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Ace spoke his innermost thoughts to humanity.
After exchanging a glance with Tiga, the two Ultramen flew into the sky together.
Just like when the giants first came to Earth.
Akira Fudo stood on the beach, watching the giant fly up to the stars.
The seawater lapped against the shore, making a crisp sound.
The smell of gunpowder from the war filled the nostrils.
Is Earth at peace?
Earth can definitely be at peace!
The Ultra Star shines in the sky.
(Three chapters, is that too many? – _ – ?)
Chapter 185 Victory Team vs. YoRHa Squad (Side Story?)
"Ye Rui, are you playing games again?"
Xincheng suddenly appeared behind Ye Rui and slapped him, startling Ye Rui.
"New Town! That guy scared me to death."
Ye Rui turned Shinjo's face away and replied angrily.
"I'm watching a tokusatsu drama."
"Watching tokusatsu? You, what are you doing watching this stuff?"
Xincheng knew that although Ye Rui was no longer the naive boy he used to be, and was now thirty years old, he was still a homebody.
However, Nozue is a tech geek who has been in charge of TPC's computer system research, so he has had very little contact with tokusatsu (special effects) and related things.
"Oh, do you remember when Director Sawai was still at TPC, he mentioned director Eiji Tsuburaya to us? This tokusatsu film is a work of their company, it's called 'Gridman'."
"Oh, when did that happen? I don't remember what to do."
Xincheng scratched his head, clearly unable to remember at all.
"Shin-Cheng, you're such a muscle-headed guy."
"Hey, you little rascal, I think you're..."
Shinjo was about to put his arm around Nori's neck when the computer screen in front of Nori, which was playing footage of "Gridman," suddenly stopped.
Then, Karen's image appeared on the computer screen.
"Ye Rui, Xincheng team members, stop fooling around."
"The Star Swallow is about to leave the faster-than-light space and arrive at the next parallel universe. The captain is calling everyone to assemble in the command room."
Upon hearing Karen's news, the two immediately stopped their playful fight.
"Understood!" they both replied in unison.
The Star Swallow has been away from the new space realm for some time now.
During this time, the Star Swallow has been chasing after Li Xiang's footsteps, following all sorts of clues left behind by him.
Even in the previous swirling universe, the TPC detected a parallel universe emitting high-intensity Magus Power Energy, and the members of the Victory Team actually obtained a lot of clues about Li Xiang's activities in that world.
On Earth in that parallel universe, humanity had just begun to explore space, was unable to travel between galaxies, and even faced the crisis of being invaded and destroyed by alien civilizations.
Finally, with the help of Tiga and an Ultraman from this world, humanity was able to escape disaster.
Furthermore, the GUTS team learned that in this world, Ryou had established the Earth Defense Force—the Science Patrol—with a person named Shingo Sakamizu.
Upon learning that Li Xiang had already passed away, the Victory Team did not linger. They left behind only a portion of the complete data and information about the Magus power system before departing.
In their continued search for Li Xiang, the Victory Team also received help from Ultraman from that world, who guided them in the right direction.
Thus, by entering faster-than-light space, the Star Swallow is about to arrive at the next world.
The plasma-powered faster-than-light engine on the Star Swallow spacecraft stopped braking, and the Star Swallow successfully left the faster-than-light space and arrived at the next parallel universe.
What came into view was a peculiar planet.
"Wait, where is this...? This looks so familiar."
Captain Zongfang looked at the blue planet that suddenly appeared in front of the Star Swallow and a bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart.
"After comparison, this is... Earth in a parallel universe!"
Karen appeared and transmitted the comparative data to the computer screen for everyone to view.
"How could this possibly be Earth?"
The group stared in astonishment at the planet before them.
Although the planet is still blue, there is a lot of garbage in its near-Earth orbit, and various cratered and uneven landforms are visible to the naked eye.
These landforms, like lunar craters, can even be seen from space.
"Is it because of the war?"
Daigo muttered to himself.
But immediately, the Star Swallow spacecraft received a message.
"Warning: You have entered near-Earth orbit. Please turn back immediately, or we will attack your spaceship."
This is a warning message!
In other words, does civilization still exist on Earth?
"It's confirmed. The message was sent from a large space base in near-Earth orbit!"
"Captain, should we reply?"
Ye Rui and Karen quickly began operating the computer.
"Reply to them and tell them why we came."
In Earth's near-Earth orbit, in a bunker-style space base.
The communications officer 6O, who was responsible for monitoring Earth, suddenly discovered a spaceship that looked to be extremely technologically advanced, appearing near its orbit.
She immediately reported this to Commander White, the commander-in-chief of the YoYa unit.
White looked at the spaceship in the picture, which had the GUTS logo on it, and couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Is this... aliens returning, or an attack ship from mechanical life forms?"
She said to herself.
This situation shouldn't be part of her plan.
But the style of that spaceship doesn't seem like that of aliens or mechanical life forms.
Since things have come to this... should I send a message to ask first?
At least in outer space, prioritizing communication is the best approach before the other party displays hostility or aggression.
There was also an element of Commander White being unable to afford the gamble, because the YoRHa unit was almost wiped out.
After all, androids are not something that can be created easily.
Moreover, the YoRHa unit has been under constant attack from machine lifeforms.
Therefore, through the communications officer, the bunker space base, and the Chaoxingyan satellite sent out a message.
Similarly, the Star Swallow also replied to the message.
"Hello. We are Earthlings from a parallel universe. Are you a human civilization? We apologize for accidentally entering your airspace. Due to interdimensional travel, we are unable to pinpoint our exact location, and we are very sorry for the trouble caused. We will immediately move away from Earth's orbit."
White couldn't hold back any longer when he saw the message.
Humans from a parallel universe?
It's no wonder White was surprised, because humanity in this world had been completely wiped out.
Only a few members of the YoRHa unit knew the truth, and Commander White was one of them.
Thus, when the other party claims to be human, albeit from another world, Commander White is an android and subject to programmed control.
Although the current program allows him to completely erase the truth about human extinction through his plan, the underlying code still forces him to verify whether this is true.
If it's fake, then it's just a war against mechanical lifeforms.
But... what if it's true?
All I can say is that's how the underlying code is written; there's nothing I can do about it.
Therefore, Commander White gave the order with extreme anxiety.
"Quickly, continue sending messages and try to communicate peacefully with the other side!"
And so, the GUTS team and the YoRHa unit met.
Chapter 186 Showing off your computer skills in front of Kallen—Teaching a fish to swim
In an era of human prosperity, a plague known as "white salt disease" swept across the earth.
In order to survive, humanity separated the soul from the body in the hope of finding a cure for this disease and allowing humanity to rise again.
However, just as human civilization was collapsing, aliens suddenly invaded Earth.
They dispatched an army of "mechanical lifeforms" to attack Earth.
Next, humanity created "artificial humans" to fight against the alien army.
This was a war that lasted for a thousand years.
Early androids were completely wiped out.
The core instruction of the android is "to serve and protect humanity".
When humanity becomes extinct, this core will lose its purpose.
The android society is in an existential crisis and may collapse on its own.
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