HPDBC Chapter 226 The Collapsing Function, The Solidified Jellyfish
Chapter 226 The Collapsing Function, The Solidified Jellyfish
The sky was now a deep orange-red from the setting sun, and dusk had fallen.
The afterglow of the sunset shone on the cold metal hull of the Mir, reflecting a tragic sense of grandeur unique to the eve of war.
This can also be seen as a tribute to Tsuburaya Productions' twilight years.
This moment should be called the sunset chasing the light...
Inside the Mir, in the engine room, Koga Mu was using a portable computer to frantically debug and install a microwave interferometer on the EX unit.
His forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
"My dream, there are only five minutes left before we meet the target," Director Di Cheng reminded him solemnly through the communicator.
While furiously typing on the keyboard, I shouted back, "Understood! We should be able to make it in time!"
Just as he was about to close the last core shell of the interference device, his eyes suddenly caught sight of a conspicuous yellow sticky note pasted on the inside of the device.
The words written on it were slightly messy, yet full of youthful energy:
"Go for it, my dream! Peace is on your side!"
This was a blessing that Sato and his engineering colleagues in the lab secretly left for him when they were building the device.
Looking at the sticky note, my tense nerves relaxed slightly, and a warm smile appeared on my lips.
Instead of tearing off the sticky note, he left the heartfelt blessings from his friends inside the device and carefully installed it on the EX model.
This is the bond of friendship!
Although Sato is a bit of a slacker, he's incredibly reliable when it comes to calling for backup!
[The romance of STEM guys: engraving their brothers' blessings into the most cutting-edge weapons!]
As darkness fell, the afterglow of dusk was gradually swallowed by the curtain of night.
The Mir glides through thick clouds, its massive wings illuminated by red and white navigation lights, which appear particularly solemn and somber against the increasingly dim sky.
Director Di Cheng glanced at the time on the instrument panel and said into the communicator, "Wo Meng, once the device is installed, immediately come to the cockpit of the Peace. The rest of the battle is up to Wei Weike and his team."
However, the communication channel was completely silent; I didn't reply.
"I was dreaming? Did you hear that?"
Before Director Di Cheng could ask any further questions, the situation on the big screen suddenly took an extremely terrifying turn!
The jellyfish monster that had been hovering motionless above the city ruins suddenly awoke as if it had sensed some kind of threat!
It began to move extremely violently!
Its translucent body began to flash with an eerie light, and then it completely changed its attack method!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Suddenly, a raging fire broke out in the ruins, and the already dilapidated street was instantly engulfed by a sea of intense heat.
On the ground, the GUARD ground troops, who had been on guard duty, were unable to launch an effective attack and, faced with the sudden and overwhelming inferno, could only retreat in disarray according to their superiors' orders.
[Holy crap! The jellyfish moved! Did it sense danger?]
How did this fire suddenly start? It completely defies the laws of physics!
The ground troops are in a terrible situation, armed with shotguns that can't even penetrate the monster's defenses, and can only watch as they run away.
Director Di Cheng panicked and shouted, "Wow! Hurry up! What are you doing?!"
However, at this moment, Goga Yume was already fully prepared in the cockpit of the EX.
He put on the special flight helmet and gripped the control stick of the fighter jet tightly with both hands.
There was no hesitation in his eyes, only unwavering determination and perseverance.
The next second, to the utter astonishment of all the viewers in front of their screens.
I dreamt that I pressed the loader compartment open button by myself!
"Crack—Boom!"
With a heavy mechanical roar, the lower ventral hatch of the Mir opened with a bang.
Like an arrow released from a bow, the EX fighter jet was launched directly from the mothership and plunged into the dark sky!
The live stream chat exploded instantly!
[Holy crap?! This actually works?!]
[Doesn't this require authorization from the Mir 2 commander? The hatch can be opened directly from the loader's button?!]
This episode was amazing!
This is a hijacking! You're incredibly audacious, Meng!
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Director Di Cheng was horrified and roared into the microphone.
Inside the cockpit, I didn't answer.
When the EX burst out of the cabin and truly soared under the sky dyed red by the afterglow of the setting sun.
Feeling the light shining on my face through the cockpit window, looking down at the vast, boundless clouds and the earth below.
My heart was completely filled with an indescribable shock and emotion.
"The sky... is so beautiful."
He finally understood that real flying and the cold data in a simulator are two completely different experiences.
That feeling of freedom—breaking free from the constraints of gravity and embracing the sky—cannot be perfectly simulated by any line of code.
However, this feeling of being moved lasted for less than three seconds.
The side effects of not having undergone any real combat training erupted instantly!
Under the impact of extremely strong air currents, the out-of-control EX began a series of extremely wild serpentine maneuvers in the air!
The fighter jets went up and down, swaying left and right, like drunkards running around in the sky.
"Waaaaaah—!"
In the cockpit, I was jolted so hard that I felt dizzy and nauseous. A strong feeling of nausea rushed to my head, and my stomach churned. I almost threw up my lunch.
[Hahaha! His coolness only lasted three seconds!]
[Let's see you show off! You really think you can fly a real plane just because you're good at simulators? Airflow will teach you a lesson!]
[The tragedy of STEM guys: they've learned it with their brains, but their hands haven't.]
At this moment, inside the engine room of the Mir.
Because I dreamt of taking over the EX fighter jet that originally belonged to Lightning Team Captain Wei Weike without permission, this proud ace pilot had no choice but to fly teammate Kitada's SG fighter jet with a dark expression, and go into action with Taiga.
"Team Lightning! Launch!"
Two SG fighter jets were launched from the Mir and streaked across the sky.
Wei Weike was furious as he looked at the EX aircraft on the radar, which was darting around like a headless fly.
"Damn it! You amateur! Fly the plane back right now!" Wei Weike roared into the communication channel.
But I fought back the urge to vomit, gripped the joystick tightly, and said with unusual firmness, "I'm not going back!"
"I created these wings to fight against those who disrupt peace!"
[This is so exciting! My dream is so cool!]
Since you've chosen this battlefield, you must take responsibility for yourself!
The background music here is absolutely amazing. Despite its mournful tone, it involuntarily evokes a sense of patriotic fervor.
[Jellyfish Bro is unaware that it has angered the most powerful professional scientist in the Ultraman universe!]
In the sky, the translucent jellyfish monster seemed to sense the threat from above, and suddenly turned around, spraying a strange and extremely destructive beam of light towards the EX!
"Danger!"
In the command room, Commander Shi and Staff Officer Ye Qian were on tenterhooks.
But this monster clearly underestimated the speed of the "most powerful scientist in the world".
At 0.1 seconds before the light hits.
With his incredibly quick reflexes, I dreamt that the EX performed an extremely extreme side roll, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow by just missing the light!
Holy crap! That reaction speed! Is this the neural reflexes of the Giant of Light?!
[My dream: Although I've never flown a real plane, my reflexes are quick!]
However, due to a lack of practical experience.
After dodging the attack, the EX lost control of its attitude completely, nose down, and plummeted rapidly toward the ruins of the city below!
At that altitude and terrifying speed, it looked like the plane was going to crash and everyone on board would die!
"I dreamt!" Staff Officer Ye Qian was so frightened that he stood up abruptly from his chair, his face deathly pale.
Even the usually calm and collected Commander Shishi had a furrowed brow and his palms were sweating.
Although he believed that I had extraordinary abilities and would not die here easily.
But this is a real plane crash! If a plane crashes straight down like that, it's truly beyond repair!
"Pull the joystick hard! Raise the nose! Don't let it fall!"
In the air, Wei Weike hurriedly shouted reminders over the communication channel, trying to teach this novice how to stabilize the fighter jet.
However, an extremely subtle detail emerged!
Just as Wei Weike's voice came out, before he could even finish speaking...
The camera gave me a very brief close-up of Meng's hand.
Even before Wei Weike could warn him, he had already pulled the joystick with great decisiveness and pressed several control buttons with precision!
"boom--!"
With a deafening roar, the EX engine pulled up its nose at an extremely dangerous height of just a few meters above the ground, skimming over the ruins of the building, and soared back into the sky!
Just a few millimeters off, and the plane would have been blown to pieces!
This incredible maneuver left everyone completely stunned.
[God-level movement!]
[My dream started before Wei Weike reminded me!]
This shows that my dream had already prepared for potential dangers! He has a complete emergency response code in his mind!
The terror of a super brain!
Watching the EX stabilize again and trace a smooth arc in the air.
Wei Weike watched Wo Meng's actions, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
This is clearly the result of countless simulations and practice, where the theory has been completely integrated into instinctive operation!
He finally acknowledged the seemingly reckless boy's determination to fight.
Wei Weike no longer sees my dream as just a brainy genius, a silly little kid.
"All right."
Wei Weike's tone softened, carrying a hint of elder brother sternness, "However, now that you've come to this sky, you must complete your mission well!"
"Yes!" I replied loudly.
With two SG fighters flanking him, I piloted the EX and steadily aimed at the jellyfish monster ahead.
"The game of hide-and-seek is over!"
I dreamt that I pressed the start button on a microwave interferometer.
A green interference wave was instantly emitted, enveloping that area.
The jellyfish, which originally used quantum leaps to blink and jump between different spaces, had its wave function collapse instantly under the influence of interference waves!
Its physical form was forcibly dragged from the microscopic world into the macroscopic reality!
"It's materialized! Right now!"
"Fire!"
Wei Weike gave the order.
Two SG fighter jets, poised for takeoff, opened fire simultaneously.
Several anti-aircraft missiles, trailing long plumes of flame, struck the jellyfish monster with pinpoint accuracy.
"Boom—!"
A violent explosion erupted in mid-air. The jellyfish, ignited by the missile, let out a scream and crashed heavily into the inferno below like a tattered sack, triggering a secondary explosion.
Inside the XIG air base.
Upon witnessing this scene, Li Muzi and Staff Officer Ye Qian couldn't help but clench their fists in excitement and cheer.
"It's a success!"
Li Muzi shouted excitedly.
However, amidst the cheers, only the Stone Chamber Commander remained calm and composed, his gaze fixed on the energy wave pattern on the screen.
"No, it's not over yet," Ishimura said coldly.
His intuition was extremely sharp.
This terrifying enemy, capable of turning an entire city into sand in an instant, cannot be so easily dealt with by a few missiles.
as predicted.
As time went by, the sky was completely shrouded in darkness.
The jellyfish monster that landed was not burned to ashes in the sea of fire.
With an extremely eerie roar, it absorbed the surrounding flames and activated its second form!
Its enormous body began to mutate, with countless tentacles growing wildly from within, and its originally translucent body becoming extremely hard and aggressive.
The battle has escalated once again!
Under the cover of darkness, the second-stage monster displayed terrifying combat power.
After a round of attacks, Taiga's fighter jet was hit by a monster, lost control, and was forced to eject in the dark to escape.
The plot has returned to the conventional combat scenarios that viewers are most familiar with.
Faced with the monster revealing its true form, I, who had been waiting for a long time, did not hesitate and pulled out the Blue Sapphire Cone from the ground.
"Gaia—!!!"
A crimson light exploded in the night sky like a nuclear explosion, and Ultraman Gaia, the guardian of the earth, descended once again amidst earth-shattering thunder!
The battle erupted instantly amidst the darkness and yellow sand!
Although Mezad lost its immunity to physical attacks when it manifested its physical form, its melee combat ability remained extremely terrifying.
It brandished its thick, slimy tentacles, lashing out at Gaia like a venomous snake.
"Bang bang bang!"
Gaia was struck repeatedly by the tentacles, and blinding sparks burst from its chest as its massive body staggered backward through the ruins.
Moreover, the tips of Mezad's tentacles can release extremely strong electric currents.
It tightly wrapped around Gaia's neck, and the high-voltage electric shock caused Gaia to let out a painful groan, while the life detector on her chest began to flash red rapidly.
Gaia's landing in this episode wasn't as smooth as before.
This monster is really strong in close combat! It can even generate electricity!
[Gaia's performance this time wasn't great, is it because it didn't destroy the dirt mounds upon landing?]
Don't panic! Quickly show the power of your filial piety!
In the face of utter desperation, the power of the earth within Gaia erupted completely.
He endured the intense pain of the electric shock, roared, and bulged his arm muscles, forcefully ripping off the disgusting tentacles wrapped around his neck!
Taking advantage of the moment when Mezadeh retreated in pain.
Gaia crouched down slightly and tilted her head back abruptly.
Extremely restrained yet violent red photon energy gathered wildly on both sides of his head like a storm, transforming into an extremely dazzling red energy blade capable of cutting through the night!
Photon Ice Blade!
Gaia suddenly leaned forward, and a red light blade slashed through the sky, striking Mezad's head with perfect accuracy!
With the support of extremely realistic miniature model explosions.
Mezad's enormous and grotesque body exploded in the blinding light, turning into burning fragments that filled the sky.
Next, Gaia used the magical Ultra Spray.
After extinguishing the remaining flames, the water jet turned into a red light and disappeared into the starry night sky.
[Great! There's also the amazing Ultraman water mist!]
Ah, what an old-fashioned concept!
That's a really cool way to disappear.
[They didn't even fly into space! My youth is over!]
The battle was over, and the night breeze was cool.
However, the progress bar for the main feature did not end there.
Gu Nan also included a dramatic scene at the end of this episode's ending credits.
First, Shishi arranged for personnel to carry out disaster relief and reconstruction.
Followed by.
On camera at KCB television, Jing Ling is interviewing survivors rescued from the disaster.
What's eerie is that almost none of these survivors suffered any serious external injuries, but everyone looked extremely dazed and terrified.
What's even more suspicious is that everyone's testimony is the same.
They said that during the desertification, their brains... felt like they were being spied on by someone...
It's like someone is going through memories.
This interview instantly cast a chilling shadow over the joy of victory.
Holy crap! Spying on the brain?!
Is this monster turning the city into sand in order to extract human memories and thoughts?
This is terrifying to think about! What exactly do these Destruction-Inducing Entities want? Are they researching humans?
So, there's more to the story?
[Is this monster going to be as persistent as Sphia?]
This is terrifying! Is this really the same tokusatsu series I've ever seen that features monster battles?
Just as the audience was getting chills.
The camera slowly zoomed out, leaving the KCB interview site.
Deep within the ruins, in a dark corner unnoticed by anyone.
A man dressed in a black leather jacket was standing there quietly.
That's Fujimiya!
He didn't speak or make any move. He simply turned his head slowly, his eyes, hidden in the shadows, coldly and emotionlessly staring in the direction of the camera.
"Tick-tock—"
With this intense eye contact, the screen went black instantly, and the ending theme song began to play softly.
This episode is so packed with information it's breathtaking!
Episode 4, End of Main Feature!
Not only were viewers spamming the live stream with comments, but as the series aired, countless analyses also flooded the comment section.
[This episode was packed with information and had an amazing pace! The time management was incredible! Did you all notice? The plot started at noon with the staff's unusual sand formation during lunch, and then the story unfolded continuously and tightly until the final battle in the dark! There wasn't a single dragging moment!]
[Indeed! From the anomaly appearing, to the Lightning Team's initial reconnaissance mission failing, to the Mir returning to base to analyze and formulate a strategy, then the Jonan University laboratory urgently producing microwave interferometry equipment, and finally launching a second strike. This entire process—is this the true operational logic of the near-future defense forces in 2030? It's incredibly impressive!]
[And interspersed throughout are scenes of the GUARD ground forces' helplessness, the KCB squad's reckless battlefield reporting, and even the highlight moments of the Jonan University lab buddies. Most incredibly, that show-off Fujimiya even makes an appearance!]
[Wow, so many parallel storylines! With so many lines intertwined, it doesn't feel cluttered at all! Instead, it constantly pushes forward the passage of time, creating an extremely urgent sense of crisis! The light-tracking technique is truly amazing!]
[But Meng is really bold. He actually dared to steal a fighter jet and even pressed the ejection button himself. That's practically disobeying orders! If he hadn't made that last-minute maneuver to change the course of the battle and prove himself, he probably would have been shot by Commander Ishimura when he got back.]
[And another thing! Don't you guys think that monster's design is ridiculous? Wave function collapse? Interference waves? So much detail in only the fourth episode? Gu Yonghong is trying to elevate tokusatsu to the highest level with science fiction! Using science to explain magic, I bet they'll come up with a bunch of other mechanic-based monsters later on!]
That's the charm of Gaia! All the cutting-edge technology and monster settings are packaged with a seemingly extremely rigorous quantum physics theory.
When the defense forces no longer fire blindly, but instead rely on the theories of brilliant scientists to break through defenses, the exhilarating feeling of this intellectual battle is something I could never have experienced before!
[Ugh, I'm dying to watch this without a next episode!]
Below the post, replies are still increasing at an alarming rate.
After watching this episode, countless viewers had their thoughts sparked with dazzling insights.
The passion and discussion surrounding this hardcore sci-fi tokusatsu drama ignited with extraordinary fervor on this otherwise ordinary night.