The next day.
After Lin Guanqi woke up from bed, she discovered that Bai Ningbing was no longer in her room.
And her clothes hadn’t been taken off.
“Was everything yesterday just a dream?”
She found it hard to believe.
“Ah!”
Why did her whole body feel sore?
Suddenly, the sound of the alarm clock interrupted her thoughts.
“Ahhh! Oh no, I’m going to be late!”
Lin Guanqi quickly got out of bed, grabbed the clothes nearby, put them on, and half-jogged out of the dorm.
Luckily, she made it just one minute before class started; otherwise, she’d have faced a scolding from the teacher on her very first day at the new school.
She slumped into her seat, her whole body collapsing.
“Did you not sleep well last night?” Ling Xue whispered.
“Ah, you could tell?”
“Of course I could. There’s a super huge red bump on your neck. Does your room have that many words on the walls?”
Red bump?
Suddenly, an image flashed through Lin Guanqi’s mind.
This seemed to be the spot where Bai Ningbing kissed her yesterday?!
“Ah, no, it’s not, this, this—right, it’s a mosquito bite!”
Weird, why is Qi’er stuttering like that?
“Mm… is that so? Oh right, how about we go shopping for clothes together after class today? Lately I’ve felt like I’m being squeezed too tight!”
Lin Guanqi instinctively glanced at Ling Xue’s two doughy mounds on her chest, then looked down at her own, and a wave of inferiority surged in her heart.
“Hahaha… it’s fine, Qi’er, you’re still young, you’ll grow for sure!”
Is that even something a person should say?
“I don’t think you’re actually comforting me.”
After school, Ling Xue was already waiting for Lin Guanqi at the school gate. But suddenly remembering that she’d left her bag, she went back to the classroom, only to see a familiar figure as soon as she entered the doorway.
“Bai… Bai Ningbing.”
She took a few steps back.
Bai Ningbing leaned by the window, her long hair lifted by the breeze.
“What’s wrong? Do I look like I’m going to eat you?”
In the blink of an eye, she was standing in front of Lin Guanqi.
Her fingernail traced across her lips, and the smile on Bai Ningbing’s face gradually froze.
“Tonight, I’ll come to your dormitory again.”
Suddenly, a warm breath enveloped her, a delicate voice whispering into Lin Guanqi’s ear.
“Jiaojiao, I’m going to start now…”
Just as Bai Ningbing’s kiss was about to fall, Lin Guanqi turned her head away.
“Please… I’m begging you, let me go.”
Tears slid down her cheeks, falling into the crook of Bai Ningbing’s hand. Her heart trembled.
Memories surged up.
Xu Jiaojiao: “If you ever force me one day, I’ll leave you! I’ll make sure you never find me, ever!”
Xu Jiaojiao: “If, one day, I disappear, you can’t come looking for me!”
Xu Jiaojiao: “Bestie~ look at this bastard, doesn’t he look just like you!”
Xu Jiaojiao: “You never get a boyfriend. Do you like me or something? Hahaha!”
Xu Jiaojiao: “Bestie… if there’s a next life, I’ll stay with you.”
Bai Ningbing let go of Lin Guanqi, her expression quickly returning from dazed to the usual icy cold face.
“Forget it, you can go.”
Without hesitating, Lin Guanqi dashed into the classroom, grabbed her backpack, and ran off.
Leaving Bai Ningbing alone in a daze by the classroom door.
She seemed to be muttering to herself again.
“I’ve found you, Jiaojiao, but it seems you don’t remember me anymore. It’s fine, I’ll make you remember…”
Lin Guanqi didn’t understand why Bai Ningbing was so obsessed with her, even though it was the first time they’d met. But from those actions just now, she was sure—what happened yesterday was definitely not a dream. It really happened.
[Detected: new aberrant beast tearing through space. Please prepare for battle immediately!]
[Lament, Level: Raging Wave, Features: Skilled at spreading despair, trapping victims in hallucinations for torment, and transforming their bodies for its own use]
[Mission Reward Upon Success: 90,000, Popularity points to be calculated separately]
That’s 90,000!
Just then, the sky dyed orange-red was slashed open by a deep, dark-purple-edged rift.
Along with it came the wails of countless lives.
Save me…
Hehehe…
Go die…
A pair of black giant hands grabbed at the spatial rift. With a tremor, the rift was torn wider by these hands.
The entire city erupted with sirens.
[Aberrant beast invasion! Citizens, please enter the air raid shelters!]
[Repeat! Aberrant beast invasion! Citizens, please enter the air raid shelters!]
“It’s another Raging Wave class?!”
Ling Xue broke out in a cold sweat.
Several fighter jets took off at once, piloted mainly by men, who had the ability to control machines.
“Looks like Bai Zhi’s team is already engaging. This time, there’ll definitely be a lot of Magical Girls fighting… This Lament is on a whole different level from the last Unblessed Host!”
Lin Guanqi’s pupils shrank. She could sense the massive presence in front of her.
This is bad! No wonder that damn system is offering 90,000—it wants me to risk my life!
The aura radiating from Lament instantly infected those nearby who hadn’t escaped yet, plunging them into pessimism.
“What’s the point of me living?”
“Mom… Dad… I’m sorry, I’m such a loser…”
Ling Xue instantly switched to her Magical Girl form.
“Qi’er, I’ll go evacuate the people who haven’t made it to shelter yet. You stall it for a bit—support will arrive soon!”
Lament hadn’t fully emerged from the rift, but its classification was already Raging Wave. If its complete form got out, the consequences would be unimaginable!
After the last battle, Lin Guanqi had mostly figured out how Magical Girls fought.
A ball of flame appeared in her palm, its core expanding as it built up energy.
As long as Lin Guanqi’s magic was powerful enough, she could even hand-craft a sun.
Of course, at her current level, that was impossible.
“System, I’m really risking my life for your money!”
Though Lament hadn’t emerged from the rift, countless lesser monsters were already pouring out of the torn space.
“I can’t beat Lament, but surely I can handle these little monsters!”
Lin Guanqi hurled fireballs one after another at them, determined to vent the humiliation from the last aberrant beast encounter on this swarm.
To be fair, while fighting Raging Wave level beasts felt like tickling them, these little ones went down in a single blow.
That was all thanks to them being Light Wave class—hardly able to do any real damage.
The rift split wider again, and this time, it wasn’t just Light Wave class monsters emerging, but Tidal Wave class giants.
Fireballs struck their bodies without much effect, not even slowing their advance.
Suddenly, icicles rose from the ground, halting the advance of the Stone Guardian.
“Are you alright?”
Bai Zhi arrived at Lin Guanqi’s side, accompanied by many support staff.
They were all from the Combat Academy.
“This aberrant beast counts as a natural disaster class—the threat level far exceeds a tsunami.”
Clatter…
The icicles began to shatter. Clearly, even Bai Zhi couldn’t stop its advance. The only way was to defeat it!
“Everyone, focus all your attacks on the core at the center of the Stone Guardian! That’s its weakness!”
The Stone Guardian halted, raised its right hand, and its entire arm reformed into a shield, blocking all the Magical Girls’ attacks.
“So troublesome…” Bai Zhi frowned.
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