Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 173 Steel Bucket

"Bang bang bang!"

Outside the hospital, the sound of machine gun fire echoed. After a series of fierce battles, Steel Fighter was forced to exit his Time-Up transformation by the other two knights. Before he could regain his footing, he was surrounded and attacked by the ant soldiers around him.

Although the second form can be upgraded, its defensive power is greatly reduced. Even Steel Fighter, known as the God of War, is like a shaking sieve under the barrage of ant soldiers.

A single ant soldier may not be as good as a knight, but when they form a line, they are the main force in eliminating the Zerg. In just one round of attack, they almost took half of Steel Fighter's life.

"Xiao Xu..."

Blood trickled from the corner of Kagami's mouth beneath the steel mask as he looked back longingly at the hospital ward.

"Bang--!"

Another loud bang.

Kabuto's figure leaped over the slowly moving bullets and entered the scene, smashing the copper bucket away with tremendous force. Before the royal bee thebee could react, it directly seized the bee-shaped insect device.

With a glance at Yagura, whose face still showed lingering shock, Natsukawa grabbed the resigned Steel Bean and pulled him away from the encirclement.

"Whoosh!"

From the moment Xia Chuan appeared to the moment he left, everything happened in the blink of an eye. By the time the many ant soldiers came to their senses, Tong Dou had already been knocked into the collapsed car and his transformation was canceled. Huang Feng was even missing, as his transformation insect device had vanished.

"What's going on?"

"Damn it! There are other knights!"

The copper-coated, bearded man coughed as he crawled out of the car, glaring menacingly at his surroundings.

"Let's go back first. We absolutely cannot let them hinder the plan!"

"clear!"

Yagura, pale-faced, remained motionless, letting the ant soldiers run past him.

Losing the insect device isn't a big deal; you can always travel through space to return at any time.

But just a moment ago, his status as a chosen one seemed to have vanished.

Yagura's lips trembled as she incredulously tore open her clothes, and sure enough, the thebee emblem that had been etched on her chest was gone.

He was actually abandoned by Thebee?

How is that possible?!

……

"call!"

On the outskirts of the city.

Natsukawa withdraws from the story and leaves behind the injured Kagami Shin.

He originally wanted Steel Fighter to help lure out the Golden Knight, but even he couldn't bring himself to ask in this state.

"The Way of Heaven! No, you shouldn't be the Way of Heaven..."

Seeing that Natsukawa was about to leave, Kagami Shin took a breath and hurriedly called out to him.

"I'll call you Kabuto then. Can I join you? Your battle is my battle too..."

"Could it be used as bait?"

Natsukawa stopped and turned to look back at Kagami Shin.

"There's no need for you otherwise."

Kagami's expression changed slightly. Seeing that Natsukawa was about to leave again, he gritted his teeth and propped himself up: "What do I need to do?"

"We only have one chance," Xia Chuan looked up at the Sky Ladder in the distance, "The first thing, of course, is to stop the launch plan from above."

The Golden Knight is considered the last trump card and will not be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary; he is kept very well hidden.

The worst thing you can do with this kind of character is to alert the enemy; it's best to lull them into a false sense of security.

This is the only way to ensure that you get the HEPA insect apparatus without any problems.

The HEPA insect instrument may not be able to withstand the power of multiple dimensions, but in this world it is a god-like existence.

Kagami Shin was just the right bait.

"You knew too, didn't you?" Kagami Arata's expression turned solemn. "ZECT's goal isn't to save the Earth, but to awaken the Zerg and dominate humanity, allowing us to survive by being mimicked by them. But... even if we stop the missile launch, humanity will still perish..."

"We'll set off once we've rested."

Xia Chuan interrupted the conversation and went straight to the Golem motorcycle that was automatically approaching.

"Only a few hours left."

Kagami Shin was stunned for a moment, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and hurriedly followed Natsukawa.

"I'm alright now. Saving this world was Xiaoxu's last wish. Although I don't know who you are, I believe in you now."

"Buzz!"

Xia Chuan calmly started the engine.

He usually prepares a few trump cards before taking action.

Kagami Arata was merely a tool used to test the waters; whether he believed in him or not was irrelevant.

After checking the time, Xia Chuan drove Kagami Shin at breakneck speed toward the Gobi Desert where the Sky Ladder was located.

The speed isn't particularly fast, at least not with time-up features enabled.

His target was never a missile; of course, he would wait until ZECT was fully prepared, preferably by sending out that Golden Knight.

There are two difficulties in completing this game.

One question is how to obtain the Hepa Insect Apparatus, and the other is how to unleash its power to return to 7 years ago.

"call--!"

Amidst the swirling yellow sand, rows of molting alien insects blocked the entrance to the Sky Ladder Base.

It wasn't the same bronze-clad knight from before.

Xia Chuan stopped his motorcycle on the outskirts and pulled back Kagami Shin, who was looking serious and ready to make a move.

"Leave this to me. You go to the space station and stop the missile launch."

"Huh? But..."

Kagami Shin had just gotten ready for battle and started warming up by throwing off his jacket when he heard this. He pointed to himself in surprise, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly his eyes filled with tears.

Is this how you use bait?

This guy is willing to sacrifice himself...

"What are you thinking about? Go now!"

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He hadn't expected that there were Zerg in this world, especially Zerg that were collaborating with ZECT.

This never happened in the Kabuto TV series.

Logically speaking, this is not the nature of alien insects.

Insects are naturally inclined to kill.

The protozoan that collaborates with humans is another relatively mild one.

but……

As his gaze swept over the long-horned green larvae mixed in with the molting alien insects, Xia Chuan suddenly realized something.

There is no distinction between alien insects and protozoa in this world.

It's a parallel world.

"Take care of yourself!"

Kagami Shin grabbed the Steel Bucket Insect Device in a deep voice, transformed his body, and immediately activated Time Ascension to rush towards the Heavenly Ladder. The alien insects tried to stop him, but as soon as they entered Time Ascension, everything went black.

"Bang bang bang!"

Kabuto Natsukawa appeared behind the swarm of Zerg, and several Zerg chasing Kabuto froze and exploded.

There are also huge differences in time-incrementing, with the limit reaching the speed of light, and the weakest being a slight increase in speed.

He hasn't reached the speed of light yet, but with his time-shifting and his own super-speed boost, crushing this group of Zerglings shouldn't be a problem.

"call!"

Once the steel bucket disappeared into the water pipe of the Heavenly Ladder, Xia Chuan turned around to face the remaining alien insects that had all taken a step back, and the Armored Insect Instrument on his waist finally reacted.

"This speed... is several times faster than normal time-up conversion, how did you manage that?"

"Only a few times?"

Xia Chuan's figure flashed again, and all the alien insects along the way screamed and were thrown away. In his ascended state, he still drifted slowly in the air like a hanging painting.

Level 5 physique can only perfectly utilize the Knight System, which is much better than ordinary Time-Up, but far inferior to Hyper Time-Up.

I just don't know how it compares to the Golden Knight.

"1, 2, 3..."

Looking at the sandbag-like alien insects behind him, Xia Chuan pressed the ultimate switch one by one, pulled the closed insect device's horn, and suddenly turned around and kicked with a large amount of electric current.

"Bang--!"

"Clock over!"

The explosions created a sea of ​​fire that spread, killing all the adult and larval insects. In just a moment, only Kabuto Natsukawa remained standing in the thick smoke.

Meanwhile, the steel bucket, which had also activated its time-up mode, had only gone a short distance.

Xia Chuan waited a moment, his body merging into the smoke of the explosion, and activated his Ascension Transformation again, entering the Heavenly Ladder Water Pipe that led directly to the universe, just like Gang Dou.

With no other obstacles, it seems that the other ZECT riders and the Gold Riders are all on the space station.

(End of this chapter)