Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 599 First Contact

"What is this?"

Nexus instance.

Fujiwara Saiji and his friends, dressed in Night Raid uniforms, gathered together, studying the data panels that only they could see.

Unlike Xia Chuan's main interface, it's more game-like. If the dungeons weren't so realistic, you'd really think you were a game character.

In fact, those who have experienced the "gaming sickness" incident are no strangers to the gamification of reality.

In this world, the knights are indeed like players, but the current situation is rather special.

Although he has regained the Knight System, he is only slightly stronger than an ordinary warrior in this new world.

The Knight System has been completely transformed into a sci-fi-style individual exoskeleton armor, with its force of several tons or even tens of tons only capable of dealing with small alien beasts.

"So I'm this weak after all."

Fujiwara Saiji looked at the panel data with a bitter face.

In terms of combat stats, he is not even as good as Wataru, who has the Kiva system, and even Takumi Onoue, whom he originally thought was not that great, is stronger than him.

Fortunately, everyone is at the same level of life, generally at level E, and no one has become a level D life form.

The limit for a level 5 knight seems to be E+.

"Captain Hiroko," Fujiwara Saiji said, turning to Asami Hiroko, who was deep in thought, while trying to reassure himself, "you should also have a player panel, right? Is your HP level only E?"

"what?"

Hiroko Asami snapped out of her daze, glancing at the "D(A+)" displayed on the panel, and her eyes twitched violently.

Her grade should be D, right? And what's that A+?

"Whoosh!"

In a daze, a scene of a red and silver giant in battle flashed before Hiroko Asami's eyes.

The giant in the dark depths of space had bright eyes, and in a few flashes, he blasted the cosmic monster to pieces.

"Captain? Captain!"

Fujiwara Saiji looked at the absent-minded Asami Hiroko and sighed understandingly.

"Sigh, I heard that the mentor used to be able to unleash hundreds or even thousands of tons of force at will, but even if the mentor came, he couldn't deal with those monsters."

"Have you forgotten that our mentor is Ultraman himself?" Onoue Takumi's expression was strange, somewhat doubting the intelligence of his classmate and comrade-in-arms.

"..."

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Outer space.

Xia Chuan flew for a long time but failed to discover the solar system. Instead, he encountered several B-class monsters.

Almost all monsters capable of roaming the universe alone are of Class B or higher.

"Could we have gone the wrong way?"

Xia Chuan stopped on a dead star.

Although his perception could cover planets, it wasn't of much help in interstellar travel; Lipia's experience and advanced technology were completely useless here.

The first generation of the fusion only obtained some information; everything else depended on him.

However, the direction should be correct.

Encountering so many monsters in a remote area in a short period of time is not normal on a cosmic scale, unless he has reached the legendary unbalanced area, which is near Earth where monster hordes frequently occur.

It should at least be close to the destination.

"I wish I could go to the Land of Light for further studies."

As Xia Chuan gazed at the vast starry sky, a thought suddenly popped into his head.

Only after experiencing hardship do you realize how important it is to pass on traditions.

The card system is great because it can help him acquire powerful abilities, but those seemingly insignificant basic abilities are what he wants to acquire more now.

The more basic something is, the more it represents the depth of civilization; it is all the sedimentation of endless time and years.

In this respect, the Land of Light is undoubtedly the most perfect and suitable.

Unfortunately, he could only dream about it. Even if the Kingdom of Light wasn't in this instance, he probably wouldn't have that much time to search for it.

Even if you find it, you may not be able to gain recognition.

To outsiders, he seems more like a dark giant who devoured the remaining power of the first generation, a guy of unknown origin.

"Zi Yi Feng!"

Just as Xia Chuan was preparing to continue his journey, a powerful monster roar suddenly came from the void.

A comet shrouded in storms appeared out of nowhere in the void, its long tail trailing large amounts of ice crystals—beautiful yet dangerous.

Xia Chuan locked his gaze on it.

The comet did not head in the direction of the suspected Earth and Sun, but instead turned and flew towards the Death Star when it passed near it.

A colossal beast with bone wings was lurking in the storm, the source of the monster's roar. Its red eyes and intense aggression even triggered a warning in Xia Chuan's heart.

Comet Monster Dorako?

No, it doesn't look like that. Not only do their appearances not match the information, but their strengths are also vastly different.

Dorakor's records only show it as a B-rank monster, but this monster's initial perception is already A-rank.

"destroy!"

The bone-winged monster's extremely impactful voice resonated in Xia Chuan's mind.

No matter what, he has no choice but to fight.

There aren't that many rules in the universe. Most monsters are there to eat or fight for territory, but there are also quite a few ferocious beasts that only care about destruction.

They didn't care whether he was easy to bully or not.

"Clang!"

Before the comet could get close, Xia Chuan fired an eight-point light wheel.

Compared to the Specium Ray, the Eight-Point Light Wheel is not only more energy-efficient but also more flexible, making it a great skill for starting battles.

He will only maximize his output if he is certain of a kill.

"Bang--!"

Ice crystals in deep space burst open, sending up streaks of colorful light, but even as the eight-part halo melted away, it failed to break the storm.

It seems that the monster is the comet itself.

Xia Chuan felt a dark cloud settle over him.

To be honest, an A-class monster could help him evolve to some extent, but he really didn't want to waste too much time on the road.

This dungeon is addictive; each battle takes a lot of time to recover energy.

The worst thing is that other monsters might be drawn in by the battle.

Are there any skills available?

Xia Chuan thought about his own knight-type abilities.

Many of the concepts, abilities, and permissions are linked, requiring the activation of the God's Domain. Activating the domain consumes a significant amount of resources, enough to directly destroy this A-rank monster.

Perhaps we could try a radical modification.

"Buzz—!"

A series of vibrating force fields emanated from Xia Chuan's feet. The Death Star suddenly sank, and a bright white beam of light shot directly at the Storm Comet. As the spatial phase changed, the red-eyed bone-winged monster was instantly squeezed into a small black hole by dimensional compression.

Because the energy output was insufficient, the monster was not killed directly, but it was successfully exiled to another dimension.

He probably won't be back anytime soon, and even if he does, he won't be able to find him.

"Whoosh!"

Looking at the now calm void, Xia Chuan nodded in satisfaction and continued to leap into outer space.

Perhaps due to the phase fluctuations, he seemed to sense the location of Earth.

There was a faint, indistinct calling voice, which was most likely from Earth, the place the first generation had visited.

Not far from this unbalanced area.

I wonder which Showa Ultraman is protecting Earth now, and whether we can make initial contact.

"Whoosh!"

The red orb continued to pass through galaxies, and finally, after crossing a black membrane formed by spatial imbalance, the familiar solar system entered Xia Chuan's perception range.

The call became exceptionally strong, and Xia Chuan didn't even need to fly over; the causal lines directly formed a tunnel of light in front of him.

Along with it came another monstrous aura and a cunning, eerie laugh.

"Appear, Yanagaki! The most ferocious monster in the universe!"

"ha?"

Xia Chuan stood in front of the tunnel of light, puzzled.

This doesn't seem to be the original dungeon.

The toxic thing isn't the copy, it's the copy itself.

(End of this chapter)