Luo Shuangyue finished speaking and was met with her mother’s concerned gaze and a hand reaching for her forehead.
“I don’t have a fever, I’m serious!” Luo Shuangyue covered her forehead and defended herself loudly.
“Mother, you said that shouting won’t wake them up, and there’s no way to deal with these Demons. One day, they’ll blow us up.”
“Then the only way is to beat those two into waking up, right?”
Luo Shuangyue felt her logic was perfectly normal.
The current situation was clear: the Black Qi Path Creatures were not the root of the problem.
Even if they survived this Great Crisis, it would only treat the symptoms and not the cause.
As long as the two worlds were still fighting, such a crisis would occur sooner or later.
They were lucky to survive this time, but they might not be so fortunate next time.
To solve the problem once and for all, they had to make the two worlds stop the war. Her mother had tried peaceful methods many times without any response.
Didn’t that leave only non-peaceful methods?
“The logic is sound, but Little Yue, do you know how much power that requires?” White Night also knew that what Luo Shuangyue said was correct.
The only problem was whether anyone could truly be strong enough to make two worlds listen.
Could Luo Shuangyue really do it? White Night didn’t quite believe in her daughter.
“It’s all about effort. If I eat all the Path Creatures here, I should become very, very strong. Then I’ll absorb the Vast Power of the Mentors…” Luo Shuangyue began to count on her fingers how much power she could gather in total.
The Black Qi here was a resource only she could absorb.
If she ate all of it, her strength would definitely rise to a level surpassing her two mothers.
Then there were the Magical Girl Mentors on the Mother Star and the Holy Sovereign’s subordinates in the Otherworld.
If all that power were gathered into her alone, it would surely push her strength to a peak.
If even such power couldn’t make the two worlds, which were currently at each other’s throats, spare her a glance, then Luo Shuangyue would admit defeat.
Who would have a solution then?
“Store Manager! How strong do you think I’ll become if I absorb all the monsters here and then drain all the Magic Power from the Magical Girls?” Luo Shuangyue turned and shouted at Monice.
Monice, who had already selected the Sealing Cards she wanted to take back, didn’t think much before giving her answer.
“Invincible under heaven, perhaps? Maybe even stronger than White Night?”
She walked over to Luo Shuangyue and White Night.
She had heard part of their argument and remained noncommittal about Luo Shuangyue’s idea.
She preferred using precise calculations to solve problems, but no matter how she calculated the current issue, she couldn’t find a result.
No one knew how strong Luo Shuangyue would become after absorbing all that power, nor if she could reach a level where the worlds would have no choice but to take her seriously.
“That’s too vague. Store Manager, say something practical.”
“It’s beyond my capability. How would I know how strong you’ll be? I don’t even know how strong you two are right now.” Monice shrugged. Even though both she and White Night were Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls, their strengths were worlds apart.
She was Full Bloom because that was her limit; White Night was Full Bloom because that was the maximum level for a Magical Girl.
She didn’t know the answer to how strong White Night truly was, so she couldn’t answer Luo Shuangyue’s question.
“But here’s what I think: if you possess the power to destroy a world, then the two worlds will certainly no longer ignore your words.” Stroking her chin, Monice whispered softly.
If they didn’t listen, she would kill them both.
Under such circumstances, the two worlds would certainly not dare to ignore Luo Shuangyue, but… just how strong did one need to be to destroy a world? She didn’t know the answer.
She didn’t know, but there was someone here who could give her an answer.
“About twice as strong as me, and you’ll barely reach the threshold of destroying a world,” White Night said.
“My power is already capable of shattering space and tearing open stable Spatial Channels by hand. If I go all out, I can crush small world fragments, but such destruction is nothing to the world itself.”
If she were twice as strong as she was now, she could leave wounds on the world that could not heal, forcing the world to consider her words and opinions.
“You know that quite clearly…”
“It’s a guess. However, the world won’t truly allow such a powerhouse to appear because they are too much of a threat. The world cannot bear the risk such a powerhouse brings unless… it’s already so weak that it has no choice but to push all its chips onto the gambling table, or someone within the world uses an external power.”
In short, a normal world would not nurture such a powerhouse. But the world was not normal right now.
“To our world, aren’t the Black Qi Demons an external power? Isn’t the power of the experts from the other world also external?” Luo Shuangyue slapped her palm, feeling that this plan wasn’t just a whim but something with room for operation.
“Well… what you say makes sense, Little Yue, but…” White Night scratched her head in distress. She always felt the plan was a bit too simple and crude.
However, when she thought about it carefully, she had to admit that Luo Shuangyue’s idea was indeed feasible, and only Luo Shuangyue could achieve this goal.
No one else could do it.
She and the Holy Sovereign could not absorb the massive Demonic Energy brought by the Demons, and other Demons did not possess Luo Shuangyue’s wisdom and strength.
White Night had never thought of letting Luo Shuangyue become the key character to break the deadlock.
But at this moment, she looked around and found that her choices had allowed an opportunity to appear by her side.
Luo Shuangyue was that possibility.
“I think it’s worth a try!” Finally, White Night clenched her fist and struck her thigh hard.
There was no other way. They might as well treat a dead horse like a living one!
“You guys take these things back and prepare first. I’ll release the monsters through this channel in batches later. You’ll guard the entrance on the other side…”
Since she had an idea, White Night immediately changed her original plan.
If Luo Shuangyue was to absorb the Demonic Energy and the purified Black Qi, the amount in these Sealing Cards would not be enough.
She needed the Black Qi Path Creatures to pass through the Spatial Rift at an appropriate speed to feed them into Luo Shuangyue’s mouth.
“I’ll calculate the most suitable absorption speed as quickly as possible. When the time comes, you release the Demons according to my calculations,” Monice added.
Since the plan had been chosen, they naturally had to prepare for its implementation.
The pressure was mainly on Monice.
She needed to calculate the upper limit of the speed at which Luo Shuangyue could absorb Demonic Energy in the shortest time possible and then translate that data into an action plan for White Night and the other Magical Girls.
The probability of the plan’s execution going wrong was low.
As long as Luo Shuangyue could absorb that Demonic Energy and White Night didn’t release an excessive amount of Black Qi, the Black Qi that hadn’t come into contact with Demonic Energy wouldn’t cause much destruction.
At least for Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls, Black Qi was considered a non-destructive Little One.
Looking at the Black Qi that had been purified by several Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls, Monice recorded a string of data on the portable data terminal in front of her.
Meanwhile, her former rival, Cecilia, was currently meeting with other high-level members of the Magic Department.
They were divided over the plan Monice had proposed.
The plan had already received White Night’s approval and was the only feasible option at the moment, even if it seemed a bit far-fetched…
“What’s wrong? Do the Mentors think there’s a problem with this plan?” Luo Shuangyue, who had returned to the surface after absorbing all the Demonic Energy, walked curiously into the middle of the whispering Magical Girls and asked if they had any objections.
The several Magical Girls here looked at each other for a few seconds, and then they all turned their gazes toward Cecilia.
The blonde Vice Minister pointed a finger at herself, a confused expression on her face.
‘Me?’
The others nodded repeatedly.
If not you, then who else? You’re the Vice Minister in charge of the daily affairs of the Magic Department.
In a Magic Department where the Minister is merely a spiritual leader, you are the de facto Minister.
Our ranks aren’t high enough for this; it has to be you, the Minister.
Seeing her old friends sell her out so decisively, Cecilia’s expression froze. ‘Now you consider me the Minister? Am I just here to take the blame?’
But what could she do? When she drew this unlucky straw, she was destined to be the poor scapegoat.
“It’s like this. We feel that this plan is a bit, well, radical,” Cecilia said, choosing her words carefully as she expressed their doubts.
I mean, gathering all the power of two worlds to strengthen Luo Shuangyue to a level where the worlds have to take her seriously, and then using that power to physically persuade them to make peace — wasn’t this plan a bit too exaggerated?
Even the Magical Girls, whose power originated from within and who could burst with infinite possibilities through the power of their hearts, felt that Luo Shuangyue’s plan was a bit too Soul-State.
This plan was even more magic than magic itself!
“That’s the ultimate goal. Actually, Mentors, you don’t need to worry so much. If everyone is truly concerned, we can remove the final part of this plan.”
When Monice was formulating the plan, she had already considered that this bold proposal might make the more conservative Magical Girls of the Magic Department hesitate.
Therefore, the plan was being carried out in stages.
Even if the later plans to become strong enough to threaten the worlds into a ceasefire failed, it would still be great if the earlier stages succeeded.
At least humans would be free from the threat of extinction in one month.
“This plan is divided into two parts. You shouldn’t have any objections to the first part, right?”
The Mentors shook their heads one after another; they had no objections to the first half.
After all, Monice had already presented the results to them. Luo Shuangyue could absorb the Demonic Energy disasters summoned by the Black Qi and prevent the Black Qi from turning into Demons.
Magic Power could quickly purify the Black Qi into harmless magic.
This method was simple and easy to understand; they could fully grasp it.
It was just the second half that was a bit too abstract.
“We can just discuss the second half then. Isn’t our most important mission right now to temporarily eliminate the threat of the monsters?” Luo Shuangyue spread her hands.
There was no need to think about things so complicatedly; just finish the task at hand first.
After all, the plan for physical persuasion was still just a concept. Luo Shuangyue herself didn’t know if she could reach such heights. However, she felt that it was all about effort.
Since there was finally an opportunity to gather all the power, it wouldn’t hurt to try.
“That’s true…” Cecilia was temporarily persuaded by Luo Shuangyue. If the second half of the plan were removed, their Magic Department would have no objections.
As for what to do when the first half was truly resolved and Monice came to them to implement the second half… they would deal with it then.
By that time, it didn’t seem like the Magic Department would have the power to say no anyway, right?
Think about the people standing on Monice’s side at that time.
White Night alone was enough to make the Magic Department tremble.
They had always reserved an honorary Minister position for White Night; she just didn’t want it.
“Then where will that Spatial Rift open? I think it’s best not to let it appear on the Mother Star. That way, if something goes wrong, it’ll be easier to fix.” Cecilia pointed to some details in the plan that hadn’t been clearly written yet.
This was exactly what Luo Shuangyue was thinking about.
However, her answer didn’t count for this question; it depended on whether her mother could fix the exit of the Spatial Rift.
After all, the Spatial Rift White Night guarded was an unstable channel.
If the Black Qi monsters rushed into the channel, they would be tossed to various places by the chaotic spatial currents.
It was impossible to surround and annihilate them.
“This is indeed an unresolved problem, but I have a general idea…” The first thing Luo Shuangyue thought of was Starlight Magic, which had a unique advantage in traversing space.
If Starlight Magic were used to solidify the Spatial Channel and eliminate the influence of the spatial turbulence, the exit of the Spatial Rift should be fixed.
After explaining her thoughts in detail to her Mentors, Luo Shuangyue quickly received various suggestions from them.
After all, she didn’t know much about the Magic Department’s resources.
She didn’t know that there were actually some Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls in the Magic Department who had their own understanding of space.
And now, these Magical Girls would also become her main force, contributing to her plan.
“How about Sky Render? Didn’t she say she was very good at space magic?”
“Her power is destruction. What we need now is stability. It’s not her specialty.”
“If we work hard, we can always do it. We are Magical Girls, after all. If we encounter something we can’t do, can’t we just Soul-State it?”
The Mentors began to argue once more, but this time, the atmosphere was much more relaxed.
‘I guess I’ve successfully completed the persuasion mission,’ Luo Shuangyue thought to herself.