Starting from the destruction of the Land of Light

After leaving the Lost Bar, Zhang Chen went straight back to Luo Xi's spaceship.

Luo Xi was laughing heartily at the variety show on TV, and the popcorn she was holding was being tossed around, spilling some onto the floor.

Seeing this, Zhang Chen was speechless. "I said, fine, look, but don't gloat. Look at all this popcorn on the ground. I won't even mention how you waste food, you're clearly just adding to my workload."

"I can't let you stay here for free." Luo Xi rolled her eyes at him, then jumped off the sofa and held up the packaging bag in front of Zhang Chen's face. "Want to try some? I made it myself."

Zhang Chen reached out and grabbed a small handful, tentatively popping one into his mouth. He had to try it; he had witnessed Luo Xi's cooking skills firsthand. He wondered if it was because he was from outer space, but the food this guy made was simply not to the taste of Earthlings.

Even if she made it according to Earth's recipes, the taste was still a bit hard to get right.

Surprisingly, the popcorn was not bad this time. After Zhang Chen ate one, he found that apart from being a little bland in sweetness, it was not that hard to swallow.

"Oh my, Ms. Luo, your cooking skills have improved in just a few hours!"

"Absolutely! I practiced several times before I succeeded. You have no idea how bitter the first few times I made them were—they weren't sweet at all!"

Nonsense, you just put too much sugar in.

Zhang Chen's lips twitched, but he didn't reply. He listened as Luo Xi continued, "But now I can precisely control the proportions of saccharin; this will be my 'life menu'!"

"A popcorn is all you're going to eat on your life's menu? That's a pretty monotonous menu."

"Alright, alright, stop talking about me. How's it going on your end? Did you find any other aliens?" Luo Xi waved his hand, turned around, and sat cross-legged on the sofa. "Don't tell me that Wang Jingjing tricked you, or led you to some monster's lair."

Zhang Chen pulled up a chair and sat down. "Your imagination is too vivid. Those Kirieloids need us, so they won't cause trouble on this kind of issue. As for monster lairs, this is Earth after all, and it's still officially under the management of the Earth Defense Force. There's no way there would be monster lairs here."

"Yes, yes, yes, you won't be laughing when you step into the 'door' to another dimension."

Zhang Chen was taken aback. Luo Xi was not joking. The Earth did look peaceful on the surface, but if you looked closely, there seemed to be quite a few hidden lightning bolts.

Leaving aside the characters in Ultraman Tiga who frequently emerge from other dimensions to abduct children, there are also the disappearance incidents in Ultraman Ace, and a whole host of ancient gods and demons in Ultraman Taro. If you think about it carefully, it seems there are quite a few strange things on Earth.

However, Zhang Chen only thought about it for a moment before waving his hand. "The door to another dimension isn't that easy to open. Besides, even if I accidentally went in, it's not like there's no way out. The intelligence from the Kirieloids this time was pretty good; I encountered a few interesting guys."

"Oh?" Luo Xi rested his chin on one hand. "To be called an 'interesting guy' by you, he must be someone special. Tell me, which planet are you from?"

Zhang Chen didn't hide anything and quickly recounted what had happened, also informing Luo Xi of the identities of those aliens.

After listening to Zhang Chen's account, Luo Xi's expression turned somewhat strange. "Who did we have here? Turns out, a bunch of space deserters."

"What you said is not wrong. They did escape from the command of those big shots of dark forces. It's interesting that these groups of people were able to come together. Some of them are from Alien Empera, and some are former subordinates of Belial. Before coming to Earth, they were considered hostile forces."

"So you've really decided to take them in?" Luo Xi's expression suddenly became much more serious. "If I remember correctly, these aliens don't have a very good reputation in the universe, especially the Natanians. Their race has always been primarily aggressive."

"I'm only considering this for now. Rather than killing them outright or letting them live secretly on Earth, it's better to gather them together. We don't have the same power as the Earth Defense Force. When operating on Earth, we need to have someone we can command, not to mention the Kirieloids, a third-party force with unclear motives."

Zhang Chen let out a soft breath and continued, "Although these people have a bad reputation, they are still just scattered soldiers. They're lucky to be alive in this foreign land of Earth. If we can take them down, they might come in handy sometime."

"I understand, you want to use them as a surprise force." Luo Xi paused, then asked, "Aren't you afraid they might have ulterior motives and stab you in the back at a crucial moment?"

Zhang Chen said with a slightly serious expression, "I have indeed considered this, but based on the intelligence we have gathered so far, they do not have the capability to threaten us."

"The bar owner is a Lebik alien. Their race is a humanoid evolved race. They don't have any special combat power, just a little faster. The Shaple aliens don't have the ability to grow to gigantic size either. The only ones to watch out for are the Natan aliens and that Balgi alien."

"Those two guys can grow to gigantic size, but their combat power is terrible. That Tanian is just a little girl, and the Balgi doesn't look like she's ever studied combat. To be honest, the Earth Defense Force could take them down without Chu Huai even lifting a finger."

"Since they're so weak, what use would it be for you to take them in?" Luo Xi chuckled, blinking as she continued to ask. "Rashly approaching and taking in these guys isn't like you at all."

"What, in your eyes, do I only make friends when I want to 'use' others?" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.

"That's hard to say." Luo Xi raised his chin. "I wonder who it was that used my alien identity to threaten me for so long back then. I even helped them resolve their identity issue, but they still weren't satisfied and kept taking advantage of me..."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't make false accusations! I just asked you to help me with my identity issue, and now you're the one trying to cling to me!"

Do I have one?

"No?" Zhang Chen paused, then waved his hand. "Alright, let's not talk about that. Anyway, the matter of the spaceship base has been settled. The leader of that Lebik alien, the one named Jiang Li, doesn't have much of a choice right now."

"First, her home planet became a battlefield, then countless of her compatriots died in the war, leaving her to lead these remnants to escape to Earth. Under these circumstances, she either had to hide until she was discovered by the Earth Defense Force, or she had to try to carry out some small schemes on Earth, but no matter which way she went, death was what awaited her in the end..."

Just then, Zhang Chen's phone rang.

He stopped talking, took out his phone, and saw a special note displayed on the screen.

"Who is it?" Luo Xi asked curiously.

Zhang Chen frowned. "...It's Chu Huai. Why is he contacting me at this time?"

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