Chapter 310: 306 Current Situation on Earth, Nexus and

"Shh!" The Szark spaceship's tail fins spewed flame as it charged toward Dr. Caiqi's base.

Kuiin, standing atop the mountain peak, let out a cry; immediately, several Balibub larvae surged down the slope, surrounding the Szark spaceship.

"You don't want us to get close? I'm going anyway!" Gagura took the pilot's seat, maneuvering the ship with fluid agility, dodging several larvae in serpentine evasions.

"Shh!" A cunning Balibub suddenly ambushed from the side, seizing the ship—its tail stinger poised to pierce the cockpit.

At the critical moment, a beam of light slashed through, slicing the Balibub apart.

"That's Qi Ming." Yu Yan and Rikka both saw it—the light blade had come from Tiga, saving them from disaster.

This guy, though previously arrogant, isn't just a loudmouth—he actually shows up when it counts.

Gagura was astonished that Qi Ming could handle two opponents alone while still covering them, his grasp of the battlefield's rhythm too sharp.

Meanwhile, Ultraman Orb was locked in combat with a Balibub; seeing this, he asked, "Should we escort Gagura and the others?"

A Balibub seized the moment Tiga intervened to aid the Szark, launching a venomous needle strike—Qi Ming executed a perfect backflip to evade it.

He clamped his legs like scissors around the Balibub's neck, using his downward momentum to slam it hard into the ground.

Qi Ming clapped his hands: "Don't let the enemy dictate the pace—we must control the rhythm and seize the initiative."

He turned his gaze toward Kuiin, perched atop the mountain peak like a queen issuing orders to the swarm of Balibubs, and charged straight toward it.

"Capture the king first—kill it!"

Seeing Ultraman Tiga charging alone toward him, the lofty Kuiin hesitated slightly.

Sensing Tiga's "Though ten thousand oppose me, I shall go" aura, after three seconds of thought, Kuiin, the original boss of Primordial Genesis, chose—to turn and flee.

The Balibubs surrounding the Szark spaceship immediately turned back to protect him.

"My god!" Seeing Qi Ming alone chasing after Kuiin and a massive horde of Balibubs, Rikka and Yu Yan felt their brains nearly overload.

The cosmic demon Balibub—archenemy of the God of War—had once forced the entire Gannon planet into a state of high alert, stirring up countless upheavals… and now it was being chased down by him…

What kind of "dimensional crushing" contrast was this?

No wonder he dared to declare he'd kill Chao Ying dead—his power was beyond reason.

"Master, has Qi Ming always been this brave?" Yu Yan asked Gagura.

Gagura recalled how Qi Ming had barely stood after his last transformation, trembling as he blindly charged forward like a wheelchair-bound fool—now, he moved with effortless grace amid a thousand troops. The difference was absolute.

Could it be he truly wiped out all Kiraieloids alone, which is why he collapsed so badly that time?

That's too terrifying—he's stronger than logic allows…

He could maintain a certain arrogance before Kai, resenting, "Why can he become an Ultraman without understanding battle, but I can't?"

But now, seeing Qi Ming's performance, he bowed his head in full submission.

"I don't know… I just met this senior alongside Kai. And when did I become your master?" Gagura quickly corrected himself.

Since Qi Ming drew away all the monsters, they finally landed unimpeded at Dr. Caiqi's base.

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Qi Ming and Kai were locked in battle with the Balibub horde, while Yu Yan, Rikka, and Gagura stormed into Dr. Caiqi's lair.

What was the Amaterasu Queen doing, right in the heart of the storm?

Oh—she'd started an online romance!

After searching everywhere and finding no red sphere, the Amaterasu Queen concluded she'd hallucinated from stress and dismissed it.

Wandering with a melancholy step, she spotted numerous soldiers on guard patrol.

They saluted her, then resumed walking away, their eyes sharply scanning the surroundings.

The Amaterasu Queen sensed the tension of impending war; her heart grew heavier.

"Once war begins, there will be casualties."

"They don't want to be dragged into this brutal war either—but they dare not disobey General Laiying's orders."

The more she thought, the more she refused to become the God of War, to become one of them—she felt it stripped away her free will.

She returned to the Tree of Life, her hand unconsciously brushing the roots, hoping the sacred tree of Gannon would protect her.

The next instant, she recoiled as if electrocuted.

In that moment, she'd felt as if someone's palm had pressed against hers.

"Who are you…" the Amaterasu Queen whispered.

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Meanwhile, on Earth.

Tianhe Biological Science Institute.

A young man named Xiangping and his childhood friend Jieyi pulled out a crate.

Both were members of the institute; inside the crate was something they'd retrieved days earlier from a submerged temple during a deep-sea exploration.

When they opened the crate, a massive "seed" appeared before them.

It was a seed of the Tree of Life.

Jieyi: "What is this?"

Xiangping: "I'm curious too." As he spoke, his hand unconsciously reached toward the seed.

The next instant, he yanked his hand back with a horrified expression.

"Who are you…" Xiangping whispered.

The seed was somehow linked to the Tree of Life—touching both simultaneously caused the two to "hold hands," instantly sharing thoughts.

The era of interstellar online romance was about to arrive.

"What's wrong, Xiangping?" Seeing her boyfriend frozen in place, Jieyi shook his shoulder.

Xiangping turned to her: "It felt… like I touched someone else's hand…"

Jieyi: "?"

He was about to ask further when the building trembled violently.

"What's happening?"

They rushed to the window—just moments ago clear skies were now choked with thunderclouds as a monstrous beast descended from above.

It bore goat-like horns, crimson eyes, and a bulky, gray body.

The cosmic thunder beast Batss—made its debut in Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya's 22nd episode, "The Stone Wings."

"Shh!" In an instant, blinding lightning struck like swords; Batss's horns unleashed dozens of vicious bolts.

The terrifying storm instantly turned the entire commercial street into hell—concrete and steel buildings crumbled under the electric fury, glass facades shattered into countless shards, and a moving double-decker bus was directly struck, twisting into a charred wreck amid a towering fireball.

The Tianhe Institute's windows shuddered violently from the shockwave; Jieyi and Xiangping were thrown to the floor.

They stared in horror as the lightning's afterglow carved a twenty-meter-wide charred crater before the institute's entrance; flying debris pierced the outer walls like bullets, scattering lab equipment everywhere.

"That was close… if the monster had aimed just a little off, we'd be dead." They crouched trembling beneath the lab bench. Though they'd often seen news of monsters destroying cities, this proximity terrified them—they felt doom was upon them.

The city plunged into chaos as panicked crowds scattered like a tidal wave.

The Defense Force arrived immediately to evacuate, but Batss's electromagnetic interference rendered all electronic devices useless.

Without radio communication, the evacuation descended into disorder.

"This is Team B—give us the evacuation route! Headquarters, respond!"

"Residents from the west district are flooding this way—what's Team A's guide doing?!"

"Damn it, who can tell me what to do next?!"

In the original Ultraman Gaiya series, under such conditions, Colonel Chiba used his seasoned command skills to complete the evacuation without radio, relying solely on manpower.

But this world's Defense Force clearly lacked a figure like Chiba—crowds crushed together on the streets, trampling incidents began.

Meanwhile, from a hospital two blocks away came a roar of fury: "What the hell is going on?!"

The interference had reached here—equipment had shut down; emergency surgeries couldn't proceed!

"Shh!" Batss unleashed another lightning bolt, striking the panicked crowd.

At the last possible moment, a beam of light descended from above, blocking the bolt.

When the light faded, the familiar silver giant stood before them.

Ultraman Nexus appeared.

After scanning the surroundings with silver eyes, he immediately shifted into his Youth Form.

The Meta Field's energy erupted, swallowing both Batss and Nexus.

The monstrous beast vanished; the fleeing crowd froze, bewildered and staring around.

The street fell into eerie silence, broken only by the crackling of burning buildings.

"I've seen this on the TPC website—it's called the Meta Field, right? The monster's been taken to another dimension. Looks like we're safe," someone suddenly said.

With the immediate threat lifted, people no longer fled in panic.

Calmly guided by the Defense Force, the crowd began orderly evacuation; ambulance sirens wailed in succession.

As the subspace closed, the electromagnetic interference vanished; medical equipment rebooted.

Doctors in the operating rooms resumed their rescue efforts. Nurses ran through the halls shouting, "Nexus just appeared—he took the monster away! Everyone stay calm!"

Inside the Meta Field, Nexus was locked in fierce combat with Batss.

The red-and-silver figure darted through lightning storms; Nexus displayed superb aerial combat skills, outmaneuvering the bulky Batss and wearing it down until it gasped for breath.

"Shh!" Batss whipped its long tail toward Nexus—Himeya Jun dodged, then unleashed his finishing move as the beast recovered its stance.

"Shh!" Layered Light Storm fired—Batss was struck, its body disintegrated completely.

The battle ended. Nexus won.

After the Meta Field dissolved, he returned to the real world.

People stared dumbly at the giant's silhouette; the setting sun cast a warm golden glow along his silver-and-red form, making him appear divine and flawless.

After confirming the crisis was over, Nexus's figure slowly dispersed, leaving no trace to accept the people's cheers.

After Ultraman departed, the people began to chatter.

"Thanks to Ultraman, we'd have been finished otherwise—this time was truly close."

"Ultraman won again—no surprise, he's the invincible god."

"By the way, have any of you noticed that lately, only Nexus and Black King Orb have been fighting? Where are the other Ultramen?"

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"Mr. Himeya won, but if it were me, I'd at least stay behind after victory to strike a pose, giving people a chance to take photos."

After the battle, the "informed" discussed today's events in their group chat.

Within a week after Qi Ming charged into the Hell Gate, Earth remained calm, nothing happened.

Aizen Makoto guessed that news of the extermination of the evil Kiliaelodians had spread, causing hostile invaders to hesitate and dare not act rashly.

Seven days later, only minor skirmishes occurred, easily resolved by TPC and the two Ultramen.

But now, the frequency of attacks seemed to be "returning to normal."

Shijō Dan: "I've confirmed it—this monster was again delivered through a wormhole opened by the Destroyer's Herald."

Yesterday, a wormhole of the same frequency opened above Earth, and the Destroyer's Herald sent a peanut-shaped spaceship, eight hundred meters long, known as 【Vasht】.

It was a mobile arms factory; according to Hikari's scans, it carried over a hundred Gob eggs.

The spaceship could adjust their bodily structures to adapt them to the environment of any planet they intended to invade.

If that spaceship landed on Earth and a hundred Gob creatures activated, what chaos would follow?

This was the plot of Episode 10 of "Ultraman Gaiya," titled "Rock Monster."

In the original series, Takayama Wagumi cracked Vasht's radio signals, causing its internal systems to collapse and destroying most of the Gob eggs.

In this world, Aizen Makoto became Black Orb and blasted it with a single Dark Supreme Sacred Sword, vaporizing the entire spaceship and all its Gob eggs.

Simple, brutal, numerical beauty!

But the Destroyer's Herald's consecutive two-day attacks stirred a sense of foreboding.

Nami Nishijō: "Could it be they've learned Qi Ming has left Earth, and now want to seize the opportunity to crush it in one push?"

Qi Ming…

Emi: "It's been twelve days already—no word from Qi Ming. I wonder how he is now… is he alright?"

As she spoke, she opened her window and gazed at the night sky, her eyes filled with deep worry.

She had occasionally entertained the thought that "maybe Qi Ming won't come back," but she always shook it off quickly.

Qi Ming is definitely still alive—no world behind the Hell Gate can drag him into hell. He won't lose!

Shijō Dan: "He'll be fine—he's Qi Ming. Wherever he is, he'll shine."

"I believe he's fighting for justice somewhere right now."

"And when we need him, he'll surely appear before us again."

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Four thousand characters.

Theoretically, today's update is sufficient.

But I just switched into 【Passion Mode】, brimming with energy—I'll deliver another massive chapter packed with highlights soon!

I'll try to finish it before 1 p. m.!

(End of Chapter)