nashuaworldcup Chapter 239 Dragon City, Earth's Guardians
Chapter 239 Dragon City, Earth's Guardians
(In the original work, when the conflict between Renlong and humans escalated to the point of no return at the end of the final battle, the feng shui master's mediation was a bit too forced. This version will be adapted to be more reasonable.)
A week has passed in the blink of an eye since the tenth episode aired.
At 8 PM on Friday, the opening theme ended, and the title of episode eleven slowly appeared—"Dragon City"!
Sitting in his studio, Gu Nan watched the number of real-time online users on the backend skyrocket, a satisfied smile curving his lips.
He poured tremendous effort into the filming and post-production of this eleventh episode.
In the original parallel world, the "Renlong" in the original Gaia series was originally the Azure Dragon of the East, which was highly associated with Chinese Feng Shui.
However, due to the inherent barriers in the Japanese production team's understanding of Xia Kingdom's domestic culture at the time, the display of Feng Shui elements was superficial and even carried a bit of stereotype.
Now that this masterpiece is being recreated on Chinese soil, Gu Nan naturally wants to capture the most authentic essence of Chinese culture.
He discarded the superficial metaphysical elements of the original and deeply localized and reconstructed the conflict between "feng shui" and "geographical veins" and modern urban technology.
In Gu Nan's setting, Renlong is definitely not a monster that causes destruction when it appears like in the original work. It is a "land spirit" accumulated over 4.6 billion years on this land, and is the guardian deity of the land representing the Azure Dragon of the East!
He hired top domestic folklore consultants at great expense in order to create a true Eastern dragon!
With its blue scales and majestic antlers, it is no longer an ordinary monster, but a "spirit of the earth" exuding ancient divinity.
However, he will not abandon the original design of the dragon, and the image of the nine-tailed dragon will also be reflected in its suit.
Gu Nan intends to use Renlong's voice and the ultimate audiovisual language to pose an extremely grand worldview question to all mankind: Can human urban creations and the ancient laws of nature really only be an irreconcilable antagonistic relationship?
How should humanity coexist with this planet?
The main feature begins.
The first shot focuses on an ancient temple in the mountains, bustling with people.
The eaves are carved with extremely ancient and vigorous stone dragon and tiger images.
A young woman with a cool and aloof appearance and a mysterious aura was holding a compass, her brows slightly furrowed as she calculated something.
Suddenly, the screen flashed the eyes of an extremely large blue dragon, its gaze filled with boundless rage!
The young woman seemed to sense the gaze and looked thoughtfully up at the sky.
This young woman named Lin Hui (original work: Kuroda Kei) is the crucial central figure of this episode—a feng shui master.
The scene then shifts to the bustling streets of Jinghai City.
KCB TV reporter Jing Ling and cameraman Lun Wen were walking down the street, sweating profusely, both complaining in extreme frustration.
"Seriously? It's just me and Lingzi, how are we supposed to do this?" Lunwen said, carrying the machine with a pained expression. "Isn't Tian Duan coming?"
Jing Ling rolled her eyes and said irritably, "Didn't he break traffic rules during the last on-site interview? Because of that, the bureau chief called him in for questioning! What are we going to do now? How can we do the interview without Tian Duan?!"
Upon hearing this conversation, the chat room erupted in laughter.
[Brother Tian Duan got his comeuppance!]
[I got a lesson from the traffic police]
[So now the traffic police are in charge of areas that the defense force doesn't cover!]
"Birds of a feather flock together; the KCB guys are all stubborn troublemakers."
Despite their complaints, the work had to continue.
Today's KCB reporting task is extremely challenging; they need to investigate the bizarre water and power outages that have plagued the entire city of Jinghai.
At this time, not only water, but also electricity, gas, telephone signals, and all the basic lifelines that support the survival of modern humans were in serious trouble!
The informant they found was none other than the feng shui master, Lin Hui.
Jing Ling clearly didn't like this kind of metaphysics, but since it was introduced by Tian Duan, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow along.
Meanwhile, inside the XIG air base, Koga Yume was frantically scratching his head over the paralysis of Jinghai City.
Just then, three burly men sneaked into my dream analysis room in a very "sneaky" manner.
It was the three muscular men from Hercules' team!
"chewing gum!"
"Oh, Zhimo, it's you!"
One of the team members grabbed my neck and called out his nickname with great enthusiasm.
"Chewing gum? What does that mean?" Li Muzi asked curiously.
"Isn't my dream called chewing gum? But calling it bubble gum is fine too!"
I reluctantly broke free: "I've been used to this nickname since I was little. Besides, the Hercules team members are my saviors. I'll definitely repay that kindness someday!"
"Don't say 'someday,' you can repay me now!"
The scene shifts, and I'm standing in the hangar, drenched in sweat, with Hercules' massive, hardcore new ground combat vehicle, the Sting, in front of me!
"There's still a lot of combat equipment to be installed. Various types of ammunition haven't been loaded yet, and the fuel needs to be fully replenished."
The captain of the Hercules team patted Meng on the shoulder and casually pointed to the mountain of ammunition boxes piled up beside them, "Let's count it, at least 900 kilograms!"
I was completely dumbfounded: "900 kilograms?! I'm a science researcher, after all!"
Teammate Kuwahara retorted earnestly, "But you're a member of XIG too! Being this weak won't do. Treat this as training, train properly! Yoshida and I both rose through the ranks from the Special Forces, so when we see a rookie like you, we just want to give you a good workout!"
[Workplace bullying by the defense force – lol!]
[A strong woman locks up a man!]
[Hey! That muscular guy is Zhang Zhao! Isn't that Ultraman Tiga?!]
A group of muscular men
[Tiga's true form, Lagaya's human form, is training his physical abilities! Why would I have such a dream?!]
[My dream: I'm just a scientist, I don't have that kind of power!]
[Zhang Zhao: No, you do!]
After a period of extremely painful physical labor, I finally managed to load those boxes of ultimate explosive bombs onto the tank.
Meanwhile, Lin Hui began explaining the core secrets of Feng Shui to Jing Ling and Lun Wen. Gu Nan then delivered lines that highlighted the culture of the Xia Kingdom.
"Feng Shui, also known as feng shui, is a divination technique that flourished during the Xia and Song dynasties to predict the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of land. It uses the flow of wind or water to interpret the natural energy possessed by the earth."
Lin Hui gazed intently into the distance. "The area where the water supply was cut off this time is entirely located on the earth's veins. Earth veins are the pathways through which the earth's energy flows. We use the Ren Dragon as a metaphor for these pathways."
"If this dragon vein is severed due to large-scale urban land development projects, the auspicious features of this land will also disappear. For example, the site of the Jinghai suburban redevelopment project."
The KCB team immediately headed to the construction site.
The project was forced to halt due to a power outage. This happened just as Lunwen had set up his camera to prepare for the interview.
"Boom—!!!"
With a terrifying earthquake, the construction site ahead exploded! A colossal dragon head, its entire body gleaming with a ghostly blue light, burst forth from the ground! Its roaring posture carried an extremely pure rage from the ancient earth!
Immediately afterwards, a piercing alarm blared through the sky. Simultaneously, six locations across Tokyo detected the presence of this dragon-headed monster!
Holy crap! This time it's a dragon-type monster?!
Wow, that dragon costume is so exquisite! What does the whole thing look like?!
[Damn it, Jinghai City is now completely cut off; all communications are down!]
[We've angered the local tyrant, no, the local dragon!]
The atmosphere inside the airbase command center was tense.
Staff Officer Ye Qian, wiping away cold sweat with a frantic expression, said, "With the water and electricity outages, and more and more places losing telephone service, if this continues, Jinghai, this international metropolis, will completely lose its urban functions! I've already dealt with the restrictions on reporting, but it's difficult to suppress it any longer!"
The commander of the stone chamber stared intently at the six dragon heads on the large screen, his face ashen. "Our previous enemies were all driven by destruction. But these guys have actually occupied the city. What exactly is their purpose?"
Staff Officer Ye Qian asked, "Should we deploy the Lightning Squad to launch an aerial attack?"
"There's no way to catch these monsters." The commander calmly rejected the suggestion of a reckless attack.
At this extremely anxious moment, the results of my dream analysis came out!
On the large screen, an extremely complex underground structural map of Jinghai City appeared.
"Subways, sewers, underground rivers—all the pipes needed for daily life have been submerged. There are also natural underground water veins and cavities caused by faults."
My hands flew across the keyboard, layering data: "The monsters appeared along all these naturally occurring routes!"
When all the red dots are connected, the outline of a giant dragon appears on the screen!
"This silhouette...it looks like a dragon..."
This is the most rigorous scientific proof of the real existence of "dragon veins" in Feng Shui!
"In ancient times, people truly believed that there was a great dragon underground. However, people were not afraid of this dragon because they felt that they could use the dragon's power to harmonize with nature to protect themselves."
The scene then shifts to Lin Hui's explanation.
Both sides are advancing in tandem, and their statements are becoming increasingly similar.
I continued, "However, the development of modern cities has buried many pipelines and facilities underground, severing this natural dragon vein! The monster destroyed these underground pipes in an attempt to revive the original dragon vein!"
An extremely perfect logical closed loop.
At this moment, science and metaphysics achieved an extremely exquisite unity.
[Scientific cultivation leads to boundless magical power!]
[How to explain Feng Shui dragon veins using modern science?]
Humans themselves severed the earth's lifeblood; no wonder the Renlong (a mythical dragon) went berserk!
This is yet another example of the conflict between humanity and nature.
So, this is a mythical beast!
Since the battlefield is underground, then without a doubt, this is Hercules' home ground!
Hercules' team decided to pilot the Sting underground, and they needed someone extremely familiar with the underground network to navigate it.
I will not shirk my dream.
"Our lives are in the hands of Dream Gum," the Hercules team captain said with a smile, patting Dream on the shoulder.
I was somewhat surprised: "You mean, you trust me?"
"We believe in Commander Ishimura, who allowed you to join XIG!"
Accompanied by this extremely passionate line, the Sting forced its way into the ground amidst an extremely shocking mechanical roar!
On the ground at the construction site, Lin Hui looked at Jinghai City, which had been plunged into complete darkness due to the appearance of the monster, and her eyes revealed pity.
"The Earth Dragon is angry..."