RBCT Chapter 47 Quickly find the monster Magnia's weakness!
Chapter 47 Quickly find the monster Magnia's weakness!
Jinghai City, Chasing Light Studio.
"Brother Nan, isn't the filter on this set of shots a bit too eerie?"
Wang Kai rubbed his sore neck and asked, "The parents' group chat for our show had just calmed down a bit, but after this episode airs, I'm afraid they'll call the police and say we're making a horror movie."
Gu Nan didn't turn his head, his voice firm: "The essence of tokusatsu is its versatility. This episode is just playing with 'Chinese horror' plus 'Cthulhu parasites.' The more oppressive it is, the brighter the final light will be."
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Wang Kai pressed the Enter key. "Episode 22, 'The Fog is Coming,' is complete."
"hair."
Gu Nan only has one word.
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Friday night at 8 PM, Bilibili.
The update notification for "Ultraman Tiga" popped up on time.
Due to the tear-jerking effect of the previous episode of "Durban," the live stream room was already packed with waiting fans.
[First! I cried through a whole box of tissues during the Durban episode. If you throw another tearjerker in this episode, Nan-ge, I'm seriously going to follow the internet cable to find you!]
Why is the cover so black? Where's the monster?
[Stop arguing, the main feature is starting!]
As the screen went black, a line of text appeared:
Episode 22: The fog is coming.
The scene begins with a burning meteorite streaking across the night sky.
There was no earth-shattering explosion. After the meteorite fell deep into the mountains and forests, a strange, thick white mist quickly spread.
The camera cuts to the TPC Space Observatory.
The observatory was eerily quiet in the dead of night. Several uniformed staff members were on duty when suddenly, a faint "click" sound came from outside the window.
"Old Li, why don't you go take a look?"
The man called Old Li walked outside, puzzled.
The white mist seemed to have a life of its own, seeping in through the crack in the door and instantly enveloping him.
The screams stopped abruptly the next second.
The camera zoomed in on the back of a staff member's neck—a fleshy, blood-tinged, spherical object was firmly embedded in his skin, still twitching slightly.
The barrage of comments exploded instantly.
Holy crap! This art style is weird!
[Warning: This is a parasite!]
[Oh my god, I was eating meatballs and now I feel like throwing up...]
[Is the props team at Light Chaser Animation Studio some kind of devil, working on this sticky texture?]
Today, "Ultraman Tiga" has become a new traffic driver for Bilibili's film and television content creators. There are nearly 100 live streams of the premiere screenings. Of course, the most popular one is Lao Tang, who has repeatedly provided Gu Nan with divine assistance.
Many people have started calling Lao Tang the "Tiga Zone" streamer...
At this moment, even the sharp-tongued content creator in Lao Tang's live stream couldn't help but shrink back.
"Guys, something's off about this episode. Is Gu Nan planning to switch to making thrillers? This oppressive feeling in the enclosed space is too creepy."
The story continues.
Due to the loss of contact with the observation center, the GUTS team dispatched Daigo and Horii to investigate.
Horii remains the "intellectual backbone".
But viewers noticed that he looked particularly solemn in this episode.
"Daigo, this magnetic field fluctuation is very abnormal."
The two pilots entered the fog area, and the Flying Swallow suddenly went out of control and crashed.
"Another plane crash? Daigo, did the Celestial Master issue you that pilot's license?"
Old Tang made a comment, but quickly shut up.
After the fighter jet crashed, the two rode their motorcycle into an abandoned "ghost village".
An abandoned house, a television still on with static, and steaming food on the table—but not a single person in sight.
Just then, a young woman suddenly appeared behind the two of them and collapsed to the ground.
……
The timeline moves to the behind-the-scenes footage.
"Cut! Chen Bo, your hugging her was too stiff!" Gu Nan shouted through a megaphone.
Jiang Qianhe (originally known as Ezaki Qianhe in the drama), who plays the mysterious female scientist, blushed slightly. She is a newcomer actress who was recruited by Gu Nan to act in romantic scenes with Chen Bo.
Chen Bo scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Ah, no, Brother Nan, with my appearance... will the audience believe me in romantic scenes?"
Who says fat people can't have their day?
Gu Nan walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "The core of Horii's character is gentleness and focus. His madness when doing scientific research and his awkwardness when facing women are the biggest charms. You don't need to act handsome, you just need to act 'real'."
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Back to the main content.
After daybreak, Daigo and Horii rode their motorcycles to the space observation center, only to find an empty village.
Upon entering the village houses, Horii noticed that the taps were running, suggesting that someone had lived there, but the place was now empty.
At this moment, the thick fog rolled in again, and the woman from the beginning collapsed onto the two of them, shouting, "The fog is coming."
The woman was startled by Horii's appearance when she woke up, and Daigo's explanation helped to avoid any misunderstanding.
Just as the two men were about to help the woman, the villagers "returned".
Their movements were stiff, their eyes vacant, mechanically performing the actions they had taken in life.
"Is everyone... alright?"
Horii wanted to go up and say hello.
But they discovered that those people had no good intentions!
The camera zoomed in suddenly, and the villagers slowly turned their heads.
They were all carrying farm tools, as well as kitchen knives and other "weapons".
Each person had that disgusting, bloody tumor hanging around their neck.
Parasitic life form – Magnia.
[Thank you so much for this benefit for those with trypophobia!]
These villagers look like zombies! There's been a virus outbreak!
Good heavens, is this Resident Evil?!
In the video, a huge black shadow appears in the thick fog.
Monster Margaret has officially arrived!
The suit made for Wang Kai this time is considered a masterpiece.
The monster's body is composed of countless huge, pus-like protrusions. With each movement, those protrusions spray out white mist, which is its energy and also its bullets.
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the other side.
Despite locking the door, the fog still seeped in, forcing them to flee into the depths of the mountains. Along the way, they encountered a large number of unidentified flying creatures, who were the culprits behind the villagers' rampage.
Daigo and Horii speculate that these creatures originated from meteorites and are cosmic life forms.
The two decided to return to headquarters after dawn, but the woman insisted on going to the space observation center. In the end, Daigo returned to the base alone, while Horii took the woman there.
Good grief, they still dare to split their forces in this situation?
Horror movies are suicide, but tokusatsu movies... Ultraman Tiga, save me!
[What's there to be afraid of? Daigo is personally leading the charge. The ones to worry about are the monsters lurking in the fog!]
Good heavens, this is creating an opportunity for Horii and this female scientist!
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However, things didn't turn out as predicted by the comments.
Daigo actually got the short end of the stick!
On his way down the mountain, Daigo was attacked by Magnia flying objects and fell unconscious, floating on the stream...
Meanwhile, Horii made a significant discovery: he found the meteorite that had fallen into the deep mountains that night.
It turns out that after the mysterious creature attached itself to a human, it returned to the meteorite and extracted the human's energy into the creature's mother body. Through conversation with the woman, Horii deduced that these creatures were afraid of water.
This explains why Daigo wasn't possessed when he fell into the water.
This is precisely the classic protagonist of tokusatsu dramas who is insoluble in water.
Soon, the unidentified creature discovered Horii and his companion, and they began to flee up the mountain for their lives.
Coincidentally, while they were on the run, they arrived at the space observation center that the woman had always longed for, so the two of them hid inside.
The woman finally arrived at the place where her father had worked. Looking at the instruments in front of her, she saw that they were the things her father loved to tinker with. Her father had devoted his entire life to this place, and as his daughter, she really wanted to know what kind of job could keep her father so busy that he hadn't been home for years.
The researcher spends all his time looking at the stars and completely ignores his family.
"This is the last time I've come to this mountain. It might be ironic for my father. I think if I die here, he might be able to see me in heaven."
Horii learned from the woman that her name was Jiang Qianhe.
She is the daughter of Dr. Ezaki from the Space Observation Center.
It turns out she was the orphan of that space hero.
Horii also told her about Dr. Ezaki's heroic deeds...
"Your father is truly a very brave man!"
Seeing the predicament the two were in, Chizuru mentioned a novel she had once read.
"I once read a novel where a large group of people were locked inside a supermarket. A mysterious fog drifted in from outside, and then everyone was killed one by one by the monsters in the fog."
"This novel is disgusting."
Horii sighed.
The novel is titled Stephen King's "The Mist".
Soon, thick fog began to seep into the space observation center.
Seeing this, Horii and Chizuru began to flee again. During the escape, Horii was unfortunately possessed by a mysterious creature and suffered unbearable pain.
However, under Jiang Qianhe's worried yet encouraging gaze.
Horii exploded!
"Damn it! Don't look down on humans!!!"
The fat guy who was usually the one who made everyone laugh now had eyes as sharp as a knife.
"I will not allow this thing to destroy human civilization!"
He... tore it off?!
[666, instantly unlocked the immortal realm!]
Removing a tumor with bare hands? I'll eat it if you don't dare!
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Meanwhile, Lina and Munakata, piloting the Pipa Tank, are attacking the monster Magnia.
"Tiga!!"
Accompanied by familiar sound effects, a burst of light erupted.
Daigo transforms into Ultraman Tiga, and the battle instantly reaches its climax.
The battle scenes remain the classic Tiga opening with the switch to the red powerful form.
Daigo's reputation as a happy-go-lucky guy is well-deserved!
This time, he was facing a monster covered in pustules and incredibly slippery.
"just!"
Tiga's punch landed heavily on the monster's chest, but it felt like hitting a marshmallow.
The pustules on the monster's body suddenly burst, spewing out a toxic gas.
Compared to the original Magnia, this one has a more "biological feel".
Of course, losing sanity is a real loss...
Tiga staggered backward and knelt on one knee.
"Margaret wants to drain Ultraman Tiga's energy!"
Jiang Qianhe shouted anxiously from the ground.
[Hang in there, Ultraman Tiga!]
[This monster is disgusting; its physical defense is incredibly high?]
Look at Ultraman Tiga's feet!
The monster not only attacked Tiga, but also continuously drained the life force from the villagers who were being parasitized.
It was an extremely cruel scene: the villagers' bodies began to shrivel, while the monster's body was rapidly expanding.
"No! If this continues, we'll all die!"
At this moment, the Victory Swallow flying in from the sky once again proved its worth.
When Horii discovered on the ground that the meteorite that was providing power to the monster was glowing while the monster was absorbing energy, he immediately synchronized it with Shinjo.
Shinjo arrived just in time, piloting the Victory Flying Swallow, and destroyed the glowing meteorite in one fell swoop.
Magnia lost its power source, and Tiga then used a Delasium Beam to completely destroy the monster.
"boom--!!!"
An explosion from the inside out.
Its enormous body crumbled into countless fragments like a burst balloon.
The fog has dissipated.
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The battle is over.
As the setting sun shone again on the village, the villagers who had lost their parasites slowly collapsed and fell into a deep sleep, but their lives were saved.
Jiang Qianhe looked at Horii standing in the sunlight, pursed her lips, and handed him a handkerchief.
"Thank you for your previous assessment of my father."
"You're just like your father, both very strong!"
"Actually... you looked pretty handsome just now."
Horii was stunned, his face covered in sweat and dirt, and he chuckled foolishly: "That's right, I'm the brains of the GUTS team."
"I just remembered the ending of the novel I told you about before."
"Oh? The world was destroyed by the mist?"
"No, it's the male and female protagonists sailing towards the horizon...and then, they fell in love..."
Jiang Qianhe left those words behind and, taking advantage of Horii's inattention, kissed him on the cheek.
Then, he quickly turned around and ran away.
Daigo walked over and bumped Horii's shoulder: "Well done, Horii, are you sure you'll be finding a partner soon?"
Horii blushed and said, "Go away, what kind of joke is this at a time like this?"
The new city behind them was completely stunned...
In the last episode, he was arguing with Horii about who was more handsome...
This time, I've become the clown...
The camera zooms out, and to the accompaniment of soothing background music, the two walk further and further away.
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【Finish】
The number of comments reached its peak the moment the video ended.
[In this episode, Horii becomes a legend!]
[Who dares say Horii is just there to fill a spot? Men with brains like that are truly captivating!]
Director Gu's portrayal of the eeriness of a traditional Chinese village was spot-on; it was truly terrifying!
[Miss Chizuru is so pretty! I hope she's a regular character. Let's give Horii a home!]
Old Tang breathed a sigh of relief in the live stream room and gave a thumbs up to the camera.
"Everyone, this is why I keep praising Ultraman Tiga. It's not a one-man show; it's an ensemble piece. In this episode, Tiga is just the final executor, while the real hero is the ordinary human being who searches for the truth in dire straits—Horie."
"Gu Nan tells us in this episode: Light is not only power, but also wisdom, and humanity's indomitable thirst for knowledge."
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