pertwk Chapter 205 The Grand Finale Trilogy: A New Shadow! The God-Making Project and the Awakening of Ligh
Chapter 205 The Grand Finale Trilogy: A New Shadow! The God-Making Project and the Awakening of Ligh
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Time flies.
It has been a full week since the airing of episode 48 of "Ultraman Dyna".
For the past week, the entire internet has been buzzing with discussion about the upcoming finale.
Tokusatsu fans across the internet are now on tenterhooks.
What is Sphia's ultimate conspiracy?
Will Shin Asuka really transform into starlight and leave Earth forever for the sake of humanity's future?
Friday night, 7:50 p.m.
As soon as Lao Tang's live stream started, the number of viewers broke through the 50,000 mark at an incredibly fast speed!
"Good evening, guys!"
Old Tang sat in his gaming chair, gulped down a huge mouthful of ice-cold cola, and suppressed his excitement. "I've been up for a whole week! Today, Ultraman Dyna is finally officially entering the final trilogy!"
The live stream chat instantly flooded the entire screen like a blizzard:
Hurry up, hurry up! I can't wait!
[Today's episode is the prelude to the finale! Quick-acting heart medicine is ready!]
[Please don't write anything like that, you old scoundrel Gu! If you dare to write anything reckless, I'll never forgive you!]
[Sphia, come out and take your beating! Super Victory Team is ready!]
[Old Tang, stop talking nonsense and refresh the page!]
"It's here! Time's up!"
Old Tang skillfully pressed the F5 key, and the screen instantly changed.
The exciting and passionate opening theme song of "Ultraman Dyna" started playing right on time.
After a brief black screen, a line of bold white text slowly appeared in the center of the screen—
Episode 49: The New Shadow
"A new shadow? That sounds a bit like the title of that episode with Evil Tiga."
Old Tang stroked his chin and leaned back tactically.
The main feature begins.
The scene flashed, revealing a desolate, crimson landscape.
Mars.
The letter bird is on the outskirts of the Mars base.
"This is Asuka. The mission at the Mars base is complete. We are now returning to headquarters."
The bird reported to its leader via the communicator.
He looked up and saw a hint of blue gradually appearing in the sky, a relieved smile spreading across his face.
On the screen, Mai is asking:
"Is the atmospheric remediation system operating as smoothly as expected?"
The bird replied:
"The color of the sky has changed a lot since I first came to Mars."
Old Tang nodded in front of the screen: "Brothers, look at the details! In the first episode, Mars was still red, but now there's blue sky. The New Era plan is really progressing steadily!"
Wow, the sheer scale of this project—transforming the atmosphere of an entire planet!
[Amazing tokusatsu technology! Don't be surprised, they can even travel faster than the speed of light!]
When will humanity reach this level in reality?
At this moment, the bird recalls the past.
It was here that he became Dyna for the first time.
However, Asuka's reflections were not yet over.
"Buzz—!"
A strange, distorting sound suddenly echoed from the sky!
The bird suddenly raised its head.
Several spheres emitting a ghostly blue light suddenly broke through the atmosphere without warning and crashed straight down toward the Mars base!
"Sphia?!" Asuka exclaimed in shock.
"You really can't change your nature!"
Facing Sphia, whom he had fought in the first episode, Asuka showed no fear whatsoever.
The fighter jet drew an extremely sharp arc in the air, and Fei Niao decisively pressed the launch button. Several precise lasers instantly shot down the Sphia sphere in the air!
"Look at that! A fantastic performance I haven't given in ages!"
The bird smiled smugly.
However, the terror of the Sphias never lies in their physical combat strength.
After landing, the Sphia sphere did not pause at all and immediately underwent an extremely violent fusion reaction with the surrounding Martian rocks.
Amidst a blinding flash of light and a violent tremor, a massive monster covered in thick rock armor stood up with a roar!
Neodarambill!
After the plane was shot down by Neo-Darrenbill, Asuka ripped open his coat, pulled out his Flash Sword from his pocket, and raised it high!
"Dyna—!"
A dazzling light shot into the sky! Giants of light, in red, blue, and silver, descended upon the Martian land!
The battle erupted instantly. However, just when everyone thought it was just a normal monster-hunting start...
The camera suddenly shifts!
In the shadows of the Mars base, an extremely well-hidden camera is capturing the entire process of Asuka transforming, fighting, and then de-transforming in perfect detail!
In front of the monitor screen, several mysterious figures dressed in black uniforms were coldly watching everything.
"A light energy response has been confirmed in area 03. All departments should process the data as soon as possible."
"This is the best opportunity to capture the location where energy gathers."
Holy crap!!!
[Asuka's identity has been exposed?!]
Who are these men in black? And why are they installing surveillance cameras in a Mars base?
【Oh no! We were careless, Asuka! The jungler got caught out of vision!】
This is a huge problem; if my identity is exposed, I'm definitely in serious trouble!
However, the bird at that moment had no idea.
Dyna displayed extremely strong dominance against Neo-Darrenbill.
After several rounds of hand-to-hand combat, the monster was completely powerless to fight back.
"Sizzle—!"
Dyna crossed his arms in front of his chest, and a dazzling Solgent Ray roared out, only to be blocked by the warp barrier.
But Dyna didn't stop and used a second shot!
This time, the beam of light struck Neodarambir with pinpoint accuracy!
"BOOM!!!"
The monster exploded into countless pieces on the spot.
The battle ended, Dyna dissipated into particles of light, and Asuka's figure reappeared on the earth.
And in that unknown base.
Dyna has disappeared!
"Capture the energy gathering base!"
……
Screen switch.
On an afternoon in the earth, sunlight filters through the leaves and falls on the old park.
Asuka stood alone on the lawn, clutching a polished baseball in her hand, her fingertips tracing its surface, and memories suddenly flooded back.
"Impossible, there's no way you can hit that tree..."
When I was a child, I looked up at the big tree dozens of meters away, my voice full of timidity.
"You can do it."
His father, Shinichima, still echoed in his ears: "As long as you believe you can do it, that's enough."
He remembered his father standing upright, his wrist slightly twisting, the baseball drawing a beautiful arc before crashing into the tree trunk with a "thud".
"Bang!"
At that moment, Asuka slowly lowered his outstretched arm, and his previous throw had also hit the tree with pinpoint accuracy.
After fifteen years, he finally did it.
"Father, did you see that...?" he said softly, his Adam's apple bobbing.
"You finally have a day off, why are you practicing here?"
Gong Liang's voice came from behind, carrying a gentle smile.
The bird turned around, and sunlight fell on his face.
Fifteen years ago today, Xin Yima encountered that mysterious light during the Zero Drive experiment, and has been missing ever since.
Inside the command post, everyone was chatting in hushed tones.
"So today is the anniversary of Asuka's father's death?" Chung Dao asked.
"He only told me it was an anniversary."
Captain Hibiki explained Asuka's reason for requesting leave.
"It's the anniversary of flying into space."
Captain Hibi sighed softly, "He always says that it's the anniversary of his father's exploration of the unknown and his flight into space."
"You're not saying what you really mean; you must be feeling terrible inside."
"That's why Gong Liang took leave to go see him."
……
In the park, the bird looked at Gong Liang, its tone calm yet firm:
"My dad is still alive. He's flying in a place beyond time and space, in his beloved universe. One day, he will come back and keep his promise."
The wind rustled through the treetops, carrying the sound of leaves, like someone gently responding.
Sigh, the final peace has arrived...
Now we can see Ryo's feelings for Asuka!
[Won't this episode feel like the penultimate episode of Ultraman Tiga? The two of them pouring their hearts out to each other!]
Countless people eagerly anticipate what will happen next.
……
The story continues.
The bird returned to Earth.
That night, he tossed and turned in his bed in the dormitory.
He had a terrible nightmare.
In the dream, the sky was completely torn apart by endless darkness.
Countless Sphia spheres blanketed the entire Earth like a locust swarm.
The city is burning, and buildings are collapsing.
Human civilization appears so fragile and vulnerable in the face of absolute darkness.
Then, the massive black hole swallowed the entire Earth...
"A vast darkness is closing in on humanity..."
Just as the bird was falling into utter despair.
A deep, warm voice, like a resounding bell, suddenly rang out from the depths of his consciousness.
That was his father, Shinichima's voice!
The bird looked around blankly in the ruins of its dream: "Father...where are you?"
"The earth is crying... the sky is threatened... who stole our dreams..."
"When the Land of Light shines again, a new light will surely appear! Let the light illuminate the darkness!"
Shinichi's voice was filled with boundless expectation and determination, "I know you can do it!"
The bird suddenly woke up from the bed, covered in sweat and panting heavily.
"It's still a nightmare..."
The bird murmured to itself. But his intuition told him that this was not just a dream, but a harbinger of some extremely horrific future.
This dream was so depressing...
Wow! Those must be lyrics from the theme song!
[A Father's Warning! The Ultimate Darkness Is Coming!]
Is Sphia's true form about to descend?
The next day, in the TPC Far East headquarters command room.
The atmosphere was extremely heavy.
Staff Officer Megumi, with a stern expression, informed Assistant Captain Kibi Tsuyoshi of a highly confidential message.
"We confirmed the day before yesterday that intelligence on Project F has been leaked."
"Plan F?"
Kibi Kosuke was completely bewildered. "This is the first time I've heard of this."
Megumi took a deep breath: "Project F is a top-secret project that was permanently frozen eight years ago, and very few people know about it."
On the large screen, a long-forgotten, top-secret video was displayed.
It was eight years ago, the day when Zheng Jingwu, played by Gu Nan, used the photogenetic particle converter to transform himself into Evil Tiga!
"Isn't this the stone statue that was destroyed in the Land of Ultra?"
"There was once a man named Zheng Jingwu who used data to restore damaged stone statues and create Ultraman that could be controlled by humans. That was Project F!"
Megumi Kijima's words were like a thunderclap, shocking everyone in the command room into wide-eyed stares.
"An artificial Ultraman?!"
"Who exactly wanted to carry out this plan?"
Megumi's eyes narrowed: "This time, the data theft was carried out by a special unit of the police department. The mastermind is probably..."
"Chief of Staff Gondo!"
Captain Hibiki realized it immediately.
Old Tang gasped in shock in front of the screen, leaning back dramatically: "Brothers! The foreshadowing has been resolved! Remember that evil Tiga that old scoundrel created in Ultraman Tiga?! The TPC higher-ups actually kept that technology!"
The live stream chat exploded instantly:
Holy crap! A man-made Ultraman?!
[That old man Gondo is finally going to do something really stupid!]
[Evil Tiga's technology! This thing, if it gets out of control, will destroy the world!]
Humans really do forget what they've been taught; have they forgotten what happened to Zheng Jingwu?
Just as TPC's top brass began investigating Staff Officer Gondo.
On Asuka's personal computer, she suddenly received an anonymous, encrypted email.
"We have something we'd like to show you; the autonomous flight data has already been sent to you. If you're interested and brave enough, come over alone."
As he frowned, looking at the string of unknown coordinates, the recklessness in his bones was instantly ignited.
Without reporting to anyone, he piloted the Sperio fighter directly to the coordinates.
Gong Liang happened to witness this scene.
Out of concern, Liang immediately piloted the Gamma and secretly followed them.
[Asuka is soloing again!]
[My wife is so protective of her husband!]
This is definitely a trap! Asuka, don't go!
Sure enough, as soon as they arrived on Mars, two extremely sharp red lasers shot into the sky, completely surrounding Asuka and Miyako's fighter jets and forcibly forcing them to land!
They landed at a highly secluded secret base in the mountains.
A group of fully armed soldiers in black uniforms surrounded him.
The leader was a female military officer with a cold face.
"You're the captain of Team Blackstorm?"
"Saeki Rika," the woman said.
"The person who summoned me was...?"
"It's me."
Accompanied by a series of steady footsteps, Staff Officer Gondo, dressed in a crisp uniform, slowly emerged from the shadows.
Gondo looked at Asuka, his face devoid of any villainous arrogance, only displaying an extremely profound seriousness.
"I promise I'll show you something good."
Gondo pressed a button, and the lights in the huge underground hangar came on.
To the utter astonishment of Asuka, a giant stone statue, over fifty meters tall, with red and silver accents and a design exuding a cold, mechanical, and combat-ready aura, stood prominently in the center of the base!
"This is..."
The bird's eyes widened.
Staff Officer Gondo walked to the control panel and pulled up footage of past horrific monsters wreaking havoc on the city.
"Look, these are monsters that far exceed human common sense."
Gondo's voice was deep and powerful as he struggled to suppress his fear and anger.
"Can the current TPC even compete with them? Without Dyna, we're simply unable to fight!"
"Can such a weak force protect the Earth?"
Gondo suddenly turned around and stared intently at Asuka. His eyes held no selfish desires, only extreme concern for the future of humanity.
"Can we really entrust humanity's future to giants of unknown origin?"
"Absolutely not!!!"
Gondo's roar echoed through the empty hangar, deafeningly loud.
Asuka chuckled flippantly, "So you want to research and develop an Ultraman that you can control at will?"
I understand how you feel.
The bird seemed completely unconcerned.
"You understand how I feel?!"
Suddenly, like an enraged lion, Gondo interrupted Asuka with a sharp shout, "How dare you speak to me in such a tone! You seriously underestimate me!"
Gondo approached Asuka step by step, his eyes sharp as lightning: "I don't understand why it's you! Why are you Ultraman?!"
On the large screen overhead, the process of Asuka transforming back into a human from Dyna was being played.
What's even more despairing is that in this hidden corner of the base...
Gong Liang, who had been tracking them all along, had just shaken off the guards and was hiding behind a shipping container.
When she peeked out, she clearly heard Advisor Gondo say, "Why are you Ultraman?" and saw the high-definition video of Asuka transforming into Dyna on Mars playing on the screen.
Gong Liang was struck dumb.
She froze, completely stunned. Her pupils contracted sharply, and her mind went blank.
That hot-blooded idiot who always made her angry and acted without thinking. That brat she always treated as a junior, the one she would scold and pull ears at the drop of a hat.
It was actually that giant of light who stepped forward time and time again in desperate situations, pulling them back from the brink of death time and time again!
So... the so-called Giant of Light had always been by his side...
Looking back on the countless times that the bird had charged forward with such recklessness, all those seemingly irrational acts of willfulness found the most reasonable explanation at this moment.
[They kept it a secret for a full 48 episodes! How did this secret finally come to light under these circumstances?!]
How shocked and heartbroken Liang must be right now!
[That silly boy she beat up every day was actually a god herself!]
However, the timing of this revelation is... far too inopportune...
Seeing Ryo being led out, Asuka was completely enraged.
But under the heavy gunfire, he was powerless to resist.
Old Tang watched Chief of Staff Gondo's impassioned speech on the screen, his expression becoming extremely complex.
"Brothers, this Advisor Gondo..."
Old Tang took a deep breath, his tone becoming incredibly solemn. "From a villain's perspective, he is indeed a madman. But from the perspective of a hawkish military man who deeply loves humanity and is willing to sacrifice everything to protect the Earth, was he really wrong?"
The discussion in the live chat instantly polarized, clashing fiercely:
[Gondo is absolutely right! Betting the lives of billions of people on an alien is incredibly unsafe!]
[Sigh, that's how hawks are! But I do see it now, he's not after power for himself, he's genuinely afraid of humanity's extinction!]
Humanity must possess its own ultimate weaponry! This logic is perfectly normal in reality...
But he doesn't understand! Ultraman's power comes from the heart! Forcibly creating a god will inevitably lead to chaos!
The intention was good, but the methods were too extreme.
Gondo is a stereotypical villain who only ever cackles and laughs.
Gondo is a true martyr who puts the interests of humanity first!
He witnessed Ultraman Tiga's departure, and he knew the fear of losing protection. That's why he wanted to create a god! Even if it meant bearing eternal infamy!
In the scene, Staff Officer Gondo stopped arguing.
He gave the order to forcibly insert the bird into an extremely complex, enormous cylindrical device.
Optogenetic particle converter!
"Stop! Do you want to kill Asuka?!" Miyako, who was being held down by the soldiers, cried out in despair as she looked at Asuka, who was trapped in the device.
Staff Officer Gondo stood in front of the control panel, his eyes cold, but his tone was confident: "Don't worry, most ordinary people would die in this device."
"But he won't die."
As Gondo pressed the start button.
"Buzz—!"
The machine emitted an extremely piercing roar.
A powerful electric current and a beam of energy-draining light instantly pierced through the bird's body.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
The birds inside the cylindrical cabin let out heart-wrenching screams.
He felt the energy of light belonging to Dyna within his body being forcibly and brutally extracted!
It was an excruciating pain, like being skinned and having your tendons pulled out.
"Birds! Birds!"
Gong Liang cried until her voice was hoarse, struggling desperately, but to no avail.
Following the complex pipes, the dazzling light of Dyna was continuously poured into the timer on the chest of the cold giant statue.
When the last glimmer of light was drained away.
The bird inside the cabin completely lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.
"Look, our plan has finally succeeded."
Staff Officer Gondo stared at the data on the screen, his eyes gleaming with fervor.
"He's become an empty shell now; he can no longer become Dyna."
Kondo suddenly turned around and looked at the giant who had absorbed the light and was beginning to recover.
"Alright! Let's get started!"
"Humanity's strongest defensive weapon—Ultraman!"
"I did it!!!"
Accompanied by Gondo's excited shouts.
The artificial Ultraman—Terranoid—suddenly gleamed with a cold light in its eyes! It roared as it moved its massive mechanical body, letting out a battle cry devoid of any emotion.
Holy crap! They actually built it!
[This artificial Ultraman's behavior is so bizarre, it feels like a soulless killing machine!]
[The bird is so pitiful, it was completely drained!]
Just as Terranoyd was awakening.
The base's alarms suddenly went off like crazy!
"Sir! The Mars base has been attacked by a large-scale Sphere of Spectre!"
Instead of panicking, Staff Officer Gondo burst into laughter: "Perfect timing! Let me show you the power of Ultraman!"
He immediately ordered Terranovid to attack!
Terranoyd soared into the sky and instantly arrived at the Martian battlefield.
Faced with a sky full of Spheres, this man-made weapon displayed terrifying destructive power.
It made no tactical moves and adopted no defensive stance.
Like a turret that only executes the order to fire, Terranovid frantically unleashes extremely energy-consuming beam attacks!
"Boom boom boom!"
Large swathes of Spheres were blasted into ashes in the light.
Inside the underground base, the members of the Black Storm team erupted in cheers.
"Look! That's amazing!"
Staff Officer Gondo smiled with satisfaction, believing he had finally found the perfect shield for humanity.
However, the smile lasted for less than a minute.
"Warning! Ultraman's power is dropping rapidly!" the operator shouted in alarm.
On the big screen, the color timer on Terranovid's chest suddenly started flashing a blinding red light!
It had no idea what it meant to conserve energy. Its mindless, unleashing-light-spraying attack completely drained the energy it had stolen from the bird in just a few minutes.
Terranoyd froze instantly, then with a violent convulsion, collapsed onto the barren Martian landscape like a puppet with its strings cut, utterly lifeless.
"What?! That's impossible!"
Staff Officer Gondo's smug expression froze instantly. He lunged at the control panel, staring intently at the screen, his face filled with disbelief and despair.
"My Ultraman...how could this happen?!"
Old Tang sneered in front of the screen: "See that, brothers? This is the power of a heartless weapon! It's just a simple weapon, completely ignorant of the rhythm and will of battle!"
Hahaha! Two hours of charging, five minutes of talk time!
[The consequence of mindlessly zooming in: the mana bar went completely empty!]
[Gondo is dumbfounded!]
"Ah, if this machine is gone, who will fight against Sphia?"
[No way, with the final battle approaching, all their fighting power is gone??]
However, the real nightmare has only just begun.
In the sky, the remaining spheres of Sphia seemed like sharks that had smelled blood.
They let out an extremely piercing and eerie cry, and swarmed towards the fallen Terranoyd in an overwhelming manner!
Countless Spheres clung tightly to the artificial Ultraman's body, beginning an extremely disgusting and terrifying assimilation and fusion process!
Amidst a distorted green light and the sickening sound of bones reassembling.
Terranoid's originally red and silver body was now covered in layers of disgusting keratin and spikes. Its face became incredibly ferocious, and terrifying fangs grew out.
Gilganold, the super-synthetic orc of Sphia, let out a deafening demonic roar on the Martian land!
The strongest shield that humanity had placed its hopes on has, at this moment, transformed into the most powerful demon capable of destroying all of humanity!
[The retribution came too quickly!]
[Gondo, you old scoundrel, are dumbfounded now! The big dad you created has become the enemy's!]
This monster has the face of Ultraman, but it's a demon!
"No...no..."
Staff Officer Gondo collapsed to the ground, his worldview completely shattered at that moment.
He personally created an invincible Grim Reaper for Earth.
Meanwhile, inside the underground base.
Extremely weak and unable to even stand, Shin Asuka struggled to walk out of the transfer cabin with the help of Miyako.
He watched Gilganold on the screen, frantically destroying the Martian base, even instantly annihilating the Black Storm Squad's fighters.
"Even my subordinates..."
Gondo closed his eyes in despair. "It seems that humanity is about to lose everything."
"What humanity has lost is the pride of the staff officer as a human being!"
Miyako glared at Gondo and angrily rebuked him, "I will never give up until the very end! That's what Asuka taught me!"
Asuka took a deep breath and pushed away Miya Ryo's hand.
A resolute and unwavering look suddenly appeared on his bloodless face.
"That monster... I'll deal with it."
The bird's voice was soft, yet it carried an undeniable power.
Gondo looked up at him as if he were a madman: "You've lost the ability to transform into Dyna! You have no energy left!"
"How will you know if you can change it or not if you don't try?"
The bird staggered forward.
"Asuka! You'd better leave now!"
Liang cried and grabbed him, "You'll die if you go!"
"Let me stop it!"
Asuka suddenly turned her head and looked at Miyagi, her eyes burning with a fierce fire.
"Ryo, you already said that..."
The bird gritted its teeth and roared out the line that instantly brought tears to the eyes of viewers across the internet:
"I will never give up!"
"I will absolutely not run away!!!"
Even if the body has been drained into an empty shell.
Even if what lies ahead is a battlefield where death is certain.
The Warrior of Light's pride made it impossible for him to stand by and watch the Earth be destroyed without taking a single step back!
[It's so exciting!]
This is the true light! I may have lost my energy, but I'm still alive!
[Asuka! You're a real man!]
[Tears welled up in my eyes! This is truly the light of miracles that never give up!]
With her last breath, Asuka stumbled out of the base and headed towards the devastated battlefield.
The wind howled, making his tattered team uniform flutter loudly.
With every step he took, he endured unimaginable pain.
But he roared, using all his strength!
But he didn't stop.
Feibiao suddenly pulled out the dull, gleaming sword from his chest, and with the last bit of strength in his body, raised it high!
In the howling wind, the bird charged headlong towards the terrifying Gilganold!
This is an extremely classic "running transformation" in the history of tokusatsu!
Without dazzling special effects, without ample energy.
All that's left is the silhouette of that staggering man, running forward with all his might!
"Dai-na!!!"