Chapter 012: Strolling in the Garden
There was a look of confusion in Lin Luxi's big eyes.
Obviously, she didn't understand why Chen She deliberately made all the characters and scenes in the game ugly, nor did she understand what the spiritual core of "Embers of Demise" that Chen She mentioned was.
But as an obedient tool, she didn't have any more ideas of her own, and just carefully recorded Chen She's requests.
Chen She was very happy: "As long as we change there will be basically no problem."
"It's my fault this time. I didn't explain these issues clearly at the beginning. I ignored them."
"I'll try to be more detailed about the next Mewtwo."
"It's almost time to start recording the experience-based Mewtwo segment at the beginning."
"Let me first briefly tell you the general plot of this Mewtwo."
This experience-like Mewtwo at the beginning can be simply understood as a game cutscene.
However, compared to traditional cutscenes, experiential Mewtwo allows players to enter a specific identity and perspective and experience the plot in the first person.
What players experience is not just vision, hearing and touch, but also certain complex emotions.
Chen She wants to use this experience-type Super Dream to maximize the effect of dissuading players from playing.
"The content of this experience is actually very simple. It mainly consists of some scenes where I was defeated by various enemies and died repeatedly."
"During this process, my main feelings were despair, helplessness, confusion, pain, fatigue, hunger and other negative emotions."
“You try to capture those emotions as much as possible and intensify them.”
In order to act out this scene well and let Lin Luxi collect enough negative emotions, Chen She even deliberately did not eat since last night and acted in a hungry state.
Whenever he thought of his current miserable situation, helplessness, confusion and all kinds of negative emotions would naturally surge into his heart.
In addition, there are many painful sensations when being chopped or killed by monsters, but he does not need to record these pains himself.
Because this kind of simple feeling can be directly produced using the editor, only those feelings that are a mixture of multiple negative emotions cannot be directly synthesized by the Mewtwo editor and require Mewtwo actors to play them.
Lin Luxi carefully wrote down Chen She's request, and then took Chen She to the recording site of Mewtwo.
Chen She looked around and found that this place was a bit like the venue used for motion capture in his previous life, except that it did not require such a large area.
This is because in Chen She's previous life, all the movements had to be performed by the actors in reality. But in this world, when recording Mewtwo, the Mewtwo actors only need to use their consciousness to complete some movements, and they don't need to do them all in reality.
In addition, the equipment needed to record Mewtwo is relatively simple, a bit like a larger version of the Mewtwo gaming cabin.
The only difference from the Mewtwo game cabin is that this recording device will construct a virtual world in the Mewtwo actor's consciousness while constantly collecting and recording the Mewtwo actor's emotions and feelings.
Chen She couldn't help but sigh: " I don't know whether the actors in this world are more difficult or less difficult than traditional actors?"
"On the one hand, Super Dream actors don't need to perform in reality. They just need to complete the corresponding content in their minds. On the other hand, actors must not only have acting skills, but also have rich inner dramas. Actors who can't pass the inner drama are also unqualified."
"I'm starting to doubt whether it's the right choice for me to be a Mewtwo actor myself."
But now Chen She has no chance to regret.
He lay down in the Mewtwo game cabin as Lin Luxi requested, and soon fell into a state of light sleep, with his consciousness establishing a deep connection with the Mewtwo recording device.
He was clearly aware that he was in a super dream, and at the same time, Lin Luxi's voice rang in his ears: "Mr. Chen, prepare yourself for a while. You can start when you are emotionally ready."
There was a vast expanse of white space all around, a bit like the green screen Chen She used when shooting movies in his previous life, only the color was different.
Not far away, there was a hideous monster.
Chen She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not a performance without props, otherwise he might not be able to hold on.
At least this monster would come and attack him, reinforcing what he was feeling inside.
Chen She was constantly brewing his emotions. He recalled all the injustices and grievances he had suffered since coming to this world, thought of his current miserable situation where he could be doomed if he was not careful, thought of the huge disparity in power between the resistance army and the big capitalists, as well as the confusing future, and could not help but feel sad.
A feeling of melancholy, confusion and despair gradually emerged from the bottom of his heart.
As this emotion emerged and continued to grow, Lin Luxi apparently caught it successfully. She quickly said, "Very good, Mr. Chen, please keep going. I'm ready to start collecting."
As soon as he finished speaking, the monster in front of Chen She also pounced towards him with its fangs and claws, causing Chen She to subconsciously feel a strong fear in his heart!
In the virtual Mewtwo, the player's physical fitness is set in advance.
In order to better enhance the effect of his fear, Chen She specifically asked Lin Luxi to adjust his body functions to a weak state before entering, so when facing this monster, even resistance would be of no avail.
While Chen She
After being tortured by this monster for several long minutes, Chen She finally heard Lin Luxi's joyful voice: "Mr. Chen, the collection is complete!"
Chen She immediately exited the virtual dream space without staying for even a second.
Returning to the real world again, Chen She still felt a little scared.
This feeling is a bit like being in a horror movie. You know it is fake, but when it really starts, the atmosphere still makes your back go cold.
It seems that being a Mewtwo actor is not an easy job. Can I apply for mental damage compensation?
Fortunately, my suffering was not in vain, as I collected all the negative emotions that needed to be collected.
Lin Luxi gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "Mr. Chen, you are really amazing!"
"I really didn't expect that as a battle-hardened and determined warrior, you could also act out the emotions of fear and despair so deeply and realistically!"
"You are such a talented Mewtwo actor."
"Being able to perform emotions that don't exist in your heart through acting is something that even the super dream stars from big studios may not be able to do."
Chen She was a little amused and confused by Lin Luxi's praise.
He really wanted to ask: Little sister, I want to tell you, these are my true feelings, do you believe it?
In a sense, Chen She is acting in his true colors, and the emotions in the performance are all real. How could the effect of the performance be bad?
Chen She had no intention of dwelling too much on this issue. Anyway, the recording of this opening performance was completed!
The next step was for Lin Luxi, the Mewtwo editor, to stitch together all the various negative emotions, surrounding scenes, character actions, and other content to create the opening experiential Mewtwo.
Let every player who enters "Embers Are Going Out" experience the fear, confusion and self-denial in Chen She's heart.
Chen She gave a few more simple instructions. While Lin Luxi was recording Chen She's requirements, he sorted and classified all the materials he had just collected and did some preliminary editing to prepare for the next step.
During this process, she suddenly found a dialog box popped up on the Mewtwo Editor, so she quickly took out a small bottle of something like golden particles from the safe next to her and prepared to put it into the Mewtwo Editor.
Although Chen She had never seen the real thing, he recognized it immediately.
This is the mysterious space-time particle.
It is a substance in the world that is more precious than crude oil and gold, and is closely related to all of the world's top industries.
The moment he saw the space-time particles, Chen She suddenly felt a special throbbing in his heart, as if those space-time particles had a very mysterious attraction to him!
Chen She felt like an alcoholic seeing a bottle of fine wine, or a hungry person seeing a delicious hamburger.
He really wanted to snatch the bottle of space-time particles and swallow it or smear it on his body.
This thought frightened Chen She, and he quickly dismissed the idea.
As Lin Luxi put the space-time particles into the Super Dream Editor, Chen She's thoughts disappeared.
"These spacetime particles are really weird. We need to be careful!"
"I read online that space-time particles have special properties. Although they are not as harmful as time snow, they are still dangerous if the body comes into direct contact with them."
Chen She certainly would not allow himself to have such suicidal thoughts and habits, so he quickly shifted his attention to other aspects.
When editing Super Dream, it obviously also consumes a certain amount of space-time particles. Lin Luxi quickly completed the preliminary editing and carefully saved all the relevant materials.
Chen She said: "I have roughly thought of the second Mewtwo that I mentioned before."
"The name of this Mewtwo is "Walking in the Garden"."
"Its gameplay is very simple. It is to move forward in corridors and tombs in a mysterious oriental ancient tomb, avoid various traps, defeat various enemies, and finally escape successfully."
“For specific gameplay, you can refer to “Castle Escape”.”
"But compared to Castle Escape, it has the following changes."
“The first point is that the background has changed from an ancient castle in the West to an ancient tomb in the East.”
“The second point is that there will no longer be boulders or monsters chasing you from behind. Players can stop and think carefully before moving forward.”
"The third point is that the entire map is randomly generated, and each map can only be cleared once. After a map is generated, many players challenge it together, but once someone completes it, the map will be permanently sealed and a new map will be generated."
"The fourth point is that players can see the images of other players who died in the trap during the challenge. These images can help players judge the danger ahead in advance."
“In addition, the movement and combat methods as well as the various props obtained by players must also be differentiated.”