Ultraman fighting evolution.

Chapter 284 Ruins and Dreams
"He is a first-class photographer. Although I persuaded him many times, but..."

In the evening, when Xia Long found the Kyoto Daily News Agency that published the photo, he learned from a former female colleague of Ji Yazhun, Hui Sakuda, that he had resigned for a long time.

Because of the photo of the little girl, Ji Yazhun has been tortured, blamed himself, regretted...

"When Ji Ya was a newcomer, I can describe it in one sentence," Sakuda Hui recalled with a smile when he sat across from Xia Long, "He was a passionate young man with a strong sense of justice and ambition. He used a camera to One after another, the injustices that have spread in society have been exposed."

After a pause, Sakuta Hui continued: "Until later, he was tired of spying on desires, and he became more and more distrustful of human beings. In order to push himself into a desperate situation, he left Japan and went to a certain disputed area."

"So he ran to the battlefield?" The picture seen through the sarcophagus came to Xia Long's mind again.

"Well," Sakuda Hui said distressedly, "I went to that world called war, where there is only life and death. With the determination to die, he devoted himself to taking pictures of the battlefield. What soothed his heart on the battlefield was the girl's smile. ..."

"Selah?" Ji Yazhun's memory became clearer and clearer in Xia Long's mind, and a lively girl smiled brightly in front of his eyes.

Sakuda Hui nodded and sighed: "The girl who lost her family in the war treats Ji Ya as her own brother, but there was a time when Ji Ya went to the battlefield to take pictures regardless of the girl's objection..."

Xia Long listened to the story silently. The girl named Sera followed into the battlefield in order to find Ji Ya. Unfortunately, she was hit by bullets and the last scene was left in Ji Yazhun's photo.

Feeling Ji Yazhun's pain and guilt, Xia Long fell into deep thought.

Ji Yazhun was different from the Ultraman human body he had encountered in the past, and to some extent was vaguely similar to him.

"Do you know where he lives now?" Xia Long asked after Sakuda Hui finished speaking.

Sakuta Hui shook his head: "He gave up everything and disappeared from all of us, so..."

"Well, I see, thank you for telling me so much." Exhaling a breath, Xia Long smiled at the woman and got up to leave.

"Is he alright now?" Sakuta Hui suddenly asked, "You should know him, right?"

"Well, for us," Xia Long said, thinking of the few times he had been in contact with Nexus, "it should be considered a friend."

"Is he okay?" The woman asked again worriedly, "After returning from the battlefield, he said that he didn't sleep very well at night, and even if he did, he would wake up immediately because of the dream of the girl, and then the dream became more and more serious. The weirder it is, the more it continues, the more it seems to grow..."

Of course, Xia Long didn't know about Ji Yazhun's current situation, but when he heard the dream from the woman, the image of the ruins seemed to appear in his mind.

"Continuous dreams?" Xia Long looked at Sakuta Hui and asked closely.

"Well, I said that I kept walking in the dense forest. Every time I dreamed, I walked a little farther. I don't know how many times I saw an unprecedented and incredible ruin in my dream."

"remains……"

Time passed unknowingly, and when Xia Long left the newspaper office, the sky had completely darkened, and the lights of cars on the street were criss-crossing.

Walking on a flyover, Xia Long was still thinking about Ji Yazhun.

As he expected, this world is indeed related to the ruins, the mysterious ruins, the only difference is that what he saw in the river of light, there is also a vague giant stone statue.

"Wow——" Xia Long stared at the dots of light that diffused around his left arm, his eyes flickering.

After touching the sarcophagus, the evolution instrument moved slightly, and it was recovering at a slow speed.

……

After returning to life at the base, Xia Long temporarily put aside the investigation about Ji Yazhun.

The night raid team was still the same, Wakura and even the management officer Matsunaga were secretly watching him, and the vice-captain Saijo Kaze still refused to give up his prejudice against Nexus for some reason.

"What do you think is your business, stop me next time, and I will definitely shoot you!"

Because of differences of opinion, the relationship between Xia Long and Saijo is always in a bad state of ups and downs. Of course, the so-called good means that Saijo does not embarrass him.

In addition, the TLT Strategic Intelligence Department and the Development Department jointly proposed a new reinforcement plan for Chromium Chester, which integrates the three functions of speed, energy, and mobility into one formation, which is not only powerful but also capable of rushing into the Meta Tower. in the field.

"Because the Alpha piloted by the solitary team members accidentally entered that space, we also obtained the scientific data of the special space that only Ultra fighters and alien beasts knew," Matsunaga explained with a smile, "The solitary team members , In other words, you are the biggest contributor to this strengthening plan."

Xia Long was not very happy about the commendation from Manager Matsunaga.

The strengthening plan did improve the combat capability of the night raid team, but allowing TLT to analyze Nexus' data always gave him a slight sense of danger.

"Woooo-"

In the war room, when the night raid team was having a meeting, the alarm suddenly sounded.

"Area No. 9, coordinate 531, the vibration wave of the alien beast is confirmed, please dispatch the night raid team urgently!"

"Are you coming again?" With his teammates ready to attack, Xia Long subconsciously looked at the dim spot of light emerging from his left arm, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.

"hurry up!"

After a while, three fighter planes landed in a blocked abandoned factory somewhere, and a well-trained special team broke into the factory area in full armor.

Xia Long followed closely behind the team and looked around vigilantly. He felt a powerful aura hidden on the ground.

"This is the night attack team, and it has arrived at the combat location." After leading the team to the designated location, He Cang watched the peaceful factory building and established contact with the base CIC.

"The target is lurking in the factory. Judging from the reaction value, the alien beast may be lurking underground," Kirazawa Yu explained. "It should be for predation. That guy attacked the prey from the ground."

"What about the battle plan?" He Cang continued to ask.

"Synthetic data shows that the target's body surface is very solid. First, use the cooling bullet to freeze it, and then use the reinforced armor bullet to destroy it."

"Understood!" He Cang nodded, and said to the team members standing in a row, "Everyone, the cooling bombs are ready!"

The cooling bomb is about the size of a normal grenade and can be equipped on Bereg, but it can only be used once.

After the assembly was completed, the voice of Yoshihura Zeyu in the headset sounded again: "There may be a 6-year-old girl in the factory, which is unconfirmed news from the blockade area, but even if the news is correct, based on the analysis of the scene, the possibility of survival Extremely low."

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Kira Zeyu continued: "Compared to saving the little girl, please give priority to destroying the alien beast!"

"understand!"

"Captain..." Xia Long's complexion changed slightly upon hearing the order.

It was the same situation as last time.

"Gumen," He Cang glanced at Xia Long, without saying anything, and arranged, "You are in the same group as Feng."

Xia Long didn't move, looked closely at He Cang and said, "Captain, that child is still alive!"

He could feel it, somewhere in the factory.

"Group A attacks the front, and Group B moves to the rear to attack!" He Cang walked past Xia Long and waved his hands, "Act immediately!"

"understand!"

As He Cang rushed to the front with the other team members, only Xia Long and Saijo Feng were left in place.

"I told you, act according to the order." Saijo Kaze glared and scolded, "What are you still doing, hurry up!"

"Yes." Looking away from the direction Wakura left, Xia Long nodded and followed Saijo.

He never believed in the so-called orders, since He Cang did not dare to disobey his superiors, the matter of saving lives was entrusted to him.

This is his identity as an Ultra warrior... no, it is his conscience as a human being.

"The vibrating wave of the alien beast has no response."

Cautiously walking through the factory room, Xia Long looked for the little girl while paying attention to the movement of the alien beast.

However, the girl's figure was not found. Instead, they first found a large pit where the alien beast remained. Judging from the situation at the scene, someone was attacked and preyed on.

Saijo Kaze walked to a wall covered with spray painting, and speculated: "The paint is not dry yet, it was painted within 30 minutes, the person who painted this..."

"This." Xia Long picked up a digital camera on the side of the big pit that was still shooting. After calling up the video, the picture clearly showed the victim being pulled into the pit by something like a tentacle, screaming miserably.

"Be careful." Saijo Feng turned around solemnly after seeing it.

The enemy who may launch an attack from the ground at any time is undoubtedly a terrifying existence, especially...

"There is a malfunction!" When Xia Long detected the vibration wave of the alien beast again, he found that Bereg's information was confused.

Appears to be affected by unknown strong electromagnetic waves.

"This way you won't be able to capture the position of the target."

After closing Bereg, Xia Long frowned and looked at the rows of factory buildings.

I can't wait any longer, I have to find that little girl.

"Deputy captain, I'll go over there and look for it!" Tightening the Diwai special long gun in his hand, Xia Long followed the weak induction and ran towards the middle of the side factory building.

"What are you doing?" Saijo Feng scolded, "Stop! You are disobeying orders!"

"Please believe me!" Xia Long turned back, "Saving people and destroying alien beasts are not in conflict, so we can't sit idly by."

"Lonely team member!"

"It should be here." Without responding to Saijo, Xia Long cautiously searched the vacant factory buildings, but unfortunately, no one was found.

"Is there anyone? Respond to me!" Crossing an alley, Xia Long tried to shout, "I'll save you!"

"Gumen team member!" Saijo Feng caught up, "The strange beast may be around here, don't mess around!"

Grabbing Xia Long, Saijo said coldly, "If you don't want to die, obey my orders obediently!"

"Wait a minute," Shaking his head towards Saijo, Xia Long closed his eyes and listened carefully, "What's the sound?"

"what?"

"It's crying!" Xia Long exhaled softly, looking at a half-open warehouse not far away, "The crying of a child! The child is inside!"

Before Saijo could react, Xia Long rushed into the warehouse first.

While holding his gun to guard against the alien beast, Xia Long quickly scanned the wide space, and finally found a thin figure beside a concrete pillar.

The little girl combed her bangs in a princess style, wore blue suspenders, and held a puppy in her arms, looking at Xia Long at the door crisply.

"Whoo~"

He took a deep breath, seeing that there were no strange beasts around, Xia Long walked towards the girl and said, "What's your name?"

"Rina Sugiyama." The girl hugged the puppy tightly and said, "Big brother, are you here to save me?"

"Well," looking back at Saijo who was following, Xia Long nodded, "Don't be afraid, I will definitely send you home safely."

Saijo's face moved slightly, and he said with a straight face: "Why don't you leave here soon?"

"Yes." In response, Xia Long stuck the Diwai Special Long Spear at his waist and held it in one hand, then quickly took the girl's little hand.

At this time, the whole factory building suddenly shook violently.

"Hurry up!" Saijo's complexion changed, and while raising his gun for vigilance, he motioned for Xia Long to leave.

"Boom!" Before exiting the warehouse, the ground suddenly bulged and cracked, and a huge earthworm-shaped tentacle rushed out of the ground and rushed straight towards several people.

"Alien beast!" Saijo yelled coldly and fired a few shots in succession. After seeing that it didn't have much effect, he immediately raised Bereg and pointed at the tentacles to fire the cooling bomb.

"boom!"

When Xia Long turned his head, he happened to see the tentacles retreating to the ground after dodging the attack, and at the same time a huge sharp claw was directly grabbing at him.

"Get out of the way!" Saijo yelled hastily and turned to attack Talon.

but……

"careful!"

Xia Long fired a cooling bomb to freeze the claws, but from the corner of his eye, he saw the tentacles of the strange beast suddenly drilled out from under Saijo's feet, violently flying Saijo and smashing it heavily on the concrete floor.

"Damn it!" Seeing Saitiao Feng fainted, Xia Long kept the little girl behind him and shot repeatedly.

"Rina, follow me!" Carrying Saijo on his back, Xia Long solemnly led the girl out of the warehouse.

"Jie Ang!" After a series of attacks, the alien beast was completely enraged, roaring and gradually crawled out of the ground, shaking the entire factory.

"Go this way!" Seeing this, Xia Long ignored the attack and led Rina away from the cracked ground quickly.

The originally flat concrete floor arched one after another, and the earth and rocks flew violently behind Xia Long.

"Yeah!" Rina accidentally tripped and fell to the ground when running around a corner.

"Rina!" Putting down Saijo, Xia Long looked back in horror, only to see a thick tentacle rushing away from the ground, roaring towards the girl.

For a moment, time seemed to slow down, Rina raised her face, closed her eyes in shock, the puppy opened its mouth and whimpered...

"Keng-!"

Lightning flashed, and a ball of light suddenly appeared in front of Rina, firmly restraining the tentacles.

"Zizi!" The tentacles in the middle struggled and twisted in the transparent barrier, and the surging energy impact swept to both sides, bringing up bursts of airflow.

"This is..." Xia Long came back to his senses and looked at the left arm he was supporting in surprise.

The phantom of the evolution instrument condensed, and circles of light blue energy ripples spread, forming a barrier storm in front of him, making the giant tentacles immobile.

"Scared!" Seeing that the phantom began to disintegrate rapidly, Xia Long didn't have time to think about it. He grasped slightly with five fingers, and the transparent energy shield suddenly spun violently, and countless light blades pierced the tentacles back and forth.

"Jie Ang!" As the tentacles were severely injured, the alien beast screamed louder, its body floated up again, and the factory warehouse exploded with roars.

"Whoo~"

After repelling the tentacles, the light on Xia Long's body dissipated, and a faint sense of loss of strength came over him.

"Are you okay, Rina?"

With a muffled grunt, he turned around to help the girl up and looked up, only to see that the alien beast had fully revealed its figure, and it was actually the one whose wings were destroyed by Nexus and escaped last time.

(End of this chapter)