Chapter 468

The Pitian suddenly jolted awake, then instantly went weak in the knees from terror.

Bad, bad, bad! One of our Pitians has become a traitor—leading the enemy right in!

Fortunately, fortunately, I prepared in advance!

Looking at the muzzle of the Victory Hyper Gun in Qi Ming’s hand, the Pitian said: “If you don’t want these people to die, don’t move a muscle!”

Hundreds of virtual images materialized, each showing a human, their bodies entwined by juvenile Airei Kings, their gazes vacant.

“Rabi, Sakimi!” Xiang’s face changed—he saw his two companions also entangled by the juvenile Airei King.

When did they get up to the surface?!

The Pitian: “Are there any people here you care about? Then don’t come near me—or I’ll make them all kill themselves!”

The juvenile Airei Kings are linked by a network of electromagnetic waves, allowing mutual communication; she can control all of them simultaneously.

Xiang: “Using hostages as leverage—how despicable!”

He immediately moved closer to Qi Ming and asked what to do.

If we go after the Pitian, these hundred people are dead.

But if we don’t deal with this Pitian now, Saiwen outside will be killed.

How to choose between humans and Ultramen?

Qi Ming: “I know how to solve this one.”

He pulled out the juvenile Airei King that had been placed on the hotel room’s dining table, removed his insulated gloves, and gripped it with his bare hand.

The juvenile Airei King immediately coiled its tail around Qi Ming’s neck, releasing electricity—it sought to absorb his brainwaves and turn him into a puppet.

This act stunned everyone present.

Is this… some kind of suicide attempt?

Qi Ming knew exactly what he was doing.

In the original Max series, Kaito reversed the Airei King’s brainwaves through sheer willpower—and he was going to do the same!

“Under the same conditions, there’s no reason I’d do worse than anyone else.”

The next moment, golden light erupted from Qi Ming’s entire body; under his will, the brainwaves of every juvenile Airei King in the city began to reverse!

On the virtual images, the juvenile Airei Kings wrapped around people’s necks dissolved into golden light and died as their brainwaves reversed.

The humans they had controlled each snapped back to awareness, regaining their selves.

“Rabi, Sakimi—they’re okay!” Xiang exhaled in relief, overwhelmed with gratitude.

Then he saw Rabi, upon regaining consciousness, hugging a box of Ultraman cookies.

Xiang: “...”

So they came to the surface just to buy cookies?

“How could this happen!” The events before the Pitian’s eyes defied belief.

Yang Ai, who understood a little of the principle, was equally stunned—what immense willpower this required.

Is this… the one chosen by the Earth’s will?

“Enough. You’re done. Order the Airei Kings to stand still and take the blows without resisting—that’s your final warning,” Qi Ming said coldly, staring at the Pitian.

The tide had turned.

Just moments ago, the Pitian held hostages to threaten Qi Ming—now she herself had become his hostage.

Ordering the Airei Kings not to resist… wasn’t that ordering them to die?

I will never accept such humiliation!

The Pitian gritted her teeth and turned to Yang Ai beside her: “Kill them!”

Yang Ai did not move.

Even though my lineage was once exiled, I am still human.

To strike at the one recognized by the Earth’s will while siding with an alien—that would forever brand my lineage as traitors.

With her last resort failed, the Pitian slammed her hand down and pressed the yellow emergency button on the main console.

Seeing her dare to resist, Qi Ming fired without hesitation—the Victory Hyper Gun shot a laser through her forehead.

The Pitian slumped, slowly collapsing, dead.

With her Rayonix power gone, the Airei Kings’ presence in the city plummeted, growing listless.

It immediately sensed its master’s death; in grief, it unleashed wild currents of electricity to carry out its master’s final command—kill Saiwen.

Saiwen, already weakened from the earlier struggle, was blasted backward by the strike, his transformation undone.

Zhuxing Tuan rolled several times on the ground, finally coming to rest beside Feng Yuan.

Gagura immediately ordered the now-weaponless Ascalon forward to engage the Airei King in close combat.

But even without Rayonix enhancement, the Airei King was B+ level—Ascalon still couldn’t match it, failing to inflict meaningful damage.

Qi Ming looked at Yang Ai, who held the Victory Torch:

“Miss Yang Ai, now tell me about you.”

“First, let me share my personal view—you’re not enemies with Xiang and the others. You share a companion… Xie Padun…”