: Enduring

At exactly seven o'clock in the morning, the computer screen in Mu Ming's room lit up, bringing a ray of light to the dim room, followed by a loud, crisp sound:

【Go, baby! Meow~】

Mu Ming's closed eyelids twitched, and his face began to wrinkle.

【Go, baby! Meow~】

He barely opened his eyes, extended a wisp of magic, and pressed the power off button.

[Please begin today's "Life-Engraving Needle" training. The first needle's engraving progress is currently around 18%, so please don't slack off on your training, meow~]

He pulled the blanket over himself, fiddled with it a few times, and the blanket, which had been stretched out, suddenly lowered. When the person inside crawled out, he had become Wu'an.

She sat on the edge of the bed, constructing the life-carving needle according to the diagrams provided by the Sith, while yawning.

Only after the deadline was met did Sith finally quiet down, and the computer was shut down.

Her gaze shifted downwards; the computer power plug was lying on the floor, not plugged into the socket.

Maybe this is magic.

After being woken up, she lost all interest in going back to sleep, so she got up and went out to maintain the crystal core and deal with the disaster beasts that would be spawning during the morning rush hour.

......

Above the bustling breakfast stall, a black hole suddenly appeared out of nowhere, from which a giant scorpion struggled to crawl out, its mandibles trembling: "Hiss!!!"

"It's a monster! Run!"

call out--

The person who cried out in panic only saw a black line flash across their vision, and the calamity beast in front of them vanished with a "pop!" as if it had been punctured by a needle.

Before the crowd could even take a step and run away, the monstrous beast vanished.

I feel like I haven't been able to vent my anger, and it feels weird.

However, it's always good to not be afraid. The person who had shouted earlier looked around and found that quite a few people were still sitting in place, without even making a move to get up.

"The rumors are true... The monsters in the South City District are basically wiped out the moment they appear," a person waiting in line for food muttered to himself.

"Haha, that's amazing."

"It's not instantaneous, it seems only D-rank disaster beasts are like that, they still have to run away when they see a C-rank one."

"Who cares if it's a C-level or D-level enemy? We'll still be flying if we run into them, won't we?"

"Why worry about that? Hurry up and eat. We have to go to work in half an hour."

The panic hadn't spread yet, and now that the calamity beast had been eliminated, it meant that the surrounding area was absolutely safe for the time being, which made people's appetites even stronger.

[Your actions have brought peace of mind to the citizens. The residents of Changming City's South District no longer rush to run away when encountering the monsters; they are confident that you will intercept them before they can harm them.]

[Efficiency increased by 10%]

"Huh?"

Wu An paused for a moment as he flew through the air, because the efficiency bonus actually came from [Behavioral Norms].

Specifically, it is the part that brings people a sense of security.

"It's a pleasant surprise."

She murmured to herself, but a different idea had formed in her mind: "When we get rid of the calamity beasts later, let's take it slow."

If her activities really cause people to shout at the sight of the monster instead of running away, it could actually harm people.

She can only instantly kill D-rank monsters; she can't beat B-rank ones, and she might not be able to end the battle quickly against C-rank ones either.

call--

A streak of emerald light darted upwards with the sound of the wind, and a mischievous voice, aided by the movement of the wind, reached Wu An's ears precisely:

"Can we stop and say something?"

"Let me read out the benefits of joining the Bureau of Statistics—oh dear, please don't speed it up—"

As usual, Wu An ignored the magical girl who tried to talk to her and just kept speeding up.

She refused when the previous person tried to recruit her, and now this person is still trying. Anyway, they're both dealing with disaster beasts, so whether she joins the Bureau of Control or not shouldn't make much difference.

There are quite a few magical girls in the Changming City General Affairs Bureau; I wonder what they're still recruiting for.

After shaking off the magical girl behind him, Wu An landed on the top of the subway platform at the junction of the south and the city center, and inserted a crystal core containing corrupted magic power into it.

At this point, her crystal core had been fully covered throughout the entire southern district.

She could sense the appearance of any calamity beast.

The changes after advancing to the third tier are quite noticeable. Not only can more crystal nuclei be constructed, but the duration of the upgrade also increases, requiring only a rotation every half month.

Even now, after covering the entire southern part of the city, Wu An still has some magic left, but not much, far from enough to cover the entire Changming City.

However, covering the entire city is meaningless for now, because we can't get there in time.

It wasn't that she wasn't flying fast enough, but... apart from the city center, the other four districts all had fourth-tier magical girl captains patrolling.

Even if she flies incredibly fast, it's impossible for her to traverse most of the city in a short time.

Therefore, by the time they flew over, the calamity beasts had most likely already been dealt with.

"No matter how fast you fly, it's still not teleportation."

She sighed, an idea forming in her mind.

She looked toward the house of her "super, super, super loyal partner".

Yin Xi's innate ability is spatial, and she even used a skill that resembled a spatial slash before.

It's only natural that they can teleport.

The question is, how far can she teleport, and can she take people with her?

To be more specific, could the ability to teleport be "lent" to someone else? Wu An can't be with Yin Xi all the time, so whenever a calamity beast spawns, he has to let her teleport him there.

Thinking of this, Wu An took out his phone and asked Li Huanhuan:

Have you been practicing your "automatic training" lately?

So far, besides Mu Ming, only Xiao Hei has mastered it.

Xiao Hei's promotion has been very effective. Now, Wu An has so many replies that he can't keep up, and even many local authorities have left comments under the posts.

With more people practicing, their practice speeds naturally vary, so Wu An can also speed up updates.

Although there's still some time before the agreed-upon time with Xiao Hei, it's already updated to the "automatic training" stage.

"Yes, I do," Li Huanhuan replied.

Have you mastered it yet?

[No (shy face)]

Why would I be shy without you?

Li Huanhuan practiced the longest, and Xiao Hei's situation was very special, so he couldn't verify it himself.

Although Xiao Hei assured everyone that "natural cultivation" was a universally applicable and beneficial practice.

But this tutorial post is ultimately related to the success of the harvest later.

Only when Li Huanhuan masters it can Mu Ming be completely convinced that [Natural Cultivation] is a universal ability.

It doesn't matter if other magical girls can't master it; the result is simply to fool them and then pretend to be dead online.

However, after witnessing Xiao Hei's abilities, Wu An had every reason to believe that Xiao Hei was not the only magical girl with the ability to descend across screens.

If one of the magical girls who gets tricked happens to be one of them, and she has a terrible temper, then there's no way to escape this fate.

Xiao Hei has a high moral standard; if she says she won't spy, she won't. But it's unclear whether the other magical girls do the same.

If they were to expose their true colors, they would be in for a world of trouble.

"Have you made any progress lately?" Wu An continued to ask.

A tiny bit.

"Then practice harder! If you master it, I'll give you a gift."

The remnants of the Immaculate Heart Seed are useless in Wu An's hands, and giving them to Li Huanhuan is not a good choice, but Wu An has no other choice.

Li Huanhuan's motives were impure; she wouldn't actually try to harm him.

At worst, I can endure the humiliation and serve as her lackey for a while. Once my strength returns, I'll beat her to a pulp.

Moreover... he still needs Li Huanhuan's help with his plan to mobilize police from across the city.

[Really? What gift is it?]

You practice first, and I'll definitely give it to you once you've mastered it.

Honestly, you're really keeping us in suspense!

I always feel like... Li Huanhuan has a green tea vibe when she talks.

I didn't have a strong feeling about it before, but after browsing Douyin (TikTok) for a long time recently and gaining more knowledge about it, I can definitely feel it now.

Li Huanhuan is a respectable rich girl and has nothing to do with scheming women.

However, when new members join, it's best to remind her to be mindful of her manner of speaking, lest she get ganged up on by the other women and then come crying to me for justice.

Wu An looked up at the sky; there was still more than an hour until lunchtime.

She wasn't going to skip her afternoon classes.

Although Jin Yu had asked the homeroom teacher to take good care of Mu Ming.

However, it is precisely because Jin Yu is a semi-public figure that he puts pressure on others.

Therefore, whenever Mu Ming asked for leave, his homeroom teacher would generally not ask too many questions, out of a desire to avoid trouble.

However, he couldn't really stop attending classes altogether. Even if it was just to deal with Jin Yu, he still had to attend a few classes occasionally.

After all, he can't even remember his deskmate's name right now, and it would be troublesome if Jin Yu randomly selected him for a test.

Jin Yu is, after all, an office-based magical girl, and she gives the impression of being bored out of her mind every day. It's better to take precautions than not to.