Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 377 Deep Cognition
Earth.

As the supernova's flash burst forth from the portal, the reincarnators on Earth looked up at the sky. From Earth's perspective, the dazzling stream of light resembled a white line that split the sky in two.

"This kind of attack... could destroy most planets in an instant!"

Xiangzi smoothed her hair, recalling her experience when she first entered the world of reincarnation, and couldn't help but sigh, "The more you try to catch up, the bigger the gap becomes!"

"However, this is not a reason to give up, after all, there are more and more competitors."

"Fortunately, I have a great advantage."

Xiangzi chuckled.

The battle between Xu Feng and Gatanothor was so massive that the rest of the East Sea team, including Tifa, didn't even qualify to watch it or be commentators—the battle was so large that it would take several minutes to reach the human eye, even at the speed of light.

Ordinary people who have not mastered the ability of long-distance detection can only see the brightness and darkness of the starry sky.

Tifa and Blaze can only do some auxiliary work on Earth at this time, such as collecting scientific knowledge and various special products of this world.

As for the little shrine maiden Sakurai Mei, she is still digesting the spacetime energy of the golden dragon Goldras... to be precise, all the extradimensional energy gathered by Goldras from above Earth.

"Among the current members of the Donghai team, I'm the only one who can help Xu Feng."

With a smile, Xiangzi thought, "To awaken the hope of humanity in the dream world and create the 'light' that can kill Gatanothor, that is my role in this world... although, judging from the current battle situation, the significance of this action is not very great."

With this in mind, Xiangzi cleared his mind of the jumbled thoughts and focused his attention once more on the collapsing dream world, planting a special seed of spirit in the minds of the people in this world to transmit positive emotions.

"It's a bit troublesome to turn the light of hope into power..."

"Shining Tiga's light comes from children all over the world, but when using this power of hope, it is not necessarily necessary to have so many people support it."

Xiangzi recalled the plot.

In Ultraman Tiga, before Daigo developed Shining Tiga, he went through a Shining prototype stage.

The boss in that battle was Kirieloid II. This monster also had three battle modes, all of which could overwhelm Ultraman Tiga's three normal forms.

But after gaining human support and receiving 'light' from some of the humans who witnessed the battle, Tiga, who was almost crippled by Kirieloid II, easily reversed the battle and defeated the monster that was second only to Gatanothor in strength throughout the series and whose power was comparable to that of the Golden Dragon Goldras.

In this world, the Kirieloids initially caused some chaos, but after learning about Gatanothor, these monsters immediately left through a portal.

These people don't dare to compete with Gatanjee for territory.

Xiangzi carefully sensed the minds of those who had awakened: "Theoretically, the millions of people who have regained hope can form a considerable force, but this light is close to faith, yet at least two levels higher than faith... Before reaching a certain level, this mysterious energy is like a mirage."

"The only feasible method is to blindly integrate these lights into the bodies of the giants of light, and we can only gamble that the energy within these giants is more compatible with the power of light."

Shoko projects the image of the Giant of Light into the minds of those who have regained hope.

I scanned the avatar again carefully... Unfortunately, nothing changed, and none of the data increased.

"Sigh, I'll just have to accumulate it slowly."

Half a day later.

A magnificent stream of light departed from the solar system.

The starry sky dimmed.

After the fatal crisis in his spiritual perception disappeared, Gatanothor, in his deep information state, carefully reverted to his physical state.

It sensed the surrounding space and time with lingering fear.

Too dangerous!

If it hadn't entered the deepest information state in time, it would have been taken away by that crazy human in one fell swoop!
This attack that shattered the stars was too insane.

The stream of light contained a large amount of Buddhist power, condensing the energy to its extreme. When targeting a single target, its destructive power was far greater than that of a normal supernova explosion in nature!

The magnificent stream of light reshaped the environment of this starry sky, and this reshaped environment constantly consumed its origin.

Even though it tries its best to lower its level of existence, to minimize the traces of its existence in the information state, and to make itself seem as if it does not exist in this world... it will still be hurt by that kind of simple and brutal attack.

In a short time, most of its core energy had been destroyed.

Its body, which had finally grown to over 600 meters, was reduced to just over 200 meters due to the consumption of light flow, returning to its 'weak' state when it first awoke.

After Gatanothor recovered, it immediately dragged its severely injured body into the depths of space.

Can't win!
That visitor from another world had too many trump cards; it could consume tens of thousands of top-tier energy crystals in an instant without batting an eye... The information it obtained from the soul of that human 'teammate' was very one-sided and difficult to use as a reference.

If humans launch another attack using this pattern, it will very likely die.

Fortunately, that kind of attack consumes a lot of resources, and Gatanothor believes that the human won't easily repeat it.

The reason it hesitated to retreat before was because it was still worried about the losses; it was worried that if it ran away directly, it would lose the gains it had made on Earth.

In an attempt to escape unscathed, it acted impulsively twice, but both impulsive actions resulted in significant losses for it.

Now the monster's ideas are completely different.

It realized that this human was stronger than it and had an extremely firm will to kill. If it continued to fight this human, it might be completely annihilated.

This is no longer the time to dwell on whether or not there will be a loss.

Survival is the first priority!

Gatanothor transformed into a cloud of black mist and moved rapidly toward the outer reaches of the solar system... This sub-light speed of escape was not considered fast in a battle where spatial teleportation was commonplace, but it was difficult for outsiders to attack such a high-speed moving target.

Behind it, Xu Feng kept a close eye on the target, pursuing it while simultaneously launching attacks from a distance, using his spatial abilities to create obstacles in front of Gatanothor.

Or perhaps it's a stream of light colliding head-on.

Or flames that cover the stars.

Or a trap that tears space apart.

…………

Over the next hour, Xu Feng tried nearly a hundred different interception methods.

Regardless of the method of interception, Gatanothor simply charges forward recklessly, completely disregarding its current losses. Some interception methods alter Gatanothor's trajectory, but it remains indifferent, swiftly and decisively running in the changed direction.

The final boss had only one option left in his mind: to escape.

—Due to the minimal resistance in space, it's better to maintain near-light speed than to waste energy changing your trajectory.

It hopes to seize the moment when the human is off guard during the pursuit, and once it gets that opportunity, it can teleport to an extremely distant place.

"Heh, with Gatanothor focused solely on escaping, taking it down will be a bit difficult..."

Xu Feng couldn't help but ponder. Those attacks could injure Gatanothor and gradually erode its power, but this monster was thick-skinned and tough, so this method would require a considerable amount of time to kill it.

Or, he might unleash another 'ultimate move'.

The Supernova Impact was massive in scale; even though its attack depth was insufficient, it could still significantly deplete Gatanothor's energy.

Both of these methods involve overwhelming the opponent with force, using attrition to eliminate the fleeing monster.

There's absolutely no skill involved.

If there were a move that could deeply penetrate Gatanothor's core, defeating it would be just like Shining Tiga in the TV series, requiring only one move.

"Can we only wait for Shoko to create a 'light' that can kill Gatanothor?"

Time is on the side of the reincarnators.

"But it's always a bit unsatisfying to kill Gatanothor in this 'normal way'... Is it really that difficult to kill it? Even life forms with a higher level of existence need time to recover after their physical bodies are broken, right?"

"How could Gatanothor recover so quickly after I shattered his body?"

"How can it so flexibly transform between information and physical states?"

Xu Feng couldn't help but ponder the origins of Gatanothor's abilities.

He was certain that although Gatanjah had evaded several fatal attacks through its information-based posture, its body had been destroyed by various attacks more than once.

But this monster's regenerative abilities are too strong.

"The so-called power of darkness... In my understanding, the essence of darkness is 'no light,' just as emptiness corresponds to nothingness, and stillness corresponds to silence... Light and darkness are a kind of opposition between existence and non-existence. In essence, darkness is the foundation, and light is the effect after 'existence'..."

Xu Feng's mind raced as he thought, "But in this world, we can't analyze it based on a purely physical level. In the world of Ultraman Tiga, the power of light often represents justice, while the power of darkness represents evil... just like the light of the soul and inner demons."

"Gatarim's power originates from a deeply developed Mind Light? But it doesn't seem quite right..."

"No, we can't just think from Gatanothor's perspective..."

Xu Feng shook his head: "If we consider this from the perspective of this multiverse, the so-called 'light' that makes Tiga become Shining Tiga is inseparable from the light of the soul... This way of gathering the light of the souls of all life in the world... Hmm, why does it remind me of the 'Human Instrumentality Project'?"

"In addition, the Giant of Light constantly emphasizes the attribute of light..."

"What was the origin of the ancient giants in this world from 30 million years ago? Were they born that way? Or were they the product of some kind of experiment?"

Xu Feng frowned, as if he had grasped some kind of inspiration.

Just then, after once again ramming Gatanothor's light-speed-traveling trajectory and witnessing Gatanothor's disheveled state, a clearer idea formed in his mind.

"If Gatanothor's information depth is deep enough... then what would happen if Gatanothor attacked Gatanothor?"

Xu Feng's eyes lit up.

The Reality Materialization Imagination Technique is a very magical move. The creations generated by this skill can far exceed the user's limits. According to the few words he knows from the later parts of the original work, this skill can imitate all abilities and substances that he has ever seen.

When this skill is first enhanced, it requires a complete understanding of every detail of the materialized object. However, once the skill is developed to a certain extent, this limitation is greatly reduced. For example, an average person can even imagine the innate treasure, the Eastern Emperor Bell.

If this enhanced individual truly understands every detail of the Eastern Emperor Bell, then his strength would not be unremarkable.

Xu Feng did not fully understand the origin of Gatanothor's abilities, but defeating Gatanothor time and time again made him very familiar with most of Gatanothor's abilities, so it was not difficult for him to imagine Gatanothor's abilities.

Moreover, he had seen an even more powerful Gatanothor, over 800 meters tall, whose energy was dozens of times stronger than the Gatanothor that had been severely injured several times.

"Defeating Gatanothor in this way... seems to yield the most complete reward!"

Gatanothor, who was flying desperately, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.

It sensed another trap ahead, and a very dangerous one at that.

But in the next instant, it resolutely sailed forward... After being attacked several times, it realized that this kind of attack based on spacetime ability was impossible to dodge. Even if it changed its course, the person chasing it could move the trap to another location in the blink of an eye.

When the pursuer's attack depth is insufficient, the energy consumed to recover from injuries by facing a trap head-on is no more than the energy consumed by changing the trajectory in space.

After Gatanothor entered the trap, he inexplicably felt as comfortable as if he had returned to his hometown.

Dark energy!

The dark energy clung to its body, constantly replenishing the energy it had lost due to the severe damage it suffered during flight.

Gatanothor had only felt comfortable for a moment when it realized that something was wrong with the energy... The more it absorbed this dark energy, the less energy it had in its own body!
next moment.

Tentacles, all too familiar to Gatanothor, were bound to its body. These tentacles manipulated dark energy in the universe, slowing Gatanothor down.

Not long after.

The pursuers and monsters remained in a dark curtain large enough to cover the entire planet.

"This is...my own ability?"

Gatanothor sensed the familiar ability and his heart sank.

No one knows better than it how troublesome its abilities are...

It sensed that its core energy was being absorbed by that 'kin'.

"Do not……"

Gatanothor stared at the humans beyond the darkness, knowing that the origin of this 'kin' was that ordinary human.

"I don't want to become food!"

It struggled desperately.

But when faced with a fully-leveled Gatanothor whose strength is dozens of times greater, the struggle is extremely futile.

There was no way to stop his power from being taken away.

"By the way... according to the information I got from this human 'teammate,' this human who practices Buddhist techniques is extremely lecherous..."

In utter despair, Gatanothor's mind conjured up a survival strategy: "The information in the souls of those humans on Earth also proves that filth often lurks within Buddhism... This person's intention to help that human woman is very obvious."

"so……"

Gatanothor once again transformed into black mist, combining the human aesthetics of the dream world of Gijera with the insights from the souls of those in the East Blue Team who had been influenced by Gatanothor, to create a 'human form' for itself.

A girl in a black dress who looks only thirteen or fourteen years old.

The girl gazed pitifully at the humans in the distance, conveying her plea for mercy.

(End of this chapter)