In this situation, they still wanted to follow the tunnels to find Gudon? It would be impressive enough if they could find their way back.
Mamoru Shirogane frowned after listening for a while. "So all that effort was wasted, and you found nothing?"
Qi Ming waved a hand. "Not exactly. Burrowing around underground was quite a novel experience for me too. Besides, I think I dug into a 'Dragon Vein.'"
To Qi Ming, aside from having no time limit, Golza was inferior in every way to the equally C-rank Tiga, making it rather underwhelming.
It was his first time transforming into Golza, and it had not cost him any star-given blessing. A free underground excursion was not bad at all.
Mamoru Shirogane asked curiously, "What is a Dragon Vein?"
Qi Ming said, "A vein of earth nourished by dragon energy can also be considered a Dragon Vein."
He said that the underground world should have been oppressive and desolate, yet when he entered one stretch of tunnel, he felt it was "brimming with life." The branches scattered there were still fresh.
He had also seen several human corpses. They had not decayed into dry bones; instead, they had grown Bird Feather Dragon Scales.
From a "scientific" perspective, microorganisms were nourishing the bodies and preserving them from decay. Over time, they had caused the corpses to mutate.
From a feng shui perspective, that place was auspicious Dragon Vein land. Those buried there could "ascend in feathered form" and bless their descendants.
Such a Dragon Vein, which made living creatures feel utterly at ease and could sustain vitality, was favored by the Four Spirits. In this "exceptionally bustling" underground world, it had surely already been claimed.
So Qi Ming had immediately chosen to withdraw, lest the monster occupying the Dragon Vein misunderstand his intentions.
At this point, Qi Ming jokingly said that if he died in battle someday, they should bury him there so he could "enjoy" the feng shui treasure land that countless people sought their entire lives without ever obtaining.
"Don't say such inauspicious things." Mamoru Shirogane thought for a moment. "So dragons really exist in this world?"
Qi Ming said, "Didn't you fight Cosmic Dragon Nars before?"
Mamoru Shirogane said, "That was a mechanical weapon brought by aliens. It merely had the shape of a dragon."
Qi Ming said, "There should be quite a few living dragons as well."
This was a world that fused all Ultraman works together. The Sea Dragon from Seven OV, the Watcher of Summer from Ultraman Max... they might exist.
But the most famous dragon should be the Earth Emperor Great Monster—Ren Dragon.
By now, dawn had broken. As Qi Ming looked at the first ray of sunlight rising beyond the horizon, a thought arose in his mind.
In the original Gaia series, Ren Dragon was a "god who safeguarded the order of the earth," capable of summoning every Earth monster into battle.
If a Ren Dragon with the same role as in the original Gaia series existed in this world, just how powerful would it be?
After burrowing underground all night, Qi Ming returned to his single dormitory at Sea Base and fell into a deep sleep. The other team members, who had just awakened, began another carpet search for the new day.
Kishida said, "I heard the Defense Force is developing an 'underground penetrating missile' that can directly attack monsters lurking below the surface. If we find Gudon, we can try working with them."
Yamanaka said, "Ask the Defense Force for help? The staff officers will never agree to that."
Nagi Saijo said, "Let's find it first."
Yet they still found nothing that day, making everyone increasingly anxious.
At five in the morning, the Defense Team's emergency assembly signal sounded.
"What happened? Did you find Gudon?!" Team Member Kishida was the first to arrive at the Command Room, fully dressed.
When Qi Ming arrived, everyone in the Command Room stared wide-eyed.
Yamanaka said, "Team Member Qi Ming, you're so yellow."
Qi Ming had shown up wearing SpongeBob pajamas, making Nagi Saijo's face twitch.
She wanted to scold him, but feared his sharp retort.
With his body clock thrown off, even Qi Ming could make small mistakes.
"Don't worry about those details. What happened?" Qi Ming showed no embarrassment whatsoever.
Emi said, "According to the meteorological team, the cloud mass containing the Lightning Man has begun rapidly descending from the ionosphere!"
Mamoru Shirogane frowned. Gudon underground had yet to be dealt with, and now an anomaly had occurred in the sky.
Was it a coincidence? Or was there some kind of connection?
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