aircannonsinc Chapter 706 Bai Ling's Sudden Realization
Chapter 706 Bai Ling's Sudden Realization
A pure white girl floating in the air.
That elegant levitation, the effortless ease with which he held the long-handled wand in one hand, and those smiling, azure eyes…
"And the black and white patterned shawl on her shoulders, and the design of her wand are exactly the same. So far, every recognizable detail matches up."
Cheshire Rabbit spoke up,
"It is certain that the person in the video is Albatross, who was declared missing many years ago."
"But why is she in this strange alternate dimension?" Nightingale then asked.
"Ultimately, we still don't know how that alternate dimension was formed, nor how to get inside—Miss Xinyuehu, you just guided Senior Zidingxiang through the rift into it, could you briefly explain the principle behind it?"
Su Tianqing had already guessed that she would be asked this question.
Just now, when Hyacinth was surrounded by a swarm of hydra and was in danger, the familiars I had stationed in various parts of Rongcheng detected fluctuations in the spatial rift. Coincidentally, the Magical Girl Compass showed that Lilac was nearby, so I immediately asked the Hero Association to contact her and have her try to enter the rift to find Hyacinth.
Unexpectedly, another lilac appeared in that alternate dimension to provide support. What followed was a standoff between the two lilacs and the sudden arrival of the albatross, casting an eerie veil over the entire alternate dimension rescue operation.
"The principle might be a bit complicated to explain, so I'll try to keep it simple. Like this, and so on..."
The brief five-minute explanation successfully left a large portion of the audience dazed and confused, as if they had fallen asleep for a minute in math class and then looked up to find themselves unable to understand anything.
Although Rabbit's intelligence level was very high, her knowledge of magic was extremely lacking, so she couldn't get a word in edgewise. Among everyone present, the one with the most knowledge of magic was naturally Nightingale, who was an auxiliary character. Only she could barely keep up with the information that had been compressed into a very short explanation.
"Hmm... I think I understand..." Nightingale nodded thoughtfully. "So, this alternate dimension is essentially a sub-plane sandwiched between the astral plane and the mortal realm... more like a mental world than the domain of monsters?"
"That's it." Su Tianqing gave a thumbs up, not holding back her praise.
Look, no wonder this nightingale was raised by me personally. Its knowledge level is so high, it's far superior to that drooling hyacinth next door.
Hyacinth seemed to sense something, and quickly turned its head to glare at the golden-haired fox girl, baring its teeth incessantly.
"But I think the key information may not lie in the nature of this alternate dimension."
The person who answered was Hellcat.
The deep blue catgirl walked to the Divine Stone, raised her hand to rewind the video to where the albatross had appeared, and paused it.
The frame rate of the Divine Stone is very high, and the imaging principle is different from that of modern digital cameras, so every frame is captured clearly, and even when paused, every detail can be clearly seen.
"Look, the stargazer is sitting on her shoulders."
The little animal on the albatross's shoulder immediately drew everyone's attention.
A small, adorable gray meerkat disappeared during the battle against the astral jellyfish, along with an albatross, and has been missing ever since. This is the key clue that Su Tianqing finds most suspicious.
(Mercury's Secret: Do you guys know what a meerkat looks like? It's the kind that stands guard like a groundhog.)
The fox girl and the cat girl's gazes fell simultaneously on the white ferret spirit sitting on the hyacinth's shoulder.
"Miss Bai Ling."
"Aba aba... Ah! Are you calling me?"
Bai Ling was still immersed in the daze and slumber of the knowledge she had just received when she heard Xin Yuehu call her name. She quickly swallowed the saliva from the corner of her mouth and sat up straight from the hyacinth's shoulder.
Upon seeing the tiny meerkat perched on the albatross's shoulder, Bai Ling almost immediately took flight from the hyacinth's shoulder, flew to the magic light screen, and stared at the meerkat in disbelief for a long time.
She lay completely on the magical light screen, wishing she could stick her whole head inside, muttering something under her breath:
"Ah...oh dear, this, this is..."
"Senior Mengmeng?...Why, why is Senior Mengmeng...?"
Seeing the white ferret elf's reaction, Su Tianqing felt that her guess was correct—this albatross could not be a fake born from another dimension; it was definitely the genuine [Magical Girl Albatross].
"I knew you probably knew this stargazer, Miss Bai Ling," Su Tianqing nodded and said.
"Since you know each other, that makes things easier. As everyone here knows, even the mental world cannot simulate the existence of stargazers. Once a stargazer appears, it means that the girls we see in front of us are the same as you, Hyacinth—magical girls with the gaze of the star god."
Shocking facts.
Even the most radical thinkers couldn't help but feel a little confused by this conclusion. Only the white ferret spirit floated blankly in the air, watching the meerkat spirit's adorable appearance in the camera lens, as if it were immersed in some deep memory.
"...Yes, I know her."
The white sable elf floated blankly in front of the magical light screen and said softly.
"Her name is Mengmeng, and she is a senior whom everyone respects."
"But... Senior Mengmeng clearly did this more than ten years ago... why would she...?"
Bai Ling was somewhat unable to accept the shocking reality before her eyes. She retreated repeatedly in mid-air, but kept her eyes fixed on the meerkat spirit in the video.
The stargazer said nothing more, and silently flew back to the hyacinth and sat on her shoulder.
The impromptu brainstorming session concluded with several key conclusions, and the girls bid farewell to each other and returned to their lodgings to discuss their next steps.
However, Bai Ling, who was usually talkative and chatty, was unusually calm. She didn't say a word until everyone dispersed and left. Her eyes were empty and dull as she stared blankly at the sky, which made Hyacinth, who was used to being with her, feel very strange.
"...Don't you think Bai Ling is a bit strange?" Hyacinth asked Nightingale.
The nightingale nodded.
"Yeah, it's strange. Bai Ling usually loves to talk a lot, why is she suddenly so quiet today?"
"Perhaps it has something to do with the stargazers we saw in that video earlier," Iris said calmly.
Tian Nanxing and Shuo Ye couldn't really join the conversation—the two of them hadn't gotten to know Bai Ling well yet, and all they knew was that Bai Ling was usually a bit eccentric but reliable when it mattered. But seeing her acting so unusually, they were somewhat worried.
"Should we go and visit them?"
"As for us, Bai Ling has already returned to the Star Realm. How are we supposed to find her?" Nightingale sighed helplessly.
There is a natural barrier between the astral plane and the mortal world, and no one can freely travel between them except for stargazers and a few magically gifted senior girls.
Hyacinth lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then answered softly:
"...There is one person who can."
"I'll go ask Sister Tianqing and Xiaoyue for help!"