Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

The monster did not back down despite its injured joints, but instead let out a sharp screech.

With a twist of its slender waist, the deadly stinger in its abdomen pierced towards Xia Zhaozhao's face!

Xia Zhaozhao's pupils contracted sharply as she clearly saw the cold light flashing at the tip of the stinging needle, piercing towards her.

She only had two choices at that moment.

Either immediately abandon your sword and retreat, summon your greatsword, and use that weapon, which is not suitable for fighting in this space, to deal with it;

You can either dodge to the only open space on your side, but doing so will completely expose your flank to the monster's limbs!

There was no time for her to hesitate; she decided to take the plunge.

She chose the second method, rushing towards the monster and drawing her knife.

But just as she was about to fight the monster to the death, trading her injuries for its own, a beam of dark blue light shot out from Xia Zhaozhao's side and back!

Xia Zhaozhao felt that familiar, cold magic almost instantly. It was Xiao Lü; she was back!

"puff!"

The ice spear struck the monster's compound eye precisely, unleashing a burst of magical power.

The monster's movements suddenly froze.

Xia Zhaozhao seized the opportunity and took a step back, narrowly avoiding the monster's outstretched talons!

"Well done, Little Green!"

The ecstasy instantly washed away the fatigue, infusing the woodcutter's knife with magic, and he slashed fiercely at the monster's damaged joints, finally severing the monster's limbs.

Several more ice spikes materialized out of thin air around Little Green, striking the monster's wounds and joints with precision, like guided missiles!

With the sounds of the exoskeleton shattering and ice crystals exploding, the monster finally gave way, and its massive body collapsed with a crash.

"Phew—I'm saved!" Xia Zhaozhao breathed a long sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her face.

"Let me guard this place." Little Green walked to Xia Zhaozhao's side, flew up and patted her head, saying calmly, "You rest for a bit."

"And also, hold it up."

As she spoke, she handed the black drone that Bai Shuyuan had given her to Xia Zhaozhao.

"A drone? What's it for?" Xia Zhaozhao took it, a puzzled look on her face. "Where did you steal it from?"

"This is the camera." Xiao Lü didn't explain much, but simply gestured for her to raise it so it was facing her.

"...No, do I really need to record a video of me fighting a monster? Is it really necessary?" Xia Zhaozhao was completely confused, but she still did as she was told.

Shortly after she raised the drone, and as Little Green began to fight the monsters, a clear, cold female voice suddenly came from the drone.

"The exoskeleton at the junction of the anterior and mid-thorax is not fully fused, making it possible to attack its thoracic nerve cords from here."

"Ah!" Xia Zhaozhao was so startled by the sudden sound that her hand trembled, and the drone almost fell.

She looked at Xiao Lü in alarm: "Whose voice is that?"

Xiao Lü didn't answer. Instead, following the instructions from the drone, she raised her hand and fired an ice shard at the flaw where the monster's chest and mid-chest fused together.

The icicle hit the spot precisely.

The monster's body trembled violently, and its four limbs below instantly became stiff and sluggish, almost unable to move!

With the monster's threat greatly reduced, Little Green seized the opportunity and unleashed several more ice blades, easily dispatching the monster in no time.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Xia Zhaozhao exclaimed in astonishment, clicking her tongue in amazement. "Wow, that's incredible! Where did you find this helper?"

Bai Shuyuan's voice rang out again from the drone.

"This monster has typical Apocynoid suborder body structure characteristics, only magnified countless times, and incorporates some human biological information."

"Similar to the assessment of the previous magical girl, her exoskeleton is tough, but the joints are relatively weak."

"Hi, call me Shrike!" Xia Zhaozhao happily introduced herself to her new friend.

"...Mayfly, the one in front of you has a relatively thin exoskeleton between its second and third pairs of legs, which allows its nerve cord to pass through."

Xiao Lü followed the instructions and saw remarkable results.

Under Bai Shuyuan's precise command, Xiao Lü's attacks became highly efficient. The monsters that Xia Zhaozhao had previously found quite troublesome were now being precisely struck by Xiao Lü as if a skilled butcher were expertly dissecting an ox.

The tide of battle turned in an instant.

From the drone, Bai Shuyuan's new voice interrupted Xia Zhaozhao's exclamation: "...Miss Shrike, taking them down one by one here is not a good method. I need to understand the environment on the third floor of the bank building."

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhaozhao immediately turned around and knocked on the heavy door of the VIP room: "Um... Uncle Wei Yuan, right? What's the situation on the third floor of the bank? Could you tell this... Miss Drone?"

The door opened, and Wei Yuan's voice came through: "Third floor? The third floor is the bank's staff canteen, and there's also a staff fitness center next door. The space isn't partitioned much, it's quite spacious."

"There's a large conference room on the fourth floor, and the rest of the floors should be office space."

Bai Shuyuan remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly analyzing the information.

Soon, her cool voice rang out again.

"The third and fourth floors are relatively spacious with few partitions and a simple structure, making them easy to modify and utilize, which meets the requirements of social insects for nests."

"Furthermore, based on my initial observations, these aggregates can also absorb organic matter from the human world. Therefore, the cafeteria on the third floor may be quite important to them."

"Huh? This thing can eat human food?" Xia Zhaozhao was a little surprised. "I thought they only ate people or absorbed the black lines in the rain."

"If the area above is indeed mainly office space, then I speculate that the core area of ​​the bee's nest may be located on these two floors."

"Therefore, mayfly, I think you should focus on defense from now on and minimize your magic consumption as much as possible."

"Shrike, in order to kill this monster horde more effectively, I need you to go downstairs and do some things."

"Me?" Xia Zhaozhao pointed to herself at the drone, somewhat confused.

"Yes." Bai Shuyuan's tone remained unchanged as it came through the drone. "You need to go downstairs to the street outside the bank building and find and collect as many...lithium batteries as possible."

"ha?"

……

On the street below the headquarters building of Xinmao Bank.

The rain was lighter than before, and the black thread-like particles in the raindrops seemed to have decreased, but the air was still humid and oppressive.

Xia Zhaozhao put on the disposable raincoat she had brought from home and reluctantly searched the streets for electric bikes and trams that were not yet completely submerged.

With the power of a magical girl, she quickly pried open the battery compartment cover of a lithium-ion electric vehicle, unplugged the connecting wires, and dragged out the lithium-ion battery.

She couldn't understand the point of doing this at all. She wanted to look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and question it loudly, but she was afraid that the rain mixed with the streaks would hit her face, so she had to give up the idea.

She remembered that when Xiao Lü heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then turned around, nodded at her, and gave her a look that was both encouraging and somewhat teasing.

The person in the drone might also be slightly smarter than her. Perhaps her battery-stealing business wasn't entirely meaningless after all.

"Sigh," she muttered to herself resentfully as she stole the battery.

"...How did I, a magical girl, end up stealing batteries?"