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"No, I believe Meng Er, and I believe his father." Beidou said seriously, "It must be that our instruments are not sensitive enough."
"Captain, I think we shouldn't waste time here. Let's expand our patrol area. As long as the Ultra Beast is still in the Seto Inland Sea, we will definitely be able to find him."
Seeing that the two had different opinions, Captain Long hesitated for a moment.
"Yeah, okay." Meng Er suddenly said to himself.
"What's wrong, Meng Er, did your father say anything?"
"Dad said that he sensed the super beast, and it's at the top of the mountain, a little to the east!"
"team leader!"
It's different with an exact location.
Long nodded, "Hokuto, you and Team Minami will approach from the ground and check it out. Yamanaka and Konno, you will pilot the Aira and the Uchu to stand guard in the air."
"understand!"
Beidou and Nan Xizi looked at each other, and they ran towards the hill. As they got closer, they both noticed something unusual with the help of Ace's ability.
"In the rock wall of the mountain?"
"Yes, I felt it too." Nan Xizi nodded in confirmation.
Meng Er was right, there were indeed super beasts hiding here.
"Captain, we have found the target. It is inside the rock wall. I request to use missile attack." Beidou turned on the communicator and called.
"Can it be found in the rock wall?" Yoshimura muttered, but no one paid any attention to him.
Captain Long seemed to trust Beidou's judgment.
"Ordinary missiles may not work. Yamanaka, the Airo should be equipped with nitrogen missiles. While cooling it, it will also force the super beasts to the ground due to lack of oxygen. Beidou, Nan, tell Yamanaka the exact coordinates and retreat to a safe location first. Let Yamanaka use the nitrogen missiles."
"understand!"
Some time was left for Beidou and Nan to evacuate to the safe zone. Three minutes later, Airo flew over the coordinates given by Beidou. The bomb bay of the plane opened and dropped a string of bombs like rain.
These are special nitrogen bombs, generally used for firefighting. The extreme coldness of nitrogen vaporization and the air-isolating effect can quickly put out forest fires. It can also be very effective against monsters that are afraid of cold or have a high oxygen demand.
The bomb exploded on the top of the mountain. There was no fire, but white smoke rose up instead. It was condensed frost. A large amount of nitrogen replaced the original air. If there were people there, even if they didn't freeze to death, they would quickly suffocate and faint due to the lack of oxygen.
This nitrogen bomb also works on super beasts.
There was an earth-shaking movement, and the super beast that disappeared more than half an hour ago appeared in front of the TAC team again.
"It's here as expected. Meng Er, thank you very much this time."
"It's not me, it's Dad who said that."
"Yes, thank you very much to your father." Long thanked him sincerely. Even if it was hard to believe, the fact was right in front of him. The horseshoe crab was probably the soul of his father.
Long had not believed in this kind of superstition of the older generation since he entered primary school, but now that he has become the captain of the TAC team forged by scientific power, he has no choice but to believe it.
It feels a little strange, but that's not a bad thing.
Gaia, does feel a little different from those Ultra Warriors of the past.
"Yoshimura, Noriko, follow me and drive the Eagle. We can't let that super beast escape this time."
Because the people around had already been evacuated, the TAC team could let go this time. The super beast, which was disturbed from its sleep by the nitrogen bomb, was extremely angry. After leaving the oxygen-deficient range, it began to spit fire everywhere aimlessly.
Previously, the salt field was set on fire at the seaside, and this time the amusement park was set on fire. The high-altitude catapult, roller coaster, carousel, Ferris wheel and other amusement facilities were all engulfed in flames.
"We can't go on like this. That monster is setting fires everywhere. The damage is too great."
Beidou and Nan, who stayed on the ground, kept shooting at the super beast with TAC guns, but it had no effect. Beidou looked at the ring on his finger and found that the ring was flashing.
"It's our turn, Yuko."
Nan Xizi nodded, stretched out her hand and shook it with Beidou. Ace appeared on the battlefield in the light.
Ace showed up without hesitation, and immediately kicked the Ultra Beast to the ground with a side kick, interrupting its fire-breathing action. Then, without waiting for the Ultra Beast to stand up, he stepped forward and lifted it up and threw it.
"Ah, it's Ace!"
Unlike usual, this time Yamanaka was not excited to see Ace, but felt a little sorry.
He really wanted to try to destroy the Ultra Beast with the weapons of the TAC team. He thought this was a good opportunity, but he didn't expect Ace to show up in the end.
Just as he had told Meng Er before, the Ultra Beast King Crab has not grown fully.
This was totally unexpected.
Because it was discovered by the fishermen, it attacked the fishing boat, and at the same time exposed its existence. This was not in the original script of the Yabo people, because the super beast is still in its infancy and should have several weeks to grow. It will come out to attack the earth when it matures.
Because of that fishing boat, the Yabo people had to act much earlier than expected. As a result, the Ultra Beast was powerless against Ace.
Throwing him over his shoulder, throwing him over his head, just like an adult playing with a child, Ace knocked the Ultra Beast to the ground again and again.
The super beast's pincers and mouthparts that can be used as weapons are immature, and it can only be beaten without any way to resist. The only thing that can be used as a weapon is its tail.
"Come on, Ace, destroy this super beast and avenge my father!"
I don't know if Ace heard Meng Er's cry, he used his hand to cut the Ultra Beast's tail, and the light energy turned into a sharp blade, cutting off the Ultra Beast's tail. Then he turned around and pretended to fire the Emerim Beam.
But at this moment, a terrible sound came from somewhere.
[Stop, Ace, what qualifications do you have to call yourself the guardian of the earth? ]
Ace heard it, and the TAC members heard it too.
"Is this voice... a Yawa?"
"That bastard, what nonsense is he talking about? Come out and have a real fight."
The TAC team had long been gnashing their teeth at the Yabo people who had always been hiding behind the scenes. They always let the Ultra Beasts rush to the front, but they never showed up.
The invasion of the Yabo people has been going on for more than half a year, but in fact, no one in the TAC team, including Ace, has ever seen the other side with their own eyes. Every time they fight against super beasts, they don’t even know what the real Yabo people look like.
[Horseshoe crabs have lived on Earth for 500 million years. Compared to humans, they are the original inhabitants of Earth. But look, in just a few decades, horseshoe crabs are on the verge of extinction because of humans. Aren't horseshoe crabs creatures of Earth and don't they have the right to live on Earth? Ace, as an Ultraman from the Kingdom of Light, what right do you have to eliminate horseshoe crabs for humans now? ]
Ace paused.
Horseshoe crabs are rare blue-blooded creatures on Earth. They also have special immune cells called "amoeba-like cells" in their blood. They are extremely sensitive to bacteria and once they encounter bacteria, they will release blood-coagulating enzymes and imprison the bacteria immediately.
Because of this characteristic, it has become the standard method for detecting bacterial endotoxins in the world's medical and health fields. The value of blue blood has soared, reaching a high price of 100,000 RMB per liter, and the starting price in Japanese yen is 1 million. Such huge profits have forced this creature that has survived on Earth for 500 million years to become endangered.
[Ace, do you think humans are the righteous side? Ultraman, who is known as the Land of Light, is just an alien after all. What position do you have to stop the horseshoe crab's revenge? Isn't it natural for living things to want to survive and avoid the tragedy of extinction? Isn't this allowed?]
Yes, this time it was not the Yabo people who invaded, but the native creatures of the earth who were seeking revenge against the humans who exterminated them.
If the earth is compared to a mother, human beings have exterminated too many of their fellow brothers with their own hands.
Are they righteous? Do they represent light?
What qualifications does the Kingdom of Light have to intervene?
Chapter 61 Gaia's Choice
(This is the first round of recommendations from Qidian this week. I’ll try to see if I can increase my collection by updating twice a day today. If I can, I’ll keep updating twice a day for the next few days. If I can’t, forget it. I’ll just go with the flow.)
The Ultra Beast in front of him was the weakest among the more than ten Ultra Beasts that Ace had fought since he came to Earth more than half a year ago. No doubt about it.
But at this moment, he was still unable to use the Metalium Ray.
Of course, he knew that this was a trick of the Yabo people. But he also knew that what the Yabo people said was right. He had a thousand or ten thousand reasons to destroy the Yabo people. But horseshoe crab, that was indeed the sin of mankind.
They are hunted in large numbers, and even industrialized to "extract" blue blood, just because it has medicinal value to humans.
Is blue blood essential for human survival?
Of course not. Before the discovery of the medicinal value of blue blood, humans, starting from the ancestors Homo sapiens, had lived well for 200,000 years and stood at the top of the food chain. That was dispensable.
However, just because it is slightly effective, some vendors with ulterior motives hype it up as being able to "reduce inflammation" or even "enhance sexual function."
The former has some truth to it, but the latter has no scientific basis and is just false hype. As a result, the fate of a race that has lasted for 500 million years was rewritten in just a few decades.
And it’s not just horseshoe crabs whose destinies have been rewritten.
Because of human desires, countless species are on the verge of extinction or have already become extinct.
As an alien, does Ace have the right to act on behalf of humans and stop these creatures from taking revenge?
Ace didn't know.
The beast was already very weak, and as long as he crossed his hands, a simple movement - just like he had done countless times before, would definitely kill the beast.
But Ace didn't.
If this is really the horseshoe crab's revenge on humans, they do have sufficient reasons. Destroying an entire race out of selfishness, humans are the unjust party in this dispute.
"team leader?"
"If Ace can't help, then we will." Captain Long ordered in the public channel communicator, "We are not biologists, medical scientists, or economists, and we can't replace the human group. Maybe humans really did make mistakes, but as a TAC team, it is our mission to protect humans."
"I understand." Yamanaka replied, and although his voice was not as firm as before, he agreed with it just as well.
Maybe humans really did something wrong, but we are human beings and can only stand on the side of human interests. There is no right or wrong in this matter.
Seeing that Ace had stopped, Chao Beast took a few steps back tentatively. After confirming that Ace had no intention of attacking, it hurriedly ran towards the beach.
As long as we let it rest and give it enough time to grow into its full form, the next time it comes out, it will definitely—
"TAC team, listen up, attack immediately..."
Captain Long had only said half of his words when a blazing white blade of light cut through the sky, and a high-intensity energy bombarded the super beast's chest. The power was enough to move mountains and fill the sea, shattering the super beast into atoms.
"Gaia--" Long murmured, looking at the giant of light that appeared out of nowhere, with an indescribable throbbing in his heart.
Yes, it was Gaia who destroyed the super beast. Under her "Ice Blade of Light", the super beast disappeared without any resistance.
The air was ionized by the high energy and left a distorted trace in the void where the photon ice blade passed. The super beast was shattered, and even its cells were evaporated.
Long once again confirmed that Gaia was different, and different from all the Ultra Warriors before. As an alien, Ace could not intervene in the decision between the creatures on Earth, but Gaia could act without any scruples.
[Why, Gaia, why did you attack the horseshoe crab? Humans are creatures of the earth, aren't horseshoe crabs? ]
Faced with the Yabo people's angry questioning, Gaia did not answer. Just as she suddenly appeared, she turned into light and disappeared suddenly.
Oshima Manor
By the hot spring pool, Ling, wearing a bath towel, returned to the pool with a jug of ice milk.
"Why did Miss go there in person? Just leave these chores to me." Maria came forward and took the milk pitcher from Lingye.
Ling didn't refuse either.