MMB Chapter 295 A Familiar Future, The Falcon Team's Deadly Predicament
Chapter 295 A Familiar Future, The Falcon Team's Deadly Predicament
(I give up. The author said yesterday that he hadn't published it because he was on leave. He was planning to go to a comic convention for Ultraman Tiga during the May Day holiday. I just finished writing these two chapters, but I still published them.)
A week has passed since the airing of episode 31.
The story of Shusaku and Gain Q in the previous episode, although somewhat bland, still showed everyone a slightly more relaxed side of Ultraman Gaia.
With Saturday night at 8 PM, episode 32 of "Ultraman Gaia" was updated and released on major video platforms on time.
Countless tokusatsu fans skillfully opened the page and clicked play.
Skip the rousing opening theme, and the main feature unfolds slowly.
The opening scene shows the command center of the XIG air base.
The urgent alarm echoed throughout the space.
The large screen displayed a thick, churning cumulonimbus cloud.
But this is not an ordinary natural phenomenon.
The Falcon team was dispatched to carry out the relevant reconnaissance mission. Faced with this supernatural phenomenon, they were fully armed and seated in their fighter jets.
"This is definitely not an ordinary cumulonimbus cloud, nor is it affected by a magnetic field." I dreamt on the EX, looking at the data report on the screen. "Could there be a spacetime disorder inside?"
However, their condition seemed somewhat strange.
"So they really came?"
Captain Tian Dayan looked at the cumulonimbus clouds ahead, his eyes calm in a way that was frightening.
"Yes, they've finally arrived," Lin, a team member, echoed softly from the side.
"Charge forward with the determination to die!" The guard gripped the control stick tightly.
Several flashbacks of ruins suddenly appeared.
These few short lines of dialogue instantly alerted viewers to something was amiss.
The calm before the storm.
What's going on? Why is it like a suicide squad operation?
This dialogue sounds like someone's making a death wish.
What's going on with that scene?
The atmosphere at the start is a bit depressing.
In the footage, the three Falcon team fighter jets did not hesitate at all and plunged directly into the cumulonimbus cloud that was emitting strange energy.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared within the clouds, and a strangely shaped monster loomed in and out of sight.
Time-space monster, El Robopa!
Captain Tian Dayan's gaze was resolute as he piloted his fighter jet straight toward the monster, completely abandoning any attempt to evade it. This was clearly a suicidal tactic!
At this critical moment, Koga Mu piloted the EX-class fighter and suddenly crashed into the battlefield.
"This is too reckless!"
I dreamt of forcefully cutting between the Falcon Team and the Monster, interrupting Captain Tatsuhiko's suicidal charge.
"You've appeared! I'll defeat you no matter what!"
Captain Tian Dayan looked at the monster in front of him and shouted unwillingly.
"Captain Tian Dayan, it's too dangerous! Go back immediately!"
I dreamt that I was loudly advising him on the communication channel.
Meanwhile, due to the attack by EX, the monster actually turned back to chase after Gamu.
Because of my dream's sudden intervention, Captain Tian Dayan, not wanting to implicate others, could only grit his teeth and order: "Change the battle plan, support EX, and immediately disengage from the energy body!"
The four fighter jets quickly climbed and broke out of the cumulonimbus clouds.
The crisis has been temporarily averted, and the scene shifts back to the air base.
The group began to analyze the strange cloud formation.
"That energy source that looks like a cumulonimbus cloud should be the lair of the monster known as El Robopa," I said, looking at the analysis charts on the screen.
"The monster suddenly disappeared from the radar?" Georgie looked at the empty scanner with some confusion.
Li Muzi shook her head and pulled up the EX fighter's flight log: "There's something strange. The EX fighter only stayed inside the energy body for 5 seconds, but the timer inside the aircraft recorded 3 minutes."
"Perhaps something has affected it, and the timer is broken?" Director Di Cheng guessed.
"No."
With a solemn expression, I explained using the PowerPoint presentation: "Radar can only detect three-dimensional space. Time has a fourth coordinate axis. If this monster has the ability to distort the time axis, it can move freely between the past and the future."
Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the command room instantly plummeted to freezing point.
A few lines of discussion also appeared in the live chat.
A monster that manipulates time?
[Is it another example of a glitch in the system?]
However, time-based abilities are always difficult to deal with.
If it could jump to the past, wouldn't it be able to change history at any time?
No wonder it's called the Time-Space Monster.
"A monster capable of traversing time and space...?" Commander Ishimura frowned. "If it can jump between the future and the past, that's terrible. If we really fight it, we probably won't survive."
My dream made everyone's hearts tighten.
On the other side, in a corridor of the base.
I dreamt that I found Captain Tian Dayan, who had just finished his mission.
"Wait!" I called out to him in my dream. "Thank you for saving me. Thank you."
Captain Tian Dayan stopped and turned to look at Wo Meng: "I believe you saved us. If it weren't for you, we would be dead already."
I dreamt of looking at Tatsuhiko and asking the question that had been bothering me: "Why? Why do you always fight with the belief that you're destined to die?"
Instead of answering directly, Tian Dayan asked in return, "Wo Meng, do you believe in fate?"
"I believe that destiny is something we create ourselves," I replied firmly.
"Idiot, why do you have to be so stubborn?"
Suddenly, Xiao Hui from the Cool Dragons team ran over and questioned Tian Dayan.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, puzzled.
She looked at Tian Dayan, her eyes slightly red: "Are you smug? You promised me you would never sacrifice yourself easily. Were you lying to me?"
"I'm not lying to you." A hint of helplessness flashed in Tian Dayan's eyes. "But fate is something I can't control."
"You need to understand, a person shouldn't fight with the belief that they're going to die. What you're doing is wrong," Xiaohui said loudly.
Just then, a black cat silently appeared on the railing not far away.
Tian Dayan turned his head and looked at the black cat, his eyes becoming deep: "That cat looks a lot like a black cat I had when I was little. Perhaps it came to welcome me."
After uttering those chilling words, Tian Dayan turned and left, leaving Meng and Xiaohui staring at each other in bewilderment.
Does a black cat symbolize anything?
[Captain Tian Dayan's words are chilling.]
What did he mean by "coming to greet him"? Did he believe he was destined to die?
[Based on the previous flashbacks, it seems the captain knows something about the future.]
The dialogue in this scene has a touch of suspense.
Filled with doubt, Meng and Xiaohui arrived at the archives.
"No way?" I dreamed, looking at her.
"I asked Captain Tian Dayan this question before."
As Xiaohui flipped through the documents, she recalled, "I really don't understand why you always choose those dangerous missions?"
"What did he say?"
He said he never intended to sacrifice himself easily. It's just that after flying for a long time, you stop thinking about those unnecessary things.
Xiao Hui stopped what she was doing. "Why does Captain Tian Dayan always choose dangerous missions? I find it strange, so I checked his records from his time in the defense force."
She handed me a file: "Look at this."
I dreamt I took the file and carefully examined the data on it.
"The timing is different."
Xiao Hui pointed to one of the records, "During one training session, there was a 5-minute communication interruption. However, his aircraft timer showed more than an hour had passed. It was exactly the same as this morning."
As I looked at this set of data, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.
"What happened?"
Xiao Hui looked worried. "There's no record of anything in the report."
"There shouldn't be any records."
My dream's voice turned low, "What might have happened to Captain Tian Dayan when he faced death?"
Combined with the monster El Robopa's ability to manipulate time, the truth is about to be revealed.
Captain Tian Dayan must have been pulled into a distorted point in time during that training session many years ago, and witnessed a future that could not be changed.
A future where he will die on the battlefield.
[Case solved! The captain saw the script beforehand!]
No wonder the Falcon Team always goes on missions like they're risking their lives; they know exactly when they might die.
So all those reckless actions were because they knew their own deaths weren't imminent, and they were taking bullets for others.
Viewers were discussing the plot in the live chat, but the pace of the story suddenly accelerated.
Inside the command center, the alarm sounded again.
"We have grasped the energy body's reaction!" Li Muzi quickly reported.
"What's the solution?"
"The solution is that the Falcons are preparing to strike!" Georgie said.
Upon hearing the news, I immediately rushed to the hangar.
"Stop him! We can't let the Falcon Team get involved!" I shouted into the communicator.
"Why not, my dream?" Di Cheng's voice came through the communicator.
"Captain Tian Dayan wants to commit suicide! We must stop him! We must stop Captain Tian Dayan and his men!" I was extremely anxious.
But it was all too late.
On the other end.
"The Cool Dragons have not received orders to attack."
At this moment, Captain Daocheng walked over and looked at Xiaohui with a puzzled expression.
"Please, my dream!"
Xiao Hui can only place her hopes on my dream.
In the sky, the three Falcon Team fighter jets, like resolute swords, rushed straight towards the cumulonimbus cloud that emitted an eerie light.
"Old Lin, the moment of marriage and protection has finally arrived."
Captain Tian Dayan's voice rang out on the communication channel, calm yet resolute: "If I can save the future of humanity, I will die without regret."
"But we must not sacrifice in vain."
"The target is within the energy body ahead. Annihilate the spacetime monster!"
"receive!"
Three fighter jets plunged into the energy core without hesitation.
Just then, my dream's EX fighter jet followed closely behind, forcibly rushing into the clouds.
"No! He forced his way out!" In the command room, Li Muzi shouted as he looked at the dot on the radar.
"Is he trying to stop the Falcon Team all by himself?" Di Cheng looked at the screen with concern.
"You guys can't die!"
Shi Shi stared intently at the dark cloud.
My dream rushed into the energy body, surrounded by distorted streams of colorful light.
I cried out, "Why? Why are you in such a hurry to die? What exactly happened to Captain Tian Dayan back then?"
Just as I was searching for the Falcon Team's whereabouts, the space in front of me suddenly distorted violently.
A horrific scene appeared before my eyes in my dream.
The land was ravaged.
The once magnificent XIG air base has now been reduced to a burning pile of ruins, crashing heavily to the ground.
The surrounding area was filled with wreckage and flames.
"What is that...?"
My eyes widened in disbelief at what I was seeing.
"That's... an aerial base?"
I glanced at the time display on the fighter jet in my dream.
"3 PM... almost 15 hours."
I gasped. "Is this the future, three hours from now? Could it be that the base was destroyed by the time-space monster within these three hours?"
On the ground, there were not only ruins of the air base, but also scattered wreckage of Falcon Team aircraft.
"These are Falcon Team mechs. This is... Could it be that the aerial base has been destroyed?"
The comments section was scrolling rapidly at that moment.
[Is this a scene from the future?! The aerial base is gone?!]
[Even their hometown was destroyed? This monster is that strong?]
[A consistently powerful bird-type fighter!]
So this is the future the captain saw?
No, that's not right. If the captain hadn't died, would the base have been destroyed?
Just as I was reeling from the dream, the surrounding light began to spin violently once more.
The timeline went backwards at an alarming rate.
"14 PM... Time has reversed!"
The space transforms again.
This time, I didn't see the ruins, but appeared directly in XIG's command room.
But everything here exudes a tragic and heroic atmosphere.
However, it does not appear to be a physical entity.
"The Falcon Team... has successfully annihilated the Time-Space Monster..." Li Muzi's illusory image appeared on the screen, his voice low.
"Captain Tian Dayan, team member Jia Shou, team member Lin... they've all sacrificed themselves." Qiao Ji's illusory figure cried out.
I dreamt I was standing still, my mind completely blank.
"Sacrificed?"
At this moment, Di Cheng's illusory figure appeared and solemnly reported to the stone chamber: "The remains of the three people have been properly arranged."
The scene suddenly changed, and I dreamt that I was in a room where three bodies covered with white sheets were placed.
"Captain Tian Dayan..." I slowly walked forward, looking at the cold body, my heart filled with grief.
Just then, a familiar voice came from behind me.
"Salute to the three warriors who faced death without fear."
But when I suddenly turned my head, what I saw was not the Xig team paying tribute.
Captain Tian Dayan, team member Lin, and team member Jia Shou were standing unharmed behind him!
"Captain Tian Dayan?!" Imeng exclaimed in surprise. He looked at the body behind him and then at the three people in front of him.
"The Falcon Team sacrificed themselves to defeat the Time-Space Monster," Captain Tatsuhiko said calmly, looking at the body lying there.
"The person who died was..." I was completely confused in my dream.
"It's us from the future," Captain Tian Dayan answered. "It was because of our sacrifice that everyone was saved."
He looked at himself under the white sheet, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Seeing my own death feels strange. If we were alive, what would the world be like?"
Team member Lin said from the side, "If we cowardly run away from our fate, the future will be changed."
"It is because of our sacrifice that everyone was able to survive," the guards echoed.
At this point in the story, all the suspense was finally revealed.
The future that Captain Tian Dayan saw many years ago was this ending where the three of them sacrificed themselves to save the air base and everyone else.
They have been living for this inevitable death.
So that's how it is; they traded their own lives for everyone else's.
[A fatalistic cycle. In order to avoid altering their future of saving everyone, they must go and die.]
The feeling of watching yourself walk towards death is incredibly agonizing.