Chapter 38: The Land of Light has 180 billion Ultramen?

Inside the fleet,

An officer's thought fluctuation, carrying uncontrollable panic, spread wildly within the command center.

"What kind of joke is this? On the sun there's absolutely no place suitable for habitation; how could a being like Ultraman possibly be born?"

From the perspective of most Trisolarans, the sun signifies absolute destruction, a scorching ruler that tortures them to the point of unbearable agony.

Even if it's not as terrifying as the three suns of their Trisolaran system, the sun is still the sun!

"On the sun, there simply aren't the prerequisites for life and civilization to arise!"

"How exactly did their civilization come into being?"

The thought fluctuation of the earlier hawkish elder, who was biased everywhere against Ultraman civilization and the Land of Light,

It once again forcefully inserted itself, filled with sharp questioning.

"This must be some kind of disguise! A strategic deception! Using a star as a homeworld is itself an outright defiance of physical law! It simply makes no sense!"

Another Trisolaran scientist's thought fluctuation also came through.

"Perhaps this is a means by which these giants who wield immense power intimidate other civilizations!"

As the various speculative thought fluctuations intertwined into a chaotic radio-noise,

The analysis result of Chief Scientist 3056 finally spread throughout the entire command center.

"Report to the Chief, this star that outwardly resembles the sun is not entirely the sun!"

"Its surface layer completely lacks any terrifying high temperature and harsh living environment."

"Moreover, this special light shimmering on its surface is not ordinary light! I haven't yet analyzed it, so I'm currently unclear about its function!"

This thought fluctuation caused the fleet to instantly fall into another eerie silence.

Considering the sun as a home to live in, that's fine,

Ultraman's sun,

it actually lacks that terrifying high temperature and harsh environment?

it actually has nothing but that blinding light?

and does this light have other special effects?

An indescribable emotion,

arose within the thoughts of countless Trisolarans.

That is a complex mixture that earthly beings call 'envy' and 'jealousy'.

Why?

Why is the sun of the Ultraman star system so gentle?

while the sun of their Trisolaran system is so violently unpredictable.

Eternally tormenting their civilization between destruction and rebirth?

The Chief's thought-form was also deeply moved by the beautiful, scroll-like cosmic panorama before them.

In the vast, boundless M78 Nebula, a bright star emitted light sufficient to cover everything.

It is truly, too beautiful.

"3056, continue analyzing the composition of this special light from the Ultraman Star."

"We, continue watching the sky."

Saibotanxing

Weizhengtian raised his metal arm, blocking the glaring light on the screen.

He despised this light.

"This light really makes me hate it."

Autobot base,

Qingtianzhu then expressed sincere admiration:

"The Land of Light is actually a sun-like eternal energy entity! It's even more splendid than our Cybertron!"

Dahuangfeng said eagerly: "I don't know if one day I'll be able to visit the Land of Light as a tourist."

The image on the screen began to zoom in rapidly.

Under the illumination of the Land of Light's dazzling light,

The camera passed through layer after layer of golden, shell-like outer structures.

Richer, purer light streamed forth from within.

Beneath the Land of Light's layered golden radiance,

Its true inner scenery finally appeared before the eyes of all heavens and myriad worlds.

That was a city that cannot be defined by any civilization's architecture.

Layer upon layer of towering skyscrapers, like naturally grown glass crystal, pierced the skyline.

The surface of every building flowed with light,

The entire realm was filled with brilliant light,

not even a trace of shadow could be found.

Super Beast World, Seventh Parallel Universe.

Mingwang gazed upon the Land of Light's utterly pure scenery, the posture of that myriad-zhang light, and felt a sudden surge of inner displeasure.

"Only a world of light can accommodate a world of light, with not a trace of shadow."

His voice was cold and low.

"Under this beautiful exterior, could it not also be an imbalance, a cruelty?"

"This is just like the Snow Emperor, self-righteously considering itself a pure realm."

In his ideology,

Wolves will prey on lambs,

If helping lambs avoid the wolves' predation, it is indeed a boon for the sheep.

But for the wolves, it is a kind of cruelty.

Likewise,

The Land of Light, a country that cannot accommodate shadows,

In his view, it is no different from the Snow Emperor's hypocrisy of spouting benevolence and morality.

Trisolaran Fleet Command Center.

The thought fluctuation of that hawkish elder was once again filled with aggression.

"Such a huge star, just to sustain those few Ultramen fighting on Earth?"

"This is simply too wasteful!"

"This is nothing short of a monopoly and plunder of cosmic resources!"

In its view,

The Ultraman civilization is nothing more than those few giants like Zuo Fei and Sai Wen,

Even counting more, it's at most a few hundred, pitifully few,

What right do they have to monopolize such a massive planet? To enjoy the resources of this entire star?

The dovish officer opposite him immediately retorted:

"What are you joking about?"

"This is the Ultraman's country, the Land of Light."

"It is the mother star that nurtures the existence of such great beings as Ultraman."

"They live on their own mother star—how could that be wasteful!!"

The hawkish elder's thought fluctuation grew sharper:

"This star, when calculated, could already accommodate the survival needs of billions of us Trisolarans!"

"Yet now it is merely allowing those few Ultramen to survive—is that not wasteful?"

The dovish officer's thought fluctuation carried a hint of uncertainty: "How do you determine that there are only so few Ultramen? What if..."

His thought fluctuation had not yet been fully conveyed.

Above the firmament, that unbelievable scene had already appeared before all Trisolarans.

One could see, in those beautiful cities resembling glazed porcelain,

on those streets paved with light,

each individual Ultraman, whom they regarded as possessing mighty power, gradually revealed their silhouettes.

They, just like humans on Earth, lived densely packed in every corner of the Land of Light!

On the streets, in the squares, between the buildings...

The view stretched endlessly!

Just then,

A thought fluctuation from a scientist in the fleet responsible for data statistics suddenly came,

Its thought carried shock and loss of voice, almost tearing apart the entire command center's communication channel.

"I... I according to the detection results of the quantum capture analyzer..."

"On this planet called the Land of Light, there... there are approximately..."

His thought fluctuation stumbled,

like a stuttering human,

every byte exuded unparalleled shock.

"One hundred eighty billion Ultramen!!"

"Exactly...... one hundred eighty billion!!"

This number, like a black hole, instantly devoured all sound, all thought.

The next second, the entire Trisolaran Fleet Command Center descended into utter chaos!