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"That's the cosmic moth!" Moriyama delivered the report.
"The research department has analyzed that this is not a moth from Earth, but a cosmic moth that can survive in a vacuum."
Araki stepped forward, took the report, turned directly to the results page, and read it in front of everyone.
"Cosmic moths have extremely strong vitality. They do not rely on oxygen to survive and use light as their energy source, so they are highly phototropic. Once they find light, they will flock to it."
They crave light, so they cover the stratosphere and completely absorb the sunlight transmitted from the sun. Any light source is a fatal attraction to them.
By the afternoon, the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
"Moths attacked public lighting facilities such as street lamps. Ordinary houses were also attacked by large numbers of moths as long as the lights were turned on. Citizens fell into a huge panic!"
There could be no light at all, and the earth was plunged into pitch darkness.
Everyone on the ZAT team was talking when suddenly the lights in the base went out and then came back on after a few seconds.
It is the backup emergency power supply that starts.
"Captain, the power plant has been attacked by a large number of moths, and the entire Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa area has been without power. Other power stations have been attacked one after another, and the power outage is expanding further!"
"Except for the island nation, all major countries in the world that have joined the ZAT security agreement have experienced large-scale power outages!"
It’s not that some other remote small countries have not encountered such problems, but they have not joined the cooperative organization and cannot contact ZAT even if an accident occurs.
In just half a day, human civilization was paralyzed!
You cannot light a lamp or a fire or a candle, as any light will attract swarms of moths.
The obscured sky was devoid of the sun, moon, and stars. On that day, mankind lost all light and fell into endless darkness.
Gaia did not appear and even lost contact. Kotaro knew that the world needed a little light to dispel the darkness.
His badge flickered with the only remaining light on this planet.
"Miss! Miss Lingye!"
Because the power plant was out of power, the Oshima Manor was also plunged into darkness. Jianye lit a candle, and the candlelight illuminated the room. The eldest lady was still sleeping.
From last night till now, it is already noon, and the young lady still hasn't woken up. This kind of thing has rarely happened before.
No, there was one time when she was so tired after defeating the Ultra Beast Baraba that she slept for the whole day.
But this time is different. Jianye and Maria don't know what to do.
Something happened, and the whole of Tokyo, or perhaps more than Tokyo, was plunged into darkness. They didn't know if this was related to the young lady's deep sleep.
She was smiling as if she was dreaming a sweet dream.
Mr. Okazaki also took a candle, found the power distribution room of the manor, and turned on the backup power supply.
The manor was once again brightly lit. In this dark world, the manor was like an isolated island. Even with the lights on, not a single moth came near.
The sunshine is brilliant, and the amusement park under the sun is filled with the laughter of children.
"Want to ride a roller coaster?"
Mr. Oshima said this with an unnatural expression, because he was really afraid of this. However, his pride as an adult made him pretend to be brave and even took the initiative to propose it.
Fortunately, my daughter shook her head.
"No, I'm afraid of this. I don't like this kind of exciting things. Let's play a gentler game."
We are saved. Mr. Oshima nodded hurriedly.
So they rode the Ferris wheel, went rafting, watched a stage play, the story of crabs and lobsters, and followed the parade of floats.
Mrs. Oshima was a little exhausted from walking so much, so she sat on a park bench nearby to rest.
"Want something to eat?"
Mr. Oshima looked at his watch and it was already past noon. Although he asked this, there was actually nothing good to eat in the amusement park, just some fast food.
"Let me do it."
"What's coming?"
They didn't understand, but the three of them stopped in front of a western restaurant and looked up, and saw a sign that said SHINO'S.
"SHINO'S? This is..."
"Yes, it's Chef Shinomiya's restaurant."
It didn't matter why Chef Shinomiya's restaurant was in the amusement park. Ling felt it was there, so it was there.
After she entered the restaurant, she did not order any food but went to the kitchen.
No one in the restaurant stopped him.
"Recently, I've been learning cooking from Chef Shigong. Mr. Shigong said that I have a great talent and that the dishes I cook are delicious."
She used the kitchen in the back kitchen, skillfully washed and picked vegetables, and started cooking.
"Dad, you like cheese, right? I've learned how to make baked rice. I can also make the herbed chicken steak and fruit pizza that Mom likes. I'll make them for you."
Mr. and Mrs. Oshima didn't say anything for a long time, and then the oven made a ding-dong sound.
"Reiya, you're eleven years old now, a big girl." Mr. Oshima spoke.
"Yeah. I can cook for myself, and I can do housework by myself. Although Maria usually doesn't let me do it, I can really do it myself. I can live on my own now."
"I'm sorry I didn't get to see you grow up."
Ling also put on scald-proof gloves and took the pizza out of the oven.
"Although I'm really sorry, please don't apologize. Dad, Mom, there's nothing you need to apologize for. Thank you for always loving me."
She knew that the dream was about to end. She looked towards the corner of the kitchen, where the butler Kaito appeared without her knowing when, but Ling knew he was always there.
"Is this what you wanted me to see?"
"Don't you feel sad?" Kaito didn't quite understand. "Don't you hate this fate?"
Lamenting the injustice of fate and drowning in sorrow, isn't this what all human beings are like?
"Why should I be sad? You just let me know that if my parents were still alive, they would definitely love me. I already knew this. Of course they love me, and I love them too."
It's a pity that I couldn't grow up with her. This is Lingye's own regret, because the dead don't know how to regret.
They are no longer trapped in pain, so Ling will not be either. Mom and Dad don't want her to be sad all the time, so she will try to make herself happy.
Why would there be such a person? Mefilas couldn't understand why her heart was flawless? So bright, without any haze to hide.
Tokyo was plunged into complete darkness. ZAT did not issue an evacuation order because the darkness had covered the entire world and there was no place to take refuge on the entire planet.
Suddenly, light appeared in the darkness!
The giant appeared on the earth in the shining light.
"Taro! Ultraman Taro is here!"
Taro looked up at the sky, light energy was released, and scorching rays of light spread across the sky.
The dark sky was torn open, and the sun shone in. These cosmic moths were not strong and could be killed easily.
But before the people on the ground could cheer, a black smoke screen appeared from nowhere and filled the gap left by the dead moth.
The black smoke spread quickly, covering the sky instead of the moths, and the moths gathered together in a splendid manner. Amidst the terrifying roar, a monster appeared.
"It's the monsters that are causing trouble. Team ZAT, attack now to help Taro!"
The Tianjing was dispatched, and Kitajima and Ueno also set off in the Super Swallow respectively.
"Where's Kotaro?"
Araki was a little confused, as he hadn't seen Kotaro since a while ago.
"Oh, I just sent him to investigate something."
Captain Asahina said this, and Araki no longer had any doubts.
Taro has already started fighting the monster.
It was a terrifying monster that looked like an arthropod, but had wings like a moth. Taro's punches and kicks had little effect on it. The sticky black smoke screen blocked most of the attacks, making Taro feel like he was stuck in a quagmire.
Light energy is consumed quickly, and the dark environment without light is full of hostility to the Ultra Warriors from the Land of Light.
After just one minute, Taro's energy lamp began to flicker. To make matters worse, a group of moths flew towards Taro in the darkness, covering his body and began to absorb the light energy.
Taro wanted to shoo them away, but there were too many of them and they kept coming.
At this time, white liquid spurted out of the monster's mouth. It didn't care about the existence of the moths at all, and the white liquid sprayed on Taro, first rotting and killing the moths on Taro's body, but soon seeped down and touched Taro's body surface.
Severe pain!
There were many monsters that could spray corrosive liquids. Back then, the super beasts of the Yabo people had such skills that almost everyone could master. Flames, missiles, and corrosive liquids were already standard equipment for invaders.
But this monster's corrosive fluid is different, it is much stronger!
Ultraman's skin, which he was proud of, was completely defenseless. Once it came into contact with the light, it eroded the epidermis, entered the body, and began to consume a large amount of light energy.
In great pain, Taro jumped into the sky, but was entangled by a swarm of moths and fell to the ground.
"ZAT, everyone listen up, attack now!"
The fighter planes fired missiles, which exploded repeatedly on the surface of the monster's body.
It doesn't look fatal, but it is indeed effective. At least the monsters can't bother Taro anymore.
On the other hand, Mephilas was already thinking of backing out.
The Mefilas clan is known as the wise generals of the Dark Empire, and this "Dark Empire" does not refer to any particular one. They serve the army commander of the Gua Empire, Zoda, and also obey the Dark Emperor Empera.
They have no absolute loyalty to anyone.
Rather, it likes to play tricks on people. In the past, it believed that even the human body of the Giant of Light was not without flaws. But now it has discovered that not everyone can be played tricks on.
But at this moment, Mefilas realized two things, both of which were bad.
First, it looked around and found itself in a desert under the aurora. It knew this place, having investigated it before coming to Earth, and of course had heard of the famous "Meta Realm".
Such a great reputation is based on the fact that once the monsters and aliens are captured by the field, no one will ever see them again.
Now it is one of them.
The other thing is probably even worse.
A person with no flaws in her heart, which made it realize that the means of bewitching people that it was proud of would have no effect in front of her.