Chapter 159

Above the sky screen,

that all-devouring darkness rippled faintly.

Golden subtitles,

like the first star lit in the night, slowly emerged.

【First Hope, Dyna, shattered.】

【Second Hope, Zero, shattered.】

【Third Hope, Gaia, shattered.】

【Hope, has been utterly crushed.】

【Despair, has reached its peak.】

【The conditions to call forth a miracle……】

【Are now, fulfilled.】

The moment the voice fell, the scene switched.

No longer was it that Hyper Zetton suspended in midair, radiating endless terror.

It was the ground.

Those ruins soaked in warfire and despair.

Amidst the rubble heaps,

TEAM·U's survivors,

those ordinary women, were clutching children tightly behind them.

They gripped laser guns long since drained of energy, trembling, yet still aimed at the monster in the sky.

Their eyes held no tears, only a stubbornness burning everything after being driven to a dead end.

Atop another stretch of ruins,

Daigo Madoka struggled up, propping himself with a broken arm, fresh blood dripping continuously from the corner of his mouth.

He gazed at that invincible figure in the sky, yet his eyes held not a shred of surrender.

"Damn it……"

Beside him, Shin Asuka, likewise returned to human form,

that man who was forever optimistic, never giving up, clapped a hand on his shoulder, a trace of resolve on his face.

"Hey, it's not over yet."

Farther off,

Musashi Haruno, that compassionate brave warrior, also staggered to his feet, gaze gentle and firm.

The three of them, three defeated Ultra Warriors, gazed across at each other from afar, as if conducting a silent exchange.

Then, they smiled.

It was the most dazzling light blooming in the deepest darkness.

Daigo Madoka looked at the sky, enunciating each word, roaring with every ounce of strength in his body:

"The true battle……"

Shin Asuka picked up his words, voice brimming with unruly conviction:

"……starts now……"

Finally, the three voices converged into a torrent, reverberating across this dead-silent Earth!

"Starts now!!!"

Hum——!

As if answering their shout, an unprecedented light descended from the heavens!

No, that was not a descent.

It was a birth!

Squeezed out from the bottom of every survivor's heart,

from the depths of the three Ultra Warriors' souls,

from the deepest despair of this planet,

forcibly "squeezed" out — a miracle!

Multicolored light surged like a tide, scouring the ruins, purifying the darkness.

The Palaji Bracelet on Daigo Madoka's wrist, already shattered, instantly reassembled, good as new, in the light!

The three Ultra Warriors' human forms turned into three streaks of light, soaring skyward, fusing into one in midair!

No agonized roar of fusion, no violent clash of energy.

Only an ultimate, warm, tranquil stillness, as if capable of embracing all things in the universe.

When the light dispersed,

a brand-new giant appeared before Hyper Zetton.

His whole body was covered in mysterious patterns, his figure lithe and elegant, the crystal on his head emitting a seven-colored halo, his eyes seemingly containing every miracle since the universe's birth.

He, is Saga!

The moment Ultraman Saga descended, that despairing black curtain shrouding heaven and earth seemed torn open by an invisible sharp blade!

The multicolored light of miracles sprinkled the earth.

Making the surviving children stop crying, letting TEAM·U's members see hope.

The Myriad Worlds,

after a brief dead silence, completely erupted!

The Trisolaran First Fleet.

The Leader's thought signal became the most fanatical hymn, resounding in every Trisolaran's mind.

"See it! This is the might of the Main God Civilization! This is the foundation of the Cosmic Lighthouse!"

"They have four Supreme Gods! They will descend at the most critical moment, crush all darkness, and bring eternal light!"

"That monster called Hyper Zetton, that Alien Bat, before a true miracle, they can only be purified! Done for! They're completely done for!"

The Naruto World.

Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan stared dead at the sky screen, his eyes filled with unprecedented gravity.

"Interesting... too interesting..."

He murmured softly,

"Hyper Zetton, the ultimate weapon born feeding on a civilization's 'despair'."

"And this Segga, is the 'miracle' itself born in the depths of despair."

"The ultimate forms of despair and hope... in the end, which is stronger?"

The Star People Alliance Flagship.

Grand Marshal Sidney watched the giant bathed in miracle light on the sky screen, silent for a long time, finally issuing a subversive order.

"Record: List the 'Ultraman' civilization as a 'Unique Privilege Friendly Alien Species'."

The adjutant froze: "Marshal, our Basic Law is..."

"The Basic Law is dead, people are alive!"

Sidney cut him off, gaze burning,

"We uphold human supremacy to protect human civilization."

"And the Ultramen, this great race, everything they do is to protect humans in different universes!"

"They fight for humans, fight for hope! Such a civilization deserves our highest respect!"

The Marvel Universe.

Kamar-Taj, Doctor Strange watched the giant incarnated from miracle, feeling that purely conceptual power, and let out a long sigh.

"We use the Time Stone against darkness, use magic to guard reality."

"And they... they directly incarnate as 'hope' itself."

"This is no longer a contest of power levels, this is a collision of the universe's fundamental laws."

The Dragon Ball Universe.

Grand Zeno's Palace.

The Grand Minister watched the sky screen, a rare smile on his face, explaining to the two bewildered Zenos beside him:

"Lord Zeno, look, that universe itself is undergoing a self-correction."

"When the emotion 'despair' grows strong enough to nearly burst the entire universe, 'hope' will also appear in an equally powerful form to maintain balance."

Above the sky screen,

The battle, began.

Facing this brand-new enemy, Hyper Zetton seemed to sense a threat.

Hum!

Its figure vanished from the spot in an instant,

The next second.

Soundlessly appearing behind Segga, hand-blade like a scythe, slashing at Segga's neck!

It was precisely this move,

That left three Ultramen utterly powerless to resist!

However!

Segga's figure, likewise in the split-second before the hand-blade fell, turned into a scatter of colorful light points, vanishing.

When he reappeared, he was already at Hyper Zetton's other side!

That previous ability to casually play with space,

Treating distance as nothing, at this moment, was perfectly replicated by Segga!

Hyper Zetton seemed enraged, the luminous body on its chest flaring brightly!

【Dark Fireball: Absolute Temperature One Trillion Degrees.】

That dark fireball capable of evaporating a planet blasted out!

Facing this world-destroying strike, Segga merely slowly raised his right hand, palm forward.

【Segga Plasma】!

A beam of colorful light sphere likewise containing terrifying energy shot from his palm, precisely colliding with the Dark Fireball!

No earth-shattering explosion.

Only annihilation.

One black, one colorful, the two energies at the moment of contact, like water and fire merging, both turned into nothingness!

Segga Ultraman, is like Hyper Zetton's isomorphic counterpart.

However deep the despair, that strong is the hope.

However thorough the destruction, that splendid is the miracle.

The two, in the skies above the ruins, unfolded a fierce battle transcending spacetime.

Teleportation, close combat, beam clashes...

Every exchange was like a collision of two cosmic laws, fighting until heaven collapsed and earth split, yet bizarrely maintaining a subtle balance.

No one... could do anything to anyone else.

The Sky Screen's narration rang out leisurely at this moment.

【In the laws of the universe, light and shadow, darkness and light, have always been in a relative balance.】

【One waxes as the other wanes, cycling endlessly.】

【When the most terrifying despair is born, the most powerful miracle will inevitably arise in response.】

【Sega and Hyper Zetton at this moment are the ultimate embodiment of this balance.】

【They cannot be separated in victory or defeat.】

This question caused the hearts of the myriad-worlds audience to rise into their throats once again.

"Cannot be separated in victory or defeat? How is that possible!"

"Power exactly the same, how can this be fought?"

"Do they have to fight until the universe is destroyed?"

Just as all living beings in the myriad worlds fell into new confusion, the Sky Screen gave the answer.

On the screen,

The fierce battle between Sega and Hyper Zetton faded into virtuality, becoming the background.

The camera's focus slowly panned downward.

Aiming at the ground,

At those tiny, fragile, yet still skyward-gazing... humans.

A line of subtitles,

Like a final judgment, branded itself into everyone's minds.

【When both ends of the scale bear 'gods' of equal weight.】

【That last feather deciding victory or defeat, that last straw breaking the camel's back...】

【Is humanity's choice.】

【If humanity abandons hope and submits to despair, Sega will lose its foundation and collapse instantly.】

【If humanity holds fast to its will and swings its fist at despair, Hyper Zetton's sustenance will be cut off, doomed to perish.】

【The outcome of this divine battle was, from the very beginning, held in humanity's own hands.】

In an instant, the myriad worlds fell silent.

Everyone was stunned scalp-numb by this grand yet exquisite cosmic law.

Trisolaran World, Earth.

Luo Ji stood on the lawn of his manor, watching the Sky Screen, a flash of realization crossing his eyes.

"I understand..."

He said softly,

"The Dark Forest Law is for survival, but the essence of survival is not hiding and suspicion."

"Humanity's power may be weak, but civilization's unwavering will to pursue light is the only path to pierce the Dark Forest and go further."

Land of Light.

Before the Plasma Spark Tower, the Father of Ultra watched the Sky Screen and let out a gratified sigh of admiration.

"Well said."

"The reason we protect humanity is precisely because they possess this heart that never gives up on hope and light."

"Salvation has never been a one-sided bestowal."

"If humanity had chosen despair and extinction from the start, then no matter how powerful the Ultra Warrior, they could not pull them from the abyss."

"Humanity's choice is the final answer!"

Warhammer Universe.

Roboute Guilliman watched the Sky Screen,

He recalled the Siege of Terra, those mortals who defended the Palace with their lives.

He recalled Cadia, those Imperial Guardsmen still firing at the very moment the planet shattered.

"The choice of mortals..."

He murmured, the steel-like resolve in his eyes seeming to soften a fraction.

"Father, you refused godhood, chose to retain humanity, endured ten thousand years of pain, was it also to guard this right to 'choose'?"

"We... humans... turns out we ourselves possess the power to decide victory or defeat."

Cybertron.

Megatron's red optical sensors flickered uncertainly; he looked at those tiny carbon-based lifeforms on the screen and, for the first time, generated self-doubt.

"These tiny creatures... can really decide a battle at this level?"

He glanced at the silent Optimus Prime beside him.

"I always mocked your protection of them, thinking it unnecessary sentimentality."

Megatron's deep voice carried a trace of bewilderment for the first time.

"Perhaps... Optimus Prime, from the very beginning, you saw things I never saw."

Above the Sky Screen, humanity's choice began.

"Right now! Go!"

Captain Anna piloted that scarred battle mecha, charging into the battlefield where gods wrestled!

She did not attack, merely exerting all her strength to draw Hyper Zetton's attention.

"Over here! Come over here!"

Under her guidance,

Seiga instantly understood, using a series of martial arts techniques to steadily drive Hyper Zetton toward the trap zone that TEAM·U had long prepared!

Boom!!!

With a tremendous roar, the ground beneath Hyper Zetton's feet suddenly collapsed,

The power of this explosion caused no harm to Hyper Zetton itself.

But Hyper Zetton was still shaken violently by the intense explosion.

This is humanity's choice!

It is the charge horn sounded by mortals against despair!

This is the moment!

The originally balanced scale suddenly tilted toward hope!

Hyper Zetton's form froze for an instant.

Its foundation, fed by despair, was shaken!

While the miraculous light on Seiga surged instantly!

One's loss is the other's gain! Victory is decided!

"Haaaaaaaaa!!!"

Seiga let out a battle cry, his hands gathering light, condensing into the 【Seiga Breath Blade】 that cuts through anything!

He swung down with one stroke!

Hyper Zetton's wings, like the scythe of the grim reaper, snapped off in response!

Before it could react, Seiga had already teleported to its front, his right fist gathering the hopes and beliefs of all three Ultraman warriors and every surviving human!

【Seiga Ultimate Fist】!!!

One punch, simple and unadorned, yet containing the power to end all things, slammed heavily into the glowing body on Hyper Zetton's chest!

Crack!

A clear shattering sound rang out.

The glowing body symbolizing despair and destruction was covered in cracks.

The next second.

Boom!!!!!!!!

Hyper Zetton's body,

In the endless miraculous light, disintegrated from inside to out, bit by bit, finally turning into cosmic dust.

The dark veil in the sky dispersed, long-absent sunlight fell upon this scarred earth.

Seiga hovered silently in midair, bathed in sunlight, like an eternal guardian deity.

The myriad worlds watched this scene, remaining silent for a long time.

This victory seemed to be Ultraman Seiga's victory.

But everyone understood.

This, is humanity's own victory.

…

(Which civilization's disk next? Let's gather some.)