Across countless worlds: Yearning to become a giant of light.

Chapter 8 So it turns out I'm a clone user after all.

Chen Lin, whose consciousness was taken over by the power of the Dark Armor, felt as if he had stepped off a cliff and was falling continuously until he reached a certain critical point and slowed down.

Finally, it slowly landed on the ground.

He then felt that he could control his body, so he tried to open his eyes, only to see a vast expanse of white sky.

"I am..."

Raising his hands, he discovered that he was no longer in the body of the dark mechanical giant, but had turned back into a human.

Could it be that I've time-traveled yet again?
"Oh, another new person has arrived."

A clear female voice in the distance drew his attention.

What comes into view is a sea of golden waves, silver eyes that shimmer like jewels, a delicate smile on a doll-like face, and a UC Federation uniform that accentuates her graceful figure.

However, when Chen Lin stood up, he found that the other person was a little shorter than him and seemed to be two years younger than him in this life.

"Excuse me, who are you...?"

Chen Lin looked at the newcomer with some wariness.

Having just experienced being captured by a dimensional demon and used as fusion material, he is now somewhat resistant to strangers.

"It seems your experience was also terrible."

Seeing Chen Lin's expression, the girl nodded as if she had expected it or felt the same way.

She then stood at attention, saluted Chen Lin, and introduced herself: "Teresa Ereshkigal, Sergeant of the Earth Federation Space Force. Of course, you can also call me..."

"Chen Lin of the UC Universe".

After listening, Chen Lin remained silent for a while, then exclaimed in disbelief:
"ha--?!"

…………

"So I'm a clone after all!"

After a brief explanation from Dinisa, Chen Lin roughly understood the situation he was in.

Perhaps as punishment for failing to 'live life to the fullest', his soul was copied into countless copies during his transmigration, resulting in a transmigrator named 'Chen Lin' existing in countless worlds.

The girl in front of me, whose name is the same as the smiling goddess in a certain Claymore series, is one of them.

As for this white expanse, it is the [Chen Lin] space that can connect to their soul consciousness, a place similar to an exchange station.

"Was anyone else here before me?"

"Well, besides you, there are only two other people I've seen."

Denise stroked her chin thoughtfully.

"One is a Shinigami from Yukari-gai who was immediately devoured by Aizen Sousuke's Shikai upon arriving there; the other is a Gestalt machine regime that has just achieved global unification, but there is an Aether Dragon near his home."

Chen Lin knew immediately what world these two were from.

In the end, all I can say is, "That's a very real life."

"However, in the genre of creating clones across multiple worlds, shouldn't the characters you travel to be yourselves in different worlds?"

Chen Lin asked curiously.

"How would I know? After all, the moment I opened my eyes, I found myself as the blonde, silver-eyed daughter of a high-ranking official."

Denise shrugged helplessly.

"But that's no longer the case."

"No? Could it be that they've been caught up in the infighting within the Federation's upper echelons..."

Chen Lin stroked his chin and guessed.

“I live in Sydney.”

Teresa's answer sealed the victory.

Chen Lin's mind instantly conjured up various scenes of persecution in movies and animations, such as an opera house being bombed.

No, no, no! How could I think about these things in front of her! This is no laughing matter to her...

It's a real tragedy (hell)!

"...Stop pretending. As soon as you mention Gundam UC and Sydney, any Chen Lin (time traveler) knows what happened."

"Teresa said in a flat tone."

"How did your start compare to mine?"

"Me? As for me... although I was transported to the Ultraman Tiga world at the beginning, I was soon taken to the Land of Light universe by aliens. After working for a few months, I was captured and used as an experimental subject. As a result, I not only became a Dark Mechanical Giant, but I'm probably going berserk and fighting with the Ultra Brothers right now... I hope I won't be reduced to just a core when I wake up."

Teresa's initially calm eyes widened as Chen Lin described the scene, and when she heard about fighting the Ultra Brothers, her lips twitched slightly. After a long silence, she finally offered her assessment:

"You also have a great life."

After saying that, the two of them sighed in unison, as if they were on the same wavelength.

"Sigh..." x2
After that unanimous sigh, Chen Lin lost his initial wariness, and the initial awkwardness of their first meeting had almost completely dissipated.

"Although the process was a bit tortuous, I guess I've become Ultraman now, haha..."

Chen Lin smiled wryly, then asked about Denise.

"Speaking of UC Gundam, I remember there was a Quarks Gundam before I traveled through time, and Char stole the original Gundam or something... Your Gundam was probably piloted by Amuro, right?"

"It was driven by a mule, but I had no connection with him. I only heard about the white wooden horse from other people."

Teresa stated that she did not join the main cast.

"So, are you a new human?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Lin clearly sensed a change in Denise's expression. Although she maintained her smile, it made him feel incredibly depressed and suffocated.

"Yes, that's true... but I'd rather I hadn't awakened this ability."

Dinisa squatted down on the spot, and Chen Lin followed suit and squatted down beside her, listening quietly to her story.

"I awakened the traits of a new human as soon as I transmigrated there, such as being able to sense other people's emotions and sense danger... Apart from being a little conflicted about my gender, everything is great."

"At the time, I even thought that by taking advantage of knowing the plot, I could make my high-ranking parents a lot of money so that I could live a safe and secluded life on Earth for the rest of my life."

"But... my parents in this life and I were in Sydney back then! Sydney during the One Year War! Sydney that was destroyed by the colony!"

Denise's voice grew louder and louder.

"If it were an ordinary new human, they would probably just keep repeating nonsensical things like 'The sky is going to fall' to their parents, right?"

"So even though I was on the verge of a mental breakdown due to the perception of the new humans, I still managed to use 'coquetry' to get them to take me on a plane and escape Sydney..."

Chen Lin asked, "So...did you succeed?"

"No, the impact from the colony satellite caused the plane to crash... I was the only one who survived, protected by my parents' bodies."

Denise closed her eyes, and the images of Sydney's destruction flashed through her mind once again.

"When I crawled out of the wreckage..."

"What I saw was Sydney burning like hell..."

"Hundreds of millions of the dead wailed in the flames..."

"There are those from Sydney and those from colonial satellites..."

The girl's frail figure was distorted under the hellish flames.

Under the gaze of countless people.

Roaring and howling.

Finally calmed down.

"Compared to the corrections that other new humans need, I was already fully grown at that moment."