Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 630, Section 626: Commander Takakura is in hell, unable to confront Hokuto (more to come later)
Time flies, and three days have passed since Ace arrived on Earth and transformed into Beidou and went to TPC.

Surrounded by vibrant young people, their energy inspired him, making Beidou feel young again, as if he had returned to the glorious days of fighting against the super beasts in the TAC team and protecting the Earth.

Because someone had previously said that Earth's environment in this universe is extremely dangerous, lacking all favorable conditions, and surrounded by wolves, with constant external and internal troubles, he has always been on guard.

However, after staying for a few days, he realized that things weren't quite like that...

"Beep beep beep..." At this moment, the emergency assembly signal sounded, and Beidou quickly went to the command room to assemble.

Staff Officer He Zhi and Staff Officer Quan Teng were both standing here. Bei Dou didn't know much about them, only that they were senior officers of TPC, as he had heard from other people.

Staff Officer Gondo began to explain the situation:
"Just now, the Astronomical Observation Center discovered a huge celestial body that looks like a red fireball and named it 'Red Rose'."

"Because its axis of rotation suddenly changed, it deviated from its original trajectory and became a planet that lost its direction."

"Based on its current trajectory, it will soon reach the solar system and collide with Earth."

"If it collides, the Earth is finished."

A giant celestial body is about to collide with Earth!
Beidou felt a sudden sense of urgency; this was no small matter!

However, when he looked at the expressions of the other victorious players, he saw that they appeared very calm.

“Mountain team members, this is an extraordinary matter. The people of Earth are facing a great calamity!” Beidou said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Yamanaka patted him on the shoulder with a relaxed expression: "Isn't it just the destruction of the earth? You're new here and don't understand. An attack of this level happens to us about once a week."

Kishida, who was standing nearby, explained, "Before, Earth was almost simultaneously struck by the [Demon Star Koala] and the monster [Digrob], whose body is equivalent to a planet."

"But Qi Ming's team pushed the demon star Koala into the path of [Digrob], causing them to collide. In the end, the matter was resolved without serious incident."

Beidou: “…”

Is that even possible? Amazing.

He didn't know Digrob, but he had a deep impression of Koala the Nightingale, as he had also experienced this event.

Hearing Kishida's words, Yamazakura was deeply moved: "It was very dangerous. There was a Metron alien who wanted to kill my fiancée, Maya. Fortunately, Qi Ming stopped him... Just for that, Qi Ming, you must come to my wedding."

Beidou was even more surprised.

In this world, did the mountain team member's fiancée, who was rescued by this team member Qi Ming, survive?

This is really great.

He involuntarily looked at Qi Ming, who nodded at him.

Staff Officer He Zhi coughed to bring the topic back on track: "Although the last celestial impact was resolved, we must take this one just as seriously."

"We are prepared to launch the super weapon R1 to intercept 'Red Rose' when it reaches Cosmic Point UUV261."

Upon hearing that the super weapon R1 was to be used to bomb a planet, Dan Moroboshi couldn't help but ask, "Won't it affect other planets?"

Staff Officer He Zhi: "There are four planets near the UUV261 cosmic point, which will be affected, but there is probably nothing on them."

Feng Yuan: "Which four planets?"

Staff Officer He Zhi: "They are Jialu Star, Lei Star, Gauss Star, and Moruroa Star."

Qi Ming was speechless after hearing this.

Gauss Star, Moruroa Star...

So that's what those two episodes were about.

The planet named "Red Rose" that is heading towards Earth, and "Gauss Star" next to the coordinate point of UUV261, are derived from the nineteenth episode of "Eddie", "The Lost Planet Demolition Order".

In the original series, in order to protect Earth, humanity used a planetary destruction missile to blow up "Red Rose," and "Gauss Star," which was near the explosion site, was affected and destroyed.

Creatures on Gauss were mutated by radiation and became the "Planet Monster Gauss," who flew to Earth with a heart full of hatred to seek revenge.

In this hybrid universe, besides Gauss from Eddie, the planet near the explosion site UUV261 is even more significant: Moruroa.

Planet Morroya originates from episodes 24 and 25 of Ultraman Taro.

In the original series, Earth launched a super missile to test its power, which destroyed the planet Moruroa.

Creatures surviving on the planet Morroa, affected by missiles, have grown into gigantic monsters called the Cosmic Moths, which attack Earth in revenge for the destruction of their home planet.

This monster, known as "Little Gatanothor," could unleash black mist that enveloped the entire globe. It was only after the six Ultra Brothers retrieved the Ultra Bell from the Land of Light that it was defeated.

Recalling this, Qi Ming felt a bit uneasy, thinking that both "Taro" and "Eddie" belonged to the Showa era worldview. Given the precedent of "Super Weapon R1 blasting out the Geyser Dragon Beast," he wondered if the humans in that worldview could pull off such a stunt twice more.

Therefore, he definitely cannot let the super weapon R1 be launched, otherwise the explosion would blow out two innocent monsters.

We must learn from his experience and prevent this tragedy from repeating itself.

When Beidou heard the name "Moruloya", he frowned and stared at the star coordinate map on the screen, then suddenly felt a jolt.

He thought back carefully and realized that he had passed through this star system before!

He passed through this place on his way to Earth.

Although he did not stop to explore, he could sense the presence of life on these planets as he passed by.

"Wait a minute, I don't think we can launch missiles lightly. There may be life on these planets! We can't sacrifice other life in the universe to protect Earth," Beidou said solemnly.

As soon as he said this, everyone stared at him.

Beidou silently prepared himself for the questions that would follow, such as "How do you know?" and "What is your basis for this?"

Staff Officer He Zhi looked at Beidou: "Do you think there might be life on the four planets near the blast area?"

Beidou: "That's right."

Staff Officer He Zhi glanced at him and nodded: "Okay, then we won't launch the super weapon R1."

Beidou: "???"

Why did you change your plans so easily because of me?
Shouldn't we have debated this further, discussing things like "What's your basis for this?" and "Don't you think the Earth is the most important thing?"

In the past, the Yapo people used the planet Gorgda to trap and kill his four brothers, and then caused the planet that trapped his brothers to crash into Earth.

At that time, Commander Takakura said something like "There must be sacrifices in special circumstances," and disregarded the lives of the four Ultra Brothers, he wanted to launch a faster-than-light missile to destroy Planet Gorgda.

I thought I was going to have to argue with the higher-ups again, but I didn't expect... Staff Officer He Zhi was so easy to talk to!

Staff Officer He Zhi knew that this "Beidou team member" had joined the Victory Team through Qi Ming, so he naturally had some guesses about his identity.

Moreover... he and Quan Teng had heard Qi Ming say that there might be a cosmic court called "Dracion" in the universe, which would judge those creatures and civilizations that wantonly kill.

He was puzzled at the time. If such a thing really existed, wouldn't it be better to just come to Earth and stay there? A constant stream of "achievements" would come to him on its own.

But Qi Ming couldn't say for sure, he just told him that Earth should never actively create unnecessary killings, and that made him more cautious in this regard.

Staff Officer Gondo said, "With TPC's current reserves, even without using the super weapon R1, there must be other ways."

Saijo Nagi: "Advisor, I think we can send Dynazeon to push Yusei 'Red Rose' back."

Staff Officer He Zhi: "Is it possible?"

Kishida: "The so-called planet is just a larger rock. Dyna Zeon is a robot with A-class combat power, so there's definitely no problem!"

Staff Officer Gondo cautioned, "However, compared to launching missiles, carrying out missions in space is much riskier."

"The enemy may also attack Earth while Dynazeon is away. You must be careful and return as soon as possible."

Based on past experience, an attack often triggers a chain reaction, eventually evolving into a multi-faceted crisis.

However, this time, his concerns did not come true.

The plan was executed with exceptionally smooth progress. Under the tacit control of the four, Dynazeon operated at full power, successfully altering the trajectory of "Red Rose" and preventing it from crashing into Earth.

Gauss and Moruroa no longer need to be bombed, their creatures no longer need to mutate and seek revenge on Earth, and a world where no one is hurt has been achieved.

After the incident was over, Beidou felt somewhat envious.

"This Staff Officer He Zhi is not only willing to communicate patiently with his subordinates, but also has a strong sense of righteousness, understanding that other life in the universe cannot be sacrificed to save Earth..."

"If TAC had had a superior like that back then, many things would have been much easier."

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There will be a second update later.

(End of this chapter)