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"Is that Noriko?" Long turned on the communicator and contacted.
"Yes, I'm Noriko."
"How are Beidou and Nan?"
"I haven't been able to get in touch with you, so I came here in the Airo first."
"What on earth is going on? Where did they go?"
Noriko couldn't answer this question either. Since the afternoon, there has been no contact with the two people, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth. If they were in a disciplined defense army, if they disappeared for half a day and were required to go to the battlefield, they would be treated as deserters.
But Long understood that Beidou and Nan must have been delayed by something, so he did not mention it.
"Captain, the Ultra Beast is heading towards Shelter No. 2 in Area K!"
"What? We can't let it move forward! Yamanaka, Noriko, concentrate all your firepower."
The shelters were built to withstand nuclear bombs, but they could not withstand the destruction of the super beasts. With a weight of nearly 100,000 tons, it was enough to crush the facilities dozens of meters underground even if nothing was done.
There are many shelters under Tokyo. The entire city of Tokyo is divided into blocks, and hundreds of shelters of various sizes have been built. Each shelter is designed to accommodate between 2 and people. At this time, Shelter K- is already full of people taking refuge, and there must be no mistakes.
"But Captain, the laser cannons are not working, and our containment is ineffective!"
Long also knew this. Lasers have strong penetrating power, but their power is not as strong as high-yield missiles.
He wanted to try using heavy missiles, but the dark sky was raining heavily, and the strong radiation made the missiles useless. Whether it was the guidance system, propulsion system, or the detonating fuse, none of them could continue to work in a strong radiation environment.
Just as the super beast was approaching the shelter step by step, a light suddenly appeared in the city sky.
A giant in gold and red appeared in the light.
"It's Gaia! Captain, Ultraman Gaia is here!"
Of course Long could see it without Yoshimura's reminder.
"Don't let your guard down. This Ultra Beast is very strong. Even if Ultraman comes, we have to fight together. Keep attacking the Ultra Beast and protect Gaia!"
"Yes!"
Having said that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ultraman, even Captain Long.
Gaia did not rush towards the super beast immediately, but crossed her arms and raised them above her head.
The members of the TAC team didn't understand Gaia's intention, but the next moment, they saw a firefly-like light spreading out from her to the surroundings and the sky. The dots of light, as if they were in the starry sky of the Milky Way, spread out and illuminated the entire dark city.
Long suddenly felt that the shackles that had been tightly grasping his heart were released.
"Captain!" The call coming from the communicator was from Dr. Yoichi Kikaji who stayed at the TAC headquarters.
"I am a dragon, please speak."
"Captain, the ionizing radiation monitor at headquarters shows that the radioactive elements in the radiation rain that hit Tokyo have disappeared! The rain is no longer harmful!"
"So that's it!" Long understood what Gaia was doing. She restored the radioactive rain to normal rain! Long couldn't help but marvel at Ultraman's nearly omnipotent power.
After the firefly-like light embraced the entire city of Tokyo, the light spirits gathered towards the clouds in the sky. Gentle, yet resolute, like the first rays of light that pierce the darkness at dawn.
The thick black clouds were pierced by the light, forming a "funnel" in the sky, and the bright moonlight and starlight sprinkled down from the "funnel". Just like Moses parting the sea, the unruly clouds calmed down under the comfort of the light and rippled away like the ebb tide.
Ryu, Yoshimura, Yamanaka, Konno, Noriko, and many others who did not have time to hide in the shelter because the super beasts appeared too suddenly, all the people who saw this scene looked up at the sky.
The rain stopped, and the quiet night sky was filled with an eternal sacredness, and there was a giant standing under the starry sky. If this scene could be painted as an oil painting, it would definitely be a masterpiece like "Genesis".
The TAC members who always fight with the power of science, at this moment under this holy starry sky, can't help but have some theological ideas that should not exist in science, not to mention ordinary people.
The bus driver, who was inspecting the lights in the rain, stopped what he was doing, and Asaka, who was holding an umbrella for him, also put it down. In the bus, the children got off one by one.
This is their Ultraman, the embodiment of light who protects humanity.
In fact, if Ace was here, he would not be able to do the same. Dispersing the dark clouds in the sky and changing the weather under the sky is definitely not something that can be achieved simply by using the power of light.
Gaia can do it only because she is Gaia, the will of the planet itself, that's all.
"Let's go, we're going to the shelter." Asaka threw the folded umbrella back into the car.
"Director, the car is stalled."
At some point, the bus stalled and the spark plugs were no longer working. But it didn't matter.
"It's less than two kilometers to go. Let's walk there. Children, keep up. Don't fall behind!"
There is a bright moon in the sky, but it is no longer pitch dark. The starry sky is enough to illuminate the way ahead.
Without the protection of the radioactive rain, Baraba became extremely irritable.
Gaia made a move to confront Barabas, but at this moment, a "beep, beep" sound was heard.
"Oh no, Gaia's energy light is flashing." The dragon on the ground discovered this. Whenever the Ultra Warrior's energy light flashes, it means that there is not much time left.
"Too much energy must have been consumed just now to dispel the radiation rain!"
Indeed, although Gaia is the will of the earth, she has also consumed most of her energy to purify the radiation rain that enveloped the entire Tokyo. At this time, her stored light energy is almost exhausted.
Unlike other Ultra Warriors, Gaia has no time limit on Earth, and the energy light will not turn red due to time. Once the energy light flashes, it only means that the energy used for fighting is insufficient.
But as long as the super beasts were still there, she could not leave. Gaia did not know why Ace had not appeared this time, but she knew that she was now the last barrier for mankind.
Gaia knew that further delay would be disadvantageous to her, so she stepped forward, dodged the super beast's iron ball covered with wolf fangs and spikes, and punched Baraba in the chest. But that was not the feeling of attacking the surface of a living organism, it was even harder than steel, and the tactile feedback told Gaia that this super beast was more terrifying than she had imagined.
His hands were shaking and hurting, but the super beast was unaware of it. Not to mention retreating, it didn't even shake a bit.
The scimitar in the super beast's other hand attacked. Gaia put her hands together and caught the scimitar with her bare hands, but she was not prepared for the amazing power of the scimitar, and she was thrown away.
"Hahaha, Baraba is the most powerful technological product of our Yabo people, an invincible super beast. Baraba, destroy Gaia and let humans know the consequences of resisting our Yabo people!"
After receiving the order, the flying sword on Baraba's head flashed with lightning, pierced the sound barrier and shot straight towards Gaia.
Gaia, who had no time to dodge, stretched out her shield with both hands. But the shield only lasted for a moment, and the next moment the sword broke the shield, and the energy that formed the shield dissipated and disappeared into the air. Gaia only had time to lean her body to one side, and the flying sword flew past her arm with sparks.
The pain was so severe that her left hand was already badly injured.
"This super beast is not right. Yamanaka, Noriko, use missiles. Regardless of the cost, go all out to support Gaia!"
"understand!"
Without the interference of the radiation rain, the Cosmos and Airo switched their weapon systems to missiles and poured them out towards the super beast. Compared with the laser cannon, the power of the missile was obviously stronger. The endless fireballs exploded on Baraba's body, and even it felt the pain.
Well, let me correct you, super beasts don’t feel pain.
So the super beast was just a little slow in its movements and let out an inexplicable roar, which had nothing to do with pain.
Gaia's energy was so high that she couldn't even use the 'Photon Ice Blade' and 'Quantum Streamline'. She communicated with the 'Jack Medal' and condensed an 'Eight-Divided Light Wheel' in her hand. However, inspired by Ace's previous experience, she didn't throw the 'Eight-Divided Light Wheel' out, but held it in her hand and ran towards the Ultra Beast. She raised the Light Wheel and cut towards the Ultra Beast's head.
The flying sword that was launched appeared in Baraba's hand again at some point. He raised the sword and pressed it against the Eight-Part Light Wheel.
Just like a cutter processing aluminum alloy steel bars, the rapidly rotating eight-point light wheel splashed countless sparks the moment it came into contact with the flying sword. The high-pitched decibel roar instantly shattered the glass windows of the surrounding buildings.
The sonic boom also shook the approaching Cosmos, causing it to quickly break away. The plane stalled and fell several hundred meters before it barely regained its balance.
After about three to five seconds, the violent vibration caused Baraba to no longer hold the flying sword, and the sword was knocked far away. But at the same time, the light wheel in Gaia's hand also collapsed.
The flying sword fell to the ground and stabbed into the ground. Several cracks could be vaguely seen on the sword.
Gaia's right hand was also numb due to the strong vibration when she was cutting with the light wheel. It turned out that Ace's move was not so easy to use, and it caused great damage to the arm. The left hand was injured, and the right hand was also a little weak. On the other hand, the super beast was still in high spirits.
It was difficult. For the first time, Ling had the thought that she would fail. This super beast was too strong.
But as an Ultraman, she could not fail, so she immediately put aside the inappropriate thought. Because once she fell, no one would be able to protect this city, or even this planet.
So you can't lose!
Enduring the pain in his arm, Gaia clenched his fists and fought with the super beast once again.
The Airo and the Cosmos continued to bombard, and soon their ammunition loads ran out. That was enough to support a medium-sized battle, but pouring it on the super beasts didn't seem to have much effect except for setting off some "fireworks".
Inadvertently, Noriko's Gaara was hit by the flames spewed out by the super beast and parachuted into the plane.
The Cosmos was left alone, and after several rounds of fighting to protect Gaia, the Ultra Beast cut off its tail wing. At this point, the TAC team's air power was completely lost.
"Is everyone okay, Dianzi?" Captain Long asked through the communicator.
"Well, it's okay."
"Where are Yamanaka and Konno?"
"No problem." Yamanaka and Konno untied their parachutes and ran over to meet Captain Long.
Long couldn't help but frown as he looked at his team members. Now all the weapons they had were the TAC guns.
Chapter 41: Barabbas the Immortal
Another slash.
The injured Gaia could not stand and fell towards the building behind him, crushing a residential building into brick and stone fragments and rubble.
She was already covered in scars at this time.
The Ultra Beast Baraba is the ultimate weapon that the Yabo people have been planning for a long time. After testing Ultraman's ability with the previous Ultra Beasts, they put all their efforts into creating this killer weapon. Its strength and defense are not comparable to the Ultra Beasts of the past. It can be said that in order to create such a Ultra Beast, the resources of an entire colony were exhausted.
Its armor and weapons are made from alloys extracted from the core of the entire planet, and its driving energy is extracted from the planet's precious ores.
But it's worth it. Resource stars in the universe are precious but can still be traded at will, while planets like Earth, which have a stable atmosphere, mountains, water, dense vegetation, and rich biological resources, are enough to nurture civilization. It is too much like the ancestral stars of those civilizations, and before civilizations set foot in space, the ancient memories only existed in documents.
As long as they can seize the Earth, it is not a pity for the Yabo people to exhaust nearly a hundred resource stars within their civilization. Resource stars can be seized and traded again, but there is only one Earth.
The Eight-Point Light Wheel failed to win, and Gaia then used the Specium Ray. As the killer of the first generation and Jack, the power of the Specium Ray is unquestionable. However, the high-temperature light energy and shock waves carried the Specium particles that were highly lethal to living things. Although they caused some damage to the Ultra Beast, they still failed to end the battle. As a Yabo who had dealt with the Kingdom of Light many times, they naturally studied the Specium energy often used by the Space Guard, and Baraba also made special modifications for this.
At this time, Gaia has already used all his means.
The Jack Medal could store 172 light energy, and the two skills consumed 110. The remaining light energy was not even enough to use the Spesium Ray again. There was only one meteor kick or eight-point light wheel left, but neither of these two skills was enough to destroy the super beast.
The battle had lasted nearly twenty minutes. Her arms, thighs, and abdomen had been hit dozens of times, and she had done her best to still be able to stand on the battlefield.
She couldn't even use Gaia's Light Shield anymore. She had to rely on her body to block every attack from the super beast, otherwise the city would be the one that suffered.
The Jack Medal that could be used as a trump card has been almost used up, and the other Agul Medal [Unlocking Degree: 42/120 (35%)] is still far from being usable. And Gaia's own energy is almost dry.
She couldn't find any chance of winning and could only hold on numbly, hoping for a miracle to happen for one more minute, one more second.
But there were no miracles.
"Ultraman, come on, Ultraman!"
It was a boy's voice. Not far from where Ultraman and the Ultra Beast were fighting, a few hundred meters away on the street, there was a boy of seven or eight years old cheering for Gaia.
"How come there are children who didn't seek shelter?"
The surroundings had already been mobilized for evacuation. Half an hour had passed since the super beast appeared. Captain Long had received a report from the local security department that the evacuation work had been completed more than ten minutes ago. He didn't expect that there were still people who hadn't left. This was the most dangerous place. Not to mention being attacked by the super beast, even the TAC team's own machine guns and missiles would be affected.