Across countless worlds: Yearning to become a giant of light.

Chapter 40: The Last Three Seconds of Specium Cannon
The Chaos Beetle Monster, having lost a wing, tilted its body during flight, which also reduced the thrust on Chen Lin by more than half!
"snort--!"

Chen Lin immediately pulled out one hand and fired a light bullet at the other wing of the Chaos Beetle Monster...

No, it's a fireball filled with dark power!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle...!
The black fireball struck the other side of the Chaos Beetle Monster's back, destroying its shell and cicada wings along with it!
The Chaos Beetle Monster finally let out a scream, and at the same time, the sharp mouthparts that had pierced Chaos's body retracted.

[Yes! That's it... Use my power!]
The dark forces laughed wildly in Chen Lin's mind.

"I was clearly going to use the Ultra Light Bullet..."

Chen Lin stared in astonishment at his palm.

But now he could not hesitate for even a moment, so he exerted force with both hands and slammed the monster in his hands onto the mountainside in front of him.

Unfortunately, Chen Lin, focused on the battle, did not notice the mysterious man's presence (or malice), otherwise he would have definitely thrown the object towards the mountaintop where the mysterious man was located.

"As expected, they are lackeys of the dark forces! You ignorant mortals are all blind!"

The mysterious man on the mountaintop was already red-faced, and he pointed at the Victory Swallow II, which was helping the mechanical giant attack the monster, and the TPC police soldiers who were assisting in the battle in the forest, cursing loudly.

After throwing the monster out, Chen Lin suddenly felt his body movements become incredibly slow and heavy. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground after taking only two steps.

[00:00:12]
"Ten seconds..."

Chen Lin was shocked. It had taken so much time just to fight the Chaos Beetle Monster!

A thin black mist began to appear at the edges of my vision, gradually approaching the center. At the same time, the sounds of the colored timer on my chest became almost continuous, and the red flashes grew dimmer, as if they were about to go out at any moment.

Seeing this, even if they didn't know anything about the color timer's settings, Munakata and the others could clearly recognize that this thing was closely related to the Titan's physical condition.

"The giant looks so weak..."

Lina, who was already very sentimental, felt extremely sorry for the giant who had fought to the point of exhaustion to protect humanity.

"weak?"

Upon hearing this word, Horii looked at Lina with a completely bewildered expression.

If the giant is truly 'weak,' then what about the data in front of me?!
At this moment, in the scan image from Victory Swallow II, the energy core reaction in the mechanical giant's chest had covered most of its body, and the count had become a value exceeding the detection limit, such as '-000000'!
However, despite the giant's energy levels rising rapidly, its fighting condition is becoming increasingly weak.

This is absolutely bizarre!
However, given the current situation, it wasn't appropriate for Horii to explain, so he didn't explain to Rena.

"No... I can't go berserk here..."

Chen Lin clenched his fists, wanting to gather energy to kill the Chaos Beetle monster that was slowly rising in the distance, but as soon as he raised his hands, he discovered that the energy gathered by the M87 Beam's starting stance was actually black and red!
It is an outright dark force!

Once this move is unleashed, those last few seconds will vanish instantly!
"What should I do... what should I do... Zoffy... tell me..."

Chen Lin froze, his mind racing as he stretched the final ten-second countdown into an endless loop.

But he didn't know what to do.

Why not just use the power of darkness?
'Shut up!'

Just as his vision was about to be completely swallowed by the power of darkness, a familiar voice suddenly rang in Chen Lin's mind.

"Go, Giants!"

……who is it?
Even though he couldn't see anything, Chen Lin turned around and suddenly saw a tiny point of light.

Then came the second and the third!
The fourth, the fifth, the sixth...!
More and more points of light appeared, and various voices, some familiar and some unfamiliar, repeated the same phrase—Giant! Keep going!
It's Rikka Takarada and the others!
"Rikka Takarada...? Are you cheering me on?"

With Rikka Takarada leading the way, the other girls also began to cheer for the Titans who had protected them, and even a few soldiers from the TPC Police Department temporarily put aside their reservations and joined in. At the same time, Chen Lin also noticed that the alien beast cells that had been constantly stirring in the dark power had become still, and the fear surrounding his senses had become extremely weak.

Instead, there are tiny particles of light.

Following the calls of Rikka and the others, it slowly drifted into his chest, dispelling the darkness before him.

[This, this is... ah, the light of humanity that even made that emperor take notice?]
The power of darkness let out a sigh.

Although it did not retreat because of this, it also did not react negatively to these invisible 'light'.

"—!"

The next moment, consciousness returned to reality.

Not only did Chen Lin's vision return to normal, but the Ultraman cards in the database also became usable.

But time...

[00:00:03]
Only three seconds left!
"Drink it all!!!"

Without a second thought, Chen Lin charged toward the Chaos Beetle Monster and grabbed its horns once more.

Ultraman Card Loading - Gorean!

Spacium Cannon!

The super beam of light released from its entire body instantly covered the Chaos Beetle Monster's body, and even the Chaos Virus that tried to escape was annihilated under the baptism of the light torrent, and the information stored within it was completely lost!

3...2...1...

Just as the countdown reached zero, Chen Lin decisively shut down his own functions, locking the dark power firmly under the color timer, and then his body collapsed.

Its entire body was shrouded in residual high-energy smoke, as if it had been baptized by some kind of energy attack, turning it pitch black.

"giant……"

Seeing Chaos in such a miserable state, even those who harbored resentment couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

He became like this to protect us...

A short while later, the safety system inside the Chaos bracelet activated.

A mysterious red halo slowly rose from beneath the giant's feet, gradually transferring his body into the stagnant alternate dimension.

"The giant's body... is slowly disappearing...?"

The people aboard Victory Flying Swallow II stared wide-eyed at this unusual sight.

"Chen Lin..."

Seeing the giant's body gradually disappear, Rikka Takarada was not relieved, but worried about Chen Lin's physical condition.

Where is he now?

Has he fallen into a coma like when we first met?

Meanwhile, the mysterious man had long since disappeared from the distant mountaintop.

In fact, when he saw the giant roused by the girls' encouragement, he already felt disgusted and nauseous, and didn't want to watch anymore, so he decisively turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)