Chapter 41: Cosmic Defense Force deploys across the universe

In the Super Beast World, aboard the Black Tortoise spaceship.

Huo Linfei was almost scared stupid.

He stared at the sky curtain, his mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.

"Four thousand years old?!"

His voice rose eight degrees, and he jumped up from his seat.

"Such a tiny Ultraman is actually four thousand years old?!"

He pointed at the red little Ultraman on the sky curtain, his fingers trembling.

"Moreover, his beam can actually cleanse the ground?!"

Huo Linfei felt his worldview smashed to pieces.

He had always thought that as a Super Beast Warrior he was already strong enough, but now he was told that a Ultraman who still looked unweaned could level the ground with a casual beam.

"The most terrifying thing is..."

Huo Linfei swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice trembling a bit.

"With such power, he actually doesn't qualify to join the so-called Cosmic Defense Force?!"

He turned his head to look at Miaotiao Jun, his eyes full of shock.

"Pang Dun, do you think the Underworld King we have to fight could also be this strong?"

Miaotiao Jun wasn't doing any better right now.

On his round face, beads of sweat rolled down one after another.

"Stop bragging, A Fei—if the Underworld King were that strong, how could he possibly have been sealed in the Coffin of the Profound Darkness?!"

"It seems the Ultraman civilization's strength is far greater than we imagined."

His voice was a little dry.

"Truly unbelievable."

Beside,

On Tian Yu's face also appeared a look of shock,

Obviously, the Ultraman civilization far exceeded their expectations.

Inside the Three-Body Fleet, the command center.

A scientist's thought fluctuation surged violently to the point of nearly losing control.

"Judging by the lifespan of such Ultraman beings, a four-thousand-year-old little Ultraman is nothing surprising."

His thought fluctuation revealed a shock that could not be concealed.

"But what shocks me is that such a little child actually possesses the explosive power to cleanse the ground!"

"This is too unbelievable!"

"Where on earth does their power come from?!"

"I feel this completely defies logic!"

Another officer's thought fluctuation followed closely behind.

"Did you notice?"

His thought fluctuation carried a hint of trembling.

"Such terrifying power that can cleanse the ground—a little Ultraman—actually lacks the qualifications to join that Cosmic Defense Force!"

"Just how terrifying must that Cosmic Defense Force be!"

That sentence, like a thunderclap, exploded inside the command center.

All the Three-Body people's thought bodies surged violently.

Just then, a cosmic theorist lost his voice and said:

"Cosmic Defense Force?"

His thought fluctuation was filled with disbelief.

"This Ultraman civilization is downright arrogant!"

"How dare they call themselves the Cosmic Defense Force?!"

"Who gave them the confidence, meaning they can go anywhere in the universe and respond to calls?!"

This thought struck deep into the hearts of all the Three-Body people in the Three-Body Fleet.

It made them realize a terrifying thing.

That is,

The Three-Body people have long held as truth,

the Dark Forest Theory of the forbidden zone,

in the eyes of these Ultramen, is completely a joke!

These giants are not only extremely arrogant,

dare to recklessly broadcast their star system coordinates across the entire universe,

totally treating the Dark Forest Theory like a piece of waste paper underfoot, paying no heed.

Furthermore, what makes all the Three-Body people in the fleet palpitate is,

the Cosmic Defense Force!

They certainly know what a defense force means.

But once you add the two words 'cosmic,' it becomes terrifying.

This shows that these giants have essentially taken themselves to be the cosmic police of the entire universe!

They will patrol all corners of the universe, checking conditions everywhere, and then respond to calls throughout the universe!

How terrifying, how lofty an attitude this is!

They completely disregard all other civilizations!

The thoughts of that hawkish officer earlier fluctuated violently.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

His thought fluctuations were filled with hysterical denial.

"Although the Ultraman civilization is already very powerful, there might not be a lack of even more powerful beings in the universe!"

"Their Cosmic Guard is nothing but a mere title!"

"How could they possibly dare to respond to emergencies across the entire universe?!"

"Don't they fear the brutal strike of a higher-level civilization?!"

"I absolutely don't believe it!"

Upon saying this,

Some Trisolarans also gave it serious thought, finding it somewhat credible.

In the Trisolarans' view, the universe is vast and boundless, with countless small and large universes.

Among them, god-level civilizations are countless; Ultraman can at most be regarded as merely one of them.

The Ultraman Cosmic Guard does not actually dare to respond to emergencies across the entire universe; it merely uses the universe's name.

At most they can only radiate to a few surrounding star systems, not the whole universe; otherwise that would be too terrifying.

That must be how it is.

Numerous Trisolarans now refuse to believe that the Ultramans actually dare to violate the Dark Forest Law and conduct universe-wide emergency responses.

They could only find a reason that satisfied themselves, to convince themselves that the Trisolaran civilization's previously adhered-to laws and theories were not wrong, and that the Ultraman civilization was not so powerful.

Otherwise, should they accept this merciless fact and truth, they would collapse immediately.

The Leader's thought-form hovered silently.

He did not take part in the argument.

But he too felt an immense shock.

This Ultraman civilization brought him countless wonders and shocks.

How exactly did such a civilization arise?

"Continue watching."

He gave the command.

The heavenly curtain's display kept shifting.

This time,

Past the immense arena of the Land of Light, beneath the distant blazing light's flicker, a massive pyramidal structure hovered in the air.

It was a structure wholly composed of silvery-white metal.

The building's surface bore countless elaborate carvings, each glowing faintly.

【Cosmic Guard】

On the heavenly curtain, these words gradually emerged.

【Cosmic Guard, the most elite and strongest armed force within the Land of Light, formed from the elites of the Ultraman civilization after absolute tempering, dedicated to preserving universal peace】

【In the Ultraman Guard, each member's minimum strength standard is supernova level, extending to supernova star system and super-dimensional universe】

【The Guard's subdivisions are: the Seven Great Nebula Corps, Warrior Command, Universal Security Bureau, Silver Cross Army, and Ultimate Seiro Guard, etc.】

【Altogether, the force numbers one million】

Rows of subtitles hammered the hearts of myriad civilizations like a freezing, merciless hammer.

Under the impact of the subtitles,

The countless civilizations' initial scorn, disdain, and doubt all gradually turned to powder.

All that remained was sheer astonishment!