SWDnovel Chapter 245 The Terror of Antimatter! A Giant's Gamble!
Chapter 245 The Terror of Antimatter! A Giant's Gamble!
At 8:00 PM sharp, episode 14 of "Ultraman Gaia" was released.
As soon as the progress bar started moving, what appeared on the screen was a deep and silent universe.
Near the Trojan asteroid belt in Jupiter's orbit, a burst of dazzling light suddenly erupted.
The scene shifts to the airbase command center, where a piercing alarm sounds.
The data on the big screen scrolled wildly, and Li Muzi quickly typed on the keyboard before reporting the anomaly she had just detected to the Stone Chamber Commander.
"The total energy of the explosion would be equivalent to five billion tons of TNT!"
Qiao Ji, standing next to Mu Zi, also frowned, staring intently at the screen: "This is too strange. There isn't that much energy in that space at all."
Soon, the base's scientific observation team provided the answer.
They observed an extremely anomalous and rapid increase in gamma rays emitted from deep space.
To help everyone understand the seriousness of the situation, Dr. Hoshiyama appeared on the communication screen, his expression grave, and began to explain: "If we observe a sharp increase in gamma rays, we can infer the existence of antimatter. The explosion just now was the annihilation of matter and antimatter upon contact."
Faced with the puzzled looks of the crowd, the doctor continued to explain that so-called antimatter is matter composed of antiprotons, antineutrons, positrons, etc., and has a charge that is completely opposite to that of our universe.
"If just one gram of antimatter reacts with matter, the energy produced is 10 to the power of 14 joules. In other words, this destructive force could completely evaporate 40,000 tons of water in an instant."
Dr. Hoshiyama paused, then uttered the chilling conclusion: "If a massive amount of antimatter comes into contact with Earth and annihilates, a massive explosion will occur. Calculated by mass ratio... it's possible the entire solar system could be destroyed."
The screen was instantly filled with a dense barrage of comments.
Good grief, the Hiroshima bomb only had a yield of about 10,000 tons, right? This one is starting with 5 billion tons of TNT?
[Antimatter? Is this episode's monster another example of a combination of mechanics and stats?]
With so much antimatter raining down, forget about Earth, we might as well just start over!
[This power level is ridiculously inflated; a crisis of this magnitude is only in episode fourteen?]
What's even more disheartening is that this unidentified object, named "Anchimata," is flying straight toward Earth.
At the current speed, it will only take 168 hours, or about a week, to reach Earth orbit.
Gao Gamu took on this almost impossible task.
He proposed modifying the negative proton generator in an attempt to convert the baryon number of Anchimata and materialize it.
The theory is feasible, but there simply isn't enough time.
Calculating it using a supercomputer at an airborne base would take twice as long.
In my desperate situation, I dreamt of contacting my friends at Alchemy Star.
In the video, geniuses from all over the world responded, and countless top-of-the-line enterprise computers were connected together for parallel processing.
The storyline showcases the unity and determination of everyone involved.
The computational workload that would normally take years was compressed into just 48 hours by these top human brains.
In just five days, the interception system was developed and quickly installed on the fighter jets.
[Kids, do you like the Zenith technology in the special effects zone?]
Is this some kind of cheat code activated by the will of Earth? These geniuses are simply inhuman!
The world's elites must unite to fight against the apocalypse!
[Wow! The storyline, combined with the background music, gave me goosebumps; it was so thrilling!]
[Humanity's Self-Salvation!]
The atmosphere in the operations room was extremely tense.
The commander of the stone chamber surveyed the crowd and issued the order in a deep voice: "I think it's more suitable for the Falcon Team to carry out this mission."
Koga Yume paused for a moment, then immediately stood up and retorted, "Based on XIG's combat experience, Team Inazuma would be better, wouldn't they?"
With the groundwork laid in the previous storyline, the audience already knows that Wei Weike's Lightning Team is the true ace, with the highest skill level and the fastest reaction time.
But Ishimura didn't look at Izumi. Instead, he turned his gaze to Tian Dayan, the captain of the Falcon Team: "This mission requires teamwork. We need a team that will never collapse, even in the face of death."
When I was explaining the mission to the Falcon Team, my tone was full of worry.
He told Tian Dayan that this mission was extremely dangerous, and if it failed, the fighter jet would be instantly swallowed up by the shockwave of the explosion.
Tian Dayan laughed.
He looked at me in my dream, his eyes as calm as a still pond, yet they possessed a power that moved people deeply.
"Your invention will be remembered by future generations. But no matter how much rigorous training we receive, our work cannot be tangibly preserved."
"But……"
Looking at this group of true heroes, I still have something to say.
"We are truly grateful to you, Meng, for making such a great contribution to the Earth."
The three of them, including Tian Dayan, stood up straight, their voices ringing out in unison, "To protect our Earth, we are willing to sacrifice our lives. Even if our lives end at this moment, we will never regret it."
My dream was about how to survive, but now I should be thinking about how to complete the mission.
I'm so moved I could cry.
The Falcon team went there with a do-or-die mentality!
[A mission where death is the prerequisite... this is the real battlefield, without so many protagonist's halo effects.]
This isn't childish angst; it's true military resolve. Commander Ishimura chose them not because they were the strongest, but because they were the most capable of carrying out missions where certain death was the ultimate punishment.
[A tribute to the Falcons!]
These middle-aged men are so charming!
The Falcon team took off in their fighter jets and waited quietly at the edge of the stratosphere.
As the massive body of the Anchimata came into range, Tadahiko Tian decisively pressed the launch button.
The beam hit its target precisely, but something unexpected happened.
A strange protective shield appeared around Anchimata, directly deflecting the conversion beam!
The monster ignored the attack and crashed straight into the city of Xia Kingdom.
The protective shield began to expand rapidly outward from the city center.
The buildings in the city were instantly engulfed the moment they touched the edge of the protective shield.
Upon seeing this scene, I immediately drove the EX to the location.
There, he met Fujimiya.
Fujimiya, who had been observing from the sidelines, appeared on the high ground and looked down at the ever-expanding energy shield.
Meanwhile, Dr. Hoshiyama, far away at the air base, had already analyzed the protective shield of Anchimata:
"The charge inside the shield is positive, and Anchimata has the ability to convert matter entering the shield into antimatter."
"It doesn't move, it just lets the shield expand... Could this thing be intelligent?" Commander Shishi asked gravely.
"If the protective shield continues to expand... the entire planet will disappear..."
Dr. Hoshiyama's words expressed everyone's concerns!
……
At this moment, I had already met Fujimiya in my dream.
Fujimiya looked at Gamu who had rushed over, "In the beginning of the universe, because the amount of matter was greater than that of antimatter, the universe we have today was formed. However, antimatter was therefore sealed in another dimension..."
"What exactly are you trying to say?!"
Fujimiya's next words sent a chill down everyone's spine.
"Anchimata intends to turn the Earth into antimatter and then eliminate the protective shield!"
"If we do that, the entire universe will disappear!"
"If we could do it all over again, there's a 50% chance we'd create an antimatter universe!"
In theory, if enough matter is converted and then annihilated, the universe could be restarted!
That's what makes Anchimata so terrifying!
"Does that monster intend to recreate the universe?"
My dream completely froze. He took out the Blue Sapphire Cone, intending to transform and stop Anchimata.
However, thanks to Fujimiya's reminder, I realized that if Ultraman forced his way in, the contact between matter and antimatter would also trigger a devastating explosion.
Fujimiya's lips curled into a playful smile as he proposed a crazy plan: "By using Agul's power to change Gaia's baryon number, we can transform him into an antimatter Ultraman."
I immediately agreed to the request.
But Fujimiya then added, "If I change my mind and don't turn you back to your original form, you'll be stuck in the antimatter world forever. Would you be willing to accept that?"
I stared at Fujimiya in my dream, stunned.
Holy crap! This gamble was incredibly exciting!
[Impossible! Fujimiya should need my dream right now!]
[Fujimiya: I was just kidding. I dreamt: I don't believe you! Just shoot me already!]
The first real collaboration between the red and blue teams was actually entrusting their lives to each other!
However, I still chose to believe in Fujimiya.
Afterwards, Fujimiya and Gamu went through the process again and then transformed!
A beam of light appeared, and Agul shone it on Gaia, successfully reversing the baryon number.
Gaia transformed into a streak of light and plunged headfirst into the antimatter shield!
In that bizarre, reversed world, Gaia and Anchimata engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle.
However, the thick-skinned Anchimata was completely unaffected, and even formed a pincer movement, restraining Gaia and launching an electric current, which knocked Gaia off its feet.
Then Anchimata's two horns came together, and it fired an anti-energy beam.
It was at this moment that Gaia noticed the two horns on his head!
Then he imitated a certain Heisei elder brother known as the Horn-Breaking Maniac, and blew up Anchimata's two horns with a single Quantum Stream!
But precisely because of this, the fragments of the two horns flew outwards from the shield!
Those fragments from Anchimata are antimatter, and if these fragments were to fall into the material world, a massive explosion would occur!
At the same time, the Falcon team in mid-air seized the moment when the debris detached from the shield and fired the conversion beam again.
This time, the beam hit!
Antimatter began to materialize, and the fragments became harmless!
Agul then fired a beam of light to perform dimensional repair, maintaining the stability of the shield.
Gaia used all its strength to push Anchimata high into the sky, and then threw it back into the antimatter world through the wormhole it had come from.
The crisis is over.
In space, Gaia flashed a red light, and Agul flew in front of him, raising his hand to fire a beam of light to restore him to his original state.
Just then, Agul's hand movements paused very slightly, yet clearly.
This made me think of what Fujimiya had said before.
"If I change my mind and don't turn you back to your original form, then you will remain in the world of antimatter forever."
However, Fujimiya does not seem to have done so.
After only a second of hesitation, the beam of light shot out, and Gaia returned to normal.
[That pause! Fujimiya really hesitated for a moment about whether to kill my dream, hahaha!]
On the surface, she seems cold and ruthless, but in reality, she's a total tsundere.
Finally, at the end of the story, Gamu and Fujimiya return to their human forms and stand in the city under the setting sun.
"With you by my side, we can definitely protect humanity!"
I dreamt of extending my right hand, wanting to shake hands with Fujimiya.
"You've got it wrong!"
Fujimiya turned and left, leaving Gamu alone with her hand raised.
But I firmly believe in Fujimiya:
"I believe in you, because we are all children of the earth!"
Then, accompanied by the ending theme music, the episode ended.
The dramatic scenes, grand sequences, and attention to detail in this episode are all phenomenal!
[This episode would be the grand finale in other tokusatsu shows, but in Gaia it's an episodic series? And only one episode!]
[Damn! This script suddenly reminded me of Ace's demon star, the koala!]
[But to be honest, this episode was really enjoyable to watch; the script is basically a scaled-down version of a sci-fi disaster movie!]