【Legendary Quest: thunder hammer project】
【Investigate the underground magic distribution in Hong Kong City, completed】
Evening.
After much effort, this seemingly cool and grand project finally completed its first phase.
Since the secret codex had not yet provided the next step, Su Tianqing decided to attend the Magic Girls' regular meeting.
She also took the opportunity to organize the information she currently knew, preparing for the next phase of the project.
But when Ben Hu was deep in thought, she would likely be unable to precisely control the actions of the Fox Spirit, Yue Tianxin, so she simply let her find someone's head to sit on and go AFK!
Thinking of this, the Fox Spirit flew to Nightingale's shoulder and settled into a comfortable position.
Her fox tail swayed back and forth, brushing against Nightingale's neck and ear, the soft and delicate touch making the latter sink into bliss, a silly smile on her face.
She even closed her eyes, enjoying the fox tail's neck massage.
But the meeting would not stop because an assistant was enjoying a tail spa; it continued systematically:
"I asked the Hong Kong City Association to perform data analysis and summarize this approximate distribution map."
Hai Lan Shi sat at the head of the table, projecting a translucent map of Hong Kong City onto the screen behind her, covered by a spliced barrier structure map.
It was meticulously crafted, perfectly reproducing the barrier conditions that the Magic Girls had outlined in batches in the subway, and then piecing together their individual understandings to draw such a roughly complete structural map.
"Oh…"
"That's very well done."
"It's very intuitive."
Everyone couldn't help but praise the excellent quality of this barrier topography map.
"This map was made by my colleague; I hope it can be of some help to you," Cobra said from the observer's seat to the girls at the conference table.
"That's amazing, may I ask who made it?" Iris asked curiously.
Cobra, who was observing, didn't hold back this piece of information and casually replied:
"S-Class Hero Pallette. She has extraordinary abilities in drawing and image processing, and can even use psychokinesis to draw what others are thinking."
"Thanks to her efforts, and with the assistance of Miss Dandelion, we were able to draw this barrier."
Su Tianqing felt several gazes on her, as if from Bai Lili's direction, but she didn't pay attention.
This barrier was drawn by her and Pallette together, taking over an hour.
She had no idea that the painter-like shut-in was actually an S-Class Hero!
While admiring the excellent artwork, the Magic Girls also continued to observe and discuss the barrier.
But after carefully examining the spliced structure of this barrier, everyone fell silent in unison:
Countless leyline magic and Star Realm Magic intertwined, communicating and linking through artificially shaped man-made leylines, weaving a huge and complex pattern.
The outer perimeter had simple, repeating patterns, while inwards it quickly became complex and convoluted, making it impossible to understand.
—It was too complex.
Even Bai Lili, the most senior person present, showed a bewildered and hesitant expression when she saw this massive barrier covering the entire Hong Kong City.
"This... is this really a man-made barrier...?"
Not only the Magic Girls, but even the Bai Diao (White Sable) Spirit on standby let out such an exclamation.
If explained mathematically, the magic missiles and magic bullets that Magic Girls usually use are simple equations like 1 + 1 = 2.
Going a step further, like volley magic cannons and weapon morphing, are similar to algebraic equations and planar geometry.
Then this barrier beneath Hong Kong City... is probably in the realm of advanced mathematics like multivariate functions and differential equation matrices, integrals and Taylor expansions, Fourier transforms and surface geometry.
Everyone was silent, only Su Tianqing's expression was calm.
After all, she already knew from Inari's memories that Inari had set up this barrier, so she didn't have the initial shock that Hyacinth and the others felt.
But this didn't stop her from enjoying the show!
Look at Hyacinth's astonished and surprised expression, and Iris's trembling pupils, and the wide-eyed astonishment of Red Zircon and Zi Ying Shi across the table…
If Rabbit were here, she would surely let out a joyful cry. Su Tianqing thought.
"...Such a complex barrier, is it really just a time bomb?" Nightingale whispered softly.
Under the fox tail's thoughtful neck care, Nightingale was the first to recover from her bewilderment, asking a soul-searching question.
Prompted by this, Bai Lili then recovered her thoughts from the shock and immediately reacted.
"Nightingale is right," the pure white Magic Girl said,
"A bomb barrier doesn't need such complex magic flow; it must have another purpose."
"But what exactly is its purpose...? And why did Xin Yuehu set up such a huge barrier?"
Facing the questions Bai Lili subsequently posed, the Magic Girls remained collectively speechless.
Especially the three newcomers, including Hyacinth, who had been in the profession for less than a year. They looked at each other, unable to utter a single word.
Seeing that the conversation seemed to have entered an awkward stalemate, Su Tianqing also paused her analysis of the barrier and spoke up:
"If so much effort was put into making such a large barrier, only for its ultimate purpose to be to blow it up, that would be too incredible."
"Not to mention that this barrier doesn't have the properties of a bomb within it. Look here—"
At this point, Dandelion's magic staff was in hand, and the Golden-haired Fox Girl pointed to several barrier nodes on the projection screen, offering her analysis.
It wasn't some profound advanced magic theory, just some ordinary knowledge, but it was enough to explain the barrier's function.
What? You ask Ben Hu why she knows so much?
【Inari's Analysis】, this powerful magic analysis ability from Miss Inari is not to be trifled with!
After listening to Su Tianqing's series of explanations and analyses, the first to suddenly understand was Iris, followed closely by Bai Lili.
"I see, I understand."
Iris said in surprise,
"In other words, this barrier is actually a shield used to block magic, its purpose being to prevent us from detecting what's beneath the barrier."
"So what exactly is beneath this barrier? Could it really be a big bomb?"
At this, the atmosphere at the conference table immediately froze.
What exactly was beneath the barrier? No one dared to give a definitive answer.
But such a massive amount of magic accumulated and crowded beneath the barrier, once truly released, would inevitably cause a terrible disaster.
It wasn't until Hai Lan Shi spoke that the atmosphere eased slightly:
"We now have two options."
"First, dismantle the barrier from the outside, while observing the movements of the magic reaction underground."
"That's too dangerous!" Hyacinth immediately denied, and Bai Lili's expression was much the same.
"Then we can only use the second method."
Hai Lan Shi continued,
"Second, we form an elite squad to bypass the barrier and enter the underground to investigate the situation hidden beneath the barrier."
"As soon as we clarify the situation beneath the barrier, we will immediately strike and eliminate the threat in its infancy!"
The sea-blue Magic Girl clenched her fist, her expression serious.
But this impassioned scene brought a hint of pleasure to Su Tianqing's eyes.
If Miss Hyacinth were to delve deep into the barrier and discover traces of a Star Realm Giant Beast, what kind of expression would she show?
Truly... something to look forward to.
