[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn":3,"chapter-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-73":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Dawn",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2261290,4413,"Chapter 73: 71 The Fisherman Never Returns Empty-Handed","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>This was a bustling coastline, where the shore was packed with anglers as far as the eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, an older woman was loudly hawking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are for customers who came home empty-handed—buy them all, we’ve got every kind of fish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dried fish are available too, but don’t claim you caught them yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go home and boast to your kids about your skill—come buy now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An older man shook his head at the crowd gathered around the woman, asking prices: “You came all this way to fish, yet you buy fish? I can’t stand it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to a boy wearing a black hat and joined him in fishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got one!” Ten minutes later, the boy’s float twitched—he yanked the rod in excitement, only to hook a black boot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the boy’s dejected look, the man advised: “Even expensive bait won’t guarantee a catch. I crush shells from this area to use as bait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got one!” As soon as he finished speaking, the man jerked his rod and pulled up a small fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the boy’s rod dipped again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him struggle to reel it in, the helpful man stepped forward: “This summer, the number of people fishing here is several times higher than usual—the seabed is littered with broken fishing lines, thick as spiderwebs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy asked: “Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man scratched his head: “The ocean research institute here apparently invented a sonar device that draws fish schools in. More fish means more anglers—what have you caught so far?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy glanced awkwardly at his empty basket: “Nothing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man comforted him: “At your age, you won’t catch big fish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy retorted: “Maybe! My friend caught a huge sea bream—I’m going to catch an even bigger one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But half an hour passed, and the boy still caught nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 4:30 p.m., the boy realized today was hopeless—he reeled in his line and left with the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, the man met familiar fishermen and asked how they’d been doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fishermen shook their heads: “Not good. Too many people fishing here—hard to catch anything in this sea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man: “But with so many people chumming the water, the fish should be fatter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fishermen: “We’re puzzled too, but the seawater’s gotten murkier lately. Some say the nuclear wastewater dumped earlier reached our waters—so the fish are disappearing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man joined in cursing: “Those officials have no idea what they’re thinking—money’s not spent on cleaning up nuclear waste, but on spreading lies that it’s harmless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the boy’s eyes lit up as he pointed to a large red fish in a boat: “Uncle, what’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fisherman: “Don’t know. I’ve never seen a fish like this before—could it have mutated from nuclear pollution?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy didn’t care: “But it’s huge—bigger than my friend’s catch. Uncle, sell me this fish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fisherman thought for a moment: “I’ll give it to you, but promise me you won’t eat it—it’s probably toxic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy readily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After placing the fish in his basket, the boy bid farewell to the fisherman and prepared to head home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they passed the ocean research institute the man mentioned, a car caught the boy’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recognize it—that’s the Drumm vehicle from the Victory Team!” the boy exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the man and woman step out, the man sighed: “That young man—he’s handsome.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male team member was Qi Ming; the female team member was Huimei. They came here to investigate two matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This institute must be the one from Ultraman Tiga’s episode twelve, ‘Emergency Call from the Deep Sea.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But where did this ‘σ-wave’ suddenly come from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent days, the seabed in this area had been emitting ‘σ-waves.’ Zhu Xingtuan suspected a connection to the recent surge in underwater earthquakes, so he sent Qi Ming and Huimei here with a “strange dead fish” to inquire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The DNA analysis is complete—it contains recombinant DNA factors caused by radiation,” said the institute’s director.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huimei: “So this is a preexisting organism that mutated suddenly—is it due to nuclear wastewater?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director said: “Unlikely. The treated nuclear wastewater isn’t that harmful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The most probable cause is the series of U.S. nuclear tests conducted in the Pacific.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The recent cluster of underwater earthquakes may also stem from those nuclear tests.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Due to underwater volcanic eruptions, migratory routes of planktonic fish have changed drastically. If they pass through contaminated waters, more ‘strange dead fish’ will appear…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After detailing the dangers, the director added: “We’re using our latest equipment to find ways to mitigate the harm nuclear tests inflict on marine life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led Qi Ming and Huimei into the lab and proudly introduced:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the ultrasonic induction signaling system.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Simply put, it uses ultrasonic waves to gather fish schools and steer marine life away from polluted zones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a buoy equipped with a signal emitter…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the director finished his lengthy explanation, Qi Ming said: “I advise caution in using this device.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original Ultraman Tiga plot, this ultrasonic induction system attracted the mutated Pippi—Reiloss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this world, where nearly every U-Beast character and event exists, who knows how many sea monsters it might summon…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qi Ming’s skepticism, the director challenged him: “What’s your opinion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “The ocean holds many giant monsters. If they’re drawn here, can your facility withstand them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director: “Such massive monsters shouldn’t have ordinary marine biological traits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “What if they do? Maybe they mutated from ordinary marine life—or maybe they were always that large.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director fell silent for a long while: “We must continue experiments, refine the system with data. If a monster does appear, the Victory Team and Defense Force will eliminate it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “If a terrestrial monster appears and begins destruction, yes, we’ll kill it—but…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can a monster summoned by the ultrasonic system be called “active”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to find time to explore Japan’s main dragon vein, locate the Ren Dragon, and speak with it properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Huimei brought up the second matter: “The sea near this institute keeps emitting ‘σ-waves.’ That’s unusual—do you have any leads?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director: “We’ve noticed it too, but so far, everything appears normal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding-ding.” Instantly, their communicators beeped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xingtuan sent a message: a monster had just appeared and attacked an offshore oil exploration station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming looked at the image data and thought: “So it’s you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster in the image resembled a green pufferfish, horrifying in appearance—it was the same creature from Ultraman Tiga’s original plot: [Reiloss], mutated suddenly due to underground nuclear testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-19T16:40:33.318Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b988f6a336a7fdcf43a02cf41177dab744e1966a08c4cae0fd060a02ee4db5ab","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-74","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-72",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-cover.jpg"]