The Coming of Light

To be fair, Bai Hai had known from the start that this was the work of an Anomaly.

The moment he heard the distress call on the walkie-talkie, the Source Blood within him had reacted, alarms blaring in his mind.

His initial plan had been simple: while everyone was distracted, he would sneak off, find a quiet place, transform, and resolve the crisis.

He’d done it plenty of times before.

So, when he learned an Anomaly had appeared, Bai Hai insisted on getting out of the car.

As an innocent citizen, requesting to get out of the car and leave after encountering an incident is perfectly reasonable, right?

Who knew he would run into this unlucky girl, Liu Xiaoxiao, who was as dense as a brick!

The moment she heard there was an Anomaly, she was like she’d been shot full of adrenaline.

She floored it, driving at eighty miles an hour the whole way, completely deaf to Bai Hai’s repeated shouts to be let out of the car.

Her expression was as determined as a hero charging in and out of the Battle of Changban seven times, and just as dazed.

Even though he later understood her reasons, Bai Hai’s situation at the time had been truly difficult.

He couldn’t just jump out of the car, could he?

It was questionable whether he’d even survive the fall.

And when he arrived at the scene, Bai Hai was met with monsters that human weapons couldn’t defeat.

He recognized at a glance that the three unkillable zombies were the same three suicide victims he had encountered today.

Although he didn’t know why they had reanimated, one thing was certain: they had to be eliminated.

To do that, he had to become a magical girl.

These three corpses were likely just pitiful victims.

The real Anomaly was still hiding in the shadows, the true source of the problem.

Without transforming, there was no way to destroy it.

But unexpectedly—the girl’s stubbornness was apparently inherited from her master!

Her master did the exact same thing!

Bai Hai wanted to go transform, but the chief grabbed his hand and refused to let him go, his reasons infuriatingly righteous.

Even if Bai Hai could have forcibly broken free, how would he explain the fact that a magical girl appeared the moment he ran off?

Even if no one made the connection now, what about in the future?

And the most infuriating part was Xia Cheng and her team.

Several minutes had passed since the incident began, and they still hadn’t arrived!

The situation was critical.

He couldn’t just sit by and watch the female officer’s pretty-but-useless head become a zombie’s dinner.

Bai Hai had no choice but to act.

“Wait, you can’t—”

Liu Xiaoxiao finally snapped out of her shock.

She raised her gun, about to say something, but a wave of weakness made her stumble and fall to the ground again.

“Come on, now’s not the time for this!” Bai Hai said helplessly.

At that moment, the corpse held high by Bai Hai struggled even more fiercely.

Although its resistance was meaningless to him, he wasn’t in his transformed state, and he worried about unforeseen accidents.

So, Bai Hai decided to end this quickly.

Seeing the other two corpses trying to get up, he twisted his waist and swung the body in his hands like a weapon!

The corpse spun several times in the air before crashing into the other two.

They tumbled across the ground like bowling pins.

The surrounding officers immediately scattered.

It was a perfect opportunity to open fire, but not a single one of them dared to pull the trigger.

It wasn’t just because of the chief’s order, but more because Bai Hai was charging toward them again.

It all happened in less than a minute.

Bai Hai took a step forward, first grabbing the arm of one corpse.

With a powerful twist, he wrenched the two arms, which had belonged to a grown man in life, a full one hundred and eighty degrees.

The “crack-crack” of breaking joints and bones was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

The corpse felt no pain but still knew to struggle.

However, in the next instant, Bai Hai shattered its legs at the knees with a kick.

Everyone’s eyes widened, watching Bai Hai break its limbs as if he were in a martial arts film.

He looked incredibly practiced, like a seasoned pro, and the move proved to be highly effective.

Though the corpse with the broken limbs was still writhing on the ground, it had lost all mobility.

It could only crawl pitifully before being sent flying by a merciless kick.

“If you can’t kill them, then find a way to immobilize them first!”

After shouting this, Bai Hai did a clean flip to dodge the pounce of the other two corpses.

He used the opportunity to grab another one.

This time, his movements were even more decisive.

He slammed a knee directly into the corpse’s spine.

The body instantly folded in half and collapsed to the ground.

Bai Hai seized the chance, grabbed its blood-caked hair, and twisted with all his might—

CRACK-CRACK—!

Another one hundred and eighty degrees!

If they were human, they would have been long dead!

Efficient, decisive, and ruthless…

Liu Xiaoxiao watched Bai Hai dispatch two of the corpses in a few swift moves.

Although she knew it was inappropriate, a question bloomed in her mind—just who in the world was this man who had come from abroad?

Seeing Bai Hai demonstrate how to deal with the corpses, the remaining police officers immediately swarmed forward.

They put away their guns and took out batons and other equipment.

Keeping their distance, they began striking at the last corpse’s joints!

However, what Bai Hai made look so easy was extremely difficult in practice.

These corpses were immensely strong.

Even though their bodies were still human, they were hard to deal with.

Close-quarters combat nearly resulted in several officers getting bitten, but fortunately, everyone gathered here was a brave veteran who didn’t fear death.

By the time Bai Hai finished with the second corpse, he saw that his help was no longer needed.

The officers had successfully broken its joints.

A few skilled in擒拿 (qínná, Chinese martial art of grappling and joint locks) personally pinned it down, locking it in handcuffs.
Though it snarled viciously, it was no longer a threat.

The chief’s head was still spinning.

Events had unfolded too quickly.

In just two minutes, the tide of battle had turned in a startling way, and it all began when that man made his move!

Who on earth was he?

Just as Bai Hai had said, if you can’t kill them, then immobilize them first.

With their mobility gone, the three corpses were like toothless tigers, easily brought under control.

The chief seemed to have anticipated this, ordering his men to bring out prepared restraints like anti-bite masks and fit them onto the corpses.

Though they were still thrashing, that was all they could do.

It was safe now, even if only for the moment.

“Are you okay? Can you stand?”

Bai Hai looked down at Liu Xiaoxiao and noticed that something was off with her.

Her breathing was erratic and her face was flushed.

She looked feverish, whether from over-excitement or an injury, he couldn’t tell.

He extended a hand, wanting to see if she could get up.

Liu Xiaoxiao didn’t immediately take his hand.

Instead, she stared at the man’s face, her gaze as sharp as when she interrogated criminals.

Bai Hai met her gaze without any change in expression, his hand still outstretched, his face open and calm.

“What’s wrong?
Can’t get up?”

“Just who are you?”

Finally, Liu Xiaoxiao voiced the question in her heart.

Bai Hai looked at the female officer before him.

Without a hint of hesitation, and with a tone that was almost joking, he said: “Just a traveler passing through, looking for a long-lost relative.”

Just then, something strange happened!

“Hehehehe…”

A cold wind suddenly blew from within the sunless autopsy center, and carried within it was an eerie, malicious cackle that made everyone’s skin crawl!

Everyone present, including Bai Hai, immediately went on alert.

Their eyes were fixed on the gloomy building.

Although it was quiet, everyone felt a sense of malice, an unsettling malevolence hanging over the area.

The thing hidden in that building, the real Anomaly, was watching them all!

At that moment, even the warm sunlight felt chilling, sending shivers down their spines.

“Chief!”

Bai Hai clenched his fists, on guard, but he knew full well that he couldn’t defeat an Anomaly in his current state.

“What’s left is beyond what humans can handle.
We should retreat!”

“No, we absolutely cannot let the thing inside escape!”

The chief drew his sidearm and growled, “Until the Urban Security Bureau arrives, we police have a duty to protect the public’s safety!”

At the same time, all the officers raised their weapons, even though they knew that the guns in their hands were utterly useless.

Bai Hai watched all of this, his fists clenched tightly, mentally calculating various ways to get out of this situation.

But then, suddenly, his entire body relaxed.

Because he saw them.

He saw the three dazzling, brilliant lights descend in an instant from the distance!

“Look!
It’s magical girls!”

“The magical girls are here!”

Someone pointed to the distance and shouted, followed by a chorus of excited cries.

Bai Hai looked at the three pillars of light and began to understand why everyone saw magical girls as saviors.

Beneath this cold shadow of death, the three warm lights truly brought hope, just like the saviors from myth.

At least, for most people, that’s how it was.

The arrival of the light dispelled much of the surrounding chill.

Even the chief let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw three young girls emerge from the light.

Soon, some of the officers recognized the three magical girls.

Two of them were new rookies, Ye Huasheng and Lilia, who had just been trending today, their popularity soaring.

But in terms of fame, the tall magical girl in the lead was the most well-known.

Magical Girl Leng Xuan, ranked twenty-ninth on the Magic Site’s popularity chart!

Bai Hai’s gaze was also drawn to this magical girl he had never seen before.

Because on her chest, the Source Blood pendant that belonged to a magical girl was glowing with a brilliance that far surpassed the other two.

According to the information Reina had provided, the light of the Source Blood was divided by magnitude, representing the magical girl’s strength and rank.

And that was the radiance of a third-magnitude star!

A full three tiers higher than the two rookie magical girls!

“You can leave now.
Leave the rest to us!”