Starting from the destruction of the Land of Light

A few hours later, in the headquarters operations room, the members of the Earth Defense Force gathered together, but their expressions were not good.

Senior leaders, including Long Tian, ​​sat at the head of the desk, while Tang Yu stood next to the large screen, holding a folding tablet and giving a report in a deep voice.

"Based on the clues we have so far, the controller of Black King and the delusional Seven is a person named 'Zhang Chen'. We have found his identity through facial scanning and confirmed that he has only become active on Earth in recent years and has been using false information all along."

"We cannot yet determine the other party's true identity, nor can we determine when he infiltrated Earth. We have not found any evidence that he entered Earth, but we can confirm that he has been associating with the Pitt aliens. Eleking is proof of this. At the same time, the recovery team has also found remnants of Pitt alien technology."

"Code name: Zhang Chen's first move was in the battle against the volcanic monster bird Barton. He controlled Black King to defeat Barton after Ultraman Phyllis was severely injured. According to several subsequent records, he should have already met Ultraman Phyllis's human host."

"In the conspiracy against the higher-dimensional predators Bogaru and the Pedan aliens, codenamed Zhang Chen and Ultraman Phyllis have worked together on several occasions, and five days ago they killed Bogaru and King Joe, which was controlled by the Pedan aliens..."

At this point, Tang Yu glanced at Chu Huai sitting in the corner. Chu Huai nodded slightly. As Ultraman Aigos, he was also an actual participant in that battle.

Tang Yu paused, then turned her gaze back to the folding tablet. After tapping a few times, a picture of a burned-down residential building appeared on the screen, and she continued speaking.

"I continued to investigate along the name Zhang Chen and found that the house he rented had caught fire inexplicably some time ago. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. I asked the recovery team to investigate, and the results were the same as those of the fire department. They did not find the source of the fire. It is currently determined that the fire was caused by aliens, and the possibility of malicious retaliation cannot be ruled out."

"Were any clues found inside the house?" Yan Su put down his pen and looked up to ask.

Tang Yu shook her head slightly.

"Aside from the burned furniture, no objects related to extraterrestrials were found in the room," she said slowly. "According to the neighbors and the landlord, codenamed Zhang Chen's daily life is quite normal. He buys breakfast every day, cooks groceries, and greets the neighbors. He seems like a normal human being."

"What about the electronic records?" Yan Su looked at the report on the large screen. "The report says there's a computer in his room, right? Didn't they find anything on it?"

"The analysis team has begun information salvage," Tang Yu said, opening the report on her folding tablet. "But so far, we haven't found anything particularly noteworthy. Most of the information on the computer is from online shopping and video games, browser history... and most of it is from an AI virtual girlfriend..."

"Pfft." Yang Tianyu couldn't hold back.

Seeing the grave expressions on everyone else's faces, Yang Tianyu immediately took a deep breath, his features becoming serious again, and said in a deep voice, "...This means he may very well have a special sexual fetish for non-humans."

"It's also possible he just lacks normal social skills," Chen Mo turned his head. "After all, he's an alien, isn't he? Even if he could pretend to be an Earthling, it's impossible for him to have deep conversations with ordinary people, right?"

"Is it possible that he learned how to communicate with Earthlings through AI?" Yang Tianyu asked tentatively, which immediately garnered the approval of many people, who nodded frequently.

(Zhang Chen: Achoo!)

"Cough cough."

Seeing the topic gradually shift, Yan Su coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention to himself. At the same time, he turned to look at Chen Mo. "You just went to meet Chu Huai. Can you tell me about your impression of the codename: Zhang Chen?"

"I can't quite put my finger on how I felt, but I always felt like he knew a lot of things. Although he seemed to be holding nothing back, I noticed that the way he looked at Chu Huai was very strange." Chen Mo thought for a moment and then said seriously, "I can't be sure what that look meant, but it felt like he was looking at a pitiful guy."

"Pitiful? Are you sure there was pity in that look?" Yan Su frowned, quickly writing the two words down in her notebook and circling them.

"I'm about 80% sure, though I shouldn't say that, but I don't think he seems to have any ill intentions towards Chu Huai." Chen Mo pondered for a moment. "I'm already assuming the worst of all about him, but as you've seen, no matter how rude I am to him, he remains calm."

"Is this his way of putting us on our guard?"

"But how do you explain his collaboration with Ultraman Phyllis?"

"Even Ultraman Phyllis's human form might have been deceived by him," Yang Tianyu said, stroking his chin and frowning. "But to be honest, if he really wanted to target us, he could have done so after killing Bogaru last time."

"Indeed." Chen Mo nodded. "After Bogaru and King Joe died, he thought Seven and Eleking could easily deal with Ultraman Felice and Chu Huai, but that guy didn't actually make a move. Perhaps... that can be considered a kind of goodwill?"

"If it's out of goodwill..." Yan Su's face darkened, and he tossed the photos Zhang Chen had given Chen Mo earlier onto the table. "So, is taking this out tonight also considered a goodwill gesture?"

Seeing Yan Su's actions and the photos on the table, everyone in the operations room fell silent, and their gazes all turned to the old man sitting in the main seat, who was none other than the commander-in-chief, Long Tian.

Longtian wasn't surprised that the topic had been turned to him. Perhaps it could be said that he had already anticipated this scene after hearing Zhang Chen reveal the ancient civilization's relics to Chen Mo.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him and waiting for his answer, Ryuta pondered for a moment before slowly standing up.

He walked slowly to the center of the operations room and gestured for Tang Yu to return to his seat. At this moment, he was the only person standing in the room.

"I know you are very curious about 'Project F'."

No one interrupted Longtian, and even Yan Su and others held their breath and watched him intently, waiting for him to continue.

"This project was launched ten years ago, or more precisely, after an archaeological team composed of members from various countries of the Earth Defense Force went missing."

"This plan was formulated by the highest leaders of the Earth Defense Forces of various countries and is the highest level of secret in the world. Its formulation and development will affect the future direction of the Earth and may even influence the situation of the entire universe."

"Commander-in-Chief, stop beating around the bush." ​​Chu Huai finally stood up. "I want to know what exactly Project F is? Why is the Earth Defense Force hiding this? And what is this Ultraman of Earth that Zhang Chen mentioned?"

"Chu Huai, sit down," Yan Su said in a low voice, but his eyes remained fixed on Long Tian.

Chu Huai didn't move, just stood there staring straight at Long Tian, ​​and the others did the same, making the atmosphere in the operations room suddenly become heavy.

"Ultraman of Earth..."

Long Tian spoke slowly. On the surface, Chu Huai asked three questions, but he knew very well that what everyone wanted to know most at this moment was the question Zhang Chen had posed.

His face was somewhat gloomy, and he cursed Zhang Chen several times in his heart.

But now, he was also forced into a corner, so after hesitating for a few seconds, he quickly spoke.

"The Ultraman of Earth refers to the giant stone statue discovered in an underground ruin. It has the same body as Ultraman, but the energy it emits is completely different. Judging from the marks on the stone statue, it is at least 30 million years old. In other words, this giant stone statue proves that Ultraman was born on Earth 30 million years ago."

"As for the 'F Plan,' it is a special plan devised by the high-ranking officials of the United Nations Earth Defense Force to 'revive the giant statue' and achieve the goal of 'creating an artificial Ultraman.'"

Whoosh—!

One stone caused a thousand waves!

As Commander Longtian finished speaking, the entire operations room erupted in chaos. Everyone stood up, their faces filled with disbelief. At the same time, countless questions were raised. Even Chu Huai was stunned, staring at the noisy team members, speechless for a long time.

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