The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 698 Dream Core Breeze

In a quiet, deserted, unfamiliar space, in a city that bears a striking resemblance to Chengdu, a sound suddenly rang out that seemed to exist only in reality, leaving anyone momentarily stunned.

The person who had just let out a loud shout that echoed throughout the city... was currently maintaining his flight magic, flying slowly close to the buildings, avoiding any possible attention while also observing any clues that might exist on the road.

For some reason, a strong sense of confusion arose in Nan Xiaofeng's heart.

This place is really strange—the layout of the buildings is the same as in Chengdu, but there are huge differences in many details.

Take the school gate as an example. I have been studying at Rongcheng College of Arts and Sciences for five or six years. I know all the food stalls and stationery stores at the gate like the back of my hand. I am also very familiar with the roadside mobile stalls. There is absolutely nothing that I do not know.

(Mercury's Secret: This kid was forced to upgrade his major during the elbow strike on Shenhe. Actually, everyone knows what I mean, please forgive me.)

However, among the shops near the school gate, whether they were beverage shops or snack shops, at least eight out of ten felt completely unfamiliar to Nan Xiaofeng. Only one or two of the more established shops were still visible, but their signs were also completely different from what he knew.

The most typical example is the stationery store closest to the school. The owner is an older middle-aged man. Every day after school, many students gather at the store entrance to buy stationery or toys. He also sells grilled sausages.

Its sign clearly reads "Haoyijia Stationery Store," but why did I see "Lao Wang Stationery Shop" written on a wooden board when I passed by just now?

The flying magic brought her to the city of Rongcheng. Nan Xiaofeng looked up and the scene before her made her stop in a panic. She grabbed the exterior wall of a nearby building and stared in disbelief, even rubbing her eyes, thinking she was seeing things.

The original modern office buildings did not appear in sight. Instead, there were many old-fashioned mixed-use commercial and residential buildings. The blue glass curtain walls reflected the sunset on the buildings, and you could also see wall advertisements made of painted lettering such as "Rongcheng Computer Training Center" that I had only seen in old photos.

There was little asphalt on the roads; most were concrete. The streets were deserted, with vehicles parked or crowded together in a chaotic manner. The cars were not the sleek trams or new sedans of today, but rather mostly angular Santanas.

The neon lights weren't on, the traffic lights hadn't changed colors, and at the intersection, a huge, dusty, flip-page GG sign was displayed, currently displaying the telecom operator's promotional GG: "China Telecom 3G is so fast!"

Everything was repeatedly impacting Nan Xiaofeng's thoughts, making her clearly feel that "this seems to be Rongcheng, where I live, but something is not quite right."

weird.

A strange feeling lingered in Nan Xiaofeng's heart.

These buildings and vehicles could not possibly exist in Chengdu today; they must be at least ten years old... no, twenty years old, or even longer.

As times changed, old housing was rebuilt into new elevator apartments and high-rise residences. With industrial progress, large areas of pure glass curtain walls replaced the old-fashioned blue glass, and vehicles underwent a dramatic transformation.

The snack shops sell loose fruit candies, the barbershops are all filled with trendy haircuts and styling, and magical girl merchandise has not yet been fully rolled out; only outside large shopping malls can you see promotional posters for the "New Magical Girl Lily's Debut Commemoration".

But the "Chengdu" in this space seems to be stuck in that bygone era, giving people a strange sense of dislocation.

"Nightingale, can you see it?"

Suddenly remembering that he still had a Divine Stone that was currently in a video call, Nan Xiaofeng quickly spoke to the other end of the communication.

Nightingale stared blankly at the unfamiliar city appearing in the video call. She had never seen such a scene before at her age, so she had no choice but to ask the superheroes around her, whose eyes were wide with amazement, for help.

"Holy crap...where am I...?"

[Steel] Frank leaned closer to the screen, unable to resist muttering a classic Chinese curse, unable to believe what he was seeing.

"Isn't this the computer school that was demolished? I took classes there twenty years ago!"

"And here's the former association headquarters, look here."

Messiah pointed to a building in the corner of the light screen, standing out prominently among the buildings. The words "Headquarters of Chengdu Heroes Association" were written in gold lettering on the top, giving it a kind of rustic yet fashionable feel.

Several of the older heroes immediately started chattering away, while younger heroes like Meteor couldn't join in for the time being and could only glean glimpses of the past from their colleagues.

Things like, "There used to be a helicopter landing pad on the roof of the old headquarters that could take off and land helicopters," and "In an emergency, three planes could be dispatched to the scene," followed by comments like, "Since Meteor joined the company, the commute time to the front line has been greatly shortened."

"Speaking of which, I remember that on the very first day Meteor joined the company, he encountered two emergency dispatches at the same time, separated by the entire city of Chengdu," Frank said with a smile.

"Back then, we were wondering what to do since the helipad for the new building wasn't finished yet, and then the meteor took us to our spot in just five seconds."

"Yeah, and then you guys applied for a promotion of four levels overnight, keeping her stuck in the field for ten years now," Messiah chimed in with a sarcastic remark.

"Haha, after all, this position suits me quite well," Meteor joked, not thinking it was a big deal.

The heroes' casual chat about past memories quickly came to an end, and everyone stared at the "Chengdu" in the alternate dimension photographed by Hyacinth, and a similar thought arose in their minds: Where did this come from?

"Hyacinth, can you provide an accurate location?" Messiah pressed.

"It's not feasible right now. I just saw a light on in an office building, and I need to go over there to see what's going on."

Hyacinth answered honestly,

"This divine stone has a built-in location tracking function. Nightingale, do you have a way to capture its location signal?"

"You mean you want me to use my wand to analyze the location signal of the Divine Stone? Aren't you overestimating me a bit?" Nightingale said expressionlessly.

The signal from the Divine Stone is like digital communication, with a lot of complex content. It can only be decoded using the complex magic built into the Divine Stone. It would be impossible for even Inari to decode it by force with a magic wand.

...Wait a minute, why do I have to stand here and confront this head-on all by myself?

The nightingale seemed to suddenly remember something, and quickly turned to look at the iris and the arum and suoye that were eating potato chips and nuts beside it, and said to its companions:

"Are you free right now? Could you have Xin Yuehu come over here? She might be able to decipher the signal from the divine stone on Fengxinzi's hand!"

A brief pause.

The three magical girls exchanged glances, and all eyes, including Nightingale's, fell on Sakuya, who was just peeling a pistachio and popping it into her mouth.

The jet-black winged magical girl blinked her bright amber owl eyes and tilted her head.

After a long while, Sakuya finally reacted, pointing to himself with the feathers on his wingtip.

"...Um, should I...go?"