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───「 Human POV 」───
"Area D1 complete." "Area D2 complete." "Area D3 complete." "Area D4 complete." "All areas secured. Countdown: 3, 2, 1." "Fire!"
BOOM!
On Venus's hellish surface, the massive metal door—sealed for 450 million years—finally yielded to the coordinated explosions. Ancient chambers, hidden from the universe since before Earth's dinosaurs evolved, lay exposed to human instruments.
The door opened with surprising anticlimactic silence.
This wasn't unexpected. The team had long understood that the door itself wasn't the seal containing King Ghidorah—merely an entrance to something far more elaborate.
Humanity's Venus exploration program had progressed methodically for eight decades. The permanent orbital station had been operational for twenty years, during which scientists had deciphered many secrets of Maxwell Montes, including partial translations of Venusian language. The sealed chamber had been located two years earlier, but no one had rushed to breach it.
Those two years had been dedicated to establishing a comprehensive forward base, complete with automated production facilities for specialized exploration vehicles and the high-precision equipment necessary for Venusian surface operations. They'd deployed seismic sensors and electromagnetic wave detectors, mapping what lay beyond the door before ever touching its surface. They'd even drilled microscopic holes to insert fiber-optic probes.
Now hundreds of specialized all-terrain vehicles rolled through the breach, their hardened cameras streaming real-time footage to the orbital station. Scientists and military personnel watched in awe as the scene unfolded.
What they saw exceeded all expectations—a subterranean cavern of impossible proportions. Twenty-two kilometers in diameter and 3.4 kilometers high, located two kilometers beneath Venus's surface, it dwarfed any natural cave system on Earth.
The exploration teams had prepared exhaustively for this moment. Years of scanning, modeling, and simulation had eliminated most variables. Blasting open the door represented the final step in a meticulously planned operation.
The lead vehicles positioned themselves on an elevated platform overlooking their ultimate objective below. Massive searchlights revealed what the Venusians had sacrificed their civilization to contain:
King Ghidorah and its followers—the "Wings of King Ghidorah"—encased in a sea of solidified metal with only portions exposed.
The volume of molten metal used in this ancient containment operation surpassed all metals ever smelted throughout human history combined. Yet despite this extraordinary effort, hundreds of wings and serpentine necks still protruded from the metallic floor, reaching heights of over a hundred meters.
Like the heads of dragons and massive insects, these appendages emerged from the steel ground. Each was covered in what appeared to be golden armor that emitted a faint luminescence—exoskeletal structures protecting their massive wings and bodies.
The "Wings of King Ghidorah"—mere attendants to the main entity—were each comparable in size to Earth's Godzilla. With wingspans exceeding 800 meters, body lengths approaching 500 meters, shoulder heights over 150 meters, and necks that could potentially extend 300 meters, each follower alone would have been an apocalyptic threat to modern Earth.
A single Wing of King Ghidorah likely surpassed any Titan on Earth except Godzilla himself.
And here, thousands had been sealed.
The visible count exceeded two thousand, but this represented only those partially exposed. The actual number sealed within the metal sea remained incalculable, but the fact that so many hadn't been completely submerged suggested their numbers were staggering.
According to Venusian records, these weren't even the most powerful of King Ghidorah's forces. The true lieutenants had been destroyed in the final battle 450 million years earlier. These Wings had been sealed alongside King Ghidorah itself—collateral damage in the Venusian's desperate final gambit.
Yet even these secondary entities would have represented an existential threat to modern humanity.
Following pre-mapped pathways, the unmanned vehicles descended from the upper platform to the metal floor below, moving in coordinated patterns toward pre-designated targets. Each team approached their assigned Wing of King Ghidorah specimen, prepared to collect samples that earlier reconnaissance drones could only observe.
The larger exploration vehicles activated their laser cutting devices, slicing into the exposed edges of the Wings. As expected, the material showed extraordinary resistance to heat, requiring extended cutting time to remove even small fragments.
In the orbital station's control room, the tension began to ease as the operation proceeded according to plan.
"The Venusians must have been incredible engineers," commented Dr. Edwards, watching the feed. "These structures are absolutely massive."
Commander Chen nodded. "So these are the infamous King Ghidorah and its followers. Magnificent and terrifying."
"How would creatures this size even move?" asked another scientist. "The physics seem impossible."
"Let's complete measurements of all exposed parts," directed the mission coordinator. "Do we need additional seismic data?"
"Definitely," answered Dr. Yang. "Though I question how effective this 'seal' really is. With so many parts exposed, it feels like they could reanimate at any moment."
"After four hundred million years? Everything has a finite lifespan," countered another researcher.
"Not necessarily," Chen interjected. "Some Earth Titans have survived tens of millions of years in dormancy. It's entirely possible the Wings of King Ghidorah could survive four hundred million years under the right conditions."
The conversation continued as the first samples were successfully extracted and secured. Once analyzed, these specimens would dramatically expand humanity's understanding of these cosmic entities. The Wings of King Ghidorah had traversed interstellar space—studying their biology could revolutionize human space exploration technology.
But the true prize lay deeper within the metallic prison: King Ghidorah itself.
With the first samples secured and en route to the forward base, additional teams began installing seismometers and cataloging the exposed Wings—documenting their numbers, dimensions, and configurations in preparation for comprehensive mapping of the underground complex.
Minutes later, 320 seismic sensors activated in sequence, generating a complete three-dimensional image of what lay beneath the metal floor.
For the first time, humanity beheld the complete form of King Ghidorah.
This was King Ghidorah.