Am I the only one in this team who is not Ultraman?

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Letting Gauss deal with Sera would probably be much better, but... Dr. Nezu's condition is worrying.

Chapter 366 Dr. Nezu, Goodnight

The empty test tube in his hand fell to the ground, and Dr. Nezu collapsed to the ground, startling Dr. Yao. He rushed over and found that Dr. Nezu was trying to stand up on his own. He was spitting out blood, but the blood... was dark red.

"Dr. Nezu, your condition is... you can't continue your research." Dr. Yao struggled to help Dr. Nezu up, but the latter just shook his head. "I want to continue, I can still continue."

Grabbing Dr. Yamausagi's hand and standing up, Dr. Nezu's weathered eyes were now filled with determination. "I'm still alive, Dr. Yamausagi. As long as I'm alive and can move, there's still something I can do, something I can still do!"

In the past, Dr. Nezu had always conducted research to atone for the sins he had committed. But now, after realizing that something was amiss about what happened back then, what keeps him here, besides his belief in revenge, is an unprecedented worry.

"Just a little more, that's enough." Dr. Nezu looked at the reagent bottle in his hand that he had instinctively protected even when it fell over. Thankfully, he hadn't failed at the last minute.

As the last bit of work was completed, Dr. Nezu suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes, but he still managed to stay awake and was helped out by Dr. Yao.

Outside the Geo base, Gauss and Sila were fighting. However, Gauss in Luna Mode clearly did not intend to hurt anyone with his moves. But Sila's target was always the Geo research base, and it was not easy for Gauss to stop her.

After realizing that Gauss's attack was not strong, Sila rushed directly toward her target, as if she really came to take revenge on the Zelda gas. Gauss did not understand why Sila's body was riddled with holes in his eyes, yet her power was still so strong.

Leo subconsciously touched the Ultimate Fighting Device on his chest. Seeing Sila's determined stance as she headed towards the research center, he instinctively wanted to simply use a more forceful approach to subdue Sila and avoid pointless conflict.

However, at that moment, another voice, cold yet tinged with helplessness, appeared in Leo's mind: "No, it can't be done."

This was the first time Leo had heard this voice. Before he could ask who it was, the voice continued, "Leo, the only creatures we can subdue are monsters and aliens, but Sira... it doesn't belong to that category."

"Are you the Ultimate Fighting Device?" This was the first time Leo had heard the Ultimate Fighting Device's voice. The device did not deny it. "This monster... has no malice, we can all sense that. In that case, let's see what it wants to do."

Leo glanced at Dr. Otomo, who seemed to be wondering what was keeping Sila going. It was obvious to everyone that Sila's steps were slowing down and becoming heavier; she couldn't even launch a fireball attack anymore.

The Ultimate Fighting Device automatically flew into Leo's hand, and King Grand was immediately summoned, standing in front of Gauss and shaking his head to indicate that he should not continue the attack.

The Lightning team was also hesitant. Their mission was to ensure that Geo base would not be attacked, but King Grand was a monster of the Knicks. Did this mean that the Knicks intended to attack?

"This is Leo. Lightning Force and ground troops, cease attack. Repeating: Lightning Force and ground troops, cease attack."

Leo's order caused only a moment's hesitation among the group, after which they all laid down their weapons.

"What are you doing, Leo? What if something happens to the Geo research base..." Gondo slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly. Actually, he wasn't worried about the research center; he was worried that this incident would cause irreparable damage to Leo.

"I will take full responsibility personally. That's all I have to say, Gondo."

Dr. Otomo glanced at Leo with surprise, then watched with him as Sira walked to the entrance of the Geo base. When he reached their door, he made no further move, as if waiting for something.

Leo seemed to realize Sila's thoughts, turned around, and saw Dr. Yaoba supporting Dr. Nezu. The two of them were holding a light blue reagent, but it was clearly not Zildar gas.

"Sila...Sila, are you there?" Dr. Nezu looked up, his eyes had lost all light, he could see nothing, and naturally he could not see Sila not far away.

“Nezu, Sila is right in front of you.” Dr. Yao said, and Leo also came to support Dr. Nezu.

The moment he caught him, Leo was surprised to find that Dr. Nezu's hands and feet were unusually cold, but he didn't care. He quietly channeled some of the light from the plasma spark into Dr. Nezu's body.

Suddenly, a blue light appeared in the pitch-black vision. Dr. Nezu blinked hard, looked up and met Sylla's blue eyes, as well as the azure sky behind Sylla.

“Sila, you…you’ve come to tell me this, haven’t you?” Dr. Nezu’s eyes were now fixed on Sila. “You want to tell me that someone wants to use Zelda gas to do bad things, right?”

Sila let out a soft moan and fell weakly forward, but Gauss gently supported her and laid her down. Dr. Otomo brought out a translator, but found that it was not very effective.

Sila had lost the ability to speak, and her brainwaves were in complete chaos, making it impossible to understand how she got here. However, Dr. Nezu seemed to be able to understand the meaning that Sila was trying to convey in her eyes.

“I know, Syrah, I know everything.” Dr. Nezu coughed up blood and handed over the reagent in his hand. “Syrah, go. We’re all still alive. We can still do something, right?”

Tears streamed down Sila's face, and a golden light emanated from her mouth. She gently took the reagent from Dr. Nezu's hand, put it in her mouth, and then struggled to her feet, wanting to fly away, but she had no strength left.

Leo knew that this was something that Sila had to do personally. He gave King Grand a look, and the latter led Sila toward the volcano in Star City.

After handing the painstakingly prepared potion to Sila, Dr. Nezu could no longer stand and collapsed into Leo's arms. He could see nothing clearly, but he reached out and stroked Leo's face, as if trying to remember him.

"Thank you, Leo. I have wronged you so much in my life. If I had discovered the anomaly sooner, perhaps everything would have been different."

"Don't say that, Doctor. It's not your fault." Leo helped Dr. Genzu up. He had already learned more information from Renlong and the others. "Besides, without your research, Australia might have been turned into a sea of ​​fire by the Five Emperors long ago."

"That's... all thanks to you, cough cough." Dr. Nezu's breathing grew weaker and weaker. "I just finished what I was supposed to do."

Leo gave Dr. Yao and Dr. Otomo a look, and they, along with the others, chose to look away, while Dr. Nezu continued speaking to himself.

“I am truly happy to have met you all and to be able to do something beneficial for humanity… Thank you, Vice Captain Leo.”

"I'm sorry I can't accompany you on your journey from now on... You must persevere, you must take good care of yourself, and live on..."

The moment the words left his mouth, Dr. Nezu's hand fell limp, and the last trace of warmth in his body vanished. Leo's heart was heavy. Only then did Rukiel appear beside him, her eyes lowered.

"This person was actually already dead, but his obsession was so strong that it kept him going until this moment."

This is why Luciel has chosen to remain silent; she only recently realized this. The Dark Spark can only stop time, but it cannot bring back someone who has already died.

"His spark was ignited long ago, and it burned brighter than anyone else's, didn't it?"

“I don’t know, Leo, I don’t understand either. Is this why you’re so close to humans?” Lucy looked at Dr. Nezu, who seemed to be sleeping peacefully in Leo’s arms. “Humans… are truly remarkable.”

"Yes, that's really amazing."

Leo gently laid Dr. Nezu down, and Rukiel disappeared from the spot. Soon, someone arrived to prepare Dr. Nezu's body for burial. Leo stood up and looked at Dr. Nezu's face.

"Goodnight, Doctor," Leo whispered. From this day forward, this man who had spent his entire life contemplating the future of humanity and trying to atone for his sins could finally let go of everything and be free from toil.

But Leo won't stop there. Dr. Nezu is his close friend, so he should settle this debt for the doctor!

Chapter 377 The Dark Heart

To be honest, Renlong didn't take this matter to heart at first. If it weren't for the fact that it involved the energy of the earth's veins, it wouldn't have been worth her putting aside her work to make this trip.

But no one expected such an unexpected discovery. Egrand, a city that disappeared at the beginning of the ancient civil war, previously only had the dilapidated ruins of Masaki Keigo, which occupied a very small part of the city.

Unexpectedly, she found Egrand here, but Renlong could not go in herself. It was another space, not belonging to Earth. If Renlong went in rashly, she might encounter danger. But even if she only glimpsed it from the crack, she could get a definite answer.

"This is indeed Egrand, but what happened back then that caused the entire city to disappear?"

"It's probably the work of the Dark Shadow Mage again." Yako reached out and touched the dimensional rift. Only because she was an authority in this area did she have authority; otherwise, an ordinary person would be torn apart if they touched it.

“This crack isn’t very big, so it hasn’t attracted much attention before, but there must be something hidden inside. The leak of Zildar gas back then must have been related to this thing.”

Upon hearing Yako's analysis, Renlong stepped forward and reached out to touch the dimensional rift. Even though her fingers could easily tear through steel, she was still cut.

“There are traces of ley line energy… and an evil aura.” Renlong said, and she and Yazi both felt the heavy emotions and intense anger coming from Leo’s side. It seemed that this matter would not be resolved so easily.

“Leo is furious. It seems we really need to go there.” Yako took out the Virtual Dark Spark. “Sister Renlong, you wait here for now. I’ll go check on the situation over there.”

"Be careful." Renlong was still a little worried about Ayako, after all, the girl's strength was still a bit lacking, while Ayako was very confident in herself. "Don't worry, big sister, I'm an Apollo."

Regardless of whether they can defeat those guys over there, they can at least run away. Those Yapo people may not be good at anything else, but they are really tough.

It would probably take a while for Sila to fly over here. Yako glanced at it and realized that this dimensional rift could only accommodate a small truck at most. Helpless, she could only put away the Alipon Tower first and then jump in.

Renlong thought for a moment. Back then, the Dark Shadow Mage had launched a blitzkrieg, so he took the initiative to exile Egrand, which served as an outpost on Earth, to this space. If the ancient civil war had not broken out, or if everyone had the help of Evil and others, the Dark War would not have been so difficult.

Yako understood this principle. Anyone with a brain knows that if the Ultramen from ESCG were all together, there might not be many people in the entire universe who could handle them. But once they were separated, the Ultramen would be much easier to deal with.

Moreover, the Dark Shadow Mage's seal is quite solid. Without breaking that seal, no matter what he does, he won't be able to achieve his desired goal. Yako speculates that this incident is most likely related to the Dark Shadow Mage's attempt to break his own seal.

However, when Ako actually arrived in the city called Egrand, she couldn't help but gasp, "Oh my god..."

The scene before her eyes exceeded Ako's expectations. Although the ancient megalithic city-state was in ruins, beautiful statues and murals could be seen everywhere. The ancient civilization was ridiculously advanced in art, even the street lamps followed the golden ratio.

But what truly shocked Ako were the nearly one thousand ancient giant and monster statues before her. Some of these statues depicted ancient giants fighting each other, with one of them clearly showing deformed and twisted parts.

Besides those, there were also monster statues. I didn't see Golza or Melba, but I did see the Yapool's super beast, the disc-shaped creatures from Planet Black, giant space monsters, and many more creatures whose names I couldn't even recall.

The traces at the scene clearly show that the ancient Ultraman, the fallen evil giant, and many other monsters continued to fight until their last breath, trying to kill each other completely, without even realizing they were petrified.

"So this is where the ancient civil war began? How tragic..."

As Ako looked at the giant stone statues that remained locked in a life-or-death struggle until the very end, she realized that they probably never imagined that this civil war was just the beginning, and that the dark war that followed would destroy almost everything.

According to Renlong, after the Dark War ended, only a few thousand ancient humans remained. Some of them chose to go to space to find other lands, and it is unknown whether Sphia was the only survivor.

"Speaking of which, why does it look so new?" Ako walked along the city streets. Clearly, the Dark Shadow Mage had taken action not long before the war began, and many buildings in the city were still preserved.

But strangely, when Yako glanced at the parts of the destroyed buildings, they looked as new as if they had just been destroyed yesterday. "Is the flow of time here different from the outside world?"

Forget it, thinking about this doesn't seem to be of any use. Yako took out her instrument and scanned the city center. The instrument showed that the energy reaction there was the highest, as was the dark aura.

The entire city of Egrand was filled with darkness and the aura of death. Any creature that stepped into this place would probably not be able to survive. But Ako was different. She belonged to Leo, and the Ultimate Darkness recognized her as one of its own and did not make things too difficult for her.

Ayako walked briskly along the path. The entire city seemed to have died, and the excessive silence made her uneasy. Ayako knew that something must be here, but she searched for a long time without encountering anything unexpected.

"Couldn't find it... That's unlikely. Based on my experience watching horror movies and playing horror games lately, at times like this..." Ako stroked her chin, then without thinking, raised her hand and fired the gun behind her, hitting the eye that had been following her from the beginning.

“I knew it. Since the Dark Shadow Mage abandoned this city here, how could he not send people to watch over it? There must be something here that is very important to him.”

The eye glared angrily at Ako, and a beam of light shot out from it, but it was blocked by the Sphia Barrier Generator that Ako carried with her. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the eye quickly flew towards the city center.

"Trying to run?" Yako followed closely behind; it wouldn't be difficult for her to break the sound barrier when she ran.

However, when Ako arrived, she frowned. She saw a petrified Ultraman kneeling on one knee in the huge central square of Egrand, his sword firmly pinning a black heart to the ground.

The jet-black heart was still pounding powerfully, and the jet-black energy transformed into threads that tightly bound the Ultraman. Ako glanced at the instrument, her eyelids twitching. "The energy reaction of Zildar gas, is that heart kept active by Zildar gas?"

This is really troublesome. They discovered it too late. When Ako arrived, the dark heart directly chose to merge into the Ultraman's body, and behind it, the phantom of Hernarak appeared. It was obviously driving all of this, but this heart definitely did not belong to him.

"This is really... troublesome." Without any hesitation, Ako immediately pulled out Bishop Gloca's Spark Doll. This thing can't be released.

Otherwise, if that heart, filled with Zelda energy, were to explode, even a single Star City wouldn't be enough to destroy it.

Chapter 368 Dark Acre

The silver and red interwoven surface of his body was gradually covered by darkness. Hernarak gradually took control of this new body and was finally able to speak.

"Ah... I never expected that someone would find this place. You have the aura of ultimate darkness, but you are not that person's subordinate."

Hernarak's voice sounded deep and muffled, like the tolling of a bell. Ako disliked this kind of voice. Bishop Gloca's posture was even more imposing, but Ako felt a little uneasy because Bishop Gloca was a mass-produced type, and mass-produced machines have always had some undesirable innate buffs.

"The 'master' you mentioned, is he the Dark Shadow Mage? Heh, it seems he does have a plan here." Ako looked around. "I see, this entire alternate dimension is your body, no wonder there's an energy reaction."

“You’re right. I am indeed loyal to Lord Dark Shadow Mage. It was the Lord who gave me a second life and allowed me to come here with His heart.”

Hernarak's loyalty when mentioning the Dark Shadow Mage didn't seem feigned, but then, as if remembering something, he clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"Unfortunately, that damned Ultraman Ake interfered halfway through, destroying my core and sealing the heart of the Dark Shadow Mage. Otherwise, how could the Dark Mage have lost to those old geezers in the Dark War back then!"

So this Ultraman is called Ake. Ako thought for a moment and realized that the "old thing" the other party was referring to must be the King of Ultra and Delacion, these legendary beings.

"Does the Shadow Mage even know he can beat Ultraman King?" Ako's tone was disdainful and contemptuous. The Shadow Mage was nothing, someone even Leo would avoid.

If the Dark Shadow Mage could obtain the ultimate darkness transformed from the entire Eternal Core, he could indeed reach or even surpass the level of Ultraman King and the others, a fact that Delacion himself acknowledged.

Because Earth's Eternal Core is so unique and its energy is so intense, the Dark Shadow Mage even dragged in several other universes. The fusion of Earth's cores from different universes made the energy of the Eternal Core reach a level that could not be ignored.

But even the Dark Shadow Mage has to be able to swallow it. Back then, this guy attracted Gatanothor and the others, resulting in Gatanothor and Grimd taking away a considerable portion of the Ultimate Darkness that he hadn't even had time to absorb, leaving him with no choice but to run away.

"Why did the Dark Shadow Mage ask you to bring his heart here?" Ya Huanzi knew that Hernarak would definitely answer her, even if it was a misleading or wrong answer, she could still analyze a lot from it.

The reason is simple: Hernarak is stalling for time, but Ako is also stalling for time. She can't defeat the opponent with just the monster and Spark Doll she has, not to mention that this Ultraman might still be saved. She can only wait for Leo to arrive.

"Do you think I'd tell you?" Hernarak was indeed stalling for time. Ake's body was resisting him. Although the sealed heart possessed powerful energy, it had only recently begun to erode it.

"It's to contain the ultimate darkness, right?" Ako looked at Dark Aker's body and trembled involuntarily, knowing that she had guessed correctly.

"In order to better contain and absorb the ultimate darkness, it needs a heart, but an existence born from negative emotions should not have such a thing. Whose heart is this?"

Chaos Chaos had previously transformed into the Heart of Light, something that Delacion left for Leo, and also a trap set by someone for Leo. But since it was the result of Delacion's design, it proves that the heart must be of great importance.

Now, the Shadow Mage also has a Dark Heart. The purpose of their existence must be the same. The Shadow Mage must have some weakness that requires this heart to help compensate for it.

Hernarak instinctively shut his mouth, realizing he couldn't continue. The other person was clearly smarter than him; she had guessed the truth in just a few words.

Actually, it would have been better if Hernarak hadn't shut up. The moment it did, Yazi knew he had guessed correctly. In that case, the heart was even more irreplaceable!

The two sides stopped talking and chose to fight directly. Dark Aker raised his sword and rushed forward, dodging the barrage of Gilsadis beams and slashing down with his sword. He was grabbed by Bishop Gloca, but Dark Aker's power was beyond imagination, and even showed a tendency to overwhelm Bishop Gloca.

"That strength...tsk, is that the energy from that heart?" Yako clicked her tongue. A Blair Beam shot out from Bishop Gloca's head, blasting the unprepared Dark Ake away. After all, the strength was greater, but the weight was still a bit lacking.

"I thought you were going to be much stronger, but it turns out this is all you've got?" Yako curled her lip in disdain. Dark Ake was quite strong, but lacked in other aspects. Clearly, Ake himself was also resisting the control of darkness.

"Damn it." Dark Aker rolled over and got up. Helnarak cursed in annoyance. If his body hadn't been destroyed by Aker, would he have needed this guy?

No, we can't drag this out any longer. Although I don't know what this guy's background is, I can tell from his dark aura that he's a fellow cultivator here to steal the Ultimate Darkness. The Dark Shadow Mage has repeatedly warned me that the Dark Heart must not be harmed, otherwise I'm afraid I won't even be able to keep my resentment.

Hernarak made a decisive choice, raised his hand, placed the energy in his palm, and then slammed it onto the ground. "Monster spirits lingering here, gather together and revive once more, King Orbmons!"

A deep, resonant sound, like the neighing of a war elephant, echoed around. Suddenly, Ako felt something amiss on the ground beneath her feet. As she flew into the sky, a blazing beam of light shot out from the ground, shattering Bishop Groca's crown.

"This attack power... is a bit fierce." Ako looked at the monster that crawled out of the ground. The monster, which was resurrected by Dark Ake with the Dark Heart, was actually comparable to Bishop Gloca in strength.

"King Orb Mengs, hold her back!" Dark Archer said, then flew directly toward the dimensional rift, completely unaware of the pity in Ayako's eyes as she looked at him.

The reason why Ako chose to take action was simple: she no longer needed to stall for time. So, to be honest, she even felt a little sorry for Dark Ako, since Leo, who was in a very bad mood, was waiting for him outside at this moment.

Dark Archer had no idea what awaited him outside; he only wanted to complete his mission as soon as possible and deliver the Dark Heart to the Dark Shadow Mage's sealed location.