Moonlight team, are you awake?

A beam of light drifted from afar, gradually coalescing into the shape of a large moon, and flew towards the mountains, where the phantoms of those monsters waved or swayed towards it.

"I'm back, with you all, never to be apart again..."

A smile appeared on the face of the Great Moonlight, and it merged into them in the form of light. Then the phantoms of the monsters disappeared one by one, and the mountains returned to silence. No one witnessed this scene.

..............

The basement of Taganura

I dream, Taganura, and King Black were all lying dead on the ground. Although they had evolved into V2 form with the Light of the Earth, the depletion of their physical and mental strength was not so easy to alleviate. I dream desperately needed a good rest.

With a whoosh, Zetton returned with Bal. I barely managed to lift my eyelids and glance at him: "It's Bal. We've already taken care of that Zakira. You can go back to space now. Although there are places for you to stay here, Earth is just too dangerous. I won't leave you here to suffer."

It's not that I'm unhospitable, but this wretched place, Earth, wouldn't it be a waste to have people stay here as guests?

Balu nodded: "Okay, I'll go stay with my distant relatives. If I have the chance in the future, I'll come back to see everyone."

“If we’re still alive by then…” I muttered in my dream.

"Let me take you back to your place to rest. There are only rocks and leaves here, be careful not to hurt your back." Jaden pulled my dream's arm and helped him up, while taking out the monster capsule to put away Black King.

Jaden then turned to Taganura in the corner and said, "Taganura, you should rest well. The scent of Zakira probably won't dissipate anytime soon, so there shouldn't be any space monsters attacking us recently."

Taganula nodded, tilted his head, and fell asleep.

Jaden carried my dream back to his residence, gently placed him on the bed, took off his coat, and covered him with a blanket.

Not long after, Photon returned exhausted from her work with the defense team. As soon as she entered the bedroom, she saw Imu sleeping soundly as if she were dead, and Zetton sitting upright on the edge of the bed reading a book.

"Ah, you're back. I dreamt he had just fallen asleep."

"Oh, okay," Guangzi replied, then subconsciously turned and walked towards the living room.

Halfway there, Photon suddenly realized something was wrong.

"What's going on? This atmosphere makes me feel like an outsider..."

Ten hours later, I finally stretched and got up.

He had just gotten up and finished washing up, and was just waking up, when he heard a knock on the door.

"Aren't Jetton and Photon home?" I looked at the empty living room and had to open the door myself.

When I opened the door, I didn't see anyone. I looked down and saw a beautiful woman with bare legs wearing a blue short skirt uniform kneeling in front of me. Her posture was extremely standard, and her buttocks were sticking out like Song Jiang's. It was clear that she was a very sincere apology.

"Um, ma'am, who are you...?"

"I'm so sorry about the Mechanical Gaia incident!!!"

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Salome's Apology

"The mechanical Gaia thing? Oh... you're a Salome alien, right?" Only then did I realize that the other person's blue uniform did look somewhat familiar; it was the blue style that Salome aliens liked to wear.

The Salome aliens are the first aliens in history to create fake Ultraman. Although there were fake Ultraman like Zarab before them, Salome was the first counterfeit manufacturer to completely replicate the abilities of the genuine Ultraman.

The mechanical Ultra Brothers they created are comparable to the original Ultra Brothers in both fighting and beam abilities. It can be said that their skill in creating mechanical Ultra Brothers alone is enough to secure their place in the universe. After all, even in the Land of Light, Ultra Brothers are one in a million.

There is no Kingdom of Light in this universe, so the Salome aliens have always made a living by copying mechanical aliens or monsters. Their black market cabinets are basically filled with various pirated mechanical monsters, which are sold at a reduced price after copying the original abilities.

However, their business wasn't very good, because the only advantage of the cloned mechanical monsters compared to the originals was that they were a little cheaper. But no matter how well they copied the originals, they would still be crushed in a fight. A lifeless clone could not truly match the original.

Another very important point is that they lacked a signature product, which is why they decided to replicate the mechanical Gaia.

Mass-produced Ultraman and mass-produced monsters are completely different concepts.

If a mechanical Gaia were to fight a mechanical Hilbargon, the former would most likely lose to the latter.

However, if it were ten mechanical Gaias and ten mechanical Silvergons, the former would overwhelmingly defeat the latter.

With a wealth of beam attacks and various combat skills, the combined effect of Ultraman is far more than just the sum of its parts.

Having figured this out, the Salome aliens secretly developed the Mechanical Gaia, intending to make it their prized possession. Whether used for self-defense against Salome or for external sales, the expected results were promising.

However, they did not expect that the prototype would be intercepted by the Destruction Group as soon as it was successfully developed.

The Destruction Bringer is not as simple as just intercepting; during the robbery, it also killed the researchers at the scene, destroying many valuable on-site records.

Without those researchers and data, it would be very difficult for the Salome aliens to replicate it, at least not in the short term.

As if things weren't bad enough, Salome's research on Mechanical Gaia failed and was prematurely exposed to the entire universe. Now everyone knows what they're up to, and other weapons dealers will definitely develop similar competing products or devise other business strategies.

Meanwhile, the real Salome on Earth wasn't particularly afraid of him at first, but ten hours earlier, he had punched through the 50-meter-long cosmic shark Zakira, which made Salome, who was watching the live broadcast on his screen, break out in a cold sweat.

If Earth is destroyed, and this guy doesn't choose to die with Earth, wouldn't Salome be facing a crazy guy who has lost his homeland and family but is incredibly strong?

After much deliberation, Salome decided to come to Earth to apologize and beg for the forgiveness of the original being, lest the original being come back to retaliate in the future.

"We will seriously consider compensation, please forgive our mistake!" Salome alien Helotia sincerely bowed and apologized before my dream.

"Although it did cause me a lot of trouble, I don't seem very angry." When I saw the Sphia Mechanical Gaia, the first thing that came to my mind was not anger, but a sense of relief that "Ah, this dungeon is not so simple after all."

Even without Sphia Mechanical Gaia, the Destruction Bringer and Sphia would probably be scavenging for scraps elsewhere in the universe, waiting for a chance to give themselves a big surprise.

Perhaps the Destruction Bringer and the Specia Sphere are currently wandering around the universe, looking for any interesting "junk" to throw over.

Of course, the Salome aliens' clone Gaia was definitely up to no good. Although I wasn't particularly angry about it, I wouldn't let them off easily.

"You tell me what to do. That thing almost killed me. If it destroys the Earth, I'll self-destruct and take you Salome people to hell with me." I glanced down at her.

These words sent chills down Herodia's spine. If it were anyone else, she would have thought they were just trying to scare her, but everyone had seen firsthand what kind of life this guy from Earth was living.

Just ten hours ago, he walked step by step toward Zachira, looking like he was about to go on a rampage.

Thinking of this, Helotia, sweating profusely, said sincerely, "How about we compensate you with a weapon with similar performance? I've been watching the recent live streams, and Earth is really lacking in that kind of powerful weapon, right?"

"A weapon with similar performance?" I thought to myself, "If it's something like a mechanical monster, then forget it. Sending something inanimate might just kill me."

The Sphia Sphere was overjoyed to see a weapon without life. If it were to be fused into a Sphia chimera during a battle, my dream would truly be doomed.

"Then what do you want?"

"Hmm... let's develop some weapons for our Earth Defense Force." I thought about it for a moment. Actually, we already have a lot of people on our side. Including King Black and myself, we already have 4 combat units. Simply increasing the number of people won't make much difference in the battle. Just like in today's battle, adding a few more V1-level monsters wouldn't have any substantial effect.

On the contrary, the Earth Defense Force was severely hampered by the performance of its weapons. Many times, they could have been more useful, but due to weapon limitations, they could only watch helplessly and could not even restrain the enemy.

The Texas Beam Cannon isn't exactly weak; after all, it can kill monsters with a single shot, making it one of the highest-output weapons in the history of the defense forces. Unfortunately, there are practically no monsters here; instead, you encounter all sorts of undead creatures or monsters with insane light defense.

In previous battles, the weapons that could be used would at least be of the level of the Drak cannon or even the Magus cannon.

"Weapon development? We're fairly good at that, but it will take some time to manufacture new weapons using Earth's technological system, and we also need time to integrate into the defense force..."

"Integrate into the Defense Force? No, no, no, you don't need to do that." Imu waved his hand. He didn't want to lure Salome into the Defense Force. Who knew if that would be like inviting a wolf into the house? Even if there was nothing on Earth that the aliens would covet, Imu didn't want to do anything risky.

"Then what are we going to do?"

"Just publish a few papers anonymously on the forum of the Space Development Agency to inspire them from the perspective of basic science. There is no shortage of talent on Earth. As long as they are inspired, they will soon produce results."

Chapter Seventy: The War Between Eikona and Helotia

"Okay, as long as you don't hold us responsible." Herodia breathed a sigh of relief.

If a competitor comes to Earth and speaks ill of them to Gaia, and then uses Gaia's name to suppress Salome, that would be a real headache.

Since the end of the chaotic era in the universe 50 years ago, large-scale conflicts and battles between high-level aliens have not been allowed. If a named alien force were to personally intervene, it would be met with a united counterattack from other aliens.

The reason for establishing these rules is that the cosmic wars during the Chaotic Era were too brutal. Terrible monsters like Moruroa and Kielong Star Beast, created through weapons experiments, have existed almost continuously from the Primordial Era to 50 years ago. The major cosmic powers that still exist today have all learned painful lessons from clearing out these monsters.

Therefore, everyone is now focused on manufacturing monster weapons and becoming weapons merchants, and then cultivating agents to fight insignificant proxy wars. The intensity of these wars is generally controlled within one or two planets, and monster wars rarely result in the annihilation of planets; at most, they destroy the civilizations on the planet's surface.

Space-destroying wars are too expensive and have too severe consequences.

However, civilized people have their own way of fighting. Killing someone doesn't necessarily require drawing a knife and slashing each other; a card table can also be deadly.

Salome's research into Mechanical Gaia, if successfully mass-produced, would allow him to rely on this weapon for self-defense, and no one would say anything out of fear of harming him. However, if it fails to be mass-produced and is exposed, some people might use this as an excuse to suppress them, just as mentioned earlier, by using Gaia's name.

This suppression is perfectly in line with the superficial moral standards, so anyone can step in and kick it while it's down. If Salome can't stand it and wants to overturn the table, other forces can immediately and legitimately draw their swords, pin Salome to the chopping block, and devour it.

Herodia came today with the mission of appeasing Gaia no matter what. She would pay any price as long as Gaia would not hold them accountable.

Moreover, not only now, but also in the future, we should frequently visit and comfort him, and be willing to bleed a little if necessary, so that Salome won't go back on his word in the future and get into trouble again.

Having successfully gained Gaia's approval, Helotia was finally relieved of the great weight on her mind.

But just then, a very familiar, grating voice rang out: "Oh, oh, oh, isn't this our proud Miss Hai? Why are you kneeling at my door? Don't you deserve to walk in?"

Herodia looked in the direction of the sound and saw the figure she least wanted to see—the Nackle alien, Eikona.

The two of them had a long-standing grudge, which stemmed from the fact that Herodia had copied Black King, the signature monster of Planet Nackle, and created Mechanical Black King based on Black King, which was then sold at a reduced price.

This angered Eikona, so she incorporated tactics against Mecha Black King into all subsequent Black King training programs. In addition, she spent a lot of time and money hiring highly intelligent aliens, including the Chebulians, to create a remote-controlled, hacked version of Mecha Black King.

The so-called hacked remote control is one that bypasses the firewall built into Salome and can directly and unconditionally seize control of Mechanical Black King.

Then this remote control is sold bundled with the official Black King product, which is basically like slamming a dunk on Herodia's face.

So, at a small business meeting that followed, a bizarre scene unfolded where Ikona and Helotia publicly fought and pulled each other's hair.

Herodia never expected that her knee-sliding adventure on Earth would lead her to encounter Icona.

"If I had known she was coming, I wouldn't have come," Helotia said, biting her lip in resentment.

Ikona didn't care about anything else. When she saw Helotia kneeling on the ground, she immediately knelt down in front of Helotia and carefully examined her aggrieved face.

"Judging by your appearance, you've been kneeling here for ages, haven't you? Why don't you come inside? Are you too ashamed to go in?"

"I can go in!"

Eikona stood up, arrogantly stepped over the threshold into the house, then squatted down, pinched Helotia's chin, and lifted her face: "Tsk tsk tsk, even those who play with pirated goods have their day, huh? Not happy about it, are you?"

"Eikona, don't be so smug!" Herodia gritted her teeth so hard they almost broke.

"You're getting impatient~ Why aren't you standing up to speak? Are you afraid to because you don't have my permission?" Eikona stood up, walked to my dream's side, and took his arm. "Oh, right, you only know his name is Gaia, but you don't know his name is my dream, right? Hehe, I know, and he told me himself~~"

I remained expressionless throughout, because he knew that this was just Icona deliberately trying to provoke her nemesis, and it was not appropriate for him to make any statement at this time.

"Oh my~" Eikona leaned down to look closely at Helotia: "I've been wanting to see this expression on your face, this~jealous~face~of~me~~~~"

"You...you you you, just you wait!!!" Helotia's eyes reddened with anger, and she stood up and ran away without a second thought.

After watching her walk away, I Meng sighed softly and turned to ask Aikona, "Why did you come?"

"What do you mean 'how did I get here'?" Ikona said, hands on her hips, somewhat annoyed. "Have you forgotten that I told you before that if Xiao Hei gets injured or sick, you should contact me immediately? We have after-sales service here!"

"Oh, I was so busy resting that I forgot about it."

"You! You don't care about Little Black at all!" Eikona gritted her teeth in anger. "It even had its horns cut off to help you! And all you did was sleep!"

I scratched my head awkwardly: "It's fast asleep too..."

"Waaaaaah!!!" Ikona wanted nothing more than to bite my dream: "Get it out of there right now!"

I had no choice but to take out the monster capsule, gently turn the button on it, adjust the usage mode to "miniature", and then press the top of the capsule.

With a bang, a miniature Black King, less than a meter tall, appeared in front of the two.

At this moment, the round and chubby King Black was lying on the ground, fast asleep. A few seconds later, its nose twitched slightly, as if it had smelled a familiar scent. Then it woke up, and as soon as it opened its eyes, it saw Eikona. It immediately jumped up happily and circled around my dream and Eikona.

"Poor thing." Seeing the broken horn on King Black's head, Eikona pulled it over and patted its head with heartache, then glared at Memoir with displeasure: "Next time, you need to contact me in time. Who doesn't cherish their monster?"

"Waaah~~" Seeing the way Eikona was scolding my dream, the little Black King pitifully shook her little leg, obviously pleading for my dream.

"I only said a few words to him, and you're still protecting him. Do you like him that much?" Ikona said, pouting speechlessly.

Chapter 71 Supervolcano Eruption

Seeing King Black so protective of my dream, Eikona could only helplessly purse her lips: "I don't know what kind of good days you've had, that you're so protective of me."

She picked up the small Black King in one scoop: "I need to take it back to rest. I'll bring it back to you in about a day. If anything happens to you, I'll bring it back earlier."

I Meng nodded: "Okay, it's been working hard lately, so you can take the monster capsules back with you to replenish your supplies."

Monsters usually live in monster capsules, which contain a certain size of subspace and resources such as food that the monsters need to live.

Monster dealers typically take care of maintaining and replenishing the monster capsules, relieving buyers of the burden of feeding the monsters. After all, feeding large monsters can be quite troublesome without specialized skills.

Eikona took the monster capsule and put Black King inside.

Finally, before leaving, she turned back and glanced at me with amusement: "You're really interesting. We all came here to watch the show, but now we can't help but cheer for you."

"We must win, my dream."