N-A-A Chapter 197 The Earth We Want to See! The Light of Humanity Shining Across the Universe!
Chapter 197 The Earth We Want to See! The Light of Humanity Shining Across the Universe!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a week has quietly slipped away amidst the anticipation of countless viewers.
Old Tang sat in his gaming chair, happily sipping his iced cola. "Kids, your old Tang is back!"
"I wonder what kind of feast that old scoundrel Gu will serve us this week! The progress bar is getting smaller and smaller, so let's watch and cherish it!"
The live stream chat was flooded with comments like a waterfall:
[Hurry up! Hurry up! It's 8 o'clock!]
[Last week it was Chung Tao, who's in the spotlight this week?]
[Selling sunflower seeds, peanuts, and bottled water in the front row!]
[Haki Dyna Update Quickly]
"It's here! Time's up!"
Old Tang skillfully pressed the F5 key, and the screen instantly changed.
The exciting and passionate opening theme song of "Ultraman Dyna" started playing right on time.
Episode 41: I Want to See Our Earth
"I want to see our Earth? That name sounds a bit sad." Old Tang stroked his chin.
The main feature begins.
The camera pans across the room to show a group of children playing in a futuristic-themed room.
The narrator explains that these children were born on an orbital space station near Jupiter's moons, making them true "new generation of aliens."
At this moment, they are aboard a transport ship called "Gazelle," having completed a long voyage, and are preparing to return to humanity's home planet—Earth.
For them, Earth was an extremely unfamiliar place.
"Sister, there are many types of soil on Earth that don't need to be stored in an ecosphere, right?" a little boy asked curiously.
"Yes, that's called the earth. No matter how you dig, you can never reach the bottom. It's even bigger than the gymnasium!"
The older sister answered with anticipation.
Watching this dialogue filled with childlike innocence and longing, Old Tang couldn't help but sigh, "This setting is quite interesting. For children born in the Star Sea, their hometown becomes the most distant place."
Good heavens, this is practically an alien!
[You're from the Heavenly Palace, right?]
[Accidentally Entering the Heavenly Palace]
……
Then, the old captain and bald first mate of the Gazelle appeared and told the children with smiles that many people on Earth were looking forward to their arrival.
The scene shifts to the TPC command center.
The group is designing a large poster, preparing for a relaxed welcoming ceremony.
Director Fukami also remarked that these children born in the universe can finally enjoy the breeze from Earth.
However, Gu Nan's scripts never allow for much comfort for long.
Behind a meteorite in deep space.
An enormous insect-like monster flapped its wings and sped toward the Gazelle!
The radar went off like crazy. The experienced captain immediately ordered a course change and sent out an SOS signal.
TPC Information Center quickly provided intelligence: the giant cosmic insect—Deorius!
Three years ago, it destroyed a space station. Because its body structure cannot break through the atmosphere, it has been lying in wait near the Earth's sphere.
At this moment, the massive tail spike of the Diorius pierced through the hard hull of the Gazelle as if it had pierced through a window!
Fortunately, the Crimson Dragons squad from the nearby Omega Space Base arrived in time, and three red-painted fighter jets opened fire fiercely, forcing the monster back.
[This monster looks disgusting, like a giant wasp!]
【Unexpected ditty】
As everyone knows, nothing in tokusatsu (special effects) is ever smooth sailing.
They just ran away? Things don't seem that simple.
The spaceship is damaged. Are the children alright?
Inside the cabin, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The second-in-command went to the engine room to inspect the damage, while the communications officer, Shinji, began to correct the course.
But Gong Liang, far away on Earth, astutely pointed out that this monster was extremely cruel and intelligent, and would not be easily abandoned.
Chung To went even further, proposing a chilling hypothesis: "Could it have laid larvae inside the Gazelle?!"
The perspective shifts back to the Gazelle's power room.
In the dim, flickering light, the bald man inspected the wiring alone. Suddenly, a monstrous larva swooped out from the shadows!
"Ah Chun! It's dangerous there, get back to the bridge!" the captain shouted to his bald first mate.
But all that came through the communicator were screams.
The bald man's vital signs dropped to zero!
"Seal off Area D!" the captain ordered through gritted teeth, temporarily blocking the larvae with a thick isolation wall.
Old Tang gasped in shock as he watched the scene unfold: "Holy crap! This is like something out of an Alien space horror movie! It's guaranteed to give me childhood trauma!"
[This plot twist was too fast! The bald guy is gone just like that?!]
[A confined space with alien larvae! Terrifying!]
Spaceship, space bug, classic.
[This background music is... Sphia's mischievous little tune]
[Hurry and save them! The Super GUTS team is here!]
TPC executives immediately convened an emergency meeting.
The situation has become extremely critical.
Diolith laid three larvae in the ship's hold.
Even more critically, Chung Dao reported a deadly piece of information: the body fluid secreted during the larval metamorphosis is highly toxic and will evaporate within seconds under atmospheric pressure.
If the Gazelle were to land on Earth, the poison gas would instantly claim the lives of millions!
However, due to system damage, the Gazelle's landing command to Earth has been locked, making it impossible to change course to Mars!
On one side are children who have never seen the earth, and on the other side are the lives of millions of people.
An extremely difficult trolley problem was presented to the top management of TPC.
The hawkish archetype, Staff Officer Gondo, immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up: "Use the Unicorn defense satellite to destroy the Gazelle outside the atmosphere! Even if it isn't eaten by the larvae, the people on board will be poisoned! This is to protect the Earth!"
The meeting room fell into dead silence.
This is so Gondo...
The hawkish bigwigs have stepped in.
In this situation, weighing the two together on a scale becomes a painful "single-choice" situation.
Sigh, it's the trolley problem again.
At this critical moment, Assistant Captain Hibiki stepped forward and firmly objected: "Rescue the crew through the work hatch! How will we know it won't work if we don't try!"
Director Fukami's expression was grave. He glanced at Captain Hibiki and gave the order: "We will destroy the Gazelle when it reaches the Unicorn's defensive perimeter. Captain Hibiki, before that..."
Although the director's words were harsh, they actually tacitly approved Captain Hibi's decision to carry out the extreme rescue!
[The trolley problem! Gondo may be cold-hearted, but he's not wrong in his own way.]
[A captain with this kind of personality can indeed withstand pressure and handle things well; if he encounters someone with a bad temper, he simply won't put up with it.]
As long as there is a glimmer of hope and possibility, we must try, no matter how difficult it may be... If we eliminate even this option, it is tantamount to 'giving up on the possibility of saving a life'.
[The director withstood the pressure! He bought time for Super Victory!]
This is the choice adults make; it's a heavy burden.
……
On the Gazelle in space, the tough captain encourages the anxious communications officer Shinji and hands him an extremely retro old-fashioned ray gun.
Meanwhile, the boys and girls began their own rescue efforts.
Time is of the essence, Super Victory Team is on full sprint!
In an extremely dangerous maneuver, Shin Asinori and his team piloted the fighter jet and successfully completed the docking at the work hatch.
The boys and girls boarded the ship and evacuated safely.
Currently, only the captain, communications officer Shinji, and the rearguard team member Shinji remain.
In order to give everyone a chance to survive, Shinji went alone into the ventilation duct and headed to the auxiliary control area to unlock the course.
Just then, a larva smashed through the isolation door!
Shinshuya decisively opened fire, the laser gun beam directly washing the larvae's faces.
However, the violent shaking caused the docking hatch to close, forcing Asuka's fighter jet to detach!
"Bird! Hurry! Take the children back to Earth!"
The captain roared into the comms, "If a unicorn hits us, no one can escape!"
With red eyes, Fei Niao felt an unprecedented sense of frustration.
He wanted to destroy the Unicorn satellite, but the weapon system was disabled by the director.
He could only suppress his anger and send the children back to Earth first.
[Asuka is so frustrated! She has power but can't use it!]
The tension and pressure are off the charts... every close-up shot is filled with this atmosphere.
[The captain and Kariya are true men! They left the hope of survival to others!]
[Even that otaku named Shinji stood up; that's what responsibility is!]
[It's clear from here that Asuka really wants to transform, but she can't leave because the plane is carrying children.]
The countdown is getting closer and closer.
Only a few dozen seconds remained before the shelling.
TPC is about to lose the Gazelle...
The Super GUTS team will also permanently lose Kariya...
Anxiety, sadness, grief, and pain filled everyone's hearts.
However, inside the spaceship, the boy's sister held the pistol firmly.
The young girl conveyed her final words to Earth:
"Can you hear me, Earth!"
"Hmm...I can hear you..."
The girl said with relief:
"When my brother arrives on Earth... please tell him where the most suitable land is for flower seeds to grow..."
【Yamero!!】
[You should go and say those things to him yourself!]
Sigh, this is really heavy...
[Tears welling up...]
……
Just as the Unicorn satellite finished charging and was about to launch a high-energy beam to destroy the Gazelle!
Several extremely violent, blade-like beams of light tore through the universe, instantly shattering the defensive satellite!
It's Diolius!
In order to protect its larvae as they landed on Earth, this brutal monster actually destroyed a satellite with its own hands.
At this moment, Gong Liang was pleasantly surprised to find that the Gazelle had changed course!
Shinji successfully bypassed the system lock!
After sending the children back to Earth, Asuka immediately piloted his fighter jet back; he had to go back to save everyone!
Inside the spaceship, the tough captain, facing the larva that lunged at him, pulled out his old-fashioned ray gun, and unleashed a continuous barrage of serrated energy beams, blasting the larva into ashes!
With only one larva remaining, Deoris became extremely desperate and launched a frenzied attack on the fighter jet.
Inside the spaceship, a little girl desperately raises her gun as she faces the last larva that has invaded.
"Bang!"
At the critical moment, Shinshuuya's extremely precise shot blew the larva's head off!
[Kariya the Sharpshooter! That was incredibly cool!]
[Is that much power from an old-fashioned ray gun?! Captain is awesome!]
[These lighting effects are so Showa era style!]
[All the larvae are wiped out! Now let's see how the giant hornets play!]
[Oh! The children all survived!]
This giant wasp, though ill-intentioned, actually did something good.
To be honest, I don't think this wasp was protecting its larvae. It can't even adapt to Earth's environment itself, let alone its larvae. It's just trying to use the larvae to modify the atmosphere.
All the larvae were eliminated, and the Gazelle was finally safe.
When humanity has exhausted all its strength, the rest is up to the Giants of Light!
Shin Asuka drew his flash sword from the fighter jet. A dazzling flash of light erupted!
Ultraman Dyna, shining brightly across the universe!
Sensing that the larva was dead, Diorius let out a frantic wail, biting down on Dyna with its massive fangs and unleashing a high-voltage electric shock.
But Dyna neither dodged nor avoided the damage, enduring the blows and keeping the monster firmly outside the spaceship.
Once the Gazelle had safely sailed away, Dyna was no longer retained.
He didn't even change his form; he simply kicked Deorius away and crossed his arms in front of his chest!
A dazzling Solgent ray roared out, instantly blasting the giant cosmic insect into countless fragments!
The battle has come to an end.
The perspective shifts back to Earth. In the gentle breeze, the children finally set foot on this land called their homeland.
The girl, the captain, and others stepped off the fighter jet, revealing genuine smiles of happiness.
The episode concluded perfectly with a happy ending as the melodious end credits song played.
……
"call--"
Old Tang let out a long sigh in front of the computer and rubbed his slightly sore eyes.
"Brothers, what truly defines a masterpiece that blends top-tier science fiction with humanistic concern? This is what we call a work of art!"
Old Tang sat up straight and began his extremely hardcore post-match analysis.
"After watching this episode, everyone must have felt tense and excited. But the emotional expression that Gu Laozei (Gu Jingting) hid in the script can be described as extremely restrained and balanced!"
Old Tang typed rapidly on the keyboard, bringing up several screenshots.
"First, let's talk about the political maneuvering surrounding this 'trolley problem'!"
Pointing to the screenshot showing the TPC conference room, Old Tang said, "Chief of Staff Gondo advocated destroying the spaceship, sacrificing a few lives for the many. In reality, this is a very cold but logical decision. But this is the world of Ultraman! Director Fukami seemingly ruthlessly issued the attack countdown, but in reality, he tacitly approved Captain Hibiki's extreme rescue! This is the most difficult balance that the higher-ups have to strike between responsibility and human sentiment!"
The live stream chat was flooded with comments:
Director Fukami is truly responsible; he was actually the one who most wanted to save people.
Gondo is a pure rationalist; without him as the villain, the human touch within the GUTS team wouldn't stand out.
"The second point is the shining moments of ordinary people in dire straits!" Old Tang slammed his hand on the table.
"Look closely, everyone! This crisis wasn't resolved by Ultraman's appearance. It was the adults who stepped forward and never gave up!"
"The tough captain calmly gave the orders; Shinji, the communications officer who was once ridiculed, risked his life to crawl into the ventilation duct to break the lock; and then there's our usually unassuming team member, Kariya, who delivered that decisive headshot!"
Old Tang's voice became extremely impassioned: "They were the turning point in the story, pushing the plot to its climax! At that moment, the brilliance of 'humanity' shone throughout the world!"
The humans in this episode were absolutely brilliant!
Shinji is a true man; who says tech geeks can't be heroes!
[Kariyama's sharpshooter character is completely established!]
"Finally, and most importantly."
Old Tang looked brightly at the camera, "Director Gu has constructed an extremely stark contrast in this episode!"
"Dioreus went to great lengths to send the larvae to Earth for cruelty and destruction. But those children born in space went through countless hardships to return to Earth for the sake of finding their roots and tenderness."
"Both went to Earth, but from completely different perspectives. Ultraman only truly arrived after humanity had fought tooth and nail to thwart the monsters' destructive plans!"
Old Tang gave a thumbs up: "The appearance of Ultraman has never been a simple deus ex machina, but a genuine response to the indomitable belief in the human heart!"
"These navigators of a new era are able to forge ahead bravely because they have never forgotten the direction of home. It is a safe haven that will never be forgotten."
"Another phenomenal episode! No need for further explanation!"