Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

Even giants who seem to possess godlike power have lives they cannot save.

The giant stepped forward, and then forward again, gently embracing the terrifying mountain of flesh.

Those faces pressed against the giant's chest, and if they were still conscious, they could probably hear the sound of light particles flowing beneath their bodies, surging and as hot as their young hearts.

But they were gnawing at bodies that were impossible to bite through, like a swarm of persistent ants.

The silver flames started from the mountain of flesh embraced by the giants and spread out in circles like drops of water into a lake. The life force given by the wishing orb and their burning bodies made them instinctively groan. The giants hugged them tighter and brought their faces closer together.

Samuel knew that even doing so would not alleviate their suffering; he could only make the silver flame burn more intensely, and that by instantly vaporizing it, these tormented souls would not be tortured again.

“Do you see that star called Cepheus I? It’s a good place to be positioned,” Samuel said softly, as tiny sparks rose into the rising steam like flickering fireflies.

As a person from the new universe era, Hitomi Onodera has only seen Earth creatures like "fireflies" in virtual images, and she regards these twinkling insects as beautiful as the stars.

Now, fireflies swarm, meteors fall to earth, they swirl into the sky, their flight echoing the flickering flames, and when they gather, they become clusters of star flowers—are there wandering souls within them?

“Follow Cepheus I, extend towards Sirius, and after leaving the Andromeda Galaxy in this direction, you will reach the Milky Way,” Samuel murmured. “Then find the Sun, find the Earth, and you will go home.”

“If you’ve never been back before, then you should go with the group,” he said to that young face. “Even if you get lost together, it’s better than being alone.”

Samuel listened to their heartbeats, embraced the alienated crowd, and gazed at the horizon.

The fire spread, leaping up mountains and burning towards the horizon like a blazing inferno. Fireflies flickered like streaks of light, and countless heartbeats came to an abrupt halt amidst the flames.

Life is fleeting, and the universe is silent.

The Milky Way and stars shine through the ages, and the world above us is like a vast ocean.

What is the only thing that remains unchanged?

The Giant's Embrace

It's empty now; the fire has washed everything away.

With his mine supplies blocked and the Wishing Ball, now devoid of its "parasite," only a larger prop remained. Samuel looked down, his feet revealing a dark red jade surface.

The burnt-out shell was so shiny it reflected the last embers of the flame, leaving behind distant stars and the giant's reflection.

But in this way, their journey was inevitably lonely.

“Today is a day to celebrate,” Samuel said, as energy was mobilized without regard to consumption, and hundreds of meters long blades of light hung like the Sword of Damocles: “We should celebrate our journey home with fireworks.”

The red crystal fireworks are excellent; they sparkle like finely polished gemstones as they fall.

A deafening roar rose from beneath their feet, and a rain of crimson crystals fell from the heavens, pattering against the giant's body and landing on the scarred jade ground, producing a clear, melodious sound like pearls falling onto a jade plate.

Waves of light illuminated the darkness, and amidst the vast starry sky, someone sang a distant song:

"Another day, I looked into the distance and saw my home in the boundless Milky Way, with the window reflecting the Milky Way and the sun as my pillow."

"The moon told me to go to the other side of her, where the ocean that nurtured us is."

"The time is just right. I have traveled thousands of miles, disregarding everything, just to end my wandering."

"I have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, just to see you again, my dream girl, my hometown."

Chapter 164 Request

"Is it over?" the slime asked.

The red crystals evaporated, and yet another planet identified as a "mining site" was spared. Perhaps due to the sudden relaxation of his tense nerves, Samuel almost crashed directly into the planet as he fell, lacking control.

"Don't add any extra burden!" The slime scratched itself, and without realizing it, it found that it had shrunk several sizes compared to before—indeed, many wills had let go of their "resentment" as the wishing ball disappeared, which was something to celebrate. The "fireworks" just now were also very beautiful and would be remembered for many years.

He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad, while Samuel had returned to Aiba Yu's state. He needed to conserve his energy to recover as quickly as possible and then travel back through the time tunnel again.

His body awaited repair, but his brain could continue to function. Aiba Yu lay on the thin layer of soil, which was uncomfortable, but better than the hard floor that Sakuma Jun had been lying on. He didn't let himself fall asleep; his gaze lingered on the diamond-studded night sky, and it seemed as if he were seeing the scenery of another Earth.

“Lucifer has been waiting for us at the ‘base’ for a long time. Do you remember my guess? Where is his will now?” Aiba Yu said slowly. “He must have other forces in this universe, such as fleets and monsters. After years of operation, it’s impossible that he only has two legions controlled by the wishing orb.”

The slime shuddered. "You mean another fight? My power is waning, you..."

“No, since there are no pursuers yet, it means he doesn’t care whether we win or lose here.” Aiba Yu chuckled.

Since Lucifer was able to find a body specifically in the aliens' "research base" to talk to them, then he was at least keeping a close eye on him, and his followers would not be without the ability to mobilize fleets or monsters.

The lull after the great battle is the best time to cause trouble. If another volley of particle cannons could be fired, Samuel, in his previous state, would not have time to react and would have to take the hit with his body. Spatial jump is not a particularly difficult thing for them.

"If they didn't come here, where did those fleets go?" Aiba Yu slowly sat up.

He was fine when he was still, but as soon as he started moving, he found it difficult to breathe. He didn't know if it was because the atmospheric composition here was too different from that on Earth. But he didn't need to rely on oxygen to survive, and he started coughing as he gasped for breath.

“They are multiplying metallic life forms, and I can’t deal with them.” The slime never thought that it would one day worry about the health of its container. It suspected that it might have been infected with some kind of virus that could also affect aggregates of wills, and like that rampaging quantum computer, it was doing some incomprehensible things.

Aiba Yu felt his reaction was a bit slow. He closed his eyes to check the situation for a while, then said, "'Assimilation' is working. The metal lifeforms have stopped multiplying. It'll be fine in a while. You just need to help me secure the shell. As long as I can move, that's fine." All that was left was to find some time to sunbathe and sleep. Aiba Yu thought so. He began to miss the gentle breeze and sunshine on Earth.

Fortunately, the "sunlight" on this planet is not much different, except that there is no greenery at all, and the wind blows dust all over your head, which is really disappointing. Even Bats' old home is more beautiful than this place.

Sitting and waiting was incredibly boring, but he dared not fall asleep for fear of waking up and making things worse. So he could only stare at the sky. The slime was something he could hear but couldn't touch, and it had a bad temper, to the point that he even started replaying a bunch of whimpering little Goblins in his mind.

The slime mocked him for being utterly boring, saying that there was nothing better to think about than monster cubs. When they aliens were traveling between stars and had nothing to do, their spaceships were fully equipped with entertainment facilities. If all else failed, they could get a few people together to play cards, and the loser would have to take over the ship.

“I don’t know how to play cards,” Aiba Yu said. He paused, then suddenly said, “Remember that scavenger’s cargo ship?”

The slime answered matter-of-factly, "I'm not senile yet. Their ships can't teleport, and they might starve to death one day if they can't find supplies. What, are you going to send them back to their base in the solar system?"

"Is the battle in the solar system still ongoing?" Aiba Yuu asked.

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"Of course, the people on the front lines don't know about the wishing ball, and neither do the people on Earth. Didn't Onodera Hitomi think the wishing ball had already been smashed?"

“But those scavengers know… we need to find another place to sunbathe.” Aiba Yu immediately decided to set off to find the ship and bring back those who knew the truth. Perhaps it would help end the war—the power of the giants could only stop it temporarily; the real root of the problem lay in the hands of the Earthlings and aliens themselves.

"You mean... does planetary consciousness exist on Earth here?" Aiba Yu took a deep breath, and light particles burst forth, causing the giant with flashing red lights to solidify its form once more.

The slime scratched its head: "How would I know? But I guess not, right? Otherwise, we've been fighting for hundreds of years, and not a single other giant has come out to help the Earthlings?"

“Perhaps He has weakened to the point where He can no longer give birth to new light,” the giant confirmed the direction and flew toward the star system where the scavenger’s cargo ship had once stopped. “Perfect timing. I have some questions for the ‘Pioneer’ program about going back to the past… Thank you for your help.”

The slime was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he was talking about his job as a welder. It felt uncomfortable with the polite address and after a while said fiercely, "Anyway, you should be careful with your energy consumption. I'll charge you interest if you keep using my energy!"

"Interest?"

"Interest," the slime muttered under its breath, "Earthlings have their own Uranus and he drove them away, so why do they have giants to fight with? Aren't aliens human? Why didn't our planet produce anything, like a giant of light?"

"You... build a plasma spark tower?" Samuel didn't quite understand this kind of thing either, as his limited knowledge of the universe mostly came from the information he had seen from the Yapools.

The slime was completely bewildered: "Plasma? What's that? Never heard of it. Anyway... Hey, look, we also have law-abiding citizens who care about the galaxy. Stop targeting Earthlings and come work for us! Learn from Uranus's experience, tsk tsk tsk..."

Samuel wanted to say he didn't want to work, but Slime continued rambling: "You know how troublesome post-war reconstruction is. The Earthlings mutated our planet's environment when they colonized it. When the war ends, it will take a lot of time and effort for us to move back. They don't have many people left either. Even with war reparations... it's probably too much to manage. But we still have to go home, right? In the end, we'll probably have to do it ourselves."

Samuel was stunned.

“By then I certainly won’t have much power left, but world peace without ‘resentment’ is definitely a good thing, right?” the slime said. “Maybe I won’t be able to talk to you anymore by then, but you can’t go back on your word! Uranus will definitely help Earth rebuild, and I have no other requests, you…”

Samuel's mind didn't quite process it: "The humans caused this mess, we should deal with it with our own hands..."

"When will we ever see that?!" the slime roared. "They can only spread their colonies everywhere with the support of the Wishing Orb. Without extra manpower and resources, how many years would it take to rebuild so many planets ourselves? We've lost countless fleets. I just hope you can come and be our porter when we're short on transport capacity!"

"It's not a problem as long as I don't become a technician I don't understand," Samuel nodded absently.

The slime was clearly much happier. In high spirits, it adopted a commander's stance, extending its simulated arm and pointing forward: "Full left! Full left! That star is very bright, let's get closer and soak up some sun!"

Chapter 165 The Shadow of War

Another universe.

Earth.

Renlong and his group were unaware that their so-called "investigation" had turned into raiding someone's hideout.

They encountered several more attacks from monsters under the command of the Destruction Summoning Entity, but being on Earth's home turf, the monsters only gained a temporary advantage at the beginning when Takayama Gamu and Kinoshita Kei were unfamiliar with them. Once their characteristics were deciphered, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

It's not scary that the enemy is an Ultra Warrior; what's scary is that their human form is a scientist—the kind who creates their own transformation device. Takayama Gamu and Fujimiya Hiroya go without saying, but even Kinoshita Kei, who was suppressed in the research field by the high-IQ, overpowered genius of the Alchemy Star… is still a member of the Geo Base's astronomical research group.

"The base was almost destroyed by Blitzbloc and the rampaging Chrissy working together from the inside..." Kinoshita Kei felt a chill run down his spine when he recalled the battle two days ago: "I told you your quantum computer had a big problem. It ran away with the specimen of the metallic life form! The conclusion of 'extinction of humanity' is just like something a villain would say."

Renlong's residence became their secret base. There was no surveillance, no fear of energy fluctuations being detected by increasingly sensitive sensors, and everyone there was in the know, so they could exchange information without restraint. Crucially, the scenery was beautiful, and there was an old mudfish with an absurd amount of stockpiles, making it a truly excellent natural stronghold.

Fujimiya Hiroya remained silent, frowning as he typed something on his laptop. Takayama Gamu pulled Kinoshita Kei aside and whispered, "He's suspected it for a while, but he didn't have concrete evidence. We tracked down a member of Alchemy Star... and we suspect he tampered with Krysis, but he didn't leave any trace."

"What is he doing now? Is the Persel equipment defective and has to be reworked by the client?" Kinoshita Kei leaned over to peek at Fujimiya Hiroya's screen, but was glanced at by the other man, and the computer was turned to a different angle, completely obscuring his view.

Kinoshita Kei, having been rebuffed, sullenly shrank back.

"Persel is"

"The equipment deployment, a labor of love from Fujimiya and Dr. Inamori, is progressing smoothly," Takayama Gamu said. "What we're investigating now... is classified, but it's okay to tell you, just don't tell anyone."

"Are there any secrets that can't be accessed at the Geo base?"

"It's a problem with the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) forces."

Kinoshita Kei remembered this unit and its commander: "That warmonger who insisted on launching underground penetrating missiles?!"

“His claims are understandable, but he’s not warmongering,” Takayama Gamu corrected him. “Lizard discovered an unusual signal source at the command base of the Rim of the Pacific Forces. Because it’s a critical and sensitive department, even Lizard couldn’t make a big fuss about it. To avoid alerting the enemy, Yorinamura secretly contacted me to investigate the signal source. Technically, it involves the quantum realm, so he didn’t make a mistake.”

"Why does this sound so familiar? Anomaly signal source or something..." Kinoshita Kei rubbed his chin, his eyes lit up, and he turned his gaze to Onodera Hitomi.

He remembered that Hitomi Onodera was captured by the Lizard because the spectrum of her signal transmitter was captured.

Takayama Gamu nodded to him: "That's right, it's the same signal as Onodera's. Yorinama thought that the missing Onodera had made some move again, but now it seems..."

"Are you really the only one left from the 'Future' faction?" Kinoshita Kei asked.

After thinking for a while, Hitomi Onodera said, "The plan is to send three batches of 'vanguard troops' in total, with seven people in each batch. I am in the second batch. The first batch was completely wiped out because the technology was not mature. The third batch is actually a reserve team. It will be dispatched after the members of the second batch are also confirmed to be missing."