[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn":3,"chapter-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-89":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},2261306,4413,"Chapter 89: 86 Drew","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-89",89,"\u003Cp>After returning to the Victory Team command room, Qi Ming fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qi Ming, are you troubled by something?” Hui Mei tried to gently probe his views on the Ultramen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “There are two little demons in my head arguing—one good, one evil.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shan Zhong laughed: “That’s a primary schooler’s analogy. What are they arguing about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “The good demon says Counselor Inagaki doesn’t fully understand the situation, hasn’t caused major damage, and has intellectual deficits—he shouldn’t be held to high standards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So there’s no need to send him to the morgue. Just mark his insurance card as overdue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi warned: “Don’t do anything reckless—he’s a powerful hardliner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kishida added: “Besides, assaulting a counselor in broad daylight would cause terrible backlash. If you really can’t hold back, wait for a quiet night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi glared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Has this guy been corrupted by Qi Ming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hui Mei: “Wait—was that the good demon talking? What about the evil one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “The evil demon says beating him up is just emotional venting—it doesn’t suit my status and solves nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Counselor Inagaki holds his position because a network of like-minded interest groups supports him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you truly want to solve this at the root, bring a machine gun to their next meeting and mow them all down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshiboshi Dan nearly wet himself: “Calm down!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “But before that, there’s something more important to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten points of Star Grace are full—it’s time for Star Gathering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he would use a “special” method to summon a “big one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qi Ming’s dorm room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He burned incense, bowed to the Buddhas, bathed, changed clothes, and lit three sticks of incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his method—“Praying to the Gods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, he’d seen some gacha streamers play “Good Luck Comes” before pulling cards, seeking good omens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming had always been uncertain whether praying to gods actually worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he believed—then if prayers truly worked, temple offerings should require connections and favors, never ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t believe—then why did so many powerful, well-connected elites pour fortunes into temples and kept deities enshrined at home, appearing deeply devout?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his revered “Teacher Gao” kept a mountain-supporting stone in his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this world, fused with countless Ultraman stories, he believed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ultraman Taro, the Earth Store Bodhisattva helped Taro defeat the demon monster Enmago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ultraman Ace, Guanyin Bodhisattva had also manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Ultraman’s cosmology, gods and Buddhas truly existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It costs nothing—might as well believe a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deity he prayed to this time was Tai Bai Jin Xing—the ancient name for the Morning Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reciting his prayer, Qi Ming said he wasn’t fleeing duty—he wished to return to his parents’ side and fulfill his filial duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also sought to exterminate demons, defend the Dao, eliminate The·One, and bring peace to humanity—begging the immortals for aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May the immortals bless me—let the being I gather next possess the ability to break through space!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope it has overwhelming stats and a godlike mechanism—at least stronger than a million Basaku!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And if only the Star Grace cost for transformation were lower—don’t make it so expensive I can’t afford it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his requests, Qi Ming shouted: “Open!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Gathering—activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four buttons of the Ultraman Random Key simultaneously emitted green lasers, converging into a light screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, this time the screen showed no image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was pure darkness—empty, void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing—nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” Qi Ming sensed something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the light screen collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultraman Random Key trembled as if malfunctioning, then went completely black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened!” Qi Ming was stunned—this had never occurred during his two previous Star Gatherings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes later, the Ultraman Random Key rebooted. The main interface now read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Grace: 0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amplification: 7\u002F10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The category count had risen from six to seven—so the Star Gathering had succeeded after all, though for some reason, no cutscene appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had some interference caused the visuals to vanish?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming turned the dial, eager to see what he’d gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left—Ultraman Tiga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left again—Ultraman Seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Nova, Gaia, Golza, Melba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One more turn—it returned to the main menu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where was the seventh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where did the seventh being I gathered go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It showed 7\u002F10—so why are there still only six?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming stubbornly tried for another half-hour, but no matter how he spun the dial, only the same six appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming was numb—this damn watch was stealing his ten Star Grace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last two times went smoothly—was this because of the prayer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night had fallen; it was time to sleep. With his rigid routine, Qi Ming forcibly suppressed his confusion and fell asleep in bitter frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 3 a.m., a faint vibration came from Qi Ming’s right wrist—the Ultraman Random Key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen lit up, displaying a sea-urchin-shaped silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Qi Ming were awake, his shock would have reached level six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was Guriza, the Void Monster from Ultraman X—currently in its first form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultraman Random Key’s Star Gathering function had broken logic—it had somehow gathered this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guriza was, by nature, an unselectable void!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the screen darkened again; Guriza’s silhouette vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though gathered into the Random Key, Guriza was fundamentally “nothing,” so under normal conditions, it remained invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had no energy, so its level couldn’t be calculated, and it required zero Star Grace to transform—because it was “nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with free transformation, it normally couldn’t be selected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become a “bug,” a ghost wandering inside the Ultraman Random Key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To transform into it, one would have to exploit the same kind of “bug”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, unaware of any of this, Qi Ming woke and tried again—still the same result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal conditions, Guriza was invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So my ten Star Grace are just gone?” His heart ached—his return home would be delayed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, the only being he could now transform into was Melba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope nothing happens these next three days—just let me passively absorb energy and earn a little Star Grace,” Qi Ming prayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——————————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy New Year, readers—I’ve drawn Guriza!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wishing you all a joyful Spring Festival and a year where all your wishes come true!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the author still grinding out chapters during the holiday to stockpile for serialization—do you love me? (●ˇˇ●)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requesting monthly votes—also reserving your February votes. My first month of serialization—I hope the monthly vote count is decent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1084,"2026-06-19T16:40:33.318Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1d5d701d9c988a3b1aa528d47143b9ada142411cb5c8202926ca35ee0dd0c998","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-90","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-88",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-cover.jpg"]