Across Ultra: Half Dream

"...Yes, right." Chloe looked at Taro with a dull look in her eyes. "Uncle, how could such cold words come out of your mouth?"

"Alright, let's continue training. Let's do the horse stance. The movements must be standard."

Soon, the time came for Chloe to be a thousand years old. Today was Chloe's thousandth birthday, and everyone was celebrating her birthday.

"Happy birthday, Xiaoyi!" Zhongao took out the gift and handed it to Chloe with a smile on his face.

Chloe was very happy to see everyone come to celebrate her birthday. "Thank you everyone!"

"Happy birthday, Xiao Yi. Today is your thousandth birthday. I hope you will always be this happy in the future." Ace touched Chloe's head.

"Daddy, thank you." Chloe rubbed the big hand that was stroking her head in a dependent manner.

"Xiao Yi, Brother Ling doesn't have anything to give you. The gift for you is in your room." Zero felt a little embarrassed.

When Chloe heard that Zero had also prepared a gift for her, her eyes lit up, "Wow! Brother Ling's gift must be great!"

Seeing Chloe's expression, Cero crossed his arms and curled the corners of his mouth lovingly, looking forward to Chloe's expression when she saw the gift he gave her.

"Okay, let's eat cake together! The cake made by Ace is hard to come by normally!" Ultraman teased everyone.

As Ultraman finished speaking, Taro rushed forward first and gave the largest portion to Chloe. He then took one for himself and walked aside, eating it contentedly. "Mmm... The cake made by Ace-brother is so delicious!"

Seeing Taro enjoying the cake, the others all took up their cakes and started eating. The whole living room was filled with the sweet smell of the cake, and everyone exclaimed in surprise from time to time.

Chloe looked at the scene in front of her, and the seed of protection in her heart began to sprout.

The next day, Ace sent Chloe to Hikari's lab. "Leave it to you, Hikari."

"Yeah." Hikari looked at Ace and nodded. "Xiaoyi, before class, please answer a few questions for me."

"Teacher Hikari, please speak."

"What do you think the role of technology is for Ultraman?"

Chloe lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Assistance. Helping weak Ultramen also has a certain ability to protect themselves."

Hikari didn't nod or shake his head, but continued, "What do you think the actual role of technology is, considering the current combat power of the Kingdom of Light?"

"I think," Chloe replied after careful consideration, "the Kingdom of Light is currently very powerful, and technology can help us better maintain peace."

Hikari nodded slightly, then changed the subject, "But what if we encounter a stronger enemy?"

"Then we will continue to improve our technology so that we can have enough power to meet the challenges!"

Hearing Chloe's answer, Hikari shook his head. "If we only rely on technology, what about our own strength?"

Hearing this, Chloe lowered her head and thought, "Teacher Hikari, but if you have powerful technology, your own abilities are not that important, right?"

Hikari shook his head again. "Technology always has loopholes and is not always reliable."

"I understand. Technology and strength must complement each other," Chloe said, looking up. "And we must master technology, not let it master us."

Hikari smiled with satisfaction, "That's right, Xiao Yi. This is also the first lesson I will teach you today."

In the following time, Hikaru explained to Chloe in an easy-to-understand way the relationship between technology and strength, and how to strike a balance between the two.

Chloe listened intently. She understood that while technology was important, one's own strength was fundamental. Only by combining the two could one unleash their greatest power.

After a long period of study, although Chloe is young, she is much better in all aspects.

"Teacher Hikari, I want to make a space shuttle." During the time Chloe came to the Land of Light, she was always thinking about her relatives in the Tiga Universe.

"Okay, write down the plan and materials first, and then start making it." Hikaru didn't want to discourage his favorite student, so he could only encourage him.

"I can't do it alone, Teacher Hikari, can you come with me?" Chloe lowered her head and tried to act coquettishly.

Hikari decisively refused, "No, I can help you improve it, but you have to do the initial production yourself."

Chloe felt a little disappointed, but she went back to her room to write her plan and prepare materials. She knew that Teacher Hikari was doing this for her own good and wanted her to grow independently.

A few days later, Chloe found Hikaru with the preliminary design drawings.

Hikari took a close look, pointed out a number of issues, and offered suggestions. Chloe carefully took note, intending to work harder on revising and improving it when she returned.

After many attempts, Chloe still failed. Chloe squatted in the corner and said frantically, "Ah! I failed again. What is missing?"

And, Sero, who was looking for Chloe, opened the door and saw Chloe hiding in the corner. He was confused and asked, "Xiao Yi, what are you doing squatting there?"

Hearing Sero's voice, Chloe turned around and threw herself into Sero's arms, "Brother Ling, why are you here?"

Sero hugged Chloe and said, "Ah, tomorrow is a two-day holiday, I want to take you out to play."

"Go out and play?" Chloe's eyes lit up, then dimmed again when she suddenly remembered that she had no idea about her experiment.

Seeing this, Cero guessed what Chloe was thinking, "It's not like the experiment can be done in one go. Maybe if I go out for a walk, I'll get some ideas."

After hearing what Zero said, Chloe thought for a moment and said, "That's right, but, Brother Ling, where are we going to play?"

Cero smirked, "A planet a little far from the Kingdom of Light."

Chloe reminded, "Ah? But Brother Ling, underage cubs can't go out, right?"

"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know? That's the secret base that I found with great difficulty!" said Zero proudly.

"Okay, it's safe, right?" Chloe said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm here! Besides, I've been there many times and there's no danger!" Cerro affirmed.

"Okay, then let's go together tomorrow!" Chloe turned around and thought, "Brother Ling, why don't we ask Brother Taiga to come with us?"

Sero wanted to refuse, but seeing Chloe's expectant eyes, he could only agree, "Okay!"

"Go home now? Or?" asked Cero.

"Well... let's go back now. Hikari-sensei and I will ask for leave first."

"Okay! I'll wait for you here."

Chloe came to Hikari's laboratory and saw Tregear.

"Mr. Hikari, Mr. Tregear."

"Huh? Xiaoyi, you're not doing an experiment, why are you here?" Hikari turned and looked at Chloe in confusion. "Tregear, please adjust the data here."

Chloe sighed and said, "Teacher, my experiment has failed too many times. I haven't figured it out in the lab. I want to take two days off and go out to see if I can find the answer."

Hikari thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay, go ahead." Tregear, who was standing by, heard Hikari agree and wanted to say something worriedly but didn't.

"Okay, thank you, teacher. Then Hikari-sensei, Tregear-sensei, I'll be leaving now."

"Ah."

After watching Chloe leave, Tregear turned to Hikari and said, "Captain Hikari, I'd like to take two days off tomorrow as well. I'll be back working overtime for the next two days."

"Okay." Hikari nodded.

The next day, the three little Aos sneaked out to an inconspicuous place.

"Huh...it's out!" Zero stretched lazily and smiled proudly.

Chloe took Sero's hand and asked, "Brother Ling, can you tell me now? Where are we going?"

"That's right, Cero, you didn't even tell me where you were going." Taiga crossed his arms and looked at Cero with dissatisfaction.

"You'll know when you get there. I won't let you down!" Cerro snorted coldly, turned around, pulled Chloe and flew forward.

Looking at Zero's actions, Taiga was speechless and could only speed up to catch up.

After half a day, a purple crystal-like planet came into view, which amazed Chloe. "Is this it? Brother Ling, it's beautiful here."

Zero said proudly, "Of course, I've been looking for it for a long time!"

Looking at the familiar crystal, Chloe finally remembered, "Huh? Losdeca Crystal?"

"Huh? Luo what?" Cero looked at Chloe in confusion.

Taiga looked at Cero speechlessly. "Tsk, Cero, you don't believe me when I say you're a poor student! This is Losdecak crystal. It's a rare ornamental crystal. It has no energy inside and can only be used for viewing."

"You! If Taiga can't speak, just shut up!" Zero looked at Taiga with gritted teeth.

Chloe helplessly advised, "Alright, alright, we're here to have fun, not to fight! Just keep quiet!"

"Hmph!" Taiga and Zero turned their heads away arrogantly, ignoring each other.

Chloe held her forehead helplessly. "You two are younger than me, right?... I'm speechless..."

"Let's go! Let's go in and take a look!" As she said that, Chloe pulled the two arrogant guys into the atmosphere of the planet Losdecart.

After entering, the three little ones were even more amazed.

Meanwhile, Chloe in the middle suddenly sensed a hint of danger and calmly released Hikari's detector.

Watching Chloe's actions, Taiga was very confused. "Huh? Xiao Yi, this is a lifeless planet. Why are you exploring it?"

Hearing Taiga's words, Chloe secretly thought that something was wrong. The sense of danger became even more obvious. She hurriedly explained, "Brother Taiga, as a scientist, isn't it normal to be curious about everything?"

"Oh! I see!" Taiga nodded without thinking any more.

And with these words, Chloe felt the creepy feeling fade away a little, and she slowly exhaled.

But Cero, who had been keeping an eye on Chloe, felt that things were not going as planned. He quickly used telepathy to ask, "Xiao Yi, is there any danger here? I see you're very nervous."