Land of Light: I am Supermodel Tiga, One-Punch King

How did Reg find this painting?

"To be honest, I came across this by chance, and I thought it would be perfect to give it to you."

Reg patted Lucia on the shoulder. "Keep it safe."

The Galactic Empire continued its expansion, conquering numerous planets and reaping a great deal of spoils.

This painting is from the collection of a Wood-Clad Star person.

After careful questioning, it was discovered that it was indeed a painting from Lucia's home planet.

Even though she's called a maid, she's still my woman, so I should at least give her a thoughtful gift.

"Thank you!" Lucia carefully rolled up the painting and threw herself into Reg's arms.

The children playing in the distance immediately started sneaking a peek in their direction.

Reg glared at her fiercely, and the little ones, led by Keiko, immediately ran away noisily.

……

2009 went by so fast, and winter is almost here in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Reg went directly from Rui Kisaragi's room to the GUTS command room.

However, he discovered that Xincheng, who was on holiday yesterday, had arrived earlier than him.

"Hey, is it boring playing alone?"

Reg joked, "You could go to a pilot training school."

"You think Xincheng didn't go? Wearing a mecha suit, he really showed off in front of those younger students."

Zong Fang, who was on duty last night, chuckled.

"They even said that fighter jets and spaceships are just so-so, and they're already tired of driving them."

"Wearing a mecha and speeding through the clouds, experiencing flight in a human form, that's the romance of being a pilot."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

“Let me tell you, before you came, Xincheng had already said the same thing to me several times.”

Hearing Zongfang's teasing, Xincheng didn't care at all: "That's true. No matter how skillfully you operate a fighter jet, it's still because your own body can't feel it deeply."

"How awesome is it to wear a mecha? You can raise your arms and make every flexible movement yourself."

"It's a pity that I didn't have the ability to dream during the last time I was in Bakgon, otherwise I could have tried flying without a mech."

As the three were talking, the remaining people gradually arrived at the command room.

Xincheng kept turning around in front of the big screen, and would occasionally raise his wrist to check the time.

He glanced at himself, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped himself.

Unable to resist asking, "Shinjo, is there something you want to tell me?"

"Hey, Captain, it's like this, isn't the spaceship Lomus returning to Earth today?"

"Could I use this big screen to contact them?"

Xincheng's smile was quite obsequious.

However, it was obvious that Shinjo rarely made such an expression, and his fawning look made Kijima Megumi gasp.

“This is not a big problem, Ye Rui.”

"Understood." Nori nodded and quickly contacted the spaceship Lomus in the name of the Victory Team Command Office.

And this time.

The spacecraft Lomus has returned from its distant orbit around Jupiter, and the beautiful blue-white Earth is now in sight.

"Look, Kinosaki."

Looking at the atmosphere that refracts sunlight, it seems to be a luminous veil covering the earth.

A short-haired astronaut couldn't help but smile.

"We're finally home! We'll be there in an hour!"

Another astronaut, named Kinosaki, with slightly longer hair, also had a look of joy on his face.

At that moment, the large screen displaying the exterior scenery flashed, revealing the appearance of the GUTS Command Center.

The new city's enormous head occupies the center of the screen.

"Who went to the farthest planet?" Shinjo asked, feigning a serious expression.

The two astronauts, recovering from their surprise, exchanged a smile and high-fived: "It's astronaut Kiyoto Inui!" "And, Jin Shirosaki!"

"Hahaha!"

Xincheng couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Still the same as always!"

Time flies!

Time flies!

Seeing Shinjo and the two astronauts chatting excitedly, Megumi Kijima smiled and said, "The three of them were in the same training class."

The bond between classmates is both the lightest and the strongest.

Especially in specialized training programs, schools where students work together to overcome all difficulties in order to master professional skills are like military camps, where sincere friendships are most likely to be cultivated.

Just like Megumi Kijima and Hayate Ayakashi.

As classmates in the first cohort of trainees in the Flying Swallow system, our friendship has lasted for over a decade, and we have a deep bond.

Daigo suddenly remembered something: "Aren't Inui Kiyoto and Shirosaki Jin the two people who set the record for long-distance flight in two spaceships?"

You should know that Daigo also dreamed of becoming an astronaut when he was a child.

Horii joked, "Yeah, if we ignore them, who knows where they'll fly off to. Those two are dangerous."

Horii, the prophet, is back online.

As soon as the word "danger" was uttered, the large screen suddenly filled with static, indicating a problem with the electromagnetic signal.

“Ah!” “Uh—”

The footage of the lost Lomus spacecraft was accompanied by the screams of two astronauts.

"Jonasaki!"

"Agan!"

"What happened?"

Xincheng felt his heart stop for a moment, and he shouted in panic. However, listening to the continuous screams, Xincheng could only clench his fists and do nothing.

"The Lomus has derailed and is plummeting!"

The sudden anomaly immediately put the Victory Team into work mode, and they all gathered around the main control computer.

Daigo quickly reported the spaceship's status.

Nori also looked up: "There are abnormal life forms reacting on the Lomus!"

"Cosmic creatures have taken over the Lomus." Horii couldn't help but look at the disbelieving New City.

"Victory Team, depart immediately! Rescue the two astronauts and investigate that unknown alien creature!"

Kijimi immediately issued the order.

Xincheng followed the group out somewhat absentmindedly, and then, in a daze, sat in the co-pilot's seat of the Beta.

EXJ burst out of the headquarters base and then quickly soared through the sky.

"The crash site of the Lomus is near Shiroyama Park in District 23, huh?"

Ye Rui used satellites to calculate the spacecraft's landing point, and suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

"What's wrong?" Megumi asked immediately.

"There's a strange signal interfering with the main computer. It doesn't seem to be an ordinary electromagnetic signal (like Qian Lezhao's). It's really strange."

Ye Rui immediately became serious and activated all defense facilities and procedures.

On the big screen, a giant, glowing tower appeared, falling towards Earth.

Judging from the flight path, it is similar to the direction in which the Lomus crashed.

“This is…” A thought struck me: the spacecraft that attacked the Lomus?

Just as the unknown signal for the Battle of Nozue was being received, the EXJ had already swiftly arrived at the location and landed in an open area.

The group quickly traversed the park's woods and saw the Lomus spaceship, emitting white smoke, being buried in the ground.

Suddenly, a voice came from inside everyone's helmets.

"Xincheng, are you there?"

"Kozaki!?" Shinjo immediately recognized the voice and looked around.

"Take him down with one shot!"

The voice was full of determination and seriousness.