Ultraman: It turns out this is the easy mode.

Cui Ming had no idea that the Aliens of Empera in the Land of Light universe were patiently waiting for him to return for battle—he hadn't finished dealing with matters in the Tiga world yet, and didn't have time to think about his "arch-enemies" in other universes. Since Golza and Melba had been scared away, the TPC's search for the Pyramid of Light had indeed gone much more smoothly, leading the GUTS members to privately remark, "Just how terrifying is Cui Ming (Storm One)?"

"You didn't see how Melba ran away back then! Its wings were practically blurring out of shape, like a monster was chasing it—oh wait, it was even scarier than a monster!" Shinjo gestured to Daigo, his tone full of amazement. Even the TPC executives thought it was outrageous during their meeting: an ancient monster being scared away by a human and abandoning its mission was something they would never have imagined before.

However, these discussions were quickly overshadowed by the news of "finding the pyramid." When the Victory Team's fighter jets reached the depths of the mountains, a pyramid emitting a faint white light suddenly appeared before them. Light seemed to flow through the cracks in the stones, and from a distance, it looked like a jewel embedded in the valley.

“This is the Pyramid of Light.” Daigo stood by the hatch of the Flying Swallow, his eyes fixed on the pyramid. Suddenly, a warm sensation came from his chest, as if something was calling to him through his skin, and his heartbeat quickened.

Upon entering the pyramid, the group was awestruck by the sight before them—three giant stone statues stood silently in the center, their lines ancient and majestic. Though covered in dust, they still exuded an inexplicable power.

"How do we move it? Just use the varga?" Misato leaned against the statue, holding a strawberry dessert that Cui Ming had prepared in advance, and asked while taking a bite. The varga is a machine that TPC uses specifically for heavy-duty transport, and it has been used several times before when transporting monster remains.

Looking at the size of the statue, Megumi replied into the communicator, "From what I've heard, they plan to use a balga for transport, so I'll have to trouble you, Misato." She paused, then added, "The statue is very important; please be careful during transport."

“No problem, Varga’s been doing this job for a living, he knows the ropes.” Misato patted the crumbs off her hands, then suddenly looked around. “By the way, where’s Choi? He was just following behind us, where did he go?”

"He said he was going to make some preparations, but he didn't say what exactly." Megumi shook her head, and was about to ask Daigo to look around when suddenly a tremor came from beneath her feet—and then, not far from the pyramid, an explosion occurred underground! Soil and stones flew everywhere, and dust instantly filled the air.

Cui Ming's voice immediately came through the communicator, carrying a hint of decisiveness: "This is Storm One. Damn it, I knew it! Golza is digging a tunnel! All units mobilize! Misato, Asuka, you two activate the Vulgar defense system immediately to protect the pyramids and statues!"

"Understood!" Misato and Asuka acted immediately, rushing towards Varga's control room.

The explosion that everyone heard at this moment was not a sudden accident—the story goes back a few minutes to Cui Ming's actions after leaving the pyramid:
In fact, Cui Ming had long guessed that Golza wouldn't give up easily—after all, the ancient monsters had a deep obsession with the pyramids, and their previous escape was merely a temporary respite. He specifically sent Gomora, who was skilled at digging, to scout around the pyramids, and sure enough, they discovered unusual energy fluctuations and digging marks several thousand meters underground. So, they laid an ambush along Golza's digging route in advance.

At that moment, Golza was frantically digging forward through the mud—it intended to bypass the surface barriers and sneak into the pyramid underground, but it hadn't expected that as soon as it dug through a passage, it would look up and see Cui Ming standing at the end of the passage. In that instant, Golza felt its heart and lungs stop—like an ordinary person playing a horror game, hiding in a closet trying to escape, only to open the door and bump into a ghost holding a knife! That fear, rising from its very bones, was even stronger than when it was hunted last time.

Cui Ming remained calm, even waving at it with a relaxed tone, as if greeting it: "Oh, we meet again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out the rocket launcher from his shoulder and fired it at Golza's head—"Boom!" The violent explosion instantly filled the underground passage, which was the source of the explosion that everyone had just heard.

Inside the underground passage, Golza was thrown back by the shockwave of the explosion, a piece of the scales on its head shattered, and dark green fluid flowed down its wound. Watching Cui Ming approach step by step, it didn't even have the strength to get up, its mind filled with only one thought: It's over, this time there's really no escape!
The rubble in the underground passage was still falling in a rustling sound. Golza, covered in dust, staggered out of the blasted hole. Although Cui Ming's rocket hadn't directly injured it, it had left it disoriented and almost too weak to dig.

Before it could even catch its breath, the sight before it froze instantly: TPC's ground forces had already formed an encirclement around the cave entrance, several anti-monster machine guns were aimed at its limbs, the Vulcan cannon of the Nix Assault Jagd was slowly rotating, the red light of the muzzle flickering in front of its eyes; in the distant sky, the Flying Swallow and the Snow Wind circled, missiles under their wings poised to fire, clearly waiting for it to "walk into their trap".

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Golza let out a low whimper, his eyes sweeping over the troops surrounding him. Suddenly, he slowly raised a thick claw, the fingertips slightly bent, as if making a "shh" gesture—his posture was like that of a child caught red-handed, with a pitiful yet laughable plea: Can we make peace?
It knew, of course, that this was wishful thinking—it should have realized during its last hunt that these humans and mechs had no intention of giving it a chance for "reconciliation." But given its current predicament, it couldn't think of any other way but to make a last-ditch effort.

Sure enough, the mechs within the encirclement made their move first—the Nix mech's shoulder-mounted missile launcher clicked open, its red targeting reticle locking onto the wound in its abdomen. Cui Ming's voice came through the loudspeaker, carrying an unyielding and oppressive tone: "Golza, don't try anything funny, you're not getting away this time!"

Golza's last shred of hope was shattered—reconciliation? Impossible!
Without the slightest hesitation, it abruptly changed direction, its powerful hind legs carving two deep furrows in the ground. Ignoring the pain from its wounds, it sprinted wildly towards the weakest point in the encirclement—the mountain forest! "Run!!!" It even forgot to use its sonic transmission, relying solely on instinct to roar, its mind filled with only one thought: escape! Even if it meant risking its life, it had to escape from here!
But this time the encirclement was tighter than the last—the Nix mech immediately activated its thrusters and chased after it, bullets from the Vulcan cannon grazing its scales; anti-monster mines of the ground forces were detonated remotely, and the blast debris blocked its path; the Flying Swallow swooped down from the air, and its laser cannon hit its hind leg joint, causing it to stagger and almost fall.

Golza gritted its teeth, enduring the pain as it continued running, only to find in despair that no matter which direction it fled, weapons and mechs blocked its path. This "escape route" was more than ten times more difficult than the last. It could even sense Cui Ming's presence slowly approaching—the "nightmare" that had caused its heart and lungs to stop was catching up again. (End of Chapter)