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The king’s order. The last time the king issued a clear order to the Kingdom of Light was how many years ago?
Anyway, Seven has never experienced it.
"Well, ten days, half a month, I don't know how long it will take."
Tuan nodded.
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if it takes a few days or a few months. You can take your time. During this time, I have been ordered to protect the Earth."
"Eh? Brother Moroboshi came to Earth to garrison?"
Somewhat incredible.
Aren't all the people who came to Earth in the past newcomers for training? Of course, Seven is not a newcomer, and can even be said to be the backbone of the security team.
If he was asked to protect the earth, it would be enough for her to leave for a few days without any worries. Before Gaia woke up, Seven had been the guardian here.
Seven himself did not expect that he would be able to return to Earth one day. Unfortunately, the Ultra Guard had been disbanded.
It’s been almost eight years.
Eight years is really a short time for Ultraman. It is his experience on Earth that makes him understand the meaning of time.
Moon
Humankind’s lunar base was completed five months ago and has become a bridgehead for human exploration of the universe.
"Commander Yamanaka, the spacecraft detected by the radar has been identified and recorded as belonging to Earth, codenamed Friendship Ship No. 3. It was the spacecraft that left Earth eight years ago during the Ultra Guard era to explore deep space."
After eight years, I'm finally back.
"'Friendship', this word makes me feel uncomfortable."
The person who spoke was Shigeru Furuhashi, a staff officer of the Space Defense Force. He was here because the Space Defense Fleet was taking a regular rest and receiving supplies on the moon.
Space battleships are not suitable for the environment within the Earth's atmosphere due to their design. Especially large battleships over one kilometer in length will be torn apart due to the imbalance of gravity if they enter the Earth's orbit.
From construction, departure, rest to retirement, everything is done in space. The work that was originally done in the space station has become much more convenient now with the lunar base.
Yamanaka was not familiar with Furuhashi, he only knew that he was a senior of the Ultra Guard before the TAC team.
"Staff Officer Guqiao, do you think there is anything wrong with the word 'friendship'?"
He used honorifics, even though Guqiao was only a staff officer and he was the commander. But Guqiao was a staff officer of the defense army and he was only the commander of the lunar base. The former's military rank was higher than his.
"Friendship Plan..." Gu Qiao muttered the word but didn't say anything else.
That was a plan that had been scrapped, and not even a written record could be found. In that case, let it disappear from the memory of everyone who knew about it.
Eight years may seem like only a few months to the people on the spacecraft.
"This spacecraft returned from an exploration of the planet V Acklay."
The adjutant in the mountains found out the detailed information of the spacecraft and reported it on the side.
It is an Earth-like planet in a star system three light years away from the solar system, and there may be life. So eight years ago during the Ultra Guard era, humans sent a fleet to explore.
There were three spaceships that set out at that time, and now only one has returned.
Twenty minutes later, the spacecraft landed at the lunar base. Although it had not yet reached Earth, the passengers who had been wandering for eight years finally returned home.
No matter what the original purpose of the Friendship Plan was, these people who set out to the depths of the universe are heroes of humanity.
"It's just like Urashima Taro. It feels like only a few months have passed, but eight years have passed on Earth!"
There are three astronauts on the spacecraft.
Except for the slightly older captain, the other two crew members, a man and a woman, were very young. They looked like they were in their early twenties and had just joined the army.
"It's been eight years, and we humans already have a base on the moon! It's unimaginable. Now I'm back on Earth, and I'm already a 30-year-old lady!"
"There's no such thing, Ryoumi. Our ages are calculated separately."
"No matter what, it's a lucky thing to be able to return to Earth alive."
At that time, they all joined the deep space exploration team with the idea that they could sacrifice themselves at any time. The exploration team needed young people and needed to spread humanity into the depths of the universe, so they signed up right after they graduated from college.
They are lucky.
Of the three spacecraft traveling together, two have lost contact and may remain in the starry sky forever.
Even if we had not encountered hostile aliens, exploring the starry sky was a dangerous thing given the level of human technology at that time.
Only after losing the protection of the planet did humans realize their own fragility.
[The spacecraft has completed its arrival at the port and is currently carrying out virus elimination and inspection and quarantine work. The astronauts are expected to leave the ship in ten minutes. ]
Liang Mei took a deep breath and felt like she was back in the solar system. The air was a little fresher.
This is of course an illusion. Whether on the spacecraft or the lunar base, the air is circulating within the life support system.
"Commander Yamanaka, let us go and welcome the heroes of humanity home."
Of course, there would be no objection from Shanzhong to Guqiao's suggestion.
But no one noticed that when the astronauts just stepped off the spacecraft, a sensor door in the empty corridor suddenly opened, and then closed by itself after a few seconds.
It was as if some living thing passed by.
Kotaro returned to the ZAT team angrily, and no one knew what had happened.
"Why, Kotaro, is there anything unusual in the investigation?"
Asahina was confused as she looked at Kotaro who seemed to be angry. Wasn't he fine just now?
Kotaro wanted to nod, but shook his head. There was something unusual before, but now it's gone, so there's no need to report it.
"No, it's very peaceful there."
"Yes, everyone is celebrating the festival happily." Bei Dao continued.
Kitajima really didn't find anything strange, except that Kotaro inexplicably went into the woods and disappeared for more than ten minutes.
Maybe he went to find the toilet.
"Look, we brought soybeans from the shrine. If you eat them, you will be blessed by the gods."
"That's really good stuff!"
Araki, Minamihara, Moriyama, and even Captain Asahina came over to share the beans.
"Knowing that we are eating beans, Ueno will definitely be envious, right?" Nanyuan pinched a bean and chewed it in his mouth, making a crunching sound.
Ueno has been away for more than a month, and I miss him so much.
Last month, the Defense Force selected a ZAT member to serve as an instructor in the newly established Space Force. Ueno was selected.
The MAC team is newly established and is recruiting soldiers, and needs experienced assessors.
Ueno was seconded to MAC as a recruiting examiner for half a year. He should still be working hard in that big spinning top in the universe. It's really pitiful to be in an environment where there is no distinction between day and night every day.
"Will Ueno come back in half a year?"
"That's hard to say. If he's noticed by the leader of MAC, it's possible that he can stay in the space base. It should be a good thing for him."
Ueno is still young, the youngest member of the ZAT team. The newly established MAC team has a bright future. If Ueno stays there, maybe in a few years, everyone will salute him and call him "sir" when they meet.
"By the way, Kotaro, where is the amulet on your shoulder?" Asahina suddenly asked.
As a disciplined force, ZAT is generally not allowed to wear jewelry. But according to Kotaro, it was a talisman given to him by his mother when she was alive, so no one said anything.
However, Asahina noticed that the amulet that she always carried with her was now missing.
Araki walked over and looked Kotaro up and down.
"Could it be that you just lost your mission and are feeling depressed?"
He remembered that Kotaro's badge was still there before the mission at the shrine.
"It has nothing to do with that! I gave the badge away."
Actually, it is related, but Kotaro is just that stubborn.
They have been together for more than a year, but Gaia still treats him like a child and even lets him go back to the Kingdom of Light?
This is what made Kotaro angry.
He knew that this time the enemy might be very powerful. Just now he couldn't even transform into Taro, but he believed that he could overcome it.
Including returning the badge to Gaia now, it is also a way to vent a little bit of resentment.
Because Gaia doesn't believe in herself!
No matter how she performed, no matter how powerful the enemy was, even Zoda, she still regarded herself as a child!
At this moment, a short alarm came from the ZAT team's communicator.
With just one sound, the alarm stopped.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Moriyama quickly put the soybeans in his hand back into the bag and walked quickly to the operating table.
"Captain, the moon base just sent a distress signal!"
"The moon base? What happened there?"
"I don't know. After pressing the emergency device, there was no follow-up information. I sent a question, but the other party did not respond. I'm not sure if it was an accidental alarm."
"Keep in touch!"
"understand!"
Then five minutes later they confirmed that the lunar base had lost contact with the Earth!
The lunar base was noisy at this time.
Looking at the messy base, Yamanaka was furious.
"Where exactly did the attack come from?"
"Sorry, Commander, it's not clear yet!"
Explosions were heard all over the base, one after another.
Still not sure?
The enemy has clearly invaded our base, but we don’t know anything about their identity, number, firepower, etc.?