They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 268 A Gentle Heart
"All departments! Attack initiated!"

Upon seeing Gazot's appearance, Munakata gave the order, and the tank's gun barrel began to rotate, while the indicator light on the missile launcher changed from yellow to green.

However, at the critical moment, an urgent voice forcibly interrupted the communication.

"Please wait!"

Horii's voice trembled slightly, yet remained exceptionally clear.
"Vice Captain! Please give me a chance! Let me talk to it!"

"Nonsense!"

"Horii, that wasn't a simulated exercise!"
"If your Unit-01 is destroyed, we will lose our strongest fighting force against it!"

Zong Fang resolutely refused upon hearing this.

"But……"

"No buts! Follow orders!"

"I agree with Horii's attempt."

Just then, Masaki Keigo's voice came through everyone's earpieces:
"Dr. Masaki? What are you saying? This is too dangerous!"

Zong Fang was stunned for a moment, almost thinking he had misheard.

"Danger? Of course I know."

"But as Horii said, we should try all possibilities before pressing the attack button."

Masaki Keigo replied.

"Phew~ Since you say so, Doctor, then let Horii give it a try..."

Zongfang took a deep breath and then ordered all units to halt their attack.

Inside the cockpit, Horii nodded heavily upon hearing these words.

"Thank you, Dr. Masaki!"

Horii silently expressed his gratitude, then rapidly tapped his fingers on the control panel, loading the language translation system he had painstakingly developed into the [quantum computer] inside Unit-01.

"Unit-01, advance!"

The heavy metal giant took a step, each step causing the earth to tremble slightly.

But this massive weapon did not adopt any attack stance; instead, it slowly walked towards the roaring monster.

When it was a hundred meters away from Gazort, Unit-01 stopped, and its huge mechanical arm slowly raised, making a gesture symbolizing peace and friendship.

At the same time, Horii activated the language translator. Complex sound wave signals emanated from the generator in Unit-01's head, translating into frequencies that Gazot could understand.

"We...are...friends..."

The noisy battlefield fell eerily silent at that moment.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the monitor screen.

Gazort actually stopped.

It tilted its head, its eyes seemingly revealing a hint of confusion and curiosity, and quietly looked at the steel giant in front of it.

"effective?"

Zong Fang, who was in the command center, stared in shock at what he saw.

This was the first time he had ever encountered something like this; a monster that only knew how to destroy actually could communicate.

Is there really any hope for a peaceful resolution?
However, the next second, a clear, childlike voice, like that of a child, echoed in everyone's ears through the translation system.

"Friend...you...look...delicious..."

"what?"

Horii was taken aback, and for a moment even suspected that there was a problem with his language translator.

Is there any connection between the words "friends" and "delicious food"?

"Damn it! It's targeting the energy source inside Unit-01! Horii, retreat quickly!"

Upon hearing this, Masaki Keigo's expression changed drastically, and he immediately realized the crux of the problem.

To fight the monsters, he installed three fusion reactors inside Unit-01, which had an astonishing energy output.

This is probably an irresistible temptation for Gazort...

But before the warning had even faded, Gazort's attack had already begun!
Its seemingly clumsy body burst forth with astonishing speed, its massive form lunging forward like a mountain peak, its two sharp claws gripping the shoulders of Unit-01 tightly.

Horii was still reeling from the shock he had just experienced when a violent tremor came from inside the cockpit, bringing him back to his senses.

"Why?!"

Horii let out a furious roar of defiance, desperately pushing the control stick in an attempt to make Unit-01 resist.

However, because Gazort is absorbing energy, Unit-01's energy is visibly decreasing.

The body's output dropped sharply, making it impossible to break free from the opponent's restraints.

"All departments! Attack! Attack now!!"

Zong Fang snapped out of his shock and roared at the top of his lungs.

In an instant, flames tore through the night sky. Dozens of missiles, trailing long plumes of fire, roared towards the two entangled behemoths. Unit-01's ultra-high-strength composite armor was more than capable of withstanding an attack of this magnitude.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded. Just as the precision-guided missiles were about to make contact with Gazot, they seemed to hit an invisible wall, deflecting strangely and exploding dozens of meters away, kicking up clouds of useless dust.

"what happened?"

Zongfang could not understand.

"It's a strong magnetic field!"

"Gazort generated a powerful magnetic field around his body, and under the combined effect of electromagnetic force and the Magnus effect, all the metal warheads were deflected."

Masaki Keigo explained.

"So... only laser weapons can be used?"

Zongfang immediately realized what was happening and gave the order again.
"Flying Swallow! Ground laser array! Fire!"

The order was given, and the Flying Swallow hovering in the sky, along with the ground troops, simultaneously fired scorching laser beams. Crimson beams of light accurately struck Gazort, also engulfing Unit-01, which it had pinned down.

Gazort let out a painful roar, its body scorched black, but its claws still gripped Unit-01 tightly, frantically absorbing energy.

While everyone's attention was drawn to the battle, Masaki Keigo quietly retreated to a corner of the command room.

He glanced at Unit-01, which was still struggling on the screen, raised his hand, and held the already deployed transformation device.

The light burst forth in an instant.

A golden beam of light shot into the sky, tearing through the thick clouds.

At the center of that light, a gigantic figure was rapidly taking shape.

The giant of light, Impaler, descends from the sky!

Like a golden meteor, he carried immense force, delivering a sharp and precise flying kick that struck Gazort's massive head!
"boom--!"

With a deep, thunderous roar, Gazort was kicked backward by this unparalleled force. His massive body lost its balance and involuntarily released the claws that were holding Unit-01.

The intense pain completely spurred Gazot on.

It abandoned the already depleted Unit-01 and turned its attention to this suddenly appearing giant radiating immense energy.

It opened its gaping maw, and because it had absorbed some of Unit-01's energy, even more violent electromagnetic energy gathered in its mouth, compressing into a dazzling plasma projectile!
Faced with this attack, Impat simply raised his arm and drew an arc in front of him, creating an electromagnetic deflection barrier.

The plasma projectile was easily deflected by the electromagnetic force, shooting into the distant sky and finally exploding into a dazzling cloud of fireworks.

The next moment, Impat vanished from his spot and instantly appeared beside Gazot, beginning a fierce close-quarters battle.

"This……"

Inside the cockpit, Horii watched the one-sided battle on the screen, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

He sighed. Is it really impossible for humans and lightning people to coexist?

Just as he was beginning to despair, the scene on the screen changed again.

After Inpat knocked Gazot into a stunned state, he did not deliver a fatal blow.

Instead, it began to emit a soft yet dazzling light.

Enveloped in this light, Gazort's enormous and ferocious body began to slowly decompose, and some kind of planktonic substance escaped from its body.

"This is?"

Horii was taken aback when he saw this. He immediately looked at the analysis screen next to him and understood what the giant had done.

Lightning Man is an energy life form with electronic properties.

After absorbing excessive and chaotic electromagnetic energy from the human world, they transitioned from a stable ground state to a violent excited state, eventually coalescing into the monster Gazort.

What Impat is doing right now is reversing this process!

Moments later, before the color timer on Impat's chest could begin to flash, Gazot's massive body had completely disintegrated.

It did not turn to ashes or explode, but instead reverted to its original form—countless planktonic organisms emitting beautiful light, like fireflies on a summer night, slowly rising into the sky and eventually disappearing into the depths of the ionosphere.

……

Gazort's crisis was thus resolved.

But everyone knew that things were far from over.

Humanity has realized the true threat posed by the Lightning Men.

Unlike other monsters, they are not isolated individuals, but a race that exists extensively in the ionosphere.

As long as human civilization continues to use electromagnetic waves, and as long as there is internet, communication, and electricity on this planet, then a second or third Gazot could appear at any time.

This is an irreconcilable struggle for survival between a civilization and another species.

As soon as Masaki Keigo and his team returned to the TPC Far East headquarters, they were taken directly to the highest-level conference room by Director Sawai's secretary.

The meeting had only one theme, simple yet weighty—

The final decision on humanity's attitude towards the "Lightning People" will be made, and what action should be taken next...

(End of this chapter)