fictionpage Chapter 252 Light of Heaven and Shadow of Earth: A Torn Choice
Chapter 252 Light of Heaven and Shadow of Earth: A Torn Choice
The fierce winds of Meibao Mountain howled and swept between the two enormous bodies.
Red Gaia and blue Agul stand facing each other across the cracks in the earth.
The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.
At this moment, Zhongnaier had been forced back several steps by Gaia's attack. Its huge body twisted restlessly on the ground, emitting low growls.
It couldn't understand why these two giants, both embodiments of Earth's light, would block its path and even be at each other's throats.
"Don't release the monster's energy here!"
The voice of my dream was conveyed to Fujimiya through Ultraman's thoughts.
But he was facing the ruthless Agul.
Agul completely ignored Gaia's warning. He slightly bent his knees, and his azure body burst out with astonishing power in an instant. Like a blue lightning bolt, he directly passed over Gaia's head and landed precisely on Zhong Naier's broad back, which was as wide as a hill!
"stop!"
Gaia roared and turned around, wanting to step forward to stop him.
But Agul was too fast.
He knelt on Zhong Nai'er's back, his hands gripping the edge of Zhong Nai'er's thick, hard carapace tightly.
Immediately afterwards, Agul's arm muscles bulged suddenly, and a dazzling blue light surged out from his timer, flowing directly into Zhong Nai'er's body through his arms.
With a dull, chilling sound of bones rubbing against carapace, Agul actually managed to tear the carapace on Zhongnaier's back apart with sheer brute force!
Zhong Nai'er raised his head and let out an extremely shrill scream.
The dense barrage of comments instantly obscured the video screen completely.
Holy crap! Tearing apart a monster with bare hands?!
【Pry it open for me!!!】
That's too cruel! They literally ripped someone's back open!
[Agul is truly treating Zhong Nai'er as a mere tool, completely disregarding the monster's life or death!]
I was stunned, that was incredibly ruthless!
[Zhong Naier: What did I do to deserve this? I was just sleeping and got woken up to be used as a cannon, and now they want to rip my skull open!]
[However, sacrificing Zhong Naier was indeed a bit of a waste. This monster didn't seem like the kind that would cause destruction; it just slept. You were sleeping soundly when someone woke you up and forcibly shot you, leaving you on the verge of death...]
They'll stop at nothing to achieve the greater good!
As the carapace was forcibly pried open, the terrifying nuclear fusion energy stored within Zhong Naier's body was completely exposed to the air.
It was a dazzling light that was countless times more blinding than the midday sun. The terrifying heat instantly distorted the surrounding air, and the rocks on the ground even began to turn a molten dark red.
"Command confirmed."
On the cliff, Agul suddenly raised both hands upwards!
boom--!!!
A beam of energy, so thick it defies description, shot into the sky from Zhong Naier's back!
This beam of destructive light, which gathered all the life energy of Earth's monsters, pierced through the thick atmosphere and shot straight into the deep universe with the power to tear everything apart!
Inside the XIG air base, data on the large screens jumped wildly, and alarms blared incessantly.
"The energy beam has broken through the atmosphere! It is rapidly approaching the target!" Li Muzi stared nervously at the radar image, her hands flying across the keyboard.
In outer space, the colossal celestial being Diglob, comparable in size to an asteroid, was hurtling towards Earth with devastating kinetic energy. However, before Zhong Nair's nuclear fusion beam, which gathered the power of Earth's very essence, its massive body appeared remarkably fragile.
Two terrifying energies collided violently at the edge of the stratosphere, 30 kilometers above the Earth's surface!
No sound returned to the ground, but everyone who looked up at the sky clearly saw a spectacular sight worthy of being recorded in human history.
The sky seemed to be set on fire.
The blinding light instantly illuminated half the Earth as if it were daytime!
But at that very moment!
The melodious ending theme song began to play.
【Huh? It broke down here??】
[Wait, this kind of collection is divided into two parts?]
[Holy crap! How did it turn from an episodic drama into a weekly series?!]
[That's a really good plot twist!]
……
But the online uproar has only just begun.
On the official forums, various online communities, and social media platforms of "Ultraman Gaia"
In one of the thread posts, a viewer wrote:
"I felt terrible after watching this episode. Zhong Naier was so pitiful. He was forcibly dragged up by the King of Forces to be used as a human battery, and then thrown away after he was done."
But this also proves that not all Earth monsters are bad!
At that moment, something suddenly came to mind with a chilling thought—do you remember the underground monster that appeared in the second episode?
The moment this topic was brought up, the comment section exploded.
[Holy crap! I'd completely forgotten about that if you hadn't mentioned it! That giant monster that crawled out of the ground in episode two, I initially thought it was one of Gob's Destruction Bringers!]
[That's right! Now that I think about it, Gillu from the second episode was also native to Earth! Did it sense the threat posed by Gob and try to protect Earth when it appeared?]
[The most nerve-wracking episode was the second one. That guy was probably sound asleep underground when Gob crashed down and woke him up. He crawled out of the ground, still grumpy, ready to fight, but Gaia, having just gotten his newbie gear from the beginner village, went up and instantly killed him!]
[Its only purpose is to boost Gaia's K/D ratio.]
[You'd need a genius to come up with this reason at home.]
[Kiru: Who will make up for what I lack – a clear explanation and an apology?]
I'll give you an egg! Eggs don't even provide iron!
……
Beyond the reflection on the Earth Monster stance, the sentiment in the post quickly evolved into an epic debate about the ideologies of the two major political parties.
One of the forum members posted a lengthy article:
"I don't think Fujimiya did anything wrong. If you look at the data given in the plot more rationally, when Digrob crashes down, the destructive radius is 100 kilometers, the whole world enters an ice age, and humanity has to start all over again."
Fujimiya sacrificed Zhongnair and a part of the city to save the survival of the entire Earth. Strategically, this is called "cutting off one's own arm to save another." Earth was facing such a huge crisis. Since Gaia and the others felt that this method was not feasible, they should have come up with a better solution instead of trying to stop Agul. If you try to stop him but can't solve the problem, wouldn't Earth be destroyed?
The key question is, what were you doing, Gaia, when Agul activated the shell behind Zhongnaier? Just standing there like Er Kang, yelling "Stop!" Then why didn't you take some actual action?!
Someone downstairs immediately objected.
[Ultraman's power is for protection, not for solving this trolley problem! If innocent people can be sacrificed at will for survival, what's the difference between humanity and those cold-blooded invaders? My dream's approach is the core of the Giant of Light; miracles are earned through desperate struggle, not by scheming against others!]
But you can't deny that Fujimiya was the most efficient. Although the "King of Arrogance" was ruthless, he didn't hesitate for a moment; he endured all the criticism to get things done. That's a kind of resolve!
[I dreamt of being a good person, but so far, I've only been able to solve the problem using Fujimiya's methods. Now I understand: Earth is saved by Agul, but the blame falls on Agul; I'm carrying the entire burden alone!]
[This is actually what makes the script of *Gaia* so good; it doesn't present absolute right or wrong. Fujimiya represents extreme environmentalism and macro-level rationality, while Gamu represents humanism and micro-level sensibility. Director Gu personified these two concepts as two Ultramen, letting them clash, with each side having its own reasons.]
[Aaaaaah! So what was the final result?! Was Earth actually saved?! Don't leave this here, you old bastard!]
The online buzz is getting louder and louder, with discussions about the red vs. blue showdown and the depth of the plot causing the popularity of "Ultraman Gaia" to explode exponentially this weekend.
Everyone had a strong premonition: beneath the calm surface, undercurrents were surging, and a true showdown between the land and the sea, between my dream and Fujimiya, was inevitably approaching.
That showdown will surely overturn everyone's understanding.