mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 251 Light of Heaven and Shadow of Earth: The Approaching Doomsday Crisis
Chapter 251 Light of Heaven and Shadow of Earth: The Approaching Doomsday Crisis
"Humans are the root cause of Earth's destruction."
This chilling line has everyone wondering what crazy things Agul, who has completely severed ties with humanity and even harbors a hint of hostility, will do next.
At 8 p.m. on Friday night, countless viewers refreshed the video platform on time.
As the rousing opening theme ended, the title of episode seventeen of "Ultraman Gaia" appeared:
"The Light of Heaven and the Shadow of Earth".
The opening scene is a deep and tranquil universe.
On Jupiter's orbit.
A gigantic celestial body is revealed, just the tip of the iceberg...
At the rear of this celestial body are several enormous tentacles, like the tail of a creature.
The front part is an organ resembling the head of a tick, and the orange-yellow light it flashes proves that this is a living organism, and not just a simple asteroid.
That's Digrob...
The camera zoomed in on the observation center nestled among the mountains.
The interior of the observation center is filled with a cutting-edge sense of futuristic technology.
A giant holographic star map slowly rotated in mid-air, and countless complex data streams swept across the screen like a waterfall.
"New celestial data has arrived."
Li Muzi looked at the screen and quickly reported to her supervisor.
Georgie added, "The gas is composed of hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen. The core has the mass of an asteroid, but its constituent elements are currently unknown."
"Asteroid-sized mass?"
Shi Shi frowned slightly. "Which direction should we go?"
A red trajectory was immediately simulated on the holographic star map.
"If it continues along this route, it will pass through Earth's orbit in 98 hours. However, it will not have a direct impact on Earth."
Upon hearing this conclusion, Staff Officer Ye Qian relaxed: "Is that so? It seems there's no need for special vigilance. Let's leave the rest to the observation center."
The scene then shifts to the lounge at the XIG air base.
Li Muzi was holding a coffee and chatting with Qiao Ji about their lunch plans, the atmosphere relaxed and pleasant.
The comments started scrolling at that moment.
[The calm before the storm.]
Following the formula of tokusatsu dramas, this asteroid is 100% problematic!
Ninety-eight hours? I bet five cents it will definitely veer off course and crash into Earth!
[This episode is titled "Light of Heaven, Shadow of Earth." "Light of Heaven" definitely refers to this celestial body, but who is "Shadow of Earth"?]
Meanwhile, Goga was in his laboratory, communicating with the Geo base on the ground via video link.
The face of the person in charge of the Geo base appeared on the screen.
He and I were discussing with serious expressions the pattern of the recent series of monster appearances:
"Since the monsters appeared, they seem to be able to sense each other. Monsters have also appeared inside the Earth, so we suspect that these monsters actually existed on Earth originally. We speculate that this was awakened by the appearance of the Root of Destruction."
The person in charge nodded: "Geo Base has collected data on anomalies that might lead to the appearance of monsters, and this is a global collection. Only a very small number of people at Geo Base are authorized to access this data. However, in the past few days, there have been several attempts to access it using incorrect passwords."
I was stunned: "What did you say?"
"And most of it is focused on this information."
The person in charge typed a few keys, and a topographic map was sent over: "Meibaoshan".
My dream's gaze instantly sharpened.
He immediately activated the base's voice system, his fingers flying across the virtual keyboard as he began tracking the mysterious intrusion signal.
"Could it be you...?"
I stared at the screen in my dream, muttering to myself softly.
Just then, a piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the air base!
"There is a thermal reaction in the mid-abdomen of Meibao Mountain!"
Inside the command room, Li Muzi loudly reported to the commander.
"Go and take a look!" Commander Shishi made a decisive decision.
The big screen immediately switched to a live video feed of Meibaoshan.
Amidst a violent earthquake, large sections of the mountainside began to slide down, and a massive and ferocious-looking body slowly rose from the ground.
"Monster detected. I'm sending the image over."
Director Di Cheng stared at the monster on the screen, its massive carapace resembling a Xuanwu (a mythical beast), and calmly issued the order: "Where are the air forces?"
"Team Cool Dragons, ready to go!"
"Strike immediately!"
The camera didn't stay focused on XIG's reaction; instead, it switched back to the scene at Meibaoshan.
Not far from where the monster appeared, a cold and aloof figure dressed in black stood on the cliff, coldly watching everything.
It's Fujimiya!
In his hand, the sapphire bracelet was emitting a faint blue light.
Just minutes ago, he transformed into Agul, into a drilling machine, and burrowed into the ground.
Subsequently, the ocean light was used to forcibly awaken the subterranean monster named Zhong Nai'er.
Holy crap! It really was that arrogant guy who did it!
[Fujimiya is not only not fighting monsters anymore, but he's also starting to actively awaken them? What is he trying to do?!]
[Monster: I was sleeping soundly, why did you have to wake me up!]
Has this meant he's completely turned to the dark side? He's now standing on the opposite side of humanity!
Underground, Fujimiya stared expressionlessly at Zhong Nai'er, who had just woken up and was completely bewildered. He casually tossed out a device that resembled a communication controller and precisely embedded it into Zhong Nai'er's body.
Immediately after the implantation, Fujimiya issued the order.
Zhong Nai'er received the order and began to move forward with heavy steps toward the ground...
Let's go back to the present.
When Koga arrived at the scene in his EX-class fighter and landed in the mountains, he immediately spotted Fujimiya, who was preparing to leave.
"Did you predict that this monster would appear?"
I dreamt of loudly questioning.
Fujimiya stopped, turned his head slightly, and his eyes were filled with undisguised mockery: "Prediction? Hahahaha!"
"What's so funny?"
He turned around, staring directly into my mind, his tone cold and resolute: "Let me make this clear. If you're not going to help me, then at least don't get in my way. If you do, I'll take you down myself."
After uttering those harsh words, Fujimiya turned and left without looking back, leaving Imu standing there with a furrowed brow.
【Huh? He's really turned evil?】
Why specifically target this monster? What's so special about it?
[That's not enough! I want to see you two fight!]
[666, there are even bloodthirsty viewers?]
……
At this moment, the three fighter jets of the Cool Dragon Team, which had received Di Cheng's orders, had arrived over Meibao Mountain.
"This is Team Cooler. Monster confirmed. Attack permission granted!"
Upon hearing the voice on the communication channel, I immediately took out my portable analyzer and scanned Zhong Naier. "I'm analyzing now. Until the results are in, please stop the monster's advance!"
"Cool Dragons, listen up!"
The three female team members reacted immediately.
"River formation! Use intimidation attacks to halt the target's advance!"
The fighter jets swooped down, and their laser weapons struck the open ground around Zhong Naier, kicking up clouds of dust.
But the thick-skinned monster completely ignored this ineffective threat and continued its resolute march towards the city.
"The situation is bad; there are houses nearby!"
The captain of the Cool Dragons looked at the radar chart on the screen. "Intimidation attacks alone won't stop it!"
Just as the Cool Dragons were about to unleash heavy firepower for a physical attack, my dream's analysis results came out.
His expression changed drastically as he looked at the bright red warning sign on the analyzer screen.
"There's a thermonuclear reaction inside the monster! And the reaction is increasing rapidly!" Imu quickly reported to the base. "That light contains powerful gamma rays! Simply put, there's a miniature sun inside this shell! If the monster's body is destroyed and its energy is released, it will cause an unimaginable catastrophe!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the command room gasped in shock.
"Cease the attack immediately!"
Without any hesitation, Di Cheng decisively ordered, "Stand by in the air until the next instruction arrives!"
A monster with its own nuclear reactor? How do you fight that?!
Hitting it is like detonating a nuclear bomb, but if you don't, it will come into the city and trample people. This is disgusting!
The monster mechanics in Gaia are getting more and more outrageous, all based on rules, and now there's a self-destructing infantryman!
Is this why Fujimiya woke it up? To blow up the city? That seems unlikely!
However, just as XIG was at a stalemate due to Zhong Naier's reluctance to act, an even greater crisis descended without warning.
"Aresenberg Cosmic Observatory, requesting urgent contact!"
Li Muzi's voice broke the deathly silence of the command room.
On the large screen, the director of the observation center was ashen-faced, his voice trembling: "That celestial body changed its orbit... and is heading straight for Earth!"
"What did you say?!"
Staff Officer Ye Qian suddenly stood up.
"The structure of the central core has been analyzed!" The supervisor quickly transmitted the data. "Input it to the main screen!"
When the analytical diagram of that massive celestial body appeared on XIG's big screen, everyone held their breath.
That was no ordinary asteroid, but a cosmic monster of enormous size, as terrifying as a star!
It was the colossal celestial being Diglob!
"This is... something that will bring destruction to the Earth."
Looking at the data on the screen, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.
Staff Officer Ye Qian also speculated, "The monsters on the ground might be traps set to distract us!"
Stone Chamber also quickly inquired about Georgie.
How much longer until it reaches Earth?
"And, it will crash into Jinghai City in 72 minutes!"
Seventy-two minutes!
This number, like a countdown to death, struck everyone's hearts with a heavy blow.
"Mu Zi, issue the highest-level emergency evacuation order to Jinghai City!"
Commander Ishimura quickly devised an emergency plan: "Immediately contact GUARD headquarters!"
In the next five minutes, Gu Nan demonstrated his profound skills as a top director.
Unlike the original work, which limited the perspective to XIG's base, he broadened the viewpoint to the entire world.
This is precisely why Gu Nan specially added a large number of large-scale scenes to make the crisis more realistic and shocking.
At this moment, the city of Jinghai was filled with the piercing sound of air raid sirens.
The highest level of emergency evacuation notices, red alerts, have been issued in various locations:
"Emergency Alert! This is not a drill! All citizens, please immediately stop what you are doing and proceed to the designated underground air-raid shelter! I repeat, this is not a drill..."
Traffic paralyzed, crowds evacuated...
The cries of children, the sirens of police cars, and the roar of helicopter rotors tearing through the air intertwined, creating a vivid picture of the impending apocalypse.
The camera cuts again.
Inside the GUARD headquarters, high-ranking military officials from various countries stared intently at a large screen with furrowed brows.
"There are monsters on the ground and enemies are invading from outer space. What should we do?" Advisor Ye Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Please connect the missile launch video feed to the air base."
"GUARD's overseas operations have decided to launch the highest level of defensive missiles! Europe will also immediately enter a state of readiness to intercept!"
At a critical juncture for the survival of all humanity, the Earth Defense Force demonstrated its formidable execution capabilities.
Dozens of interceptor missiles, each carrying a terrifying yield and trailing long plumes of flame, soared into the sky from secret silos around the world, heading headlong into the deep universe.
The live chat exploded with excitement at that moment.
[The plot is so fast-paced! It's like a tokusatsu movie turning into a disaster movie!]
[This is what a real defense force looks like! In a crisis like this, they would definitely launch missiles to intercept it. Did they really think a small special forces team of just a few people could save the world?]
[Evacuate a megacity of ten million people in seventy-two minutes? Absolutely impossible! Not to mention the power; if that were to hit, not only Jinghai, but half of this plain area would be wiped out!]
On the big screen, a swarm of missiles collided violently with Digrob in space!
"Hit!"
"Georgie shouted excitedly."
However, when the flames of the explosion subsided, Digrob's massive body remained unharmed as it hurtled toward Earth at high speed!
Conventional missile attacks are simply ineffective against this level of cosmic monster!
"How could this happen..." A deathly silence fell over the command room.
"What would be the consequences of being hit by Digrob?" the Stone Chamber Commander asked through gritted teeth.
The scientific observation team immediately produced a devastating simulation result: "A massive crater with a radius of one hundred kilometers will be created, centered on Jinghai City! This will not only affect Xia Kingdom, but the entire Earth."
"If sunlight is blocked by dust... we might face another ice age!"
Staff Officer Ye Qian had already considered the worst possible outcome.
Humanity seems to have reached a dead end.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Gao Womeng, who had been staring at the data analysis in Meibaoshan, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
He suddenly looked up at the subterranean monster Zhong Nai'er, which was slowly moving on the screen.
Nuclear fusion energy... a miniature sun... Fujimiya awakened it ahead of time... and sent it to the city...
All the clues came together perfectly at this moment!
"Commander, it's me, Dream! I have a way that might avoid Digrob's impact!"
I hurriedly reported to the guide, "Use the energy within the monster to fight back!"
"Will this stop Digrob?"
"Use air units to hold off the monster first, then adjust your position and find the right opportunity to destroy its shell. It's possible!"
"Clon team! Wait a minute!"
I had barely finished speaking when I realized an extremely terrifying problem: "Let me calculate again, what kind of destruction might occur if the monster's energy directly hits Digrob!"
On the other side of the stone chamber, someone urged, "Hurry! I'm dreaming, time is of the essence!"
My fingers frantically tapped on the keyboard.
A few seconds later, the simulated explosion area displayed on the computer screen made me feel as if I had fallen into an ice cave.
He finally understood what Fujimiya was trying to do!
I stared intently at the screen in my dream.
"That was your plan from the beginning, wasn't it?"
Ignoring the communication, I turned to look at the empty mountains, as if Fujimiya were standing there. "Fujimiya, answer me! Why would you make such a cruel plan?!"
The live chat exploded instantly.
【A cruel plan? What does that mean?】
[Holy crap! I get it! Fujimiya wants to use Naka Nair as a human bomb to clash with that asteroid!]
But if that energy were to erupt in near-Earth orbit, wouldn't the entire city's inhabitants be wiped out?!
[Hiss—Fujimiya is willing to sacrifice the lives of millions of people in a city and an innocent monster to prevent the entire Earth from entering an ice age!]
Is this sacrificing the part for the sake of the whole? This method is too extreme!
But human weapons are completely useless! If we don't do this, we'll all be doomed!
My dream's eyes became incredibly determined, and he pulled out the Blue Sapphire Cone.
"I will absolutely not stand idly by and watch people fall into suffering and disaster!"
A red light shot into the sky, and Ultraman Gaia, the guardian of the earth, landed in front of Zhong Nai'er, blocking its path.
The moment Gaia appeared, Fujimiya coldly watched this scene from a distant cliff.
"It's Ultraman Gaia, you still showed up after all."
Fujimiya raised the control terminal in his hand, his eyes icy cold. "I won't let you hinder my plans."
Without hesitation, he typed in the command: "Command 0204 M241! Stop fighting Gaia!"
Upon receiving the instructions, Zhongnaier had no intention of getting entangled with Gaia. Despite Gaia's obstruction, it desperately tried to continue moving towards the target location.
At this moment, AI Pal in the air also transmitted the detailed data that I had just calculated to the base.
"It can indeed prevent the Earth from being directly impacted. However, an explosion will occur within the atmosphere! The ground within a radius of about twenty kilometers, centered on its reflected heat, will be completely burned!"
"Twenty kilometers...that's too wide an area; the people simply don't have enough time to evacuate!"
The commander of the stone chamber clenched his fist.
On site, the tug-of-war between Gaia and Zhong Naier had reached a fever pitch.
In order to prevent Zhong Nai'er from reaching the designated location, Gaia had no choice but to resort to force.
Seeing Zhong Nai'er retreating repeatedly under Gaia's attacks, Fujimiya's patience finally ran out.
"Why don't you obey my orders? He's not your enemy!"
Fujimiya suddenly raised the sapphire bracelet, and a ghostly blue light flashed wildly on her wrist.
Fujimiya was taken aback.
This is the first time the sapphire bracelet has encountered a problem.
But he didn't have time to think it through; he had to get Zhong Nai'er to deliver that blow!
One is the light of the earth, striving with all its might to protect every life in the city.
One is the ruthless Shadow of the Ocean, willing to sacrifice countless innocent lives for the survival of the Earth as a whole.
When two completely different ideologies, both claiming to be "just," collide, an inevitable and brutal showdown is about to begin.