The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2028: Searching for Captain Xincheng
At first, people thought it was just a communication failure. After all, PWI's COSMOnet, or the cosmic network, had only been laid out not long ago and was still in the debugging stage. As it was new technology, it was normal to have occasional failures.

Moreover, the more new technologies are applied, the more failures and problems there will be. If the technology is not mature enough, the problems will be as frequent as those of patients in the ICU.

Although the cosmic web has been demonstrated, experimented and tested for several years, it is a new technology after all. Not only has it never been applied in other fields, it is also the first time that humans have applied the power of space. Many problems have arisen in the past, many problems exist now, and there will inevitably be many problems in the future.

These are all normal reactions to the initial application of new technologies. Therefore, although the cosmic network has been built to the orbit of Jupiter and can provide communications for probes and spacecraft to Pluto, PWI has not entered the civilian market on a large scale. Instead, it continues to be used exclusively by TPC to discover and solve existing problems.

Therefore, after Lomus III suddenly lost its communication signal, the Space Development Agency continued to call Lomus III while contacting the network provider PWI to find the fault and solve the problem, so as to restore communication with Lomus III as soon as possible.

When everything was going on smoothly, the satellite suddenly received an SOS signal that was suspected to be from the Lomus III. The flight control center built by TPC on the moon immediately went into an uproar. The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the sound of keyboard typing was almost continuous.

Many people were terrified and panicked. First the communication was interrupted, and then there was a signal for help. Even if one used one's imagination, one could realize that the situation was not good.

The flight control center of TPC immediately opened fire at full force, trying every possible means to contact the Lomus III, but no matter whether it used lasers, radar waves, or other methods, it did not receive any response from the Lomus III.

Finally, when there was no other choice, a smart person came up with a solution, which was to use an optical space telescope, aiming at the location of Lomus III, to see what the situation of Lomus III was.

then
There's no after that.

Because Lomus III was not found on the established orbit, that is to say, Lomus III deviated from its original orbit.

Things got out of hand all of a sudden.

If a car suddenly veers off its lane while driving on the highway, it will cause an irreversible accident. However, the consequences of a spacecraft deviating from its orbit are much more serious. At the very least, a large amount of fuel will be consumed to return to its original orbit, and at worst, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

This time, they could no longer cover it up, and no one dared to cover it up, so they had to report it quickly. So it was reported to Director Fukami at the highest level, and Chiba Makoto knew about it.

"Lomusi Three!"

Chiba Makoto couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and quickly recalled the relevant "plot" in his mind: an unmanned probe launched into the orbit around Pluto discovered an icy smiling face on the surface of Pluto. The rugged rocks formed a huge smiling face, which was almost exactly the same as that of a human female.

At first, no one believed it was true. After all, such a natural human smile cannot be found on Earth, so how could there be such a smile on Pluto, which is billions of miles away? Some people thought it was an illusion caused by light and shadow, but some people analyzed the photos and believed that it was most likely a man-made object, and boldly suggested that it might be a relic of civilization.

The two sides argued endlessly, and finally TPC decided to send a spacecraft to Pluto to conduct on-site investigations and collect samples in order to unravel the mystery surrounding the rocky smile known as 'Miss Smile'.

The outstanding Xincheng passed the selection and became the captain of the Lomus III. He led the team to the orbit of Pluto to conduct on-site exploration and witness with his own eyes, confirming that the "Miss Smile" was not an illusion of light and shadow, but a real wonder, and confirmed that it was not a natural formation, but had obvious artificial traces.

Newtown represented the first human visit to the distant dwarf planet, Pluto, where it placed a probe, planted the TPC flag, and collected rock samples.

However, on the way back to Earth, it was attacked by the Sphia Sphere, and lurked in the cabin of the Lomus III. It took advantage of this to invade the power cabin of the mobile fortress Kurak that came to rescue it, absorbed the Neomax power system, combined with the rocks of the earth, and synthesized a terrifying monster.

So, after hearing that Romus III had lost contact, Chiba Makoto first thought of this, but first of all, the time didn't match. Romus III was supposed to be in Pluto's orbit in 2019, but now it has only touched the edge of 2017.
Secondly, the Kulak call sign is still code-named NF-3000 and has just entered the acceptance stage, so it is still some distance away from being delivered for use.

However, the plot has already gone out of control, so these problems are not a problem.

The most important thing now is to find the Lomus III, rescue the crew inside, and then bring them back to Earth.

Director Fukami thought for a moment, then said, "I remember that the former Victory Team member Xincheng is the captain of this ship."

"Well, he originally wanted to be an astronaut, and joining the Victory Team was purely an accident because of his excellent performance." Chiba Makoto nodded. He heard from Xincheng that he originally wanted to be an astronaut, but unfortunately the G agency came halfway and recruited him to become a member of the Victory Team.

Xincheng obeyed the command and performed well in the Victory Team. After the Victory Team was disbanded, he chose to go directly to the Space Development Bureau, passed the assessment naturally, obtained the qualification of an astronaut, participated in many aerospace operations, and relied on his excellent performance to become the captain of the Lomus III.

结果
That's when this happened.

What an unlucky guy.

"Director, I'll go over and take a look first. Um, let the rescue ship from Mars City go with me. I'll open a space gate."

Chiba Makoto made the decision immediately. He would not wait for any plot developments. The important thing was to rush over immediately.

The plot and other things can only be used as a reference, but should not be taken seriously.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, be afraid of the worst.

If anything goes wrong, Xincheng and the others will be in danger.

Think about Jeptah-3, a luminous body suspected to be Sphia, but it directly assimilated the spacecraft and turned all the crew members, including Dr. Jiang Qi, into part of it.

Although in the original novel, the Sphia Sphere was hidden in the cabin of the Lomus III, and it assimilated the power cabin of the mobile fortress NF-3000, but now the mobile fortress NF-3000 has not yet been delivered for use, and the Sphia Sphere has no better choice. Will it directly assimilate the Lomus III?

When he thought of this, Qianye Cheng wanted to rush over eagerly. If something unexpected happened in Xincheng,
"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Director Fukami nodded and immediately began to mobilize troops, ordering the rescue fleet of Mars City to follow Chiba Makoto to Pluto to search for the lost Romus III.

At this time, the sky of Mars was shrouded in night and the stars were shining brightly.

The ground, which has been dark for billions of years, is now lit up with lights. Although they are only small, the Martian night is no longer eternally dark.

"Captain, aren't you going to take me with you?" Asuka Shin looked eagerly at Chiba Makoto who had changed into the latest model of space suit. Although he would not need these at all if he became Ultraman, who would complain that his armor was too thick?

Just in case it is used, it does not take up space. Even if it is put on an iron shell, as long as it becomes Ultraman, it will "disappear", and when it turns back into a human, it will reappear.

Sometimes Chiba Makoto wondered, if he hung a bunch of things on himself, when he turned into Ultraman, would these things be "assimilated" along with him?

If so, wouldn't the daigou be making a fortune, even saving on logistics costs? "You, stay on Mars well." Qianye Cheng glanced around and whispered, "Don't you think it's too coincidental?"

"coincide?"

Asuka Shin had a bewildered look on his face, not understanding what the coincidence was.

"Look at the time when the Space Development Bureau reported that Lomus III lost contact," Qianye Cheng raised his head and looked up at the starry sky, and said, "I had just sealed up Lightning Darambill at that time."

"Really?"

Asuka Shin exclaimed in surprise. The two things happened almost simultaneously. Just as Tiga sealed the Lightning Darambir on Mars, the Lomus III lost its signal.

If it is a coincidence, then it should be a coincidence.

After all, Mars was billions of kilometers away from Pluto at that time, and even light would take four or five hours to reach it.

But after what Chiba Makoto said, Asuka Shin also felt that this was a bit too coincidental.

"Maybe I'm overthinking, but it's always right to think more," Qianye Cheng said, raising his hand and patting Asuka Shin's shoulder. The heavy force made Asuka Shin stagger and almost fall to the ground. "So, you have a great responsibility. Guard the Mars base. If anything happens, buy more time while protecting yourself. I will come back as soon as possible."

"Yes, Captain!"

Asuka Shin suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility, and he straightened his chest and said immediately: "Captain, can you find me a bigger gun? I can't even bring a Brest pistol on board."

"The Specium cannon is big enough!"

"what?!"

Chiba Cheng looked at the confused Asuka Shin, smiled slightly, and said, "There is a Feiyan No. 1Z flight team stationed in Mars City. Two of them have been weaponized with the Spikeum ore mined on Mars, and one has completed its test flight not long ago. I have asked someone to deploy it. You should familiarize yourself with it as soon as possible."

"Yes, Captain!"

Asuka Shin was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

It’s another new plane. Even though it’s an old model, the Specium weapons are brand new. Even the Super Victory Team doesn’t have them.

For a moment, Asuka felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.

He was eager to try it out and really wanted a few more Sphia spheres so that he could practice flying this fighter.

"Then please."

Chiba Makoto nodded to Asuka Shin, then looked at his watch and saw that the rescue fleet had gathered in outer space on Mars. He immediately took out his magic wand, turned it into a beam of light, and rushed into the sky.

Feiniao Faith looked up at the sky, watching the golden light disappear into the horizon and finally merge into the stars, becoming indistinguishable from the bright starlight.

The starlights coming from billions of light years away filled Asuka Xin's eyes and illuminated his heart, making him stunned. He couldn't help but think of the day when he sat on the hillside with his father and looked up at the stars in the sky together.

It seemed that I hadn't thought of him for a long time, or maybe I was trying hard to forget him, but inexplicably I followed his footsteps, walked out of the earth, and went to the boundless starry sky.

"dad--"

Asuka Xin murmured softly, the corners of his eyes seemed to be a little moist, and his eye sockets were itchy, so he couldn't help but close his eyes and squeezed them hard. At this time, one of the stars in the sky seemed to flicker, making the light seem to be reflected in the tears that were sliding down the corners of Asuka Xin's eyes, making them look particularly crystal clear.

At the same time, Tiga flew to outer space and used the skills he learned in the Kingdom of Light to gather light energy, opened a temporary wormhole, and then flew in first. Several hastily assembled rescue spaceships followed and flew in. Then the wormhole closed, and everything returned to normal.

But billions of kilometers away in the orbit of Pluto, a bright ball of light suddenly appeared, and then Tiga flew out of it, followed by several rescue ships with the TPC logo flying out, and then immediately dispersed and began to search for the trace of Lomus III.

Tiga did not change back, but instead passed these rescue ships, went deeper, and searched for Lomus III at the fastest speed.

In order to be on the safe side and avoid accidents, Tiga no longer cared about energy consumption and even turned into an air type so that he could fly faster and speed up the search for Lomus III.

He didn't want to arrive a step late and only find the new city turned into a monster.

Especially since this is still the number of Lomus, and it is number three. The last spaceship that was transformed into a monster, the Jeep series, was also number three.

This number is so unlucky.

Tiga thought in his heart, using all his mental strength to pay attention to both sides, and looking straight ahead, not missing any clues.

Even though humans can see what is happening billions of light years away, that is because there are a large number of stars in the galaxy that continuously emit light into the universe, allowing them to be discovered by humans from extremely far away.

If it doesn't emit light, it can't be observed even billions of kilometers away, let alone billions of light years away.

However, Lomus III does not emit light itself, is extremely small in size, and is so far away from the sun that its reflective area is pitifully small. The probability of being seen by naked eyes is about the same as finding a needle in a haystack.

This is also the reason why Tiga chose to bring the rescue ship. He wanted to try whether the rescue ship could establish communication with Lomus III, so as to determine the location of Lomus III. This would be much faster than searching aimlessly.

But Tiga did not put all his hopes on the rescue ship. He also had to work hard to search for it. He would try every possible means to find Lomus III as soon as possible to prevent the new city from suffering any disaster.

He didn't want to see the new city turned into a star. Just thinking about that situation made him feel awkward.

(End of this chapter)