Chapter 392: 387 The Truth of Ma Ma Erte! (One Million Words!)

After reducing the Magmarian to a paralyzed wreck, Dark Mefist and Victory Feiyan-2 teamed up to systematically slay the other monsters.

Two blue beams and two green beams were absorbed by the Ultraman Anykey.

Qi Ming swiftly stored Reqiubas.

This ice-fire giant crab's cold-control effect rivals petrification rays, and as a component of the Five Emperors, he must be kept.

The twin monsters and Daisimania were transformed into Star Ci.

Star Ci: 5.

Manufactured: 30/40.

"Finally over." Qi Ming dispersed the Dark Domain, grabbed the Magmarian—now shrunk to human size and unconscious—and returned to the surface of the South Pole ice plain.

Bone-chilling winds whipped up fine ice crystals; the once-intense battlefield now lay silent, save for the crisscrossing cracks and charred battle scars on the ice, proof of the harrowing fight just ended.

Despite all the hardships, they had won in the end!

"What do we do with this?" Qi Ming stared at the Cosmic Steel Dragon, motionless now that no one was piloting it.

From the Victory Feiyan-2 cockpit, Hikari said: "Leave it. We can Gaizao it into a force that protects Earth."

Qi Ming trusted Hikari's tech: "Fine."

If Gagura exists, modifying a "Tokukai" is perfectly reasonable.

"What I'm more concerned about is what those aliens meant by 'intelligence.'" After de-transforming, Qi Ming rubbed his chin in thought.

The next day, upon returning to the TPC base, someone with knowledge sought him out.

………………………………

"You're… Milakurian! Welcome to Earth."

Qi Ming, summoned by telepathy, arrived outside the base and, recognizing the caller as the friendly alien who had helped him on Liuli Star, immediately smiled.

"Not the time for pleasantries—someone is recklessly leaking your Earth's classified intelligence!" The Milakurian pulled out his radio and explained the situation.

Qi Ming's face darkened; he rushed off with the radio to find Hikari.

After analyzing the radio waves, Hikari immediately pinpointed their source.

It was the submerged ruins of the Ma Ma Erte city, once destroyed by Captain Tongshan.

Zhu Zhu Xingtuan, arriving on the scene, was stunned: "That place should be rubble—how is a radio station still active?"

Qi Ming's face turned grim:

"Underestimated them. I thought Ma Ma Erte was just a pawn stirred up by Kirielodians."

"Turns out, even after the Kirielodians were wiped out, they've gone this mad!"

"We can't wait any longer. We must eliminate them all."

Zhu Zhu Xingtuan's expression shifted: "Can you find them?"

Qi Ming: "Renlong knows the location of the Victorious Sanctuary—he must also know where the Ma Ertes are hiding."

These creatures' deeds outrage heaven and earth, defy cosmic justice. Qi Ming believed that once Renlong learned of their atrocities, it would surely act to purge its own kind.

After hearing this, Hikari and Zhu Zhu Xingtuan proposed accompanying Qi Ming to the Tear Altar.

"You two seem troubled," Qi Ming noticed on the way.

Zhu Zhu Xingtuan then told Qi Ming about the "historical afterimage" they had witnessed the day before.

Qi Ming froze: "You really saw Earth's ancestors invading Ma Ma Erte? Humans had spaceships thousands of years ago?"

That seemed absurd—if humans had interstellar ships back then, why hadn't they built the Plasma Spark Tower by now?

Hikari said civilizations could regress; modern America couldn't even land on the Moon anymore, despite once doing so.

Perhaps something catastrophic—like a terrible war—caused a massive civilizational collapse.

Qi Ming: "Then ask Renlong. With its age, it must have witnessed those events."

The three descended through winding underground tunnels to the Tear Altar. Qi Ming called out; the water split open, and Renlong's main dragon head emerged. "Renlong, Ma Ma Erte has gone insane. Their actions far exceed internal Earth conflicts—they're willing to drag Earth into utter ruin…"

Qi Ming cited yesterday's incident: if the aliens succeeded, the South Pole would melt, devastating Earth's entire ecosystem.

After Qi Ming laid out all the evidence, Renlong's main dragon head shifted its gaze.

It could sense Qi Ming was not lying.

Zhu Zhu Xingtuan stepped forward: "Tell us—did humans really invade Ma Ma Erte?"

Renlong's main dragon head glowed; the next moment, darkness engulfed them again, just as yesterday, until a beam of light shot forth.

As a direct witness, Renlong began to show the three its memories.

Thousands of years ago, Ma Ma Erte civilization was at its peak—grand structures towered over the continent, and biological weapons under their command roamed the land.

Meanwhile, primitive humans had just established their villages, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture across the vast earth.

The Ma Ertes sensed a threat: if humans continued evolving, they might challenge Ma Ma Erte's status as Earth's dominant species.

Leveraging their technological advantage, they began cleansing human settlements across the globe.

Ancient humans, defenseless against octopus monsters, were slaughtered en masse—rivers ran red with blood.

Soon, Ma Ma Erte's claws reached a place called "Diga Land," where another human village stood.

Facing the monster sent by Ma Ma Erte, the village chief and the witch died defending their people. Ma Ma Erte spared no children, determined to extinguish the human spark entirely.

Finally, the surviving villagers bowed their heads to the mountain.

For legend said a guardian deity dwelled within, once having driven back a demon god and protected this land's peace.

The octopus monster swung its tail; the mountain cracked open, revealing a pyramid.

It was the Diga Jin Zita—the one holding the three statues!

Immediately, countless ships descended from the sky, drawn by the pyramid's resonance.

They carried descendants of the Ultra-Ancients who had fled Earth thirty million years ago, seeking their ancestral homeland through the pyramid's energy signature.

Witnessing Ma Ma Erte's atrocities, the Ultra-Ancient descendants recalled their ancestors' tales of the Dark Giants and used their ships to repel the octopus monster.

After speaking with the villagers, the Ultra-Ancient descendants recognized the faith in the pyramid's giant and the humans carrying Ultra-Ancient genetic markers.

They invited the villagers aboard their ships, joining them in vengeance—using their ship weaponry to shatter Ma Ma Erte's military strength. This was the historical afterimage Zhu Zhu Xingtuan and Hikari had seen yesterday.

Ma Ma Erte, which had bullied the fledgling human civilization, was utterly powerless against Ultra-Ancient technology and was ultimately driven into the oceans.

Final scene:

After revisiting their ancestral land, the Ultra-Ancient descendants believed in humanity's future and prepared to return to their new home in the cosmos.

The ancient human ancestors asked: "After you leave, what if something like this happens again?"

The Ultra-Ancient descendants pointed to the Diga Jin Zita and said: "Whenever darkness expands again, someone with courage and justice will inherit the light's power and repel evil."

Then the vision faded, and Qi Ming's three minds returned to reality.

Zhu Zhu Xingtuan murmured: "So… this is the truth…"

Hikari added: "As I suspected—the human ancestors were indeed on the ships that destroyed Ma Ma Erte's cities, but they weren't invaders—they were retaliating."

Qi Ming felt dazed. So this was the history of this hybrid world.

Ma Ma Erte, with its head start, had struck first—yet pretended to be the victim.

It made him sick.

"So humans aren't inherently cruel invaders," Zhu Zhu Xingtuan sighed, relieved after learning the truth.

Qi Ming asked Renlong: the situation was urgent—Ma Ma Erte could not be allowed to continue its atrocities. He demanded Renlong reveal their location.

He would wipe them all out!

(End of Chapter)