Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

The battle situation is turning against Xia Zhaozhao.

The monsters that came down from upstairs were a whole size larger than the previous one.

The originally thin exoskeleton also looks quite tough, shimmering with the luster of a beetle.

The six limbs are no longer merely tools for crawling, but are more robust and powerful, more closely resembling the anatomy of bees. The tarsi of the three pairs of legs have undergone complete deformation, clearly specialized for attack capabilities.

What made Xia Zhaozhao's scalp tingle even more was the huge stinging needle at the end of her abdomen.

The previous monsters had an abdominal structure that was more humanoid, but this monster's abdomen is now highly similar to that of insects in the Apocynaceae suborder, and it even has a stinger like a wasp.

Compared to the previous one, it was completely different between a worker bee and a soldier bee.

After painstakingly killing several soldier bees, the one that suddenly appeared in front of her, with its thick exoskeleton and enormous size, could be described as the best among soldier bees.

"Tch." She took a deep breath, but instead of retreating, she advanced.

The narrow passageway restricted the monster's movement, but it did not affect the machete in her hand.

She exerted a slight force at her waist, gripped the woodcutter's knife tightly with both hands, and slashed from the upper left to the lower right of the monster, unleashing a reverse kasaya slash.

"Clang!"

A series of dull thuds rang out, making Xia Zhaozhao feel a jolt in her hand.

"So hard?" she asked, somewhat surprised.

Although the machete successfully struck its target, it failed to cut it in half as decisively as before, leaving only a deep white mark on its thick chest exoskeleton.

The monster was also jolted back a small step by the attack, but its reaction speed was far faster than all the previous soldier bees.

Almost the instant Xia Zhaozhao finished her attack, its slender waist twisted nimbly, and the stinger on its abdomen, like a venomous snake spitting its tongue, struck Xia Zhaozhao with lightning speed!

Xia Zhaozhao's intuition warned her fiercely; she had no doubt that if she were to be stabbed by this thing, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She pushed off with her left foot, jerked backward, and bent her body to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack.

The stinging needle barely grazed her fingernail, and the gust of wind it created made her hair stand on end.

She barely managed to steady herself, and before she could even catch her breath, the monster's upper leg moved, and its limbs shot out like steel whips!

Xia Zhaozhao cursed under her breath and retreated in a sorry state. She barely managed to block one attack with her machete, but another limb grazed past the skirt armor around her waist with a loud "clang".

Although she wasn't injured, the incident still gave her a fright.

This thing is not only thick-skinned and tough, but its reaction time is also ridiculously fast. To make matters worse, one after another, the same monsters keep pouring out of the stairwell, seemingly endless.

"Is this never going to end?" she squeezed out through gritted teeth.

A tug-of-war ensued. With her superhuman reaction speed and combat skills, as well as the advantage of the terrain, she managed to block the monster at the entrance of the passage.

Once the monster finished its other set of berserk attacks, she seized an opportunity, aimed at the monster's compound eyes, and slashed down with all her might.

"Pfft!"

The strike seemed to have hit a weak spot on its exoskeleton, finally severing half of the monster's head!

The monster's body trembled violently, and its movements slowed noticeably, but it still fiercely attacked Xia Zhaozhao with its limbs.

Xia Zhaozhao seized the opportunity, forcefully stabbing and pulling back at the monster's waist.

With another loud bang, the exoskeleton connecting the monster's chest and abdomen snapped off.

Seeing that the monster no longer posed a threat to her, she seized the opportunity, stepped forward, and precisely cut open the gap in the monster's head and chest with her machete.

"Go to hell!"

With a burst of magic, the machete pierced through the crack and into the monster's body. The monster's body stiffened abruptly, then quickly lost its vitality and turned into a puddle of mud.

However, she had no chance to catch her breath. As soon as one monster fell, another immediately took its place, keeping her busy and her silver hair soaked with sweat.

"Sigh... I'm not afraid of dung monsters, nor am I afraid of pile monsters, but I'm terrified of pile monsters." She cursed as she continued fighting. The black slime under her feet increased, almost reaching her ankles.

She felt her energy rapidly depleting.

Old Qian pressed his face against the bulletproof glass, anxiously watching the battle unfold. He relayed everything he saw to Xiao Lü via walkie-talkie.

Meanwhile, at the unfinished building site.

As Xiao Lü listened to Lao Qian's description over the walkie-talkie, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. This was completely different from the individuals she had fought before.

"When polymers engulf other organisms, they can occasionally break down their biomass and information and integrate it into their own structure."

"And these monsters sound like mutated individuals that have devoured a large number of humans and bees," Bai Shuyuan concluded.

Xiao Lü nodded, then immediately turned around, wanting to return to the bank building to provide assistance.

"etc."

A cold voice came from behind.

"Let's talk about it later, my companion is in danger." Xiao Lü's speech speed noticeably increased.

"No." Bai Shuyuan shook her head, her eyes devoid of any emotion. "Although I'm not good at fighting, I did say I would help you with something."

Xiao Lü turned around and saw that Bai Shuyuan had put down her suitcase at some point and was calmly looking at her.

She bent down, opened the top compartment of the suitcase, and took out a small, exquisitely folded drone.

"Please take it with you." Bai Shuyuan handed the drone to Xiao Lü.

On the second floor of the Xinmao Bank headquarters building, in the narrow passageway connecting the VIP area and the stairwell.

"Ha ha……"

Xia Zhaozhao was panting, her vision almost blurred by sweat.

Just now, she had used all her strength to kill another soldier bee, but immediately afterward, a soldier bee no smaller than the previous elite monster blocked her way once again.

Xia Zhaozhao had a bad feeling.

She mustered her strength and dodged another of the monster's thrusts, but what followed was a near-avoidable attack on her tarsus!

She raised her machete to block, but with a muffled thud, she was thrown back several steps uncontrollably, her arm going numb, and she almost dropped the machete.

She gritted her teeth and steadied herself. In this brief stalemate, she seized a fleeting opportunity!

A tiny opening appeared in the monster's two forelimbs after the attack.

A glint flashed in Xia Zhaozhao's eyes as she poured magic into the woodcutter's knife. Gripping the knife tightly with both hands, she cleaved it down from top to bottom, aiming straight for the joint of one of the monster's forelimbs.

However, the scene of limbs being severed that she had envisioned did not appear.

The machete was deeply stuck between the monster's thigh and tibia, held firmly in place by the tough tissue, unable to move.

"Oh no!" Xia Zhaozhao thought in alarm.