Chapter 192: 188 Earth: The User You Are Calling Is Busy, Please Try Again Later

"Magnia is simple, but dealing with Mezard is up to you two great scientists."

After hearing Qi Ming's description of Mezard, Hikari said: "Simple. Interfere with its resisting electromagnetic waves and compress its existence into a single point."

Time waits for no one; he decided to use the facilities of the ProLon Kalamos base to immediately build a crude guidance device.

He took apart several steel pipes and began assembling them.

Qi Ming didn't know what to say—this was no different from building a reactor inside a cave.

But in the original series of Luo Bu, Luo's mother once sealed the Rainbow Dragon into crystal using a modified rice cooker—scientists in the AU series are just that powerful.

Xiang Xiang Tenggong originally planned to help despite his injuries, but after seeing Hikari's method, he relaxed.

He was supported by Qi Ming to the edge of the pool, then leapt in.

"Agul, if Earth's crisis is destined, then humanity's crisis is also destined."

"Then only Earth itself can guide us."

"Agul, give me strength once more!"

Xiang Xiang Tenggong reached out toward the depths of the water, praying earnestly.

"Plop!" The next moment, Qi Ming also jumped in.

Xiang Xiang Tenggong: "?"

Qi Ming reached out just like him:

"Earth, our situation is extremely dangerous."

"Deep beneath the sea, a demon god sleeps in ancient ruins; beyond the heavens, a dark emperor waits; more invaders may yet descend."

"Grant me more strength—let me have the power to destroy all enemies!"

He's here for power too.

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Half an hour later, when Hikari finished building the guidance device, Qi Ming and Xiang Xiang Tenggong returned to the group with grim faces.

Just now, Qi Ming thought Earth should upgrade its arbitrary key's Ultraman Gaiya v1 directly to v2, or SV, or even SSV.

If not, at least strengthen its v1—raise integration from 60% to 65%.

But nothing happened.

Even the original series' event—Earth responding to Xiang Xiang Tenggong, enhancing Agul's light, and healing his body—didn't occur.

In the end, Qi Ming had to grab Xiang Xiang Tenggong and swim upward; otherwise, the chosen human vessel of Ocean Light would drown.

"How could this happen…? Did Earth abandon me because I turned away from its will, so Agul refuses to give me power?"

Xiang Xiang Tenggong believed it was because he'd recently wavered in his belief that destroying humanity would protect Earth—so Earth had forsaken him.

Qi Ming: "Stop imagining nonsense. If Earth had truly abandoned you, you couldn't even transform."

In the original series' "Shadow of Heaven, Light of Earth," Xiang Xiang Tenggong's transformation into Agul glitched because Earth opposed his plan to kill hundreds of thousands.

Xiang Xiang Tenggong: "Then why is this happening?"

Qi Ming: "Perhaps… Earth's power isn't infinite."

In Ultraman Gaiya, most Earth monsters, under Renlong's leadership, actively fought the Destroyers.

But in this world's Earth… Renlong probably can't command the big ones like Magmadra or Chimera who've lived here for ages.

Earth's power may be tied up suppressing GattanJear's awakening or restraining Cijela from blooming—so it has little spare strength to support Xiang Xiang Tenggong and Qi Ming.

This is troublesome—Xiang Xiang Tenggong, in his severely injured state, won't be able to contribute much in the coming battle.

When Qi Ming returned to the hall, Jiang Qi Qianhe was chatting anxiously with several reporters:

"I once read a novel with this plot."

"A large group of people were locked inside a supermarket when an unknown mist drifted in."

"One by one, they were killed by monsters in the mist, and eventually the world was destroyed."

Lingzi: "Is it really a good idea to say something so terrifying here…?"

Outside, all the mist is made by monsters.

Qi Ming also heard Jiang Qi Qianhe's words—she'd once said this in the original series, and Horii had firmly told her: "Our world won't be destroyed, because we have the Victory Team."

But in this world, Qi Ming no longer had the confidence to say such words.

He only whispered: "No matter what, people will hold on."

At that moment, Hikari walked over holding a device shaped like a "rocket launcher," saying that firing it would lure Mezard into the physical world for effective attack.

Xiang Xiang Tenggong looked at Qi Ming: "Alright, let's go. That girl, Nezu Mami, is still waiting to find her father."

Qi Ming, about to move, paused in surprise: "Nezu Mami?"

Xiang Xiang Tenggong tapped the cage holding his hamster: "Yes, she lives in the suburbs of Chengyanzhen, and has a parrot named Sira—very cute."

Nezu Mami… a parrot named Sira…

Isn't that the girl who got blown up in Digi's "Defense of Zirlda Center"!

Qi Ming: "Does her house have something called 'Zirlda Gas'?"

Xiang Xiang Tenggong blinked: "Huh? You deduced that too? Yes, there's a vial of blue liquid on the table."

Qi Ming turned and ran out: "That's a super explosive! If it's hit or leaks, it'll blow up the whole mountain!"

Xiang Xiang Tenggong froze.

What?

A scientist left such a dangerous substance in his daughter's home, casually placed on a table?

You're a fourth-rate scientist making third-rate experiments!

"Hey hey hey, what's going on!" Luo Wen was shocked as Qi Ming dashed out—he'd planned to film the whole operation.

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Meanwhile, at Nezu Mami's villa.

Though Mezard's controlled humans hadn't come, Magnia's mist had spread here.

At this moment, Nezu Mami worried about Xiang Xiang Tenggong's departure; her parrot Sira, perched on her shoulder, suddenly sensed something and flapped its wings anxiously.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Suddenly, the windows shattered as a swarm of Magnia parasites surged into the room.

Mist and mountain wind poured through the broken windows; the vial of Zirlda Gas on the table trembled.

"Monsters!" Seeing the parasites, Nezu Mami panicked and turned to flee the room.

But when she opened the door, a giant rat blocked her path.

It was the demon-type lifeform Nosferu!

Goro-ki, who had been driven away like a kicked dog, grew angrier and sent it here to capture Nezu Mami.

She was connected to both Xiang Xiang Tenggong and Hoshi Jun, and could be used as a hostage to threaten Qi Ming—a brilliant move.

Behind her, a swarm of Magnia parasites; ahead, Nosferu—Nezu Mami had nowhere to run. Despair spread across her young face.

"Plop." More parasites burst through the windows; one knocked the Zirlda Gas vial to the floor.

BOOM—!!!

A massive explosion erupted!

The deafening blast tore through the silent night; the entire villa was reduced to dust by the shockwave.

Fiery flames surged skyward, staining the black night a bloody red.

The parasites were shredded by the blast; their bodies carbonized instantly in the heat, turning into countless black ashes scattered by the heatwave.

Though massive, Nosferu was also blown apart by the terrifying explosion.

Nezu Mami and the parrot Sira were unharmed.

For at the last moment, a giant hand wrapped in light pierced through the ceiling, snatching them both into its palm for protection.

"Ultraman Gaiya… it's Ultraman Gaiya Ultraman, Sira, Ultraman Gaiya Ultraman saved us!"

After the light faded, Nezu Mami, still trembling, stared at the giant before her, exhilarated.

Inside Ultraman Gaiya, Qi Ming nodded, seeing they were safe.

"Even if this world is hell's eighteenth layer, I won't let tragedy replay before my eyes."

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