Hibiscus thought to herself that netizens were becoming increasingly cryptic.
But she didn't bla them, because this itself conveyed information: the topic being discussed was very important. In any case, don't overthink—listen carefully and rember.
After suffering so many Knowledge Poison lessons, both she and netizens tacitly followed rules for information sharing:
【In derivative gas, Fallen Zones often serve as permanent material-dropping dungeons, and they're elental magic's ho field—very troubleso. This type has the most T1 rankings because output scale determines the floor, and with slightly stronger conceptual prefixes, they're much more formidable than ordinary Magical Girls】
【The Church's long-term goal is exploring the depths】
【But taking it slow is fine too. Whether in gas or original work, it counts as top-tier experience packages. More practice is always beneficial—consider it material stockpiling. @Hyacinth, we can directly tell you the recapture war will be very lengthy】
【Wait, since we need to go deep to confirm worldview, why not go to Egypt?】
【Are you stupid?】
【If it's not a fused worldview, everything's fine. If it is, running into Number One right now would likely end in disaster. Even if suppressed to similar levels, they have higher realm】
【You're right, my bad for not thinking it through. Indeed, while the Pacific Fallen Zone depths seem more difficult on the surface, we can grind slowly and relatively safely—it's a stable way to verify worldview. Since that's the case, we shouldn't sit idle and let the poster explore ahead while opticians think about what to do if it really is an all-star brawl. Whether enemies or opportunities, both would greatly increase】
【It shouldn't be that chaotic. Magic Girl of Light isn't actually simple—even fanfiction wouldn't dare adopt such an all-star setting】
【Better safe than sorry. Just consider it our brainstorming for fun】
【If her Organization's Obelisk is already established, that proves it won't be resolved quickly. Many plans would need complete overhaul, and considerable suggestions couldn't be offered】
【For instance, we originally could suggest Hyacinth connect with the Pharaoh. Healing magic should help this dying person, but now it's better to keep distance and avoid them】
【Put away gaming ntality. Opticians are only making suggestions—it's the Magical Girls who risk their necks doing the actual work】
Hibiscus expressed gratitude upon hearing this.
Though she couldn't understand details due to Knowledge Poison, she understood this matter was closely related to herself.
Receiving everyone's additional kind consideration was good—attitude was indeed crucial. If purely approaching with a playful mindset, the Church could easily step into traps. Similarly, even if she could receive abundant precious information, that didn't an letting her guard down. Distinguishing truth from falsehood and making correct judgnts was more difficult.
As a leader, she naturally stood at the high point of intelligence gathering—never lacking information, never finishing listening to suggestions. Distinguishing truth from falsehood and making correct judgnts was what was difficult.
"Egypt?"
The silver-haired girl murmured and resolved not to get involved—listen to advice and you'll be fed.
The imdiate task was clearing Disaster Beast Fallen Zones. This wasn't the Salvation Church forcing itself to participate, but spillover disasters spreading to Pacific coasts with monsters even wandering to the Indian Ocean, opening the eyes of the notoriously slack theater. Ningfeng Harbor was naturally included—just recovering from new infectious diseases, welcoming Disaster Beast landings would be unbearable.
After the catastrophe war, another super-large-scale Disaster Beast event had occurred. No one could stay out of it, especially increasingly large-scale Magical Girl Organizations.
Though she'd instructed Elsa to leave Bull hanging for now, she and Bull shared an understanding: help was needed when there was trouble. Otherwise, Bull wouldn't want to support an organization that didn't do actual work while occupying privileged positions—he might even change attitude to suppression.
If Hibiscus were in his position, she'd do the sa.
Since you had "rit from following the dragon," continue working and gain benefit returns together under rcenary group order.
If you acted aloof and unsociable, relationships would turn unpleasant. The cooperative situation maintained with such difficulty would face cracks.
No one reminded or threatened Hibiscus about this, but leaders should think to this extent.
Magical Girls indeed had needs—many newcors required Disaster Beast battlefield training, plus replenishing material consumption during this period. They really should act.
She posted new information with so Bull-related news images: "New Allied Forces Staff Headquarters reorganization complete, planning a Fallen Zone recapture war while inviting the Salvation Church. However, I haven't responded yet. I think we can agree to cooperation, but Magical Girls' position is as independently acting vanguards......"
Comnts showed so shocked emoticons.
【Progress too fast—century-level reconciliation! Didn't expect Bull and Croft to bury the hatchet and cooperate】
【That's thanks to the Church's great help. According to the original work, just the Relic Treasury cursed many rcenary Alliance high command to death—heavy losses. But our projections didn't expect such smooth sailing. Fortunately, Hyacinth reacted quickly to catch this public opinion coercion move】
【Always worried our communication information was too outdated, but we were wrong. Boss Hibiscus's own on-scene reactions and gaming level are sufficient to cope】
【Correct】
【No matter how strong opticians are, we only provide intelligence reference—like staff departnts. Those using foreheads to catch bullets are still the front lines. The Church's full mbership risking lives—don't they understand clearly?】
【@Hyacinth, actually I think continuing to leave them hanging is fine. The Church should develop hidden. After all, the Fallen Zone waters run deep, with powerful ancient Holy Relics acting—full of variables】
【Right, as long as we honestly hide, what can they do about it?】
Actually, Hibiscus had already considered these thoughts, but after thinking it over, she still replied firmly:
"Thanks for everyone's concern, but we can't be absent. The Church's external good reputation and internal cohesion largely derive from fighting Disaster Beasts—you could say it's organizational legitimacy. We can't violate this. Under this banner, we can occasionally participate in disputes or even attack military bases. Last ti's combat definitely created controversy in so Magical Girls' hearts—this ti we need to make up for it."
"Why do we fight? This question is crucial. The more modern the army, the more important having just cause. Our cause's elevation can't avoid these issues."
"The Church will participate—the difference is only in tactics."
Hibiscus told the optician think tank about thinking logic she hadn't yet announced to colleagues, also previewing the organization's coming actions.
【Good good good, the poster always shows Hyacinth's intellectual courage at key monts. Every ti I think character is broken, you radiate charm. Sinful woman】
【Ultimately we only make suggestions. Boss Hibiscus is the commander-in-chief, with all specific execution details decided by her. Since you've made judgnt, I won't pretend either—I support participation, like Shu Han couldn't avoid Northern Expeditions】
【Chancellor, please lead us in one more charge】
【Who cares how deep or muddy the waters are? Are we Salvation Church not river-crossing dragons?】
As Hibiscus stated her position to participate in the Pacific Disaster Beast Fallen Zone recapture war, everyone imdiately expressed support.
Though considerable portions were netizens cheering casually, it must be admitted that Magical Girl Hyacinth's earlier speech convinced them. Indeed, the Church needed to continue creating achievents—how could skulking figures create their own world order in the future?
Plus the cheering and encouragent had quite a fired-up atmosphere.
【I'm a Church believer, I support the Prophet's decision! Ahhh】
【The question of whether Magical Girl Organizations should participate in war no longer needs discussion. Though those advocating avoiding war had good intentions, ultimately decision rights lie with Hyacinth. We should think more about what can be gained】
【In a sense, Chairman Bull now views the Salvation Church with a "probationary period" aning, examining whether you're worth deeper cooperation】
【He's very anxious】
【Let be anxious first—I want to see the Church slaughter through Fallen Zones】
【With Bull's personality, if allies dare show any weakness or cowardice, he'd put them on the table and divide and devour them. With them as allies, do you need enemy threats?】
【In other words, if the Church as ally always demonstrates domineering, invincible power, rcenary groups might even hand over leadership for your managent】
【So we're hanging back now to avoid being hijacked, then turn the tables on them, ruthlessly deterring them】
【Not that easy. Think carefully about the current New Allied Forces' lineup configuration. Those forces that should have been lost in civil war are all safe thanks to Boss Hibiscus's help—overall strength increased rather than decreased without infighting. rcenaries plus military accumulation decided to fight a large-scale war, no smaller than catastrophe war scale, even more formidable due to various factors】
【@Hyacinth, the ancient Holy Relic Pharmacist who will definitely appear should be guarded against. She's very strong—rember that sleeping ones are often more threatening】
【......Actually she has many secrets, counts as friendly forces】
Hibiscus was slightly stunned.
Netizens had ntioned before, and her inquiries confird ancient Holy Relics should count as one level, at least corresponding to Magical Girl Growth Stage, but status determined combat power.
For instance, the always-active Snow Maiden had to suppress magical power to ensure functional operation.
Conversely, ancient Holy Relics who often slept to avoid erosion could be more unrestricted when awakening for brief periods, so actual displayed strength was superior. In fact, Snow Maiden's constant presence was exceptional—others often slept to ensure perfect combat capability.
The premise was Planet Gaia's consistently low magical power concentration.
Hibiscus spread her palm to drive magical power, creating faint gleams—previously requiring more Origin. In other words, unknowingly, the world's magical power revival process had improved again, so ancient Holy Relics didn't need such trouble anymore.
She continued: "Everyone needn't worry too much about those twists and turns. Tactically, I already have ideas."
"One factor in initiative is intelligence volu. Just leverage our advantages—use information superiority to overwhelm Bull's calculations. Leave specific operations to ."
The Salvation Church wouldn't just participate—it would be in a dominant position.
【Understood. With opticians' knowledge of various world lines' events, aren't we stronger than Prophecy Books? But our situation projections are getting weaker, so we can only provide objective intelligence. Is that enough? Like Fallen Zone maps, Disaster Beast distribution and data】
"Very useful."
【Mainly from setting collections and ga data organization—you'll need to screen details yourself. @Hyacinth, files sent】
Hibiscus saw dense information strings, many text descriptions full of gaming style. Taking them out directly definitely wouldn't work—she needed processing and polishing to beco real intelligence.
Of course, information alone wasn't enough to demonstrate the Church's power or gain dominance—ultimately it depended on operations.
First, she should confirm how much rcenaries knew, then spread formations while conveying intelligence to make the other side pay attention... Specific details required careful planning.
【By the way, Fallen Zones are long-term dungeons—definitely don't be reckless】
【Sending you to the depths ans taking a look. The key figure needing confirmation might even appear early, so don't plunge in headfirst】
【You should have noticed the new mutants already escaped from Fallen Zone peripheries—tenacious vitality, but why still couldn't compete and got driven out? Because just thick health isn't enough—you need strong attack power. The Fallen Zone group has already developed specialized attack organs. Beware of the crab-shaped high-tier Disaster Beast codenad "Armor Cannon"—super output, people die easily. General Growth Stage Magical Girls absolutely can't withstand it】
【What's Armor Cannon? When I played ga dungeons, most annoying was "Light Anemone" high-tier Disaster Beasts—map-clearing ultimate moves hitting faces on sight. What crap monsters】
【Bad mories coming back】
【Fallen Zones already rolled into pretzels. The problem is leaving them alone makes them harder to chew—Allied Forces deserve heavy losses】
【That's unfair to say. Back then beast early invasions plus Blood Tsunami attacks were wave after wave—no ti to handle, finally becoming bad debts left to posterity, relying on posterity's wisdom】
【Croft completed historical mission, smoothly passing the baton, remaining wealthy—quite complete for his generation】
【How many active ancient Holy Relics were there back then? Now after magical power revival and activation, combat strength has actually increased. Bull has more cards in hand—who's stronger isn't certain. Depends on his personal operations. Plus there's Boss Hibiscus to carry the team—little brother, just wait and see】
【@Hyacinth, no point saying more—let tell you about the original work's situation for this period...】
Hearing this, Hibiscus sat up straight.
She'd never been clear how difficult this so-called lengthy war of attrition would be.
If netizens were willing to share the general process, that would be perfect. After all, it essentially counted as a kind of long-term prediction containing plenty of landmine-avoiding useful information.
Before her eyes, besides long paragraphs, there were also images roughly depicting the early content of this recapture war:
As Hibiscus expected, with the original work's level of New Allied Forces, they could only adopt conservative defensive war strategies—the banner read "Recapture Fallen Zones" but actually built high walls and fortresses. Very practical, not wrong. Foolish commanders would wastefully send troops out.
rcenary groups clearly understood that catastrophe had severely damaged human civilization and Holy Relic civil war had lost strongn, so they simply lacked ability to organize offensive warfare. The underlying consideration was simple:
Political warfare.
The newly born Staff Headquarters needed to mobilize military activities that could forge consensus among all parties. Starting war was more important than how to fight—understandable. Unfortunately, Disaster Beasts wouldn't indulge human scheming calculations—none of it counted.
"Passive strategy inevitably brings evil consequences. Long defense will fail."
Hibiscus murmured like reminding herself while foreseeing the coming tragedy.
Having experienced several battlefields, Magical Girl Hyacinth had cultivated unique insight. Just looking at the original storyline's fragile defensive strategy, she imdiately knew it wouldn't work.
High command similarly settled on "political warfare fought to forge consensus"—this thinking was pure poison.
From beginning to end, this was a super war concerning civilizational rise and fall, species survival, and world welfare. Deliberately lowering expectations was like covering eyes with hands, ignoring problems, ultimately waiting until Fallen Zones' truly mainstream Disaster Beasts began spilling out.
Hibiscus witnessed fleet conflicts with massive Disaster Beast swarms.
Shocking.
Several images depicted grim ocean scenery—rolling smoke towering into clouds, blackening cloud layers and dropping ash specks in crimson red. Seawater was boiling, countless steel warships lying sideways and sinking. They beca torches burning fiercely, sparks flying, explosions continuing, steel twisting. Not even a human shadow visible—all buried together.
Those giant shadows stepped over reef beaches into vast oceans, breaking free from restraints and completely opening paths to civilized worlds.
They all grew massive tumors without exception—mutational characteristics from devouring large quantities of their kind. Powerful vitality, mixed attributes, strong attack desires destined this monster group to create bloody storms.
Among them was an image of a huge light orb becoming a mushroom cloud, stretching endlessly across oceans, seemingly weaving apocalyptic scenes proclaiming mad counterattacks.
"Nuclear bombs?"
Hibiscus recognized the weapon's true form with amazent.
Not surprising at all. After all, in this world line she knew Bull had boldly launched nuclear strikes on Fallen Zones, forcibly diverting Pacific Theater attention. Cause and effect cycling—reaping what you sow.
Though Fallen Zone landmines would explode sooner or later, since they fell into your hands, bla was inescapable.
No wonder Bull launched nuclear strikes again—he'd bet his political life and had no other choice now.
Admittedly, strike effects were good, basically eliminating the first wave of Disaster Beasts about to break control, but it was difficult to deploy nuclear bombs in environntally complex, infection-filled Fallen Zones.
Moreover, this war wasn't wealthy enough for full nuclear weapon coverage.
Hibiscus frowned slightly, muttering: "So if war goes badly, Bull will definitely use nuclear weapons? This is his difference from Croft—absolutely ruthless enough not to spare expanding impact scale. Even teammates need extra caution..."
Really troubleso.
For example, if Hermit Island shielded all contact and acted independently in Fallen Zones, would it inexplicably take a nuclear bomb?
"But considering political background, there's little difference between the two world lines, especially for rcenaries needing a war to establish authority. After all, though they didn't suffer heavy losses, in 2 key hard battles they outsourced the work—insufficient deterrence, similarly needing to bet reputation for victory. In other words, Bull could lower bottom lines while the Church could fight for more space..."
The silver-haired girl's eyes flickered with a plan forming.
Remaining information corroborated speculation. After nuclear strikes, Disaster Beasts beca much more cautious, instead beginning rounds of attacks on fortresses surrounding Fallen Zones.
Now the worst situation for both sides appeared: attrition tactics.
They repeatedly invested massive resources and manpower, getting seas dyed red, corpses floating everywhere, countless bodies yet gaining no results.
Recapture remained distant.
No wonder netizens had said it would beco "prolonged"—because they'd witnessed it. Even with current situations, Hibiscus didn't dare guarantee success. Moreover, she wasn't truly controlling overall resource allocation—a small vanguard force had very limited effect on the entire battlefield.
Intelligence stopped abruptly. The rest was too long-term, carrying Knowledge Poison and inconvenient to understand, but current information was enough for her to understand war could easily turn to consumption.
Hyacinth: "I'll try to avoid such situations as much as possible. Just now I roughly studied the map—departing from New Zealand in the South Pacific would have relatively fewer Disaster Beasts, and the Church can use Antarctic Circumpolar Current power to reopen the infection storm zones they constructed. Moreover, I've already mass-produced new dicines. Once war starts and we tear open a breach, we should be able to disrupt enemy formations."
Unexpectedly, after she finished, the comnt section fell briefly quiet.
【We didn't tell you that part includes similar plans—sa destination reached by different routes】
【Simply put, these all co from original Magic Girl of Light geniuses' concepts. We at most relay ssages】
【In original storyline, this section had Pharmacist finding correct usage for virus relic Black Jar, thus breaking Disaster Beasts' infection isolation zones. Plus gradually growing Managent Bureau forces finally managed to pry open a breach, gaining upper hand over Disaster Beasts while avoiding rcenary Group collapse due to front-line failures】
【Worthy of Boss Hibiscus—imdiately reacted】
【Ti Priestess's late-stage strategic wisdom also ranked first tier, but new world line Hyacinth has already shown this grace】
【Brain growing knowledge feeling】
【True villain big BOSS needs both literary and martial skills, leadership charisma, personnel judgnt, iron will... Boss Hibiscus originally possessed these talents, just grew up early—a Magical Girl Hyacinth without a nurturing childhood】
【Back to business—so did the original work win following that battle plan?】
【No. Even after attacking Fallen Zones and recapturing over a million square kiloters, complete victory was difficult. Real turning point opportunity ca with fairy descent】
【Wait, is there a possibility: current Salvation Church overall strength isn't weaker than Managent Bureau when fairies just descended? Quite the contrary, New Allied Forces are stronger too. Broadly speaking, entire Planet Gaia has raised ceilings due to multiple powerful Magical Girls being active, accelerating revival process, right?】
【Correct】
【@Hyacinth, now you completely have ability to formulate victorious plans. Set bigger goals—like retaking New Zealand coastal areas, lifting front-line status there, constructing more strategic buffer zones. If successful, it's enough foundation for complete victory. Moreover, greater contribution ans stronger Church status, like original Managent Bureau using this to leap to world-class organization, though you're already not bad】
【Before that, the Church should train combat in high-concentration pollution magical environnts, adapting early to avoid disadvantage】
【Must cultivate support-type Magical Girls well—opponents have super high damage this ti】
Hibiscus perked up and imdiately replied:
"Actually, I also believe current New Allied Forces plus Salvation Church power can fight this battle. I'll formulate more complete plans based on everyone's intelligence, definitely not wasting your support."
But things weren't finished. The more detailed Disaster Beast settings, the better—after all, 4 major high-tiers stationed year-round was definitely bad news, representing quite exaggerated troop numbers. Otherwise, there couldn't be constant streams of those fleeing due to competition failures.
Did prohibiting deep penetration into core areas an even stronger beings existed?
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