Great, we're doomed now!

Things can never be perfectly covered up; there must be turbulent undercurrents. If those powerful forces really set their minds to it, the truth will most likely still be revealed, even though it's incredible... just like the idea that "Batman is Bruce Wayne."

However, considering the government's efficiency, Sawai's superb skills, and the increasingly frequent external threats, not to mention when they will focus their attention on Ye Shou, it is unknown what the world situation will be like when that day comes.

One year? Two years? Three years?

Ye Shou wasn't even sure if he had that much time...

Although theoretically there should be about ten years of transition from the establishment of the Earth Defense Force to the globalization era of TPC, this is not the original Ultraman Tiga timeline, and there are many differences—for example, Kuze and Sawai are Tetsuji Yoshioka's seniors in university.

However, in the original work, Yoshioka is actually older than Sawai.

Ye Shou had planned to prepare for about three years, but he wouldn't be surprised if the calamity came sooner.

The five major powers? There's really no need to worry about them anymore.

So for the rest of the month, he simply explored how to use the Ghost God Coin and, as usual, went to a few dungeon worlds. Although there weren't any events to trigger and he couldn't get any gold coins, these extra three months were still invaluable. He used them all to cultivate his Ripple technique, which solidified his foundation even further.

Incidentally, in "Delicious in the Maze," he used two special ingredients he had previously accumulated:

Dior's eagle falcon and the remains of Sukuna Oni were used to make a dish.

...To be honest, this meal was a bit of a challenge to Ye Shou's bottom line.

The falcon was in a better state; it had only been corroded by Dio's flesh buds. Dio had used Ripple to "sterilize" Horus's corpse when he collected it, so it was just riddled with holes and didn't look very appealing. But he could bear with it.

Sukuna Oni is more significant. First of all, this guy is a humanoid demon. Ye Shou always warned himself not to attack humanoid creatures, especially intelligent ones, so as not to leave any psychological flaws.

Secondly, the Sukuna Oni possesses extremely heavy resentment. Even if most of it dissipates, it's definitely not a good thing; drinking it might even cause horns to grow on your head!

However, this thing is indeed of very high quality. It is the highest-grade ingredient that Ye Shou has ever seen. One bite is better than all the meals he had in "Delicious in the Labyrinth". Even if it doesn't lead to instant success, it can at least save him the accumulation of one or two enhancement-type affixes.

Fortunately, these problems can all be solved.

Sukuna-ki is indeed humanoid, but after it grows to gigantic size, its heart is as big as a house, making it difficult for anyone to perceive it as a humanoid creature on a psychological level.

Furthermore, for the sake of Ye Shou's mental health, he only took his heart's blood.

He even drained his own blood and poured it into a golden cup, summoning the demon princess Sora to drink his blood.

After that, drinking the blood of the spirit's heart can be considered part of the "ritual" to strengthen the connection between the two souls and solidify the contract's effectiveness.

— Doing this might seem a bit pretentious and hypocritical, but it certainly left Ye Shou with no obstacles in his mind and no lingering shadows.

As for whether it was poisonous or affected by the power of ghosts and gods, Ye Shou not only used Jinglong's spiritual power to purify it, but also specially chose "Delicious in the Maze" as the "kitchen".

In this worldview, "eating and digesting" are behaviors with special significance and are protected by some kind of invisible blessing!

When eating here, you basically only need to worry about food poisoning and parasites.

Although there is no clear evidence, and it's just an abstract concept like "the tone of the work," eating local specialties here is at least much safer than in other worlds.

So Ye Shou boldly tried it... and there really was no problem!

He perfectly absorbed the power of the demon's blood, raising his physique to a new level. As a result, he experienced a period of "power loss of control" and it took him two weeks to regain his original precision and stop crushing cups so easily.

He couldn't help but marvel at how cost-effective the "Foodie" entry was back then!

By the way, the food was delicious; even Leos next door was drooling with envy!

As the month drew to a close, Ye Shou, after much deliberation, finally exchanged for the three military strategy-related entries, consuming a total of 12 Destiny Coins.

This battle against Sukuna Oni made him realize that although TPC was now in charge of the on-site command, there might actually be a situation in the future where he would be in command of the army... Since there was no time to cultivate his own trusted mid-level officers, he would have to rely on the power of metaphysics!

The key is that he's "rich" now, which makes him more generous in making decisions.

Even after buying these three terms, he still has 127 Destiny Coins!

Now his only worry is not having enough good keywords to buy.

It turns out that getting good system cards really does require luck. After another month of rotation, the attributes that appeared were purely physical attack type, which was perfectly covered by Ye Shou's [King of Demons], and the prices were generally not high (so the level wouldn't be very high either), so there weren't many good options.

In the second month, an entry finally appeared that Ye Shou had to take seriously:

[System Card - Random]

[This week's theme: Buy a toy and get a free anime movie!]

If you draw a 20-point number (fake), you can choose any combination from the following options.

Positive gains deduct points, while negative effects increase points.

Note: Please make a decision within 24 hours.

The effects of all options will last for one month.

--front--

-20:

Interdimensional Teleportation: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Limited to 30 days)

-6:

[One Year War - Calamity War]

-5:

[Modification Expert], [Space Diva], [I Am Gundam]

-3:

[Target Focus - Cockpit], [Tail-Disconnected Load - Lower Body], [Swift Headband - Red Triangle]

-1:

[Revolutionary consciousness], [Consciousness of freedom], [Consciousness of struggle]

——Negative——

+7:

[A man who needs a mother], [A man who needs melodramatic plot twists], [A man who needs a mask]

+4:

[Concentrated Hatred - Cockpit], [Unable to Bear Killing - Self-Destruct Reactor], [Paper-Thin - Gundam Shield]

+2:

[An incompetent boss], [An outstanding teammate], [Unpaid logistics staff], [A saintly girlfriend], [A treacherous best friend]

……

No way, twenty yuan for one keyword? Are you forcing me to choose negative ones?!

Chapter 165 A year? The child would probably be born by then!

Ye Shou had encountered quite a few frustrating situations, so he quickly calmed down and began to seriously analyze the system card.

First of all, this is definitely a rare opportunity, because interstellar travel technology has become widespread in the Gundam series. Although most of it is limited to the solar system, it can still be considered as having crossed the threshold of interstellar migration.

Even though "Iron Blood" may seem outdated, that's due to its setting. In reality, it also contains a lot of advanced technology, and Ye Shouruo would definitely benefit greatly from developing it.

In particular, it includes planetary terraforming technology that can transform Mars into a habitable environment—which perfectly aligns with the development of the Ultraman Tiga universe.

Secondly, Ye Shou has always been on guard against so-called "native monsters," which are creatures like Obik and Sukunaki that originally lived on Earth, or Gadi that, according to the setting, were stranded on Earth in ancient times.

The ancient monsters (represented by Golza) are all corrupted by Gatanothor's dark breath and will awaken collectively at a certain stage, much like the vanguard of a major villain. But at that time, the ruins of the ancient civilization will also shed their disguise—once they have been refreshed.

That time hasn't come yet, so there's no need to worry about Golza. As for the aliens, they're completely beyond Ye Shou's control. Therefore, for now, he only needs to focus on preventing the "native monsters" that might appear at any time.

Among these demons and monsters, two are special, not as individual monsters, but as races:

Lightning Man, Dinosaur Man.

In theory, they are all native inhabitants of Earth and have the right to share the same home with humans.

The dinosaur people were brainwashed by an alien civilization and actively placed themselves in opposition to humanity, so dealing with them didn't require much moral burden. But the lightning people were different... objectively speaking, they were forcibly driven away by humanity.

Ye Shou didn't want things to develop the way they did in the original story. Besides being able to change the course of fate, he was inherently a kind, righteous, and compassionate person.

Stay and deal with Gatanothor; more Lightning Men mean more strength!

According to the original storyline, the Thundermen's lairs around the world require the TPC to go all out to fight them. Don't be fooled by Gazort's seemingly ordinary appearance; the Thundermen as a whole are quite powerful.

Moreover, this race, in terms of both appearance and ability settings, seems like a gift from heaven—a living battery…cough. Of course, Ye Shou is a conscientious capitalist and wouldn't do something so inhumane.

The fundamental conflict between lightning humans and humans lies in the fact that human civilization's extreme dependence on electromagnetic waves has disrupted the original electromagnetic environment.

It should be noted that human electromagnetic waves do not kill them, but rather keep them in a state similar to "noise pollution," affecting their normal life and reproduction, and even making them prone to becoming violent.

This problem is unsolvable. Even in a worldview like the Ultraman, the contradictions are irreconcilable, since humanity can never give up the convenience of its current life based on electricity.

Ye Shou's vision wasn't for the Lightning People to reshape all of human civilization, but rather to provide them with a new home—

Mars!

This would allow them to avoid contact with humans. The only problem is that the electromagnetic environment on Mars is very "exposed" and "fragile," unlike the stable environment on Earth. The Lightning People probably wouldn't be able to adapt to life there.

Ye Shou had never come up with a good solution to this problem until "Iron Blood" appeared.

In "Iron Blood," although the surface of Mars is relatively barren, with an overall environment similar to the Gobi Desert, its atmosphere and magnetic field have been modified to allow humans to move freely in the wilderness, so there is no reason why the Lightning People cannot be raised.

The amazing thing is, it's a blank sheet of paper!

Unlike the relatively solidified Earth civilization, in the past, as long as human colonists could open up an electromagnetic region suitable for the Lightning People to live in, the Lightning People could then migrate there and cooperate with humans to modify the environment and establish a development model that allowed both sides to coexist.

Judging from the Lightning People's performance, they rely on the ionosphere to live and have the ability to change the surrounding magnetic field. They will definitely be able to contribute to the colonization of Mars!

Perhaps in the future, every Martian will have a Lightning Man as a partner, or they'll rely on Lightning Men for navigation on their warships.

Of course, these are all very distant and beautiful ideas.

Ye Shou's current plan is that as long as Mars can establish the first "coexistence colony", he can appease the Lightning People and even trick them into staying to fight against the Great Conch.

As primates, humanity has a responsibility to bring all intelligent species down with us when Mother Earth is threatened!

"Alright, in that case, research on how to communicate with the Lightning People and even alien races will also need to be put on the agenda... Why is there so much work to do?"

Ye Shou leaned back in his swivel chair and pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly.

Although his eyes didn't feel swollen, his brain was protesting against such a complicated thought process—he was someone who hated trouble, but he had to go looking for trouble.

I've now decided to redeem this otherworld instance and have set specific goals:

I. Cutting-edge technologies such as Gundam frame, nano-laminated armor, and Yahab reactor.

II. Planetary Environment Modification Technology.