Entertainment: You're asked to make a graduation project, but you're asked to film Ultrama

After the second episode, "Our Wings," aired, the new GUYS team officially assembled, and Meteor Technology made a stunning debut.

The stunning scene of Mebius slaying Godon under the setting sun completely propelled the show's popularity to its peak.

Audiences have shown unprecedented enthusiasm for this new work that blends the classic Showa era worldview with modern tokusatsu production standards.

At 8 p.m. on Friday, as soon as the playback channels of major video platforms opened, countless tokusatsu fans flooded in and waited in front of their screens.

The screen lights up.

The title of the third episode slowly appeared in the center of the screen:

Only One Life

[It's live! It's live! Front row seats available!]

[This title sounds a bit harsh, doesn't it? Only one life?]

[Please don't cause any trouble, you old rascal! Everyone just got together in the last episode, can't we just have some fun this time?]

I wonder how much screen time Old Tang will have in this episode?

The scene doesn't immediately cut to a tense and exciting monster destruction scene as viewers expected.

Instead, it showcased the slightly detached and reluctant side of the new GUYS members in their daily lives.

After all, just a week ago, they were all ordinary people with their own lives.

The camera first focuses on the beautiful environment of Meishan Kindergarten.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on the sandpit. Kinoko, wearing her familiar preschool apron, was surrounded by a group of innocent and carefree children, her face filled with reluctance.

Her eyes were filled with affection for her profession and love for these children.

A little girl tugged at her clothes, looked up, and asked:

"Teacher, will you come back?"

Kinoko knelt down, gently stroking the girl's hair, and solemnly made a promise to the children:

"The teacher will definitely come back when GUYS is on vacation!"

The scene then shifts to the indoor heated swimming pool at GUYS' Asian headquarters.

The clear, azure pool water was instantly broken, splashing everywhere.

Marina Kazama, wearing a swimming cap and goggles, was swimming vigorously in the pool like a graceful mermaid.

She demonstrated her exceptional athletic talent and explosive power.

Meanwhile, on the poolside, Kinoshita, who had changed into GUYS's casual clothes, was holding a professional stopwatch and timing Marina's sprint.

However, as Kinoko gazed at the rippling pool, her eyes gradually lost focus.

The scene of saying goodbye to her friends at the kindergarten kept replaying in her mind.

Those innocent smiles and reluctant tugs of affection plunged her into deep memories, completely forgetting her current task.

"Splash!"

Marina slammed her hands against the wall, surfaced from the water, took off her goggles, and gasped for breath. She shouted to Kinoko, who was standing dumbfounded on the shore, "..."

"The beauty of wood, how long has it taken?"

Kinoko suddenly snapped out of her daze and came to her senses.

She hurriedly looked down at the timer in her hand, which she hadn't even pressed, and frantically pressed it twice.

But it was clearly too late; all she could do was bow repeatedly to Marina, her face full of apology.

"Excuse me……".

Just then, George the Dove, wearing a sports vest and with a towel draped around his neck, strode across the path beside the pool.

When Marina saw him, her competitive spirit was instantly ignited. She immediately leaned over the edge of the pool and shouted defiantly at his retreating figure:

"George, how about we settle this with a duel?"

But George seemed to be in a very bad mood; his brow was furrowed, and he was suppressing his emotions.

She paused briefly, then left without even turning her head, completely ignoring Marina's invitation.

The camera then followed George and cut to the gym at the base.

George, who was doing heavy bench presses, was breathing heavily with each press, and memories that made him extremely irritated were also resurfacing in his mind.

He recalled that not long ago, in that lonely and empty football stadium stands, he saw the glaring newspaper report about his forced retirement due to injuries and rumors.

George was furious. He crumpled the newspaper into a ball and slammed it to the ground.

Then his personal cell phone rang again; it was a call from those media reporters trying to dig up gossip and pester him relentlessly.

"You're really persistent!"

George gave the other party a firm and irritable rejection over the phone.

"I told you I wouldn't accept any interviews about this!"

"goodbye!".

Everyone has their own unresolved issues and a past they find hard to let go of.

[Kino can't let go of her beloved children, George can't let go of his prized football, and Marina certainly can't let go of her motorcycle championship.]

Although they ended up wearing these uniforms and joining GUYS by chance, they are still ordinary people with flesh and blood at heart.

The attention to detail is excellent. In the early stages of the defense force's formation, everyone experienced confusion and needed a period of growth.

The scene then shifts again, this time to a luxurious villa outside the base.

Tang Zheping's mother paced back and forth in the luxurious living room, her face full of anxiety and unease.

As the matriarch of a family of doctors, she placed extremely high hopes on her only son.

"Xiaomeng, Xiaomeng, where did Zheping go?"

She turned to the maid in the house and asked her.

The maid bowed her head respectfully and answered:

"Madam, it seems the young master hasn't returned from school yet."

Zheping's mother glanced at the clock on the wall, sighed worriedly, and frowned.

"It's so late, haven't they come back yet?"

"Has something happened?"

Meanwhile, in the operations room of GUYS Phoenix Nest base.

"Achoo!"

Tang Zheping, who had already changed into a smart uniform, suddenly sneezed loudly. He rubbed his nose, as if he had somehow sensed his mother's controlling nagging at home.

Tang Zheping was sitting in front of the main computer screen, staring intently at the screen.

On the large screen in front of him, a high-definition battle video of Ultraman Mebius drawing his lightsaber to slay the underground monster Gudon under the setting sun was playing on a loop.

Aihara Ryu walked over with a cup of hot coffee, and seeing Teppei's obsessive expression, he casually pressed a button on the control panel to turn off the large screen, muttering with a mix of helplessness and exasperation:

"You've been watching it over and over again since this morning, haven't you gotten tired of it yet?"

The screen went black, and Zheping turned his head back, still wanting more.

He looked at Aihara Ryu with a serious expression and raised an academic question that had troubled him for a long time:

"I'm really interested in that color timer."

He pointed to the spot on the screen where Ultraman's chest had been, his tone full of curiosity:

Why would that thing exist?

[Old Tang is definitely playing himself!]

Isn't this exactly how we watch tokusatsu dramas, obsessively scrutinizing every detail for a particular setting?

[Old Tang: I'm not acting, I'm just watching my idol! I could watch this video all day!]

"You're getting paid to be a fan, aren't you? Believe me or not, I'll dock your pay!"

[However, Teppei's question is definitely spot on: why does Ultraman have to have a light on his chest?]

Just as Teppei was deep in thought, preparing to launch into a lengthy discussion, the alarm suddenly and without warning echoed through the operations room, instantly shattering the daily tranquility.

An urgent notification came through the communicator from headquarters.

Misaki Yuki from headquarters issued the following order:

"I'll relay the instructions from headquarters!"

"The GUYS space station has captured a massive black shadow, approximately sixty meters tall, near the crater of the Great Bear Volcano in the former Neon Island region of Asia, which erupted without warning!"

"Please investigate immediately!"

"GIG!"

Everyone answered the command in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized.

As the launch silo hatch at the base slowly opened.

"Phoenix, take off!"

Accompanied by a classic and rousing attack BGM, the Phoenix fighter jet, painted with a dazzling fire emblem and trailing a dark blue tail flame, quickly took off.

Cutting through the clouds, it sped towards the Great Bear Volcano on Neon Island.

It's worth mentioning that the filming here was done authentically, by the Light Chaser team in the neon-lit area.

The scene shifts to the foot of Mount Oobuchi.

The volcano, which had been dormant for many years, was now emitting a deep rumble, spewing thick smoke and hot volcanic ash from its crater. The air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur, exuding an extremely dangerous atmosphere.

In front of the erupting volcano, the camera slowly zooms in, revealing a strange figure that appears and disappears amidst the thick smoke.

She was the white-clad woman who mysteriously disappeared after causing the streetlight explosion in the first episode.

She stood high on a cliff, her white skirt fluttering in the hot wind.

She gazed at the human fighter jets hurtling towards her from above with a cold, condescending look devoid of any human emotion.

The woman's eyes seemed to reveal a kind of fanatical expectation, and a chilling, eerie smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

"They're here...they're here..."

She murmured softly.

These few words instantly amplified the sense of horror in the entire scene.

Then, the dark red spatial rift reappeared behind her, and her figure twisted like a ghost before disappearing completely into the air.

This strongly suggests that the strange changes at Mount Ooku and the monster that is about to appear are definitely inextricably linked to this mysterious woman.

[Holy crap! That woman's back again! She's like a persistent ghost!]

[Such an abstract makeup look.]

[She's definitely the mastermind behind this; she must have awakened the monster!]

The main villain is playing a very long game; Mebius's journey on Earth is destined to be anything but peaceful.

At this point, Phoenix had successfully landed in a safe area near Big Bear Volcano.

To improve search efficiency, Mirai and Marina were grouped together. The two carried detection equipment and began to conduct a ground survey deep into the dense forest area along the direction of the volcano.

The forest was eerily quiet, not even a bird could be heard, exuding an indescribable stillness and oppression.

As he walked, Wei Lai suddenly stopped, his sharp gaze locking onto a patch of bushes ahead.

"What's wrong?"

Marina, who was walking ahead, sensed something was amiss in the future and turned around to ask.

"Come and see."

Future strode forward and pointed to the plants on the ground.

"It's withered. This is really strange."

As the group approached for a closer look, they couldn't help but frown.

Sure enough, the plants, which should have been lush and vibrant, now had an eerie burnt yellow color.

Furthermore, a large number of trees withered and died within a short period of time, and even the trunks became shriveled.

The two dared not be careless and immediately turned on the cameras on their helmets, transmitting the abnormal scene in real time to Zheping, who was in charge of rear data support in the operations room.

Inside the operations room, Teppei stared intently at the high-definition image on the screen, adjusted his glasses, frowned, and his mind raced, considering all possible causes.

"Of course it's strange, that's why I sent you the video. Can you figure out why?"

"Marina said urgently into the communicator."

Zheping looked at the soil and vegetation data analyzed on the computer, shook his head, and said in a serious tone:

"When it withers, it usually covers a large area."

"It's not quite normal that only this area has withered."

Before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!

"Was there an earthquake?"

Marina suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet begin to shake violently. The tremor was so strong that she almost lost her balance and could only hold onto a large tree next to her.

But Aihara Ryu, who was in charge of guarding another area, spoke into the communicator, completely bewildered:

"Dragon, we didn't feel any tremors here."

The ground trembled more and more violently, and large areas of rock strata near the Great Bear Volcano began to collapse, with rocks rolling down. At first, everyone thought it was just bad luck that they had encountered a natural eruption of the volcano.

But soon, with the terrifying, piercing scream emanating from the crack in the mountain, they realized that something was seriously wrong.

"Could it be...?"

Future's pupils contracted sharply as his intuition as a warrior of the Land of Light sensed the massive and malevolent aura emanating from the underground.

"Run!"

Mirai shouted and shoved Marina aside, sending her running in the opposite direction to safety.

Amidst billowing dust and violent tremors, the mountainside completely cracked open to both sides.

A terrifying bird with an extremely large body, huge wings, strange sac-like structures on its cheeks, and a beak as sharp as a blade.

With a deafening roar, it was forced out of the mountain and appeared arrogantly in front of the crater!

The immense sense of oppression even made the surrounding air scorching hot.

Inside the base, Assistant Officer Toriyama looked at the enormous, menacing creature that appeared on the screen, his face turning green with fright. He appeared extremely aggrieved and anxious, waving his hands frantically in the air.

"How could this be? Another monster has appeared!"

Toriyama's aide wailed, clutching his head, his face filled with utter despair.

Instead of offering comfort, the male secretary named "Maru" added fuel to the fire by saying:

"The era of frequent monster appearances, which ended fifty years ago, has returned."

This immediately drew an angry rebuke from Toriyama's aide:

"Can't you say something auspicious?"

In contrast, Captain Sakami remained absolutely calm. He turned to Kinoko, who was in charge of the database, and gave her an order:

"Compare the data with the headquarters' archives!"

"Yes! Oh no, GIG!"

Kinoko hurriedly stood at attention in response and immediately sat down in front of the computer, rapidly typing on the keyboard.

A moment later, looking at the yellowed historical documents displayed on the screen, she reported to her supervisor:

"Records of the same race have been found in the ZAT archives!"

"The registration code is... the volcanic monster bird, Patton!"

When the word "Patton" echoed in the operations room.

Tang Zheping, who had been relatively calm, suddenly jumped up from his chair as if he had been electrocuted.

"Is that Patton?!"

Tang Zheping's voice was filled with surprise.

His teammates were startled by his sudden and intense reaction.

"Wha...what's wrong?"

Kinoko stopped typing and asked, puzzled.

Zheping swallowed hard, staring intently at the swaggering, strange bird on the screen, and blurted out:

"Barton... is the monster that took the lives of the Ultra Warriors!"

These words shocked the entire audience.

Kinoko's eyes widened in surprise, and she covered her mouth with both hands, her face filled with disbelief.

"Have Ultra Warriors... ever died?!"

At this moment, an atmosphere of despair spread through everyone's hearts.

[It's Patton!!!]

[The carnivorous bird of prey! The volcanic monster bird Patton has arrived!]

[This is the legendary invincible behemoth that single-handedly defeated both Taro and Zoffy!]

[Captain Yantou's nightmare has begun!]

The root of all evil has arrived!

[Abstract, Xiaomeng, a newbie who just left the beginner village, encounters such a hellishly difficult monster in the third episode?!]

[Hey, will those veterans come to help?!]

However, Aihara Ryu, who was piloting a fighter jet on the front lines, listened to Teppei and the others' conversation through the memory display on his wrist, but he didn't seem to care.

"Really? It's a monster that killed an Ultraman?"

Long raised an eyebrow, his tone revealing the pride and arrogance of a human defense force.

"What do we do now?"

"We'll take it down!"

He immediately issued instructions over the communication channel:

"Get back to the Wing!"

"Maria, you guys get back to the fighter jets too!"

"But who knows where he'll go in the future!"

Marina looked around anxiously on the ground, only to find that Mirai, who had just been beside her, had vanished without a trace.

"That idiot!"

Long gritted his teeth and cursed, thinking that in the future he would once again risk his life to save people, just like last time.

At this moment, at the foot of the volcano, Mirai stands alone behind a huge rock.

He gazed at the strange bird that had left a terrifying mark on the history of the Land of Light and took a deep breath.

Even though he had a slight fear of the legendary monster that could kill his brothers, his sense of responsibility as an Ultra Warrior and his vow to protect the Earth made it impossible for him to back down.

His gaze was resolute. He raised his left wrist high, and the golden infinity ring on Mebius's aura began to spin rapidly, shining brightly!

Accompanied by a dazzling golden Möbius halo, Ultraman Mebius suddenly descended onto the battlefield, standing in front of the monster bird Barton!

"The Ultra Warriors have appeared again!"

The team members on the front line gasped in surprise.

Aihara Ryu looked at the giant on the screen and snorted unhappily.

A fierce battle erupted instantly.

Like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, Mebius took the initiative, charging towards Barton with great strides, attempting to take the initiative using the fighting techniques he learned in the Land of Light.

But Barton, a ferocious monster who had fought countless battles, reacted extremely quickly. It spread its enormous wings and swung them sharply inward.

All that could be heard was the howling wind, and the powerful hurricane generated by the intense friction between the wings and the air swept across the entire area like a knife cutting through it.

The wind made it difficult for Mebius to get close for a while; the immense wind pressure made it hard for him to move and he couldn't get even an inch closer.

Moreover, the flames spewed out by Barton forced Mebius to retreat repeatedly.

Faced with a disadvantage, Mebius quickly adjusted his posture in the storm, attempting to change his strategy and fly into the air to launch an attack.

However, Patton's beast-like combat instincts seemed to have already seen through the young warrior's next move.

Just as Mebius approached, Barton leaped up with a terrifying speed, thrusting his thick neck forward!

"Pfft!"

The enormous beak, as hard as steel and with incredibly sharp edges, pierced Mebius's waist and leg joint at a tricky angle!

"Ugh—!"

Mebius crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

He let out a muffled groan of extreme pain, his massive body instantly hunching over from the agony.

At the same time, a chilling scene unfolded.

The color timer on Mebius's chest, which was originally flashing a bright blue light, turned into a rapidly flashing red warning light almost instantly upon being attacked!

"Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!"

The urgent alarm, like a countdown to death, echoed throughout the valley shrouded in volcanic ash.

Toriyama, the assistant officer watching from the GUYS base, hurriedly stood up. Looking at Ultraman on the screen, who was instantly in dire straits, he shouted:

"What...what happened?!"

Inside the operations room, Zheping, who had been staring intently at the various data indicators on the screen, suddenly realized something when his gaze fell on the strange organ at the corner of Patton's mouth.

"Oh, I see...that's a poison sac next to the mouth!"

Zheping pointed at the screen, his voice urgent and terrified.

"It's filled with deadly poison!"

Is it highly poisonous?

Everyone was shocked.

"Yes! That might be the reason for the unusual withering in that area!"

Zheping finally solved the mystery of why the forest plants died suddenly.

He looked at Mebius on the screen, who was trembling and struggling in pain due to the poison taking effect, and his eyes became extremely solemn.

As a medical student, he came to a conclusion that defied common sense and sent chills down one's spine.

"Wait... you became weak after the toxins were injected into your body..."

Zheping muttered to himself.

"In other words, Ultra Warriors are living beings!"

Toriyama, the assistant officer, couldn't believe this claim that shattered Ultraman's divine aura and waved his hands repeatedly in rebuttal:

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

But Zheping ignored him. He stared at the giant of light on the screen, its life force rapidly draining away with the flashing red light, and spoke with deep shock and awe, enunciating each word clearly:

"In other words... Ultra Warriors are definitely not immortal."

Accompanied by oppressive and tense background music and the deafening sound of the color timer alarm, the atmosphere of the entire series became increasingly heavy, making it hard to breathe.

In the scene, Mebius, who is poisoned, can hardly stand up. He even loses the strength to raise his hand to fight back. The terrible poison quickly drains him of his strength.

Under the cover fire of GUYS fighters in the sky, Mebius, clinging to his last breath, knelt on the ground and fired a beam of light at Patton, but Patton easily dodged it.

"The Ultra Warriors couldn't defeat the monster!"

An anxious and desperate voice came from inside the base.

Patton seemed to have also noticed how annoying the human fighter jets were, and seeing that the venom had already been injected, he stopped bothering with them.

It flapped its wings suddenly, soared into the sky, and quickly escaped the battlefield.

At this moment, Mebius, who was severely poisoned, had also reached his energy limit.

With the last few flashes of red lights, the giant that once symbolized hope became ethereal and transparent, then transformed into specks of light and vanished into the ravaged land.