webnovelvip Chapter 400: A Clash of Beliefs! The Eclipse Makes its Second Appearance!
Chapter 400: A Clash of Beliefs! The Eclipse Makes its Second Appearance!
"Since you've become a monster, then die!"
Liu Chun's eyes were as cold as iron as he slowly placed his finger on the trigger of the heavy sniper rifle. The crosshairs were firmly locked onto Chaosbagon's core, which was flashing a violent red light.
At the critical moment!
"stop!!"
A hysterical roar suddenly exploded from the side.
A figure rushed over and crashed heavily into Liu Chunye's shoulder.
"Bang--!"
Gunfire erupted, shattering the deathly silence of the street.
However, due to the violent impact, the specially made armor-piercing explosive round completely deviated from its trajectory, grazing the metal shell of Chaosbagon as it flew into the sky, exploding into a dazzling burst of sparks in the thick clouds.
Liu Chun was also knocked to the ground by the enormous impact, gun and all, and rolled twice before he managed to regain his balance.
He suddenly looked up at the person who had disrupted his plans.
"It's you?!"
Liu Chun's eyes widened in horror as he recognized the newcomer. "Haru Musashi! Are you insane?! You're protecting a monster!"
Musashi, panting, got up from the ground, spread his arms, and stood firmly in front of Liu Chunye's gun muzzle, protecting Chaosbagon in the distance behind his slender body.
"It's not a monster! It's my friend Crebagon!"
Musashi, her eyes red-rimmed, retorted loudly, "It was just controlled by the Chaos virus! It became like this to save me!"
[Holy crap! Musashi actually went for it! That's a large-caliber heavy sniper rifle!]
[What do you think Ultraman's human form is?!]
[He shielded his friend from a bullet with his own body, risking his life for his friend!]
[You just let me hit my ex-wife, and now you're going to hit my childhood friend?]
One acted for the greater good, the other for the sake of their bond.
Liu Chun also stood up abruptly, grabbed Musashi by the collar, and slammed him against the jeep beside him. Pointing at the still rampaging steel behemoth in the distance, he roared, "It's a machine that only knows how to destroy! If it crashes into the city, if it destroys the energy center, how many people will die?! Who will take responsibility? You? Or your naive elite youth team?!"
Musashi was being choked and struggling to breathe, but he still stared unwaveringly into Liu Chunye's eyes: "I will save it! I will never let it destroy the city, and I will never let you kill it!"
"Innocent!"
Liu Chun shoved Musashi aside, a flash of pain and violent madness crossing his eyes. "A monster is a monster! My sister Miyuki was killed by monsters like you who claim we can 'coexist'! I will never allow that tragedy to repeat itself!"
Just as the two were locked in a fierce standoff, a terrified voice suddenly came through the youth elite team's communication channel.
"Captain! Something's wrong! Crebagon's functions haven't stopped!"
Inside the command center, Tsuchikage's hands flew across the keyboard, his forehead beaded with cold sweat: "That shock beam just now only temporarily halted it! It's frantically converting all the cars and inorganic matter it just swallowed into energy!"
Before the words were finished, a deafening roar suddenly came from the distant street.
Chaosbagon, who had been standing frozen in place, suddenly raised his head, and the red light in his eyes became more intense than ever before.
It ignored the attacks around it and ran straight off in one direction.
Its target is the SRC energy storage system!
Looking at the frantically flashing red dot on the radar, Tsuchikage exclaimed in alarm, "To maintain its gigantic body, it needs an enormous amount of energy! If the energy center is destroyed, the entire city cluster will be paralyzed!"
Captain Qingguang slammed his fist on the table: "We absolutely cannot let it succeed! Everyone, give chase!"
"etc!"
Suddenly, Tsuchikage shouted, "Captain! I've just analyzed the attachment points of the Chaos virus! The virus is now firmly entrenched on the micro-nerve fibers of the Crebagon artificial intelligence core!"
"So what?"
"Wind blows," he asked anxiously as he piloted the fighter jet.
"It means... even if Ultraman Cosmos appears, even if he can isolate the virus, as long as he causes even the slightest impact on the surrounding electronic circuits, Crebagon's artificial intelligence will be completely destroyed!"
Tu Jing clutched his head in anguish. "The result will likely be that it becomes even more ferocious, turning into a complete killing machine!"
Upon hearing these words from the communicator, Musashi was struck dumb, standing frozen in place.
Even Gauss couldn't save Bagon? Would attacking completely destroy a friend's mind?
[This is insidious! It's like killing someone by breaking their spirit! This Chaos virus is too cunning!]
[How can you install something that's directly attached to the CPU?]
[Being hesitant to act for fear of inadvertently, Master Gao has truly been manipulated this time.]
[If you don't attack the city, you're out of options; if you attack your friends, you're out of friends—it's a dead end.]
"Did you hear that?"
Liu Chun coldly stared at Musashi, raising his sniper rifle again. "Even your technology is beyond saving. Now, physical destruction is the only way out!"
However, it seems that fate felt the crisis wasn't exciting enough.
"Captain! Oh no! Something terrible has happened!" Rena's voice rang out again, this time even tinged with tears.
Suddenly, another huge red warning sign popped up on the satellite map on the big screen.
"A high concentration of Chaos virus has been detected in the direction of Dragon Rock Mountain! Neildland, who was injured earlier... has been possessed by the Chaos virus!"
The scene shifts to Longyan Mountain.
The once docile and dying rock monster, Nildeland, was now completely enveloped by a violent burst of colorful light.
Its body began to undergo a terrifying mutation; ferocious spikes grew on its hard rock skin, and its eyes turned blood red.
"roar--!"
Chaos Nilderant roared to the sky, his massive body unleashing astonishing power, shattering the forest and rushing toward the human town at the foot of the mountain at an incredible speed!
"How could this happen?!"
Lieutenant Mizuha was horrified. "Those are virus clones! They're doing this on purpose, creating a crisis on two fronts!"
The command room was deathly silent.
On one side is Chaosbaron, a close friend who is closing in on the energy center and whom neither can be attacked nor touched.
On one side is the rampaging, chaotic Nilderant, poised to slaughter the town.
A double dead end!
[Holy crap! A crisis on two fronts! Quick, go get Jack the Elder!]
Why isn't Gauss showing up yet?
[Liu Chun from the Defense Force is also watching from the sidelines; Musashi is under immense pressure.]
The Chaos virus's feint attack was incredibly clever.
Liu Chun looked at Musashi with a mocking tone: "See? This is the price you pay for your naivety! Now that both monsters are rampaging, how can your elite youth team protect everyone?"
Musashi lowered his head, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.
Suddenly, the realization he had when he transformed into the eclipse came back to his mind.
There was also Dr. Kawatani's previous experience, in which he feared his own lack of medical skills and recommended his best friend to another doctor, and dared not face the surgeries he was good at with a calm mind.
"Back then, I lacked the courage, I deserted my post, and betrayed the patient's trust... Musashi wanted to salvage the hopeless situation, wanted to save his friends... Trust and courage were indispensable!"
Trust, and courage!
Musashi suddenly raised his head, his previously confused gaze instantly replaced by an unwavering determination.
He looked at Liu Chunye and said, word by word, "I will prove to you that as long as we don't give up hope, as long as we have the courage to face it, we can create miracles!"
After saying that, Musashi turned around without hesitation, jumped into a patrol car next to him, and stepped on the gas.
The jeep roared and shot off like an arrow toward the Dragon Rock Mountain, which was ravaged by the chaos of Nilsland.
"What's this guy doing?!" Liu Chun was also stunned.
In the footage, Musashi drives a patrol car to the foot of Mount Ryugan.
Faced with the overwhelming chaos of Nilsland, which was like a moving mountain, Musashi did not back down in the slightest.
He leaned out of the car window, raised the flare gun, and fired a series of blinding red flares at the monster's head.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Come on! Look this way! Charge at me!" Musashi roared hoarsely, frantically honking the car horn.
Enraged by the bright light and noise, Chaos Nildrant immediately shifted its hatred, abandoning the route to the town and roaring as it chased after Musashi's patrol car.
With his superb driving skills, Musashi raced recklessly on the rugged mountain roads, using his own life as bait to lure the raging beast away from the residential area little by little.
He wants to bring Chaos Nilderant and Clerbagon together!
In this way, when he transforms into Gauss, he can purify two at once.
Liu Chun, watching this scene from a distance through his sniper scope, felt a slight tremor in his hand as he gripped his gun.
He looked at the back of that person who was willing to put himself to death to protect ordinary people, and for the first time, his eyes showed shock.
"He actually... was risking his life to protect her."
[Musashi is a true man! He risked his life to draw hatred!]
This is the awareness of a youth elite team!
Do you even understand the value of being an Ultraman's human host?
These are the true guardians!
"Boom—!"
Just then, the patrol car was caught in the blast of a boulder crushed by Chaos Nilsland's foot, and rolled directly into the ditch beside the road.
The vehicle was severely deformed and was emitting thick black smoke.
But amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a hand suddenly shot out.
Musashi crawled out covered in dust and blood, but his eyes shone brightly.
He looked toward the energy center not far away, then at the approaching Chaos Nilsland.
At this moment, Cleragon and the Chaos Nildrant gaze at each other from a distance of no more than a kilometer.
This brings the battlefield to one place!
Musashi also realized that it was time!
He slowly took out the Sun and Moon Shining Together, which radiated a warm glow, from his bosom.
"Gauss—!!!"
Accompanied by a shout that pierced the sky.
A towering, azure pillar of light shot up from the ground, its powerful radiance instantly dispelling the dust that filled the air.
The blue giant, Gauss, the moon god, representing love and miracles, descended upon the earth with a thunderous roar!
After Gauss arrived, his first action was to stop his childhood robot friend!
Because there, Chaosbagon had already raised its massive mechanical arm, ready to smash into the energy storage tank.
"Bang!"
Gauss descended from the sky, his legs firmly planted on the ground, using his back to withstand Bagon's devastating blow.
A blinding spark exploded on Gauss's back, and Gauss let out a muffled groan, kneeling painfully on one knee.
"It's not fighting back?!"
Liu Chun stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief.
On the battlefield, Gauss slowly stood up.
Gauss remained on the defensive against Chaosbagon's relentless barrage of mechanical punches and high-heat energy blasts.
[The compassionate Gauss did not hit his friends.]
[I got used as a punching bag by my own toy~]
[But this won't work, will it? Hoping to awaken my friend's memory by getting beaten up?]
While enduring the attacks, Cosmos used Ultra Telekinesis to transmit Musashi's inner voice to Bagon.
"Bagon...remember quickly..."
"The happy times we spent together..."
"We're best friends..."
The telekinetic energy transformed into gentle light waves, seeping into Bagon's electronic circuitry.
A miracle happened.
Chaosbagon began to stagnate briefly.
Its raised mechanical arm remained suspended in mid-air, seemingly undergoing an extremely painful internal struggle.
Its reason, at Musashi's urging, is fighting against the control of the Chaos virus!
However, the Chaos virus will not sit idly by.
Just as Gauss was doing his best to calm Bagon down, a furious roar suddenly came from behind!
The Chaos Nilderant, lured away by Musashi, has already reached the Energy Center!
"Bang--!"
Chaos Nilsland slammed into Gauss from behind.
Caught off guard, Gauss's massive body was sent flying, crashing heavily onto the wasteland hundreds of meters away, creating a huge crater.
The earth trembled violently.
"Ding-dong! Ding-dong!"
Gauss, who had been hit repeatedly, had his chest timer turn red instantly and begin to emit a rapid and piercing alarm.
Chaosbagon and Nilderant, on the left and right, respectively, tightly sandwiched Gauss in the middle.
"Stand up, Gauss!"
Rena was so anxious in the command room that tears streamed down her face.
Liu Chun also put down his sniper rifle, his fists clenched. He looked at the blue giant, teetering on the brink of collapse under the attack of the two monsters, and a certain string in his heart was completely touched.
He did not retaliate, not because he was weak.
It was because he possessed a courage far greater than killing—the courage to save!
In the deep pit, Gauss slowly raised his head.
Musashi's consciousness was perfectly clear in the light.
"I will never give up..."
Musashi's voice echoed throughout the heavens and earth, "I will save you all! I will definitely bring you all back!"
"I believe in miracles! I believe in the power of courage!"
In that instant, the world changed color.
The once clear sky suddenly darkened, and a black shadow slowly obscured the sun, plunging the surroundings into the spectacular sight of a total solar eclipse.
A dazzling golden light, like the first rays of dawn, poured down from the edge of the black sun and enveloped the moon god Gauss!
"Buzz—!!!"
Bathed in this sacred light, Gauss's azure body underwent a dramatic transformation.
The symmetrical red and blue patterns spread like flames, and the edges of the colored timer on his chest were inlaid with brilliant gold. His entire body exuded an unparalleled and powerful aura.
Symbolizing the ultimate expression of the perfect fusion of gentleness and courage—
A stunning solar eclipse!
[Boosting service available! Eclipse form is here!]
[The battle hymn has begun; it's finally time to start a winning game!]
[Fully revived, great luck is here!]
Eclipse Gauss straightened his body, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp and majestic.
Chaos Nilderant, oblivious to its own mortality, roared and charged forward, slamming down its massive, spiked claws.
Eclipse Gauss didn't even dodge; he simply raised his left hand casually.
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
The full-force attack of Chaos Nilderant, which was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, was actually caught steadily by Eclipse Gauss with one hand, without even causing Gauss's body to retreat half a step!
Under the horrified gaze of his opponent, Eclipse Gauss delivered a powerful backhand punch, striking Chaos Nilsland directly in the chest.
"boom!"
The raging ancient monster was knocked off its feet and flew backwards for over a hundred meters before crashing heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
Having dealt with the threat on one side, Eclipse Gauss turned around to face Chaosbagon, who was still under the control of the virus.
"Bagon... I'm going to eliminate the Chaos virus from your body now."
"Believe me!"
Eclipse Gauss lowered his legs slightly, his hands rapidly intertwining in front of his chest, frantically compressing the purest eclipse energy within his body.
A dazzling golden light gathered in his palm, as if he were holding a miniature sun.
"Give it your all and focus on one thing!"
Musashi roared inwardly.
Eclipse Gauss's arms thrust forward violently.
Krzmium Ray!
A dazzling beam of light, interwoven with red, blue, and gold, shot with unparalleled precision towards Chaosbagon's chest, like a sword slicing through the sky.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the beam of light did not explode violently, but instead pierced through Bagon's hard metal shell and penetrated its artificial intelligence core without any hindrance.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
With a piercing resonance, the Chaos virus, which was entrenched on the micro-nerve fibers, didn't even have time to resist before it was instantly annihilated by the absolute purifying power of the Krzymium Ray!
But Bagon's electronic circuits and AI chips remained completely undamaged!
[What kind of divine light is this?! It's some kind of supernatural power, isn't it?!]
[Precise and minimally invasive surgery is a direct attack on Chaostor.]
To be honest, both Chaos and this beam of light are outrageous; one can infect AI, and the other can purify computer viruses.
This is what you call a real cheat!
Without the support of the virus, the gigantic Bagon body began to rapidly collapse and shrink.
"Success!" Tsuchikage jumped excitedly onto the table in the command room. "The artificial intelligence is intact! The Chaos virus has been completely eradicated!"
After dealing with Bagon, Eclipse Gauss turned and walked toward Chaos Nilderant, who had just gotten up.
Faced with this innocent monster that had been forcibly controlled, Eclipse Gauss no longer used his fighting techniques.
He gathered energy in his hands once more, and the Krzmium Rays shifted instantly! The light enveloped the Chaos Nildrant completely. Bathed in the light, the spikes and ferocious red color on its body rapidly faded, and its mutated muscles returned to their original form.
Even its right eye and horn, which had been injured by the electromagnetic shield a few days earlier, began to heal at a visible speed under the nourishment of this miraculous light.
Neildland let out a comfortable groan, completely freed from control, and fell asleep wearily on the ground.
The battle is over.
As the total solar eclipse ended, the golden sunset once again bathed the earth in its light.
As the sun sets, Gauss, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, transforms into countless blue specks of light that dissipate in the gentle breeze.
……
On the post-war wasteland.
Musashi searched through the scorched earth until he finally spotted the familiar round-headed robot toy.
Clebagon lay there unharmed.
Musashi rushed over excitedly, hugging the toy tightly to her chest, tears streaming down her face: "This is wonderful... Bagon... This is wonderful..."
Not far away, Tu Jing and his medical team were applying a special herbal compress to the sleeping Nilderland.
"Thanks to this herbal essence, it has recovered very well and will be sent back to the archipelago soon," Tu Jing said with relief, wiping his sweat.
Accompanied by a series of steady footsteps.
Liu Chun, carrying a sniper rifle, slowly walked up behind Musashi.
Musashi stood up, turned to look at him, his eyes calm and composed.
Liu Chun looked at the toy in Musashi's arms, then at the monster being gently treated in the distance. His originally cold and icy face finally softened at this moment.
He didn't laugh, but his eyes became incredibly deep.
"My original idea of eliminating the monsters has not changed."
Liu Chunye's voice was still low, but the original violence seemed to have lessened somewhat.
He looked into Musashi's eyes and continued earnestly, "However... I will no longer deny the existence of your elite team."
"Because I know that you, like me, share the same hope of protecting the people and this land."
"Now I understand."
Musashi looked at him, a relieved smile slowly curving his lips.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu."
As the sun set, their shadows stretched long. Though their ideals remained different, their two hearts, beating in devotion to protection, found a strange resonance in that moment.