The legend of Tiga

Chapter 1960 Returning Home
The plane flies in front and the monster follows behind.

The plane flew a few dozen meters and the monster took a step forward.

The two sides, who used to fight each other every time they met, now followed each other closely and harmoniously like flying a kite.

Such a strange scene is happening in reality at this moment.

It makes people confused and puzzled, and even more unbelievable.

Even Lina, the executor, couldn't help but turn her head to look several times. The huge monster was like a moving hill on the ground, staggering in the "narrow" valley. Every step it took was shaking the mountain and the earth. Then the dull sound of "dong" footsteps was heard.

There was green all ahead, with lush flowers, plants and trees growing on the mountains and valleys, while behind the monster were broken branches and twigs. It was like a giant bulldozer, crushing all the bumps that blocked the road, leaving behind a mess on the ground and deep, huge footprints.

Boom!

A reinforced concrete bridge that spanned the two sides of the canyon was shattered into pieces by Sodem's collision, and scattered into countless large and small concrete blocks, which fell all over the ground with a clatter. Some of them fell in front of Sodem and were stepped on by Sodem's huge feet, immediately turning into a pool of powder and mixing with the soil.

"The bridge just broke like that."

Asuka Xin looked at the bridge that was smashed to pieces by a monster on the big screen and felt very sorry. Even with advanced technology today, it would take a year or two to build such a big bridge, and yet it was destroyed by a monster.

"There's no other way. It's much better than monsters entering the city." Nakajima Tsutomu sighed, indicating that this was already the best outcome.

Human beings have been building on a large scale, occupying land everywhere, cutting through mountains and building bridges over rivers. The roads they have built are everywhere, forming a network that covers the earth and is impossible to get around. No matter which direction you go, you will hit the road network.

If they took a longer detour, they could save the bridge and only destroy the road, but the problem was that no one could guarantee how patient the monster would be.

This is like luring a monster. If you go too far or lure it for too long, and the monster loses patience, then things will be serious.

Therefore, compared to this small loss, it is more important to get rid of the monster as soon as possible.

The upper class had a more far-sighted vision. Not to mention a bridge, even an entire city could be lost. Most people saw that they had successfully communicated with the monster and for the first time guided the monster away from human settlements, but what they saw was the possibility of giving orders to the monster.

Tigers, lions and elephants are the absolute overlords in the animal kingdom, much stronger than humans. Yet humans lock them up in iron cages, train them to go on stage, and teach them to walk through fire hoops, making them the mainstays of the circus.

In a sense, monsters are just larger animals and can be tamed with the right methods.

This is by no means a conjecture, but a case in point.

Before, there had been Golzan that had been modified by machines, as well as monster stone statues equipped with colored timers, etc., so in the super ancient period, super ancient humans definitely had tamed monsters and made them guardian beasts.

Maybe this Sodem is a relic from the ancient times, or a descendant of it, so it is relatively friendly to humans.

While some people were daydreaming, Sodem's pace also began to speed up, which scared Lina. She quickly increased the speed and height of Feiyan No. 1Z, but she didn't expect that Sodem ignored Feiyan No. 1Z and rushed forward on his own. His sturdy limbs ran very fast, and his long and thick claws pierced into the rocks fiercely, giving Sodem a firm grip, allowing it to still run fast even on the steep slope.

"Oh no, it's weird."

Yukihei Kariya shouted out loud, but his words stunned Kibi Gosuke. He turned his head and looked over, his eyes full of confusion: What do you mean?
"Uh, that's it. Yeah."

But before Kariya Yukihei could explain clearly, Chiba Makoto's voice came from the communication channel: "It's not out of control, but it's in a hurry to go home."

"go home?"

He understood what she said, and Nakajima Tsutomu immediately tapped on the keyboard, calling up the satellite remote sensing image, and said with sudden enlightenment: "Although this mountain is a dead volcano, there is a magma chamber at a depth of 1,800 meters underground, and it is slowly increasing, which means there is a magma channel."

“So, Sodom wants to go from here, drill into the magma channel, go deep into the asthenosphere, and then swim back to New Guinea?

Oh my gosh! ! ! "

Even Horii, who was well-informed and knowledgeable, was quite shocked when he heard it.

The asthenosphere is considered to be the origin of magma. It is more than one hundred kilometers deep, and the magma there is probably no more than the water in the ocean.

If that's the case, then wouldn't Sodem be a 'fish' living in a sea of ​​magma?
And is there only one fish in the sea?

Thinking of this, Horii and Nakajima, who are also researchers, looked solemn, their eyes full of desire for the unknown. They wished they could follow Sodem into the asthenosphere to see the sea-like magma and the "creatures" that could survive in the magma.

In full view of everyone, Sodem ran quickly to the top of the mountain, and then slammed his long pointed head into the rock layer. Amidst the flying rock chips, most of his head was stuck in the rock. Then his neck began to turn red, and the temperature rose sharply, causing the rock to soften quickly. He could dig out a large piece with one go. It was not much more difficult than digging tofu.

"Using high temperature to soften the rock, the speed of digging the hole is accelerated. In other words, after Sodom swallows the magma, the heat may not be dissipated, but stored and used for rapid digging underground. It is really a magical structure."

Nakajima Tsutomu muttered to himself, and the more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Yes, the magic of nature is beyond our imagination."

Horii was also filled with emotion. When the biological world listed magma as a forbidden zone for life, Sodem used himself to prove that it might be another home for all living things.

"Humans always judge based on existing science and common sense, but forget that science has only been developed for a thousand years, common sense is only ten thousand years, and the earth has been formed for 4.5 billion years."

Horii concluded with a summary, and couldn't help but recall what his mentor, Dr. Mizuno, once said: "The more you understand nature, the more you should respect it."

Dr. Mizuno used his own life to prove that in the ionosphere, which was previously believed to have no conditions for the survival of life, there is indeed another form of life - Lightning Man. Today, there has appeared a life form in the asthenosphere - Sodem - that transcends human common sense and subverts human science.

It is a bit ridiculous to think that humans, who have only existed for a million years, are trying to use their own cognition to define the Earth, which has existed for billions of years.

Others may not feel much about it, but as scientists, Nakajima Tsutomu and Horii know how grand this speculation is. Once it is confirmed, it will cause a terrible storm in the scientific community.

This means that the existence and scope of life are more extensive than humans expected, and it also means that many planets in the universe that humans believe do not have the ability to survive and reproduce life may have life forms beyond human cognition deep underground or even in the harsh sky. Not to mention the distant past, just talking about the near future, once it is confirmed that Sodem can indeed survive in the asthenosphere, at least hundreds of highly valuable papers will be born. If other organisms can be found in the asthenosphere, it will definitely go down in history, at least in the history of biology and earth history.

pity!

Whether it is Nakajima Tsutomu or Horii, their main research field is not biology. They can only be said to have dabbled in it. But as we all know, the difference between proficiency and mastery is greater than the difference between humans and pigs.

Although there is only a two-level difference between a bachelor's degree and a doctorate, it is more difficult to cross than a great rift.

The amount of knowledge and research capabilities they possess are even more different.

The gap between Horii and Nakajima and professional biologists, although not as big, is definitely not small.

So with this big gift package that fell from the sky, they can only watch others publish papers crazily, but they have no way of participating in it, nor do they have the time to participate in it.

Nakajima Tsutomu is responsible for some equipment of the Super Victory Team, while Horii is also busy with the construction of the cosmic network and finding time to study how to install the Max engine on the Feiyan No. 1, not to mention that he has also taken on Chiba Makoto's convertible fighter project. They are so busy that they have no time to participate in new projects.

scoff!scoff!
With the assistance of high-altitude drones, hundreds of people witnessed the entire process of Sodem digging the mountain and making a hole. Like a pangolin, it drilled through the rock bit by bit and entered the mountain. In the end, even its tail disappeared, leaving only flying soil and rocks, proving that it was still digging downwards.

It can be seen that the camera can no longer capture anything, but the ultrasonic detector and gravity gradiometer are still monitoring, "watching" Sodem go down at a speed visible to the naked eye, reaching the zero point above sea level, drilling two hundred meters, five hundred meters, and one thousand meters underground until the sound of it digging is mixed with the noise of the strata and can no longer be distinguished.

By this time the sun was setting and it was dusk.

The bright red sunlight shone down, turning the western hillside into a sea of ​​fire.

Chiba Makoto stood on the high slope, gazing at the mountain that had been surrounded by TPC. There were a large number of personnel and equipment in the large hole halfway up the mountain, but the depth of the hole was only a hundred meters, and the deeper part was filled up with soil and rocks excavated by Sodem.

"There's no chance for Ultraman to appear this time."

A female voice came from behind. Qianye Cheng did not turn around, but smiled and said, "I really hope it can be like this every time."

"But if humans no longer need Ultraman's protection, then what is the meaning of Ultraman's existence?"

The words came closer and closer until they stopped on the right side of Chiba Makoto. Nakamura Hui, who was wearing a brown leather jacket, followed Chiba Makoto's line of sight and admired the beautiful scenery of the setting sun over the long river.

"When humans no longer need Ultraman's protection, it means that humans have grown up and can survive on their own in this forest of the universe. However, the forest is so large and there are so many trees, and there are still many seedlings that need to be cared for."

Chiba Makoto replied with a smile.

This time, Iruma Kei remained silent for a long time, and Chiba Makoto did not urge her, but just stood there, watching and listening.

It took a long time before I heard Iruma Kei's voice, saying, "This is your home, too."

Chiba Makoto turned his head and said to Iruma Kei: "Yes, so no matter how far or how long I go, I will always come back to visit. This is the meaning of home."

"Yeah, no one will stay at home forever, but everyone will return home eventually."

Iruma Kei also smiled, but the smile was a bit forced, and said: "I will try my best to protect this family. At least during my term, I will never let the Omega files be lost. As for the future
Let’s leave it to the future!”

When she said the last sentence, Iruma Kei seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, and her tone became relaxed.

No one can predict the future, let alone know what the future will be like.

It is not easy to do well in the present, so how can we expect a good future?

Maybe it is just as they just imagined, humans have developed to the point where they no longer need Ultraman's protection.

What would that world be like?

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Time: 2:30 in the morning.

Location: Biological Research Institute, a secret laboratory!
clatter! clatter! clatter!
Along with crisp sounds, the lights hanging high on the ceiling turned on, illuminating the huge room.

There were instruments and pipelines all over the floor, all extending to a box-shaped tower over a hundred meters high in the middle of the room.

There are a large number of indicator lights on it, flashing constantly. The astonishing power consumption releases a large amount of heat, so that the temperature in the room remains high.

On the high wall near the ceiling, there was a row of windows made of high-strength glass. Nan Yun, wearing the uniform of the chief of staff, stood in front of the window, looking at the huge culture dish in the center of the huge room, and said without turning his head: "It seems that it has not succeeded yet."

"Almost there, almost there," said a middle-aged man behind me who was dressed in a way that fits the public's stereotype of a mad scientist. He had messy hair, black-framed glasses, and a dirty white coat. He said confidently, "Now we are only one step away. Once we solve the control problem, we can conduct actual combat tests."

Chief of Staff Nan Yun turned his head and looked at the person behind him with a half-smile, saying: "It seems that it has not been successful yet."

"Of course, if it succeeds, I'll be the first to let you know."

"Humph," Chief of Staff Nanyun snorted coldly, turned his head back, and continued to stare at the big box in the room, saying: "Dr. Otomo, I hope you don't forget who helped you when you were rejected by the Southern European branch and provided you with everything you needed so that you could concentrate on your research."

"It's you. I will always remember your kindness and will devote all my knowledge to you wholeheartedly." The man called Dr. Otomo hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

"It doesn't matter whether it's for me or for TPC. I just hope you don't act on your own." Chief of Staff Nanyun turned around, slightly raised his head, and tried to look down. He said, "They are investigating the vicious monster suspected to be Golzan who was injured with the registration code name Sodem. Don't find this place."

"No, no, absolutely not."

(End of this chapter)