Ling Cage (2019) s01e07 Episode Script

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Put that down.
It's mine!
That's mine!
Give it to me!
I will be taking this.
No matter what difficulties and challenges we have to confront,
as a community facing the same fate,
all humans should abandon prejudice and unite,
and steel ourselves for the long river of time.
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It's really beautiful.
If time could stop at this moment
how nice would that be.
The master has given orders
to restart the Abyss Walker project.
Why did the master want you to forget everything you saw on the ground?
He didn't deny the existence of humans on the ground.
There might be another secret within.
In the name of the Lighthouse Master,
I will send off these warriors.
Warriors,
set off.
So those feelings I have for him are called
love.
Look, the Hunters have returned.
If I could join the Hunters,
I'll definitely be more impressive than Marc.
It's the duty of the Superiors to protect the Lighthouse.
As an Inferior, you should always remember your own identity.
Based on my genes?
The Lord of Light and Shadow
would rather have the Superior die with dignity
than see the heart of an Inferior
beating inside him.
You're a group of monsters!
I heard that people of the old world will start families.
If that time comes
who will you be with?
I've never thought about such things.
I have.
With you.
In this apocalyptic age,
people always seek out hope,
Load the supplies into boxes, evacuate now.
but if there really was hope
would it be deemed an apocalyptic age?
You originally
had a more suitable candidate for this position.
Marc,
call me sister.
Captain.
Sister.
This is the order I have to obey.
Do you want me to complete it?
I want to see Captain Marc, I saved them.
Why?
He's just a reckless person who only knows how to fight.
How is he qualified to be humanity's final guardian?!
You fear everything
except for extremozoans.
LING CAGE
Middle Chapter
This time you were gone for so long,
is that all the food you brought back?
Be content with what you have.
A lot of Inferior
children don't even get to eat this.
We almost lost our lives for this
small bit of supplies.
Is the ground really so dangerous?
Looks like I'll still be the happiest staying on the Lighthouse.
Do you know what is true happiness?
Always having biscuits and lollipops to eat.
You silly boy.
Why did you hit me?
Tell me if you know.
You only know how to flick my forehead.
Being able to go to the ground
to live freely with the person you like
is true happiness.
The person you like?
But didn't Lighthouse Master Morgan say
that we're all a part of the Lighthouse,
that we must all love each other equally
and stay in the Lighthouse forever?
Yes.
There are no more humans on the ground.
Now, in order to live
we've to stay in the Lighthouse.
Perhaps we can never return to the ground.
Return?
That's easy.
Wait until I become the boss of the Hunters.
I'll drive away all those monsters,
then
we can live on the ground with the person we like.
Silly boy, you're barely grown up,
do you have someone you like?
I do.
Of course I do.
I like
Susan, the one who makes grass jelly.
You like older women?
That's kinky.
That's right.
You have no idea
how strong-tasting her grass jelly is.
Who else do you like?
Instructor Elon.
You also like a man?
What are you laughing at?
This is what loving everyone equally is.
Don't laugh!
If you want to shoot
you've to first turn off the safety.
Take me to the Superior Medical district.
What illness do you have
that requires you to go to the Superior Medical district?
I
I want to donate my heart
to a Superior.
So you're that Inferior.
Take me there.
He
He doesn't have much time left.
This is not within the scope of my responsibility.
I can't help you.
Captain Marc,
I saw you save an Inferior child.
You are different from the other Superiors.
I know that you'll help me.
Even if you go there
they'll not replace a Superior's heart with an Inferior's.
Even if there's only a slim chance,
I still have to try.
It's impossible.
No one on the Lighthouse can fulfill your request.
You should leave before anyone sees you.
How would you know if you don't try?
Are you crazy?
You'll be dying for nothing like this.
Captain Marc,
you have someone you like, don't you?
You are like the people of the past,
you don't live under those cold laws.
You're willing to risk your life
to save the people you love.
Just like how you saved Lieutenant Ran Bing.
I can do the same.
He and I
together,
we survived the earth-shattering calamity.
When we were trapped in the ruins,
I was lying in his arms like this.
At that time,
I thought I was going to die.
He told me
that I had to hang on,
"As long as you are here
even if the world was destroyed
I wouldn't care.
But without you
it is
the end of the world to me."
Captain Marc,
he's waiting for me to save him.
Hang on.
He's waiting for me.
I'll take you to the Medical Unit.
Save him.
Let me save him.
He's waiting for me.
Do you know what true happiness is?
Being able to go to the ground to live freely with the person you like.
We have no other options,
it is even more impossible for us to live on the ground anymore.
Do you have someone you like?
This is the order I have to obey.
Do you want me to complete it?
Captain Marc,
he's waiting for me, he's waiting for me, he's waiting for me
Hurry.
Transplant her heart to that Superior.
Captain Marc,
this goes against the laws of the Lighthouse.
Don't make me repeat myself.
Captain Marc
there is currently an ongoing assignment in the Dawn Hall.
Step aside, I don't want to fight you.
Captain,
entering the Dawn Hall without permission
is a serious crime.
The breeding duty is the first of the three main laws.
Do you want to violate it?
Don't be afraid,
this is a sacred mission given to us by the Lord of Light and Shadow.
For the survival of the Lighthouse,
we must pass down our superior genes.
All living beings are born from the light,
all living beings follow the shadow.
The light cleanses my soul,
the shadow protects my body.
The genes chose us
so this must be right.
Once you give birth to a Superior child,
you will thank the arrangement of the Lord of Light and Shadow.
All living beings are born from the light,
all living beings follow the shadow.
The light cleanses my soul,
the shadow protects my body.
This is the law of survival of the Lighthouse.
If you refuse to carry out your duty,
I will also be punished.
Do you think you can leave today?
Curb desires with principle,
do not indulge in the excessive.
We rather destroy our bodies
than abandon light and shadow.
I'm going with you.
Can you get things done without me?
If one day we can really return to the ground to live,
do you have any plans?
Don't say such things in the future.
Who will you want to be with?
I've never thought about such things.
I have.
With you.
This is the most sacred place in the Lighthouse, it is the holy place where the
people of the Lighthouse discard their personal desires to continue humankind. As
an important way of optimizing the population, the Lighthouse adopted the old
world's method of gene matching and arranged for Superiors of suitable age to carry
out breeding duties to pass down quality genes. Very few elite Hunters are exempted
from breeding duties because they often undertake dangerous ground missions,
except under special circumstances.
I'm sorry.
I only realized now
what Hong Kou was trying to protect even if she had to die for it.
Do you have nothing to do?
Have all the extremozoans been defeated?
Is the ground safe?
Do we no longer need to protect the Lighthouse?
You were right.
I fear everything except for the extremozoans.
And what I fear most
is losing you like how I lost Hong Kou.
The extremozoans have yet to be defeated,
the ground is still not safe,
but it's more vast than the Lighthouse
and there's more freedom.
Ran Bing,
are you willing to
revive the familial relationship of the old world?
Leave the Lighthouse with me.
Start a family on the ground.
As long as you're with me,
even if the world was destroyed I wouldn't care.
But without you,
it is the end of the world to me.
Ran Bing,
from now on, I'll only protect you.
You won't get hurt anymore and you don't have to tolerate this.
No matter how much hardship and perils are on the ground,
I'll still build a home for you.
No matter how strong an extremozoan we have to face,
I'll stand in front of you.
No matter how much time is left in the future,
I want to share the rest of my life with you in this apocalypse.
Are
you willing?
No.
I'm not willing to let you stand
in front of me against all things.
I want to build our home together with you.
If we encounter danger,
I want to stand in front of you.
Without me,
can you get anything done?
Captain Marc,
Lieutenant Ran Bing,
I would like both of you to come with me.
Captain Marc,
you know very well
why we have come.
Don't make things difficult for us.
Take me to the Lighthouse Master.
Don't worry,
wait for me to return.
The City Defense Army
will first take Lieutenant Ran Bing away.
What did you say?
How dare he!
Although quite a few of the enforcers are injured,
it will not affect future breeding duties.
He is basically causing trouble.
Father,
the Light and Shadow Association has already minimized the repercussions.
Your health is more important.
Marc's current position is special,
are you going to
Bring him here.
Now.
Immediately.
Father.
Many Superiors saw Marc break into the Dawn Hall.
I'm afraid
we can't keep this matter a secret.
In the current circumstances,
resolving it privately is not proper.
If we can call for a court meeting
this will also give Marc a chance to defend himself to everyone
and give the people an explanation.
General Victor,
Captain Marc
just did some foolish things.
You could have just deducted some service points as punishment.
But you created such a huge scene.
Don't tell me you really want to discipline him?
Marc helped an Inferior donate her heart,
obstructed a breeding duty.
This is a serious crime of obstructing gene optimization.
Under the law, these are indeed serious crimes.
But Captain Marc isn't an ordinary Superior.
He is the commander of the Hunters, who has
made heroic contributions to the Lighthouse.
He's also going to be the next Lighthouse Master.
Don't tell me
special exceptions can't be made for him?
Then all the more for him to set a good example.
If that's what you're saying,
then you want Captain Marc executed.
General,
will you use your head?
If Captain Marc is executed,
will you go down to gather supplies
or
do you want to be the next Lighthouse Master?
You!
Times are different now,
the environment below is becoming more vile.
We can't lose another Hunter commander.
Also, from what I know,
we are short on reserve personnel
for the Hunters.
Currently, we're in severe shortage of Hunters with gathering experience
and even fewer know how to operate Heavy Walkers.
It is true
that every Hunter is very precious.
General,
the Lighthouse needs Captain Marc.
The Lighthouse didn't survive to this day
by relying on just one or two Hunters.
It is because the Lighthouse Master enacted the laws of survival.
I agree with the General.
We must punish Marc according to the law.
It'd be such a waste,
why not give him to me for experimentation?
Lighthouse Master,
the Lighthouse certainly needs Marc now.
But that doesn't mean he can get away with his crime.
I suggest we remove him from all of his positions,
let him stay with the Hunters to redeem himself with good service.
Why?
To live.
To really live.
How do you think you managed to live to this day?
It was the Lighthouse that taught you how to fight and survive.
Whether you are willing or not,
you are part of the Lighthouse.
Corey risked his life to bring supplies back to the Lighthouse,
he's injured yet not given any medical treatment.
Instructor Elon worked hard all his life,
yet he was exiled once he was old.
Those Inferior porters
do the most laborious work,
yet eat the cheapest food.
4068 made a worthy contribution yet he was beaten up.
And 1225,
she wanted to save her lover with her life
yet it is seen as a crime.
So, as a part of the Lighthouse,
this is how we live.
If we live like this,
how are we different from
the cold corpses?
Do you know how much energy
the Lighthouse consumes every minute?
You know that we have population replacement after battle losses,
but do you know how much resources
it takes to nurture a Hunter?
You only look at the fact that the Lighthouse abandoned your injured comrades.
Do you know how many Inferiors will not even get to eat a worm biscuit
to treat a severely wounded Hunter?
You feel that the Lighthouse is exiling the old to the ground,
but you don't know
how many newly-born infants will starve to death
by feeding people who no longer have the ability to contribute.
The Lighthouse can stop controlling breeding.
Once the population exceeds what the Lighthouse can support,
when that happens
are you going to decide who to abandon?
If we can return to the ground,
perhaps we can resolve these problems.
Let go of your unrealistic ideas.
We're no longer the masters of the ground.
In the face of extremozoans,
humans have nowhere to hide.
They are more dangerous than you think.
But that woman was standing on an extremozoan's shoulder-
You-
If she can find a way to survive
so can we.
As long as there's a trace of hope
we shouldn't give up.
She's not even considered human.
What?
The Lighthouse doesn't have any extra support to spare.
Now, besides surviving,
anything else is just an extravagant hope.
Lighthouse Master,
who on earth is she?
Lighthouse Master.
Take him away.
Lighthouse Master.
I'm begging you
to let Ran Bing and I
take the Long Journey.
Marc,
are you crazy?
Captain Marc,
please reconsider.
Do you still remember what happened to Hong Kou?
I only remember
my sister wanted to go back
to the ground to live with her lover.
The Lighthouse is humanity's last home.
Going back to the ground
is going to your death.
To me,
this place is more of
a grave.
You-
Lighthouse Master.
You-
You will get everyone killed.
Lighthouse Master!
Lighthouse Master!
Lighthouse Master!
Ground districts with extremely high coverage of Manna Ecology
are occupied by large numbers of unknown extremozoan species
with unknown abilities. The Lighthouse forbids exploration in such
areas. Due to lack of contact, the Lighthouse knows very little
about the interior of such ecological areas. However, observation
data shows that these eco-intensive areas have been slowly expanding.
How is the Lighthouse Master?
His emergency medication is finished,
and the Life Formula has deemed him
unworthy of medical treatment.
Where is the nearest resource point?
Currently, there's a known medical resource point
in the T-60 region 6 kilometers away.
But that is an ecology-intensive area.
According to the law,
the Lighthouse will not risk all its Hunters just to save one person.
Even the Lighthouse master
is not exempted from this.
Prepare my Heavy Walker.
I'm going to get the medicine.
Marc,
the Hunters have never carried out a night operation.
Furthermore, you'll be alone.
You better think this over.
If you refuse-
Trust me.
Don't tell Ran Bing for now.
I'll be back soon.
You don't have to return,
but the medicine must come back.
Why are you gathered here at night,
don't you have training tomorrow?
Compared with someone smashing up the Dawn Hall,
training is nothing.
Previously, I didn't care if your head wasn't screwed on right,
but going to the ground by yourself to die.
Not a chance.
Since when do you decide things for me?
If he can't decide for you,
what about us?
You're back.
We just went on a mission for a few days
and you've been unruly.
Small boss,
you just had to mess things up,
why didn't you tell us you were going to start a fight?
Are you looking down on our old bodies?
He wouldn't dare.
I was the first one to teach him how to hold a gun.
No need to bullshit with him.
Let's go.
Move out.
Let's go.
Wait.
This mission is too dangerous.
I can't let you few old guys
face this danger with me.
Yeah right.
There's nothing we haven't seen.
Exactly.
Marc.
We lost her,
we can't lose you too.
Here.
Soldiers,
I know all of you have come to help me,
so I hope that you understand the meaning behind this battle.
This is the most dangerous mission in
the history of the Hunters.
We'll be marching out at night
into an ecology-intensive area.
There's a high chance we'll not return.
But the Lighthouse Master's life is in danger now.
Whether he will wake up
depends on whether we can bring back the medical supplies in time.
We're willing to risk our lives for you.
But the Life Formula has decided that
Lighthouse Master Morgan doesn't deserve to have any medical resources spent on him.
Captain Marc,
why should we risk our lives for someone who isn't worth it?
Yes.
Abandon those who are useless,
he set this law himself.
That's right, that's right, you're right.
How do you think the value of
someone's life should be measured?
The Life Formula I suppose.
No,
it's the genes.
Our badges,
otherwise why do we always have to wear it?
Bullshit,
it's obviously the service points in the badges.
A person's value
can't be quantified by any method.
That's right.
The Life Formula was set by the Lighthouse Master.
He did it to allow us to survive in this brutal environment.
Whether it's right or wrong,
at the very least, we're still alive today.
Without him,
the Lighthouse wouldn't have made it to today.
In my view,
we're not saving the Lighthouse Master today,
but a pitiful old man who exhausted his life's energy
for the Lighthouse.
What does he mean? I don't understand either.
Ask yourselves honestly,
who has worked harder for the Lighthouse than he has?
If you can't think of any other person,
we're staying on the Lighthouse
while he's about to be abandoned by everyone,
do you think the Life Formula's judgment is fair?
He does have a point. Yes.
Not fair.
We Hunters
are the ones closest to death.
If we're seriously injured
but can't pay the amount of service points required,
we're abandoned.
Are you willing to let your survival
be decided by a cold formula?
No.
What we're doing
does go against the laws of the Lighthouse.
We're going against the law to save the Lighthouse Master.
Think about it.
If the Lighthouse Master wakes up,
how will he judge the Life Formula
and how will he judge the three main laws?
Because he will
be the first person on the Lighthouse to violate the law.
That's right. He has a point. He's right.
This aerial city
shouldn't be a degrading shelter,
but a platform that supports our hopes.
So this mission
is not to save others,
but to save ourselves.
Right.
In this world,
there is no law
that can deny us at birth.
Yes, that's right.
Superiors,
Inferiors,
every single one of us
is a unique existence!
A unique existence!
A unique existence!
I don't completely understand what the captain is saying
but
I'm really moved.
Hunters,
move out!
Heads up.
This time I've outfitted them with everything in my storage.
When awake, I see the light and dark have changed
Days and days, people whisper and pray
While visions touch your dream
those memories will fade away
Don't be sad, glimmers still remain
There's a chance you are gonna touch the soul
Days and moons, searching for a land of hope
Sufferings will be painless
all miseries will never come
Don't be afraid, everything's the same
When the glory days are gone
only one truth can be trusted
It's time to part
Turning the whole world upside down
couldn't make me feel alive
Don't leave me, flee with me
Only you can break my fall
When awake, I see the light and dark have changed