Chapter 440

The Doomsday Diva teleported back to her hotel in the next city. Exhausted, she removed her Magic Armor, lazily lay down on the soft bed, dozed off for about fifteen minutes, and then got up again, full of energy, to check her social media accounts and start her day.

As is customary, after Charlotte finished sharing her thoughts and feelings about the local fans at the end of the concert, she couldn't wait to check the time on the Great Xia app. After confirming that her Little Cotton-padded Jacket was free, she made a phone call with a smile on her face, entering her doting mother mode.

Although she enjoys life as an idol and doesn't find the daily tour too tiring, ever since she "remembered" having a baby daughter, everything about Chu Wangshu has automatically risen to the top priority in her life, successfully surpassing her dream of being an idol.

If she absolutely had to cooperate with the rapid advancement of the <Flash Dance> project, she would definitely be unable to resist consuming a large amount of magic power every day to teleport to Great Xia and insist on completing the daily task of kissing, hugging, and lifting her Little Cotton-padded Jacket high, fulfilling her "duty" as a mother.

Charlotte chatted with her daughter for half an hour, during which she confirmed that the [Child of Man]'s powers had not changed and were under control before reluctantly hanging up the phone.

The girl sat down against the headboard, her frosty blue eyelashes drooping. The beautiful gradient color in her eyes slowly dimmed, replaced by a hint of guilt and sorrow. The smile on her lips vanished, and she murmured to herself:

"I'm sorry, Xiao Shu."

Charlotte understood that even if she had thought of Chu Wangshu's existence long before accepting the duties of [Lighthouse], she would still have chosen to follow the same path.

So...

From beginning to end, she was never able to be a good mother.

Volume 1: 415. Farewell Day, Birthday Song, Disaster God Mode.

Donghuang Federation.

Great Xia, a mountain city.

On September 13th, the sky was dim and the moonlight was hazy.

Hongyadong, on the banks of the Jialing River, is a place where a gentle breeze blows, and the shimmering waves shatter the neon lights, reflecting the scene of the ancient town in the distance.

Chu Wangshu gazed at the scenery. The Diaojiaolou, built along the slope, shimmered with bright red color. The Ancient Archway, Wooden Hanging Flowers, cantilever beams, carved corridors, Mid-mountain Market, and Bluestone Slab Road all showcased the Ancient Capital's charm.

But if you look up, you can see skyscrapers that are completely different from them, standing far behind, creating a wonderful landscape where old and new intertwine.

With limited time, after completing their tour in the mountain city, they only had time to stroll around the Antiques Street of the Zhiyan River, Hundred Trades Workshop Old Street of Tiancheng Alley, and parts of Hongyadong before it was almost midnight.

The girl glanced at the Towering Ship on the river, which resembled painted barges. This was Xihe Entertainment, the company owned by Sister Xie's family, and their new venture in the mountain city.

The ancient-style painted boat, level with the bridge, has five floors and is filled with clothing in the style of the Great Summer Wind, essentially creating a distinctive shopping mall.

When Pure White first arrived in Chongqing, Xihe Entertainment extended a collaboration invitation to them, specifically to promote this sub-brand which was still in operation.

Although Magical Girl are not short of money, after officially joining the Countermeasures Bureau, [Lighting Up] earns a monthly salary of 200,000 yen, [Flower Bloom] earns double that, and [Full Bloom] earns a monthly salary of one million yen, with most of their expenses reimbursed.

Not to mention, there are also rewards and merit points for defeating the Calamity Beasts.

However, the money that can be earned in the Entertainment Industry is obviously much more inflated. As a top entertainment company in China, Xihe would need more than 100 million yuan to cooperate with Pure White and secure the long-term endorsement of the entire group.

Even when discussing other collaborations or commercial performances, the amounts are often in the hundreds of millions.

So, after they had explored most of the mountain city, Sister Xie took Sister Yayoi, Liuli, and their assistant to a pleasure boat to discuss business.

Of course, while it was said to be business, it was more like a casual get-together.

Xie Qingxuan and Tang Liuli were both rich women to begin with.

Although Chu Wangshu and Kiriwake Yayoi were indeed very poor, the profit sharing from several tours, when divided equally among the four of them, was still an outrageous figure. It was so outrageous that she couldn't quite believe it; they could easily buy a villa in the inner ring of Sea Capital and achieve financial freedom.

Unfortunately, she received a call from Charlotte at that time, so she couldn't go with them.

Chu Wangshu savored the warmth she felt from her mother's phone call, a warmth mingling with some doubt. She gazed at the sky, her pupils darkening, faintly revealing scattered speckles of light, and sighed softly.

"Mom, you're hiding something from me."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Deep within the Sea of Consciousness, the lotus flower's imprint flickered uncertainly.

In the next instant, the shimmering riverbank, the enormous painted boat, the ancient town, the tall buildings, and everything in sight, beyond the field of vision, all instantly lost their color and returned to absolute stillness.

At this moment, time and space in the entire mountain town stand still, intertwining into a closed loop of reincarnation.

The girl wielded the power of the [Child of Man], and thirteen sequences transformed into illusory crystals, forming a sacred yet vast Single-sided Wing behind her. In an instant, she tore through the vacuum, ascended to the sky, and looked down upon the world.

Chu Wangshu breathed softly. Her magical energy, which had recently surged to the [Sea] realm, covered the heavens and earth. Golden flames, like misty Liuli, enveloped the entire city. Assisted by the power of the Disaster God, she swept away the filth, slaying all evil. She murmured to herself:

"Even after the tour, there are still 781 Calamity Species and 71 Calamity Beasts. The cleanup efficiency is still too slow."

Even using magical energy to cleanse can only reduce the concentration of calamity energy; to find all the remaining evil spirits, one still relies on the Disaster God instinctive perception.

Chu Wangshu frowned slightly, somewhat unwilling, but still restrained her demonic power, letting her Magic Armor shatter and transform into Gauze Skirt woven like the Milky Way.

The girl shed her Magical Girl persona, her body now containing a calamity source with the density of Stellar Core. Bearing Shadows of Many Realms, she harnesses the surging, turbulent energy of calamity, transforming into a state closer to that of Disaster God, becoming... [The Child of Man].

In a daze, the world trembled and the sky shook.

The many dimensions eroded by the swarm began to rumble and surge, transmitting massive amounts of energy powerful enough to easily shatter stars.

If it weren't for the fact that the [Child of Man] possessed the authority of other Disaster God, allowing her to exert a bit of the power of [Tathagata], such a terrifying commotion would have shaken the entire Eastern Empire, drawing the attention of all the other Disaster God.

Chu Wangshu waved her hand to block the link, hindering the power of the entire disaster swarm's instinctive transmission. Once she accepted the gift, the other Disaster God would definitely notice it afterward, and she did not want to attract their attention for the time being.

So she simply whispered the decree, letting it spread throughout the entire mountain town.

In the next instant, streaks of Black Mist rose and rushed from all parts of the city. Many Calamity Beasts obeyed the command, and even the dormant Calamity Species stirred, expressing their willingness to come and pay homage.

Chu Wangshu was very familiar with this process, and didn't even bother to look at what the approaching Calamity Beasts looked like. His Single-sided Wing expanded and extended, transforming into a sea of shadows that enveloped everything, leaving the entire city spotless.

--[Shadow Throne].

This is a Sequence Authority constructed by [Chaos] merging with the power of [Child of Man], which can transform Calamity Beasts into its own shadows and empower itself.

Its nature is just like that of [Valkyrie] and [the Silver Law].

It's worth mentioning that [Valkyrie] has now been upgraded to [Heroic Spirit Seat], and if she so desires, she can use these Calamity Beasts as materials to create several BOSS Template Valkyrie as her subordinates.

"That's clean now."

Chu Wangshu glanced at the entire city again and nodded in satisfaction.

Subsequently, the [Child of Man], who was the Disaster God, gradually reversed and faded. As golden magic filled her body, the [Child of Man] reappeared as Magical Girl, just like two sides of a coin.

Chu Wangshu Magic Armor and slowly fell.

The lotus imprint in the Sea of Consciousness faded away once more.

Time then flowed on again, as if nothing had happened.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, feeling slightly tired. After a month of testing, she discovered that transforming into Disaster God had no side effects other than easily attracting the attention and targeting of disaster groups.

Whether she is a Disaster God or a [Witch], she can switch freely and use the power of whichever identity she is in at will.

It's as if everything about [the Child of Man] has become a harmless legacy, giving her all sorts of magical powers that don't belong to Magical Girl.

She could even use two Mutually Exclusive forces together, and after using them repeatedly, they began to merge and transform without causing any damage to herself.

This quality might be what the sunflower refers to as the Supreme Lord?

Chu Wangshu wasn't quite sure, but she didn't think it was a bad thing.

Recently, [Child of Man] has revived the sequence concerning [Tathagata].

Its name is Lotus Realm, which allows her to freely control a certain range of space and time.

Since then, she has been trying to use the Lotus Realm as a cover to enter the Disaster God mode, assisting the Countermeasures Bureau, and using the authority of the [Lord of the Disaster Swarm] to arbitrarily eliminate the calamity energy, Calamity Beasts, and Calamity Species wherever she goes.

To some extent, every city that has a Pure White tour owes her a huge protection fee.

Chu Wangshu leaned against the railing, muttering to herself with some hesitation:

"So, what is Mom hiding from me?"

Chu Wangshu thought for a while and then put aside her worries. She was already very strong, strong enough that there shouldn't be many Captain-Class Witch who could rival her.

The power of [Child of Man] is inexhaustible. Whenever she enters Disaster God mode and takes in the Calamity Beasts and calamity energy of a region, one can sense the recovery and increase of this power, just like the gradual release of Combat Power in the animation, from 1% to 10%, and then to the complete BOSS.

To avoid any accidents, she deliberately slowed down the process.

Even so, the Disaster God mode is still 50% stronger than the initial version.

On the other hand, she has recently reached [Full Bloom], but her Soul Quality, Magic Energy Limit, and Body Strength are still climbing and increasing infinitely.

While this certainly has the effect of the Shine Meditation Method, it seems more like the [Witch] aspect is also being sublimated along with the Disaster God mode as it increases.

In other words, if one day her Disaster God mode becomes equivalent to the [Child of Man] at its peak, her [Witch] side will also be enhanced to a similar level of strength.

Therefore, no matter what troubles Mom has, she will eventually become strong enough to crush those worries.

That is indeed the case.

At its peak, [Child of Man] was a monster created by the Disaster Swarm to defeat the Savior. If Chu Wangshu perfectly inherits this power and raises the limits of Magical Girl to the same level, it is not impossible for her to take on the Disaster Swarm alone.

Most importantly, in the current environment where [Pure White] is suppressing the disaster group, Chu Wangshu, who was chosen as the successor of [Pure White], is not disturbed and is able to grow freely ahead of the other twelve Disaster God.

This is why Little Cotton-padded Jacket's growth period is too short.

If they can hold out for a few more months, once the opponent has truly grown up, they can go to the twelve Disaster God forbidden zones to plunder, stealing some calamity energy here and some Dependents there, repeatedly usurping power. By the time [Pure White] collapses, the calamity group will have essentially changed hands.

Chu Wangshu was quite down-to-earth and hadn't considered the development of "I am the Disaster Group." However, after confirming that absorbing disaster energy and strengthening the Disaster God mode couldn't interfere with her own thoughts, she began to think about how to consume all the disaster energy outside the forbidden zone.

"Perhaps we should talk to Astrid?"

This is a good plan. The only concern is that her entanglement with the sunflower is very complicated. If she acts too much like the Disaster God, coupled with that perpetually empty forbidden zone, she could easily be mistaken by the authorities as the thirteenth Disaster God who has revealed himself.

And...

This is indeed the truth in a certain sense, and it's impossible to explain it clearly.

Chu Wangshu hadn't explained the "Child of Man" matter to Charlotte over the phone because she felt that communication via electronic devices wasn't safe, and she didn't want the Super AI to know her secret for the time being.

A showdown and negotiation are risky. What if she's treated as an enemy, and her mother and teammates are also labeled as a disaster group?

Chu Wangshu suppressed her thoughts. She still wanted to find a place where she wouldn't be eavesdropped on to talk to Charlotte before making these decisions.

Regardless, Mom definitely believed in herself.

But for some reason, even though I firmly believe this, a sense of loneliness and sorrow still wells up inside me, as if... I have lost someone I can truly confide in.

And strangely enough, I feel like something's missing today.

Chu Wangshu composed herself and dismissed these thoughts. She looked at the painted boat on the riverbank. Tang Liuli, Xie Qingxuan, and Kiriwake Yayoi had walked to the top deck. They had all changed into Great Xia Dynasty clothing and were looking in her direction, waving slightly.

The girl looked slightly taken aback, then returned a smile.

Come to think of it, discussing it with Yayoi and the others is a good option, isn't it?

Chu Wangshu pondered these thoughts, she considered flying to the painted boat, but before she could make a move, a crisp voice reached her ears:

"Big sister?"

Chu Wangshu's thoughts were interrupted. She turned around in confusion and saw a boy wearing Red scarf and carrying Small backpack speaking to a young mother holding his hand.

The boy handed the thing he was carrying to the stunned Chu Wangshu and said:

"This is a gift from your older sister."

She tells you, "The moon is beautiful tonight, you must be happy."

This is an exceptionally childish Plastic Toy. It looks like a sunflower straight out of a cartoon, and its color appears dull and gloomy against the distant neon lights, making it look cheap and strange.

Chu Wangshu couldn't describe her feelings at that moment. Her throat felt blocked, as if she was expecting something, or perhaps it was just a simple, inexplicable impulse. Her fingertips touched the switch behind her and gently pressed it.

Suddenly, the sunflower burst into light, its brilliant glow filling the plastic and illuminating the little world in my heart. It swayed back and forth, facing the cool river breeze, releasing a large number of bubbles that rose and fell with it.

That unfamiliar yet melodious voice, like clear spring water, flowed from the cheap toy's sound generator, singing a familiar song. The simple and touching melody, along with the colorful bubbles, seeped into the soul.

"Happy birthday to you..."

"Happy birthday to you..."

The girl stared blankly at the sunflower in her hand. Something inside her was filled as the musical notes fell, while something else shattered as the bubbles melted.

How can I express my feelings right now?

Chu Wangshu was unaware that her eyes were blurred with tears.

Sadness, regret, melancholy, joy, confusion—so many emotions burn and evaporate on their own, like sand slipping through fingers, vanishing swiftly.

The sunflowers still shine, and the Birthday Song comes to an end.

Last but not least, there was a short recording where she said:

"Little Moons, have a happy birthday!"