The Gaelic people of the Ultraman Tiga world

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"It's just that you intentionally or unintentionally overlooked this point before."

Lu Xuan pointed out the source of Da Gu's unusual behavior today with incisive insight, and explained calmly.

"Before today, most of the enemies I dealt with were 'villains' in your eyes."

"So you never realized how cruel the methods I used to deal with them were."

"But today is different. The Lightning people have been calling on your Victory Team for help from the very beginning..."

"Moreover, the reason they are my enemies is not because they want to gain or seize anything, but simply for the survival and reproduction of their own race."

"Therefore, in your eyes, they are at least a neutral, or even a weak, player."

With a slight sigh, Lu Xuan continued.

"But you've overlooked a crucial issue..."

"That means the Lightning People are a race, a civilization."

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Chapter 190 Quantum Deterrence

"Individuals can be distinguished as good or evil, but civilizations and races cannot."

Seeing that Daigo still looked completely bewildered, Lu Xuan had no choice but to explain further.

“Any civilization or race that survives has a strong tendency to continue and reproduce.”

"An individual can sacrifice himself for a sacred goal, but a civilization or a race cannot."

"Today's Lightning People can ask humans for help for the continuation of their race..."

"Then tomorrow's Lightning People can also wage war against humanity for the continuation of their race..."

"I'm not making any assumptions; I'm just describing a given fact."

Daigo stared wide-eyed, but unconsciously began to accept this explanation of the route.

He remembered that the message the Lightning Man left for the TPC described how some of them were gradually going berserk due to human electromagnetic technology.

Even subtly, the Lightning People's "group consciousness" has been influenced by this tendency toward violence.

To be honest, if the birth of the Sophon hadn't spurred the entire Lightning People's race, their first interaction with humans probably wouldn't have been so "peaceful."

"So, you knew about the existence of the Lightning Men beforehand, which is why you created that weapon that could deter them?"

Hearing Daigo's words, Lu Xuan shook his head again in denial.

"You think too highly of me, and you're too farsighted. This was just a simple accident."

Lu Xuan opened his palm again, and a faint light once more emanated from it.

"This thing is called 'Sophon,' and it's a supercomputer at the micro-proton level."

After a slight pause, Lu Xuan suddenly changed the subject and said something.

"Tomoko, come and say hello to Daigo!"

Before he could finish speaking, a virtual interface resembling a game character was suddenly projected onto Daigo's retina.

The document contained Daigo's identity information, height, weight, and even more detailed six-dimensional data, without any omissions or errors.

At the same time, a familiar voice rang in Daigo's ears.

"It's a pleasure to meet you in this way, Daigo."

Upon hearing this, Daigo's mouth dropped open in astonishment.

"Tina?"

Yes, the owner of that voice was none other than the AI ​​computer on the Gailvin.

However, compared to the previous AI system, Tina now possesses terrifying abilities that surpass those of ordinary computers in every aspect.

It is possible to obtain all the data about the target simply through collisions and detection at the microscopic quantum level.

Moreover, since this collision and detection is at the proton level, there is almost nothing on Earth today that can stop or shield it.

Combined with the supercomputer properties of the proton itself.

Today, Tina is practically omniscient on a macro level.

In contrast, the ability to project virtual interfaces onto the human retina is hardly surprising.

"It might be a bit complicated to explain..."

"All you need to know is that the existence of the Sophon is precisely the 'natural enemy' of the Lightning Man."

"As long as the sophon modifies or interferes with the parameters of electromagnetic wave formation at the microscopic level, the lightning man will perish completely because he cannot adapt to the mutated electromagnetic wave environment."

"This is the same as the large-scale use of electromagnetic wave communication technology by humans."

"It's just that the methods and approaches of the sophon are more effective and more direct in getting to the heart of the matter."

In fact, there was one more thing Lu Xuan didn't mention: directly modifying the electromagnetic wave shaping parameters also poses a huge threat to humanity.

Simply put, if Lu Xuan wanted to, all the electromagnetic wave communication technologies that humanity has developed to this point would be reset to zero, and no effective data communication would be possible anymore.

This is the fundamental reason why the Lightning People are willing to ask humanity for help—the birth of the Sophon is a "natural enemy" of any race on Earth that is using electromagnetic wave-related technologies.

The only difference is that humans have alternative technologies, while the Lightning Man cannot adapt to the mutated electromagnetic wave environment in a short period of time.

"Simply put, as long as Zhizi is still in my hands, the Lightning Man will not dare to act recklessly in the slightest."

"To make it easier to understand, I will call this kind of deterrence 'quantum deterrence'!"

He listened silently to Lu Xuan's description.

From the other party's nonchalant tone, Daigo discerned the truth of whether a race would survive or perish.

No wonder the Lightning Man eventually backed down; no one could stand firm when their opponent possessed such a powerful weapon that was crucial to the survival of their race.

"Quantum deterrence...?"

Unable to resist repeating Lu Xuan's words, Daigo was unable to offer any opinion on the matter.

Because in a sense, humanity is also one of the beneficiaries of "quantum deterrence".

At the very least, as long as Lu Xuan remains on humanity's side, humanity doesn't need to worry about the Lightning Man attacking them.

Thinking about this, Daigo suddenly realized a very serious problem.

"Wait, will those lightning-wielding beings who have gone berserk due to the influence of human electromagnetic waves still attack humans?"

In the context of the "collective consciousness" of the Lightning People, those Lightning People who have become berserk due to the influence of human electromagnetic waves do not seem to be entirely under its control.

Conversely, the "collective consciousness" of the Lightning People is also influenced by those Lightning People who have become berserk.

Thinking about it this way, won't the Lightning People eventually become enemies of humanity?

"If humanity continues to use electromagnetic wave-related technologies, it's only a matter of time before the Lightning Man attacks humanity."

Lu Xuan nodded calmly in affirmation of Daigo's statement, showing no surprise whatsoever.

"That……"

She gazed at Lu Xuan with anticipation.

Daigo felt that the other party's calm demeanor meant they must have a solution to the problem.

This wasn't a rational or intuitive judgment; it was purely Daigo's trust in Lu Xuan.

After experiencing so much, Daigo realized that apart from occasionally messing things up, Lu Xuan seemed to have never encountered any problems that he couldn't solve.

Even something as simple as time travel is something Lu Xuan believes can be solved with a little time.

"Solving this problem is both complicated and easy."

"I don't even need to look to know what Daigo is thinking," Lu Xuan said with a slight shrug.

"Even if TPC is slow to react, I think they're already on their way here by now, right?"

As if in response to Lu Xuan's words, Zhi Zi immediately projected a global map onto the retinas of the two of them.

This specifically marks the locations of the reconnaissance aircraft dispatched by TPC's various branches to this mechanical island, as well as how much time it would take for them to arrive.

"Daigo, if you don't want to be seen as a 'traitor' by TPC, you'd better just obediently lie down in the Flying Swallow."

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Chapter 191 Unlocked: Lightning Man Form

The timing was exactly as predicted by Sophon.

Daigo had only just settled back into the Victory Flying Swallow II when several black dots appeared on the invisible horizon.

That was a reconnaissance plane sent by the TPC branch closest to the island.

Due to the previous unusual geomagnetic storm, TPC's original long-range detection and satellite reconnaissance have become ineffective.

In addition, they received news from the Victory team that their players had gone missing.

After some discussion, TPC decided to adopt a multi-team joint operation approach for this exploration mission.

The few small black dots that appeared on the horizon were just the first team on a mission; three or four more teams were on their way.

If the first squad goes missing like the winning squad.

The subsequent teams will change course and continue from other directions to ultimately determine the extent of the geomagnetic storm's impact.

However, to TPC's surprise, the geomagnetic storm phenomenon they had been so worried about never occurred.

Until they were able to observe the mechanical island with the naked eye.

The pilots in charge of the mission then realized that the place seemed to have returned to its usual tranquility.

Apart from the mechanical island that has been reduced to ruins, the previous storms, volcanoes, and earthquakes have all disappeared, as if they had never existed.

As for that mechanical island that has been completely reduced to ruins?

The pilots, through feedback from various devices, also ruled out the possibility that danger still existed.

Inside TPC, members of certain research departments were horrified by the various devices on the mechanical island.

Through simple image identification, these researchers discovered no fewer than a number of science fiction-level research devices and weapon facilities.

If we could reverse-engineer the remains of these devices.

The researchers can't guarantee anything else, but based on the current level of Earth's technology, forcibly raising it two more levels shouldn't be a problem.

Especially the swarms of silver nanobots scattered throughout the island.

Even if they have completely lost their activity and dynamism, their contribution to the advancement of current materials science is still obvious.

Once high-strength materials at the microscale can be developed, TPC's envisioned "Mars development program" may become a reality a decade earlier.

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They neither know nor care about the various power struggles within TPC.

Lu Xuan, who completely concealed himself using imaginary space, was constantly debugging his Omnitrix.

Unlike his previous transformation forms, Lu Xuan is now attempting a new one.

"It really works..."

With the help of the super computing power of the Zhizi, Lu Xuan actually succeeded in cracking the gene sequence of the Lightning Man.

Although the genes of the Lightning Man are quite different from those of normal carbon-based organisms.

However, the fact that they can form such a special life form as the Lightning Man means that they do indeed possess a structure that allows for the stable inheritance of a certain life form.

Thanks to the unique properties of the Zhizi, Lu Xuan successfully recreated this special structure with just a simple attempt.

This is an energy structure that lies between waves and particles, and it is capable of storing a certain amount of information.

The so-called "lightning man" is an electromagnetic wave structure that expresses this information outward.

By altering this special information, the Lightning Man, which originally manifested as an electromagnetic wave, was able to materialize into a physical form, becoming a unique being similar to a carbon-based life form.

The monsters Gazot and Rebasa that appeared earlier were born in this way.

Noisy!