Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 550 Future

"Boom!"

This was the first time Xia Chuan had ever seen the entire scene of a planet collapsing.

The ocean was whipped up by the lunar anomaly, with the sea level in the western hemisphere even rising above the mountains. The Earth's core was also violently shaking under immense pressure, and pillars of fire erupted from volcanoes everywhere. Mount Fuji, the closest volcano, only lasted for a second before exploding with a deafening roar, and the crater continued to expand.

What was originally a crisis facing only humanity has suddenly spread to the entire planet.

Life was gloomy, and even the sunlight was gradually obscured by thick clouds. Only the rapidly descending Divine Mirror shone brighter, as if it had become a new sun.

"Just one step away!"

The gray-robed phantom of the leader flew out from the monster's remains, unwilling to be bathed in the divine mirror's radiance, his gaze towards Xia Chuan a mixture of pain and expectation.

"As the final winner of this competition, you can have one wish granted, and it's not impossible for you to truly break free from the Divine Mirror and become a new life form..."

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan quietly watched as Mount Fuji spewed out massive amounts of lava and volcanic ash that blotted out the sky.

Time moved both slowly and swiftly, as if someone had sped up the clock, and what should have been a long apocalyptic scene was greatly compressed.

Amid the howling of the hurricane, cries of pain could be heard continuously.

Not only humans, but the Earth itself seems to be crying.

"Is this the price of great power?"

The Xia Chuan Giant turned towards the Divine Mirror.

He had seen battles where wishes could be granted before, from the battles of undead creatures in the past, to the battle of the Mirror Knights in "Ryuki," to the Golden Fruit in "Gaim," and now there is the Desire Grand Prix in "Kuroko's Rumble."

Those competitions may have come at a price, but none were as brutal as this one.

Is the magic mirror really only for granting wishes?

He hasn't even stated his specific wishes yet.

"What are you still hesitating for?" the gray-robed man urged. "Didn't you say you're human? As long as you make a wish, whether you want to be human or Ultraman, it can become a reality!"

"Kaminaga..."

The atmosphere inside the Magic Gem World was quiet. Everyone silently looked up, staring directly at the projection in the sky. Even Kaito, who was usually a loner, couldn't help but squeeze into the scene.

If Earth in this world is destroyed, no one knows what will happen to the copy world.

It may completely merge into the divine mirror, or it may vanish into thin air along with the earth.

"The dungeon world is darkening!"

Sakurai Keikazu suddenly exclaimed.

The other Earths that originally surrounded this world gradually faded away. Perhaps because they were interconnected, some of the monsters and humans around them also began to disappear one by one.

"Not just in the real world, but also in dungeons!"

"It's over!"

There is no doubt that no one can escape this crisis.

Even the world of Magic Gems might not survive.

Even if we manage to survive here, what's the point of a few people living if the whole world is destroyed?

They will only suffer more pain and despair than the dead.

"This challenge was a mistake from the start."

Tail-up Takumi's face was even whiter.

What good would it do if he resurrected his parents even if the world were destroyed?

It's just dying again.

Among the crowd, Quwen Jiedou stared silently at the blurred fingers.

The "Armored" dungeon is also heading towards destruction, and as the lifeblood of the dungeon, he seems unable to escape this calamity.

I wonder how those guys, like Kouta Kuzuha, are doing now.

In the final moments of life, one always feels that one should die at the hands of an opponent, rather than disappearing inexplicably like this.

"call!"

All eyes were focused on the silver giant amidst the circular ruins on the flat ground of this world.

Even the grey-robed man, who was an enemy, had a burning gaze.

"At least let me see the true power of the Divine Mirror! The great power my race seeks..."

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan suddenly reached out and grabbed the gray-robed man's head, lifting it up to his face like he was pinching an insect. Before the gray-robed man could continue speaking, he flung it toward the volcano.

He had a premonition of danger about the other person.

Although I don't know what they're planning, it's definitely not a good thing.

"What are you doing?" The gray-robed man exclaimed in shock and anger, activating his flight shield to stop his momentum before turning back with a grim expression.

The divine mirror shrank and flew into Xia Chuan's outstretched giant palm, leaving only a phantom image that grew larger and larger, until it was about to devour the entire planet.

The ground, Tokyo, devastated.

Only a few survivors remained in the port area far from the battlefield in the valley, but unfortunately, the outcome was already predetermined at the moment of the apocalypse, and those who survived would only face a deeper abyss of despair.

"Hang in there, I'll save you right away!"

Blood streamed down Gu Men's forehead, yet he still clung tightly to the arm of a middle-aged man at the broken section of the building floor, desperately trying to wrap himself up and hook onto the rope. But the man seemed to have no intention of living at all.

"My wife and daughter are all dead!" The man cried, tears streaming down his face. "Everything is gone, not just Tokyo, but the whole world..."

"Don't give up!" Komon shouted, interrupting the man's sobs. "Anything is possible in the future. As long as you're alive, there's a future!"

An amusement park buried under soil and rocks.

The volcanic eruption continued to produce deafening roars.

The frog Gurongi was trapped under a large piece of debris, steel bars piercing its abdomen, and blood flowing in a dark red stream. It watched the child it had saved flee in panic, its smile a mixture of relief and bitterness.

"If there is a next life, I want to be a real human being."

Is there really an afterlife?

An ant soldier removed his helmet above the ruins, revealing a face that bore an uncanny resemblance to the old man's. He seemed to have given up on escaping and simply accompanied the frog Gurongi to quietly watch the fiery clouds on the horizon.

"When a person dies, everything is gone; they only have one life."

"So we absolutely cannot give up!" Komon screamed hoarsely amidst the falling debris. "At least someone has to remember your wife and daughter! Remember their past!"

"Whoosh!"

"stop!"

A terrified scream came from the projection of the divine mirror.

The ever-expanding phantom of the divine mirror suddenly stopped, and cracks began to spread across its surface.

"Click click click!"

"How dare you?"

The gray-robed man roared as he stared at Xia Chuan, clenching his giant fist. Every cracking sound seemed to resonate in his heart.

"You will perish along with the Mirror of Destruction!"

"What if we perish together?"

Feeling the immense resistance coming from his palm, Xia Chuan mobilized all his energy, and beams of golden light burst forth from between his fingers.

He vaguely guessed the gray-robed man's plan.

Great power may be real, but it is certainly not the ability to fulfill any wish.

The other party may be trying to summon or manifest something through the divine mirror.

However, speculation is just speculation, and making a choice is not easy.

Xia Chuan's telekinetic senses swept across the port ruins, lingering briefly on Komon.

The Mirror of Destruction may not actually be destroyed, but as a derivative, it will certainly not be able to continue to exist.

I never expected him to make this choice when he was becoming more rational.

It was Shinji Kaminaga and Lipia's choice, but it was also his own choice.

No one is unafraid of death unless there is something more important to protect.

He's at least considered Ultraman.

He wasn't a hero before, but it's not impossible for him to be one last time.

"Whoosh!"

Xia Chuan turned around, and the giant's eyes seemed to meet the gazes of everyone in the Magic Gem World across time and space. He nodded slightly, and suddenly his body shrank into a ball of white light under the illusory shadow of the collapsing Divine Mirror, leaving a trail of colorful light as he flew towards the port.

Once you've made a choice, you won't regret it.

However, we should still keep some backup plans in place.

With the divine mirror ritual forcibly interrupted, this world will restart and revert to the correct timeline. However, if even his clone is reverted, he will truly have no hope left.

Through the copy of Light, he may have learned about one of the nodes.

The initial Knight dungeon was created by a parallel universe counterpart.

"It's snowing!"

In the world of Magic Gem, Hiroko Asami reaches out and catches a snowflake falling from the void.

Not only in the Magic Gem World, but also on Earth, which had suddenly fallen silent, and in various Knight dungeons, snow fell, covering almost every corner of the space.

Time's Snow.

After losing its physical form, the divine mirror transformed into another form.

(End of this chapter)