Chapter 929: NO.52: Probe

NO. 52: Probe

Procrastinating, roundabout, and abandoned halfway.

These are shortcomings and worries that living beings, especially humans, possess.

Laziness is one of the original sins of living beings, a virus built upon the thought process, but true viruses do not have this.

Whether it's the tiny viruses called monsters, or the non-living existence temporarily named 'Chaos Envoy,' they have no concept of laziness; there is only disorder and chaos.

However, whether it's monsters created by humans, or monsters born from monster seeds (the thing appearing at the start of Electric Light Machine King) that absorb human emotions, they have an excessively close relationship with the human heart.

When not controlled by humans, they are not inherently bad, and even tend to habitually dwell in their own tiny little world of origin.

That habit stems from how they came into being, and it is also the human emotion they rely on to survive.

Those born carrying others' will, obsession, and wishes, through mechanical imitation appear less alien, but whether examining their essence or appearance, they are undoubtedly manifestations of 'abnormality.'

No matter how much they resemble a living being, or even a human, they are merely false things based on 'imitation,' unless there is a miracle that gives monsters a heart.

"Is An Qi the monster that obtained a heart in that way?"

Dujuan Tai Li High School Class 1-E

Yesterday he was still a mess, and without doubt his homework relied on his brother Xiang Yuta helping out; while flipping through his study notes, he listened to his brother's explanation beside him.

At first glance it seems disrespectful to the brother, but honestly, when the brother goes on at length laying out a string of settings, not only him, but even the three female students sitting together at the front desk can't bear to listen.

"What the heck, is this your new imagination?" the brown-haired, purple-eyed tomboy girl retorted bluntly.

She is Na Mei Zi, a member of the tea ceremony club, with a very direct and lively behavior style, serving as the mood-maker in the three-person close-knit girl group called the 'Six Flowers Legion'.

However, during the first half of when Gu Li Te was active, because she had no direct contact with personnel related to Gu Li Te, her memory was rewritten many times.

She felt nothing and had no interest in topics like monsters or Gu Li Te; even if she heard Nei Hai occasionally let slip a remark, she just took it as a joke.

By contrast, Ye Cun Lian beside her gave an appreciative evaluation, saying: "Pretty interesting."

Such an answer would somewhat let the nosiest, most detail-obsessed Na Mei Zi pick up a different meaning: "Huh? What is this? Has Turbo-senpai's hobby finally found an approver?"

"I've told you not to call me Turbo; I just have 'Turbo' written on my backpack strap," Nei Hai stiffly changed the subject, lifting his bare skin where bandages could still be seen, "Is this your attitude toward the wounded?"

"How did the topic jump over here?" Na Mei Zi, who already somewhat knew the subtle atmosphere between Lian and Nei Hai, gave them a meaningful glance; it was clear such stiff talk was meaningless.

However, when she saw that Liu Hua's gaze was not here at all, only outside the window, she also stopped the fun of teasing.

I just felt that today Liu Hua and Yu Tai each had their own things on their mind; only Turbo-senpai and Lian seemed about the same as usual—but looking at Nei Hai's outfit, he also didn't seem to have gone anywhere unusual.

"Speaking of which, what exactly did you do yesterday to get your body like this?"

"Ah, well, yesterday there was a monster rampage, and I fell a few times while running."

"Monster? What monster?" Na Mei Zi was somewhat surprised.

She looked at Nei Hai, then at Lian, and then at Liu Hua beside them who was watching Yu Tai do homework: "Could it be that kind of setting again from half a year ago?"

Thinking back half a year, it seemed these people were also tinkering with some incomprehensible things; Na Mei Zi had a deep impression of that.

But conversely, her such impression also made Liu Hua and Nei Hai feel familiar.

"Huh?" Liu Hua, who had just been daydreaming about something, turned her head: "Didn't you see yesterday's news?"

Beside him, Nei Hai directly pulled out his phone and began a live search under Yu Tai's attentive gaze.

And above this classroom, all the way up to the rooftop, it seemed that among the few who liked to station themselves on the rooftop, appearing in a human-like form but retaining considerable ability, like a Superman reborn, Sai Luo turned back with his Ultraman hearing:

"The effects of yesterday's battle have already been repaired, ah; it must have been the other side's doing."

"Just as Aomo predicted, the other side didn't leave a single chance."

"But the poison-smoke monster from the intelligence didn't appear."

Through the barrier of the wire fence, making the gesture of example control, gazing at the distant cityscape from between the spread fingers, He's eyes occasionally flashed red.

"Even the monster's fluctuation didn't show a bit; what method did she use to rewrite everyone's memory?"

"And even the destruction was repaired."

The voice of the Second Generation came from the hands-free phone Sai Luo had placed on the ground; he himself was revisiting the old grounds with An Qi, surveying yesterday's battlefield.

"It's hard to believe this isn't monster power; perhaps it's a kind of monster that cannot be confirmed with our current cognition."

"The 'Chaos Envoy' that Aomo spoke of?" He asked, withdrawing his hand.

"Or perhaps it's something else," Nate's voice also came from that phone, "If we were to drag other worlds into this, monsters that you monster controllers can't perceive might also exist."

"But wouldn't that just go on forever?" Sai Luo sighed, crossing his arms, "Rather than thinking about how the other side rewrites reality, it's better to think about what kind of monster we'll face next."

"It's definitely a monster, right?"

He turned his head and asked the empty space beside him, which made He startle a bit.

"Are you asking me?"

"No, I'm asking..."

The words got stuck at his lips; he looked dubiously to the side and couldn't help raising his hand to touch his chin.

"Who was I supposed to ask?"

——

"EMGY, Flyby, Sephirah, pay attention."

Standing before Aomo, who was holding a book in his hand, the New Cosmos came up with a trio of terms.

Combining the emergency situation formed by capitalized abbreviations with the aviation term for swoop/approach flight, even if Sai Luo heard it he'd be confused, but fortunately she had found someone who could understand in front of her.

"Is some kind of bad thing happening?"

If the demon person pondered, he saw the other party nod and then say: "PREV, this place is turning into ABSS, EXAL is breaking in."

Prevision/forecast, abyss/Shen yuan, External/external existence—the acronym trio again—made him lightly pat the opposite side's little head.

"Alright, I know; let's try to halt the process and preserve the data," Aomo sighed, looking at this semi-transparent little horse girl, as the surrounding students already had been ignoring her presence, "At your current level of fading, even if someone notices you, they'd take you for a ghost."

"Affirmative." The girl nodded and then completely faded.

And Aomo turned his gaze back to the classroom like Class 1-E.

His dark red eyes showed he was constantly stimulating his bloodline talent; the demon's tricks meant that all the students and teachers along the way ignored him, someone who at a glance was clearly not a high school student, not even a local.

Rather than being on the rooftop accompanying Sai Luo and a badger enjoying the breeze, his reason for coming down here was simply the prediction he made yesterday.

Such a lazy, luxurious worry is something only a monster that has obtained a heart can have.

And monsters without a heart, as well as similar anomalous things,

They only care about efficiency.

He thought that the person behind Hei Qian was probably such a non-human entity.

So, at that moment, he opened the classroom door.

This timing might be just right, for in that instant a clear explosive boom rang out everywhere, and the swiftly arriving gale swept all around him, messing up his bangs and turning the frightened cries into sharp shrieks.

He also saw that the monster, which had swiftly stopped in front of the teaching building, was extending its sharp claws toward the doors and windows.

The Sleeping on Firewood and Tasting Gall Monster appeared again, showing no discernible individual differences.

But at that very moment, a being that emitted strong light like a flash grenade appeared in the sky, making both people and monsters unable to open their eyes.

Within that strong light, a black shadow descended carrying a turbulent airflow, and with a fierce knee strike directly pressed that Sleeping on Firewood and Tasting Gall Monster down under the windowsill.

That was Sai Luo Ultraman.

Then, besides the screams, a delighted shout from a certain Ultraman fan would also be heard.

Everything was out of place with the surroundings.