Ultraman: It turns out this is the easy mode.

Just as Choi Myung was accompanying Camilla to the zoo and even ran into Daigo and Rena, staging a little "instructor's patrol" episode, on the other side of the earth, deep in the ocean, a sinister undercurrent was quietly surging.

Some creature has quietly awakened from its slumber and begun to plot mischief in the dark sea.

Of course, in terms of absolute combat power alone, this creature may not be considered top-tier, but the significance it represents is far more troublesome than its own strength—it is the consequence of human behavior and a mark of loss of control in the process of civilization's development.

This creature, about to stir up a storm, is none other than the deep-sea monster Reilos.

The original form of Reilos was a common marine creature in the deep sea of ​​the western Pacific Ocean, living quietly in the high-pressure underwater world.

However, humanity's endless underground nuclear tests have disrupted its originally peaceful existence.

Intense nuclear radiation penetrated the earth's strata and seeped into the deep sea, silently altering its genetic sequence and causing it to undergo terrifying mutations in a short period of time.

Ultimately, this creature, transformed into a monster, made its first appearance near an oil refinery in the R Sea of ​​the western Pacific Ocean, displaying the evils of humanity to the world in the most direct and violent way.

The mutated Reilos not only became enormous, but also mastered a variety of deadly attack methods.

It can spew out two extremely destructive attacks from its mouth: one is a powerful stream of water with tremendous force, enough to easily destroy sturdy dams and factories; the other is a special foam containing a high concentration of radioactive material—"Reilos bubbles." Once these bubbles come into contact with a target, they release deadly radiation and can also paralyze the enemy as if by electrocution.

In addition, it can also fire radioactive orange beams that accurately strike distant targets.

What's even more terrifying is that Reilos is not just a brute with superhuman strength; on the contrary, he possesses a high level of intelligence that allows him to manipulate his opponents at will.

It is quick-witted and adept at devising tactics and using strategies.

Its mouth has a special "water column organ" that can store a large amount of seawater for attack purposes; its head has unique "glowing tentacles" and its dorsal fin is a "strange ray generating organ" that can convert the radioactive energy in its body into strange rays for attack.

During combat, it will deliberately make its dorsal fin glow while shaking the glowing tentacles on its head, creating the illusion that it is about to fire a strange beam from its tentacles, thus luring the opponent into making the wrong defensive judgment. When the opponent is ready, it will suddenly spray a high-pressure stream of water from its mouth, catching the opponent off guard.

It once used this move to directly break through Ultraman Tiga's "Ultra Shield," putting Tiga on the defensive.

Even when at a disadvantage in battle, Reilos remains calm. Instead, it deliberately feigns defeat to lure enemies into pursuit. Once the enemy lowers their guard and enters its predetermined range, it launches a sudden and fatal counterattack. Besides its ranged attacks and tactics, its melee capabilities are also formidable: its sharp teeth can easily tear through hard metal and the flesh of monsters; its massive, fin-like arms, nicknamed "Million-Ton Fins," possess enough strength to destroy a skyscraper with a single blow, allowing it to easily suppress most enemies in close combat.

Derived from the genes of deep-sea creatures, Reilos possesses an extremely strong ability to adapt to its environment.

Living under high pressure on the seabed for a long time has made its body exceptionally hard. The thick scales covering its entire body can effectively resist most attacks, whether physical blows or energy impacts, and can reduce a lot of damage.

This body structure not only allows it to move freely in the deep sea, but also enables it to easily conduct amphibious operations.

Many deep-sea monsters become sluggish after landing due to environmental changes, but Reilos is different. It can still show extremely high agility on land, and its movements are so flexible that it doesn't seem like a creature of such a large size.

Its two legs have excellent jumping ability, allowing it to leap up and use its massive body to directly overwhelm its opponent, launching a highly impactful suppressive attack.

In addition, its digestive system has been mutated and strengthened, and its stomach can easily swallow a large number of fish, or even a huge ship weighing tens of thousands of tons, and then use its powerful gastric juice to completely dissolve it in an instant.

What is even more alarming is that it has a special organ called a "radioactive sac" in its body, which can actively absorb the dissipated radioactive energy from the atmosphere and convert it into its own energy. This means that as long as there is radioactive energy around it, it can continuously replenish its energy and continue fighting.

And this terrifying monster, which possesses high intelligence, multiple attack methods, and extremely strong adaptability, was actually created by humans themselves!

The root cause of all this is the underground nuclear tests conducted by humankind in order to develop military power!
It was those nuclear tests that disregarded the environmental consequences that turned the originally docile deep-sea creatures into a synonym for destruction. At this moment, Cui Ming was unaware of all this. He only knew about the potential dangers of nuclear pollution, but he had never seen this monster born from nuclear pollution.

It was precisely because he was well aware of the serious consequences of nuclear contamination potentially giving rise to terrifying monsters—many past records have already proven that unrestrained nuclear testing and contamination can distort biological genes and create unpredictable disasters—that Choi Myung was convinced from the bottom of his heart that N2 explosive mines were effective, and even strongly supported the mass deployment of such weapons at several TPC weapons seminars.

In his view, compared to the serious consequences of nuclear weapons, which often cause long-term nuclear pollution and uncontrollable ecological disasters, the advantages of N2 detonation mines are simply overwhelming—the most crucial point is that they cause absolutely no pollution!
This kind of bomb, which can unleash explosive power comparable to a small nuclear explosion while achieving zero pollution and zero residue, is the best solution for humanity to deal with the monster crisis at present, and is a truly safe and reliable "good thing".

After all, Cui Ming had witnessed too much of the cruelty of disasters and knew all too well how many hidden dangers would be left behind after the use of highly polluting weapons: no one could predict whether the spread of substances such as nuclear radiation and chemical pollution would induce genetic mutations in organisms again, or whether terrifying beings with high intelligence and high destructive power, like the mutated monster in front of him, would emerge in areas that humans have not yet fully explored, such as the deep sea, the Earth's core, and the polar regions, or even monsters that are more adapted to extreme environments and more difficult to deal with.

Rather than creating new disasters that might require ten or a hundred times the cost to rectify for a temporary victory, it's better to mitigate the risk at its source and resolve the immediate crisis using a relatively safe and controllable method like N2 detonation. (End of Chapter)