Eerie dusk, dense woods. The cool wind blew through the forest, setting off a rustling movement in the forest. The leaves fell one after another, and the black crows flew up in flocks, leaving a strange cry of "yaa" in midair.

Richard was in the middle of this dense forest, standing on a mottled lawn facing a path that led somewhere.

He looked around him left and right, and as far as the eye could see, there was no thick bush and jungle, and he couldn't see anything. Birds and finches fly overhead, and the setting sun softly sprinkles down, making the space look warm and harmonious.

Richard closed his eyes and tried to sense it, and he didn't seem to be aware of the presence of light power in his body. With that, his super eyesight, super hearing, and all other superhuman powers disappeared, as if suddenly his body became empty again, and he completely changed back to an ordinary person in an instant.

But he didn't panic about it.

Because it's just a dream.

Yes, as incredible as it sounded, he knew it was a dream.

Some scholars have put forward the theory of "lucid dreaming". Most people don't know they're dreaming when they dream, no matter how illogical and absurd the process is. However, scholars believe that under certain conditions, human beings can consciously recognize that they are in a dream, and even in the dream they are clearly aware of what they are doing.

Richard is in a similar state right now.

He even had some clue about the content of the dream.

He remembered that every Nexus fittest in the original TV had similar dreams before being chosen by the light. According to the description of the second-generation adaptable Ji Yazhun, the content of each dream is even coherent, like a follow-up to the last dream.

The content of the dream is some kind of ruin, a stone tablet that looks like a stone wing, hidden in the deep mountains and old forests or hidden caves, and that stone tablet is a container of light, a carrier of Ultraman's power.

According to the TV setting, many people on the earth have dreamed of this ruin, but the vast majority of them have turned back before reaching the end of the road, and forgot about the dream after waking up.

Only those who have a sufficient reason to fight and a determination to protect can go to the end of the ruins, touch the stone monument, and become the fittestable to gain the power of Ultraman.

But it stands to reason that this dream should have appeared before the acquisition of Ultraman's power, which should be equivalent to the screening step of the light on the fittest. And Richard doesn't know how many years ago he got the power of light, is there any special reason why this dream is appearing now?

Unable to figure it out for the time being, Richard simply put the question down.

Now that he has come to the ruins of dreams, of course he has to go to the end as a fittestable, if only to prove his determination to fight as Ultraman.

The trail is narrow, but there is only one path along the way, there are no turns or forks, you just need to climb over the bushes and through the jungle to make your way down.

Richard walked all the way down the trail, and I don't know how long he walked, only to walk until his legs and feet were weak and out of breath. He felt as if he should have walked for at least three or five hours, but the sunset still hung in the sky, like a beautiful picture frozen in this moment, tiled out as a backdrop and pasted in the sky.

It wasn't until he felt like he was unconscious in his legs and feet, and his destination, the stone wing-shaped monument, finally appeared at the end of the road.

In the blink of an eye, the scene shifted naturally, from the jungle to a dimly lit cave. Torches automatically lit on both sides of the road, and the flickering light cast his own shadow on the stone walls on either side.

Richard walked down the cave. By the light of the fire, he could see that the orange stone walls on both sides were carved with murals. He stopped to look at one of them, and saw a carving on the wall of a giant with oval eyes fighting a behemoth. Although the painter's technique is average, and the painted giant looks like a schoolboy doodling, it does not prevent Richard from conveying what the message is.

It was the experience of the Fittest and the Xenobiotic who had obtained the power of Noah in ancient times. Nearby, you can also see some ancient people kneeling on their sides, bowing to the giants and praying.

These Richard also remembered that this was also something that appeared in the consciousness space of the prospective brother in the TV series.

And according to the TV routine, as long as the fittest person walks to the end of the road and touches the stone monument, it should be transformed into a space of light to the Ultraman himself.

Richard was curious about what he would see when he touched the stele, as he had so far seemed to be a little different from the average fittestable.

Richard stopped in front of the stele with questions. He took a deep breath, slowly reached out his hand, and touched the stone tablet lightly.

And the result was something he hadn't expected anyway.

He saw the darkness.

Pure, boundless darkness covered the sky like a dark cloud. The entire realm of dreams seemed to change hands in an instant, completely occupied by darkness.

A strong tremor struck him, and Richard felt the ground tremble violently as if it had come to life.

The cave collapsed, and the falling rocks smashed to the ground. The flames swept swiftly like a scorching storm, igniting the entire jungle. The birds fled in terror, and the trees fell in mournful screams in flames. The setting sun seemed to be swallowed up by an invisible beast, leaving the sky with nothing but complete darkness.

Richard's pupils contracted, and a sense of fear swept over him, paralyzing his hands and feet, making him unable to move.

He watched as even the stele was engulfed in flames, and the whole world was in flames. A pitch-black demon god emerged from the depths of the fire curtain. The dark giant opened its arms in the sea of fire and raised its head as if it was shouting arrogantly. He has demonic scarlet eyes, a V-shaped core on his chest, and a deep black armor with insolent red lines......

Richard woke up the moment he was engulfed in the blazing flames. When he came back to his senses, he was already sitting on the bed, panting and soaking his back with cold sweat.

He let out a long breath and touched his forehead, only to find that his forehead was also soaked with sweat.

It felt like it had just been fished out of the fire.

He remembered every detail of the dream clearly, and the identity of the dark giant at the end of the dream was equally obvious.

Dark Zaki, Noah's antithesis, his ultimate enemy.

But why did he see this?

What is the meaning of the dream itself?

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