Research Laboratory.
In a bulletproof glass room with layers of protection, the Disaster Beast corpse suspected of being affected by Ice Flower's ability was displayed.
Hibiscus put on gloves and gently touched the wound, slightly prying open to discover mycelial structures at the edges, containing magic power that had long lost activity. She could confirm it belonged to special-type plant work—not far away.
She took a scalpel to cut off part of the surface tissue and put it in a tray. The rest didn't need disturbing to avoid accidents.
The more heavily contaminated parts were simply fed to trained Disaster Beasts for complete clean disposal.
"Give scissors."
Beside her handing tools were Jin Yulu and Elsa. The forr understood battlefield first aid and other external knowledge while being absolutely tough with high health. The latter had beco a doctor from long illness plus causality magic protection—no problem.
Hibiscus carefully cut away the parts most severely affected by Ice Flower. Ice frost magic power circulated with parasitic nature—fortunately she was quick enough to completely remove it.
Don't underestimate her sporadic professional reading. She was quite confident in field knowledge and practical experience, whether for Disaster Beasts or humans, living or dead objects. Having handled too much, forensic work was simply at her fingertips.
Even this wasn't safe enough. She used Black Jar chanisms to extract all infection-related magic power before stopping.
"Done. I've processed it harmlessly."
Hibiscus removed white dical gloves and completely annihilated them with Ti Slash, leaving no trace.
Jin Yulu asked: "Does this situation an we're close to the destination? Seems Ice Flower is already welcoming us—the indiscriminate peeing type."
"Yes."
"I'll arrange patrol intensity to increase another level, and try to have auxiliary magic coverage in every area to avoid such sudden attacks happening again. Otherwise we'll have casualties before even arriving. Of course, this will also reduce the number of people for external reconnaissance. Better to let so Disaster Beasts actively co knocking to expose large settlent locations."
"Leave it to . I'll maintain my hatred. The Arctic Circle should get lively." Elsa said confidently.
Suddenly Hibiscus's expression slightly froze.
The system produced new hints—apparently not far from Ice Flower's location.
She said seriously: "Won't take 3 days. I estimate we'll see that special glacier island within 48 hours—the fallen zone center. Prepare yourselves and let everyone eat well these two days to rest and recuperate."
"Yes sir."
Both answered in unison. Noticing their superior's dismissive intent, Jin Yulu and Elsa quickly left—they'd be busy next.
The silver-haired girl remaining in the laboratory had flickering eyes. For safety, she used Temporal Cross-Section to cut the corpse, completely preventing its parasitic magic power from functioning at all.
Strange—this actually differed from the Disaster Beast limits she'd learned from netizens beforehand. The magic power was stronger.
Hibiscus understood intelligence couldn't be 100% trusted. The headache was that the Arctic was full of affiliated Disaster Beasts killing each other and breeding gu, with threat levels rising straight up. So as ti passed, coalition forces dared less to venture into forbidden zones. But high risk ant high return, like the system hint:
[Obtain suggestion "Defeat Ice Flower" Reward: Small Origin Advancent Stone, 5 Lottery Chances, 100 Exchange Points, Extractable Glacier Island Core]
Unconventional items appeared!
She still rembered how convenient the system's identity card and rare Evil-Repelling Incense were. The forr made the "Doctor Mu" setting believed by the world to this day, the latter let Church squads resist high-tier Disaster Beast intimidation—both no less than powerful relics.
Speaking of which, did the so-called Glacier Island Core exist in the original work?
Getting this thing should be quite convenient. Even if it couldn't co and go freely like Hermit Island, it would be much easier.
Hibiscus posted the current situation as a summary thread, asking along the way: "Everyone, does the Managent Bureau in the original work create sothing like a Glacier Island Core?"
【Indeed crafted by Magical Girl Poppy, but that was during Imperial Flower's period】
【Definitely can't compare to Hermit Island's core, but wins in being able to add patches for continuous improvent. Hard to say which is stronger—I suggest you take everything】
【Moving so fast】
【Haven't watched Hyacinth for a few days and she's already killed from South Pacific to Barents Sea, solving the Bering Strait crisis along the way. But the thought of avoiding disputes is indeed correct. Current Salvation Church core strength is too little to withstand troubles. Let those guys fight among themselves】
【Quickly put up farming progress. How's the company? How's island construction? Watching cyber farming, being an electronic overseer】
【You focus on progress. I'm different—I just want to see Magical Girl battle scenes】
【From video demonstrations, details are indeed full, already hinting at Imperial Flower, Dandelion, and Manjusaka's evolution, but still lacking a bit】
【Simulated worldline Hyacinth is much stronger than the original work's sa period—practically single-handedly dragging the entire Magical Girl group forward triumphantly. Though there are many vague descriptions, I feel Ti Priestess releasing restrictions and fully displaying talent truly deserves sitting on a rocket upgrade. Maybe initial stats aren't as good as Manjusaka and Elsa, but absolutely upgrades faster】
【This is called dominance】
【Look at that group drill battle video—finally learned team fighting. The original work mostly described one-on-one duels with almost no cooperation description. This ti Church and Managent Bureau will ruthlessly utilize group beating advantages】
Beyond Hibiscus's expectations, everyone generally praised the group training. Indeed, Magical Girl battles were often pleasing to the eye.
Of course, experienced perspectives weren't wrong either, proving the Church's adoption of group combat was correct.
Disaster Beasts were difficult precisely because of nurous troops and generals, always holding nurical advantage. Since so, they had to overwhelm enemies in organizational capability. The upcoming central fallen zone operation counted as a major test—frontally confronting the final batch of affiliated Disaster Beast remnants.
Even she hadn't truly experienced their threat level.
Strictly speaking, during the catastrophe war the Church handled decapitation operations with brilliant achievents but no experience of ordinary affiliated Disaster Beast army combat strength—no practical experience.
Hibiscus had to deal with Ice Flower, while others had to withstand their pressure—not easy.
She provided currently collected intelligence then asked: "According to previous information, parasitic magic power shouldn't last this long. Is there further intelligence about Ice Flower?"
Everyone's brief silence made Hibiscus increasingly uneasy.
【Basic intelligence isn't wrong—it's simulated worldline self-evolution results. The Church's hunting spree made Ice Flower's pressure surge and it began devouring sa species to accumulate magic power】
【Like breeding gu. If Disaster Beasts devour each other, victorious individuals will have short-term magic power explosions. This signals desperate battle. Hard-to-move plant-type special species prepared eting gifts for guests】
Definitely bad news!
One sentence awakened the drear. Actually, Hibiscus had deduced the fallen zone center was undergoing so change because Disaster Beast corpses showed devouring traces.
Now netizens ntioned Ice Flower was massively devouring ordinary species. Adding original affiliated Disaster Beast remnants, the difficulty coefficient probably wasn't low. This was troubleso. But thinking again, the Church didn't know the original enemy strength anyway—couldn't feel the contrast.
"Thanks everyone for reminding . I'll pay more attention, but the itinerary doesn't change."
Once the Magical Girl war machine started, don't expect easy U-turns. Retreat was often more dangerous than advance.
【Maybe forget it. Stay at the fallen zone edges for a few more days, send so people to test intensity. Otherwise directly opening team battle dungeon might crash】
【You didn't carefully read Hyacinth's Hermit Island daily posts. Screenshot.jpg. To safely navigate Arctic Circle, complete closure is best. Unfortunately fresh food doesn't keep that long. After 3 days past peak supply, it gets worse daily, bringing declining combat power—no hope】
【How about enduring a few days】
【imperial Army：We imperial army can live on grass】
【Though Magical Girls are all super soldiers who can go long periods without eating or drinking, they rely more on idealistic power and must maintain morale. So before battle, eat well then push through in one wave—strike while the iron is hot. Once declining, twice exhausted, thrice depleted. Besides, they're all one-charge burst-type players. Without reaching the Blooming Stage, can't sustain high-intensity long-term combat. So real fighting still needs quick decisions】
【Army Group Commander Jin Yulu activated: Strategic Decisive Battle Doctrine】
【Current situation is two strike groups of unknown strength getting closer in Arctic Ocean—both sides know they'll encounter but don't know each other's specific deploynts】
【Wrong】
【Since ancient tis, Arctic Circle has been strategically important due to superior geographical position—major battles over ten tis throughout history with complex rights and wrongs. Anyway, the Church holds key intelligence—advantage is ours】
Hibiscus found this amusing. She'd seen similar sentences several tis—incomprehensible words that nonetheless made sense.
She knew Ice Flower's specific information: magic power had ice frost freezing attributes, intimidation could trigger natural phenona, characteristics were a huge flower field with almost no vital points, creative attributes, and so telekinesis. The vital point was total root system buried 100 ters under ice—also the taming key.
Defeat but not kill—quite challenging.
The system also required "defeat," so it wasn't about fighting and killing. Besides, Hibiscus didn't want to miss the "Glacier Island Core" reward.
Both providing the Managent Bureau a foothold and serving as Salvation Church's secondary base.
Magical Girls as quasi-military organization mbers still lacked experience. No training compared to real sword-to-sword fighting. Now the opportunity was rare and couldn't be missed.
She asked again: "Anyway, I've decided to completely sweep the small fallen zone centered on Ice Flower. Infection counterasures are ready too. Is there more detailed description of this segnt in the original work for reference?"
At least have a definite impression of enemies to avoid going in blind.
Netizens were as helpful as always. Monts later, a 5-minute short video appeared in the comnts.
The screen clearly showed Managent Bureau Magical Girls and coalition forces, but the forr obviously had many below Triple Awakening, while the latter's equipnt was far inferior to catastrophe war period. Just this appearance made Hibiscus widen her eyes—bold enough to charge in like this?
Behind an absurd phenonon were often various seemingly reasonable struggles, ultimately tilting toward an outrageous outco. Events indeed developed as expected.
Rumble!
The first attack was launched by coalition forces. Shells flew across snow-white skies into pale blue glaciers, blasting fragnts that revealed hollow spaces. Next mont, countless Disaster Beast corpses surged out like goods on shelves pushed over and spilling. Simultaneously, these remains sprouted ice crystal flowers emanating deadly frost—no one on the frontmost warships survived.
Hibiscus had just witnessed this move. More effective than intimidation, probably weapons stockpiled by Ice Flower without costing any magic power.
Now Magical Girls and Holy Relics had rushed to glacier gaps for interception.
Both sides began fighting, with magic power energies exploding against each other, forcibly containing the Disaster Beast surge.
Experienced coalition forces wouldn't miss openings. Since you're staying in glacier strongholds, perfect—countless biochemical weapons poured into gaps, imdiately causing shrieks and wails.
Admittedly, affiliated Disaster Beasts had strong conventional force resistance, but they were minorities after all. Most ordinary species still fell to this move—casualties were severe.
Tactics were still clumsy.
Or rather, the commanding Disaster Beast originally planned to sacrifice pieces. Now Hibiscus couldn't help pondering—if it were her, she might slow the offensive and investigate more.
Thud!
Tens of thousands of tons of glaciers instantly collapsed with huge sounds, even making coalition forces cheer, forgetting it shouldn't be so fragile.
Almost simultaneously with collapse, Disaster Beast corpses inside completely released—a larger round of frost wind spread in all directions with the noise, even mixed with biochemical weapons, using their own thods against them.
Hibiscus felt uneasy. "Its intelligence level was underestimated."
In one encounter, front-row warship combat personnel suffered heavy damage—even icebreakers were paralyzed.
Cut off retreat routes. Losing icebreakers in the frozen Arctic Circle nearly ant being trapped to death, but they couldn't worry about that because truly terrifying Disaster Beasts had just appeared.
Massive root systems grew from underwater glaciers, ranging from half-ter to 3-ter diater—also ice blue, montarily indistinguishable as plant forms. It directly ambushed Magical Girls and Holy Relics, causing major losses. Even blood froze and lost temperature. Its massive form bathed in gunfire yet grew stronger, with rising aura making wind howl with roars.
"Ice Flower's true form!"
Hibiscus steadied herself against this magnificent form, and under this Commander's guidance, remaining hundreds of affiliated Disaster Beasts poured out in full force.
Both sides' fighting entered white heat as the video reached its end. Actually, she'd already obtained key intelligence. So the hiding place was underwater, and it had stockpiled many Disaster Beast bombs—quite sinister.
If it were her, she might have to use ti jump to avoid such wide-range attacks.
As for results, Hibiscus already knew—the victor was coalition forces, but they paid a price, quite heavy. This battle seemingly won but subsequent pain would have far-reaching effects on the situation like a gray line through grass and snakes. Regardless, the Managent Bureau established their position through military rit, laying foundations for the original work's developnt.
For the first MVP, none surpassed Elsa at the frontlines. From a corner shot, Magical Girl Chrysanthemum had already charged into the root system—she wouldn't disappoint.
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