Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 708 The Last Humans on Earth

"Musashi!"

"That's fantastic, Musashi!"

The stern-faced woman who was the leader of the survivors led a group to find Natsukawa and Musashi, followed by several young girls who were both afraid and expectant, peeking at Natsukawa.

"And this is...?"

"Musashi, have you found the other survivors?"

"Huh?" Musashi replied without thinking, "No, he's an Ultraman just like me..."

As they were talking, Musashi shrank back slightly under Natsukawa's gaze, and inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

There shouldn't be any need to hide one's identity in a situation like this, right?

Meeting Natsukawa's calm yet unsettling gaze, Musashi swallowed hard. "Weren't we supposed to be looking for clues? It would be better to start by investigating the survivors... By the way, I still don't know how to address you?"

"Kaminaga."

Xia Chuan looked away, frowning as he turned to the cheering young girls who had gathered around him.

Earth Defense Force U Squad, as these survivors call themselves.

However, their true identities are just a group of laymen; the original Earth Defense Force has long since disappeared.

Judging from those engineering robots that were converted into "fighter jets," their combat capabilities were so low that they could only come out to collect supplies.

……

"call!"

Different dimensional space.

The Baltan alien twisted its limbs and sank into darkness. As it merged with the dark power, its body twitched from time to time, and its head was lowered while its eyes emitted a red light.

Within the massive outer blood cocoon, Hyperion gradually took shape, and countless ghostly cosmic life forms wailed and swirled amidst terrifying breaths.

"So, a guest has entered our world, Jaden!"

"I feel like this will be the best material... Finally, with the combined power of the entire world, Hyper Zetton has the potential to go even further! This time, I will definitely become the God of the Universe!!"

……

A factory located by a river on the outskirts of the city.

There was a sign that read "Earth Defense Force" hanging at the entrance, and "Yamada Industries" was faintly printed in the corner of the factory. There were no basic fortifications, but the young girls called it a temporary camp.

It looked like nothing more than a machine factory being used as a makeshift shelter.

The wind turbines generating electricity around the perimeter rotated slowly.

Xia Chuan used his X-ray vision to inspect the factory, just as a group of children ran out from behind. As soon as they saw Musashi, they chattered and surrounded him.

"Brother Musashi, did you transform again today?"

"Well……"

Musashi, awkwardly being pulled along by the children, glanced at Natsukawa and said, "I'm here to protect these survivors, and also to investigate the truth of this world."

"Brother Musashi, who is this uncle?" Several children noticed Natsukawa and sheepishly hid behind Musashi.

"A guest?"

"How terrifying!"

"..."

Xia Chuan withdrew his telepathic perception and forced a smile.

He's overthinking it; there are practically no clues here.

This only further confirmed Dyna's absence.

It shouldn't have anything to do with him. The instances are independent of each other. Currently, only Triga and Ultraman Tiga are related.

"Feel sorry."

After Musashi was taken away by the children to play, the woman leading the group took the initiative to talk to Natsukawa, her expression still serious and solemn.

"Those who remain in this world are probably just us, and we don't really know what exactly happened."

"Just like the boss said, the communication network is completely down, and no one is responding to the broadcasts, so they probably can't provide many clues."

One of the female team members shrugged and added.

"The accident happened too suddenly. First it was the birds and animals in the city, then the humans. They all disappeared in an instant, even the Earth Defense Force... We are still alive, but only temporarily. You should have seen what happened today. We have to be on guard against monster attacks every moment. Who knows when..."

"The enemy wants to see your despair and weakness," Natsukawa interrupted in time, sensing the dark aura around him triggering his Luciferian power. "At least Musashi is still trying to protect you. As long as you're alive, there's hope."

Negative emotions cannot be freely expressed in the dark world.

"hope……"

The woman leading the group squatted down on the riverbank and plucked a blade of grass. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Xia Chuan, feeling as if she were facing some kind of predator and couldn't breathe. Her pupils seemed to be able to see a burning abyss of fire as they contracted and expanded, and her fingers trembled slightly.

The immense pressure emanating from the level of life itself was more terrifying than looking up at a monster from the ground.

"Speaking of which, are you really Ultraman? You seem completely different from Musashi. Maybe I'm just being sensitive, but that terrifying laughter that echoes in the darkness every day, that kind of evil feeling it gives me is very similar to yours... You, you wouldn't happen to be that guy, would you? The mastermind behind it all...?"

Do you think it's possible?

Xia Chuan calmly observed the lively and bustling factory below.

Unlike the desolate city, the children brought a sense of peace and hope to this place, as evidenced by the smiles on the faces of the U-team members nearby.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand the Baltan aliens.

Leaving only a few survivors is one thing, but they even specifically spared a group of children.

The children's voices alone are uplifting; he would never do such a thing.

Or is this just a bait trap?

Shaking his head, Xia Chuan gathered his thoughts and prepared to leave.

He had no intention of wasting time here.

"etc!"

The woman leading the group gritted her teeth, stood up, and shouted.

"Stay and have a meal with us. We just don't have any leads yet, there must be a reason why that guy is keeping us here."

"I don't need to eat," Xia Chuan waved his hand.

……

into the night.

Team U's adventurous daytime purchasing spree has yielded results.

To celebrate Xia Chuan's arrival, rows of candles were lit in the restaurant separated from the factory's living quarters, and a sumptuous dinner was served one after another.

The children sat quietly in their seats like little dogs, rubbing their hands and drooling, their eyes following the food trays, even forgetting their fear of Xia Chuan, this strange uncle.

There was still quite a bit of fruit despite such difficult conditions.

"The watermelons are here!"

"One piece each!"

"That's great," Musashi said, having not received any watermelon, but still looking down at Natsukawa beside him as if a heavy burden had been lifted. "I thought you were going to leave alone. It's better to look after each other at times like this."

"I just have a feeling that the enemy will attack this factory next time."

Xia Chuan casually picked up an apple.

The darkness only affected the connection between him and his main body; the projected clone was not restricted, but was instead strengthened by the darkness.

I don't know if it's because of the chaos in the dungeon, but Lucifer seems to have become the boss of this world. However, since his main body is not here, the power that his projected clone can exert is limited, and it's only about S-rank.

This is also why he wants to find Hyper Zetton as soon as possible.

Hyper Zetton, nurtured by the world, will grow significantly. Its juvenile form may only reach A+, but its mature form might reach SS.

It has to be said that the Baltan aliens' move to capture humans was a bit of a fluke, essentially a fatal mistake.

The situation is undoubtedly much more complicated than in "Super 8," as even the knights cannot be teleported over in a short period of time.

If even the Lucifer card is wasted, the "Ultraman Legend" dungeon may be completely lost.

"Don't worry," said a member of Team U as he helped get the food. "The monsters have never attacked our camp before. As long as we don't enter the city, we're relatively safe. Besides, the monsters are probably asleep by now."

"I'm not talking about ordinary monsters."

Xia Chuan closed his eyes slightly.

Through the connection between Lucifer and the Dark Realm, he could vaguely sense the presence of the Baltan aliens, and the pressure he faced far exceeded that of Musashi and these women.

He hadn't forgotten that this was an SS-level dungeon, far more difficult than the previous ones, including Nexus, which hadn't been upgraded yet.

He wasn't strong enough at the time and had to stop Zagi's resurrection, so Nexus was suppressed to an A+ level.

"Ultraman Legend" is a high-level world, except that the bosses in it have a growth process.

"What else could it be but a monster?"

The young team members smiled nonchalantly and were about to add more rice to the children's bowls when the entire factory area shook violently as if by an earthquake, freezing everyone in place.

The tremors lasted only a short while, but after a brief calm, a loud explosion occurred outside.

"Bang--!"

"Enemy attack!"

The female captain, who had been secretly observing Xia Chuan, rushed out of the restaurant.

"Protect the children!"

"How could this happen? It's really happening!"

Screams erupted into chaos in the restaurant. The team in charge of the operation quickly caught up with the female captain, and Musashi hurriedly pulled out her transformation device: "Mr. Kaminaga, I'm leaving this to you!"

⊙▽⊙

Xia Chuan hesitated for a moment while thinking, and as soon as he stood up, he was met with the gazes of the remaining people, their small eyes filled with dependence.

In the end, they still mistook him for Ultraman.

But he was the one who said those words before.

Is Musashi making him a babysitter?

Xia Chuan was at his wit's end, but in the end, amidst everyone's panicked gazes, he summoned the Aurora Curtain and led everyone out of the dangerous factory area.

(End of this chapter)