Ultraman: I Really Didn't Want to Rule the World

Just like how Ultraman is born from light, and Ultraman is called "light" by aliens, but in reality, no alien would really regard the Ultraman race as "light"; rather, they are a race that uses the power of light.

But the Metab aliens spoke with a certain certainty, stating the fact that Hong Tu was "Darkness".

"You are the only [Darkness] since the Primordial Era." The Metab alien revealed his first trump card.

"Ancient times?" Hong Tu blinked slowly, somewhat surprised.

Toregia, standing to the side, frowned and fell into thought. He couldn't help but glance at Hong Tu, then remained silent.

The ancient darkness...

“Yes, our research on the planet Metabus in recent generations has focused on energy systems, so we are extremely sensitive to energy,” the Metabus alien looked at Hong Tu. “Although the alien impersonating you used similar energy, it was not the power of darkness.”

Although they knew it was an imposter, their planet was preoccupied with its civil war and didn't pay much attention, allowing the rumor to spread further and further.

Hongtu and Toregia suddenly realized that these people were indeed fake, and that the Imperial fleets were also fake.

There are quite a few Dark Star people in their empire, but not many Chebul people, especially those who can command a "fleet," and those few basically all carry the aura of Red Tea's power.

If the Metabus aliens can accurately identify them, it wouldn't be difficult for them to expose them on the spot.

"So you've come to ask me for help?" Hong Tu figured it out. These people had gone through all this trouble and explained so much to him, probably just to save their planet.

The Metab alien paused, then nodded: "Yes. Our planet is already on the verge of collapse due to the civil war, and destruction may be inevitable. So we don't ask you to save our planet, we only ask that you help us preserve some embers."

"Shouldn't you go to the Land of Light for something like this?" Hong Tu felt that the Land of Light seemed to have failed in some ways? They even came to him to save the ball.

Moreover, if you ask him for help, this planet will most likely become part of the empire's territory. But if you ask the Kingdom of Light for help, you won't have to pay any price, and you can even get the protection of the guardian of O afterward.

The latter seems more cost-effective.

Upon hearing Hong Tu's question, Toregia clicked his tongue in displeasure, his tone dismissive and mocking. However, Hong Tu ignored him.

The Metab alien took another deep breath; he knew that what followed was crucial to his success.

He now had to offer something, something that could persuade His Majesty to take action personally… And coincidentally, he knew exactly what would move His Majesty.

"Aren't you curious why that Chebulian alien has its eye on our planet?"

"You weren't there for the imposter?" Hong Tu asked casually.

"Not entirely. In fact, the disguise used by that imposter is also related to our planet's inventions, even the technology that can detect [Darkness] originated from it. Not long ago, we discovered a small remnant of 'Primordial Darkness' at the edge of the universe..."

That was practically the beginning of the chaos that engulfed Planet Metb.

During a space travel mission, their exploration vessel happened to detect an unprecedented energy fluctuation. Following the fluctuation, they found a dead planet. The cause of that planet's death was a cluster of previously unknown energy. The exploration vessel immediately contained this energy and brought it back to Metb.

After studying it, the Metab aliens were surprised to find that although the energy was not large, it possessed an extremely astonishing and terrifying power.

In recent generations, the Metab aliens, who have dedicated almost their entire nation's resources to researching this energy system, have finally figured out what it is after half a year of research—it is dark energy that only existed in the ancient times.

In the ancient times, this was a period of civilizational discontinuity in the universe.

There are almost no descriptions of this era in existing knowledge. Most of them only vaguely mention that there was a great crisis involving all universes, which was eventually resolved by the Ultraman of the Light Clan in conjunction with the power of several universes.

It wasn't until they stumbled upon an extremely old book that they learned the truth about the disaster—the "Darkness" that intended to engulf the entire universe.

At that moment, they discovered a small remnant of dark power.

Of course, knowing the dangers of this thing did not dampen the Metabus people's enthusiasm for research.

Instead, they devoted themselves even more to studying this power.

Any energy or living organism that tries to get close will be directly devoured and assimilated by this energy. Occasionally, a few creatures survive being devoured by the energy body, but they become crazy and aggressive, and are even endowed with the characteristics of energy.

Because of this dangerous characteristic, many dangerous products were unknowingly created during the research process. Some were byproducts of experiments, while others were new inventions developed by the Metabu aliens based on this characteristic.

By the time the Metab aliens snapped out of their research fervor, they had already created numerous "weapons" capable of threatening the safety of the universe.

But what's most terrifying is that some Metabusians who get too close to this energy seem to have been corrupted by its properties, forgetting their original research goals and becoming radical and fanatical, even... intending to bring back the Dark Ages.

Today's mini-drama:

Red Tea: A fragment of ancient darkness? Does such a thing even exist?

Metabolic: Yes, the darkness of the ancient times was incredibly powerful! (Babal begins his explanation.)

Hong Tu (lacking interest): ...Oh.

Metabolic alien (with a serious expression): Although you are also darkness, you are still incomparable to that one! baba…

Toregia, standing to the side: ...Why does your description seem...somewhat familiar?

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Chapter 1394 The Two Bosses Enter the Scene

Chapter 1394 The Two Bosses Enter the Scene

Bringing the Dark Ages back to the universe. That certainly sounds like someone driven mad by "darkness."

But Hong Tu's expression became subtle.

He felt it necessary to offer a slight rebuttal: "I think there might be some misunderstanding about this; it shouldn't be a remnant of darkness..."

“Your Majesty Neg, you will know when you see it,” the Metab alien said earnestly. “You are darkness, and you will know the dangers of darkness better than we do.”

Hong Tu: "..." Fine.

He glanced at Toregia beside him and saw that Toregia seemed to be deep in thought, as if he had thought of something.

Hong Tu: "???" What do you know?!

But Torregia clearly had no intention of revealing what he knew, instead looking at Hongtu with an innocent expression: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Hongtu gave Toregia a meaningful look, but said nothing.

But they would naturally agree to it.

Torregia's unexpectedly warm attitude was clearly unusual.

As for Hong Tu, he was indeed interested in this matter and was quite curious to know what exactly this "fragment of ancient darkness" was.

It couldn't possibly be just remnants of his power, could it? Why are you so sure?

So far, the fact that only one "nothing" has come to our door is enough to prove this point.

So, what exactly is it?

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Hongtu and Torregia left the Foreign Affairs Unknown Section building shortly afterward.

Since they were going to be away from Earth for a while, they naturally had to make some arrangements beforehand, especially Tregear. Even if he left, the process of causing trouble could not be stopped.

Especially after Hong Tu intercepted one of his monsters, he had to find a way to replace it.

Fortunately, Hong Tu isn't here either, so there's no need to worry about being outmaneuvered again. Even so, his absence means he can't perfectly control the situation.

But it doesn't matter, Taiga has gained new power, which should be more than enough to deal with this monster.

It's a pity he couldn't check on the child's improved abilities right away.

After slightly delaying his actions and "kindly" giving an alien a powerful monster, Tregear arrived at the foot of Red Tea's apartment building.

Hong Tu was already ready to go out at this moment.

As he stepped out of the elevator, he happened to see Kudo Yuuki coming out of Egis. The human form of Ultraman looked somewhat lost and dejected.

However, when she saw Hong Tu, she still stood up straight and greeted him quite honestly: "Good afternoon."

"Good afternoon," Hong Tu nodded in return, glancing at the three Oos flying beside him. "I need to go on a long trip in the next couple of days, it might take a while."

"Where are you going?" Kudo Yuuki asked instinctively.

“I’m going to the universe.” Hong Tu didn’t hide anything. “We’ll talk about it when I get back.”

"Ha, who would need your help?!" Taiga waved his fist, dissatisfied with his attitude.

"Hmm?" The usually calm Titus found it rather strange. "Has something happened?" Why would they need to send this person into space personally?

"It's nothing," Hong Tu said casually, but then felt the need to remind them in case anything happened to the three young Ao. "If any self-proclaimed 'empire' appears on Earth, just ignore it and eliminate it."

"What?" This sentence seemed to contain a lot of information, and all three of them were stunned.

The only human, Kudo Yuuki, was stunned for a moment before realizing what the "empire" meant, but before he could ask any more questions, Hong Tu had already said goodbye to them and left decisively.

Only three Os and one human remained, completely bewildered.

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After consulting with Torregia, Torregia reluctantly opened a teleportation array leading to the destination planet.

This guy had obviously done his homework, as he went straight to the outer perimeter of the target planet.

Metbu is a planet that appears grayish-blue under the illumination of a star. Its composition, quite different from Earth's, means that there is no water on this planet. Instead, a special energy mineral flows through it, which is also the planet's primary energy source.

As a technologically advanced planet, this entire planet has inevitably been mechanized, yet it unexpectedly possesses a cold, ethereal beauty.

Hongtu and Toregia did not land directly on the planet Metbu, but rather on a meteorite that could see the planet.

"Is that the fleet?" Hong Tu spotted the starships parked around the planet at a glance. They were replicas, somewhat similar to the Empire's starships, but only similar; at least their sizes were quite different.

Moreover, the fact that this fleet has only been hovering outside the planet so far shows that they are quite wary of Metabus, and at least dare not attack it openly.

A planet with highly advanced technology also means extremely high technological and military power. The two sides are probably only at a stalemate because of the name of the Empire. The real trouble for Metb is the civil war.

"It doesn't look very powerful." Torregia had little interest in this fake fleet; his main interest was in the planet itself.

He was trying to find the "Ancient Dark Fragments" hidden by the Metab aliens.

But Metb is clearly a technologically advanced planet, with excellent external defenses. Even Tregear couldn't see inside with the naked eye, let alone find what it wanted, especially since that thing was specially isolated and contained.

However, the location might be easy to guess, since it's the subject of the research and is most likely in the core research lab.

As a fellow "scientist," Torregia quickly located what appeared to be the core research institute.

He looked at Hong Tu for a question, only to see Hong Tu staring thoughtfully at the research institute he had just discovered.

Oh, he forgot that this one is the true master of darkness, and his perception of this power is certainly much more acute than his own.

Very good, the next steps are clear: they need to deal with that fleet first, and then meet the so-called "Ancient Dark Fragment".