Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 385, Section 381: Dark Lucifer and Emperor Karafal
In the original Ultraman Dyna series, the half-fish soldier Digon could block a pistol bullet without taking any damage, and he also had amazing arm strength.

They once forced Shin Asuka to his knees, eliciting Dyna's full-body fight.

But for Qi Ming...

"Ora ora ora!" Qi Ming cleared the way, sending all the merman soldiers blocking his path flying. The scene was extremely stress-relieving.

Jugglus Juggler, wielding the Serpent Heart Sword, hacked and slashed, rendering the merman soldiers who had surrounded him unable to rise again.

"This is so exciting!" Agamus, who was being protected in the middle, exclaimed. "After the underwater base was taken over by monsters, were all the humans who worked here killed?"

The battle-hardened Huimei remained remarkably calm, holding a tablet and looking at the underwater base design blueprints she had previously retrieved from the headquarters archives: "Turn left at the intersection ahead and keep going straight, and you'll reach the main control room of this underwater base."

Qi Ming: "Going there will remove the Aurora Borealis shield, right? Let's go!"

The next moment, a voice came from the speakers above; it was Schum speaking:
"Although it is a lowly creature that is repeatedly dying, it is really tenacious at this moment."

"But that's not enough. Only the most intelligent life forms in the universe like us are qualified to rule this planet."

"No matter how much you struggle, it's useless. All that awaits you is destruction."

Qi Ming was not provoked by the other party's provocation and replied indifferently, "Is that so?"

After overcoming numerous obstacles, the group arrived at the main control room, only to find the door tightly shut.

Schuum spoke provocatively again: "This base is my territory now. Without my permission, you can only watch helplessly, haha... What a joke!"

Qi Ming gathered his strength in his dantian and then kicked out.

With a loud bang, the sealed door was kicked open.

This scene stunned Schum and Agamus, who was standing to the side.

Agamus: "Has he always been this powerful?"

Huimei remained calm: "Let's do it again. The door to the main control room here isn't as sturdy as the door to our Victory Team's command room."

The group entered the main control room of the underwater base, which was also dimly lit, with only red emergency lights flashing and all the computer screens black.

Agamus stepped forward to start the host, only to find that the entire system was completely locked and was useless.

Once he recovered, Schum spoke again: "You've got some skills. I'd give you a nuclear bomb."

Qi Ming was taken aback: "A nuclear bomb?"

While exploring the control room, Jugglus Juggler spotted a safe. He forced it open with his Serpent Heart Sword, revealing some confidential paper documents inside.

“These are…” Hui Mei took a look and her expression changed drastically: “Team Member Qi Ming, there are sixteen nuclear bombs in this base!”

Nuclear bomb!

Qi Ming took the document from Hui Mei and his pupils contracted.

The underwater base built by Yu Tsuchihashi during his lifetime, ostensibly for studying the Antarctic climate, was actually a cover-up; it was a preparation for a possible world war!
Damn, who would have thought that a nuclear missile launch base would be built on the seabed of Antarctica? Yuu Tsuchihashi is truly a super-powerful (and stupid) person!
Schum continued:

"According to intelligence reports, humans are very fragile and sensitive creatures."

"If I send these nuclear bombs to the capitals of countries that have nuclear weapons, something very interesting will happen next."

This is an attempt to break the balance of nuclear deterrence and provoke a nuclear war!
Nuclear bombs are only so-so when fighting monsters, but they're incredibly effective against humans!

"Boom!" The entire base trembled the next moment as the countdown to launch of the sixteen nuclear missiles began.

Qi Ming clicked the button, and the mechanism of any key lifted up: "You won't succeed."

He told everyone that Schuum must be touching the underwater base with its tentacles, and that as long as he drove it away, its connection to the underwater base's main control computer would be severed.

Then they can use the mainframe computer here to stop the nuclear launch and cancel the Aurora Australis shield.

"I'm going." As Qi Ming slammed the dial, a dark streak of light bloomed on the seabed of Antarctica, and a pitch-black giant stood on the seabed.

Dark Tiga makes his appearance.

Qi Ming used his previous experience as Composite Tiga to drive this body, quickly adapting and becoming proficient.

"Found you!" The Eye of Ultra glowed, and Qi Ming saw a red tentacle hidden in the silt, firmly touching the support structure of the underwater base.

That's Schuum, connected to its main body!

Without saying a word, Qi Ming rushed towards it, determined to eliminate it first.

Schum: "Oh? You're one of the Ultra Warriors who protect Earth? You look a lot like Ultraman Tiga from the information. What's your relationship?"

"But it doesn't matter anymore, go to hell."

"Boom!" The next moment, the seabed cracked open, and a giant beast that looked like a combination of a lobster and a crab, with two pincers of different sizes and red eyes, emerged.

This is Rechubas, who was originally outside melting the Antarctic ice sheet, but rushed back at the critical moment to protect its master and stood in front of Schum.

"Looks like I'll have to deal with you first." Qi Ming, who wasn't good at naval combat, rushed upwards immediately, with Reichubas giving chase.

Two colossal figures stood facing each other on the Antarctic continent, battling the wind and snow. Considering the impending nuclear launch, Qi Ming, aiming for a swift victory, launched a preemptive attack, with Dark Tiga taking a step forward and kicking.

Reijubas raised his massive right pincer and blocked Dark Tiga's kick.

"Such strong defense... I can't kick it." Looking at Reichubas, whose body hadn't moved an inch, Qi Ming retreated to create distance while secretly sighing.

Although Dark Tiga has no time limit, the strength of this body is far inferior to that of Full Tiga. Compared with a powerful monster like Reijubas, the difference in their theoretical strength is too great.

But Qi Ming was not discouraged; he believed that the difference in strength could be made up for with skill.

Reijubas charged again, trying to clamp Dark Tiga with his giant pincers. Facing an opponent whose strength far surpassed his own, Qi Ming no longer insisted on defending the center line as he had in the past.

He frequently shifted the position of his torso, attempting to exploit his opponent's weaknesses from the side.

"Sky-high strike!" After dodging the opponent's pincers, Qi Ming took advantage of the opponent's wide-open defense and kneed Reichubas in the chest.

The latter didn't move an inch, and immediately spat out a fireball from its mouth. Qi Ming quickly did a backflip to avoid it.

"As expected of the sturdy shell in the original series that could completely withstand Dyna's punches and kicks, my normal attacks couldn't even deal any effective damage." Qi Ming sighed.

He couldn't help but recall a guy he'd faced in England when he was nineteen, a guy who called himself "Black Tiger Afu".

Even though her powerful reflexes allowed her to see through his moves, she still found it difficult to withstand his attacks due to the vast difference in strength.

The current situation is similar; the numerical gap between the two sides is too large.

"Damn it, I wish those marketing accounts were telling the truth," Qi Ming thought to himself.

When Qi Ming was a child, he often saw marketing accounts on the internet publishing all sorts of outrageous and outrageous theories when he searched for Ultraman online.

For example, Dark Tiga is the strongest Ultraman, capable of absorbing the enemy's energy infinitely, with an upper limit surpassing the Mysterious Four Ultras.

Essentially, it's because the largest number of viewers and the most traffic in China have watched Ultraman Tiga, and those marketing accounts dare to say anything for profit, turning Ultraman Tiga into a disaster area.

Later I realized that the powerful one was Shining Tiga, and he was much stronger than I had imagined. This is the true meaning of "no limit".

Of course, the gossip from marketing accounts didn't stop there. There was the Dark Lucifer, who was stronger than Noah in the scrapped case, and the Great Emperor Carafar... Qi Ming actually believed these things for a while when he was a kid.

Of course, he soon discovered that he wasn't the only one who believed it; there was an author named "Chizha Luobo" who also believed it—what an idiot author.

"Sigh, I really wish I could kick this ice and fire crab to death." Qi Ming sighed.

He changed his strategy again, trying to avoid contact with Reijubas and using movement to lure his opponent into revealing weaknesses.

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"Wait a minute, is that giant on the Antarctic continent Ultraman Tiga?" said a member of the Yamanaka crew, squinting, inside the Atlas.

Although the aurora borealis could block all instruments and electromagnetic waves from detection, he noticed the battle on the Antarctic continent from a great distance thanks to his superhuman eyesight as a sharpshooter.

Kishida, who was waiting in ambush, exclaimed in surprise: "What? Ultraman Tiga is here?"

Yamanaka: "Yes, judging from his face, it should be Ultraman Tiga, but he looks like he's tanned."

Saijo Nagi: "It's possible that Tiga has changed forms. How's the battle going?"

In the mountains: "He's fighting a big crab, and it doesn't look good because he keeps retreating."

Have we fallen into a disadvantageous position?

After a moment of contemplation, Saijo Nagi decisively took out her phone and sent a message to a group full of "insiders": "Captain, the situation is bad. A monster has appeared, and Qi Ming's Ultraman Tiga is no match for it."

The next moment, Huimei also sent a message: "That's bad. The main control computer of the underwater base is still under enemy control. The nuclear missile is about to be launched."

Dan Moroboshi: "A nuclear bomb?"

Huimei immediately sent the information she had just received to the group chat. In this world, Schum couldn't operate an artificial sun, so the resourceful Schum planned to use nuclear bombs to severely damage human civilization.

Dan Moroboshi: "I'll be there with Hikari right away."

Fujimiya: "Then I should set off too."

Upon seeing this, Emi, in the main control room of the underwater base, immediately said to the others, "Fujimiya has transformed into Ultraman Agul and is rushing this way."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a strange laugh.

She felt something spying on her from behind, and the malicious gaze made her turn around immediately.

From the shadows, a phantom figure emerged...

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On the Antarctic continent, Qi Ming finally seized an opportunity through persistent efforts.

With a sweeping kick, he took advantage of Reijubas's unsteady landing after his lunge and knocked it to the ground.

"It's now!"

Qi Ming immediately gathered his strength and fired the Dark Zepelion Ray!
(End of this chapter)