Chapter 50

Three-Body Fleet Command Center.

The ever-composed leader's thought body also rippled with intense waves.

Is this a civil official of the Land of Light?

An existence that can single‑handedly lift a 60,000‑ton monster and kill a super beast with one sword, yet is merely a civil official?

This is too absurd!

In the thought fluctuations of Chief Scientist 3056, there was an overwhelming shock that could not be calmed.

"Xikali Ultraman, a civil official, actually possesses such terrifying combat power! This Land of Light is truly unfathomable, strong to the extreme!"

A rare hint of envy emerged in its thoughts.

After all, as fellow scientists, Xikali possesses such formidable strength.

But it can only remain in the laboratory of the Trisolaran civilization.

At this moment,

The Trisolaran civilization's hawkish officer, who had always harbored strong hostility toward the Ultraman civilization, also fell completely silent.

After a long while, its thought fluctuations slowly spread, devoid of any of its former sharpness and aggressiveness.

"Xikali's status is so exalted, its strength so great, it is evident that within the Land of Light there is fundamentally no so-called oppression or discrimination against the Blue Tribe Ultraman."

"That Ultraman named Tuoleijiya probably truly just got stuck in a rut and went down the wrong path."

Its thought fluctuations carried a hint of awe that even it itself had not noticed.

"The Ultraman civilization is truly… a civilization beyond common sense."

After the images on the sky-screen kept flashing,

Its thoughts shifted from being full of hostility toward the Ultraman civilization to complete admiration!

It no longer has any of its former aggressiveness.

In short, it has been utterly subdued by the Ultraman civilization!

Earth, inside the manor.

Luo Ji had just taken a sip of his treasured red wine, not yet having time to savor its rich aroma.

Pfft!

A mouthful of wine sprayed completely from his mouth, leaving a deep red stain on the carpet before him.

He dumbly stared at the sky-screen's blue figure—single-handedly holding a bird, a sword that instantly felled a super beast—and he was completely stunned.

"No, man?"

"You call this a civil official? Your civil official could kill a cow with one punch—this is absurd!"

Just a few minutes ago,

He still seriously believed that,

"A scientist like Xikali is not suited for the battlefield; he belongs only in the lab doing research."

"Only then can his full potential be realized."

"But now it turns out to be completely the opposite!"

"If this scientist went to the battlefield, what would anyone else have left to do!"

Thus, Luo Ji set down his wine glass and gave his objective and fair assessment.

"If Ultraman Xikali chooses to go to the battlefield, I suspect the universe might be far more peaceful than it is now."

Cybertron, Iron Fortress.

Bumblebee excitedly waved its metal arm, pointing at Xikali's silhouette on the sky-screen, singing his praises.

"Versatile in both letters and arms, and still so handsome! Xikali is truly amazing!"

Optimus Prime also slowly nodded, his electronic eyes showing genuine admiration.

"Ultraman Xikali is a truly all‑talented talent!"

Super Beast World, Fifth Parallel Universe.

The Underworld King sat silently on his throne, watching the sky-screen's image of Xikali, his brows slightly furrowed.

He originally thought the Land of Light was like the Snow Emperor—a hypocritical nation cloaked in light and love—and that the so‑called Blue Tribe Ultraman were merely an oppressed and excluded lowly race.

But now it appears, the situation is completely different.

As a Blue Tribe Ultraman, Xikali is not only the pillar of the Land of Light's science and technology, but his strength is also unfathomable.

Even Ultraman Father shows him added respect.

That earlier arbitrary conclusion may have been somewhat biased.

The civilization of the Land of Light's Ultraman seems not very similar to that hypocritical Snow Emperor type.

Just as the myriad heavens marveled at Xikali's omnipotence.

The image on the sky-screen changed again.

The view began from Xikali's laboratory perspective,

rapidly expanding outward,

sweeping past the grand Ultraman arena,

finally,

arrived at a vast square.

On the square,

The dazzling light outshines any place in the Land of Light, almost too bright to gaze upon.

And on the square's ground, countless Ultraman gathered in dense ranks.

They gazed up at the deepest part of the square like the most devout believers, as if on a pilgrimage.

At the end of the plaza,

the source of the light,

It is a tower standing between heaven and earth, reaching up to tens of thousands of meters—a Heaven-Reaching Giant Tower!

The entire tower is built layer by layer from an exquisite, gem-like glass material, starting from a broad base and extending all the way to the summit at ten thousand meters altitude.

Visible, boundless light energy flows over the tower's body.

At that moment, a new line of text slowly appeared across the sky.

【This Heaven-Reaching Giant Tower, radiating intense light, is the most important and core treasure of the Land of Light】

【Because of its existence, the Ultraman civilization could form and develop to its present state.】

【It can be said that it is the foundation of the Ultraman civilization's skyscraper.】

【This tower is called——the Plasma Spark Tower.】

Three-Body Fleet, command center.

Chief Scientist 3056's thought body surged violently!

"Report to the Leader! According to my analysis, all the special light emitted from within the Land of Light and even from the surface of the star itself…… actually all originates from this ten‑thousand‑meter tower!"

As soon as those words were spoken, it was like a supernova exploding inside the command center!

All the Trisolarans' thought bodies once again fell into unprecedented chaos!

How could a mere ten‑thousand‑meter tower possibly emit light bright enough to illuminate the entire star's surface?

How is that possible?!

This completely defies every law of physics they know!

You must know that the volume of the Land of Light's star is dozens of times larger than the Earth they aim to invade!

Even on Earth, the light from a mere ten‑thousand‑meter tower could never cover the ground.

But the Land of Light's tower, called the Plasma Spark Tower, can actually achieve such an astonishing feat!

A physicist's thought fluctuation became extremely sharp due to utter shock.

"If that's the case…… then all our previous guesses were completely wrong!"

"The Land of Light is not a special, harmless sun suitable for us to live on!"

"The reason we think the Land of Light is a star and can observe its light across countless light‑years is entirely…… entirely because of this tower!"

Its thought fluctuation stirred up a tremendous wave in every Trisolaran's logic unit!

"It is it that releases light enough to cover the entire star!"

"This Plasma Spark Tower itself…… is equivalent to a sun!!"

This conclusion is more intense and more disruptive than any previous discovery about the Ultraman civilization!

The entire Three‑Body Fleet boiled over at that moment!