Across Ultra: Half Dream

Just as Aix and Dadi were still observing, a mysterious man suddenly appeared and said, "I am M1, an artificial life form created by the power of science and technology in the past, but abandoned by humans."

"Artificial life?" Daichi looked at the creature in front of him warily after hearing it. "Damn, we don't have time to deal with him now! Use the power of Ultraman Zero to escape from here!"

"Okay!" Daichi said, and used Zero's card, but found that it didn't work. "How could this happen?!"

"You can't use those cards here." M1 explained to Dadi calmly.

Then, Axe tried to break the bottle with his bare hands, but it was useless and instead he fell to the ground due to the shock.

"Gomora has finally returned to its original form." M1 heard X's movements, but didn't take it seriously. Instead, he turned on the surveillance footage and said, "But why did you take away its freedom?!"

Seeing that Gomora was still running wild in the picture, Dadi was very worried. He didn't care whether Gomora could hear him or not, "Gomora! Calm down!" Turning around, Dadi anxiously shouted to M1, "Hey! Let us go back!"

After hearing Daichi's words, M1 asked indifferently, "What are you going to do when you return? Are you going to destroy Gomora?"

"No! I want to protect it!"

M1 continued, "Gomora is a monster. After seeing how he destroys everything, can you really coexist with him?"

Daichi became increasingly anxious as he argued, "This isn't the real Gomora! Gomora is being controlled by someone using the energy of the Dark Thunderstorm!" As he spoke, Daichi suddenly remembered something and looked at M1 warily, "Are you the mastermind behind the manipulation of the monster?!"

M1 looked at the earth with disdain and said, "You humans really think that way. Once something happens that is not in your favor, you will think that others did it with malicious intent. This is your usual practice. I will never do such a thing."

Daichi looked at the increasingly violent Gomora. The captain had ordered him to be destroyed, but he himself had no way to stop him. He felt powerless and could only shout in grief and anger, "Stop! Stop!"

But M1 said indifferently, "This is what humans are like. They talk about coexistence, but once they encounter a situation that is not favorable to them, they will destroy the other party without hesitation."

Then he turned his head and continued to the earth, "Humans cannot coexist with other species, and such humans are bound to perish."

Kazama and Hayato looked at Gomora, who was still in a violent state. Although they felt reluctant, they still decided to carry out the mission.

In the air, Maskedi integrated the power of King Joe and fired a destructive cannon, which directly injured Gomora seriously.

But Asuna, who was originally going to end the monster, ran towards Gomora. It turned out that at this moment he still wanted to wake up Gomora through his mouth.

The monster had already lost its mind and attacked Asuna mercilessly, but even though her life was threatened, Asuna refused to give up. "Gomora! Gomora! Calm down! You recognize me, right? Gomora!"

But the furious Gomora ignored Asuna and knocked her away.

"Gomora, stop it! Stop it now!" Seeing Asuna injured, Daichi was extremely anxious.

Watching all this unfold, Chloe had the ability to allow Aix and Daichi to escape, but she chose not to, remaining silent in the data space. [Humans… always do things that have nothing to do with being weak… Tsk…]

Even though Asuna was injured, she refused to give up and tried to wake up Gomora. However, it was useless and she was knocked away by Gomora again.

But even so, Asuna still didn't want to kill Gomora, so she continued to wake him up.

Seeing this unexpected scene, M1 couldn't help but question the conclusion he had drawn, and finally broke the bottle at the critical moment and let Aix go.

The next second, Axe returned to the battlefield and immediately used his shield to block the fatal blow for Asuna.

Seeing that things had come to this point, X had no choice but to fight, so X switched to the transcendence type and used a move that transcended X's cut. Through slashing back and forth in the rainbow space, he finally dispelled the dark energy in Gomora's body.

After Gomora regained his senses, he looked at everything that was destroyed around him and felt extremely guilty, so he opened his arms and prepared to meet X's final blow.

But the next second, Gomora's whole body was emitting red light, and then he turned into a shining doll again and fell to the ground.

[…Gomora…is it necessary? He’s doing this for humanity…humanity clearly…] Chloe looked at the doll-like Gomora irritably, but she was touched in her heart, but she didn’t realize it.

Asuna picked up the Gomora doll and saw that her ideal of coexisting with monsters was only one step away, but now it was all shattered. Thinking of this, Asuna couldn't help but burst into tears.

Dadi, Axel and Chloe watched all this in silence, especially Chloe, who had very complicated feelings.

Looking at the result, M1 said to Daichi and X, "Whether it is coexistence or destruction, I will monitor your future. I am a seagull, flying high in the sky, constantly thinking. I am a seagull, I am..."

After returning to the base, Daichi looked at Gomora who had turned back into a doll and said with hope, "We will meet again one day."

"Brother Earth, you humans are complex and contradictory, weak yet powerful, we understand and yet we don't understand." Chloe said in a complicated tone.

"Xiao Yi, although humans are imperfect and have their flaws, they are not without their merits." Dadi lowered his eyes and looked at Chloe's icon on the X terminal. "So, please trust humans. Even if you don't like them... don't reject them."

"Yes, Xiao Yi, humans have deep bonds with creatures they trust or have deep feelings for." As he spoke, Aix held Xiao Guangtuanzi in his arms. "I don't know what happened to you that caused you to have such a strong rejection and resistance towards humans, but please give them some time."

Chloe was silent for a moment after hearing this, then transformed into a stream of data and left Axe's embrace. She then disappeared.

Seeing that Chloe still didn't soften her attitude, Dadi sighed, "Ah... Xiao Yi... forget it, let's take it slow."

"Daiji, I now want to know more and more what Xiaoyi went through that made him covered with thorns..." Axe looked at the direction where Chloe left with concern.

Dadi rubbed his temples and said, "...I don't think Xiaoyi will let us know."

Axe disagreed, "But, Daiji, it won't work if we do nothing."

"Brothers, I'm not far away. I can hear you." Chloe suddenly appeared and interrupted their discussion with an expressionless face.

"..."

〖…〗

"Ah! I still have an experiment to finish, I have to go and get busy first..." Dadi awkwardly pretended to be busy.

"Xiao Yi, is it time for class? Let's go." As he spoke, Aix carried Xiao Guangtuanzi to class.

〖……〗This time it was Chloe's turn to be speechless.

During class, Aix was lecturing while Chloe was listening intently but also absent-mindedly. [My essence has almost recovered by half now. At this rate, it should be back to about half soon.]

Looking at the obviously distracted Chloe, Axe frowned and said, "Xiao Yi, do you understand the composition and structure of the data?"

"Hmm? Brother Aix, I understand everything." Chloe came back to her senses. "Brother Aix, can you tell me about the Kingdom of Light?"

"The Kingdom of Light? Why do you suddenly want to know about this?" Aix asked in confusion.

"Ah, maybe we can go there later. It's better to find out about it earlier so we don't make a fool of ourselves." Chloe rubbed Axel's face in a flattering manner.

Aix sighed helplessly. "Okay, since you don't seem to be interested in learning, I'll explain it to you."

"Great! Brother Aix is ​​the best! Love you~" Chloe was overjoyed to see that Aix agreed.

"The Land of Light is located in the M78 Nebula, home to many powerful Ultramen. The most famous are Ultra Father and Ultra Mother. The Land of Light also boasts a high level of technology, possessing a variety of advanced weapons and equipment..." X carefully introduced the Land of Light to Chloe.

Chloe listened attentively, without blinking, her eyes full of curiosity and yearning for the mysteries of the universe.

"Wow~ I see..." She couldn't help but exclaim, her eyes sparkling with excitement, as if she had already seen the vast starry sky. "I really want to go and see it in person!"

Aix smiled and said, "As long as you study hard, you will have the opportunity to go in the future." His tone was full of encouragement and expectation.

Chloe nodded vigorously, a dark light flashing in her eyes. "If I have the chance, I must go to the Kingdom of Light and see the difference between the light life forms that have evolved from humans and the current humans."

"Brother X, you've mentioned so many powerful Ultraman veterans, but who's the most powerful among the younger generation now?" Chloe asked curiously.