Chapter 309

Chapter 309: The Ongoing Truth, Blood Throat Gene, Knights

Time flies.

Suddenly, three days have passed.

Public opinion outside still keeps turning without stopping.

The Church of the Gods is becoming more active, with many Calamity Seeds breaking away from official control, hatching in secret corners and turning into flames of fear and anxiety.

The most uncontrolled event was when a Grade C disaster beast suddenly appeared at noon yesterday in Times Square, New York.

This creature, like a monster from a special effects show, shattered half of the iconic Empire State Building, causing the 52-story glass maintenance system to collapse with a loud crash, as if declaring its dominance over the Statue of Liberty in the center of the square.

You should know that, as a top city in the Dazzling Stage competition area, there are about a million people passing through Times Square every day.

Even if the disaster beast only has time to wreak havoc for a few seconds, it gets distracted by the disaster response teams that catch up, just enough to hold off until a team of witches arrives. The number of injuries and deaths is still countless, not to mention the lingering effects of the disaster aura.

This disaster attack took a total of 11 minutes to suppress, an incredible efficiency, yet the economic losses and casualties are still very large.

Three buildings around Times Square collapsed, and the nearby streets are filled with signs of destruction from the disaster. The leftover concentration of disaster aura is hard to clear, leading to widespread lockdowns to prevent further infection.

It can be said that just rescuing and evacuating the people is a troublesome task. The local police in New York are not enough, causing great concern for local officials.

Moreover, this result came because there are witches in the team who can create a Mortal Realm Barrier, finding the chance to pull the battlefield into a different space; otherwise, the mess left behind would be even more overwhelming.

In the past three days, similar attacks have occurred nine times. The Church of the Gods, which has remained quiet for many years, seems to be unleashing all its long-accumulated power, recklessly causing destruction everywhere.

Although Dream Weaver can quickly shut down nearby networks and take control of all electronic devices at the moment a disaster occurs, perfectly managing the flow of public opinion.

However, there are so many witnesses to the disaster beast that it has become pointless to erase their memories.

After all, since the decision to reveal the magical girls and some of the truth, the higher-ups have been ready for the possibility of causing panic in society.

This is a necessary step of reshaping; only by accepting and even getting used to the existence of unusual and unreasonable disasters can we adapt to a new era and face the increasingly harsh tides.

The simultaneous exposure of the magical girls is a way to keep panic in check during the process of reshaping understanding, preventing the collapse of social order.

Thus, one eye-catching news story after another, filled with unbelievable information, spread across various countries, bombarding the confused public with the message that the world is undergoing drastic changes.

— #Godzilla spotted in New York? #

— #Monsters from nuclear leaks! #

— #Warriors fighting monsters: Are they super-powered individuals? Or magical girls? #

— #Is the disaster beast an alien’s hunting dog? Is it all just hype? Or the truth? #

— #Shocking! The Original Witch is live again, and the Miracle Wall is actually protecting the people? #

At the same time, some people began to discover that map software like Amap, Baidu, and Google, as well as the basic software that comes with phones, added special features that can accurately guide users to the nearest shelter entrance.

The officials remain silent, but a series of policies, news, stock market fluctuations, and propaganda directions create a serious feeling, as if preparing for war.

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Donghong Federation.

Daxia, Sea City First People’s Hospital.

The windows shimmered with bright arcs of light, reflecting the lonely shadow of birds flying across the blue sky. By the bedside, a counter was piled high with fresh bouquets and a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets, and a clear IV tube rested nearby, slowly delivering anti-inflammatory medication.

Pei Xiaotong lay in bed, staring blankly.

After the surgery, she would sometimes habitually try to sit up.

The phantom limbs could not respond; the remaining half of her left leg sent a numb and tearing pain, reminding her over and over of this loss.

An idol, a model, a cosplayer, taking pictures in beautiful dresses, traveling with Honey Ling or good friends, finding a handsome boyfriend after getting into her dream university…

These random dreams, wishes, and hopes were all burned to ashes in one accident, and the feelings in her mind began to swirl into chaos.

The girl felt sad, but more than that, it was a sense of unreal emptiness.

Although she could barely cheer up in front of her mom, dad, and Xu Ling, comforting them after crying for a while, when she was alone, her spirit either became numb or broke down.

"If only I hadn’t taken the subway that day."

"If only I had left five minutes later."

"If only I had walked a bit faster at that time."

Pei Xiaotong could not control her thoughts.

And once she felt regret, annoyance, or frustration, the wounds on her body would unexpectedly ignite with sharp pain, making her emotions even more extreme, and even… giving birth to a strong desire for destruction.

A large, distorted, and chaotic figure suddenly flashed through Pei Xiaotong’s mind, and she felt somewhat restless. Was it because she had watched the news on TV?

Recently, these terrifying things always appeared in her dreams, as if they were gripping her ankles and slowly pulling her into a dark and heavy abyss, drowning her in a dreadful fog.

"Disaster beast."

The girl repeated the word that Esther had revealed, her pupils swirling with a faint disaster aura. Her expression was numb, and her mind was suddenly controlled by overwhelming emotions.

In the next moment, she roughly pulled out the needle that was stuck in her skin; the pain seemed to briefly vanish as her hand reached for the nearby cabinet, wanting to get off the bed.

But her uneven limbs made it impossible for her to touch the ground, and when she forced herself to move carelessly, she stumbled and fell to the floor, along with a basket and books.

In the girl’s eyes, scattered petals reflected images of Shakespeare’s sonnets, falling next to her wrist and landing under the bed. She lay on the cold floor, and in the haze of calming down, she heard chaotic whispers.

"Do you… have a wish you want to fulfill?"

It felt like a broken signal, the static of a snowy TV, or the loud scratch of chalk on a blackboard. It carried a heavy malice, echoing in the soul at the moment when emotions reached their weakest.

Before she could think, Xu Ling, as she opened the door, saw this scene.

"Honey Tong?!"

The girl hurriedly dropped the gift bag meant to comfort and quickly picked up the girl lying on the ground, whose mind was clouded by a disaster aura.

After placing the little girl carefully back on the bed, Xu Ling immediately pressed the nurse’s bell. She looked at her dazed cousin sister, her eyes filled with guilt, and tears began to fall.

Pei Xiaotong listened to her cousin sister’s trivial words, and suddenly, she could no longer hear that strange sound. Her memory felt fragmented, and she could only stare blankly at Xu Ling’s tearful face.

Is it a… wish you want to come true?

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Austria, Sankt Wolfgang.

A refuge deep in the mountains.

This is a training room built with a special alloy. The walls are a cold, hard iron-gray, and there is no sunlight coming through the dome. The room is empty, clean, and has no tools or clutter.

The only thing of note is a mercury cage, inside which is a hummingbird smaller than a hand. Its feathers are covered in scales, showing a vivid, blood-like color. Its pupils are the size of an owl’s, with no whites, and it gazes with a chilling indifference.

Liang Xiaoxiao stands nearby, wearing the gear of the disaster team. On the outside, it looks like a lightweight stab-proof suit, but in reality, it is made of nano-constructed armor that extends into a defensive state, strong enough to stop lightweight sniper bullets.

– The same type.

This is the first reaction that arises in her chest upon entering the training room, just like Chen Yining quickly sensed Charlotte’s brilliance and magic when she entered the town. Her sensitivity to disaster aura is the same.

"Grade D Disaster Beast, code name Blood Throat."

"It is small, agile, and very fast, possessing a nerve reflex similar to bullet time. It can perfectly coordinate disaster aura and muscle strength, easily tearing apart 300-millimeter alloy armor when it charges."

"In the end, its sense of crisis is extremely strong, and it has the ability to regenerate itself by splitting."

The girl had snow-white hair like the Tianshan mountains, wore a long dress that faded from gray to darker shades, and possessed a delicate, almost divine beauty, radiating a majestic air unlike any before. Her golden eyes looked toward the caged bird, and she softly said:

"Look."

As she spoke, the mirror’s reflection triggered an explosion.

Inside the cage, Blood Throat’s wings flapped, but in an instant, the strong winds were held back by the magic of the mercury cage. Its speed was limited, yet it still left dozens of afterimages in a single second.

The silver light from the mirror’s explosion, seemingly anticipating its path, played hide-and-seek with the bird, which moved with the swiftness of bullet time, almost teleporting.

Unfortunately, with the sudden increase in magical restraint, it could not escape the silver light. Like thin paper, it was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground with a few thuds.

However, the remains on the ground began to move; flesh and blood wove together like threads and split into two disaster beasts of the same size as before within two seconds.

Chu Yuanqing commented:

"Although the split body can only survive for 3 hours, according to experimental data, it can divide into hundreds of smaller bodies during that time without taking in disaster aura or flesh, and simultaneously control them to engage in intricate battles."

"This ability to regenerate, along with bullet time, muscle control, mental enhancement, multitasking, and mastery of disaster aura, is the safest and best option among the disaster beasts you can find."

"As long as you completely devour Blood Throat, you will reach another level."

Having said that.

The Pure White Witch lightly raised her fingers, and one Blood Throat turned into a mercury statue, while the other body was pierced by several magical chains from all directions, locking away the disaster aura and becoming a prisoner waiting for execution.

"But you see, once the disaster aura is drained, the smaller bodies lose their ability to regenerate. If the main body is evaporated by 90%, and if there isn’t enough disaster aura, it will also be unable to split and will face death."

"So, this regenerative ability is just a training tool; in real battles, you cannot rely on it too much, or it could lead to carelessness."

Liang Xiaoxiao listened intently to Teacher Chu’s little lecture; she knew what she had to do next and remembered the words she said a few days ago.

[Xiaoxiao, with your talent, if you want to learn the Perfection Realm, you must obtain the related talent puzzle pieces.]

The girl could understand this idea, just like Little Shuzhu’s "Dance Puzzle Method"; without enough dance knowledge and movement information, it is impossible to create an excellent dance.

To learn the Perfection Realm and even surpass Teacher Chu’s expectations, reaching the ethereal Martial God Technique, she, as a mortal, could only dig for a way to the upper realms from a disaster beast.

—Grade D Disaster Beast, Blood Throat.

This dangerous caged bird was the first puzzle piece Teacher Chu prepared for herself.

Liang Xiaoxiao thought of this, feeling determined, and stepped forward; her fingertips glimmered with fine gray-white scales, the sound of them connecting echoed endlessly in the empty room, forging a dangerous blade.

Inside the mercury cage, Blood Throat looked at this fellow creature, its pupils swirling in darkness, letting out a scream that could shatter eardrums, but midway it was pierced by the intertwining blades of gray-white scales, causing the unpleasant roar to quickly fade away.

Blood flowed, and flesh writhed.

The circles in the girl’s eyes spun, forming a gray spiral; she controlled her body with her breath, feeling the balance within the "Cocoon of the Heart," and then used the blade to consume everything from Blood Throat.

Initially, the pierced disaster beast was still frantically regenerating, almost crushing and pushing out the gray-white scales.

But as the sharp blade twisted and expanded, teeth and jaws grew, wantonly gnawing at flesh, blood, and disaster aura; this resistance began to slowly fade away. Just from breaking the teeth and edge a few times, it slowly turned into food.

Chu Yuanqing watched this scene nearby; what stood here was just a Magic Clone, while her true self was still at the orphanage, playing with the children and decorating the church for tomorrow’s birthday celebration.

This does not mean neglecting Xiaoxiao’s training.

It was just to suppress the Grade C Disaster Beast and casually give lessons; having just one Magic Clone was enough.

After all, back when I sparred with Little Yu, one Magic Clone could bully the other for a long time.

Chu Yuanqing looked at Liang Xiaoxiao’s situation and murmured,

"Hmm, it seems like I will have to eat for a while."

Although the ability of Blood Throat is indeed suitable for Xiaoxiao right now, completely digesting and absorbing it is ultimately quite a challenge.

It’s just like force-feeding; no matter how much you love a certain food, stuffing it continuously will fill up your stomach.

Liang Xiaoxiao now had to endure the painful sensation of being overwhelmed, continuing to absorb the disaster aura and forcefully expanding her capacity, while in the process, the blood given by Chu Yuanqing would restore the missing balance.

After finishing digestion, her potential and skill set would be able to match most Grade D Disaster Beasts, completing a leap in her strength.

Chu Yuanqing roughly calculated that once this child was familiar with her abilities, the newly awakened magical girl would most likely be unable to defeat her if she hadn’t undergone strict training.

Of course, this does not apply to certain monstrous geniuses.

Half an hour later, Liang Xiaoxiao completely consumed Blood Throat; her pupils trembled, her gray-white hair stained crimson, and she painfully clutched her waist and abdomen, beginning to uncontrollably cough up blood.

Splash, splash.

Gray-white scales clinked together like waves, layer upon layer covering her slender curves, forming a heavy armor as a large amount of flesh began to writhe, convulsing back and forth.

In just ten seconds, the opponent transformed into a three-meter-high "egg."

This was not a prelude to rebirth, but rather a rejection reaction caused by the collision of different disaster aura genes.

Liang Xiaoxiao became the vessel for their war, her body and soul battered by both sides, but only the Pure White Light in the "Cocoon of the Heart" or "Seed of Light" could bring peace.

This was an excessively long torment.

The girl’s soul and flesh were transformed by Disaster, the Pure White Light continued to heal her, pulling her back into endless purgatory again and again, deeply experiencing the pain of merging with the Disaster Beast Gene, almost driving her mad.

Liang Xiaoxiao believed she had endured suffering, strengthened her will, and had the awareness to walk this path, but in the 27 seconds of merging with the Blood Throat Gene, she felt the urge to give up and sink into despair.

Is this kind of pain something a human can really endure?

Frenzy, anger, even hatred.

Liang Xiaoxiao’s emotions exploded; she was about to go crazy, wanting to break free from the cocoon, wanting to stop this self-tormenting war, wanting to destroy everything in sight, but once "evolution" began, it could not be stopped.

In the end, her sanity returned through hopelessness again and again, choosing to join the war, trying to control the microscopic Disaster Beast Gene, and consume the outsider’s Blood Throat Gene, starting an intense tug-of-war.

Chu Yuanqing patiently waited until she sensed something, then walked up to the "egg," gently touched the shell, and whispered,

"Xiaoxiao, do you know? If we compare Disaster to a giant gene bank, then the [Calamity God] is like the thirteen perfect patterns that fit inside it."

"So the [Calamity God], which is a servant under the forbidden area, has its Disaster Gene coming from a complete DNA spiral. Devouring this part of the disaster beast will only lead to being absorbed by the [Calamity God]."

"But unlike those chaotic disaster beasts that do not belong to the [Calamity God], they are specimens from the other world, not yet completely unified by Disaster, and they can only grow wildly as wanderers, waiting for the next natural evolution to bring unity."

Chu Yuanqing spoke the terrifying secret in a calm tone, her golden eyes growing ever more intense, like an emperor rising from the throne, showing great authority to her subjects. She smiled softly and said:

"In other words, by devouring them, one can bypass the rules of Disaster, gain the power it has taken, and even… personally achieve an ultimate unity, transforming from a mortal into a god."

The words hung in the air.

The giant "egg" shattered open.

The girl’s hair was gray-white, and the spiral in her eyes flowed backward. Blood-red patterns twisted around her waist and tailbone, her bare body extending with nano armor. The gray-white scales intertwined into exquisite armor, like a warrior standing in twilight.

Chu Yuanqing looked at this student’s appearance, her brows and eyes revealing a gentle smile, and she generously gave her approval:

"Xiaoxiao, having passed the first stage, you are now qualified to call it the ‘Seed of Light’ and become a pure white knight, unlike a magical girl."

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