Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 310, Section 306: Earth's Current Situation, Nexus and "Wings of Stone" (4,000-word long chapter)
"Whoosh!" The Szak spaceship spewed flames from its tail and charged toward Dr. Genius's base.

As the Kuin stood atop the mountain, it let out a cry, and immediately several Baalzeb larvae rushed out from the mountain and surrounded the Szak spaceship.

"You don't want us to get close to there? I'll go anyway!" Jugglus Juggler took the pilot's seat and maneuvered the spaceship nimbly, leaving several larvae behind with a serpentine maneuver.

"Whoosh!" A cunning Baalzeb suddenly attacked from the side, grabbed the spaceship, and its tail spike was about to pierce the cockpit.

At the critical moment, a beam of light struck and sliced ​​the Baalzeb off.

"It's Qi Ming." Yu Yan and Tachibana both saw it; it was the light blade released by Tiga that resolved their danger.

This guy, although he acted very domineeringly before, is not just someone who talks big; he really does what he says when it comes to action.

Jugglus was surprised that Qi Ming could take care of them even when fighting two opponents at once; his ability to control the battle situation was too strong.

At that moment, Orb was struggling with Baalzeb. Upon seeing this scene, he asked, "Should we escort Jugglus and the others?"

While Tiga was helping Szak's spaceship, Baalzeb launched a sneak attack with a poison needle, but Qi Ming dodged the attack with a perfect backflip.

He clamped his legs around Baalshib's neck like scissors, and used the momentum of his fall to slam him hard into the ground.

Qi Ming clapped his hands: "We can't let the enemy lead us by the nose. We have to guide the pace of the battle and seize the initiative."

He looked at the "Kuin" standing atop the mountain, high above, issuing commands to the Baalzeb tribe like a queen, and charged straight at it.

"To catch the thief, first catch the king; kill him first!"

Seeing Ultraman Tiga charging towards him alone, the high and mighty Quinn paused slightly.

Sensing Ultraman Tiga's indomitable spirit, after a three-second pause, the big boss of "The Origin" Quinn chose to turn and run.

Those who had gone to block Szak's spaceship quickly turned back to protect it.

"My God!" Seeing Qi Ming chasing after a large group of Baalzeb led by Kuin all by himself, Tachibana and Mikoto were almost at their wits' end.

The cosmic demon Baalzeb, the nemesis of the God of War, has put the entire planet Ganon on high alert, causing countless upheavals, yet now he's the one chasing after Ganon...

What's with this sense of contrast from "dimensional reduction attack"?

No wonder he dared to threaten to kill Dr. Chaoying; his skills are truly exceptional.

"Master, has Qi Ming always been this brave?" Yu Yan asked Jugglus.

Jugglus recalled Qi Ming's last transformation, when he could barely stand and charged forward in a wheelchair, feeling that it was completely different from his current dashing appearance, where he moved freely among thousands of troops.

Did he really wipe out all the Kirieloids by himself, which is why he was so weak that time?
This is terrifying, it's beyond reason...

He can maintain a certain arrogance in front of [Kai], and he will be dissatisfied with "Why can he become an Ultra Warrior if he doesn't know how to fight, but I can't?"

But seeing Qi Ming's performance now, he was completely convinced.

"I don't know... Kai and I just met this senior, and when did I become your master!" Jugglus quickly retorted after realizing what was happening.

Because Qi Ming had pulled away all the monsters, they were finally able to land smoothly at Dr. Talent's base.

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Qi Ming and Kai were locked in battle with Baalzib's army when Mikoto Tachibana and Jugglus Juggler stormed into the lair of the genius doctor.

What was Queen Amaterasu doing, when she should have been at the center of the storm?

Oh, she's started an online relationship!

After searching around and not finding the red ball, Queen Amaterasu concluded that she was hallucinating due to excessive stress and stopped taking it seriously.

After pacing around with a melancholy mood, she saw many soldiers on patrol.

After bowing to Queen Amaterasu, they walked away again, their sharp eyes scanning their surroundings.

Queen Amaterasu sensed the tension before the war, which made her feel even more repressed.

"Once war breaks out, there will be casualties."

"Actually, they didn't want to be dragged into the brutal war, but they dared not disobey the general's orders."

Queen Amaterasu increasingly disliked becoming a war goddess and one of them, feeling that this was depriving her of her free will.

She returned to the Tree of Life, her hand unconsciously touching its roots, hoping that the sacred tree of Ganon would bless her.

The next moment, she pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted.

Just a moment ago, she could feel as if someone had pressed their palm against hers.

"Who are you..." Queen Amaterasu murmured.

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On the other side, Earth.

Tianhe Institute of Biological Sciences

A young man named Shohei and his childhood friend Yui took out a box.

The two men are members of the research institute, and the box contained items they found a few days earlier while piloting an underwater exploration vehicle at an underwater temple.

Upon opening the box, a huge "seed" appeared before the two.

This is a seed of the tree of life.

Yui: "What exactly is this?"

Shohei: "I'm curious too." After saying that, his hand unconsciously reached out to touch the seed.

The next moment, he withdrew his hand with the same look of having seen a ghost.

"Who are you..." Shohei murmured.

This seed has some connection with the Tree of Life, allowing two people who touch both the tree and the seed to "hold hands" and instantly "understand each other's hearts".

The era of interstellar online dating is about to arrive.

"What's wrong, Shohei?" Seeing her boyfriend looking dazed, Yui shook Shohei's shoulder.

Shohei turned around: "It felt like I touched someone else's hand..."

Yui: "?"

Just as he was about to ask more questions, the building began to shake.

"what happened?"

The two rushed to the window and saw that the clear sky was suddenly covered by thunderclouds, and a ferocious monster was falling from the sky.

It has a pair of goat-like horns, scarlet eyes, and a rather plump gray body.

The Cosmic Thunder Beast [Bats] has arrived—it first appeared in Gaia, volume 22, "The Wings of Stone".

"Whoosh!" In an instant, blinding lightning struck down like a sharp sword, and dozens of ferocious bolts of lightning burst forth from Bats' horns.

A terrifying thunderstorm instantly turned the entire commercial street into a living hell. Reinforced concrete buildings crumbled in the lightning, glass curtain walls shattered into countless fragments, and a moving double-decker bus was directly struck, twisting into charred scrap metal amidst the towering flames.

The glass of the Tianhe Biological Science Research Institute trembled violently from the shockwave, and Yui and Shohei were knocked to the ground.

They watched in horror as the aftershocks of the lightning blasted a crater twenty meters in diameter in front of the research institute, and flying debris pierced the outer walls like bullets, smashing laboratory equipment to pieces.

"Thank goodness... If the monster had missed its target even a little, we would have been finished." The two huddled under the lab table, trembling. Although they often saw news reports of monsters destroying cities, such close contact still terrified them, making them feel like they were facing imminent doom.

The city instantly descended into chaos, with terrified crowds scattering and fleeing in all directions like a tidal wave.

The defense forces arrived immediately and began evacuation, but all electronic equipment malfunctioned due to electromagnetic interference emitted by [Bats].

Without radio communication, the evacuation operation fell into chaos.

"This is Team B. Please indicate the evacuation route to the rear! Headquarters, please respond!"

"Residents from the West District have fled over here! What is Team A's guide doing?!"

"Damn it, can someone tell me what to do next?!"

In the original Gaia series, faced with this situation, Strategist Chiba used his seasoned coordination skills to complete the evacuation by manpower without the aid of radio.

However, the defense forces of this world clearly lacked a highly skilled individual like Staff Officer Chiba, and the streets were so crowded that stampedes began to occur.

At the same time, a furious roar came from a hospital two blocks away: "What's going on?!"

The interference wave reached here, and all the equipment stopped. The emergency surgery could not proceed!
"Whoosh!" [Bats] unleashed lightning again, striking the congested crowd.

At this critical moment, a beam of light descended from the sky, blocking the lightning.

After the light faded, the familiar silver giant appeared in everyone's sight.

Ultraman Nexus makes his appearance.

After scanning his surroundings with his silver eyes, he immediately switched to his youth form.

The fluctuations in the Meta realm erupted, engulfing Batz and Nexus.

The terrifying monster vanished, and the people who had just been fleeing in panic stopped in their tracks, looking around in bewilderment.

An eerie silence suddenly fell over the street, with only the crackling sounds of burning buildings remaining.

"I've seen this on TPC's official website. It's called Meta Field, right? The monster was taken to another dimension. Looks like we're safe now," someone suddenly said.

After the dire situation was resolved, people no longer fled in terror.

Once they regained their composure, the crowd began to evacuate in an orderly manner under the command of the defense forces, with the sirens of ambulances blaring throughout the area.

As the subspace closed, the electromagnetic interference disappeared, and the medical equipment restarted.

The doctors in the operating room immediately resumed their efforts to save the patient. In the corridor, nurses ran around spreading the word: "Nexus has just appeared! He's taken the monster away! Please remain calm!"

Within Meta Realm, Nexus is engaged in a fierce battle with Batz.

A red and silver figure weaved through the lightning. Nexus displayed superb aerial combat skills, using agile tactics to suppress the cumbersome Batz, exhausting the latter until he was panting heavily.

"Whoosh!" Bats swung his long tail, sweeping towards Nexus. Jun Himeya dodged it and unleashed his finishing move as Nexus withdrew his power.

"Whoosh!" A layered light storm was launched, and after being hit, Batz's body was completely disintegrated.

The battle ended, and Nexus emerged victorious.

After the Meta Realm was dispelled, he returned to the real world.

People stared in awe at the giant's figure, the afterglow of the setting sun gilding his silver-red body with a warm golden edge, making him look sacred and flawless.

Once the crisis was over, Nexus slowly disappeared, leaving no trace to receive the cheers of the crowd.

After Ultraman left, people talked about it.

"Thanks to Ultraman, otherwise we would have been in big trouble. This was really a close call."

"Ultraman won again. He truly deserves to be called an invincible god."

"By the way, have you guys noticed that recently only Nexus and Black King Orb seem to have been involved in battle? What about the other Ultramen?"

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"Mr. Himeya won, but if it were me, I would at least stay and strike a victory pose after the battle, giving people a chance to take pictures."

After the battle, those in the know discussed the day's events in a group chat.

During the week that Qi Ming rushed into the gates of hell, the earth remained calm and nothing happened.

Aizen Makoto guessed that the news of the extermination of the heinous Kirieloid people had spread, making those ill-intentioned invaders wary of Earth and temporarily hesitant to act rashly.

Seven days later, only some minor skirmishes occurred, which were easily resolved by TPC and two Ultramen.

But now, the frequency of attacks seems to be "returning to normal".

Dan Moroboshi: "We've found out. This time, the monster was sent through a wormhole opened by the Destruction Bringer."

Just yesterday, a wormhole of the same frequency opened in the sky above Earth, and the Destruction Inviter sent a peanut-shaped spaceship called "Waset," which is 800 meters long.

This is a mobile arsenal, and according to Hikari's reconnaissance, it contains hundreds of Gob's eggs.

Spaceships can adjust their body structure to adapt to the environment of the planet they are invading.

If a spaceship were to land on Earth, and over a hundred Gobu were to mobilize, what would become of them?

This is the plot of episode 10, "Rock Monster," of Gaia.

In the original series, Takayama Gamu cracked the radio signals of Vaset, causing Vaset's internal system to collapse and destroying most of the Gob Eggs.

In this world, Aizen Makoto becomes Black Orb, and with a single Dark Supreme Holy Sword, he vaporizes the entire spaceship along with the Gob Egg inside.

Simple and straightforward numerical beauty!

However, the continuous attacks from the Destruction Summoning Entity for two days gave people an ominous feeling.

Saijo Nagi: "Does it mean they know that Qi Ming has left Earth, so they want to take advantage of the situation and take over Earth in one fell swoop?"

Qi Ming team member...

Huimei: "Twelve days have passed, and there's still no news from Qi Ming. I wonder how he is now, is he alright?"

After saying that, she opened the window of her room and looked up at the night sky, her eyes filled with deep worry.

She occasionally had the thought that "whether Qi Ming might not be able to come back," but she would quickly shake her head and dismiss it.

Team member Qi Ming must still be alive. Even the world beyond the Gates of Hell cannot drag him into Hell. He will not lose!

Moroboshi Dan: "He'll be fine. He's Qi Ming, after all. He'll shine wherever he is."

“I believe he is now fighting for justice somewhere else.”

"And when we need him, he will definitely appear before us."

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It's four thousand words.

In theory, today's update should be enough.

But I just switched to "Passionate Mode" and I'm full of energy. I'll be posting a long chapter with lots of highlights and lots of words soon!

I'll try to finish updating before 1 p.m.!
(End of this chapter)