The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 476 Sometimes you need a little dog

Rather than searching for the treasure hidden by magic, Su Tianqing would prefer to find the magical node of this barrier.

Nodes are like the charging plugs of a barrier, supplying magic through astral or leyline magic to maintain the operation of the barrier's magic.

However, it is clear that the barrier set up by Kalia is very simple and immature, and the method is also very crude. It cannot be compared with the super-large-scale barrier that covers the entire underground of the port city by a certain red-haired fox.

Once the node is found and the magic supply is interrupted, it's like unplugging the power cord, and the barrier will naturally stop rotating.

Well, that might raise some questions:

Such a fragile barrier has been maintained for so many years. If the barrier nodes are accidentally damaged, how should it be repaired?

This leads to a paradox—

If it had a self-repair mechanism or a robust defense, like the interlocking structure of Inari, then it would certainly not have such a weak structure.

If it doesn't have that, how has it maintained stable operation for so many years?

Unlike other cities, Snow City doesn't have resident magical girls, and the Hero Association's superpowered heroes can't monitor the barrier's operation in real time, which is another strange problem.

"But once we successfully find the barrier node, all these problems will be solved."

As Su Tianqing walked along the trail, leaning on her hiking stick, she swayed her fox tail and spoke to the catgirl beside her.

But are nodes really that easy to find? As the villainous magical girl Hellcat, Nan Jiayu had some doubts about it.

Moreover, given that Tian Qing's travel pattern of simply wandering around without seriously searching, finding the key points in an afternoon would actually be quite difficult.

"Little fish, look, there's a beetle on this tree!"

The fox spirit pointed to a bright green beetle on a tree and said cheerfully.

It seems I can only rely on the babysitting group and the sisters' group. Nan Jiayu thought to herself with a smile.

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Investigate suspicious magical nodes along the woodland trails and find a way to cut off the magical supply.

Hearing the message coming from the encrypted magic communication channel, Xia Taotao kept it in mind and silently looked around.

It's 2 PM now, and I've been away from the camp for an hour and a half, but I still haven't seen anything related to the "magic node".

"Strange... what could it be...?"

Xia Taotao muttered to herself, glancing down at the stamp collection book in her hand to confirm the appearance of the next stamp collection point, then looking up at the viewing terrace not far away.

The railing-protected viewing platform is located on the highest peak of the entire valley and is also the common junction of all the trails on this hike.

Tourists gathered on the viewing platform to rest, drink water, eat snacks, and take photos as souvenirs.

"Sister! Let's go take pictures over there!"

Xia Youyou was overjoyed and pulled Xia Taotao forward.

The socially awkward rabbit instantly switched from its talkative mode to a terrified mode, which even made Marigold feel a little emotional.

These two sisters are truly cut from the same cloth. Youyou and her sister look very similar, except that one likes to stand up her ears while the other likes to droop her ears. It's really hard to tell them apart when they stand side by side.

"Oh dear... it seems I won't be able to catch the opening of the observatory this year either."

Jin Lanshuang sighed as she glanced at the closed-off domed building.

Not far away, Xia Taotao, who was taking a photo with Xia Youyou, twitched her rabbit ears and keenly caught Jin Lanshuang's mutterings to herself.

Hmm? An observatory?

Upon hearing this word, Xia Taotao looked up at the towering building behind the camera and blinked her blood-red rabbit eyes.

I had heard that observatories were built far from cities, but I never expected that there would be one in the Silver Sand Valley Nature Reserve.

"Hmm? Sister Tao, are you interested in that?"

Following Xia Taotao's gaze, Xia Youyou saved the photos while looking at the observatory, where the two pink bunnies tilted their heads at the same time.

"That looks like... an observatory stargazing station."

"It's an observatory, right? They all have domes." Xia Taotao nodded.

"I've never been to an observatory before," Xia Youyou said with interest.

Seeing the two rabbits staring intently at the observatory, Jin Lanshuang quickly stepped forward and said to them:

"Interested in that observatory? Hehe, it's the only observatory in Syracuse, and schools organize hiking tours to visit it every holiday."

"Wow, amazing... I never knew there was such a place..." Xia Youyou said excitedly, even her droopy rabbit ears stood up high like Xia Taotao's.

Now it's even harder to tell the two sisters apart, Jin Lanshuang thought to herself.

The three approached the observatory and, along with many other tourists, looked at the notice posted on the bulletin board:

"The Observatory will be undergoing its annual maintenance period, which will last for three months. During this time, the observatory will be closed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause..."

"Looks like we came at the wrong time," Xia Taotao said after glancing at the repair schedule.

Xia Youyou nodded in agreement. Although she understood, her expression as she looked at the domed building was still full of regret.

Just as the three were about to leave, two figures huddled together suddenly caught Xia Taotao's attention:

Behind the observatory, in a rarely visited area, two small heads, one golden and one brown, were intently observing the tightly closed back door for employees.

Xia Taotao recognized Aurora and Wang Xiaowang at a glance.

"Aurora? What are those two doing over there?" Xia Taotao muttered to herself.

If Su Tianqing were here, she would definitely be in tense, fox-like mode right now.

These two clowns are definitely figures that everyone, good and evil, in Rongcheng needs to be wary of simultaneously.

Although Aurora appears to be well-behaved, cute, and quiet, she actually has a dual form in black and always comes up with all sorts of amazing ideas when it comes to designing the mental world.

As for Wang Xiaowang...

Don't let her usual slacking off and going to play with Aurora fool you; when this real dog gets going, few can hold her back, not even Hyacinth herself.

The two dogs stealthily crept to the hidden back door and fiddled with the lock.

"Click".

After a slight clicking sound, Wang Xiaowang turned to Aurora and gave her a thumbs up. She had actually managed to pry open the employee door just like that.

"""……ah?"""

The two rabbits and Jin Lanshuang simultaneously uttered sounds of confusion.

"Oh no! They're trying to sneak in!"

Jin Lanshuang was momentarily flustered.

As a magical girl named Marigold, she knew very well that Wang Xiaowang was actually the magical girl Tian Nanxing. If she were to sneak into the observatory and wreak havoc...

That would be the end of everything!

"We have to stop them!"

Jin Lanshuang quickly said,

"If those two cause trouble and damage the astronomical instruments inside, we couldn't afford to pay for it even if we sold our dresses!"

"Ugh! We need to catch them quickly!"

Hearing that she had to pay compensation, Xia Youyou, who was already poor, panicked even more and looked at her sister Tao Tao with pleading eyes.

Xia Taotao pursed her lips, looked at the employee door that had been unlocked, and sighed helplessly.

Hey……

In short, let's inform Tianqing and Jiayu first.