Chapter 107: 103 The Storm Over Jin Guqiao

Dr. Chao Ying?

Tongshan had heard of him and knew he was a low-profile scientific expert.

But Jin Guqiao made him uneasy, so after the meeting ended, he told Zhu Xingtuan about it.

Upon hearing that humans planned to repair Jin Guqiao, Zhu Xingtuan was greatly shocked and immediately went to find Qi Ming.

He believed that if this was not taken seriously, things might spiral out of control.

Qi Ming, who knew the inside story, was even more stunned:

“Dr. Chao Ying—that’s not just Agamus of ‘flowers, trees, sky, breeze, clouds, sun’?”

“Let him repair Jin Guqiao? Are humans planning to build themselves another daddy again?”

“And where the hell did this guy come from? I couldn’t find any info on him before.”

Zhu Xingtuan explained that Dr. Chao Ying operated with extreme secrecy; his information was encrypted.

Zhu Xingtuan: “Didn’t your scientists who built the atomic bomb decades ago also have to hide their identities? It’s more or less the same.”

Qi Ming paused, then explained the situation of “Dr. Chao Ying,” also known as Agamus.

He came from three hundred years in the future, an alien scientist who lived happily with his wife, Leliran, on Bazite Star.

One day, Earth’s spacecraft crash-landed on Bazite Star due to Sphya’s attack; upon learning of the situation, he voluntarily provided Bazite Star’s technology to help Earth fight Sphya.

But Sphya then attacked Bazite Star itself, killing his wife Leliran and enveloping his homeworld in a barrier, plunging it into imminent destruction.

After being crushed, he concluded that Sphya was invincible and believed “annihilation by Sphya was the will of the universe.”

He came to hate Earthlings and Ultramen; to seek revenge, he used a time-space device to bring Sphya back to Earth’s past, intending to destroy Earth.

“From now on, besides cosmic invaders, Chaos Virus, Abora’s super-beasts, it feels like we’re about to add ‘Sphya’ to the list.”

Zhu Xingtuan fell silent after hearing this.

He needed to think, to sort out the logic carefully.

“Why would he think like this? Shouldn’t he have gone to eliminate Sphya to avenge his wife?”

Qi Ming: “That’s great, Commander Zhu Xingtuan—you can’t resonate with him, which means after your jeep got smashed, you’ve started becoming normal.”

He said not to try to understand Agamus; if you understand a madman, you’re not far from becoming one yourself.

In the original Ultraman Decker series, Agamus initially kept a low profile and appeared perfectly normal.

After using TPU resources to create the computer demon [Defiza], he went insane.

He chanted “flowers, trees, sky, breeze, clouds, sun” at high intensity, stirring up meaningless nonsense.

In this world, He Zhi actually assigned him to write the control program for Jin Guqiao…

What’s the difference between this and the heroine in a cow-man novel who voluntarily enters the old man’s room? To Agamus, this is a gift handed to him on a silver platter!

He can skip the effort of building [Defiza] entirely—just use the existing Jin Guqiao to cause trouble.

Zhu Xingtuan: “We must stop him!”

Qi Ming: “I understand.”

But fate is unpredictable; plans cannot keep pace with change.

Just as Qi Ming was about to depart, an urgent news alert appeared on his phone.

Five minutes ago, a bird-like monster resembling [Guebasa] attacked Jin Guqiao at a factory owned by Xinjianan Industries.

Although it was driven off by heavy firepower before fully destroying Jin Guqiao, the incident caused widespread panic and exposed Jin Guqiao to public view.

Now the whole world knows TPC plans to repair Jin Guqiao; public opinion has rapidly fermented, sparking uproar both domestically and internationally.

Qi Ming: “That’s [Rebasa], a relative of [Guebasa]—also an Earth monster!”

It makes sense.

In the original Ultraman Decker series, a Rebasa appeared during Defiza’s activation experiment, attempting to dismantle it.

It seems the modified Jin Guqiao has also alarmed Earth’s forces, who see it as a threat—thus drawing another Earth monster attack.

After scrolling through the news for a while, Qi Ming pondered: “Then this actually makes things easier… Let the bullets fly for now.”

One day later, under the instigation of the Defense Force and other factions, public outcry overwhelmed TPC’s PR department.

Especially victims who lost loved ones during the Pedan invasion, who could not accept it and took to the streets in protest.

He Zhi was furious:

“At a time like this, how can this weak, pacifist ideology still spread across the world!”

“Those bookworms only chant lofty ideals of peace!”

“But they’re useless for defending Earth—besides pressuring us through media, they contribute nothing.”

Tu Qiao Yu smiled and comforted him, saying this wasn’t a problem at all.

“After all, in the U.S., there are plenty of foolish people panicking over nothing.”

“But they have votes, and the president can’t ignore them—the president himself talked to me about this yesterday and said we should pay attention.”

He Zhi immediately tensed: “Does this mean the project will be suspended?”

Tu Qiao Yu smiled: “Of course not—it’s simple to handle. The public is ignorant; if others can deceive them, so can we.”

Soon, TPC issued a statement claiming the modification of Jin Guqiao was meant to reshape human perspectives.

Once despised and feared, Jin Guqiao would, through TPC’s manipulation, become a messenger of peace.

The press officer stated TPC would jointly establish a committee with the cabinet to issue an authoritative independent report.

If the modified Jin Guqiao truly posed safety risks, it would be destroyed without hesitation.

In the Victory Team command room, everyone was watching the news.

Shan Zhong: “I feel good about this—if Jin Guqiao is repaired, our defense capabilities will definitely reach a new level.”

Xitiao Ning and Shan Zhong nodded repeatedly, endorsing this powerful weapon.

Qi Ming doused their enthusiasm: “Don’t be naive. Do you really think humans can fully control this power? It’s hard—eventually, it will turn on you.”

This “building a daddy” behavior is far too common in the Ultraman universe.

Once humans create robots using technology beyond their understanding, the result is always—

[Daisifa] the machine god from Star Warriors, the modified Haze King from Ultraman Cosmos, Mechanical Zeta from Ultraman Zeta…

Too many. He didn’t want to analyze them all.

Moreover, Jin Guqiao has precedent.

In Ultraman Seven OV, Commander He Zhi’s repaired Jin Guqiao went berserk as expected, forcing Seven into a brutal battle.

But now, after Rebasa caused chaos, his room to maneuver had actually expanded.

Boga, Abora, Chaos Virus, Dark Mefist… this world is already complex enough. Surrounded by wolves, he had no interest in dealing with Agamus, this lunatic.

He planned to use this opportunity to lure the snake out of its hole and eliminate Agamus once and for all.

(End of Chapter)