sinovels Chapter 267: A blockbuster-level finale for Season 1!
Chapter 267: A blockbuster-level finale for Season 1!
It has been a full week since the airing of episode 25 of "Ultraman Gaia".
Tonight is the premiere of episode 26 of "Ultraman Gaia," which is also the first season finale.
As the final episode of the first half, this episode did not actually reach the terrifying number of viewers watching online at the beginning of its broadcast.
After all, the early plot of "Gaia" leaned towards seriousness and in-depth exploration, with a relatively heavy tone. The current plot is in its most depressing and heart-wrenching low point.
The two Ultraman representing the will of Earth fought each other, bringing endless disasters. Many viewers with weaker tolerance for such events planned to wait until the finale, when the main characters had won and completely overcome the crisis, before watching the series.
It did not generate the explosive frenzy across all age groups that "Ultraman Tiga" and "Dyna" did.
However, as the progress bar slowly moved forward, the viewers in front of the screen began to realize that something seemed a little off.
The most direct impression is the size of the painting.
The standard TV screen aspect ratio was transformed into a widescreen aspect ratio with a cinematic feel just minutes after the episode began, with black bars slowly appearing at the top and bottom of the screen.
The texture of the image, the layers of light and shadow, and even the trajectory of the camera movement have all undergone tremendous changes.
【Holy crap? Why has the aspect ratio changed? Is my screen broken?】
The boss has entered the second phase.
[This picture quality...this lighting...is this the kind of quality a TV series can have?!]
[Am I seeing things? The depth of field, the graininess—it feels like watching a blockbuster movie!]
[This picture quality is incredible! Did Light Chaser Animation rob a bank?!]
Please keep your underwear dry!
The live chat exploded with comments.
At this moment, a voice-over from a narrator's perspective faintly emerges in the background, providing a general explanation of the earlier plot.
It seems to be laying some kind of grand groundwork for the main storyline.
Ordinary viewers might just think it's "cool" and "realistic," but industry insiders and hardcore film fans are collectively dumbfounded.
What they didn't know was that this episode wasn't produced according to the usual TV drama process and standards!
This is an experiment that Gu Nan is using to refine the workflow for the future Ultraman Gaia movie!
For this experiment, Gu Nan, a self-taught "individual developer," personally wrote the underlying data scheduling scripts, deeply integrating AIGC technology into the early creative workflow.
AIGC technology assists in generating visual designs for costumes, concept art for scenes, and even previews of some complex special effects in the show.
But not limited to this
For the post-production special effects of this episode, Gu Nan directly invested a huge amount of money and handed it over to a top-notch special effects team. The breathtaking battle scenes were even more outrageous, using real IMAX film cameras for live-action shooting!
The entire team was burning through the budget without regard to cost, honing their ability to produce a feature film with the budget of a single episode of a TV series.
[Gu Nan! My budget is beyond my reach!]
Light Chaser Animation really does go all out to hone its skills when it has money.
[T0 in the film and television industry: The Light Chaser Animation Studio with its high budget]
[It has to be said that when it comes to production costs, this company is truly the strictest father in the Chinese entertainment industry.]
[To be honest, judging from the quality of the opening few minutes, the equipment used for filming alone cost at least the equivalent of five episodes of a normal TV drama! Maybe even more!]
While others are still spending money to hire popular celebrities, Uncle Chasing Light is even giving TV dramas movie-level funding. What the hell?!
In the scene, the battle has reached a fever pitch.
On the desolate plains, a fierce wind whips up a sky full of yellow sand, and the will of the earth and the will of the sea collide with a deafening roar!
Koga and Fujimiya, two Ultra Warriors who should have fought side by side, are now engaged in an unprecedented battle due to their respective beliefs.
The atmosphere among the few fighter jets observing from the air was extremely tense.
"Should we support Gaia?" came the anxious voice of a team member over the communication channel.
Commander Ishimura's expression was grave. He stared intently at the two enormous figures locked in combat on the screen and ordered in a deep voice, "Don't make a move yet."
"This is a battle between their Ultraman. After they determine a winner, we will then decide who will be the victor."
Indeed, humans are completely out of the game in a battle of this level.
Both are lights protecting the Earth, why do they have to kill each other? It's heartbreaking to watch!
Fujimiya is too extreme, and I'm too persistent; their differing ideologies are truly a dead end.
Just then, the communication system rang out on the control panel in the stone chamber.
"Commander, Speaker Daniel of Alchemy Star requests to speak with you!"
The large screen switched instantly, and Daniel's face appeared on the screen.
"The distortion of spatial phases has reached the point where even the stars appear deformed!"
Daniel spoke at breakneck speed: "This is a phenomenon caused by a region in the distant universe trying to connect with Earth!"
The commander in the stone chamber frowned: "You mean...?"
"At the exit of the wormhole, the Destruction Summoner created a vortex, as if to teleport something over?"
"But the problem now isn't its size,"
Daniel took a deep breath. "Instead, it's directly connected to some enormous hole on the other side of the universe!"
Everyone's hearts sank.
Staff Officer Ye Qian, who was stationed at the air base, asked solemnly:
"You mean, the true primordial annihilation entity is coming?"
Daniel shook his head: "Our quantum computer, Crisis, is currently analyzing the data... Strangely, unlike before, the wormhole didn't open immediately."
"Why...why now!"
The commander of the stone chamber was also very puzzled.
[Holy crap! An even bigger boss is coming?!]
Why didn't the wormhole open immediately? What is it waiting for?
[Wait until Gaia and Agul are both severely injured! These Destruction Summoners are too insidious!]
The scene then cuts back to the battlefield.
Fujimiya and I gritted our teeth in the light.
Gaia and Agul each gathered all their energy.
Photon Ice Blade!
Photon shredder!
Two devastating energies, red and blue, collided violently in mid-air!
The collision of energy, captured by an IMAX film camera, erupted with extremely dazzling light, and concentric ripples of energy, mixed with shattered rocks, spread wildly in all directions.
The entire screen seemed to be vibrating.
"Stop—! Stop fighting!" In the distance, Jing Ling ran towards the battlefield without regard for anything else.
"It's dangerous! Don't go over there!" The people next to her tried desperately to pull her back.
Two enormous energies intertwined and twisted in the sky, eventually transforming into a pillar of light that shot straight into the clouds.
"The outcome will be decided soon."
However, the enormous energy generated by the collision did not dissipate. Instead, it seemed to be drawn by some invisible black hole, surging entirely into that mysterious wormhole deep in the universe.
"The wormhole didn't open immediately, perhaps it's waiting for something..." Commander Shishi recalled Daniel's words, and a thunderbolt suddenly flashed through his mind, causing him to open his eyes wide.
"So that's how it is... I understand!"
Ishimuro shouted the order, "All fighters, retreat immediately! Miranda, disengage quickly!"
In the sky, the wormhole that had swallowed the energy from the collision with Ultraman began to expand wildly!
"What terrifying power..."
"Is this what you've been waiting for?"
The stone chamber saw where this energy was heading—flying towards the wormhole!
Exhausted, Gaia and Agul transformed into countless points of light and dissipated in mid-air.
Before dissipating, their consciousnesses gazed at each other within the realm of light.
Fujimiya gave a bitter smile: "My dream, it seems you've become stronger."
I was panting, but there was no joy of victory in my eyes: "I haven't gotten stronger at all. It's just that I understand now that what I've been relying on is the power of the Earth."
"You're the same."
Fujimiya coughed violently twice, his eyes still filled with obsessive madness.
"That's right, Earth is not a compassionate mother; she bestowed this destructive power upon me. And what I want to do is what Earth wants to do!"
"But in my dream, you actually..."
Fujimiya wanted to say something more, but due to exhaustion, the light faded and he fell heavily to the ground.
"Power...give me power..."
"Fujimiya!"
My dream, however, fell to the other side, and he struggled to stand up.
"Let me go! Let me in!"
At this moment, Jing Ling broke through the blockade and ran to the edge of the ruins.
"You'd better not get involved anymore."
The people from the Geo base pulled Jingling aside.
Jing Ling turned her head: "What did you say?"
"That's not something ordinary people like us can get involved in."
Looking at the two wounded individuals, Jing Ling's eyes reddened: "They are both human! It is because they are human that this kind of fight occurs, it is because they are human that they are injured like this..."
How tragic!
Is this the inherent weakness of humanity? Even with godlike power, we cannot escape the fate of internal strife.
[It's all the fault of the Root Cause of Destruction!]
[Waaaaah! My beautiful, strong, and tragic Fujimiya baby~~]
Meanwhile, the commander of the stone chamber personally joined the team to search for the two people in the ruins.
Soon after, Shi Shi found the unconscious Meng alone.
"Womeng, are you alright?" Shi Shi squatted down, his steady voice filled with concern.
"Commander..." I dream of standing up.
"Don't push yourself." Ishimura pressed down on his shoulder.
Just then, the communicator in Ishimuro's hand rang.
"I am Shishi. What's wrong?"
"We found Fujimiya, he's badly injured... Did you find anything there?" It was Director Di Cheng's voice.
Shi Shi shook his head.
"Then we'll send Fujimiya to the medical center at Geo Base."
"Thank you for your help," Shi Shi said to Di Cheng on the communication screen.
I dreamt I was in the stone chamber, and opened my mouth: "Commander, you know I am...."
Stone Chamber interrupted him and prepared to take my dream to a hidden place where no one knew.
[As expected! I knew it! Ishimura knew my dream identity.]
That brat always shouts so loudly; every time, the commander has to help delete the surveillance footage.
[He really made me cry my eyes out, I was like a heartbroken father, sobbing and crying.]
the other side.
"Excuse me, please move aside, come on, be careful!" The rescue team quickly moved through and lifted Fujimiya onto a stretcher.
Jing Ling, who was some distance away, wanted to go forward.
"Lingzi, don't stand so far forward and attract attention!" Lunwen pulled her back.
"But I..."
"Let's get to work. We still have work to do. Reiko, go to work."
Just as chaos erupted on the ground, a strange change occurred in the sky!
"The wormhole's area has expanded by 400%!"
"Phase Distortion Index: 189!"
"Something's flying towards us!"
Immediately afterwards, a massive black cloud swept in, as if a dark demon god had descended.
The sky was completely torn apart, and a massive, suffocating outline appeared and disappeared in the vortex of the wormhole.
[High-energy warning!!!]
[Warning: High alert! Non-combat personnel, evacuate immediately!]
[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!! What the hell is that?!]
When the enormous, dragon-like head slowly emerged from the wormhole, the entire audience in front of the screen collectively gasped.
That's the abyssal behemoth—Zorim!
In this shot, Gu Nan's team showcased a level of special effects that can only be described as dazzling.
Even though the technology is already mature, he still did not use pure CG production, but continued to use hybrid virtual shooting technology!
For Zolim's suit, a 3D lens array was used for comprehensive scanning and modeling, and the physical materials were superimposed with the virtual materials.
The texture of the monster's skin, the rhythm of its breathing, and even the faint light reflected on its scales are all incredibly realistic!
The part of its body that emerges from the wormhole uses top-notch full-particle simulation rendering. The spatial distortion at the edge of the wormhole, the violent airflow, and the flashing purple arcs make every frame seem to be burning through budget!
It's too big!
Just its head seems to fill the entire sky!
"The high-energy missiles won't launch in time!" Chaos erupted within the XIG base.
"Countries are concentrating their bombs underground to contain the monsters, and all their firepower is now focused there!" the staff officer reported anxiously.
Staff Officer Ye Qian's face was ashen: "So, the only solution is for all countries to join forces and use a satellite defense system? Contact the commander!"
Just as Commander Ishimura had settled Gamu and returned to the air base.
Even more devastating news followed.
"sorry……"
"What?"
"He said... the satellite defense system suddenly crashed!" Li Muzi reported this bad news.
"What did you say?! How could this happen?!" Everyone was shocked.
Suddenly, the big screen was taken over by members of Alchemy Star.
Daniel then told everyone even worse news:
"Because Crisis suddenly went out of control, the satellite defense system's lines were blocked!"
"My comrades are now working hard to cut off Crisis from the internet!"
Commander Shi Shi was stunned: "Is there a problem with the quantum computer? Why?"
"This has never happened before..."
"Perhaps this is not a coincidence." Shi Shi's gaze was fixed on the ferocious dragon head on the big screen.
[Holy crap?! Krishnamurti has betrayed us?!]
[As expected! From the very beginning, when they said humans were a factor that had to be eliminated, I knew this thing wasn't anything good!]
[Case solved! The quantum computer that Fujimiya always believed in was actually the mole!]
[This is terrifying to think about! Fujimiya had been following Chrysis's instructions, believing that humanity was a cancerous cell on Earth, but it turns out he was completely misled!]
[No wonder the wormhole waited until those two finished fighting before opening; it was absorbing Ultraman's energy! Krisis was a setup!]
the other side.
I dreamt of hiding alone in a secluded corner, bandaging my wounds.
The events that had just occurred were still replaying in his mind.
"You can't fight with resentment or anger... You can't fight with those feelings."
I clutched my head in anguish, "I know this perfectly well! Why... why do we, all Ultramen, have to fight each other?"
Commander Ishimura's earlier deduction flashed through his mind: "Because someone wants you to do this. The fierce conflict between Ultramen will inevitably generate enormous energy. Someone is waiting for this moment."
I suddenly looked up: "No way..."
"That thing is about to appear on Earth!"
Afterwards, Ishimuro placed his communicator on the table next to Imu and told him not to forget to rejoin the team after he recovered from his injuries.
……
Let's return to the present, inside the XIG base.
"Currently, the only way to stop it is with a satellite defense system. In terms of defense capabilities, it is still very weak."
"Director, I'm sorry for being so blunt!"
Tian Dayan stepped forward, his eyes resolute. "Don't mix the three teams into a single formation. Let our Falcon team lead the attack!"
"Do you intend to rush straight into the wormhole?"
Wei Weike said in a deep voice, "What would that kid think if it were him?"
"You mean my dream?"
"I think he would trust his intuition," Li Muzi recalled the image from my dream.
Captain Tian Dayan also came over and patted Wei Weike on the shoulder: "I think so too."
……
I woke up from a dream in my hospital bed.
He sensed the suffocating wave of despair in the air.
"Why...why isn't Chrissy answering me?!"
I found the computer, logged onto Chrysis's website, and after some examination, I was filled with disbelief. "This wave pattern... Chrysis is calling that guy?!"
……