Trapped inside the spatial tunnel for ages without a single exit in sight, dammit! Where on earth did I manage to open this tunnel to? Let me check the information globes they gave me and see if there are any instructions!
After reading the spatial tunnel manuals left by Noa and Lucifer, I realized that I had pushed my power to the absolute limit when opening the tunnel, and the destination was miles and miles away!
I have only myself to blame! I might as well just swallow my pride and accept it.
Taking a closer look at the spatial tunnel manual, I found quite a few coordinates marked inside, all of them places the two of them had visited. Their instructions were mostly the same with only slight differences, which made sense given their different perspectives. Neither of them was wrong—from my point of view, both were correct, no problem at all.
I slowly jotted down the coordinates. I would visit every single one of them in the future to broaden my horizons. That was a good thing!
Even after I finished recording, the exit was still nowhere in sight. Sigh! I'll have to be more careful next time. I had completely messed up this time. It was supposed to be a folded tunnel that allowed for rapid transit, meaning I would have reached my destination in no time. But what I opened was just a regular tunnel, and the lowest grade at that. I might as well serve a prison sentence here!
Right now, I wanted to slap myself twice. What an idiot! What was the rush? Why hadn't I carefully read the instructions before opening the tunnel? I had essentially locked myself up in a cell, and now I was going to suffer the consequences.
You reap what you sow, and even if the fruit isn't ripe, you have to bite the bullet and eat it. I'll just take it as paying for a lesson with my time. This is a bad habit and I need to fix it, or it will get me killed sooner or later.
Oh well! If I don't say anything, nobody will ever know about this boneheaded stunt.
Little did I know that right after I entered the tunnel, Saga had also opened a tunnel, sensed my destination, and headed straight there.
When I failed to emerge for a long time, he checked up on what was happening. A burst of booming laughter echoed all around, followed by a sigh: "Still so young! He locked himself in a cell of his own making, and there's no getting out for at least a decade. Take your time walking, consider it a lesson well learned."
"Forget it. I won't wait for him; let him grow on his own! With these five bodyguards of his, nobody in this universe can really threaten him, so I'm pulling out. Little fellow, enjoy your prison sentence! Hahaha!" With that, his figure vanished without a trace.
With no other options, I went back to studying the glowing globes, absorbing knowledge I hadn't known before to keep from screwing myself over again. It was just too damn embarrassing, and thank goodness nobody had found out.
Until one day, I finally sensed the exit. Oh heavens! Oh earth! Your truly is finally getting out of here. One lesson like this is quite enough—it was entirely too stifling!
Emerging from the tunnel, I carefully scanned my surroundings, but found no habitable planets, nor any other alien life forms.
I picked a direction and pressed on. While flying at high speed through space, I recorded the cosmic wonders along the way to slowly appreciate later.
I sent out my perception. With my current strength, my sensory range was quite powerful. After flying for a long time, I sensed a massive group of living beings. Like me, they were all Giants, seemingly in the middle of a migration, and there were quite a lot of them.
I tailed them, noticing quite a few tiny Giants among the crowd who probably hadn't been born long ago.
After flying for a long time, I realized we seemed to have arrived. Sensing carefully, I discovered a planet very similar to Earth. There were plenty of monsters on it, and humans were putting up a desperate resistance backed by advanced technology.
The arrival of the Giants temporarily provided humans with a stable living environment. It seemed some kind of agreement had been reached, and the humans allowed the Giants to settle in.
I followed them inside. Since we were all Giants, nobody paid me any mind. The Giants didn't care either; possessing such a massive size meant I was naturally one of their own, even if they hadn't seen me before. There were no other Giants in this stellar region, and nobody bothered to ask where I came from.
With nobody asking, things were even better. I tried shrinking back down to human size, which wasn't too difficult. Although I could use Telekinesis to increase my size, to avoid making things difficult for myself again, I made a Transformation Device.
My true body was the Arm Blade on my wrist. When I placed my hand upon it and activated the equipment, a deep blue Arm Blade would pop out, completing the transformation. I gave it a test: normally it was just a bracelet, but once the equipment was activated and the Arm Blade popped out, the transformation was complete. Even after growing to giant size, the Arm Blade remained in its popped-out, activated state.
Now that I was human again, I would use my original name: Yang Lifeng. Wait, my giant form didn't have a name yet, did it? What should I call it? I'll just pick one at random!
I'll take "Se" as the surname and "cia" as the given name, purely in memory of the three big shots who helped bring about my new birth! And besides, Saga was the one who helped the most, wasn't he?
Secia, that is the name of my giant form.
Wandering through human society, I found a highly developed civilization where warships and aircraft could actually inflict damage on monsters. The damage wasn't massive, but their sheer numbers meant they could completely overwhelm the monsters, and the pollution was minimal. This was the reason humans managed to survive surrounded by hundreds of monsters.
There were primarily three types of monsters: Golza, Melba, and Zoa. Just those three. I didn't even spot a single Elite tier monster; most were just high-level, though their overall strength wasn't bad. Among them was a big guy hovering right on the boundary of Legend Tier, barely qualifying as a Legend Tier creature.
As for other scattered aliens, even high-level ones were a rare sight—that was the normal state of the universe. The Ultimate level wasn't something you ran into every day.
Sensing these monsters, why did they feel a bit familiar? Damn! Could this be the era of Tiga thirty million years ago? No wonder these monsters felt so familiar, but that's fine too.
At last, I'd get to see Camearra. She was my childhood goddess back in the day; I wondered what she really looked like now? I carefully appraised the strength of these Giants. The two giants of light and darkness barely possessed Legend Tier strength, putting them on the same level as the big guy in the deep sea. There were also quite a few Elite (Intermediate) Giants.
No wonder they hadn't come out to fight when their homeland was being occupied by others—it turned out the enemy was too strong and not someone they could afford to mess with! So that was how it was.
These monsters didn't even have a single Elite among them, so fighting them really wouldn't be much of a win.
I'd been here for a while now, and nearly all the Giants had arrived. The two sides combined numbered close to a thousand people. With such a massive force, how did Tiga and the other three pull it off, leaving none behind—especially with two Legend Tier fighters among them? Even if they had only barely reached the Legend Tier, they weren't weak!
Never mind that. I might as well go get some practice in. I suppressed my power, switched to my dark form, and projected the strength of an Elite (Intermediate) level. This level of power was enough to deliver good practical combat training.
I raised my right arm, rolled up my sleeve, and placed my left hand over the bracelet. With a firm press, I completed my transformation and flew toward the monsters outside the city.
In my dark form, I looked no different from these other Giants, and nobody paid any attention to me since the two sides weren't in a hostile state yet. Besides, they were currently organizing personnel to clear out the monsters.
Going it alone still drew attention, and a Dark Giant walked up to greet me. "My name is Darram. I specialize in strength. Let's team up! Among the high-level fighters, I'm quite strong."
When I heard that name, it sounded very familiar. Then I remembered—he and Camearra were teammates. Thinking of that, joining up sounded like a good idea!
At that moment, Darram tempted me with: "There's a beauty in our team! Her strength feels about the same as yours. She worships the strong, so you've got a great shot!"
Watching television in the past, I never noticed he had such smooth talk. "Who is this beauty you're talking about? I'll go take a look. If she's not to my liking, I won't be staying. My strength is no pushover, and you guys won't be able to keep me here."
Darram pulled and tugged at me slightly as he said, "Our squad was just formed, there are only three of us. Our big boss is very beautiful, you'll be satisfied. As for whether she takes a fancy to you, that's your problem."
So this four-person squad wasn't even complete yet? Who was missing? I'd go find out once I saw them. With my dark form, my exploding muscles, and my handsome, masculine face—even Tiga couldn't hold a candle to me in comparison. I still had that much confidence.
"Lead the way! I'll go take a look. If she really takes a fancy to me, I don't mind teaming up with you guys for the long haul. Lead the way!" With that, I followed Darram toward the camp.