ebonymovies Chapter 237 Rock and Roll Battle! Cool Dragons Take Off!
Chapter 237 Rock and Roll Battle! Cool Dragons Take Off!
A week passed in the blink of an eye, as countless viewers were still reeling from the shock and excitement of the previous episode of "Ultraman Gaia" depicting the rescue in the ruins.
At 8 PM on Friday, the live stream rooms on major video platforms were once again flooded with viewers. After a brief but rousing symphonic opening theme, the title of this episode slowly appeared on the screen—"Rock Battle."
The main feature begins with the scene shifting to the restaurant at the XIG air base.
It is Gaowo's dream, Li Muzi and Qiao Ji.
They are eating.
Suddenly, the water in the cup on the table rippled.
The fighter jets have returned after finishing their exercises outside!
It cut sharply into a tense and exciting live-fire exercise.
In the sky, several fighter jets were performing extremely impressive maneuvers and live-fire exercises.
The fighter jet's tail traced a graceful arc, accurately shooting down the virtual targets one by one.
Inside the training room, watching the incredibly fierce maneuvers of the fighter jets outside, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Captain Wei Weike is amazing!"
Li Muzi corrected her, "No! This isn't Team Lightning! This is Team Cool Dragon!"
The camera then cuts to the cockpit of the fighter jet.
All of them are female drivers!
They gripped the control levers tightly, their eyes showing no sign of panic despite the extremely high overload.
Their operations were not only extremely skillful, but some even exclaimed, "During the exercise, in terms of attack focus and anti-guided missile capabilities, they ranked second in the entire team!"
"However, it hasn't entered the actual combat stage yet, but I've heard it's quite good."
"Their captain from Daocheng is very capable."
[Holy crap! An all-female ace flight squadron?!]
[Clon Team! That name sounds awesome!]
[This performance is just as impressive as the Spark's! Women are just as capable as men!]
In the actual filming, in order to present the unique characteristics of the Cool Dragons team that are different from the Lightning team, Gu Nan made extremely subtle adjustments to the aerial combat storyboard.
Instead of using a wide-open, forceful collision perspective, he had the special effects team design the trajectory of the Cool Dragon team's fighter jets to be extremely light and agile, as if they were dancing an elegant ballet on the edge of death.
The cockpit lighting also leans towards cool tones, perfectly showcasing the calmness and professionalism of female pilots during extreme operations, completely breaking the stereotype in traditional films and television that female pilots panic in the face of danger.
The debriefing meeting following the conclusion of the exercise.
Daocheng, the captain of the Cool Dragons team, strode up to Di Cheng.
Her eyes held an undisguised sharpness and questioning:
"Are you preventing our Cool Dragons team from playing because we're all women?"
The atmosphere in the command room instantly plummeted to freezing point.
Director Di Cheng remained calm and composed, replying, "If you want to think I'm a chauvinist, that's fine with me. I really don't plan to put the Cool Dragon team into actual combat right now."
"To leave such capable subordinates idle is utterly incompetent for a commander!" Captain Daocheng retorted sharply, showing no sign of backing down.
Di Cheng called out, "That's enough!"
Watching the unruly Daocheng leave, Ye Qian, the staff officer on the other side, wiped his sweat and sighed with lingering fear, "She has such a temper. I'm always afraid of women like that."
Di Cheng stared at the gate, his gaze deep: "Commander, I have my own thoughts about the Cool Dragon Team."
Why not just keep them as a reserve force?
[666, the underdog has risen up!]
……
Inside the command center, the commander put down the report in his hand and looked at the director opposite him.
The overall strategic direction has always been determined by Commander Shi, but when it comes to the specific tactics, Director Di Cheng is top-notch. This is something the others have always been very clear about.
This kind of trust doesn't need polite responses.
Behind this trust lies the long-standing predicament of the Cool Dragons.
Looking back at the director's past operational plans, his thinking has always been clear and pragmatic. When facing unknown opponents, he would send out the Lightning Team, whose stats are optimal, relying on Wei Weike's group's ability to adapt to changing circumstances. When the mission requires safe execution and emphasizes teamwork, the Falcon Team is the only choice. These two plans cover almost all operational needs.
Caught in the middle, the Cool Dragons were thus put on hold.
They can't compete with the Lightning team led by Wei Weike in terms of conventional stats, nor do they have the differentiated competitive advantage of the Falcons – to put it nicely, they are balanced; to put it bluntly, there's no compelling reason to use them.
But the Cool Dragons' training has never slacked off.
On the other side of the rest area, the captain of Daocheng was explaining to his two teammates.
She was once an aircraft engineer and has top-notch knowledge in this field. She explains things clearly and logically, and can even make the most tedious technical parameters vivid.
Several members of the Cool Dragons team surrounded her, listening attentively. Everyone knew that real-world opportunities were limited, but none of them intended to just coast along.
Everyone was holding back a lot of energy.
Then Wei Weike arrived with the Lightning team.
"You guys are really dedicated to your research, Captain Daocheng?"
Wei Weike had a slight, dismissive smile on his lips.
It was obvious that he was being somewhat sarcastic.
Captain Daocheng calmly replied:
"We don't want to crash every time we're in combat."
There was a moment of silence in the hangar.
Lies may not hurt people, but the truth is the sharpest weapon.
Wei Weike's smile froze on his face.
Kitada, looking bewildered, approached Ōkawara and asked in a low voice, "Have we had many plane crashes?"
Okawara wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground, his voice barely audible: "There's quite a lot..."
[Couldn't hold it in]
[Man!!]
[Wei Weike has really had very few plane crashes; Okawara alone contributed to his KPIs!]
Make way! The Gaia crash king is here!
It can't be entirely blamed on Kitada's bad memory.
A large portion of the Lightning Team's crashes were caused by Ōkawara alone.
The record of this newly recruited "dead pilot" was already an open secret at the base.
Wei Weike quickly regained his composure, and his face once again displayed the arrogant demeanor he had been forcing.
"Every time we face an unknown monster!" He puffed out his chest, his voice rising several octaves. "We're fighting with our lives on the line!"
Xiao Hui peeked out from behind the wing, her tone indifferent.
"Then your life is too cheap."
Wei Weike's expression changed.
Xiao Hui's words were even more pointed:
"I don't want to die without knowing why. I fly for victory."
They blocked Wei Weike and his group from entering.
Mayumi! She reminds me of you!
Oh dear, my lovely Mayumi looks so different!
[The makeup artist's amazing skill in tracking light—I honestly didn't realize this was Mayumi!]
High EQ: Parallel universe counterpart; Low EQ: All money spent on special effects scenes, no money left to hire actors.
……
Just then, an extremely piercing red alarm suddenly shattered the tranquility of the base!
Li Muzi and Qiao Ji frantically typed on the keyboard at the communication station, trying to find the cause.
"What happened?"
"Communication with the ground has been lost! Satellite connection has also been lost!"
I immediately added in my dream: "There is external interference in the ionosphere!"
Georgie calmly analyzed, "If it's radio interference, we can try using optical communication."
On the big screen, the picture was finally restored.
But the scene before them made everyone in the command room gasp in shock.
A massive wormhole has been detected in the depths of outer space!
Immediately afterwards, an extremely large, armored, peanut-shaped unidentified object slowly emerged from the wormhole!
"That guy is here again..." Mu Zi realized that this was the body that was summoned by the Destruction!
"Is this a monster or a spaceship?"
How big is it?
The detection data on the screen fluctuated wildly, eventually settling on a despairing number.
"Approximately... 800 meters long!"
800 meters?!
Holy crap! This is a mountain that's flying in the sky!
[This is bad news! Human fighter jets are nothing but mosquitoes compared to it!]
[However, the large monsters in the special effects section are probably all sitting ducks, right?]
[At 800 meters, even Gaia would be a dwarf compared to it!]
To convey the ultimate sense of oppression from this 800-meter behemoth, the special effects team at Light Chaser Animation Studios practically went bald from exhaustion.
Instead of opting for full CG, Gu Nan had the props team create a five-meter-long, ultra-detailed physical miniature model! Then, in front of a green screen, they filmed the scene using a specially designed track-mounted camera with extremely slow macro tracking shots.
Combined with the starry sky background and atmospheric friction lighting in the later CG, a single model was transformed into a terrifyingly massive image, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on it and blotting out the sky! This is the unique romance of the tokusatsu industry!
Faced with such a tremendous threat, Director Di Cheng's face turned ashen, and he immediately ordered: "Lightning Team, prepare to engage! Lightning Team, prepare to move out!"
"Wait a minute!" Captain Daocheng switched the communication channel immediately, his tone extremely urgent. "Please let us go! Our combat strength is formidable!"
But Director Di Cheng resolutely refused: "No! Send the Lightning Team first!"
Three Lightning fighter jets roared into the sky, heading straight for the massive target.
"Be aware of the fighter jet's maximum altitude!"
"Lightning Three received!"
Captain Wei Weike calmly commanded: "Concentrate your attacks on key targets!"
However, just as they approached the planetary destroyer known as "Vaset," a sudden change occurred!
"Kita! Danger!"
"Ogawara, be careful!"
A massive amount of radio interference instantly swept across the entire airspace.
The fighter jet's instrument panel flashed wildly, and the communication channels were filled with piercing dial tone.
"Ogawara!"
It was so close! Ōkawara's fighter jets almost flew right past the finish line!
If she crashes in space, no one can save her!
"The radio is completely unusable!" Wei Weike gritted his teeth and ordered, looking at the out-of-control communications, "Let's go back first!"
He started giving the other two tactical hand signals.
Team Lightning was forced to make an emergency evacuation.
……
The atmosphere inside the air base was extremely tense.
Based on the video footage that the Lightning team risked their lives to bring back, I dreamt of calculating at lightning speed in front of the main computer and finally found a glimmer of hope.
"Based on the recorded footage, these sections of armor are relatively weak!" Imeng pointed to several highlighted areas on the screen. "All teams, concentrate here and launch a wave attack!"
This time, facing an 800-meter behemoth, relying solely on a small team was no longer sufficient.
Director Di Cheng, no longer holding back, loudly issued the order for a general offensive:
"Blink, Falcons, Cool Dragons, prepare to move out!"
"The code name for this mission is—Fireworks!"
Upon hearing the code name, Captain Daocheng's lips curled into a cold and confident smile: "Fireworks, huh? Then let's make it a grand spectacle!"
Beside them, the Falcons couldn't help but tease, "If we're just talking about momentum, your team's momentum is indeed very strong."
Daocheng retorted without hesitation, his tone highly charged: "It's not just about momentum! You've forgotten that I once knocked you down! Congratulations on your first real combat experience!"
Hahaha! The boss is awesome!
[They were completely shut down and left speechless!]
That's good; truly capable people should have a bit of arrogance.
Wow, there are so many teams! Gaia's realism is really impressive.
[All forces mobilized! Three major flight formations assembled! This lineup is incredible!]
[Three teams launch simultaneously, showcasing the extravagance brought by Gaia's funding]
However, communication disruptions remain a critical problem.
Falcon Team's Tian Dayan calmly pointed out the blind spot: "How will changes during operations be communicated? What if regular VHF radio waves can't communicate..."
"Communication during combat should use laser waves!" Di Cheng offered a solution with remarkable speed.
Tian Dayan smiled and praised, "Director Tsutsumi's tactics are always so impeccable."
"Any more questions, team members?"
"come on!"
"Move out immediately!"
Accompanied by an extremely rousing battle song, nine fighter jets transformed into nine sharp swords, simultaneously piercing through the clouds!
This spectacular formation of aircraft, captured by the lens of Spotlight Pictures, showcases the absolute pinnacle of human defense capabilities!
……
In the tense and oppressive command center.
In my dream, I was wearing headphones, staring intently at an extremely strange waveform I was receiving on the screen. It was the interference wave emitted by Vasette.
"If this waveform is a signal... what is it trying to convey?" I dreamt, my brow furrowed, lost in thought.
To think more clearly, I dreamt of doing a handstand.
Georgie came over, looked at Imu doing a handstand next to her workstation, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"I'm thinking."
I dreamt of feeling blood flowing into my brain.
"I'm thinking about the meaning of the word 'Waset'..."
Georgie leaned closer to listen, her face filled with disbelief.
"This sounds like music! Listen!"
"No way? It was music?!"
I fell asleep immediately after waking up from my dream.
The audio, released after frequency band analysis, resonated with exceptional clarity in the command room.
It was a rock music with an extremely strong rhythm.
[Holy crap?! Is this what the title "Rock Monster" means?!]
[What the heck? It's music! This monster must be a DJ!]
Do aliens listen to rock music?
[My dream: Let me play a DJ version of the Ultraman theme song to go head-to-head with it!]
So, is it here to hold a concert on Earth? A flying sound system at 800 meters?!