Ultraman

 

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https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Ultraman_Elite

 Years after the Maryway incident which nearly brought humanity to extinction, a research facility, BASE 64, was set up in the Gobi Desert to house the top-secret project led by the world's current leaders, S. 

The motivation behind the project, known as Project Ultraman, was to extract Ultraman DNA from Millennium, who laid dormant in the desert, to ultimately elevate the elite to gods, caring not for the rest of humanity or the ramifications of such a venture. 

To that end, special children known as the Ultra Youth were brought in as research specimens, and the research eventually resulted in the birth of Elite, the first manmade Ultraman.

 Ultraman Elite was created from the fusion of the monster Elubo's microorganisms and soul energy

 Elubo's intent to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth, he instead aligned himself with the belief of coexistence, and teamed up with Millennium and Dark Ultraman to put an end to Elubo's antagonistic plans.

 

• Dimensional Movement: Elite can move between all dimensions and at absurd speeds, making him the fastest among the Ultra Brothers.^[4]
• Duplication: Elite can create a copy of himself with the power of microorganisms.

 

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There was a planned tv show for ultraman where gobi desert was the intended filming location:

https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Ultraman

 

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https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Ultraman/Characters

 Millennium's human host on Earth. Once an ordinary human, an incident years ago led him to encounter Millennium in the Gobi Desert, who he fused with to save both their lives. 

He works as an employee of the World Carnival, unaware of the power that lies within him, until the encounter with Dark Ultraman.