the high internal pressure created by the explosion can squeeze out high concentrations of scarlet pigment from the hole like toothpaste!"

Xu Tong looked at "Mai Duo" and then at Xia Dou: "The two geniuses of the academy... are they going to team up on another project?"

The last time the two heroes joined forces was when they joined forces with the brains, causing chaos in Dragon Bone Village. Now that they are going to join forces again, Xu Tong is really worried.

However, since both difficulties have been solved, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

After reaching an agreement, the plan was finalized.

Xia Dou and "Mai Duo" squatted side by side on the roof, each opening their terminals and quickly calculating various parameters.

The two chattered away, working together to finish all the calculations in ten minutes. They marked all the locations for drilling holes and installing explosives on the terminal, and simultaneously calculated the amount of explosives and the direction of the explosion.

Xia Dou transmitted the plan to everyone's communication terminals: "Take a look at your assigned tasks."

Shan Da, Xu Tong, and Xia Dou were responsible for remaking and securing the explosives, while Sui Xing remained on guard and would alert the authorities immediately in case of any incidents. "Mai Duo" was responsible for opening the hole.

Bai Yuekui... was responsible for standing on the rooftop to get some fresh air and wait for the final results.

"Maido" put away the terminal, stood up from the edge of the roof, stretched her neck and wrists, took the folding gun from behind her back, and unfolded and secured it.

"Then I'll get started."

She strode to the edge of the roof, looked down, roughly confirmed the planned location of the opening, and then—

She jumped straight off the roof.

After falling about ten meters, she stepped on a protruding steel frame, used the momentum to turn her body, and landed steadily on the ground in front of the first-floor exterior wall. Her feet barely kicked up any dust when she landed.

The girl's jumps and landings were clean and beautiful, making Xu Tong on the rooftop marvel: "This girl's physical skills are getting more and more amazing. I could never do that."

Shan Da patted Xu Tong on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "Looks like you'll be sitting at the same table as me!"

Xia Dou immediately puffed out her cheeks: "Hey, get to work!"

Bai Yuekui stood on the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the agile figure of the girl in red, a barely perceptible smile curving his lips.

That's really great, Maido.

"Maido" stood in front of the cold nano-concrete exterior wall, looking up at the wall, which was about ten meters high and covered with a thick layer of gray-brown weathered material and artificial coating.

She gripped the Six Harmonies Spear tightly in her hand, and the special electromagnetic coating on the shaft began to emit a faint light, while a faint buzzing sound could be heard in the air.

In her original state, the fluctuations of her life essence were completely contained, but the electromagnetic pulse device loaded on the gun she controlled began to store energy, and fine red arcs of electricity leaped up on the blade, crackling loudly.

She took a deep breath as if to look cool, and struck a pose as if drawing her gun.

"Move the lid a little," she said softly.

The falcon on my shoulder flapped its wings and flew up, landing on a bare steel bar next to me, tilting its head to watch its owner perform.

There were no fancy starting stances, no unnecessary charging movements, just a simple step forward, the right arm thrusting the gun forward, "Maido's" entire body power originating from her heels—waist—back—shoulder—wrist—

Everything is concentrated in that one point!

The gun blade, like a bolt of lightning, with a spiraling red arc of electricity, struck a precise point on the wall!

boom--!!!

A deep but extremely shocking explosion resounded across the empty ruins!

The ground beneath my feet suddenly trembled, and the entire tilted shopping mall seemed to shake slightly from the impact, with some gravel and dust falling from the cracks in the building.

On the wall, cracks spread rapidly like a spider web from the point where the spear tip struck!

Then, to everyone's astonishment, a concrete block with a diameter of more than three meters collapsed from the wall and crashed onto the ground outside the wall, raising a cloud of dust!

A hole more than three meters in diameter appeared in the supposedly indestructible wall!

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A thick, dark red mist, visible to the naked eye, immediately surged out of the cave entrance, spreading outwards as scarlet pigments appeared.

The moment "Maido" drew her gun, she used the recoil to leap backward, her body tracing a smooth arc in the air before gracefully backflipping and landing, avoiding the direct onslaught of the scarlet pigment.

She stood ten meters away, shook her right hand, which was slightly numb from the shock, looked at the large hole, and clicked her tongue softly: "Not bad, feels good."

On the rooftop, Xia Dou stared wide-eyed for a long time before finally closing her mouth: "...Holy crap."

She doesn't usually swear, but at this moment, she couldn't think of anything more appropriate to express it than those two words.

I thought that when Maiduo talked about making a hole, she meant using the hardness of the Sky Alloy Gunhead to slowly cut a hole in the wall like a diamond cutting glass. I never expected it to be this kind of hole!

Is it your big gun that's splitting mountains and cracking rocks? It's clearly yourself!

Shan Da, carrying a sledgehammer, stared wide-eyed at the cave entrance, then at "Mai Duo," then back at the cave entrance, his mouth opening and closing as if he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words.

Shouldn't I be the one leading the charge in this team? With Maido around, what challenges do I even need to overcome?

Xu Tong was even more astonished, almost leaning over the edge of the roof to see: "A single shot created such a huge gash in the nano-concrete wall?!"

We are all awakened practitioners, and we have all awakened our source potential, so why are you so powerful?

Although Suixing didn't speak, her fingers holding the bow trembled slightly—a subconscious reaction to her extreme shock.

Everyone knew that Maido was very strong in combat, but as they hadn't encountered any enemies that made her fight hard enough, there hadn't been any clear demonstration of her strength, so no one had a real idea of ​​how strong she was.

Only now, witnessing the devastating force that momentarily shook this colossal creature, did they truly understand just how powerful Madonna was.

That's not just strong, that's monster-like, almost on par with Boss Bai's low-intensity attack!

Bai Yuekui stood on the edge of the roof, looking down at the large hole and the red-clad girl waving her arms below, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes.

"……good."