Aftermath

Jiangcheng, Wuhuan Industrial Park.

It was already 9 p.m. Police vehicles had sealed off the outskirts of the industrial park, their alternating red and blue warning lights seemingly forming a long cordon. Jiang Siqi sat on a flower bed beside the reception building, endlessly scrolling through her phone. The winter night wind that usually made her cry out from the cold after the slightest gust now seemed completely imperceptible to her.

"Siqi, put this on. Don't catch a cold." Someone handed her a thick blanket.

It was Xiao Jiu.

"Ah, thanks." Jiang Siqi saw that she was still carrying several blankets, probably prepared by the logistics team. "Um... did you see the news online?"

"Yeah, I did." Xiao Jiu nodded. "You looked so cool when you fought!"

Jiang Siqi could not help breaking into a foolish grin. "Hehe... not bad, not bad. I was scared to death inside, actually!"

Someone had somehow uploaded the lobby security footage online. It included the reception staff suddenly mutating, attacking the guests, and Dimensional Limit Organization agents storming into the lobby, evacuating civilians while fighting the mutants.

It had shot to the top of the trending charts almost instantly.

Jiang Siqi had been recognized as well. The followers on her personal channel had surged by nearly two million, with no sign of slowing down even now. When the TV station had previously called her an internet celebrity, she had felt rather undeserving of the title. But now, she was one in every sense of the word. Magical Girl Si Tian had already become one of the main subjects of public discussion.

The only reason she was not streaming right now was that the chief commander had ordered everyone not to disclose sensitive information externally for the time being. Otherwise, she was certain her livestream