Chapter 253: The Dark Dominator Gatanjear Appears!

The darkness's strike against humanity came too swiftly, so fast that even TPC Headquarters and its operational departments had no time to react before humanity lost most of its capacity to resist.

Previously appearing monsters each caused damage limited to at most a single region or city.

But this monster's abilities extend globally; anyone with even a shred of sense knows this creature is no ordinary threat.

Since the source of all anomalies is the ancient ruin Luluye, which suddenly appeared in the Pacific, many high-ranking officials believe that destroying the ruin as the origin of disaster will restore order.

The Victory Team's offshore base has been completely paralyzed by the black mist released by Gatanjear.

Thus, when the Victory Team members received their assembly order, they were dispatched to a land-based branch base.

"Due to this global black mist, our offshore base's systems have fully collapsed, and the staff on duty that day are now missing, their fate unknown."

"Director Sawai hopes we will risk entering the paralyzed offshore base to activate backup power and launch a rescue operation."

The entire Earth is now shrouded in black mist; aside from previously stored emergency power, all global electrical infrastructure has completely shut down.

Whether radar or signal detectors, all are useless within the black mist; to locate the former offshore base across the vast ocean, one must rely solely on nautical charts and seasoned sailors' experience.

The reason Director Sawai has ordered such a dangerous mission is purely out of desperation.

All of TPC Headquarters' combat weapons—including the Yan Victory, Alpha, Beta, and the 150-meter-long, battleship-sized Atlantis—are all docked in the F4 hangar of the offshore base.

With countless Majo Zogas ravaging the world, we can't possibly rely solely on Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Hikari while everyone else just sits and waits to die, can we?

"This time again, we're counting on you. Only by regaining control of the offshore base can humanity muster even a slight counteroffensive against those monsters."

"The higher-ups believe that since the origin of all calamities is Luluye, destroying it will end the crisis—so they've already decided to launch a nuclear strike on Luluye."

Since the ancient ruin Luluye lies in the middle of an uninhabited ocean, the proposal was swiftly approved.

"Once Luluye is destroyed, those monsters will cease appearing endlessly. Then, with Ultraman Tiga's help, we can gradually eliminate the monsters appearing worldwide, and humanity will once again know peace."

When Director Sawai requested they reclaim the offshore base, Wen Shengzai wasn't particularly surprised—but when he heard the higher-ups planned to nuke Luluye, both Wen Shengzai and Hearing Da Gu involuntarily cried out in shock.

"Director Sawai, are you serious? Are they really planning to do this?"

Seeing Hearing Da Gu's anxious expression, Captain Kusumi, who knew his true identity, immediately sensed trouble and asked: "Soldier Hearing Da Gu, wouldn't this have serious consequences?"

"Ha, serious consequences? It's catastrophic, that's what."

"Luluye holds slumbering entities far more terrifying than the Dark Giants or Majo Zogas—those are the real masterminds. The Majo Zogas rampaging worldwide are merely their foot soldiers."

"Luluye has endured thirty million years unchanged; any sane person can guess it's protected by mysterious forces. Do you really believe humanity's current civilization and weapons can destroy it? Is this a joke?"

"I fear that not only will Luluye not be destroyed, but we'll fully awaken the monster slumbering within."

The one who answered Kusumi was not Hearing Da Gu, but Wen Shengzai, who stood beside him with cold sarcasm.

In Wen Shengzai's view, humanity's current actions are nothing short of suicide.

Wen Shengzai didn't know Luluye's true origins, but even a moment's thought revealed that a place capable of sealing Kamira and the evil god Gatanjear couldn't possibly be ordinary.

If he remembered correctly, even when Shining Tiga finally defeated Gatanjear with the Shining Zepellion Beam, Luluye merely sank again—it wasn't destroyed.

Such an astonishing ancient ruin—and now the current rulers believe humanity's present civilization and weapons can destroy it? This is a joke.

Even if, hypothetically, humanity's nuclear weapons truly obliterated Luluye, do they seriously think conventional weapons can kill the Dark Dominator?

"Director Sawai, please report to your superiors and immediately cancel the nuclear strike order against Luluye!"

Rina and Kusumi, both aware of Wen Shengzai and Hearing Da Gu's true identities, spoke in unison.

In fact, upon hearing Wen Shengzai and Hearing Da Gu's analysis, Director Sawai immediately grasped the gravity of the situation.

Both Wen Shengzai and Hearing Da Gu had previously explored the ruin; if they were this certain, then the ruin undoubtedly held far more secrets than they knew.

Yet just as Director Sawai prepared to use his authority to contact his superiors, the ground beneath their feet trembled slightly.

As a massive mushroom cloud rose from the Pacific, a colossal figure emerged upon the sea's surface.

Clearly, as Wen Shengzai had suspected, humanity's strongest weapon, when striking Luluye, achieved nothing—and merely awakened the evil god Gatanjear.

Why had Gatanjear awakened again after so many years? It was due to drastic changes in Earth's environment.

And now humanity, instead, drops a nuclear strike—making an already dire environment even worse. It's as if they're desperate to die faster!

A massive figure appeared on the sea's surface: a shell covered in thick spirals and countless black pores, eyes located beneath its mouth, with numerous tentacles and giant pincers protruding from its opening, emitting a roar like an elephant's.

At the sight of this figure, the veteran Victory Team members instantly understood—this monster's size and aura were incomparable to any they had ever faced.

"My god, how huge is this monster?!"

Gazing at Gatanjear's colossal form, where the ocean looked like a puddle before it, Horiie and the others of the Victory Team cried out in astonishment.

"What you're seeing now is only part of its body—most of it lies beneath the ocean's surface."

"According to records from the ancient ruin, the Dark Dominator is over 200 meters long, 130 meters tall, and weighs 200,000 tons!"

(End of Chapter)