Too much nonsense with no information value whatsoever.
Although Hibiscus was the victor of this war, it was somewhat unclear. Actually, she hadn't figured out the time flow rate operations yet. For example, she could currently affect a circular area of 100 meters centered on herself—what would happen if half the target was outside? Or what corresponding changes would occur by changing coordinates?
She should naturally explore slowly, but Hibiscus was like a child who just got a new toy, wanting to study it thoroughly, yet suffering from not having fully recovered her magic power.
Unable to wait, she packaged all these questions and posted a request for guidance.
She quickly received answers:
【Half that target's body would move slowly, the other half stay normal—definitely go bang and explode. The process is relatively slow so practical combat value is limited, but you might as well fine-tune within 100 meters. For example, in close combat, make the opponent's fist slow. Targeting local areas costs less magic power with better effects. The only requirement is precise control. You've already entered Sands of Time's next stage—many applications you'll figure out without our reminders. Remember, imagination is most important】
【High battle IQ also counts as intelligence. Don't be constrained by form, experiment freely. At worst you'll waste some magic power】
【Don't worry if you hit bottlenecks. Just improve Regalia and Origin. Plus skills will gradually upgrade. For example, if time flow rate changes expand to a city or country, it's more terrifying than some ordinary magic output skills】
【Magical Girls emphasize overwhelming force. With solid fundamentals, nothing can't be handled】
...Besides these, there were many specific guidance suggestions.
Hibiscus benefited greatly.
Sands of Time covered quite a broad range, worthy of being called an all-around type. Or rather, the strongest magics were all "all-around"—looking around, everything else was inferior substitutes.
But she couldn't get too cocky. Everyone evaluated so-called strongest rankings based on comprehensive battle records of various Magical Girls from the original storyline. This didn't exclude other magics being weak when grown—even the most useless, once developed to stages 3 and 4, could make up for shortcomings and become versatile. Therefore, don't preconceptively decide certain magics are useless.
"Since everyone develops toward all-around types, wouldn't magic effects converge?" Hibiscus continued asking.
【First half correct, second half wrong. Indeed convergent, but there's definitely some effect without superior substitutes—like your time stop. Ice element magic has a skill "absolute zero" that infinitely approaches stopping, but no matter what, it can't compare to Sands of Time. This is your signature effect. Even with many restrictions, it's worthy of being called strongest priority—practically cheating】
【Time magic is rarest, but some inferior functions appear in other series. For example, elemental magic encompasses the most other abilities】
【They're actually the most frankensteined】
【By the way, one law of elemental magic: "no pure elemental magic exists." For example, there's decaying wind and blazing wind—the same element differs greatly due to different attached effects. The strongest elemental magic pseudo-magnetic field is purely idealistic—can't be viewed with common sense】
【You've witnessed causal magic rules—absolutely effective, even able to ignore Origin's nullification, but doesn't follow the master's will and is hard to control】
【Time magic's rule is taking away one's own or others' time—destined to be a path of carnage】
Why suddenly switch to chunibyo style?
Hibiscus naturally understood the danger, but whether it was destined was another matter. Overall, she learned about various mechanisms of Sands of Time's new stage and gained quite a lot. Once understanding the key was reference frames, her thinking opened up, and many novel ideas floated in her mind...
The girl shook her head to dispel distracting thoughts. She couldn't let her thinking run wild because what truly supported magic effects was magic power—she couldn't walk with a limp.
She continued asking about Origin's next stage, resulting in widespread amazement:
【Already from Magic Power Release to magic power internal compression? Are you rocket-speed leveling?】
【No wonder you could break the Abyssal White Whale's defense. Indeed requires magic power internal compression techniques—otherwise half the effort for double the work. So how do you explain your progress being so fast?】
【Teacher Bai's crash course】
【Just love watching Hyacinth go on killing sprees. Love her even more now】
【Origin's second stage magic power internal compression key is internal aggregation and compression then injecting into targets for the same effect. The difference is detonating inside the opponent, even affecting spirit. You can understand it as "true damage"—except for extraordinarily exaggerated gifted bodies, everyone eats this套路】
【Its greatest value is making up for tonnage differences. Otherwise just being big dilutes attacks too much, destroying balance. This is the precision of Magical Girl of Light's power system】
【Only a few Magical Girls master magic power internal compression. Worthy of being Hyacinth—far ahead】
【Indeed has related setting collections...】
Hibiscus received precious intelligence and quickly thanked them. Under the premise of not revealing too much to trigger knowledge poison, netizens revealed that magic power internal compression emphasized spiritual and physical resonance, requiring precise magic power control, overall called further Origin improvement. Although the publishers themselves complained it was abstract, it indeed had some inspirational effect for the Magical Girl herself, sharing similarities with meditation and rest. No wonder she could use a half-finished product.
Even the half-baked wild version gave the Abyssal White Whale a severe beating. If she could stably master it in the future, she'd definitely reach the next level.
I admit there was a gambling element. Next time might not work out—must quickly master it skillfully.
Rechecking the "Event Chronicle Table Version 1.0" previously compiled by netizens, the swarm Disaster Beast event came from a derivative game, specially marked in red representing danger. There were still some scattered small events for excavating relics not worth attention—September's Americas laboratory riot event, then October's large-scale Magical Girl Awakening, November's Great Catastrophe.
Hibiscus sighed in relief. Having finished the Edo trip, she could finally relax somewhat. After collecting her emotions, she replied: "Thank you everyone for the intelligence..."
Just as the girl was making concluding remarks preparing to say goodbye, comments increased rather than decreased.
【Came here drawn by reputation, specially to behold the legendary post】
【Found treasure—actually such high-tech special effects videos, and serialized too? I'm living here now】
【Honestly, the content is quite formulaic, but formulaic in a way that wins hearts. I just love explosions, air battles, naval battles, and beautiful girls fighting monsters. As long as you give the word, we'll immediately support you as the one and only live-action film of "Magical Girl of Light"】
【Waiting for updates】
Hibiscus realized she'd underestimated this video's impact. Although equally dangerous for her, in passersby's eyes it had explosions, monsters, military, and superpowers—all elements maxed out with full sincerity and burning budget. It would be hard not to go viral, not to mention there was probably platform promotion behind it.
She found it somewhat difficult to exit gracefully for the moment. After all, having a large audience meant they might provide suggestions not limited to "Magical Girl of Light" topics, like the company establishment advice from before.
Just as the girl hesitated, another hot comment caught her eye:
【Leaving again? You heartless woman, do you just treat cute netizens as tools? @Hyacinth, can you update more frequently in the future?】
Hibiscus: ???