Ultraman: Code Z

(No transmigration, no System, serious tone, shared worldbuilding, slow burn) Mythology is not the past. It is the future yet to come. In 1989, an alien spacecraft crashed in the Taklamakan Desert. In 2024, an ordinary young man accidentally fused with an alien weapon that fell from the sky. From that moment, the gears of the story began to turn. Great powers that are united in appearance but divided within, lurking ambition, mutated creatures, watchers from the cosmos, shadows from thirty million years ago... The Earth Liberation Trust, or TLT, has protected humanity for nearly half a century. Now, the organization suddenly finds itself standing at the edge of a cliff. In this chaotic era, a mortal who accidentally became a “god” is forced to shoulder the mission of saving the world. As factions take up arms for their own ideals, and humanity slaughters itself in fear and greed, an ancient presence finally reveals its sinister smile. In this age where light and darkness intertwine, who can find a way forward for human civilization?