Chapter 269: 265 The Continuing Myth, the Ancient Golden Giant

"Shoo!" After firing at the sky continuously for half a minute, the two Taganulars were exhausted.

After the golden radiance that had shrouded their bodies due to the abundant energy dissipated, the two looked listless and slowly burrowed back underground.

This made Qi Ming secretly surprised.

He remembered that in the original series, Valaron easily deflected the beams sniping at it with its formidable strength, and the two Taganulars died due to energy backflow.

Qi Ming had been prepared to transform into Tiga and use teleportation to rescue them, but now nothing had happened.

Could it be that the Taganulars weren't sniping at Valaron this time?

However, no matter what kind of existence it was, being able to make two Taganulars join forces to intercept it definitely couldn't be underestimated.

Coupled with the upcoming triple attack of "The Overlord Sleeping on the Moon," "Soldier of the Moonlit Night," and "The Fugitive from the Moon," there was definitely no way to take Captain Moroboshi Dan "back to his mother's home."

"And once Gaia leaves Earth, its combat power will definitely decrease... Better wait until I get other A-rankers before talking about this."

"Now, time is of the essence. Let's get moving immediately."

Following the order of priority, Qi Ming immediately contacted the Caro Base.

After the communication connected, a familiar face appeared on the screen.

The person on the other side said: "You're that team member of Dan's, Qi Ming, right? I know you."

Moroboshi Dan was pleasantly surprised: "Team Member Gu Guqiao!"

In this world, Gu Guqiao, like Moroboshi Dan, was a member of the previous Victory Team.

After the Victory Team was reorganized, Captain Kiriyama was promoted to Advisor, Moroboshi Dan was promoted to Captain, and Gu Guqiao was transferred to the Space Development Bureau and then headed to the Caro Base.

Because of Qi Ming's opinion that "the moon is an important outpost and needs a reliable person in charge," he had completed the handover last week and was promoted by He Zhi to be the person in charge of the Caro Base.

Moroboshi Dan quickly regained his composure:

"Gu Guqiao, the situation is urgent now. The monster corpse you discovered poses a huge hidden danger!"

Qi Ming picked out the important parts: "It is in a state of suspended animation. If it revives, the trouble will be huge."

"If you have the conditions, smash it to pieces; if you don't, don't touch it. Stay as far away from it as possible."

In the original *Tiga* series, the recovered 【Meizhurang】 thoroughly destroyed the Caro Base after recovering from its suspended animation, killing everyone except Captain Tatsumi.

Fortunately, Qi Ming had the intelligence; otherwise, the tragedy would have repeated itself.

Gu Guqiao also became serious: "I understand."

Qi Ming: "Also, that place, the Valley of the Kings, is very evil. Don't touch it easily."

In *Dyna*, because the Super GUTS team tried to explore the Valley of the Kings, they inadvertently broke the seal, which led to the resurrection of the Cosmic Emperor 【Icyris】, and the moon almost crashed into the Earth.

Gu Guqiao: "Advisor He Zhi and Advisor Inagaki emphasized this before, telling us not to touch the ruins easily."

Qi Ming nodded secretly; this was actually his intention. It seemed the two had conveyed and implemented it well.

Gu Guqiao realized: "Could it be that this was also within your expectations, Team Member Qi Ming? As expected of the 'Little Little Zhuge' recognized by everyone."

Qi Ming's face froze: "What, Little Little Zhuge?"

Gu Guqiao looked proud: "Although I am stationed at the Caro Base exploring the moon, I have still heard of your deeds, Team Member Qi Ming. I am truly happy that Dan has you by his side."

Almost perfect appearance, astonishing physique, saving the base from fire and water twice, single-handedly taking down a factory of aliens...

Coupled with the legendary "ability to predict and calculate" and "predicting the enemy like a god," many members who had read *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* gave him the title of "Little Little Zhuge."

Even though he knew Gu Guqiao thought he could rival the virtuous and talented Little Zhuge Liang in his heart, Qi Ming still felt this title was too...

Qi Ming: "That... how about changing the title? 'Tiny Little Zhuge,' 'Medium Little Zhuge,' 'Big Little Zhuge,' 'Super Big Little Zhuge'—I have no opinion on any of those."

Gu Guqiao was surprised: "Eh? Big Little Zhuge? Could it be that you think you are more capable than Little Zhuge Wuhou, Team Member Qi Ming?"

Qi Ming: "Specific problems need specific analysis."

If Little Zhuge Liang could also have his own Ultraman Key, then the revival of the Han Dynasty would truly be just around the corner.

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After the communication ended, Qi Ming went to the Victory Team Command Room. Emi said immediately:

"Team Member Qi Ming, latest news. The bronze mirror excavated from the construction site has been recovered by the 'Ancient History Research Institute of the Society of the Son of God'."

"I just made contact with them. They have already recorded the inscriptions on the edge of the mirror and will transmit them here immediately."

Qi Ming: "Tell them, absolutely do not let that bronze mirror be illuminated by moonlight."

Shan Zhong: "Moonlight? Team Member Qi Ming, it's broad daylight now. There are at least five hours until the moon rises."

Qi Ming glanced at his phone, thinking that time was indeed very abundant.

Saijo Nagi asked: "This bronze mirror made in the Kofun period is over a thousand years old. Does it still pose a threat to us?"

Shan Zhong: "Also, what exactly is the 'Soldier of the Moonlit Night'?"

The learned Kishida had some understanding of this:

"The Soldier of the Moonlit Night, the legendary invincible army. Every time they went on an expedition, they killed all the enemies without leaving a single one alive."

"They had a guardian deity called 'Moji,' who lived in a beautiful spring called 'Moonlit Spring.' All the soldiers would go to the Moonlit Spring the night before the expedition and throw stones into the spring one by one."

Shan Zhong was thoughtful: "Using stones as sacrifices? This guardian deity is quite special. It's willing to bless this army just by collecting some stones that can be seen everywhere."

Moroboshi Dan: "Amagi and Soga also told me this story. They said the Soldiers of the Moonlit Night finally locked Moji in the 'Ice Spring,' and then they themselves disappeared."

Emi was puzzled and subconsciously glanced at Qi Ming: "Really? Why would they do such a thing to their own guardian deity?"

Kishida: "What I care more about is, this 'Moji' couldn't be real, could it?"

Qi Ming: "You guessed it. And this 'guardian deity' is completely different from an Ultra warrior. It is definitely not a benevolent entity."

At this moment, a line of text appeared on the big screen; it was the inscription video transmitted by the 'Ancient History Research Institute of the Society of the Son of God' that had recovered the bronze mirror.

Shan Zhong was stunned: "These characters engraved on the ancient artifacts seem to be... Chinese characters? Qi Ming, look, are they?"

Qi Ming nodded: "They are Chinese characters."

Kishida was not surprised: "Nothing to be surprised about. Before Japan created its own characters, it used Chinese characters transmitted from the Tang Dynasty. Qi Ming, you can recognize the information on it, right?"

Qi Ming read it word for word:

"【Moji】 is sealed in this place. Once 【Moji】 is released, a huge disaster will descend upon the mortal world."

"The Soldiers of the Moonlit Night inject the fear deep in their hearts into stones and throw them into the spring."

"Moji is a monster that devours the soldiers' fear."

"When it wakes up again, it will turn into a huge monster and appear from the Moonlit Spring."

Everything was normal so far.

But the next few inscriptions made Qi Ming very concerned; this was content not in the original series.

"Refugees from the moon met our general and said that the 'Rabbit Monster' that destroyed their hometown civilization had already arrived on Earth."

"It will appear on the night of the full moon. If not stopped, the kingdoms on Earth will also come to an end like the moon."

"We tried to get Moji to deal with that 'Rabbit Monster,' but not only did it not do so, it instead ravaged the Earth together with the Rabbit Monster."

"Just when we were at our wit's end, a giant flashing with golden light appeared."

"It responded to people's prayers, repelled the Rabbit Monster, and sealed Moji into the 'Ice Spring'."

Refugees from the moon, the Rabbit Monster that destroyed the lunar civilization...

This sounded exactly like the Full Moon Super Beast 【Lunaticks】 that appeared in the original *Ace* series and destroyed the civilized moon.

That "giant flashing with golden light" sounded too much like an Ultraman.

Being able to repel two monsters at the same time, flashing with golden light... who was it?

Moroboshi Dan: "Looking at it this way, that 'Rabbit Monster' that once destroyed the lunar civilization is still lurking underground and could appear at any time."

Shan Zhong: "Anyway, it won't be today. Today is a waning moon."

At this time, Emi said that Gu Guqiao, the person in charge of the Caro Base, had transmitted a communication, and she connected him:

"Team Member Qi Ming, new situation. Several members responsible for destroying the monster corpse have lost contact."

"I went to check personally and found that they and the monster had all disappeared!"

Qi Ming: "..."

He wanted to say something, but in the end, he just sighed slightly.

"Then from now on, you cannot trust anyone around you."

"The monster may have already succeeded; anyone could be a mimicry of 【Meizhurang】."

In the original *Tiga* series, this 【Meizhurang】 had extremely high intelligence and possessed the ability to change its appearance and create clones.

Its main body and the people mimicked by its clones were not only indistinguishable from the real thing in appearance but also inherited memories and knowledge, and would only reveal their true form when receiving a fatal attack.

In the original series, it first used this trick to destroy the Caro Base, returned to Earth, and replaced Advisor Sawa, Advisor Nanbara, Captain Yoshioka, and Captain Iruma of the Victory Team one after another, almost "changing the world."

After hearing Qi Ming explain the information about this monster, Gu Guqiao realized the severity of the matter.

Not only could it disguise itself as a human, but its clones could also mimic humans.

Then had someone already been caught, and had some of the familiar faces he knew already been swapped by 【Meizhurang】?

If not curbed, then in the end, everyone in the entire Caro Base might be a clone of 【Meizhurang】.

Qi Ming: "You call everyone into a room now. You cannot let anyone leave your sight. I'll be there immediately."

Moroboshi Dan: "This is a good idea. Everyone watches each other, and 【Meizhurang】 won't dare to act easily. I'll go with you."

Qi Ming agreed. There would probably be a battle on the moon in a while, and it would be better to have an alien accompany him.

Qi Ming: "That bronze mirror shouldn't be underestimated either. Someone needs to recover it to ensure it is never illuminated by moonlight."

Shan Zhong: "Leave such a small matter to us."

Hearing this, Qi Ming immediately felt a deep sense of unease.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 270 =====