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Although Alicia has the ability to recognize human emotions, this does not allow her to truly understand the human heart.
Alicia loves everyone and can make many people like her quickly, but she can't make most people trust and follow her.
However, she has two best friends who have been with her since childhood.
Together they became magical girls and established St. Freya Magical Girl Academy, where every new magical girl protects human civilization.
Eden gently stroked Alicia's long pink hair, without answering or saying anything.
"Yes, and my dear Eden!" Alicia suddenly remembered something, then wriggled in Eden's arms and turned to hug him.
"Why are you saying this so suddenly? I didn't do anything," Eden said with a smile, looking at Alicia.
“I already know,” Alicia said softly.
"Eden has always been promoting magical girls and has always been helping the families of those magical girls who died, as well as the innocent people who lost their families and homes because of witches."
“Eden’s big hand has been there for many disaster relief efforts,” Alicia said, taking Eden’s hand in hers.
"I just did what I could," Eden said with a faint smile.
"Has Sia figured out how to deal with the 7th Witch?"
Eden suddenly changed the subject.
"It's a little difficult."
Alicia gave a helpless smile.
It's not just difficult, it's extremely difficult. How exactly should we deal with the 7th witch on the sun?
Although Muirseth has begun preparations to send some unmanned spaceships to the sun to obtain information about the seventh witch on the sun, it will take a long time, as the earth is still too far away from the sun.
Even the fastest spaceship would need months or even years to reach the vicinity of the sun, but finding the 7th Witch is an unknown timeframe.
Eden didn't ask any more questions, nor did he say anything more. He simply remained a gentle haven for Alicia, comforting and soothing her heart.
"Drip drip"
Alicia's communicator suddenly rang.
She discovered that the call was from a student, a student Alicia knew well—Su Youyou, who was from Shenzhou.
"Yoyo, is something urgent?" Alicia asked after the call connected.
"Sister Principal, I have a question!"
Su Youyou's voice was somewhat excited.
"How large would it be if everyone's magic were combined on you?"
Alicia was taken aback by these words; she had never thought about this question before.
However, before Alicia could answer, Su Youyou continued.
"After studying the previous battles these past two days, we discovered that the combined power of everyone's magic was immense. We wondered what would happen if everyone's magic were concentrated on Headmistress? Could it fly directly to the sun and defeat the Seventh Witch?"
Alicia was somewhat surprised.
"Can this really work?"
Alicia was somewhat insecure. Of course, she knew that almost omnipotent magic could do anything, but Alicia's limited understanding restricted her. Alicia didn't know or understand whether magic could actually allow a magical girl to fly directly and quickly towards the sun.
"Those monsters also seem to have used evil magic to fly from the sun to Earth. If they can do it, there's no reason why we can't!"
"We've started thinking about conducting tests, but this plan can only be realized with the help of you, Principal."
Upon hearing Su Youyou's words, Alicia was also very surprised and suddenly realized what was going on.
Yes, if the Seventh Witch's familiars can do it, why can't the magical girls?
"When will the testing start? I'll be there right away."
Alicia quickly replied.
However, Su Youyou didn't answer. The communicator then spoke a voice familiar to Alicia—it was Muels's voice.
"The director contacted us, and she told us to proceed as soon as possible."
Su Youyou then replied,
"But what about the Tower of Babel project?"
Alicia suddenly remembered the planetary shield project to protect Earth.
"The director also asked me to tell you that the Tower of Babel project will continue. After all, future witches may come from other planets, and Earth must be protected no matter what."
After a while, Alicia happily hung up the phone.
The thought of gathering all the magical girls' power, flying towards the sun, and defeating the 7th Witch had already taken root in Alicia's mind.
Eden, who was standing next to Alicia, listened to the whole thing without saying anything. She maintained a slight smile on her face and kept her eyes on Alicia.
Chapter 443 The 7th Great Collapse (4) (5k)
A small island in the ocean off the continent of Mu
Alicia arrived here with dozens of magical girls.
By this time, a large number of research facilities and observation equipment had been built on the island, and scientists from all over the world who were focused on magic research had come here.
Alicia watched the transport planes constantly taking off and landing at the island's airport, and looked around with some confusion. Many scientists were already discussing various topics on the island, but many people's attention was actually focused on Alicia.
"Why is it so lively? There are so many people!" Alicia asked Su Youyou in a low voice while returning a warm smile to the people looking at her.
“Principal, this is a very important matter,” Su Youyou said, looking at Alicia with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.
She was about to explain the importance of this matter, but when Su Youyou saw Alicia's pure and innocent azure blue eyes, she suddenly didn't know what to say.
That would be traversing space, heading straight for the sun! If this feat were accomplished, it would mean that humanity would have the ability to directly colonize other planets in the solar system, truly taking the first step into the stars! Human society would once again undergo earth-shattering changes!
But the principal didn't seem to quite understand the meaning of this.
Su Youyou was slightly troubled; how should she explain this?
Seeing Su Youyou suddenly quiet down, Alicia blinked and tilted her head to look at her.
"The director asked you to try flying outside the Earth-Moon range during the test," Su Youyou said after a moment of silence.
Unable to think of a way to explain, Su Youyou simply didn't explain and directly told the principal, as instructed by Director Muirsey.
However, Su Youyou also felt a little puzzled. Fly out of the Earth-Moon range? Why was this specifically instructed? What's so special about the Earth-Moon range...? It seems there really are some special circumstances.
Su Youyou thought of the invasion of the 7th Witch's Familiar. They were terrifying life forms capable of flying at near-light speed! But once they entered the Earth-Moon region, they seemed to turn into spineless shrimps.
"Okay!"
Alicia answered without hesitation.
Since it was something Miao Miao instructed us to do, let's go and complete it.
"Principal! Preparations are almost complete, and we can begin testing anytime."
At that moment, a magical girl flew to Alicia's side.
"Alright! Let's all come over and get ready!"
Alicia then immediately replied.
Sixty-seven magical girls volunteered to participate, all of whom were A-rank or higher. About half of them were S-rank magical girls who had mastered their own powers and also participated in the test.
The test to gather the magical power of magical girls is actually quite simple.
Pure magic poses no danger to magical girls; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to transfer magic among themselves.
However, this was the first time such a large-scale concentration of magic had been carried out, so Muirsey specially summoned scientists from various countries who studied magic to this nameless island to observe and study what changes would occur with this concentrated pure magic.
"Everyone, get ready to begin!" Alicia stood in the center of a blue and white high-tech testing platform, surrounded by the other magical girls.
The scientists around the testing station were all keeping a close eye on the various data being transmitted.
"5, 4, 3, 2"
As Alicia counted down, the magical girls on stage concentrated their own magical power into their hands.
"1"
As Alicia finished her final countdown, dozens of dazzling, soft white beams of light flew toward her.
The scientists were all staring at the incoming data; the energy level had surged to a level they could hardly have imagined in an instant.
The unit of magic, HW, was initially proposed by Director Muirsey, but magic is not any kind of energy that humans recognize, and its energy density is almost impossible to observe.
However, the magic power generation equipment researched by Shenzhou only used less than 100 HW of magic power, which was enough to supply the electricity consumption of Shenzhou Canghai City for one year.
"It reached 10000 HW in an instant! And it's still rising!"
"It's already reached 12000 HW! And the growth shows no signs of slowing down!"
When the more than sixty magical girls finally stopped transmitting magic, panting, Alicia's magic power had reached a shocking and silent level.
"13 HW..."
The scientist from China and the magical girl Yunru looked at the data on the screen, staring incredulously at Alicia, who seemed to be unaffected at all, while she looked worriedly at the exhausted magical girls around her.
Yunru had no idea what 13 HW units of magic could accomplish; it was beyond her imagination.
Yunru had studied and researched various witch gems, and with 13 HW of magic power, any one of the witch gems would be enough to easily destroy the Earth.
The magical power provided by the 67 magical girls is already so enormous, with each magical girl providing an average of nearly 2000 HW of magical power.
But there are more than just them; there are now nearly 6000 magical girls.
Even though most of them are only C-rank or D-rank, their magic will eventually grow.
Magical girls' magical power grows much faster in the universe than it does on Earth.
As Yunru watched Principal Alicia prepare to fly into space, she felt even more curious and puzzled about the existence of magical girls.
She thought about the source of magic, the existence of witches, the secrets of the Earth-Moon region, and so on—too many questions to list.
"Yun-meizi?" A shout brought Yun-ru back to her senses. She saw her teacher looking at her.
"What inspiration did you have?"
"Yes, some."
Yunru nodded and looked up at the clear sky.
She saw a pink glow rise into the sky before her like a shooting star, then streak across the heavens, leaving a long, dazzling pink trail in the Earth's atmosphere.
Every astronomical instrument on Earth could see this pink trail flying through the atmosphere before quickly exiting Earth's atmosphere and entering space.
The pink light illuminated the pitch-black universe, and after several tens of minutes, it circled the Earth once before flying into deep space beyond the Earth-Moon boundary.
Alicia officially began her journey beyond the Earth-Moon boundary.
Meanwhile, within the territory of China, Mount Taixu
A massive urban migration is underway, with millions of Chinese people orderly relocating from Taixu City, located at the southern foot of Mount Taixu.
These migrating Chinese will move to the newly built Taixu City nearby.
The original Taixu City will be completely demolished, and a towering 1200-meter-high Tower of Babel will be built on the site.
While the population of Taixu City was migrating, the engineering team sent by Shenzhou had already begun preliminary preparations for the construction of this Tower of Babel.
When Muirsey arrived in Taixu City, this was the scene he saw: the Shenzhou government was systematically relocating the population of Taixu City, and countless engineering equipment and building materials were being transported to the vicinity of Taixu City one after another.
Although the Tower of Babel project was nominally proposed by Muirsey, the leaders of all countries knew that it was actually the plan proposed by China, and that China would be responsible for the construction.
"Do those who migrated agree with this?" Muirsey asked the Shenzhou official who accompanied her on the inspection of Taixu City.
"Don't worry, Director! We've already done the necessary preparations for the residents of Taixu City, and their resettlement after relocation is all set. Everything is going smoothly. You can visit the new Taixu City in a few days."
The Chinese official didn't use any bureaucratic jargon; he simply answered Muirsay's question with a smile.
Muirsey then went to see the newly built Taixu City and asked a few questions to the Shenzhou people who had migrated there.
Upon seeing Muirsay and his entourage disguised as reporters, the Chinese people who were asked questions responded enthusiastically.
"Well, although it's called a relocation, we didn't really go anywhere. Our neighbors are still the same. It's like the city is being renovated. Besides, everyone is very satisfied with the job assignments, housing, and compensation provided by the government!"
"When we first decided to move here, we were worried about how to move everything, since we have so many jars, pots, furniture, and appliances at home. But then the government said they could deliver everything to our new community instantly, it was like magic, it was amazing!"
"It's not just the things in my house; I saw so many buildings in the new city that seemed to appear out of nowhere! The new houses are all incredibly beautiful."
After hearing Muirsey's question, many Chinese people came over to join in and express their opinions.