Chapter 97 Old Friends
Chapter 97 Old Friends
Upon arriving at the scene, Daigo immediately reported the underground situation to headquarters: "We have reached the underground cave, and the magma is flowing towards Mount Kirimon."
"Alright, activate the freeze beam to freeze the magma as planned."
Lin Yeming confirmed from the side.
Daigo pressed the button according to his memory and said, "Understood, fire the freeze beam!"
As Daigo pressed the button, a freezing beam erupted from the muzzle of the underground Pipa tank, like the breath of a dragon. Wherever the beam struck, the scorching magma rapidly cooled, and the red heat was gradually replaced by white frost.
Initially, the freezing beam had a significant effect, noticeably slowing down the flow of magma and quickly solidifying it.
Daigo: "The lava has solidified successfully. The underground Pipa tank continues its advance."
Just when everyone thought everything was about to be resolved smoothly, an unexpected incident occurred.
The solidified magma showed signs of continuing to flow.
Seeing this, Lin Yeming quickly stopped Daigu from advancing.
"Daigo, please wait a moment."
"What's wrong?" Daigo looked at Lin Yeming with a puzzled expression.
"The lava is showing signs of melting. Let's fire another shot to reinforce it."
Daigo was startled and turned to look at the lava, only to find that, just as Lin Yeming had said, the lava was indeed slowly flowing.
"Understood. Fire another cooling beam."
Daigo nodded and started operating the machine again, while Lin Yeming cooperated.
An identical beam of light was fired, hitting its target precisely, and the magma began to turn from blue to black.
Only after all this is done can the underground Pipa Tank be truly completed.
The two continued on their way as planned, needing to find out the reason for the anomaly.
At that moment, a muffled rumbling sound suddenly came from the underground cave, as if some enormous power was surging from the depths.
"Yoru, did you hear any strange noises?" Daigo asked, his brows furrowed.
Lin Yeming knew the truth, but pretended not to know.
He looked at Daigo with a puzzled expression and asked, "What was that sound?"
Daigo thought for a moment and described it as, "It's a strange sound, like a roar."
Lin Yeming said calmly, "It might be the wind in the cave. There should be other caves nearby."
"Let's go take a look first, then continue on our way!"
Although Daigo still had doubts, he followed Lin Yeming's instructions and continued to slowly advance the underground Pipa tank.
However, the dull rumble grew louder and louder, like muffled thunder rolling in one's ears, making one's heart tremble with fear.
Daigo opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then decided against it.
He was able to hear this unique sound, probably because of Ultraman Tiga.
To avoid revealing my identity and special status, I'd better keep it a secret for now.
Although he knew what he was fighting for, he didn't want it to create any other rifts between him and his teammates.
As they ventured deeper, the surrounding temperature began to rise inexplicably. Daigo glanced at the instrument and saw that the temperature reading was rising rapidly. "Yoru, something's wrong with the temperature, it's rising!" Daigo shouted.
Lin Yeming's expression also turned serious. He said in a low voice, "It seems that the situation here is much more complicated than we imagined."
Just then, the Pipa tank suddenly stopped; they had reached the cliff.
The two looked ahead and the monotonous rocky landscape suddenly changed. What they saw was a bright red expanse, steaming hot, looking like a hot pot that had already boiled, waiting for diners to add their ingredients.
The heat was so intense that it severely obstructed their view.
Unfortunately, neither of them were ordinary people.
They could clearly see a pair of bright eyes suddenly appear in the darkness ahead, as obvious as a light in the dark.
Even after discovering it, Daigo still had to find a way to make sure Lin Yeming could see it smoothly.
This problem was irrelevant to Lin Yeming; he only needed to wait for Daigo to persuade him.
Daigo exclaimed, "What is that? It looks like an eye?"
Lin Yeming knew perfectly well, but still put on an acting performance and said, "What eyes? They must be some kind of special mineral underground, right?"
"No, he's blinking!"
"This is a monster!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yeming used the scope to check.
A monster that looked very familiar to both of them appeared before them.
Upon hearing this name, Munakata, who had been maintaining communication, immediately asked anxiously, "Daigo! Did you see a monster?"
Upon hearing the name, the others immediately gathered around.
Lin Yeming: "That's right, it's Golza."
Daigo's heart skipped a beat when he heard the name "Golza," but he remained calm on the surface. "Golza? What's it doing here?" Daigo asked in surprise.
Lin Yeming frowned. "It looks like he came here to absorb energy. We must stop him. Golza is the culprit behind the abnormal lava flow."
Daigo exclaimed excitedly, "Great opportunity! I'll use the monster tracker right away!"
"We absolutely cannot let him get away this time."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yeming quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't use it here, it will wake him up."
“The affected residents have not yet evacuated far.”
Daigo removed his hand from the attack button, realizing that Lin Yeming was right.
Using the monster tracker at this time could very likely enrage Golza, causing it to attack before the residents have been safely evacuated, with potentially disastrous consequences.
"So what do we do now?" Daigo asked.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yeming said, "We should evacuate from here first; evacuating the crowd is the most important thing."
"As for the others, we have weapons to deal with him, and because of the freezing beam we just used, we don't have enough energy left."
Daigo nodded in agreement, and the two carefully maneuvered the underground Pipa tank, minimizing noise as much as possible, and slowly withdrew.
Meanwhile, on the ground, Zongfang and his team were anxiously awaiting further news. They were simultaneously organizing the evacuation of residents and preparing for a possible attack from Golza.
Munakata: "Daigo, we have already organized the evacuation of the residents. You must return to the surface immediately."
"That's an order!"
Lina: "I don't understand why Golza is in the volcano. Did he just arrive recently, or did he arrive a long time ago?"
Nozue: "I checked, and there have been no abnormal reactions from the Kirimodake volcano recently, so it's very likely that it just arrived recently."
"We have received footage of the Pipa tank. Please look at the big screen."
Those who could watch the big screen did so, while the rest watched the communicators.
Horii stared at the image and gasped, "My God, is that really Golza?"
"His change is too drastic, isn't it?"
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