Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

At first, they were just two faint points of light flickering under the blood-red sky at the edge of the horizon, like stars struggling to peek through a heavy curtain, almost making one think it was an illusion.

But soon, the brightness of the light spot increased at an astonishing rate.

Old Qian squinted his bloodshot eyes, even temporarily forgetting the monster lurking outside the waterproof barrier, and just stared intently into the distance.

When the light was close enough to pierce through the continuous rain, the five survivors finally managed to make out that it was indeed two completely different beams of light.

One is pure white like fresh snow, and the other is deep blue like the ocean, like intertwined and echoing companion stars in the universe.

Two beams of light were approaching at an alarming speed.

As they drew closer, their true forms became faintly visible thanks to the soft glow they emitted.

It was actually... two girls? No, to be more precise, one teenage girl and one little girl?

The one who floated gracefully high above wore a simple yet exquisite white dress, and had her long turquoise hair tied into cute low pigtails;

The figure, with waist-length white hair, darted about at a low vantage point, her body shimmering in the rain, clad in knight-style armor that gleamed with a dazzling metallic sheen.

Then, the five witnessed a scene they would never forget, one that would even shatter their worldview. These two girls displayed miraculous fighting power!

The little girl with green hair floated gracefully in mid-air, facing the black monsters from all directions, and simply raised her little hand.

The next moment, the murky sewage on the ground instantly solidified into countless sharp ice spears, piercing perfectly from bottom to top through those monsters that dared to pounce on her!

Immediately, the monster's body was torn apart, frozen, and impaled on the ice spear, becoming a bizarre banner. This scene involuntarily reminded Old Qian of the legendary Impaler.

The girl in knight's attire presented a completely different picture. In Old Qian's eyes, she moved like a ghost through the horde of monsters.

With her right hand wielding a greatsword longer than herself, she tore and slashed at all the monsters that approached her with sweeping, powerful strokes.

Is it really... a magical girl?!

Old Qian's eyes widened, feeling as if his heart was about to leap out of his throat. The legends recorded in that waterlogged notebook of ghost stories—were actually not so absurd after all?

Ecstasy instantly overwhelmed the despair and fear that had accumulated throughout the entire day. He trembled with excitement, instinctively grabbing the arm of the person next to him, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"It's magic—"

"Ouch!" A scream interrupted his frantic shouts. In his excitement, he grabbed Wei Yuan's broken arm, which had only been loosely immobilized, causing Wei Yuan to howl in agony.

"Uh...sorry!" Old Qian finally realized what was happening and awkwardly let go of her hand, but the ecstasy on his face didn't diminish at all: "There really is a magical girl! We're saved!"

"Calm down!" the veteran beside him shouted, interrupting Old Qian's elation. "Look outside! Those monsters are charging towards us!"

Seemingly terrified by the sight of the two magical girls wreaking havoc, a very small number of individuals, who appeared to be of higher intelligence, fled towards the subway station as if trying to escape the terrifying presence behind them.

Some of these monsters were clever enough to bypass the entrance and rush towards the side street, while others, in their panic, slammed headfirst into the deformed barrier, causing it to groan under the strain.

The veteran picked up the riot control fork again and smashed it down hard on the monster's head.

But this time, the monster sensed the threat behind it. Its will to survive overcame its fear of the flames, and despite the sizzling sound of its body being burned, it continued to frantically charge at the barrier, even trying to step over it!

"Bang!" With a series of impacts, a panel was smashed through!

"The water is surging up!" On the other side, a blood-red flood surged up from the station hall, gradually spreading from the entrance staircase. Wei Yuan watched all this and cried out in despair.

"Whoosh!"

In that instant, a cold, solid block of ice, radiating a ghostly blue light, appeared miraculously at the crack, its chill spreading out and freezing all the floodwaters that came into contact with the barrier into solid blocks of ice.

This wall of solid ice sealed the breach perfectly, keeping out the roaring, blood-red flood and the monstrous, radiant light.

Immediately afterwards, several ice spears shot out from above the entrance, next to the little green girl, and accurately pierced through the bodies of the monsters on the ice wall!

The ice spears exploded from the monsters' bodies, freezing them into ice sculptures.

Then, Xia Zhaozhao nimbly leaped over the ice wall, her greatsword dissipated into specks of light, and she wielded two wood-chopping knives, slicing and dismembering the monsters that had surged out of the station hall along with the flood.

"Little Green, Little Green! The back! The back needs to freeze too!"

While hacking away at the monsters surging out from the station hall, Xia Zhaozhao turned back to give a warning.

Little Green nodded, raised its hand, and waved gently.

Instantly, a second thick ice wall solidified above the steps, blocking the floodwaters that were spreading from the station below and the monsters lurking within.

Having witnessed all of this, the survivors in the subway station finally believed that what they were seeing was not an illusion.

Feng Yue could no longer hold on; her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground, bursting into tears. This time, it wasn't from fear and despair, but from the joy of surviving a close call.

Old Wang stared dumbfounded at the two girls before him, completely speechless, his mouth agape, his eyes filled with disbelief and utter shock at the collapse of his worldview. He had previously mocked the absurd contents of Old Qian's notebook, but now reality had delivered a harsh slap to his face.

Wei Yuan looked at the two with a complex expression, a mixture of gratitude for escaping death and awe of this supernatural power. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, it turned into a sigh.

Old Qian was trembling with excitement, not only because he had been saved, but also because he had witnessed what was considered the most absurd thing in urban legends. He was even starting to speak incoherently.

Only the veteran, though his face was filled with shock, quickly regained his composure. He finally thanked the two of them solemnly.

"Hmph☆ I told you I'm a magical girl, isn't that awesome~" Xia Zhaozhao put her hands on her hips and started to show off when she saw everyone's reaction.

"Alright, Zhao Zhao, stop fooling around." Xiao Lü interrupted her, looked around, and said, "This is not the place to talk. The ice wall won't hold for long. We need to find a safe temporary base."

"Also, Zhao Zhao, I feel like the monster's intelligence... seems to have increased?"