M78 Nebula.
Land of Light.
Upon entering the Land of Light, Yuzhou headed straight for the headquarters of the Space Garrison.
As a familiar face, he was not stopped at the entrance and was allowed to pass through without question.
The moment he stepped inside, he heard a cheerful greeting:
"Grandpa! Grandma!"
Looking over, Yuzhou saw that Taiga and his team had also returned to the Land of Light.
Standing before Taiga, Father of Ultra and Mother of Ultra both nodded slightly, their expressions clearly filled with satisfaction toward their grandson.
It seemed that Zett and Hyper Zetton had already been dealt with.
"Hey, Taiga!"
Taro walked over from the side and scolded him.
"In public places, you should address them as Captain and Silver Cross Commander!"
"I—I'm sorry!"
Taiga lowered his head, embarrassed.
"It's been so long since I saw them… I couldn't help myself."
"That's enough, Taro."
Father of Ultra stopped him before he could continue.
"You've grown a great deal, Taiga," Mother of Ultra said warmly, her tone gentle and affectionate.
"Yes!"
Taiga nodded confidently in response.
Behind him, Titas and Fuma exchanged glances, silently thinking that they had never seen Taiga act like this before.
Besides Taiga's three-man squad, Andro Melos, clad in green, was also present—likely returning after assisting them against Zetton.
Ultraman Ribut was there as well.
In addition, there were Zero, Cosmos, and Dyna—clearly the trio Yuzhou had brought back from another timeline.
"I'll summarize the situation," Ribut spoke up.
"Mold and Juda. The Space Fear Demon, Zett."
"Tracing even further back—Maga-Orochi, Leugocyte, and the revived Gudis Cells."
"All of this is almost certainly connected to the Ultimate Lifeform—Tartarus."
"By the way," Father of Ultra suddenly said, "Zero, weren't you tasked with recruiting allies for the Ultra Alliance? Why are you here?"
He looked at Zero with clear confusion.
"I can explain that," Taiga was about to speak, but Yuzhou stepped forward first.
"After Tartarus travelled to another parallel world and rescued the Alien Bat and Hyper Zetton, I brought that world's Zero, Cosmos, and Dyna back with me."
"So the Zero standing here is not the same Zero."
"The same goes for Cosmos and Dyna."
After explaining, Yuzhou looked toward Father of Ultra.
Not only Father of Ultra—everyone who heard this for the first time was visibly shocked.
"Parallel universes? That's nothing unusual," Zero said calmly, completely unfazed.
After all, it was still the Land of Light.
"Tiga… you brought Zero and the others here because—"
Mother of Ultra seemed to realize something and looked at Yuzhou.
"That's right,"
Yuzhou nodded.
"If Tartarus can recruit strength from other timelines, then so can we."
"I've been chasing him across multiple worlds."
"If I weren't worried about causing confusion, I would've brought over the Ultra Brothers from another timeline already."
Silence fell over the room.
Yuzhou was absolutely right.
If Tartarus could seek reinforcements from parallel universes, then doing the same was only logical.
"Zero, Dyna, and Cosmos can undergo a fusion ascension and create a miracle—Ultraman Saga!"
Yuzhou continued.
"With Saga, our combat strength increases significantly!"
"By the way, senior," Taiga's voice spoke from within Zero.
"When can we finally eliminate that Zett?"
"Hyper Zetton has already been destroyed. The light particles even returned to their original universe automatically."
"But that Space Fear Demon Zett can endlessly summon Zettons. Even if they're replicas, it's still incredibly troublesome."
"You don't need to worry about that," Yuzhou replied calmly.
"We can deal with Zett."
"Oh—there's something important I nearly forgot."
Yuzhou suddenly remembered his true reason for coming to the Land of Light.
"What is it?"
Father of Ultra asked immediately.
"Tartarus plans to abduct Princess Yullian," Yuzhou said.
"We can use this opportunity to capture him once and for all!"
The plan was quickly finalized.
Titas returned to U40, Fuma went back to O50, and Taiga headed to the Ultra Arena to continue training.
There was still time before Princess Yullian's diplomatic visit to Planet Ganon, so everyone had room to prepare.
When Seven saw the alternate-universe Zero, he was visibly stunned.
Suddenly gaining what felt like another son—essentially a twin—was an experience even Yuzhou couldn't fully understand.
"I'll send you back to your Earth for now," Yuzhou said.
"When the time comes, return and help us fight."
Keeping them in this universe felt unnecessary, so Yuzhou opened a wormhole and sent them back.
One reason was convenience.
Another was that the three of them wanted to see whether Earth had returned to normal.
Upon returning to their original timeline, they discovered that all life on Earth had been restored.
The streets were once again filled with humans.
Meanwhile, the all-female "Earth Defense Force" unit—who had fought monsters and protected surviving children—had gained worldwide recognition.
They were even officially invited to join the Earth Defense Force.
"Taiga, Asuka, Musashi," Yuzhou said as he stepped toward the wormhole, "I'll be back before long. Everyone—prepare yourselves and keep training."
"Yes! For the sake of defeating the Alien Bat and that Zett, we'll give it everything!"
Taiga said confidently.
"Yeah!"
Asuka and Musashi nodded firmly.
"Using my training methods, Taiga, your abilities will rise to a whole new level," Zero's voice sounded from the bracelet.
Yuzhou returned to his original timeline.
But inside the spacetime tunnel, a sudden flash of golden light tore opens a rift.
Without any warning, Yuzhou was pulled straight into it.
"Damn it—where is this?!"
Looking at the vast expanse of snow-covered mountains before him, Yuzhou was completely stunned.
It seemed Charija's suitcase still had plenty of bugs.
This was definitely not his intended destination.