"BOSS, there's an emergency!"

Just as Lu Xuan was thinking about whether there was a possibility of further improvement of the Ultra armor, Tomoko's voice suddenly appeared in the laboratory.

"Emergency?"

Raising his head in some surprise, it was the first time Lu Xuan had heard Zhizi's tone so cautious.

You know, although Tomoko is a strong artificial intelligence that already has feelings, she doesn't show too obvious emotions in most cases.

It can make Tomoko, who has always been indifferent, reveal such a cautious tone.

Lu Xuan suddenly put down the improvement work of Ultra's armor and asked thoughtfully.

"Is there something wrong with TPC's 'Giant Repair Project'?"

Ever since he learned about Plan F, Lu Xuan had Tomoko keep a close eye on the progress of this plan.

Combined with the information I got from Keigo Masaki, it seems that Project F should indeed have achieved phased results during this time.

"No, it has nothing to do with Plan F."

However, Zhizi decisively denied Lu Xuan's statement, and then revealed a fact that shocked him even more.

"It is the 'returner' of the ultra-ancient civilization......"

"TPC's Delta space station has detected a signal that appears to be a 'returner'!"

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Almost at the same time, the Earth's outer orbit.

A huge space station is running slowly, like a small city floating in outer space.

This massive space station is none other than the Delta Space Station, an armed space station dedicated to intercepting all unidentified objects that attempt to break into Earth's orbit.

The Delta space station was built during the Earth Defense Force, almost at the same time as the lunar base Caro.

However, unlike the Caro base, the Delta space station is the seed of the space force built by the Earth Defense Force after all the old defenseless space stations were collectively abandoned in order to prevent alien invasions.

Therefore, this space station is not only equipped with various advanced weapons from the era of the Earth Defense Force.

After being taken over by TPC, it became the first line of defense to protect the earth.

In particular, after the Shinjuku incident, the TPC, realizing that the earth was in dire need of self-defense capabilities, adopted the proposal for a fully armed space station through the first carte prong.

In a sense, the Delta space station is a mobile arsenal.

The Space Force during the Earth Defense Force period was conceived, and various conceptual weapons during the TPC period......

The Delta space station, which combines these advantages, can be said to be the most powerful space armament of mankind at the current stage.

Therefore, when a blazing white light pierced the universe and hit straight in the direction of the earth, the Delta space station responded immediately.

"UFO spotted!"

"Warning, UFO spotted!"

"A UFO has been detected with a high-energy response, and the Ministry of Armed Forces has applied for interception!"

Accompanied by the sound of sirens sounding inside the Delta space station.

The 278 well-trained Space Force immediately organized the action and quickly activated the main artillery system of the Delta space station, the Bakir gun.

Restless!

The Delta Space Station, which takes on the shape of a huge triangle, began to gather light at this moment.

Looking from afar, I saw that in the boundless space, the dazzling white light and the Bakir cannon launched zero-distance contact and collision.

It was just a momentary collision that shook the energy center of the entire Delta space station.

On the other hand, the dazzling white light only stopped for a short time, and then turned in an incredible arc and fell to the earth's surface from the other direction.

"How is that possible?!"

"It withstood the attack of the Pakir cannon?"

"What the hell is that?"

"Hurry up and report the situation here to the ground center!"

"The UFO landed at the headquarters of the Space Development Agency!"

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Voices echoed throughout the interior of the Delta space station, but no one noticed a nameless signal flashing across the huge screen.

It's like an old black-and-white TV with an unstable signal.

After a flash of white mosaics, an audio file that appears to be a mixture of multiple voices appears on the Delta space station.

"We ...... Finally home......"

An eerie multi-tone resounded in the Delta space station, and there was a chilling feeling hidden in it.

"This ......"

Suddenly looking up at the big screen, one of the members of the Space Force seemed to be very familiar with the voice, and his eyes showed a look of horror.

"It's Dr. Jiang Qi, this voice is Dr. Jiang Qi's voice!"

As soon as these words came out, the others also reacted, with a strange accent that still echoed in the ears of the listener in disbelief.

"But...... Didn't Dr. Jiang Qi disappear two months ago? ”

Dr. Jiang Qi, as a rare doer of the Space Development Agency, participated in research activities on Jupiter a few years ago, and even went to space as an astronaut himself.

Because of his outstanding personality and approachable personality, Dr. Jiang Qi has a great reputation in the entire Space Force.

Therefore, when the news of Dr. Jiang Qi's disappearance came from Jupiter two months ago, the members of the Delta space station also held a silent ceremony for him, which was quite space etiquette.

"That UFO just now, it can't be Jeepta 3, right?"

When this conjecture was proposed, the faces of the members of the Delta space station became even more shocked.

Jeepta-3, also known as Jupiter III, is a manned vehicle specially used by the Space Development Agency to detect Jupiter, and has the ability to act in space as a single body.

But the problem now is that Jeepta 3 should have disappeared with Dr. Jiang Qi a long time ago.

Moreover, Jeepta-3 is a Jupiter exploration vehicle built by the Space Development Agency with all its might, and it is impossible for it to be recognized as a UFO by the Delta space station under any circumstances.

"Anyway, let's get the news of that UFO back to the surface headquarters first!"

In the end, it was the director of the Delta space station, Makoto Nanase, who made the decision to send this strange audio back to Earth along with the news of the UFO.

At the same time, Makoto Nanase also passed on the speculation of the Delta space station to the Earth side.

[A new UFO broke through the interception of the Delta space station and fell towards the location of the Space Development Agency.] 】

[This UFO is suspected to be detecting Jupiter's Jeepta-3, and there may still be living life reactions inside it.] 】

When the text message was transmitted back to Earth via a quantum transmission channel, the TPC agencies held an emergency meeting almost immediately.

——Commuter/Recommended Ticket——

(End of chapter)