The Gaelic people of the Ultraman Tiga world

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This is an extremely special kind of life.

Although they have the concept of "individual," their behavior is more dominated by "collective consciousness."

For example, this distress call was an action taken by the Lightning People under the command of "collective consciousness".

Of course, since there is the concept of "individual", the "collective consciousness" of the Lightning People will naturally have various differences.

In order to unify the consciousness of all Lightning People to the greatest extent possible.

While deciding to ask humans for help, the Lightning People also selectively revealed certain aspects of their situation to them.

This includes the fact that the development of radio technology over the past two centuries has led to increasingly frenzied behavior towards lightning.

Especially after Gailvin Corporation spearheaded the information technology revolution globally.

A significant number of individual Lightning People have shown signs of becoming berserk, which has in turn affected the "group consciousness" of the entire Lightning People.

If this continues, perhaps in less than a year, those berserk lightning people will start attacking humans on their own.

Even compared to the entire Lightning People race, those berserk individuals were only a minority.

However, considering the future development of human society, more radio waves will inevitably be generated.

The Lightning People's "group consciousness" has already given rise to the idea of ​​nipping human development in the bud.

Unfortunately, before the Lightning People's "group consciousness" could unify their internal divisions, a new crisis was born.

It was the emergence of this new crisis that forced the Lightning People to seek help from the true rulers of the planet—humanity.

This crisis affects not only the Lightning People, but also human society, which is making great strides in developing information technology.

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Chapter 181 Anomalies in Earth's Magnetic Field

What exactly is the crisis?

After listening to this for a while, Xincheng finally couldn't help but ask the most crucial question.

The fact that such a mysterious race as the Lightning People could be brought to the surface suggests that the "crisis" they spoke of was no small matter.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he had a feeling that these lightning people were hiding something even more important.

"Anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field..."

Without keeping everyone waiting long, Ye Rui translated the "distress signal" left by the Lightning Man into text and projected it.

“Starting a year ago, there have been frequent abnormal magnetic field disturbances in the Pacific region.”

"This disturbance is limited to certain islands, and the surrounding area seems to be shielded by some mysterious force."

"With TPC's current technological level, it is not yet able to break through the barrier of that mysterious force and accurately detect the abnormal magnetic field disturbance."

At this point, Ye Rui paused for a moment.

"However, the Lightning People are different. They are electromagnetic wave life forms and have an amazing ability to sense anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field."

"For millions of years before the birth of humankind, they were the ones maintaining the balance of the Earth's magnetic field, which led to the prosperous ecosystem we have today."

"Yes, that's what they said themselves; I didn't embellish a single thing!"

Noticing Lina's dismissive expression, Ye Rui quickly emphasized.

In fact, Ye Rui also had deep doubts about Lightning Man's claims.

However, it cannot be denied that these strange life forms born from the ionosphere do indeed have an amazing ability to perceive electromagnetic fields.

Analysis of the coordinate magnetic fields left by the Lightning Man has largely confirmed his claims.

Above the Pacific Ocean, there is indeed some unknown force interfering with the operation of the Earth's magnetic field.

Although from a human perspective, the impact of this level of electromagnetic deflection is not significant, and its impact on humans living on land is even smaller.

However, the Lightning Man, who was originally an electromagnetic life form, took this very seriously.

This emphasis even led the Lightning People's "collective consciousness" to disregard the hostility of individual members towards humanity and, for the first time, actively seek help from humans.

"I feel like they're exaggerating a bit..."

After reading through all the messages left by the lightning men, Daigo's expression became somewhat subtle.

Since studying and pursuing advanced studies under Lu Xuan, his knowledge may not be as good as that of geniuses like Horii and Nozue, but it is still far superior to that of ordinary people.

In Daigo's view, even if the information left by the Lightning Man was completely accurate, it certainly did not reach the level of a "crisis".

In particular, the places where magnetic field anomalies occur are all uninhabited islands in the Pacific Ocean.

It looked as if they were deliberately avoiding areas where creatures congregate.

When this thought popped into Daigo's mind.

All the previous anomalies and inconsistencies finally received a relatively perfect explanation.

"Can you understand that data?"

Looking at Daigo with surprise, Megumi casually mentioned something.

"Uh, I can understand a little bit..."

Daigo nodded honestly, making no attempt to conceal his knowledge.

After all, the Galvin Company has never hidden its high regard for Daigo.

Occasionally, Daigo would be sent to various universities for further study as a "researcher," a "perk" personally granted by the CEO of Galvin Corporation.

To put it bluntly, even the elite members of TPC's star organization, the Victory Team, don't receive the same level of treatment.

"Indeed, from a purely data perspective, this level of magnetic field anomaly is nothing special."

"Judging from the Earth's orbit, this level of magnetic field anomaly occurs roughly every few hundred years."

While Horii also saw through the trickery in the data, he had a completely different perspective from Daigo.

"However, all of that is based on the premise of 'natural selection'..."

"Based on the data left by the Lightning Man, it is not difficult to find that the magnetic field anomalies in the Pacific Ocean are too regular."

After a moment's thought, Horii decided to describe the phenomenon in a more accurate way.

"Someone is using the Earth's magnetic field to conduct some kind of research or experiment."

Walking slowly to Nori's side, I saw Horii manipulating the control panel, making some modifications and simulations to the data left by Lightning Man.

“Notice the scale of these magnetic fields; they clearly follow a pattern of increasing size and strength…”

"This kind of regular change is like a series of trials and experiments, which eventually lead to the production of a finished product step by step."

As a genius inventor himself, Horii is extremely sensitive to changes in research-related data.

Especially after Horii marked out the patterns of these magnetic field changes one by one, even laymen who couldn't understand the data could see the anomalies.

"Those abnormally concentrated electromagnetic fields... accelerated the Lightning Man's berserk escalation?"

Daigo's eyes widened suddenly, and he instantly thought of the "berserk phenomenon" that Inazuma had mentioned earlier.

Compared to human radio waves, this planetary-level change in magnetic field clearly has a serious impact on the Lightning People's living environment.

"More precisely, it was these changes in the magnetic field that caused signs of a split in the 'collective consciousness' of the Lightning People."

Daigo's erroneous statement was corrected in time.

At this moment, Horii demonstrated his intuition and judgment as one of the world's top scientists.

"The irregular and abnormal magnetic fields in these data should be evidence that Lightning Man went berserk and attacked these 'anomalies'."

"It's like the uncontrolled impulsive behavior of carbon-based organisms under stress."

"These berserk lightning men act without any rhyme or reason; they are simply venting their anger."

Looking at Shinjo, who still seemed somewhat bewildered, Horii went on to explain further.

"I don't understand what 'collective consciousness' feels like..."

"But as a human being, if my hands and feet move around uncontrollably, it would definitely be a big problem for me."

"If we consider the Lightning People's 'collective consciousness' as an independent life form, then the troubles it faces are definitely much more serious than ours."

Nodding thoughtfully, Shinjo asked the same question again, whether he truly understood or not.

"So, what does this have to do with us humans?"

This time, Horii didn't need to answer; Munakata gave him the answer himself.

Who is conducting these experiments? What is their purpose? What do they ultimately want to create?

"If these lightning men aren't exaggerating, then it's really necessary for us humans to know the whole truth behind this."

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Chapter 182 The Berserk Lightning Man

The following day, over the Pacific Ocean.

As Xincheng piloted the Flying Swallow No. 1 through the clouds.

Lina and Daigo followed closely behind in their Flying Swallow II, keeping a close watch on any unusual activity on the sea.

Unlike the Flying Swallow-1, which was built for reconnaissance and high-altitude travel.

The Flying Swallow II is a fighter jet with enhanced weapon systems, based on the original prototype.

Besides having stronger defensive measures and a stable structure, the most distinctive feature of the Flying Swallow II is its variable weaponry.

Under normal conditions, the Flying Swallow II possesses the most advanced superphoton laser beam weapon system within the TPC—the NieR beam cannon, capable of destroying most matter within a radius of ten meters with a single shot.

By incorporating a variable system, the Flying Swallow II can also create its strongest firepower—the Texas Cannon—by opening the left and right sides of the front of the machine at critical moments.

All the energy inside the aircraft is released at once and then converted into high-energy lasers with offensive capabilities.

The Texas cannon was launched in such a desperate gamble.

Aside from its enormous energy consumption, it has virtually no drawbacks.

Of course, as a price to pay for being fully armed, the Flying Swallow II is far inferior to the Flying Swallow I in terms of speed and reconnaissance.

In the course of carrying out specific missions, the Flying Swallow-1 must act as the "eyes" of the Flying Swallow-2 in order to maximize its value as a fighter jet.

"Daigo, don't get distracted!"

Seeing Daigo's dazed expression in the rearview mirror, the usually strict Rena immediately spoke up to remind him.

Beneath this strict exterior, Lina's tone seemed even gentler than usual.

Through Daigo at this moment, Rena recalled the scene of her first time using the Flying Swallow No. 1.

I was just as excited and surprised back then.

He completely lost the seriousness he displayed in front of outsiders, which drew teasing from Xincheng and the others.

"okay!"

Not knowing what Lina was thinking, Daigo immediately snapped out of his reverie and replied.

However, contrary to what Lina had imagined, Daigo's earlier distraction was not due to excitement or surprise.

On the contrary, Daigo felt that his first time boarding the Flying Swallow II was a very subtle experience.

Rationally, Daigo told himself that the Flying Swallow II was one of the most advanced aircraft in TPC at present, and it could even freely travel through the atmosphere and outer space.

However, in terms of emotional experience, neither Lu Xuan's Galvin nor Yuan Yi's Victory Eagle Alphasperio can match the Flying Swallow II.

The sense of disharmony arising from this conflict between reason and emotion is the real reason why Daigo's mind wanders.

Fortunately, Daigo quickly adjusted his mindset and focused all his energy on the mission.

"Lina, do you really believe those lightning people's 'distress signals'?"

But after focusing his attention, Daigo couldn't help but ask a question.

Daigo was not questioning the judgment of the GUTS team members.

He just felt that since the Lightning Men had intended to attack humans, what they said was very likely not true.

Having gone through so much with Lu Xuan, Daigo is no longer as naive as he once was.