Chapter 41
Looking at the full moon in the sky, Big Pineapple took a step and rose into midair.
This time, he ignored the pain in his body outright, because he felt that his heart hurt even more right now. Only this physical pain could ease some of the burden within.
He stood in midair, quietly watching the moon, countless thoughts running through his mind.
The ancients on Earth often linked longing with the moon.
Others said that the moon was a dead planet, and that it only kept circling Earth because Earth had captured it.
What we saw was nothing more than the corpse of a planet.
He shook his head, throwing those jumbled thoughts out of his mind.
Just then, a bullet comment appeared.
[Avoiding this won't get you anywhere. After tomorrow, you'll have to give your answer. Zhang Qiancheng, what exactly are you thinking?!]
[Son, make your own choice. Dad supports you!]
[Running away is useless...]
Big Pineapple ignored those comments, stepped onto the top of Yanhuang Hall, and lay on the roof, continuing to stare blankly at the moon.
A meteor streaked across the sky. Everything seemed so beautiful.
Everything also seemed to be proceeding in an orderly fashion according to someone's plan.
On a street in the real world, Su Mo, who was about to go to another phone shop to buy a phone, suddenly paused.
Just now, he had sensed someone inside the Microcosm decoding its information and attempting to find the coordinates of other universes. He immediately cursed, "Fuck, again? You're never going to stop, are you?!!!"
The next moment, Su Mo sent his consciousness straight into the Microcosm.
He had already set up a firewall the last time he discovered the Ultra Civilization doing this.
Nothing outside could get in, and nothing inside could get out!
Unless he gave permission, namely through that little game he had made earlier.
But now these people inside actually wanted to get out again!
Couldn't they just stay put inside?!
Why were they always thinking about getting out?!
Did they really not know how much trouble this would cause him?!!!
With a thought, the chief culprit behind the world's destruction in the previous era appeared before him.
Its pitch-black shell was like a layer of hard armor, perfectly protecting its body.
Combined with its terrifying, two-thousand-meter-long body and eyes that had turned blood-red, whether from devouring too many lives or some other reason, it resembled a truly maddened monster!
With another thought, a Dark Tiga also appeared before him.
"You want to summon Tiga, huh?! Open the gates of the universe, huh?! Fine, I'll give you Tiga. Let's just see whether you can accept him!
"Today, I'll teach you that gods have taboos. Touch a god's taboo, and you die!"
With a wave of Su Mo's hand, Tiga and the giant ant monster instantly appeared above Blue Star, then plummeted straight toward the laboratory.
Big Pineapple watched the meteor in the sky and felt that something was wrong. Why was it getting bigger and bigger?
Wait, why were two more coming behind it?!
Those were meteors!!!
At that thought, he flew down from the top of Yanhuang Hall without the slightest hesitation. After ordering the Asura Clan soldiers to sound the alarm, he quickly flew toward Yu Ji.
Finally, after Big Pineapple brought Yu Ji somewhere safe, the meteor hit the ground.
[Boom!]
Although the sound and tremors were tremendous, there was none of the world-destroying devastation he had imagined.
It seemed... it seemed this meteor had slowed down as it landed?
And... and that didn't seem to be a meteor either, but because it was nighttime and everything was too chaotic, he hadn't seen it clearly at all.
Perhaps he could see what it was tomorrow, but things weren't over yet.
Because two even larger meteors were following behind that one.
And the direction those two meteors were falling in seemed to be... seemed to be their tribe!
Although his heart ached terribly for the city he had spent ten years building, there was truly nothing he could do against a natural disaster like this.
Fortunately, he had noticed ahead of time and brought everyone out. Otherwise, he didn't dare imagine what would happen next.
After all, it was the middle of the night, when everyone was sleeping most soundly!
While he was still thinking about this, the meteor that had fallen earlier seemed to start moving.
When Big Pineapple turned to look, he froze.
That was... Glitter Tiga!
The livestream exploded as well.
[Holy Ultraman Tiga!]
[Holy shit, it's really Tiga!]
[The people from the previous civilization are back!]
[This one's Tiga. Don't tell me the other two are too!]
[With Tiga here, who gives a damn about monsters? Brother Pineapple, remember to take Tiga to kill all those ants and mosquitoes before you come back!]
[Are you a dumb f*ck? If Tiga's back, doesn't that mean the people from the previous civilization are back too?!]
[So what if they're back?]
[If they're back, they can make another transmigration device. Then Brother Pineapple won't have to agonize over when to return.]
[Exactly! That way, Brother Pineapple can come back whenever he wants. They could even make a two-way passage. Wouldn't that make him invincible outright?!]
[Enough of that useless talk. Guess what the other two are.]
[This one's Glitter. I'm guessing the other two are Zero!]
[Zero? Why not Zoffy while you're at it! Couldn't they be monsters?]
[Boom!]
[Boom!]
Right after those livestream comments, two enormous crashes rang out. They hadn't slowed down!
An enormous mushroom cloud rose, and the storm it whipped up nearly blew Big Pineapple and the others away, even as they lay flat on the ground.
The ground shook violently, no less terrifying than a magnitude-eight earthquake. It was only because these were the ruins of the Ultra Civilization that the foundations were so sturdy.
They had even been built to withstand natural disasters in the first place.
Every building that had survived the previous disasters was among the very best.
Otherwise, even the ground would have collapsed in an instant!
[What is this? Why didn't this one slow down?]
[Uh, I can make out one of their shapes. It seems... it seems a little big. Don't tell me that jinx actually called it!]
[Holy fucking shit, there really is a monster!]
[Wait, Brother Pineapple, look in that direction. That looks like the laboratory!!!]
Big Pineapple, who had been rejoicing that he and the Asura Clan members were unharmed, abruptly paled when he saw that comment.
He immediately turned to look. In the darkness, terrifying clouds of dust filled the sky, but the light in the laboratory still shone. It was even brighter.
At that sight, Big Pineapple finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Ultra Civilization's buildings were seriously badass!
They were fine even after that. If these had been Earth's tofu-dreg construction projects, he simply didn't dare imagine it.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed two patches of red light shining through the dust besides the laboratory's lights.
[That should be an Ultraman's flashing red light, and both of theirs are flashing. Otherwise, they wouldn't have crashed straight down without slowing.]
[I think so too. They're Ultramen, after all, and this used to be their royal capital.]
[Uh, then why aren't any of you wondering why their red lights are flashing?!]
At those words, the comments instantly fell silent.
Big Pineapple's expression was also very grave, but the dust was too thick now. He couldn't see anything at all.
[Brother Pineapple, you'd better go over and take a look. If, and I mean if, something happens to the laboratory, this is your last chance.]
[If you really want to come back, go take a look. Even if Sister-in-law discovers you're gone afterward, she'll only think you died in battle, not that you ran away. You'll still be the most perfect person in the Asura Clan's eyes!]
[Faking your death to get away. Good idea. Brother Pineapple, you could give it a try.]
Big Pineapple hesitantly glanced at Yu Ji in his arms and fell silent.
In the real world, Liu Dajun watched the three meteors falling from the sky on the screen, his heart filled with excitement.
In particular, when he saw Original Ultraman's Glitter Tiga, he felt an immense sense of familiarity, while inwardly grumbling.
Original Ultraman is still as much of a show-off as ever. He loves showing off his moves so much that even his landing has to be different!
I just don't know who the other two are. Their control really is pretty lousy compared to Original Ultraman's.
But it's so good to still see them now!
They're actually still alive!
That means Ultra V's Spark Project succeeded back then.
They really found a new home and survived.
If that's truly the case, then there's actually no need to keep coming to Earth.
They could even take Big Pineapple and the others to live together on Original Ultraman's planet.
That way, I wouldn't really have deceived them, and I'd have protected them too.
Even if Big Pineapple wants to come back afterward, it wouldn't actually be impossible with the Ultra Civilization's technology.
Truly killing many birds with one stone!
Liu Dajun watched the screen with excitement all over his face. It was only because he wasn't over there right now; otherwise, he would have wanted to rush straight up and greet Original Ultraman.
Just then, Glitter Tiga began making an obscure, incomprehensible sound that was exceptionally awkward to pronounce and sounded utterly mechanical.
[Original Unit, Glitter Tiga automatic return completed. Warning: pilot Original Ultraman no longer shows signs of life. Requesting response!]
[Original Unit, Glitter Tiga automatic return completed. Warning: pilot Original Ultraman no longer shows signs of life...]
Glitter Tiga repeated the report three times. Not a single person present could understand it, while the only person who could understand froze in front of his screen.
At that moment, Liu Dajun even wondered whether he had misheard. Original Ultraman was dead!
After setting Yu Ji down, Big Pineapple walked aside and asked, "Senior, what is this Ultraman saying?"
[Yeah, what's that Ultraman saying? Come out and explain.]
[Where's that transmigrator? Why isn't he saying anything?]
The comments frantically flooded the screen with questions, but received no answer.
Big Pineapple frowned at the comments before him, feeling somewhat agitated.
[Rumble, rumble~]
Just then, a series of rumbling sounds came from the direction of the laboratory.
By the scattered lights shining from the laboratory, both the livestream viewers and Big Pineapple were instantly stunned.
Those two patches of red light weren't an Ultraman's flashing red light at all. They were the eyes of a terrifying monster!