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It is being entangled by something, layer by layer, is it air? Or some kind of energy?
No, it's the space itself.
At the same time, the Yabo people who were observing the battlefield in another dimension found that they had lost control of the Super Beast. Their invincible means were restricted, and they couldn't even try to recall the Super Beast. The next second, the Super Beast disappeared from the earth and also disappeared from the observation range of the Yabo people.
"This is what happened. Where did Doragli go?" the Yabo commander asked angrily.
"Yes, the signal of the super beast disappeared and it was exiled to the dimensional sea!"
"What?" The alternate dimension is endless. Even the Yabo people, who have mastered the dimensional technology of the universe, still have only a tiny understanding of the dimension itself. "Where's the signal? Find the dimensional beacon on Dragley!"
"It has sunk deep into the dimensional sea. It will take about a day to locate it."
"What? It took so long! Damn Ultraman Ace, damn Earthlings!"
But there is no point in saying more, the thing has already happened. The Ultra Beasts are war weapons controlled by the Yabo people, but even with the Yabo people's technology, they can only control one or two at a time. The only Ultra Beast that can be used now is Dragli, who originally wanted to take advantage of the invasion of the Earth by the Metrons and send it to the battlefield.
If we prepare a new super beast now, it will take much more time and resources than finding Dragali, which is not worth it.
So even though they were resentful, the Yawa people had no better way to harass Ultraman Ace for the time being.
After using the Ace Barrier, Ace, who no longer noticed the enemy, quickly canceled his transformation. Although Ace still had half of his energy left, the human form of Nan Xizi could no longer hold on.
This time, the Ace Barrier consumed Nan Xizi's energy.
"Xizi!" Beidou was the first to discover Nan Xizi who had lost consciousness beside him. Although he had long known that Ace Barrier was a very dangerous skill, Nan Xizi's condition was too bad.
With a pale face, Beidou pressed her wrist and found that Yuko's pulse was so weak that it was almost unfelt.
"Beidou, what happened?" Because the super beast disappeared, the TAC members who had been scattered and attacking before came over, and it was Captain Long who spoke.
"Captain, Yukiko is injured!"
"What? Send her to the Central Hospital immediately!"
Central Hospital? Thinking that the Metronians were inside, Beidou subconsciously refused, but it would be too dangerous for Nan Xizi not to go to the hospital in her condition.
"If possible, can you let me check on her condition?" The person who spoke was Lingye, who had appeared next to her out of nowhere.
"It's you! Metron!" Seeing Lingya, the Yamanaka team members drew their pistols.
"She is not from Metron. The real Metron is still in the Central Hospital!" Beidou couldn't hide his anger because he cared about Nan Xizi. "Maya is the Metron!"
"What, Beidou, you bastard, you are still saying such things now!"
If facing the furious Yamanaka Ichiro at other times, Beidou would probably choose to take a step back and calm him down, but at this moment he could hardly hide his anger.
Maya is Shanzhong's fiancée, and they are even engaged, so it is natural that Shanzhong has a bias. But the relationship between Beidou and Nan Xizi is more than just colleagues. Not only are they both human bodies of Ace, but in Beidou's heart, there is always some kind of feeling for Nan Xizi that he himself cannot explain.
If it weren't for the Metronians watching closely, he and Nan Xizi wouldn't have to use such a dangerous skill as Ace Barrier. It was all because of that 'Maya'...
"Okay, you two, you're still acting like TAC members after all these quarrels on the battlefield!" Captain Long interrupted their quarrel angrily, "Xiao Ling, this is still a restricted area. No matter what, as a civilian you shouldn't come here. And you're not a doctor, so it's better not to get close to patients."
"Although I'm not a doctor, Sister Xizi just saved me and brought me to a safe place. Now she's injured, and I want to see how she is doing."
"Okay, Beidou, go contact the doctor and bring a stretcher over quickly."
"Understood!"
With Captain Long's consent, Ling also walked over to Nan Xizi's side and squatted down.
"Sister Xizi, can you hear me?"
Of course, Nan Xizi, who was in a coma, couldn't hear anything. Ling was not discouraged either. She knew that Nan Xizi was not injured, or had no real trauma. It was just that she had consumed too much energy, and the external manifestation was that her heart was overloaded, so her body was extremely weak. Even the doctors at TAC Central Hospital had no other means of treatment except normal hydrotherapy.
Ling also held Nan Xizi's left hand with both hands and quietly transferred some of the energy of Gaia's light to her. The effect was almost immediate. Nan Xizi's complexion looked much better, and she woke up after a cough.
"Captain, Team member Minami is awake!" Although Yoshimura did not notice Lingya's actions, he was always paying attention to Minami Yuko and noticed the change in Yuko's condition at the first time.
"Are you okay, Team South?"
"Captain? I feel much better."
"Did you do something, Xiaoling?"
Ling also shook her head and did not answer.
Captain Long didn't care, thinking it was just a coincidence. At this time, Beidou, who had called an ambulance, also came back and took a deep look at the girl.
"Thank you anyway, Oshima." Beidou's intuition was always accurate, just like he didn't believe Ling was a bad person before, "How do you feel, Yuko? If you don't need a stretcher, I'll take you to the hospital in a patrol car."
"Thank you for your help, Team Beidou."
The battle has come to an end. Although the Ultra Beast has not been destroyed and the ground defense of the TAC base is almost paralyzed, the most important thing now is that the manufacturing of the Maria II missile is still proceeding in an orderly manner and is expected to be completed in five days.
There are only six days left before the evil planet Koala hits the Earth!
The timing is tight and there is no room for error.
Chapter 6 The End of the Dream
Because of Maya, Beidou and Yamanaka in the TAC team have been at loggerheads. If Captain Long hadn't intervened, it wouldn't be surprising if they started fighting at any time.
Nan Xizi's physical condition was unexpectedly good, and she soon returned to the TAC team from the hospital. But both Beidou and Nan Xizi knew that if they used the Ace Barrier again next time, no one knew what the consequences would be.
Instead, they hoped that the Metron would come earlier, so that Ace would not be attacked from both sides before the Ultra Beasts got rid of the Ace barrier, but the Metron never showed up. Of course, Beidou knew that the Metron had already appeared, so he was lurking in the Central Hospital.
Soon, 24 hours passed. It was a smooth 24 hours. The manufacturing progress of the Maria advanced a lot. Everyone in the TAC team was relieved because there were no more disturbances from the Ultra Beasts and aliens. Only Nan Xizi and Beidou were worried, because only the two of them knew that after a day, with the technology of the Yabo people, the Ultra Beasts would definitely have been located in the dimensional sea, and the Ace Barrier might have failed.
Now is the calm before the storm. Once the aliens appear, the super beasts will also appear.
In two days, the demon star Koala has flown nearly 17 billion kilometers in the universe and has now crossed the orbit of Neptune.
In TAC Central Hospital, Ichiro Yamanaka was taking care of Maya by the bed. Beidou's suspicion of Maya made him strangely angry, but this did not mean that Yamanaka had lost his mind. He just didn't want to doubt Maya.
He still remembered the nightmare two days ago vividly. The moment he realized that he had lost his beloved girl, it was almost like the end of the world for Yamanaka. He loved Maya more than anyone else. No words could describe the happiness he felt after finding Maya alive in the fire and rescuing her from the disaster.
Yamanaka couldn't imagine that this was just a conspiracy of aliens. No, his brain refused to think about such a possibility. It must be Maya, a familiar face, a familiar voice, right within his reach.
"In the mountains, humanity is going to be destroyed, right?"
Maya said this in a calm voice, and seemed to be filled with some kind of joy. No, Maya must be just frightened, Yamanaka told himself.
"It's okay. Maria II is being manufactured. We will definitely be able to survive this crisis."
"But weren't the research drawings burned by aliens?"
How could Maya know? Shanzhong felt as if his heart was throbbing, but he couldn't seem to find the source of the pain. He must have said it accidentally, so that Maya knew it - he told himself so, and tried to make himself believe it.
At this moment, Yamanaka made a bet. Yamanaka knew that he should not be so selfish as to bet on the future of the earth, but he could not stop himself.
"The original designers of the Maria missile are all here, and the Maria II is being manufactured in a secret underground research institute."
"Underground secret research institute?" Maya's eyes were frighteningly bright. "I want to go and have a look. Shanzhong, can you take me to have a look?"
"But your body?"
"I can be discharged from the hospital now. Look, I'm fully recovered." Maya, who should have been weak, seemed to be well in an instant.
Shan Zhong's heart was already cold, he just forced himself to smile, and said weakly in a happy tone, "Okay, I'll take you there."
In another ward across a corridor in the hospital, Ling was also sitting on the bed, bored. Because she was still in the observation period, the doctor would not let her leave the hospital, and there was nothing to do in this empty room. In Tokyo in 1972, there were no mobile phones, no laptops, and even CD players for listening to music had not yet been invented. Even if she was the only heir to a huge consortium, she could not buy things that any elementary school student in later generations could buy.
After reading all the books on the bedside, Ling was also casually playing with a bag of "plastic sheets".
This is not Reiya's own toy, but the only item she brought from her previous life. It doesn't even belong to her, but to an uncle.
She was sitting next to an old man on the subway. She accidentally saw the old man's bulging bag. When the subway braked, several round plastic pieces fell out of it. She subconsciously bent down to pick them up and handed them back to the old man.
"This is the Ultra Medal from the 'Zeta Transformer', it's not mine... it's, it's bought for my son." When the uncle took the plastic, he thanked him, but for some reason he felt a little embarrassed.
He has a son waiting for him to come home, and he has no worries.
So she didn't regret it. In that moment when she didn't even have time to come to her senses, she chose to sacrifice herself to save others. If the uncle got into trouble, some people would be sad, but she didn't. So if she had to choose again, she would do the same.
But how did I bring this "Ultra Medal"? Although it's just some plastic, it looks well made and seems to be quite expensive. Will the uncle's children be disappointed?
But I haven’t gone back yet.
The medals were painted with Ultraman portraits. So in her previous world, Ultraman was a character in a TV show? She had vaguely heard of it, but hadn't watched it much.
There are more than 30 medals, including Ace's, as well as the portraits of Ultraman, Seven, and Jack that often appear in the newspapers I read in the past few days. Most of the more than 30 medals are plastic pieces with red edges, but four of them have golden edges, which look a bit special.
One was painted with a silver-white Ultraman with wings on his back. Another was painted with a crown-like hat on his head. Another had a strange head that looked like a crystal cluster. Another was painted with a purple-blue Ultraman, which didn't look that strange.
So, are these Ultra Warriors that really exist in this world?
After playing with them for a while, Ling put them away. She looked up at the ceiling, in the direction of the void. Her sight was blocked by the ceiling, but she could feel the threat approaching.
This is not a disaster for humanity, but a celestial body collision, which would be a catastrophic disaster even for the Earth itself.
It is difficult to destroy a planet that is almost twice the diameter of the moon, even with Ultraman's power. But it is easy to destroy the engine on the planet and prevent it from hitting the earth. Once it loses its power source, it will be captured by the gravity of the sun and become an ordinary planet in the solar system in a specific orbit. After that, it may contribute rich mineral resources to the people on earth.
Ling did not do so because she felt that she should not intervene until the last moment when the earth was in crisis. This is also Gaia's hope. Gaia asked her to protect the earth and humans, but the ultimate wish is that humans can rely on their own strength to protect themselves. Otherwise, once they rely too much on Ultraman, humans will lose their enterprising spirit. Whether it is Ace or Gaia, it is the same.
In six years, human technology has undergone tremendous changes, which is a clear proof. Perhaps one day in the future, when facing monsters and aliens, humans will no longer be a burden, but the strongest comrade who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Ultraman. When that day comes, the people on Earth can use their own strength to give a satisfactory answer to those Ultra Warriors who risked their lives for mankind.
But for the now fragile human beings, the underground secret research institute can be said to be the last hope.
Beidou and Yoshimura should be standing guard in front of the underground secret research institute today, but Minami Yuko took the initiative to ask to replace Yoshimura and guard the gate of the research institute together with Beidou. The reason is self-evident. No accidents must happen here!
She and Beidou - Ultraman Ace are the last guarantee here.
At this time, a patrol car of the TAC team stopped at the door of the research institute. The people who got out of the car were Yamanaka and the person that Hokuto Seiji least wanted to see.
"'Maya'! Yamanaka, how dare you bring her here!"
"Why can't I bring her here? Maya is the countdown officer for the launch of Maria II, and we'll have to rely on her when the rocket launches."
"I won't allow it! Yamanaka Ichiro, if you want to take her in, you have to step over my dead body!"
"If you dare to stop me, then try it!"
"Wait a minute, Team Member Yamanaka, Team Member Beidou!" Nan Xizi stopped the two men who had already drawn their guns. The careful girl had already noticed something strange in Shanzhong, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she walked in front of Maya.
"Ms. Maya, the diamond ring on your hand is so beautiful. I like it very much."
"Ah, thank you." Although the Metrons were not aware of the complex traditions of the Earth, they knew to express gratitude when praised - even though they had no idea what was so precious about this substance called "diamond" by humans, which is made of carbon and can be found everywhere in the oxygen-free, high-temperature and high-pressure environment of the universe.
Even without mentioning the universe outside, there are a large number of such "diamonds" even on this planet, and the underground reserves are not low at all, but it seems that they have not been excavated on purpose.
Things like this can actually be so popular. Humans are really strange creatures.
"I'll let you in, but can you give me this ring? I really like it."
"Of course." Maya nodded with a smile. For her, such a request was simply not a request.
But for Yamanaka, this shattered his last glimmer of hope, because this ring was the one he used to propose to Maya.