Chapter 1423
You're finished! You bastard!
On the Atlantis, Daigo stared in disbelief through the porthole at the scene unfolding before him.
"Instructor...when did you get such a...pet?"
“That’s not a pet.” Shinjo swallowed hard. “That’s a super beast, a spacetime super beast. I saw it in the files of the Tucker Team back then; it’s an existence that can distort spacetime…”
"Now the instructors are using me as a thug." Horii pushed up his glasses—no, he didn't have them, he just rubbed his eyes. "Is this scientifically possible?"
“Don’t talk about science around the instructors,” Lina patted his shoulder. “Talk about fate.”
On the bridge, Cui Ming watched the battle footage of Dadarathos on the screen, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile.
"Kaina, how is it?"
"The ultra-thermal beam has zero energy consumption, the warship itself is unaffected, and Dadarathas is fine," Kaina quickly reported. "The number of Gobnius has dropped to two thousand, and it's still decreasing."
“Very good.” Cui Ming nodded, his gaze turning to the metal planet. “Let them keep sending them out. I want to see how much stock this broken planet has.”
Lindis laughed out loud: "Tre, Dadarahos seems to be having a lot of fun."
On the screen, Dadarah is grabbing two Goblins and banging them together like drums, while humming some kind of off-key song.
"These little guys are so cute!" It tossed the flattened Goblin behind it and pounced on the next group. "Again! Again! I haven't had enough fun yet!"
Cui Ming shook his head as he watched this scene.
"This guy is even crazier than Spike."
“But at least they’re obedient,” Lyndis shrugged. “And it’s free.”
"Free?" Cui Ming glanced at her. "Do you know how much energy it takes to raise a spacetime super beast? These guys need to eat too, otherwise who would be willing to work for you?"
"...Let it fight a little longer then, to break even."
Cui Ming didn't reply, he just looked out the window.
Dardarachos raged in the darkness, and fragments of Gobniu scattered like snowflakes.
Meanwhile, on that metallic planet, new Goblins were still emerging from the launch silos on the surface, but the pace had clearly slowed down.
“They’re hesitating,” Kena suddenly said. “Gobnew’s activity rate has dropped by thirty percent, and the energy reaction on the planet’s surface is shifting.”
"Relocate?" Cui Ming raised an eyebrow. "Relocate to where?"
“The core area.” Kaynar pulled up a cross-sectional view of the planet. “They seem to be preparing something much bigger.”
Cui Ming's fingers tapped on the armrest, the rhythm quickening.
"D'Adajos!" he shouted into the communicator, "Stop messing around, come back!"
"Huh?!" Dadarahos, who was grabbing a goblin's body and about to put it in his mouth, paused for a moment upon hearing this. "I haven't finished eating yet!"
"return!"
"...Okay."
D'Artaghors reluctantly released his claws, kicked Goblin behind him, and flew back to Flying One as a purple light.
Once it returned to the cabin, it shrank back to its original size, lay in a corner, and chewed on half a piece of metal.
"Cui, you're so stingy," it muttered. "Let me play for another five minutes."
"Five minutes?" Cui Ming glanced at it. "If you wait another five minutes, their big treasure will be out. Are you sure you can beat them?"
"A big one?" Dadarahos's eyes lit up. "An even bigger one?!"
"Bigger".
"Then I want to fight!"
"Wait."
Cui Ming sat back in the main seat, his gaze fixed on the metallic planet.
Gobniu had been almost completely cleared out, with countless metal fragments floating in the darkness, like a cold graveyard.
At the planet's core, some enormous energy is gathering.
"Kaina, Super Temperature Difference Ray, prepare." "Yes, Captain."
"Lindis, charge all secondary guns."
"clear."
Cui Ming gripped the armrest tightly, a cold smile curving his lips.
"Let them send out as many as they want, kill as many as they want."
"When the big one comes out, we'll use the super temperature difference light to give it a surprise."
Dadarahos rubbed his paws excitedly in the corner, his ruby-like eyes sparkling.
"Surprise! Surprise! I want a surprise!"
Lindis glanced at it, then at Cui Ming, and shook her head with a smile.
"You two are so alike."
"Like what?"
"They're all like wolves that've seen blood."
Cui Ming didn't deny it, but just looked out the window, waiting for that "big treasure" to appear.
The mechanical island slowly rotated, and the factories on its surface began to deform and reorganize, forming a huge outline.
And Feitian-1 is ready.
Extreme temperature difference light, ice and fire intertwined, poised to erupt.
This battle has just begun.
The mechanical island realized there was a big problem, so it began to gather its strength.
Factories on the planet's surface were operating at full speed, pipes bulging like blood vessels, and energy flowing from all directions into the core. Countless remaining Goblins were forcibly recalled, like moths to a flame, throwing themselves into the emerging colossal outline.
"Captain, the energy response is rising rapidly!" Kaynar's voice was tense. "They're merging, all units are converging towards the core!"
“I saw it.” Cui Ming stared at the screen, his eyes as cold as ice.
At the center of the planet, a colossal figure was taking shape. It possessed Goblin's metallic shell, but was a hundred or a thousand times larger. Its joints shimmered with a scarlet light, and its head was a single, enormous eye, like a cold, icy star.
Oguma.
As soon as it took shape, it began to merge with the mechanical island itself. The metallic ground flowed like liquid, climbing up its legs, enveloping its torso, and connecting it to the entire planet. Its single eye grew brighter and brighter, and its energy readings skyrocketed.
"Cui! It's turning into the planet itself!" Lindis gripped her sniper rifle tightly. "If it completes the fusion, we'll have to blow up the entire planet!"
"Then don't let it complete." Cui Ming pressed a button on the control panel. "Ultra-temperature difference beam, charge!"
"Charging... 30%... 50%..."
"It's too late!" Kaina stared at the readings. "The fusion is 80% complete. It will be finished in ten seconds!"
"Ten seconds is enough."
Cui Ming suddenly stood up and looked out the porthole.
"Daigo!" he yelled into the communicator, "Where are you?!"
"Instructor! I'm on the Flying Swallow!" Daigo's voice came through the communicator, accompanied by the roar of the engine. "But Auguma's energy field is too strong; I can't get close!"
"Can't get close?" Cui Ming sneered. "Then don't get close."
"……what?"
"Transform." Cui Ming's voice was as calm as if he were giving a trivial order. "Transform into Ultraman Tiga and attract its attention from the front. Use the Super Temperature Difference Ray to launch a sneak attack from the flank and give it a taste of both ice and fire."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communicator.
Then came Daigo's firm voice: "Understood!" (End of Chapter)