What kind of magic? This is called cultivating immortality!

With a light tap of his fingertip on the screen, he sent out a handwritten message: "Any leads on the matter I asked you to investigate?"

The message was barely sent when a reply came in a flash: [We have a clue! Just as Lord Zhong Hui guessed.]

This afternoon, in addition to Fangyuan City, fifteen other cities across the country were simultaneously invaded by the Steel Monster. So far, only some economic losses have occurred, with no casualties reported.

The calamity beasts that appeared this time came in various forms, mostly based on real-world animals, including tigers, rhinoceroses, and other beast-like individuals, and all of them have been subdued by the magical girls.

It wasn't that simple after all… Zhong Hui understood, and then continued to ask: [What's the headquarters' attitude? Are there any specific plans?]

Headquarters has already sent personnel to retrieve the corpses of three of the Steel Beasts, which should now be sent to the R&D department for dissection and research.

[My access level is too low to know the specific details.]

At the end of the message, Li Nianjiao thoughtfully added an apologetic emoji.

Zhong Hui didn't dwell on that matter too much, and instead asked another question: "Have you compiled the information I requested regarding the creation of the witch?"

Within a second of the message being sent, densely packed, detailed files instantly filled the chat interface.

The data clearly states: Creator of the Witch, seven-star combat power rating, core superpower is the deconstruction, reconstruction and reforging of all things.

She can break the conventional constraints on the birth of calamity beasts, easily creating calamity beasts of one to five stars, or even creations of the same level, without any restrictions on quantity or species.

She first appeared in the land of cherry blossoms, and once led a legion of hundreds of steel monsters to invade Fukuoka Prefecture, causing tens of thousands of deaths and economic losses of over 10 billion yen. She was eventually defeated by the Seven Star Magical Girl "Tengu Sekai" who came to the rescue.

After that, her trail swept across the vast territories of China, the Qin Empire, and the Western Continent, causing disasters and endless chaos.

Eight years ago, the Creation Witch spearheaded the "Tsunami Project," a global undertaking aimed at flooding the territories of various countries with seawater from the four oceans, causing devastating disasters and triggering irreversible ecological collapse and a catastrophe for the people.

This top-secret conspiracy was accidentally leaked, causing a global uproar and drawing high-level magical girls from around the world to gather across the four oceans, thus igniting a full-scale war.

In this epic battle involving over a thousand participants, the evil Creation Witch was ultimately killed by Paper Kite, one of the seven magical girls from China, who pierced her heart with a single arrow from her Destiny Longbow. Her body was also completely destroyed to prevent any future resurrection.

Note at the end of the document: Attached below are actual combat videos and photos from the game "Creating a Witch".

The girl in the photo has a body that blends human and mechanical structures, and her attire exudes a cold, technological feel.

Large, gleaming steel pieces were embedded between her fair skin and flesh. Her heterochromatic pupils were clearly defined. One of her arms was modified to mount modern firearms, while the other hand retained its original human form, creating a bizarre yet extremely intimidating sight.

……

Zhong Hui patiently spent more than ten minutes reading through the entire lengthy file.

After reading all the records, he was left with only one thought: This witch truly lives on and wreaks havoc without ceasing.

During his lifetime, he traveled to various countries, invading, slaughtering, and wantonly destroying, and finally he single-handedly set off a global war of the century, making him a great scourge to the world.

After figuring out the witch's background, Zhong Hui politely thanked her: "Thank you very much, you've worked hard."

On the other end of the screen, Li Nianjiao, with her chubby cheeks, saw the message and smiled sweetly, replying quickly: 【Lord Zhong Hui, you're too kind! This is just my job!】

Please feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything in the future. I'm available 24/7!

【Um. 】

Zhong Hui gave a brief reply, put away his phone, and prepared to begin his cultivation for the night.

"Dong dong..."

In the quiet living room, a few crisp, light sounds broke the silence—the sound of someone gently tapping on the French windows.

He suddenly turned his head to look.

In the night sky outside the window, a slender figure floated in mid-air. The girl had fair and translucent skin, naturally heterochromatic eyes, and her azure dress fluttered gently in the night breeze.

The moment Zhong Hui saw the figure outside the window, his pupils contracted, and he subconsciously took two steps back, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The girl's features outside the window perfectly matched those of the Creation Witch recorded in the file! Especially her distinctive mechanical heterochromatic eyes, which were exactly the same.

The girl gazed silently at Zhong Hui inside the room, a sinister and eerie smile slowly creeping onto her lips.

In the next instant, her slender arm straightened, her limbs' mechanical structure rapidly deformed, and a cold cannon barrel suddenly took shape, bursting with flames. A cannonball, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, shot straight into the house!

"Big……"

In a flash, Zhong Hui paused, a thought quickly flashing through his mind: This house... is rented. If it gets damaged again, he'll have to demolish three houses in a row!

He had no choice but to abandon his attack, his hands covered in spiritual energy, precisely catching the oncoming cannonball, using a skillful force to deflect all the impact, and then returning the cannonball to its original path!

"boom!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted outside the window, and towering flames tore through the dark night, turning the entire night sky red.

Amidst billowing smoke and rising dust, a slender figure slowly emerged from the swirling smoke.

The witch's flesh was torn and rotted away, revealing the cold, hard steel body beneath, and her two-colored mechanical pupils flickered erratically.

She gave Zhong Hui a deep look, showed no desire to fight, and turned to flee.

Still trying to run away!

Zhong Hui's eyes sharpened, and he instantly transformed, gripping his staff. He leaped forward to give chase.

But just as he set off, the Creation Witch, who was preparing to retreat, sensed the movement behind her.

Without hesitation, she raised her hand and fired a shell at a densely packed residential building in the distance. Instant flames erupted from beneath her feet, and she fled towards the distant horizon without looking back.

"Depend on!"

Zhong Hui cursed under his breath.

He had no choice but to abandon the pursuit and rush out to intercept the shell that was aimed directly at the residential building.

After he had successfully resolved the crisis, the distant night sky was already empty, and the figure of the Creator Witch had completely vanished without a trace.

What just happened?

Suddenly, Cangxing's voice came from the side.

Zhong Hui turned her head and saw that she was already wearing a Lolita dress, holding a sickle tightly in her hand, and her eyes were scanning back and forth warily.

Zhong Hui succinctly recounted the events of the attack outside the window.

Upon hearing this, Cang Xing's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief: "The Creation Witch is confirmed to have died in the tsunami battle eight years ago. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

“His appearance is exactly the same as in the records.” Zhong Hui paused and added, “However, the person who appeared is at most at the Golden Core level.”

"Then what was her purpose in coming to your door in the first place?"

"I don't know. They fired a shell out of nowhere and then ran away."

"what?"

During their conversation, Cangxing's cell phone suddenly rang.

She immediately answered the phone, and just as she began, "Hello, Altai, I have something to tell you..."

The urgent voice on the other end of the receiver abruptly interrupted her: "Something's happened! I was at the company researching that Steel Beast when the Creation Witch suddenly appeared, attacked me, and destroyed the beast on the spot!"

Zhong Hui's phone suddenly rang. He answered it, and Mu Yue's voice came through: "You scared me to death, Zhong Hui! I was just attacked by the Creation Witch. I need kisses and hugs to feel better..."

A cold wind blew by, and the two of them lost all interest in listening to the phone call.

Chapter 65 The Mysterious Mechanical Eye

Everything that happened today was eerily strange from beginning to end.

Therefore, tonight, not long after the attack by the Creation Witch ended, the Floating Light Squad urgently convened a temporary meeting.

Because the Good Clean Housekeeping Company was severely damaged in a previous witch attack and became an open-air building, the meeting place was changed to Altai's house.

When the group arrived, to their surprise, Altai's residence was just a simple, modern, single-level apartment with a simple yet elegant decoration. However, the seemingly ordinary space was filled with a unique style that belonged to a seasoned military enthusiast.

Five people sat silently around the round dining table, the atmosphere in the room heavy with tension.

There are too many unreasonable aspects to this incident.

The appearance of the Creation Witch was extremely abrupt, and her target was clear and specific, aimed directly at the entire Floating Light Squad.

What's most chilling is that the other party also had precise knowledge of all of their true identities, and even their locations.

It's important to know that all the magical girls' personal information is entered into a top-level confidentiality system and is strictly protected by the regulations of Schicksal Headquarters.

Even within headquarters, only core personnel with high-level privileges are qualified to apply for access and review.

But now, a witch who has come back from the dead has all their private information in her hands, which is truly unbelievable.

Altai stared at the phone screen, remaining silent for a long time.

After a long pause, she slowly put down her phone, looked up at the people sitting around her, and said in a heavy tone, "The Creation Witch has appeared not only in Fangyuan City. All fifteen cities where the Steel Disaster Beast appeared during the day have been invaded by her. All the magical girls stationed in various places have been attacked, and all the remaining bodies of the Disaster Beast have been completely destroyed by her."

She paused slightly, her expression growing increasingly grave: "Even the Schicksal headquarters wasn't spared. Three Creation Witches launched a surprise attack on the headquarters base, bypassing numerous defenses and destroying all three Steel Calamities sealed in the research lab. Even with Lady Cecilia's personal intervention, she ultimately couldn't stop her."

The moment those words were spoken, the room fell into a deathly silence; you could hear a pin drop.

Cecilia, one of the world's most powerful magical girls.

In the recent battle on the Antarctic ice sheet, she single-handedly confronted ten Seven Star Witches, sweeping them away with absolute dominance and adding another brick to her undefeated legend.

But now, the Creation Witch who raided the headquarters has managed to escape unscathed despite Cecilia's obstruction?

This shocking news sent a huge shockwave through everyone.

Cangxing broke the silence first, voicing her guess: "Could it be that the Creation Witch who died eight years ago was just an avatar she created from beginning to end? Her true self has been hiding in secret all these years, never showing herself?"

"That doesn't make sense, it just doesn't add up." Mu Yue shook her head slightly. "With such immense power, why would she remain hidden for so long? She loves causing destruction; the previous tsunami war was caused by her. She was also completely absent from the recent witch invasion. Now that the war is over and the witches have disappeared, why would she choose to appear at this crucial moment? Is she planning to single-handedly confront all the magical girls in the world?"

Since the end of the witch invasion war and the development of the new generation of the Sky Eye system, witches all over the world have either been wiped out or disappeared without a trace, and even the Sky Eye system cannot detect them.

This is precisely why major media outlets have rushed to report on it, proclaiming that the world has completely returned to an era of peace.

"Are there any other leads at headquarters?" Zhong Hui asked Altai.

“No.” Altai shook his head helplessly. “Before headquarters could conduct in-depth research on the Steel Beast’s body, the Creation Witch suddenly launched an attack and completely destroyed all the samples.”

“What on earth is going on... I can’t figure it out, the more I think about it, the stranger it seems…” Cang Xing frowned deeply, full of confusion. “The Creation Witch who was already dead has inexplicably come back to life, and our information has been inexplicably leaked. All of these things are too strange and bizarre.”

She paused briefly, her gaze darkening, before uttering a bold conjecture: "I suspect that there is a high probability that someone within the Destiny Headquarters has betrayed us and is secretly colluding with the Witch."

Faced with this extremely bold speculation, Altai responded solemnly and in a deep voice: "Headquarters has launched a thorough investigation of all staff, both current and retired. We should have a definitive result in a few days."

Just as everyone was lost in thought, a faint, timid voice suddenly rang out.

"I...I've made a discovery."

Fluorescent, who had remained silent throughout, suddenly raised his hand and spoke softly.