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But Beidou still wants the TAC team to try again. As he said before, humanity has not yet run out of tricks.
Since it despises the TAC team so much, it must pay the price.
But things did not go as smoothly as Beidou expected.
The next day, the situation deteriorated rapidly.
In order to discover the super beast as soon as possible, Captain Long sent Aira Unit 1, Unit 2, and Universe to patrol.
However, Yoshimura, Noriko, and the Universe they were driving suddenly disappeared.
There was no crash and no other signs.
"The last place they disappeared was above Jiaokuwa Village. The signal was lost there." Mu Kaji took out a map and drew a circle at the location of a village on the outskirts of Shima City.
This place is very close to where Beidou first discovered the super beast.
"Signal lost?" Captain Long didn't quite understand what this word meant.
"It's like this. The cell phones you carry have satellite signals. The base can use this to locate your location."
There is such a function? No one knows it yet.
They only know that their mobile phones have global satellite maps, which they can search by opening them. They no longer have to worry about getting lost while on duty, which is very convenient.
"So, now Yoshimura and Noriko's signals are gone?"
"Yes, even if the phone is turned off, the internal power supply is in standby mode, and theoretically it can still transmit location signals. This result can only occur if the phone is damaged or in an environment where the signal is blocked."
"Beidou, Konno, Yamanaka, let's go search the place called Jiaowa Village." Captain Long named everyone and gave the order.
The TAC team will not give up on any of its players.
"Captain, I'll go too." Mu Qi said, "I can provide technical support."
Long thought about it for a moment and agreed.
Jiaowa Village is a name on the map, an ancient village that is very old. It is still unknown whether there are still people living there.
When TAC arrived at the scene, they found that there were still people in the village, but they were all elderly people who worked from dawn to dusk, while the young people had gone out to work in Nara and Kyoto.
Mie Prefecture is originally a remote place with many mountains and rivers. In the future, it will be incorporated into the Nagoya metropolitan area, but this concept did not exist in this era.
The most famous one here is Ise Jingu Shrine, the royal shrine is located here. And Akigawa Village is one of the most remote villages in Mie Prefecture.
In the remote villages, people speak with a local accent, which is hard to understand unless you listen carefully.
There was no trace of Yoshimura and Noriko, nor was there any sign that the Cosmos had landed.
The whole village was very quiet, so quiet that it didn't look like any super beast had appeared.
"Don't people here speak Mandarin?" Konno had already asked several people, but the accent was too strong to be understood.
I can only nod or shake my head.
“It would be nice if Yoshimura were here.”
Yoshimura is an expert in folklore and has extensive knowledge of local dialects.
But this is nonsense because they are looking for Yoshimura.
Fortunately, Beidou found a young man, a woman, who was dressed in a rather rustic way like a country girl.
"Excuse me...have we met somewhere before?" This was certainly not what Beidou wanted to ask, but when he saw the other person's face clearly, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
It's not a real acquaintance, just a familiar face.
"Hey, Beidou, are you trying to flirt with me?" Yamanaka said unhappily, "Sorry, I'm sorry, we are the TAC team."
"I know the TAC team, what's up with you guys?"
The woman spoke very pure official language, which was a pleasant surprise. Finally, I met someone I could talk to.
"Look, just a few hours ago, two of our team members disappeared. They were wearing the same clothes as us. Excuse me, have you seen them?"
The woman shook her head. "There are no outsiders here. There haven't been outsiders for a long time. If there are strangers, the whole village will be alarmed."
This place is so isolated. It’s hard to imagine that there are still villages like this in 1973.
So there are still no clues.
Kiji fiddled with the signal receiver, but even at such a close range, he still couldn't capture Yoshimura and Noriko's cell phone signals.
"Why are they the two?" Beidou asked worriedly.
If it was him, he could handle any danger. At worst, he could become Ace.
Even Yamanaka and Konno generally have the ability to protect themselves.
But it happened to be Yoshimura and Noriko, a folklore expert and a female correspondent, the two with the weakest combat power in the TAC team.
"You said your team members are missing. I wonder if Dadarahos did it?"
"Dadarajos? What is that?"
"Haven't you heard the story of Master Otaro?"
Dadarahos means Master Otaro, but with an accent. After hearing this, Konno remembered.
"I think I've heard of it."
He grew up in the countryside of Okayama.
There are many shrines in Okayama with a strong religious atmosphere. Various mythological stories are circulated because people there believe in them.
When walking on the road at night, you will feel as if someone is following you, but when you look back, there is no one. This is Master Otaro.
Some say that Master Otaro is a Cyclops, so huge that every time he takes a step, his footprint becomes a basin.
It lives on a small island off the coast of Mie Prefecture, but it can cross from the island to the mainland in just one step.
Because it often destroyed farmland, people were helpless, so the people of Mie Prefecture wove giant straw sandals and fish baskets to trick it into thinking there was a bigger giant than itself.
As expected, Master Otaro fell into the trap and dared not come to land again.
It became a tradition that every August, Kiriha Shrine in Mie Prefecture holds a straw sandal festival.
"But in our Jiaowa Village, the story is a little different. Because Jiaowa Village is the basin created by the giant in the story. The giant did not come here from a small island in the sea, it came from the past and the future."
"The past and the future? What do you mean, it can travel through time?"
"I understand!" Mu Kaji hurriedly looked through previous information and found the record of dimensional fluctuations when the super beast disappeared not long ago.
"That's it! I thought this fluctuation was a bit strange. Although it is indeed a characteristic of the Yabo people, there are problems with several function values. It turns out that this is not a spatial fluctuation, but space-time. It is traveling in the time dimension!"
"sure?"
"Yes, although it is a little incredible, this super beast can travel between different times at will."
In other words, the reason why Yoshimura and Noriko cannot be found is because they are no longer in this era, no longer in 1973!
How to find this?
"Captain, those two..." Yamanaka couldn't finish the words.
The TAC team will not give up any member, but what else can they do if it is outside of another timeline?
"If we could know the time they leave, there might be a way," Mu Kaji said.
"What? Do we also have the technology to travel through time?"
Mu Kaji nodded and gave an affirmative answer.
"Yes, time robots have been invented a long time ago. There is a research laboratory in Tokyo called the Haruki Space Science and Technology Research Institute. I remember that they announced their results last year and named it the Time Machine. Of course, it was announced within the military, so it's still a secret."
Even the TAC team themselves were shocked by the level of their own black technology.
Being able to travel through different dimensions and go to the dark universe is not enough, but you can also travel through time?
There is no darkest, only darker.
"About this," the village girl who had been silent for a long time suddenly said, "I know something about it. There is a legend in our village that in the Nara period 1,200 years ago, two strange people visited us. They were wearing red clothes, so they were regarded as red monsters."
"The villagers thought they were messengers of Master Otaro and wanted to kill them. But later they found out that they were not, they were messengers of God!"
"The messenger summoned a huge god, defeated the wizard Otaro, and then rode on the iron bird and left with the god."
"Isn't that..." Konno understood! Red Monster, isn't that the color of their TAC uniforms?
If even he understood it, then of course everyone else would understand it.
Yoshimura and Noriko, they went 1200 years ago!
"If there is nothing else, I'll take my leave now," said the village girl.
"Ah, thank you very much for bothering me! Your information is very useful."
"It would be great if I can help everyone."
Captain Long and his team all nodded in greeting. Beidou also nodded.
The woman passed him shoulder to shoulder.
Sudden--
"Come on, Beidou, save everyone."
Yuko!
Beidou turned back suddenly, but there was no trace of the "village girl" anymore.
Chapter 301: Daughter of the Moon
The "village girl" walked a few steps along the village road, but the scenery in front of her suddenly changed.
The muddy road beneath my feet suddenly turned into a sea of white flowers, with a refreshing scent of jasmine. At the end of the sea of flowers, there were tall laurel trees reaching into the sky, and behind the trees were palaces stretching toward the sky.
A view I've never seen before, but it looks familiar.
"Long time no see, Sister Yuko."
"Lingya."
The 'village girl's' face changed slightly, and it was clearly Nan Xizi.
"here it is?"
"Hasn't Sister Xizi seen it?"