dhibooks Chapter 168 Hope Shattered, Queen Monera Appears
Chapter 168 Hope Shattered, Queen Monera Appears
The sudden plot twist kept the audience engaged.
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[I knew it! There's still so much progress left!]
Holy crap, there's something underground?!
With a sudden burst of force, the massive tentacles yanked Dyna back down from mid-air, slamming him heavily into the ruins!
Immediately afterwards, the ground throughout the city began to crack wildly.
It turns out that the Monera aliens had a hidden trump card!
The narration started again.
"Through their own physical characteristics, they merged with the wreckage of the spaceship hidden underground, transforming into a terrifying, gigantic plant monster capable of devouring everything..."
"This is—Queen Monera!"
With the complete submersion of the earth.
Countless vines rose up and enveloped the Monera spaceship.
The entire vine aggregate formed a huge body.
A gigantic plant monster, larger than Desfasa and as ugly and twisted as a mountain of flesh, descended amidst the billowing dust.
Dyna, who had just gone through a fierce battle and was greatly exhausted, was now in a state of exhaustion.
Before this suddenly appearing behemoth, it was instantly captured by countless tentacles, like a rag doll, and imprisoned directly inside its terrifying belly full of net-like holes.
Watching Dyna being dragged into the ruins by the enormous tentacles, Old Tang couldn't help but curse, "Damn! There's a second stage?! These Monera aliens are too cunning!"
"I thought the movie was about to end here. After all, the big boss, Desfaza, had already been reduced to ashes. The six dollars for the ticket was already a steal just for watching Dyna vs. Desfaza!"
Old Tang muttered to himself, swallowing hard.
"Who the hell would have thought that this heartless old bastard Gu's earth-shattering battle was just an appetizer for the audience?!"
……
On the ground, Queen Monera's body was a sickly dark green, with countless thick tentacles waving wildly in the air, each topped with a huge, glowing organ that resembled a crown, emanating a nauseatingly evil aura.
At this moment, Dyna was firmly locked under its lower abdomen! It couldn't move!
[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!! What the hell is this thing?!]
[A plant monster?! It's even bigger than that 100-meter-tall Desfaza?! The sheer size is suffocating!]
[You old bastard Gu! You just got things going and then suddenly went downhill, huh?! Dyna just finished a tough battle, didn't even have a sip of water, and got arrested?! How are we supposed to compete with this?!]
[These tentacles are disgusting! They're giving me trypophobia! Dyna, break free!]
……
In the film, the atmosphere of despair is rendered to the extreme by Gu Nan's top-notch camera work and somber color palette.
No one expected that Queen Monera, upon her arrival, would immediately unleash her merciless world-destroying mode without even a moment's hesitation or a roar!
Its enormous, crown-like head began to frantically gather an extremely dazzling, eerie green light.
"Buzzing—"
The sickening sound of energy charging resounded through the sky, and the surrounding space was visibly distorted due to the terrifying energy density.
Inside the TPC command center, Zhong Dao stared at the alarming dashboard and roared in terror, "Captain! This monster is gathering an enormous amount of energy! Its energy output is far more terrifying than that of a warship, even more so than the Neomagus Cannon from before!"
The next second, disaster struck.
A "crown beam" so thick it defies description erupted!
A ghostly green beam of destructive light swept outwards in a ring from Queen Monera's center!
The power of this beam of light far surpassed human understanding of destruction...
In the blink of an eye, the entire 3-kilometer-long ring of buildings, including countless skyscrapers, streets, and bridges, vanished like pencil drawings erased by an eraser in the terrifying heat and shockwave, instantly evaporating and collapsing into scorched flatlands!
There was no explosion or fire, only pure destruction!
With stunning special effects and realistic model explosions, the entire scene resembles a true apocalypse.
[Holy crap! This level of destruction is outrageous!]
[One basic attack wipes out an entire area?! Is this a battle of gods?!]
This is a monster that no human could possibly fight! What are the defense forces going to do? Fight with their heads?!
[This is utterly hopeless. I just thought I was saved, but in the blink of an eye, I've fallen into real hell.]
Inside the shelter, the people who had been cheering Dyna's victory were now all paralyzed with fear by the earth-shattering commotion outside.
Amidst the piercing alarm, through the shelter's screen, people watched in horror as their guardian angel, Ultraman Dyna, endured unimaginable pain within the belly of this god-like behemoth.
High-voltage currents began to be released inside Queen Monera's net cage.
"Ughh ...
Blinding sparks flew wildly across Dyna's red body...
The intense pain caused the giant of light to let out an extremely agonizing scream.
As the bird was inside Dyna, its vision began to blur.
Inside the TPC command room, Captain Kibi's eyes were bloodshot, his fists were clenched so tightly they cracked, and his nails even dug into his flesh.
"Damn it! Don't underestimate humans!"
Seeing the light in Queen Monera's eyes dim after she finished her attack, Captain Hibi realized something.
"This monster just unleashed such terrifying energy; according to the law of conservation of energy, its abilities must have a cooldown period similar to the Neomagus Cannon! This is our last chance!"
"Super GUTS, all out! We'll rescue Dyna, even if it costs us our last ounce of strength!"
"clear!!!"
However, what is truly disheartening is that the gap in strength between the two sides is like an insurmountable chasm.
The human weapons struck Queen Monera's thick plant carapace to no avail...
Queen Monera didn't even bother with these annoying "flies." She merely waved one of her antennae, which conjured a terrifying hurricane that thwarted the Super GUTS' offensive...
Just when everyone was locked in a fierce battle and the situation was almost hopeless.
Suddenly, a roar, completely different from the high-tech engine sound of the Super Victory Team fighter jets, came from the sky!
It was an old-fashioned, yet incredibly steady and powerful engine roar!
The camera suddenly zoomed out, piercing through the gloomy, oppressive clouds.
A fighter jet painted entirely in bright yellow suddenly pierced the sky and resolutely joined this battlefield filled with despair!
As this fighter jet appeared, a classic background music that made countless longtime fans tremble and stir their DNA quietly resounded on the fierce battlefield!
Inside the cabin, the camera focused on a close-up of the pilot's face.
She was a mature woman with a calm and elegant demeanor, sharp eyes, and an unwavering determination.
It was none other than Megumi Kijima, the former captain of the GUTS team and now a strategist for the TPC Intelligence Bureau!
"Victory Swallow, join the battle!"
Megumi's voice was calm and steady, "We absolutely cannot give up! Because we firmly believe that Ultraman will never lose!"
boom!
The moment Megumi's familiar face and that classic line appeared, Lao Tang's live stream went into a frenzy!
[Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Captain!!! It's the captain!!!]
[It's Advisor Megumi!! My youth has returned!! I'm so happy I could cry!]
[The Flying Swallow! It's actually the Flying Swallow! This wave of nostalgia is unbeatable!]
[Tears welled up! The former captain personally arrived in his retired old plane to save the day! This is the legacy of the GUTS team!]
Even after all these years, even though the team has disbanded, the belief in protecting humanity has never changed!
However, the cruelty of the battlefield will not change in the slightest because of the arrival of sentimentality or the passion of the audience.
Despite Megumi Kiyama's masterful evasive maneuvers in her Flying Swallow Zero, daringly weaving through the gaps in the thick tentacles, she was still unable to inflict any real damage on Queen Monera.
And inside that cage in the abdomen, the most despairing scene is unfolding.
Under the continuous torment of the high-voltage current, Dyna's struggles became smaller and weaker.
His once dazzling red body gradually lost all its luster under the ravages of the electric current.
Finally, Dyna let out a last, weak, and unwilling battle cry.
"Ding-dong... Ding-dong... Ding... Dong..."
The color timer on Dyna's chest, which had been flashing wildly, began to flash at a slower and slower frequency, and its sound grew increasingly heavy.
Finally, it let out a mournful cry that seemed to stretch on endlessly.
Then, a soft "click" sounded.
The light on the timer went out completely.
Immediately afterwards, Dyna's milky white eyes, which had always radiated hope and witnessed countless miracles, dimmed in an instant.
The entire 55-meter-tall giant body had completely lost all vitality.
He hung his head lifelessly, his arms drooping limply at his sides.
Dyna's light has gone out.
In the film, a deathly silence enveloped everything.
"Dyna...is dead?"
Inside the shelter, a little girl's trembling, tearful voice broke the suffocating silence.
"You can't be kidding me... How could this be?"
"That invincible Dyna, he lost? What do we do now? Are we going to die?!"
"There's no hope... Even the Giant of Light was killed. Those monsters are simply beyond human capabilities..."
Panic, like an uncontrollable plague, spread wildly among the people in the shelter.
The adults wept in despair, burying their faces in their hands, and the children, caught up in the atmosphere, screamed in terror.
Even the highest levels of TPC had their psychological defenses completely collapse at this moment.
Staff Officer Gondo, a hawk who has always advocated the supremacy of force and believed that human technology can solve everything, is a representative of the hawkish faction.
At that moment, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to his knees on the cold floor.
He stared at the lifeless statue of Dyna on the big screen, his lips trembling violently…
"Even Prometheus, the ultimate weapon embodying the highest wisdom of humankind, has lost... Even Ultraman, who has repeatedly created miracles, is dead... It's over... It's all over... Humanity is truly going to be wiped out..."
Staff Officer Gondo's mutterings sounded like a final, critical notice to human civilization.
Beside him, Dr. Kisaragi, who had just regained her senses from the mind control of the Monera aliens, was also in tears.
She covered her face in despair, feeling deeply guilty and powerless for having created this monster with her own hands.
In the live stream, the chat, which was cheering for Captain Megumi just a moment ago, was now mired in grief, filled with wailing.
How could this be...? Dyna really died in battle?
[That's so tragic. Asuka is so young. He really gave it his all. Facing Desfasa, he exhausted everything...]
How can we possibly win this game? Our main damage dealers are dead, and our defense team is barely scratching the surface. This is absolutely a dead end!
[The sense of despair is really well-developed, but I'm not in a hurry, because I know, this is Ultraman! Stand up! Dyna!]
[A miracle will definitely happen!]
……
In the movie scene, in a corner of a desperate shelter.
Amidst deathly silence and heartbreaking wailing.
The boy who had previously cheered on the dejected Asuka on the overpass, wearing a chibi version of the Super GUTS team uniform, slowly and laboriously stood up.
Although his eyes were also filled with glistening tears, a firm belief still remained in those innocent eyes.
The boy walked to the very front of the shelter.
He stood before the high platform, facing the adults who had completely given up hope, and facing the paralyzed, ashen-faced Staff Officer Gondo and Dr. Kisaragi.
The boy suddenly stretched out his right hand and raised it high.
In his little hands, he tightly clutched a slightly worn soft rubber toy that its owner treasured.
That's—a figure of Ultraman Tiga!
"Don't give up, everyone!"
Although the boy's voice was still immature, it resonated powerfully in the empty and desolate shelter.
"Ultraman will never lose! Absolutely not!"
Dr. Kisaragi looked at the boy with some surprise.
"There is still light! There is still hope!"
The boy brandished his Ultraman Tiga figure with all his might, shouting at everyone, "My brother told me when he went to space pilot school! He once became light, when the world was plunged into its darkest hour, when even the sea lost its luster!"
"He told me that he and Ultraman Tiga defeated that invincible enemy!"
"My brother never lies to me! As long as we don't give up, as long as we still have hope in our hearts, the light will surely return!"
boom!
The boy's words were like a torch thrown into a pile of dry wood, instantly igniting Dr. Kisaragi's lifeless heart.
"We must not give up..."
Dr. Kisaragi murmured to herself, looking at the pure light in the boy's eyes, her own eyes gradually brightened as well.
It wasn't just her.
The adults in the shelter, looking at the boy holding the figurine, tears streaming down his face, yet still firmly believing in the light, felt as if an invisible hand had gently plucked the string in their hearts that had been broken by fear.
[Tears welling up!!! It's the child who became light back then!!!]
[The legacy! This is the legacy of light! Daigo may be gone, but the children who became light that year have grown up!]
Who says there is no light?! We are all light!
[The older brother went to become a pilot, while the younger brother stays here to protect hope! Gu Nan, this damn coherence is brilliant! The plot is amazing!]
Wait! Light?! Could it be?!
Holy crap! Holy crap!
Is it what I thought?!
Once again! Become light!
In the film, along with the boy's resounding words, a faint yet pure golden light seemed to be quietly brewing in his heart...