Look! A Shooting Star

As Su Bai listened to his sister make a promise in the darkness, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily, but he ultimately did not open his eyes.

He was so tired that every muscle in his body was protesting, and even lifting a finger felt like a struggle.

That's fine, let her cover it up for a little longer.

In any case, the cost will always come from the sheep.

Meanwhile, in the highest-level operational research room at the Headquarters the Monster Hunting Bureau in Xinghai City.

The atmosphere was completely different.

Dozens of high-ranking Enforcer and tactical experts, their shoulder insignia adorned with silver stars, stared silently at the main screen.

On the screen, fragments of residual energy from the battlefield at the girls' school were magnified to the extreme.

The purple-gold arc of light that severed the old broadcasting network was replayed repeatedly in slow motion.

"This is utter nonsense! What a joke!"

A middle-aged man in a deputy director's uniform slammed his hand on the table.

The thick alloy desktop made a dull thud.

"Unauthorized detonation of high-altitude Magic Power flow!"

His face flushed red, and he spat on the holographic projection.

"Does she think the skies over Xinghai City are her own backyard shooting range? This is a show of force against us!"

"I propose that the danger level of Magical Girl Ziwei be immediately raised to unregistered high-risk supernatural entity!"

He surveyed the entire room, raising his voice even higher.

"Activate the highest level of emergency plan; she must be forcibly incorporated into our ranks!"

"This uncontrolled force must not be allowed to remain!"

No one in the meeting room echoed his sentiments; only a few high-ranking officials who were on good terms with the deputy director nodded slightly.

Liang Bing stood in the shadows of the reporting platform, arms crossed.

Hearing these words, she stepped forward into the light.

"Deputy Director Liu, take them in? What will you use to take them in?" She interrupted the deputy director directly.

Liang Bing reached out and swiped on the control panel, switching the main screen display.

On the left is the memetic contamination data of the Echo Banshee's true form, with a complex and distorted energy structure.

On the right is the official battle damage report, with rows of alarming red numbers.

"Echo Banshee, Rank D, Ninth Tier Lord, Scale 2400."

"Within three minutes of its appearance, the Class A blast defense array that our bureau had urgently deployed completely collapsed."

"One hundred and seventy-seven operators suffered from the Magic Power Star Ring Reversal, thirty-four were critically injured, and eighty percent of the Psionic Weaponry were rendered unusable."

Liang Bing picked up the holographic pointer and pointed at the purple-gold vacuum band in the center of the screen.

"And she, from the moment she appeared to the end of the battle, took a total of forty-seven seconds."

"Forty-six seconds of that time were spent cleaning up the mess we left behind."

She turned off the data charts and looked directly at Deputy Director Liu.

"At the last second, she threw the self-destructing singularity, capable of dragging half the city into Deep Space, into the air at an altitude of three thousand meters to detonate it."

"If she were truly hostile, my entire squad would have been killed in action that night in the girls' dormitory at Tianqiong University."

"Not even a body was left; her knife only managed to cleave through the blast fence."

Liang Bing's voice reached everyone's ears.

"Everyone, let's face reality."

"The Monster Hunting Bureau, which we built with countless lives and sacrifices, is suffering an unprecedented blow."

The meeting room was quiet.

The high-ranking officials who had previously clamored for a forceful takeover have all fallen silent.

Their eyes darted away, avoiding Liang Bing's gaze.

Deputy Director Liu opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

In the end, he could only sit heavily back in his chair.

A young Technical Department officer ran up to the stage and handed over an analysis report.

"Enforcer Liang, this is a microscopic analysis of the residual purple-gold energy particles at the scene."

On the holographic screen, a continuously rotating energy model appeared.

"The analysis results show that this energy possesses the property of absolute matter interference."

"It doesn't destroy matter through high temperatures or impacts, but rather severs and reconstructs the connections between substances at a more fundamental level."

"With our bureau's current technical capabilities, let alone replicating it, we can't even achieve stable observation."

The person involved Su Bai, was completely unaware of this.

The next day, he went to school as usual, sitting by the window in the second canteen of Tianqiong University, slowly sipping the soy milk he had just bought.

The sunshine felt warm and cozy on my skin.

The chill from last night's rain has dissipated considerably, and a full stomach gives me energy.

He took out his spare phone and opened the encrypted banking app.

Seeing the string of zeros in his account balance made him feel good.

The seven million that the mysterious donor C had previously transferred has been completely laundered through several intermediaries.

It's clean money that's readily available.

He sent Lin Guoguo another message.

[I'll buy as many discounted Spirit-Breath Stone remnants as you can find on the market; money is no object.]

After sending the message, he put his phone back in his pocket and continued eating his meat bun.

The Grimoire is a money-devouring beast; you need to find a way to feed it in order to unlock more life-saving skills.

After all, no matter how much money you have, you need to be alive to spend it.

I returned to my Xingfuli Apartment that evening.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Su Xiaoxiao, with two heavy dark circles under her eyes, blocking the entrance.

Her school is closed for repairs because it was attacked yesterday.

This girl had nothing to do all day and had nowhere to vent her energy.

She poured all her energy into her career.

"Hajige! Look! Look!"

Excitedly, Su Xiaoxiao patted a hand-drawn flame pattern notebook onto Su Bai's chest.

"This is the third volume of the Record of Lady Ziwei's Holy War: Echoes of Sorrow, which I finished working on overnight!"

"I've also added a special chapter for Lord Starshine!"

She leaned closer and whispered, "And I'll tell you a secret, Teacher Ziwei came to my dream last night!"

"She taught me a supreme divine realm cultivation method."

"She said I have extraordinary talent, Magical Girl prodigy unlike any other!"

Su Bai looked at her expressionlessly.

He pulled out half a fried dough stick he had bought on the way from behind his back and stuffed it directly into his sister's incessantly chattering mouth.

"Have you started lying without even thinking? Magical Girl are coming too?"

"Mmm..."

With her mouth gagged, Su Xiaoxiao could only protest by glaring at him.

Su Bai ignored her, changed her shoes, and went into the living room.

He felt a secret sense of satisfaction watching his younger sister chew on the fried dough stick with her cheeks puffed out.

This girl's adolescent delusions are incurable; she never has dreams about him.

However, this enthusiasm could be put to good use.

The Fan Support Club's Public Fund Pool can be expanded again.

Just as Su Bai was pondering how to make use of his sister's brilliance...

On the other side, a red alarm from the Monster Hunting Bureau's operations seminar room blared throughout the entire building.

Amidst a buzzing sound, the conference room door was pushed open.

The female head of the astronomical observation department turned pale.

She stumbled in, not having time to straighten her disheveled uniform.

She took a picture of an urgent satellite image and displayed it on the holographic main screen.

All previous analysis data was overwritten.

Her voice trembled as she pointed to the eastern coastline of Xinghai City.

There was a strange atmospheric fold there.

"Sirs, look here!"

"In the final three seconds before the Echo Banshee was annihilated, the observation team made a new discovery."

"There's a—no, an unknown meteor... hurtling towards our Xinghai City!"