Here Comes Gaia

In the depths of space, unimaginably far from Earth, within the vast mainframe network of the Incubator Civilization.

Countless nodes composed purely of data and psychic power flashed frantically.

"Mitakihara City observation point: backup terminal destroyed instantly."

"Target energy fluctuations analyzed... unable to parse! This individual's energy system does not belong to magic and completely violates the second law of thermodynamics!"

"Warning! His existence is disrupting Earth's balance as a 'pasture'!"

Within the Incubators' absolutely rational calculations, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

Lin Xiao's existence was like a supervirus that had infiltrated a precision computer. If he was not eliminated immediately, the magical girl harvesting plan across the entire Milky Way Galaxy would utterly collapse.

"Activate the highest-level elimination protocol." "Mobilize all stealth observation ships near Earth's orbit. Completely seal off Mitakihara City's spatial coordinates."

"[Witch's Night], forcibly catalyze its descent!"

The next day, Mitakihara City.

The sun that should have risen did not arrive as scheduled. In its place was an oppressively gray sky!

"Wooooo—!!!" An ear-piercing air-raid siren suddenly rang throughout all of Mitakihara City!

Gales ravaged the streets, while buildings trembled amid unknown vibrations. At the same time, every electronic device lost its signal, leaving behind only piercing static.

Ordinary citizens stared at the sky in terror. They had no idea what was happening, only that an unbearably heavy sense of despair, as though even their souls were about to be crushed, had instantly engulfed them. Many people even fainted directly in the streets.

Inside Mami Tomoe's high-end apartment, the five magical girls, who had just spent the night squeezed together on one large bed, jolted awake from their dreams!

"What is this? This suffocating magical power..." Kyoko Sakura flung open the window. When she saw the anomaly in the sky, a spear instantly appeared in her hand, and her pupils shook violently!

Directly above Mitakihara City.

The clouds had been violently torn apart! A colossal monster that blotted out the sky, formed from countless enormous and bizarre circus stages, was slowly descending from the heavens!

"That's... Witch's Night?!" Homura Akemi's face instantly turned deathly pale, and even her breathing stopped. "How is that possible... There should still have been nearly a month before it descended! Why has it appeared here early?!"

"Not just Witch's Night..." Mami Tomoe pointed higher into the sky in utter horror. "Look over there!"

Above the gear-like monster, within the dim depths of space, thousands upon thousands of icy red points of light lit up like a swarm of bees!

Looking closely, they were alien Incubator warships, each thousands of meters long, their designs cold and bizarre!

Even more horrifyingly.

The streets, rooftops, and utility poles were crawling with tens of thousands of Kyubeys! All of them stared fixedly at the apartment window with their emotionless red eyes!

"Lin Xiao, your interference has already seriously threatened the balance of the universe."

The Kyubey on the balcony coldly pronounced its final judgment in its eternally unchanging mechanical voice:

"To completely eliminate you as an uncertain factor, we forcibly extracted the residual filth of every Witch on this planet and catalyzed the early descent of [Witch's Night]."

"Furthermore, our fleet has completely folded and sealed off Mitakihara City's space. The physical laws of this area have been distorted by an exceptionally dense curse of despair."

Despair! Incomparably profound despair!

Facing Witch's Night, a catastrophic menace that seemed capable of ending the world, and then seeing the densely packed alien fleet.

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki collapsed to the floor in terror, while the hands Kyoko Sakura and Mami Tomoe used to grip their weapons trembled. This was no longer something magical girls could fight against. This was a true apocalypse!

In an atmosphere so suffocating it felt as if even the air had frozen.

"They've all come, huh."

Everyone turned around. Lin Xiao was sitting leisurely on the sofa, even calmly sipping black tea.

"Why are you screaming like ghosts so early in the morning?"

Lin Xiao casually walked onto the balcony.

He did not even glance at the countless Kyubey clones filling the streets. Instead, he raised his head critically at the so-called "alien warships" in space before finally fixing his gaze upon the gear-like monster hanging upside down in the sky.

"Forcibly extracting Witch residue? Folding space to seal it off?" Lin Xiao sneered disdainfully. "You made such a big show that I thought you bald little pyramid-scheme bosses might actually pull out something useful, like a planet-buster cannon."

"So after all that, you just called in a bunch of scrap-metal gear monsters and a fleet of sightseeing ships?"

Lin Xiao's arrogant remarks stunned the magical girls, who had been drowning in despair. Those were things capable of destroying the world! Mr. Lin Xiao, wasn't he being far too relaxed about this?!

In the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, the members who had already been pulled in by the livestream notification began discussing the scene.

[Dark Knight of Gotham]: "An alien civilization fleet? A conceptual energy entity manifested by concentrated negative emotions? Lin Xiao, do you need any help?"

[The Underdog Who Wants to Be Hokage]: "Whoa! That huge gear monster in the sky is terrifying! It looks even scarier than the Nine-Tails! Can Big Brother Lin Xiao beat it?!"

[The Shut-In Princess of Eientei]: "Now this is more like it. Ultraman is supposed to fight aliens."

[Snow Queen of the Service Club]: "Please be careful."

Facing the group members' concern, Lin Xiao calmly replied in the chat.

[He Is Simply God]: "Right now, I am invincible!!"

After sending that message, Lin Xiao stylishly closed the virtual panel.

He handed the cup in his hand to Madoka Kaname, who was still standing there in a daze, then gently looked at the five girls behind him.

"Watch closely." Lin Xiao turned around to face the lead-gray sky that resembled the end of the world.

"Whether it's the alien fleet looming high above, or the deepest nightmares of despair within your hearts." "Today, I won't just crush them beneath my feet."

Lin Xiao's gaze sharpened. Light instantly shot into the sky, and even the sealed space around them let out an ear-piercing sound of shattering!

"I'll make these bald-haired beasts who treat Earth like a breeding farm remember this planet's fury forever!!!"

"Gaia—!!!!!!"