"Sounds like the wolves are answering the call of the 'head wolf'?"

Immediately thinking of the abnormal reaction of the giant stone statue some time ago, Masaki Keigo muttered to himself in disbelief.

"Can you determine the exact coordinates of that direction?"

Shaking his head with some regret, the staff explained.

"We tracked that coordinate the first time, and we were only able to determine that it was probably a location in the Pacific Ocean."

A flash of clarity flashed in his eyes, and Masaki Keigo felt that this must not be a coincidence.

Because the coordinates that caused the abnormal reaction of the giant stone statue were also in the Pacific Ocean.

[Is this a sign that the 'dark forces' are growing?] 】

Instantly, he remembered the terrifying being described in one of TPC's top secret files, Dark Dominator Gatanjee.

Keigo Masaki still remembers that Gatanjee, who was called the "evil god" by that classified file, had destroyed the civilization born on Earth several times.

The ultra-ancient monster Melba was one of the vanguards who was taken under his command 30 million years ago and destroyed the ultra-ancient civilization.

Today's skeleton of Mechanical Melba comes from the cellular remains of Mechanical Merba, and it is inevitable that it will be affected by the dark power of Gatanjee.

Zizizi......

Just as Keigo Masaki was thinking about the relationship between the mechanical Melba and Gatanjack, a sudden electric sound suddenly sounded.

"What?!"

Looking in the direction of the sound of electricity, I saw that the gravity control ball at the center of the mechanical Melba's eyebrows actually lit up.

It was the most central of all the mechanical Merba's armaments.

It is precisely because of the "black technology" of gravity control ball, which is beyond the times, that the mechanical Melba with exaggerated weight can have the high-speed flight ability comparable to that of the original Melba.

"What's going on? Why does the gravity control ball kick in? ”

In the face of Masaki Keigo's angry questioning, the staff also looked at the mechanical Melba who was slowly opening his eyes with a look of astonishment.

"Abnormal beating of the mechanical heart was detected......"

"Wait, the compressed energy liquid is also flowing at a high speed, and the artificial neural network is also starting to be extremely excited!"

"Mechanical Melba...... In anger? ”

Stunned to look at the various data displayed on the tablet, the staff couldn't understand how the iron lump in front of them could suddenly become angry.

"Aang!"

In the blink of an eye, the mechanical Melba turned the anger in his heart into a tangible action.

The scaffolding nearby began to crumble, and the steel scales and artificial skin around it began to radiate energy.

"A bunch of rubbish!"

Seeing this, Masaki Keigo ignored the panicked staff nearby, and suddenly walked in the direction of the mechanical Melba.

"President!"

"It's dangerous there!"

"Don't go near there!"

"Activate the emergency evacuation alert!"

……

With the shouts of the staff one after another, Keigo Masaki walked directly in front of the mechanical Melba with an expressionless face.

"Quiet me down!"

It's obviously just a normal person's volume, but Masaki Keigo's scolding miraculously deterred the mechanical Melba.

Not only that, but the mechanical Melba, who had just recovered, lowered his head in confusion.

I don't seem to understand why the "ant" in front of me is not as afraid of himself as everyone else.

"You are my creation, and I am your master!"

"Whatever you sense, be honest and quiet now!"

Still with an expressionless scolding, the aura emanating from Keigo Masaki's body successfully suppressed the mechanical Merba, which was more than a hundred times his size.

"Woo......"

The high-pitched growl gradually turned into a low-pitched whine......

The mechanical Melba, who had been very angry, slowly relaxed his body, revealing an aggrieved expression like a tamed beast.

"Good! That's my good buddy! ”

Under the shocked gaze of the surrounding staff, Keigo Masaki finally laughed.

"Now tell me, what did you sense?"

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At the same time, the Giant's Stone Statue is located at the base of Terranoyd.

Xincheng, who had just finished washing, didn't have time to go back to rest, and suddenly there were bursts of piercing sirens from the entire base.

Backbite! Backbite! Backbite!

Piercing alarms and dangerous red lights appeared in every corner of the base's interior.

The alarm came so suddenly, so quickly, that there was no warning at all.

"What's going on? Is it a drill? ”

Reaching out and grabbing a staff member running past him, Xincheng already had some kind of ominous premonition in his heart.

"No...... It's not ......"

Swallowing deeply, the staff explained in a panicked manner.

"It's over there...... Something seems to be going on over there! ”

Hearing this, Xincheng didn't care about anything else at the moment, let go of the staff's arm and ran in the direction of the giant statue.

A few minutes later, when Xincheng arrived at the location of the Giant Statue, he saw a scene that shocked him.

Restless!

The tall stone statue of the giant emitted an inexplicable light all over its body, and traces that seemed to distort time and space appeared around him.

Before Xincheng could react to what was going on, a loud bang suddenly came out.

Click!

As if the mirror shattered, an abrupt ball of light flew out of the distorted space-time gap, and flew straight towards the giant stone statue.

"Attack that ball of light!"

Although he didn't know what was going on, his instinct told him that the ball of light must not be allowed to approach the Giant Statue.

As if to confirm the intuition, the light of the giant statue itself also rejects the approach of the ball of light.

Zizizi......

Where the stone statue of the giant came into contact with the ball of light, dazzling sparks continued to burst out.

Fortunately, at this time, the other staff members of the base finally reacted and began to shoot at the ball of light.

Sue! Sue! Sue!

The moment a high-energy ray came into contact with the ball of light, it was directly integrated into the ball of light.

The only thing to be thankful for is that as a secret base of the former Earth Defense Forces, there is no shortage of physical ammunition here in addition to light weapons.

Xincheng, who was the first to notice this, suddenly jumped into the cockpit of the industrial robot arm on the side.

Then he manipulated the mechanical arm above the Giant Stone Statue to smash into the ball of light.

Inspired by the new city, the other security personnel pulled out physical ammunition and bazookas out of nowhere, and pulled the trigger in the direction of the ball of light.

For a moment, sparks and smoke flew around the giant statue and the ball of light.

Commuter/Referral Passes

(End of chapter)