Instinctively, Chen Yu was startled when he saw the cobra. However, his reaction didn't matter much as he stepped on the snake's body directly when he jumped. Without deliberately controlling the force, the middle part of the snake was immediately flattened under his foot. As for its open mouth, it merely clamped onto Chen Yu's calf.
*Kacha.*
Like biting onto a rock, the cobra's fangs failed to penetrate Chen Yu's skin even a bit. Joking aside, if he, who had just transformed into Ultraman, had been bitten by a snake, it would have been better not to transform at all.
Seeing that the snake couldn't harm him, Chen Yu grabbed its head and then broke off its two fangs.
"The forest is still too dangerous. If I had transformed a little later, I might have been bitten by this snake. I'd probably end up making headlines the next day..."
Chen Yu already had titles in mind.
"Shocking: Jiangdong University Student Attacked by Snake While Hunting in the Mountains at Midnight!"
Not wanting to stay in the forest any longer, Chen Yu crossed his arms over his forehead crystal and transformed into Sky Type. Then, he leaped into the sky from the forest and flew straight into the atmosphere.
Flying within Earth's atmosphere risked being spotted by satellites, so testing his abilities in outer space was the safest option. With this in mind, Chen Yu shot out of the atmosphere and arrived beyond Earth's bounds.
However, even outside Earth, it wasn't entirely safe, considering there were still space stations and satellites that could easily detect him. Without stopping, Chen Yu flew towards the moon and landed on its surface.
Although the moon had artificial satellites, it was relatively less monitored than Earth. Moreover, Chen Yu deliberately chose to land on the dark side of the moon.
"It's so quiet in space."
Sound couldn't propagate in a vacuum, so Chen Yu could only feel the silence enveloping him. This was his first time leaving Earth and entering outer space.
There were no Chang'e rovers on the moon, only crater after crater from countless meteorite impacts. It was easy to imagine how many meteorite attacks the moon had endured to protect Earth.
Chen Yu didn't forget his purpose and began to check the changes in his energy levels. His energy didn't rapidly deplete after transforming, indicating that Ultraman's activities in this world were not time-limited.
Afterwards, Chen Yu released the Lambult Light Bullet, then switched to the Strong Type and released the Delahum Light Stream, finally transforming into a Composite Type and releasing the Zetpearl Beam.
The power of the three beams released on the moon couldn't be discerned, but Chen Yu could feel that their energy consumption was similar to when he first transformed into Tregear.
Finally, he released the Timer Flash, and the timer on his chest began to flash.
This was a sign of insufficient energy.
"The Timer Flash consumes more energy. If we take the Zetpearl Beam as the standard, I should be able to release five finishing moves in one battle."
Five finishing moves in one battle already far exceeded Chen Yu's expectations. After all, in Ultraman TV shows, Ultraman would start flashing red after releasing one finishing move, and releasing two was considered close to the limit.
With the timer flashing, Chen Yu had no intention of staying on the moon any longer. He transformed back into Sky Type and flew back towards Earth.
However, upon returning to Earth, Chen Yu found that he couldn't locate Jiangdong University. According to the map scale, he knew he was definitely in Daxia, Dongnan Province, Jiangdong City, but Jiangdong City was quite large, and looking down from the night sky, all he could see were lights...
Moreover, unlike on the mobile map, there were no road names or geographic locations marked.
Sighing, Chen Yu realized he was lost.
Helplessly, he descended to a place that looked like a park and emerged from a small grove. Having reverted to his normal state, Chen Yu was relieved that no one had seen him and began to hail a taxi with his phone.
However, after checking the time it would take to return to school by taxi, Chen Yu realized that he had missed the time when the school gates closed.
Chen Yu chose to give up returning to school and instead found a nearby hotel to stay for the night, to prevent his roommates from unexpectedly returning and seeing things they shouldn't.
...
A week passed quickly.
Chen Yu packed the multifunctional short knife he had purchased into his bag.
With three hours left until the cooldown for entering the replica ended, Chen Yu prepared himself with his bag and left the school. He booked a room in a hotel near the school to avoid his roommates returning and seeing something they shouldn't.
Sitting alone on the bed, Chen Yu waited for time to pass.
Until a message came from the "Ultraman Battle Evolution" game:
\[Cooldown for entering the replica has ended, randomly selecting a replica...\]
\[Selection complete.\]
\[Selected replica: "Great Battle! The Eight Ultra Brothers"\]
\[Replica difficulty: Nightmare!\]
\[Replica description: Deviation in world trajectory, aliens from Planet Hiporit lead monsters to Earth, Ultraman Mebius defeated and turned into a bronze statue. Daigo, Hikari, Goh, Kotaro, Jun, Shin, Taro unable to awaken memories to transform and fight!\]
\[Replica Task 1: Defeat the aliens from Planet Hiporit, King Shilback, and King Gol'Draas!\]
\[Task Reward: Hiporit Capsule ×1\]
\[Replica Task 2: Defeat King Gikimira!\]
\[Task Reward: Monster Disintegration Card ×1\]
\[Replica Task 3: Defeat the Dark Sorcerer!\]
\[Task Reward: Power of Brilliance ×1\]
After reading this string of information, Chen Yu was dumbfounded.
In summary, the level of this replica was no different from the one he had completed last week!
One was Nightmare, the other was Hell!
"So, all eight Ultramen have been stripped of their titles, and I'm the only one left?"
Chen Yu wanted to refuse to enter the game replica, but there wasn't even an option to refuse, and even the selection of the replica was automatic.
Moreover, this replica had three tasks!
Although the reward for the last task, "Power of Brilliance," was tempting, one still needed to have the means to claim it!
With no other choice, Chen Yu had to prepare himself with his bag and disappeared from the hotel room like a television screen shutting off.
...
The rain poured down.
Chen Yu's figure appeared on the Bay Plaza in Yokohama.
Casually taking out an umbrella from his bag, Chen Yu opened it and then walked to the edge of the plaza.
Ahead lay the bay.
And above the bay stood a huge bronze statue, the defeated Ultraman Mebius.
Originally, the protagonist of this world, Daigo, had come here to seek Mebius's help in saving the Earth.
Now, only Chen Yu stood at the edge of the bay, silently gazing at the bronze statue of Mebius for a long time.
Due to the deviation in the world's trajectory, the current Daigo, Hikari, Goh, and the other Ultra Brothers