Apocalypse, then transforming into a magical girl

"Croak—Hahahaha!"

Xia Zhaozhao finally couldn't hold back her laughter, laughing so hard she was doubled over, and squatted on the ground clutching her stomach:

"No, no, I can't take it anymore... Hahahaha... Zhao Jia... No, I should call you Magical Girl Green... Pfft, this is too, too funny—"

She laughed for half a minute before she could barely stop, her mouth still twisted wildly upwards, as if her SAN value had hit rock bottom and she had gone mad.

"Pfft—but seriously, why did you turn out like this? When I transform, my body basically doesn't change much, except my hair gets longer and changes color, and I change my clothes, right?"

Zhao Jia was also very confused. He looked at Kaka and stared at it with a resentful look.

"The manifestation of a contractor is usually influenced by the individual's soul essence, virtues, and... existing template data in the racial gene pool."

It paused, seemingly searching for information: "Past contract records show that in our valid contracts with the 'human' race, the individuals who successfully activated extraordinary powers were all female in the physiological sense."

"Therefore, in the absence of effective male template data, the contract system automatically calls the most stable, widely adaptable, and energy-converting template in the database, and makes adaptive fine adjustments to details such as appearance, clothing, and apparent age based on your soul attributes."

Therefore, the result of this morphological change is within the scope permitted by the rules.

"Got it, they didn't even make a male character template, so they just made you a female loli template, which is pretty good, pretty good!" Xia Zhaozhao said with a grin.

"Furthermore," Kaka continued, seemingly oblivious to Zhao Jia's almost tangible resentment, "according to the contract process, you need to be registered with a codename. Your magical girl codename is—"

"ephemera."

"Pfft—I'll still call you Little Green from now on~"

"That sounds too weak and short-lived. Can you suggest something else? Like 'Devil Muscle Man'?"

"Once a codename is generated, it is bound to the contractor's soul imprint and cannot be changed. As for its meaning... the codename is merely an identifier, a result of random matching from the database, and has no specific meaning."

"Okay, okay, mayfly it is..." Zhao Jia (Xiao Lü) waved his hand in despair.

Xia Zhaozhao rested her chin on her hand and began to think: "Courage... logically speaking, it should be something like fire, right? And these monsters are afraid of fire right now."

"Or at least a physical combat-enhanced type? The kind that shouts 'Ora Ora Ora' and charges at monsters, flattening them like cockroaches?"

She told Xiao Lü how to channel the energy out of her body.

As Xiao Lü focused her mind, a faint blue light began to emanate from her small palms.

The surrounding air temperature suddenly dropped by several degrees, and then several crystal-clear ice crystals, radiating coldness, materialized in his palm.

"Ice?" Xia Zhaozhao was shocked once again.

"Courage...why does it grant such an ability?" Little Green asked, puzzled.

"Anchoring 'courage' is essentially about facing fear and overcoming wavering willpower."

"This quality of stabilizing chaotic thoughts and maintaining a stable inner core has a certain probability of manifesting as condensation and solidification when it is energized and outwardly expressed, namely, an affinity for ice elements."

"This result is consistent with logical deduction. In addition, based on the energy fluctuation frequency test, the new contractor 'Mayfly' is assessed as having above-average mana reserves, which is higher than that of contractor 'Shrike'."

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhaozhao's face revealed undisguised resentment: "Gulp—if it weren't for that damned Kaka forcibly distorting my anchor point..."

However, her dissatisfaction lasted for less than three seconds before being replaced by a stronger emotion.

As the cool air from Xiao Lv's palm spread out, dispelling the oppressive damp heat in the air, Xia Zhaozhao's eyes suddenly lit up!

"I'm so cold!"

Perfect! Ice-based abilities! This means... it can cool things down! In this apocalyptic world where the power is completely out and the humidity is unbearably high, we've actually found a natural air conditioner!

Like a Hakimi who has seen catnip, she pounced on Little Green and hugged her tightly.

"Haha! Great, it's ice, it's ice!" She excitedly rubbed her face against Zhao Jia's hair, feeling the cool sensation.

"Although I still feel sticky, at least that stuffy, hot feeling is gone!"

"Wow! So sticky! You're so big now, don't hug me all the way!" Little Green felt uncomfortable being rubbed against by Xia Zhaozhao and struggled to push her away.

"Hehe, don't be stingy, it's a small green brand air conditioner~" Xia Zhaozhao hugged it even tighter.

With a thought, Little Green directly mobilized the magic power within her body.

"Aww—" The next second, Xia Zhaozhao let out a Tom yelp and jumped high into the air. Several large bulges appeared inside her oversized T-shirt, and as she jumped up and down, several ice cubes fell out.

Little Green stood with her hands on her hips, looking smug. She activated her power, conjuring several large blocks of ice out of thin air inside Xia Zhaozhao's clothes.

Xiao Lü felt much better seeing Xia Zhaozhao looking somewhat disheveled from his teasing. He remembered his business and turned to look at Kaka:

"By the way, now that I've signed the contract, can I make a wish now?"

"That's right," Kaka replied.

"Then, my wish is—to keep Xia Zhaozhao's magical girl contract in place until the end of her life!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhaozhao's eyes lit up instantly.

"Great! Actually, I think your anchoring to 'honesty' was pretty good!"

"However!" Little Green added, "As a supplementary clause! After she transforms, her body form will be forcibly fixed to her appearance at age fourteen! Until the transformation is canceled!"

"Huh? On what grounds?! This is just settling a personal score! Besides, you clearly have two wishes, only the first one will work!"

Surprisingly, Kaka's calm, childlike voice rang out again: "Analysis in progress... The disturbance to the established causal line is extremely low, and it is determined to be a harmless modification of the effect on the main wish. Request valid."

"?"

"Hehe!" Little Green chuckled wickedly, giving her the middle finger.

As Kaka finished speaking, Xia Zhaozhao's body trembled slightly. She could clearly feel that some invisible shackles within her body had been released.

She knew that her magical girl contract, which was about to expire, had been renewed!

"Great!" She jumped up excitedly, then, remembering the previous additional clause, she tried to activate the transformation with a bit of a sigh.

A flash of light, and the armor once again replaced the T-shirt, while long, silver-white hair flowed freely.

However, her height had indeed shrunk considerably. Xia Zhaozhao and Xiao Lü stared at each other, one completely expressionless, the other utterly lacking in intonation.

"..." Xia Zhaozhao remained silent for a long time before finally sighing, deactivating her transformation, and returning to her normal form.

"Fine... shrinking is fine, it's better than losing my power. And you just wait!"

"Contract complete. Wish grant has been used up." A clicking sound rang out.

Its round body began to appear somewhat ethereal. "According to the established procedure, we are about to conduct a collective race warp."

"Wait—click-click/groundhog!"

"Um... will we still be able to contact you in the future? Or any other people?"

"The possibility is extremely low." Kaka's voice sounded distant. "Most of our kind will travel to other star systems. The few individuals remaining at the observation station on this planet's satellites will primarily be on the task of observation rather than intervention."

"While the possibility of one-way communication exists, this depends on whether the observation results have 'unconventional research value'."

The purple groundhog's silhouette faded further and further, leaving only one sentence echoing in the air:

"Well then, farewell, contractors 'Mayfly' and 'Shrike'. May you truly achieve what we cannot comprehend as 'miracles'."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kaka's figure vanished completely into thin air, as if he had never existed.

The two looked at each other, processing what had just happened. Only the soft glow of the nightlight and the continuous sound of rain outside the window remained in the living room.

Little Green tried to deactivate his transformation, and after a flash of light, he returned to his original form. He breathed a sigh of relief—thankfully, the transformation wasn't permanent.

"Hey, wait—change back right now! Let's go outside!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Of course we're going to grind monsters and level up!" Xia Zhaozhao said matter-of-factly, her face beaming with eager excitement.

"You've just become a magical girl, you definitely need to practice your powers in real combat! Don't worry, I've got your back. That monster in the hallway was actually quite weak! Let's open the hallway door and check!"

"So carefree?"

"Hey, even if you don't go out now, you'll definitely run into them later! Besides, my close combat skills are pretty good. Follow me, and I guarantee you won't get hurt!"

As she spoke, she dragged Zhao Jiasheng to the door.

Zhao Jia sighed and transformed back into his small green form.