Chapter 147: XIG

Gozv, which was already losing the upper hand, also noticed the two extremely tiny creatures on the ground—Yue Longze and Green Hair.

With a wild, furious roar, the colossal foot suddenly lifted. Its sole purpose in coming to Earth was destruction! To destroy everything upon this planet.

It was going to crush those two tiny creatures on the ground!

"Roar!"

Gozv’s massive foot descended in an instant. The lives of Yue Longze and his companion hung by a thread!

Unflinching in the face of mortal danger, Yue Longze showed not the slightest trace of panic as his right hand swiftly reached toward the Dark Spark-Lence hidden inside his coat.

Even though his body had not fully recovered, even though he had lost a vast amount of energy,

he was still barely capable of transforming!

"Boom!"

The scene Gozv had anticipated—of Yue Longze and Green Hair being crushed flat—did not materialize.

Gaia, or rather, Gamu, intervened just in time, executing a clean, decisive spinning kick that knocked Gozv off balance and deflected its attack entirely.

Gozv’s heavy foot slammed down hard, barely forty meters away from where Yue Longze and Green Hair stood.

As the dark, massive foot lifted, Green Hair stared in sheer terror as a deep, yawning crater roughly ten meters in diameter came into his field of vision.

"Oh, sweet mother of mine!"

Green Hair shuddered violently and clung desperately to Yue Longze’s right arm, finally comprehending the true, terrifying might of the monster!

Yue Longze let out a long breath. "Looks like I won't need to transform..."

"Boss, let's run!"

Truly terrified now, Green Hair grabbed Yue Longze’s right arm with a tearful, miserable expression and bolted backward as fast as his legs could carry him.

Yue Longze chuckled inwardly, watching the frantically fleeing Green Hair. "Has this guy finally woken up?"

...

However, before the two of them could fully retreat from the dangerous combat zone, Gamu, lacking experience in his first battle, finished off Gozv with a single Photon Edge.

Gozv exploded violently, chunks of flesh flying in all directions as a fierce shockwave knocked both Yue Longze and Green Hair flat onto the ground.

"Cough, cough... Gamu, that guy... is a total, thorough rookie..."

Once the ground grew still, Yue Longze stood up and brushed the dust from his head. He was completely unharmed. But when he turned his gaze toward Green Hair beside him, he discovered that the fellow had actually passed out cold.

"What a troublesome guy!"

Yue Longze sighed, reached down with his sturdy right arm, hoisted the unconscious Green Hair, and slung him over his shoulder.

"Whoosh—"

Behind Yue Longze, Gamu crossed his arms, and amidst a flash of warm light, reverted to his human form.

"Thud!"

Having consumed a massive amount of physical energy, Gamu collapsed to his knees right on the devastated earth the moment he transformed back.

Yue Longze was only about twenty meters away from Gamu at that moment.

However, a massive pile of rubble separated them, making it impossible for an ordinary person to spot Gamu.

Yet who was Yue Longze? As another Ultraman, his sensory perception far, far exceeded that of ordinary mortals!

Sensing Gamu’s slightly weak and faltering presence behind the ruins, Yue Longze paused the step he had just taken.

"Should I go check on Gamu?"

Yue Longze pondered inwardly.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

If he wanted to minimize interference with this space-time continuum and avoid unnecessary, unknown troubles, he should try his best not to make contact with protagonists like Tokuda Gamu or Fujimiya Hiroya!

Yet sometimes, reality always contradicts intention.

Beneath a blue sky still tainted by the lingering smoke of battle, a streamlined, blue, state-of-the-art fighter jet slowly descended.

And the landing zone was precisely in the vicinity of the area where Yue Longze was currently located.

"Boom..."

The fighter jet, venting pale-blue flames, steadily brought its hull to a halt. The very second it stopped, a wave of heat rippled across the surrounding air.

Immediately afterward, a distinguished-looking man dressed in a sleek blue uniform and wearing a helmet stepped out.

At the same time, Gamu, who had developed the anti-gravity device mounted on this very fighter jet, was also drawn by the commotion behind the ruins and looked over.

...

"XIG..."

Yue Longze recognized the emblem on the uniformed man's chest.

"This must be the equivalent of GUTS in the Tiga universe."

Yue Longze finally figured out that the defense force in the Gaia universe was called XIG.

"Have you been here the whole time?"

The distinguished man in the XIG uniform asked Yue Longze amiably.

Yue Longze blinked, remaining silent.

"It seems my interference with this timeline is getting bigger and bigger... I'm actually making contact with an organization like XIG."

Mistaking Yue Longze's silence for assent, the XIG officer continued.

"Then where did that red giant go!"

The XIG officer pressed on, looking straight at Yue Longze. "You must have seen it!"

Supporting the unconscious Green Hair, Yue Longze shook his head and put on a troubled expression, saying, "The giant... seems to have flown up into the sky..."

"The sky?"

The officer looked somewhat surprised at the reply, then glanced up at the sky, shook his head skeptically, and turned to leave.

...

"Hey—!"

A young man in a white T-shirt with a center-parted hairstyle ran over with large strides.

Both Yue Longze and the uniformed officer turned their heads at the same time.

It was Tokuda Gamu.

"Excuse me... are you with XIG?!"

Gamu asked the uniformed man directly.

Instead of answering directly, the officer gave a faint, counter-questioning smile: "You must be the one who developed the anti-gravity device mounted on this fighter jet!"

Unfamiliar with the plot details, Yue Longze had no idea that Tokuda Gamu had developed something as high-end and impressive as an anti-gravity device, let alone applied it to a brand-new fighter jet.

Hearing this, Yue Longze cast a surprised look at Gamu, silently marveling that Gamu truly deserved his reputation as a genius of the Alchemis Stars.

Gamu showed no hesitation regarding the presence of Yue Longze as an outsider, nodding directly in admission.

Withdrawing his look of admiration, Yue Longze prepared to hoist the unconscious Green Hair once more and leave the area.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave!"

Yue Longze gave a slight bow to both the officer and Gamu.

Only then did Gamu notice Yue Longze's appearance, as his attention had previously been entirely focused on the XIG officer.

"Eh, you're that person from earlier..."

Gamu looked at Yue Longze with a hint of surprise.

Yue Longze offered a faint smile, said nothing, and turned to walk away.

"Wait."

The uniformed officer called out to stop him.

Yue Longze paused his steps but did not turn around.

"Please don't speak of what happened here today!"

The officer continued. He originally had no wish to show his face before civilians, as an organization like XIG was not yet ready to enter the public eye; however, in order to quickly inquire about clues regarding the giant, he had no choice but to pilot the fighter jet directly to the battle zone.

Hearing this, Yue Longze turned back and nodded at the officer. "Rest assured! I won't go spreading it around. I understand how it works!"

With that, Yue Longze resumed carrying the unconscious Green Hair on his shoulder and walked off into the distance.

All of these scenes were captured and frozen in the camera lens of a reporter hiding securely not far away.