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Chapter 491 Gaia and Death

The arrival of the giants did not bring order to the chaotic city; instead, it pushed the panic to a new peak.

When Gaia's red and silver body stood atop the ruins, carrying the power to shatter the earth, the fleeing crowd paused briefly.

Another monster?

The same thought came to everyone's mind.

One descended from the sky, the other was born from light. In their eyes, there was no essential difference between the two; both were beings beyond comprehension, bringing destruction.

"boom!"

Gob broke the silence first, its huge single eye locking onto the new enemy. Its thick limbs dug into the ground, emitting a deep roar, before it charged forward.

Gaia, or rather, Mount Meru, faced with this overwhelming momentum, reacted faster with her body than with her brain.

He clumsily sidestepped, barely dodging Gob's charge, but the force of the wind generated by the massive body brushing past him still caused him to stumble and nearly fall.

Only then did he belatedly realize that he had transformed into a giant, and then the real battle began.

The earth trembled, and with each movement of the two colossal structures, the surviving buildings groaned under the strain.

The crowd lost all reason, screaming and fleeing to distant places, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire of this battle of the gods.

In the laboratory, Masaki Keigo did not run away, nor did he even look up to glance at the earth-shattering battle.

His entire attention was focused on the equipment at hand.

A pale blue light screen projected from the badge, and a waterfall of data was refreshing at an astonishing speed.

[Basic data collection for Ultraman Gaia (V1 form) is underway...]

[Analysis of the structure of photonic quantum transformation...]

[97.8%……99.1%……100%……]

【Finish……】

"Is this the power of Gaia?"

Masaki Keigo took out the badge and nodded in satisfaction.

When he was making that instrument, he added something to it, with the aim of recording the quantum information of the earth's light.

However, compared to Gaia's existence, there was something else that concerned him more.

His gaze swept past the chaotic crowd and landed on Gob, the monster wrestling with Gaia.

Annihilation is summoned.

This name has been mentioned countless times in the Alchemy Star's database; it was an enemy predicted by the quantum computer Cressis several years ago.

However, the final villain who runs through the entire Gaia worldview has an unusually vague image. Even the final boss of the TV series - Zog, the Destruction Angel of the Root - seems to be just a high-level henchman under its command.

Its motives remain a mystery.

If its sole purpose is to destroy the Earth and human civilization, then its actions are quite strange.

Why not deploy the strongest weapons from the start?

Is it that they can't do it? Or that they don't want to?

Like a meticulously designed chess game, the opponent clearly has the ability to directly "checkmate," but chooses to use the most primitive pawns to probe and wear down the opponent step by step.

What intentions lie behind this behavior? Is it observation? Is it selection? Or is it that... destruction itself is not the ultimate goal, but the process?

Just as Masaki Keigo was deep in thought, the battle in the city had reached its climax.

Takayama Gamu's combat experience is pitifully lacking.

He was just a scientist; even with the body and strength of a giant, he couldn't immediately become a qualified warrior.

He could only rely on his fighting instincts from the depths of the earth to dodge and parry in a sorry state.

Gob's attacks, however, were simple and direct, filled with pure destructive power.

It swung its thick arms, repeatedly slamming Gaia backward, its hard fists sending sparks flying as it struck Gaia's chest.

"hateful……"

The intense pain and suffocation assaulted Gao Shanwo's consciousness.

He could feel that this body contained boundless power, like a raging volcano, yet it could not find an outlet.

Just then, Gobu opened its huge mouth, and a deep purple energy orb began to rapidly condense.

A deadly sense of crisis stimulated every ray of light within Gaia.

No... we can't let it get destroyed any further!
The thought exploded in my mind.

The next moment, Takayama Gamu's consciousness seemed to be pulled into a deeper level.

Countless images and memories flooded his mind like a tidal wave.

Those are the battle memories that belong to this planet, dormant for billions of years.

His body moved involuntarily.

Gaia crossed her arms in front of her chest, and the crystal on her forehead emitted a dazzling light.

A vast amount of energy gathered above his head, quickly condensing into a sharp, crescent-shaped blade of light.

Photon Ice Blade!

"Hah!" With a shout from the depths of his soul, the light blade whistled out, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and accurately struck Gobu's head as he was gathering his strength.

Struck by the light, Gobu froze in his tracks.

The next second, a thin red line spread from the top of its head to its entire body. Then, its enormous body disintegrated into countless tiny particles in a silent light, dissipating into the wind.

The battle is over.

A red beam of light shot into the sky and then quickly dissipated.

Gao Shan Gamu's figure reappeared amidst the devastated ruins.

His knees buckled, and he collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, his clothes soaked with sweat.

Transformation consumes his physical strength, which is indeed something he is not good at.

He struggled to raise his hand, and in his palm lay the USB flash drive-like storage device lying quietly.

The once smooth surface now bears the pattern of the giant from before.

He looked at the USB drive in his hand and fell into deep thought.

……

Meanwhile, in another time and space.

In the infinite world, within the cycle of Final Destination.

In the dimly lit room, only an old computer screen emitted a faint, cold light.

Zhang Qi sat in the chair, calmly looking at the young man opposite him who had pushed up his glasses.

That's how it happened.

My purpose in coming into this world is to test a hypothesis.

"The Gaia theory, huh..."

Chu Xuan's glasses reflected the light from the screen, obscuring the expression in his eyes, but Zhang Qin could sense a subtle, almost imperceptible change in the other's breathing rhythm.

For someone like Chu Xuan, who is devoid of feeling, money, power, and even life itself are far less attractive than a mystery that can touch upon the essence of the world.

The Gaia hypothesis was proposed by scientist James Lovelock in the 1970s.

In this hypothesis, Earth is viewed as a self-regulating, living superorganism, and even... possessing an independent will.

In the real world, this hypothesis has remained at the theoretical level due to the lack of direct proof.

But in the Main God Space, in this strange place woven from countless "reality" and "fiction," anything is possible.

"To understand the true nature of the 'main god,' this is an unavoidable step."

Zhang Qi nodded and continued.

Before he came, he specifically checked the exchange list with the main god.

Anything related to 'planetary will' or 'the origin of the world' is ridiculously expensive.

For example, the "Ultimate Memory" in Kamen Rider W, or the five great magics in the Type-Moon universe...

The price tag alone speaks volumes...

Expensive means rare, and even more so, it implies extremely high value.

Chu Xuan nodded, acknowledging Zhang Qi's conclusion.

Of course, there was an even more important reason that truly sparked his strong interest in this direction.

The special privileges Zhang Qi obtained in the previous reincarnation world.

The value of that access token far exceeds that of an S-level side quest.

But what Chu Xuan cared about was not the authority itself, but the way and reason why the main god granted this authority.

Zhang Qi gained access because he ended the descent of Hell Star, thus saving the entire Ju-on world.

The act of "redeeming the plane" will be rewarded by the main god, or even rewarded with a high level of authority.

This almost overturned Chu Xuan's initial basic guess about the Main God Space.

"The world of reincarnation that we experience mostly comes from various literary, film, and animation works created by humans in the real world."

Chu Xuan spoke slowly, as if organizing his thoughts.

"So I subconsciously think that the main god should be the 'creator' or 'manager' of these reincarnation worlds."

For the Supreme God, the cycle of reincarnation is like a one-time copy; its existence or non-existence should be irrelevant.

But reality gave a completely different answer.

Saving a cycle of reincarnation on the verge of destruction will grant the Supreme God extremely high authority.

This in itself demonstrates that these cycles of reincarnation are not worthless consumables for the main god.

"So, what's your plan?"

Chu Xuan asked, having fully understood Zhang Qi's intentions.

"First, naturally, we need to verify what type of attack the 'Grim Reaper' is occurring in this world..."

(End of this chapter)