Free Web NovelChapter 679: Chapter 640: Tunnel of Glory
After reading the manual, Zhao Rong immediately realized he had missed a very important point. He hurriedly said to the three women, "Miss Lili, Yu Lan, Xuelian, don’t worry! Don’t panic! I just realized that I haven’t actually entered Ultraman’s body and merged with it yet..."
Listening to Zhao Rong, the curious Miss Lili asked, "Brother Zhao Rong, does that mean after you enter Ultraman’s body, you’ll be the one fighting this giant snow monster instead of Ultraman?"
Zhao Rong put down the manual and replied to Miss Lili, "Yes, Miss Lili. I have to use the Glory Tunnel to get inside Ultraman’s body and merge with it to fight the monster. Otherwise, this giant Ultraman that grew from a small toy is just an empty shell..."
Yu Lan understood Zhao Rong’s words and, struck by a sudden insight, said, "Brother Zhao Rong, I get it now! Even though it looks like Ultraman is fighting the snow monster, it’s actually not. It’s you, inside Ultraman’s body, using your willpower to control its every move. To put it simply, you’re the one fighting the snow monster. Ultraman is just a body, a machine, a tool fighting in your place."
Zhao Rong pressed a button on the remote in his hand, and a Glory Tunnel immediately appeared. As he walked through it into Ultraman’s body, he said to Yu Lan, "You’ve understood it perfectly, Yu Lan. That’s exactly right." With that, Zhao Rong used the Glory Tunnel to enter Ultraman’s body.
When Xuelian saw Zhao Rong enter Ultraman’s body, she began to applaud excitedly and said, "Brother Zhao Rong, I’m sure that once you merge with Ultraman, you’ll be able to kill this snow monster with ease!"
But when the snow monster saw Zhao Rong slip inside Ultraman’s body, it roared, "Human, don’t think you can defeat an unevolved cosmic sovereign like me just because you’ve mastered some high-tech weapon! I’ll crush your body and kill all of you to show you true terror!" With that, the snow monster swung its tail, bringing it crashing down toward the still-prone Ultraman. When the onlookers saw the tail about to smash into the machine, they immediately feared for Zhao Rong’s safety. "Brother Zhao Rong, be careful! If you really can’t beat this snow monster, just run away with us!"
When Miss Lili, Yu Lan, and Xuelian saw that Zhao Rong was inside Ultraman but couldn’t get the body to move, tears of anxiety streamed down their faces as it lay there, motionless.
A distressed Miss Lili stomped her foot, fearfully exclaiming, "Brother Zhao Rong, hurry up and fight! If you don’t get up now, that monster’s tail is going to smash you in half, and you’ll die a horrible death!"
Yu Lan was as anxious as an ant on a hot griddle. She clasped her hands, staring intently at Zhao Rong inside the prone Ultraman, and shrieked, "Brother Zhao Rong, get up! If you’re even a second too late, this battle will end with your defeat and the snow monster’s victory!"
Xuelian went a step further, pulling a silver needle from her pocket. She rushed forward and pricked Zhao Rong’s thigh with it, encouraging him, "Brother Zhao Rong, get up! I know you’re unstoppable once you start fighting; you can tear through anything! But first, you have to merge with Ultraman, get on your feet, and join the fight!"
But while everyone outside was anxious, Zhao Rong was even more so inside Ultraman. He was shocked to discover that upon entering the body, the area around Ultraman’s heart was a control room, much like the cockpit of an airplane. Faced with all sorts of buttons, levers, and a variety of pedals for the accelerator, brake, and clutch at his feet, he was completely bewildered.
Damn it! Who would have thought the inside of Ultraman would be a control room? I have to pilot this thing like a crane to make it fight! But I’ve never piloted a robot in my life, so how am I supposed to do this? I can’t just lie here and watch that giant monster’s tail smash down, split my Ultraman robot in two, and make me lose the battle!
At this moment, seeing Zhao Rong enter Ultraman’s body only for it to remain lying motionless on the ground, the Eskimos immediately lost faith in him.
The Eskimo elder shook his head and said pessimistically, "It seems this human youth can’t win, even if he enters Ultraman to fight the monster. He can’t even make it move; it’s still lying there completely still."
An Eskimo woman said with a look of disdain, "Why did they get such an incompetent oaf to deal with the snow monster? He’s completely useless."
A handsome Eskimo man mocked Zhao Rong coldly. "Human, stop putting on an act! Did you really think bringing a giant toy Ultraman here would be enough to fool us Eskimos into believing you could defeat this massive snow monster? Your lies are exposed. No one believes you can win. We’ll just stand here and watch the monster kill you."
However, just as the crowd wrote Zhao Rong off, Ultraman suddenly rose to its feet! It struck the White Crane Spreads Its Wings pose, and a voice roared from within, "Snow monster, don’t celebrate too soon! Although I don’t know how to operate this machine, I can control this robotic Ultraman by converting my own movements! Through willpower alone, I can still fight you! I can still kill you! Now, come and face your death!"
When the onlookers saw that Zhao Rong had managed to get Ultraman to stand up again, they exclaimed in shock, "No way! The young man is back on his feet! He’s gone through so many ups and downs and near-death experiences, yet he can still fight. That’s truly unexpected!"
