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"It's the Ultra Beast! The Ultra Beast is coming!"
Following the air force, the rocket vehicles and tanks were also defeated in the sea of fire sprayed by the super beasts. The flames ignited in the convoy, and the rocket vehicles and tanks exploded one after another. It was a hellish scene. Even in the most tragic battlefields of World War I and World War II, there was no such high density of death.
Death's Feast.
Even in the tanks that were not blown up, the combatants died from the heat and suffocation. The number of casualties rose every moment, but this was the fate of the soldiers. The moment they stepped onto the battlefield, they were no longer husbands, fathers, or sons, but just numbers. Numbers that protected humanity and this planet.
The position soon became quiet and the sound of firing could no longer be heard.
The combat troops suffered heavy losses, but at least they bought time. With three minutes left, the rocket launch had entered the countdown.
The rings of Hokuto Seiji and Minami Yuko flashed, and the two nodded to each other. The next second, Ultraman Ace descended to the earth in the light.
Ace came on the scene and kicked away the Ultra Beast Dragli who continued to show off his power, then turned around and fought with the Metron.
"Support Ace, don't worry about ammunition, saturation attack!"
The TAC team no longer considered the consumption of ammunition and poured all their strength into the ultra beasts and aliens.
One minute left for rocket launch!
The Metrons and the Yabos also realized that this was the final moment. Regardless of his injuries, Doragli slammed into Ace and rolled on the ground holding Ace. The Metrons also ran towards the rocket silo regardless of the attack from the TAC team.
One kilometer, eight hundred meters, five hundred meters, the alien's huge body can span dozens of meters with each step.
"Damn it, stop it!"
"Attack! Keep attacking!"
The rocket had already started to ignite, but the Metron had also rushed to the launch silo. Even though it was covered in wounds, it let out a triumphant laugh, stretched out its hands and released a ray of death towards the rocket that was about to take off.
"It happened!"
This moment was almost hopeless for the TAC team.
But in the darkness, a cluster of light rose. At first it was just a spark, but in an instant it blossomed into endless brilliance, just like the sun rising from the dark horizon, dispelling all the darkness.
The light blocked Metron's death ray, and at the last moment, a red giant walked out of the light.
"Gaia! It's Ultraman Gaia!"
For human beings, there is nothing more comforting than surviving a disaster.
The aliens roared in anger. Similarly, for them, nothing was more annoying than failing at the last moment.
Gaia grabbed the alien and lifted him above her head. With a height of 50 meters, she was much taller than Ace. The rocket was already taking off with flames. This was the prelude to victory.
The speed of the rocket's launch was not fast at the beginning, 10 meters, 20 meters, the flames spewing from the boosters seemed like the background of the battle between giants. Gaia casually threw the Metron into the rocket launch silo to endure the high temperature flames at the bottom of the rocket.
Ace and Dragley were still fighting, Gaia stepped forward to pull Dragley away, punched the Ultra Beast in the abdomen, and then threw it over her shoulder. Then she did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but spoke to Ace.
"Ace, leave this to me, you go escort Maria II!"
Because the demon star Koala is too far away, even if the Maria II's carrier rocket uses black technology that Ling has never heard of in her previous life, and can accelerate to two-thirds of the speed of light, it still takes more than an hour to hit the target. And too many things can happen in the universe in more than an hour. Even with the escort of the United Nations space force, it cannot make people completely reassured.
It turned out that Ace had consumed too much of his combat energy and could not stay on Earth for too long.
Ace nodded, knowing that Gaia's arrangement was correct, and flew into the sky with the rocket.
And Gaia's battle has just begun.
Chapter 10 The Last Wish
Maria II was successfully launched, which was a victory for the TAC team, as the Earth escaped a catastrophic disaster.
The biggest burden was no longer there, and Konno even wanted to sit down and take a break.
But there was one person in the TAC team who was not at ease at all, Ichiro Yamanaka. He stared at the Metron alien intently. His pistol had run out of ammunition, and then he snatched the mortar from Yoshimura's hand.
Yoshimura opened his mouth but said nothing. Everyone knew the anger in Yamamoto's heart, and he wanted to avenge Maya.
On this side, Gaia and Dragli were fighting fiercely. Ling also felt that every punch and kick she threw was explosive, and even the war weapons made by the Yabo people were defeated.
Ling has no combat experience, but this body can always guide her to attack just right.
The flames sprayed by the Ultra Beast were blocked by her with the Shield of Gaia. She turned around with her left leg as the axis and kicked out with her right leg. Gaia kicked the Ultra Beast's head with her heel, and the huge force actually blew out its right eye.
The TAC team members couldn't help but cheer, as this was to collect some interest for the soldiers of the tank unit who had just died.
The Metron was seriously injured after being sprayed in the face by the high-temperature flame of the carrier rocket. It was dazed for a long time before it crawled out of the launch silo. What greeted it was the mortar in Yamanaka's hand.
One shot, two shots, the power of the mortar is much stronger than the pistol, even the Metrons cannot ignore it, but it is not fatal after all. At this time, Yamanaka noticed that the tank battle group had been silenced, but there were still a few vehicles intact.
"It's dangerous in Shanzhong, don't go!" Seeing what Shanzhong was thinking, Captain Long wanted to stop him.
But Yamanaka obviously wouldn't listen to the advice, and it was this guy who killed Maya. She should have had the happiest life because she was so kind, and Yamanaka secretly vowed to spend his whole life to make her happy, but it was all ruined by the cosmic man!
She had never done anything bad. If she could choose, she would be the one who would die in the mountains among a thousand or ten thousand people. But why was it Maya?
The tank unit was right under the feet of the alien, looking at the approaching mountain. It was as easy for the alien to crush him to death as to crush a stink bug. But as soon as it raised its foot, a flying behemoth knocked it away.
It was a Ultra Beast. Gaia lifted up the Ultra Beast and smashed the aliens, causing them to roll into a ball. Dragli struggled to get up, but Gaia no longer gave it such a chance.
Raising his hands, energy gathered above Gaia's head, and the majestic light formed into a whip of light that was swung out by Gaia.
The blade of light is comparable to the extremely high temperature at the center of the sun, and it instantly blew the super beast into powder.
Blade of Light is Gaia's strongest skill. Ling felt a sense of weakness the moment she used it. This was a sign of a large amount of energy consumption, and the energy light on her chest began to flicker.
Unlike Ultraman from the Land of Light, Gaia does not have a time limit on Earth - but this is without fighting.
A lot of energy is consumed in battle, especially when using some powerful light energy skills, it is easy to run out of energy, so she cannot last long on the battlefield.
This also made Ling realize that she was not invincible, and the seemingly endless power she felt was just an illusion.
But it didn't matter, because Metron was also at the end of his strength. The astronaut who had finally climbed up from the ground was hit by Gaia's elbow and then knee, knocking him to the ground.
Gaia still had enough energy to use the Blade of Light once, but she didn't. Instead, she set up the Metron.
No one understood what Gaia meant. She held the alien motionlessly until the rocket car roared.
"Beast, go to hell!"
It was Ichiro Yamanaka! He was driving an undestroyed rocket car, and after carefully moving the soldier who died of suffocation away, he sat in the driver's seat. Then within three seconds, the twelve rockets in the magazine were all emptied at once. Every member of the TAC team was an elite, and Ichiro Yamanaka was the most powerful sharpshooter among them. The twelve rockets hit the head of the Metron without exception, blowing the alien's head into pieces.
The alien, who had already been seriously injured, could no longer withstand such an attack and finally collapsed to the ground and exploded.
Ichiro Yamanaka sat in the rocket car for a long time before he stepped out of the driver's seat and gave the giant a standard TAC salute.
"Thank you, Gaia."
Gaia did not choose to defeat the aliens by himself, but gave the last chance to himself. He finally avenged Maya with his own hands.
The giant disappeared in the light.
There were flames burning in some parts of the battlefield, which were quickly put out by the fire trucks that followed. Ichiro Yamanaka was still standing there blankly. He had avenged Maya, but his heart was becoming more and more empty.
"In the mountains."
"Captain, please leave me alone for a while."
Long nodded and walked away with Yoshimura and Konno.
The midnight wind was cool, and in the foggy battlefield, one could not see the stars or the moon when he looked up, but what was even colder was his own heart. Shanzhong knew that there was probably no other girl in the world who could fill the void in his heart.
"Ichiro's words will definitely be okay."
At that moment, Yamanaka thought it was his own illusion.
Then Yamanaka realized that the voice was Maya! The girl in white was standing in front of him. Yes, it was his Maya!
"Maya, you, you are still alive?" Shan Zhong's voice trembled. If this was a dream, he hoped he would never wake up.
Maya shook her head. "I'm already dead, but it's great to see Ichiro one last time."
"No, don't leave me, take me with you!"
Maya shook her head, with the same mischievous smile on her face as in her memory, "Yamano is still alive, and he will continue to live. Yamano is so strong, so it must be okay."
No, he was not strong at all. If he could be with Maya, he would not be afraid of death. No, he longed for death!
But Maya still shook her head. "Death is not a romantic thing. One day you will die in the mountains, surrounded by your children and grandchildren, in a warm bed."
"Even if you are afraid, you cannot reject death, but you cannot treat death as a joke. It is not scary or romantic, it is just a fact of life. I am dead and you are not, and this is the fact. I hope you can accept it."
"No, I can't accept it!" Yamanaka had been suffering from insomnia for several days since learning of Maya's death. He roared in a hoarse voice.
"Ichiro, I love you. Since I am dead, I can keep this love forever. So you see, I am very happy. This is the most precious gift Ichiro gave me. But Ichiro, you are still alive. I hope you can forget me. Although this will make you very painful, Ichiro must be fine."
"Is this what you want to say?" Yamanaka glared at Maya fiercely.
Maya nodded, "This is my wish, Shanzhong, you can always fulfill my wishes, right?"
"Asshole! I will live, yes, just like you said, marry a wife and have a child. But I will not forget you, never, remember Maya, I will love you forever!"
Death requires only a momentary impulse, while survival means enduring a lifetime of difficulties and challenges.
Maya smiled, as if she had known that Shanzhong would agree to her, because Shanzhong would never refuse her. "Remember to brush your teeth when you wake up in the morning, and hang your clothes dry before wearing them. Don't forget to shave every day, and..."
The sound dissipated in the air, Maya disappeared, and he was left alone in the mountain in the midnight wilderness. But he knew he was not alone, because he had a gift left by Maya.
At this moment, the sky suddenly burst into light, and a dim star suddenly appeared, and in an instant it burst into light stronger than the sun. It was the demon star Koala, which burned out its afterglow in this most brilliant explosion.
Victory.
Maya's battle was over, but his battle had just begun. Yamanaka finally took a step forward and left without looking back.
"Is this all that's needed?" In the forest not far away, Ling was also looking at the soul that was about to dissipate.
"Yes, thank you very much."
Gaia is the will of the earth and the final destination of the soul. This is the only thing Ling can do for this pair of lovers who are separated by life and death. But death is not the final end. The reincarnation of the soul, everything belongs to Gaia, and will be born from Gaia.
"As long as you have faith, maybe we can meet again."
Muttering to herself, Ling turned around and looked at the two people standing behind her.
Ling was not surprised, or rather, she was waiting for the two to appear.
"Good evening, Brother Beidou, Sister Yuko."
Chapter 11: Beidou's Invitation
"Lingye, are you Gaia?" Nan Xizi asked.
Ling did not hide it and nodded, "How did Sister Xizi find out?"
"Before, I fainted after using the Ace barrier. It was Reiya who healed me with 'light', right? Later, when Ace was fighting, Gaia appeared to help us and gave Ace the energy of 'light'. I could feel that it was the same light as Reiya's. It was different from sunlight, but it was very warm."