Chapter 40: Using Mewtwo to Interpret Mewtwo 2
How long does it take for a gold medal Mewtwo producer like him to edit a Mewtwo of just over ten minutes?
"Seven hours is enough."
There was absolute confidence in Li Yunhan's eyes, because he believed that Captain Chen She had provided him with a perfect stage to perform!
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Friday, April 4th.
Zhang Sirui was sitting in the lounge area of the experience store, flipping through an e-magazine absentmindedly, then quickly put it down.
He really wasn't in the mood.
Turning around, I found that Mr. Chen was still concentrating on carving, as if nothing in the world could disturb him.
While Zhang Sirui lamented that his self-control was far inferior to that of Captain Chen She, he was also deeply worried about the situation of "The Embers Are Going Out".
He stood up and prepared to go to the store door to take a breath.
Just then, his bracelet rang.
It was Li Yunhan who sent a communication request.
Zhang Sirui couldn't help but perk up and quickly answered the call.
Li Yunhan looked a little tired, but his eyes were full of enthusiasm, as if he had finally completed something very important.
"It's done!" Li Yunhan breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Sirui was stunned for a moment: "What was completed?"
Li Yunhan said: "My new Mewtwo."
Zhang Sirui was a little surprised: "Didn't your new Mewtwo get cut by Changye Entertainment Group? Hey, can you please stop speaking one word at a time? It's driving me crazy."
"I'm really annoyed. If you have something to say, please say it now. If you have something to say, please fart now."
Li Yunhan smiled and said, "That's why I let you experience my new Mewtwo. This new Mewtwo can solve all your doubts."
"I've sent you the address."
Zhang Sirui was stunned for a moment, then asked, "That's not right, shouldn't you send it to Mr. Chen?"
Li Yunhan couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Chen is the producer, does he need to read my interpretation?"
Zhang Sirui thought about it and agreed.
Of course, Li Yunhan's interpretation of Mr. Chen's Super Dream did not need to be sent to Mr. Chen.
After ending the call, Zhang Sirui returned to the experience store, found an empty Super Dream Game Cabin at random, and lay down in it.
It is morning now, Zeng Hailong and his colleagues have gone to work in the factory, and Friday is usually a time when there are fewer customers, so there are many empty seats.
After arriving at the virtual space of the Mewtwo game cabin, Zhang Sirui found Li Yunhan’s new Mewtwo.
The name is quite direct: Why "The Embers Are Going Out" can bring you powerful spiritual power!
Ordinary commercial Mewtwo would not have such a strange and long name, but the Mewtwo produced by Li Yunhan is actually closer to a short video. It does not follow the channel promotion route of commercial Mewtwo, but directly uses his own fame and account to divert and interpret traffic, and it is free of charge. Therefore, the rules are very different from those of serious commercial Mewtwo.
This Mewtwo was just released not long ago, but as the gold medal game producer of Changye Entertainment Group, Li Yunhan has many fans and is well-known, so many people have already discovered it.
Zhang Sirui didn't care about these and immediately entered into a super dream.
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Gray smoke lingered, rolling and changing into different shapes.
Behind the gray smoke, a faint glow of fire could be seen.
Zhang Sirui was stunned for a moment, then he recognized it. Isn’t this the new promotional space after the modification of “The Embers Are Going Out”?
But as far as he knows, this change is not very good because it is too meaningless. Many new players feel puzzled when they see this scene and are discouraged.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunhan directly used this scene in this super dream.
After a few seconds, Li Yunhan's figure passed through the black smoke and came in front of Zhang Sirui, the Mewtwo audience.
“Are you confused when you see this scene?”
"It's okay. Just keep going with me, confused. At the end of this Mewtwo, I will come back and answer it, and then you will naturally be enlightened."
"You will understand that every scene in this Mewtwo has its special purpose."
Li Yunhan walked forward and Zhang Sirui followed him.
The characteristic of the experiential super dream is that the audience is not allowed to move freely, and can only experience specific actions and emotions. Therefore, all the actions and emotions that Zhang Sirui performed in this super dream were arranged in advance by Li Yunhan.
The gray mist dissipated, and Zhang Sirui found that he was wearing the tattered knight's uniform, and began to feel the complex emotions of depression, pain, and fatigue.
This segment is obviously a direct edit of the experiential Mewtwo at the beginning of "Embers Are Out", the difference is that the entire process has been shortened, and the audience is only given a brief taste of the emotion.
During this process, Li Yunhan stood beside the audience and narrated the story in a slightly vicissitudes of life tone.
"The blazing fire in the distance is the imperial city of this world."
"The holy fire burns the destiny of the world, and now, the holy fire is about to go out."
"Rumor has it that once the Holy Flame is extinguished, all people in the world will be plunged into an ocean of suffering from which there will be no escape."
"You are a chivalrous man with the world in your heart, and you are moving forward towards the Holy Fire and the Imperial City."
"But this road is much more difficult than you imagined. Countless people like you have fallen on the road..."
With Li Yunhan's explanation in his ear, Zhang Sirui quickly experienced the various plots in "The Embers Are Going Out".
Including the difficulty when I first set out on the journey, the fear of death for the first time, the excitement of defeating the enemy for the first time, and the doubts about life when I first encountered a man who advised me to quit...
These complex emotions were diluted and edited, and then conveyed to the audience's minds as the background of Li Yunhan's commentary.
As Li Yunhan continues to interpret the plot, the original appearance of the entire world is revealed to the audience.
The curtain slowly opened.
Li Yunhan brought the audience to the city wall of the imperial city, gazing at the sacred fire in the center of the imperial city in the distance, and overlooking the entire magnificent imperial city and the vast world.
"What is 'ember'? It is actually the state where the fuel is about to burn out and the fire is about to go out. According to the world setting of Mewtwo, all the people in the world are the fuel of the holy fire, because the luck of the burning holy fire actually depends on every person in the world."
"When everyone lives a happy life and works in peace and contentment, the fortune will be at its peak and the sacred fire will burn brightly, which means that the dynasty will last for thousands of years and be forever strong."
“When everyone is in pain, killing each other and leaving corpses everywhere, the luck will decline and the holy fire will go out. That means the dynasty will collapse and the world will be in chaos.”
"So, this Mewtwo is actually telling a story about countless 'embers' at the bottom of society struggling to save themselves."
"The other countries surrounding the Imperial City want to extinguish the Holy Fire in the Imperial City. This is because they covet the fortune of all people in the world. Only when the Holy Fire is extinguished and the world is in chaos, can they calmly take action to rob it."
“And at the end, players actually have three different choices.”
"You can destroy other countries first and then save the Holy Flame. You can go directly to save the Holy Flame and endure sieges from all sides. You can also just charge into the Imperial City and extinguish the Holy Flame."
"From the background of Mewtwo's story, the first two can be seen as good endings, but one is low difficulty and the other is high difficulty; and the final ending is self-destruction."
"But is it so?"
"If you think about it more deeply, why is this world full of corpses and people living in misery? Why is life in the Imperial City about to end? Is it because the King of the Imperial City is cruel and merciless, and has lost the support of the people, that is why the country is in ruins and things are getting worse and worse?"
"Then what's the point of helping such a corrupt imperial city to survive?"
"If this is true, then the act of extinguishing the Holy Flame itself is not to be blamed. Because the destiny of the world belongs to those with virtue. After the Holy Flame is extinguished, perhaps there will always be another hero born. He will raise an army of righteousness, pacify the world, gather the destiny of the world again, and ignite a new Holy Flame."
"But...is this the end of the story?"
"Think again?"
Standing on the city wall and looking down, the desolate territory was in sight. Waves of sadness surged in Zhang Sirui's heart, giving him a strange feeling.
Under Li Yunhan's guidance, Zhang Sirui felt that he was fully immersed in the story and experienced all kinds of indescribable complex emotions.
He began to think along Li Yunhan's lines, trying hard to find answers to this world.
Li Yunhan continued: "Don't forget the title of Mewtwo, "The Embers Are Going Out."
"Ember is the real protagonist of this Mewtwo."
"You are a weak farmer with little fighting ability. You walked out of that abandoned little village. At first you couldn't even beat a dog, but later you were able to face an army of the empire alone. Your life is like a miracle."
"The biggest challenge you encountered the first time was the ragged knight, commonly known as the 'dissuading man'. He laughed at your overestimation of your own abilities, he wanted you to accept your fate, and he even drew his sword against you."
“It’s not until you defeat him that you truly believe for the first time that you have the potential to change the world.”
"All the people in the world are connected to fate, and are the fuel of the holy fire. You will be burned to ashes, abandoned in a lonely corner of this world to die, but you don't want to accept such a fate. You want to shout with your rotten throat: I can still burn!"
“So you keep moving forward, making the impossible possible. You turn the meaningless embers that can only be discarded as residue into a beam of dawn fire in the darkness.”
"But you can only stop here, because your own power is limited after all. No matter how hard you try, you can only choose between 'extending the life of the dynasty' and 'starting a chaotic world with your own hands'."
"This is the fate of embers."
“Everything you have experienced and everything you have given is not meaningless. You have indeed saved the world to some extent, but not all problems in this world can be solved by yourself.”
Along with Li Yunhan's explanation, Zhang Sirui reviewed the entire process of the protagonist in Mewtwo from embarking on the journey to guarding the sacred flame.
At this moment, he could also feel the exhaustion of finally reaching the finish line after going through untold hardships, and the deep regret of failing to complete the ultimate mission after trying his best.
Although this emotion was edited by Li Yunhan based on his own feelings and can only convey about 10 emotions, it is enough as a background emotion.
Sometimes a little bit of special emotion can infect people, just like a lit match falling into a dry haystack.
After telling all this, Li Yunhan and Zhang Sirui returned to the original space again.
There was still gray fog lingering, with faint glow of fire.
"After understanding all this and looking at this scene again, do you have the answer in your heart?"
“This scene is abstract, but its meaning is profound.”
"The gray mist actually represents the destiny of all living things in the world. It is constantly changing and flowing, filling the entire world."
"And the faint flames behind the gray fog symbolize the burning sacred fire."
"There is a brightest flame in the upper right corner, which represents the Imperial City."
"But this is not the only light. In other locations, you can also see tiny dots of light shining through the gray fog."
"What are those lights?"
"That's the faint glow of the burning embers."
"They may burn out quickly, go out quickly, and may not have any impact on the world."
"But if all the embers can gather together, they can burn into a new dawn!"
"So, the Mewtwo game "Embers Are Going Out" actually has a hidden ending that has not been made clear."
"If all the embers could gather together, instead of just one person giving all his light, then we could definitely jump out of this dilemma and use the flames to rebuild a new world!"
As Li Yunhan explained, Zhang Sirui felt as if a thunderclap sounded in his ears and exploded!
Yes, the reason why Yu Jin had regrets despite trying his best is that a person’s power always has its limits.
But if more and more people unite and come together into a powerful force, it may be possible to completely change the world!
Thinking of this, Zhang Sirui suddenly understood.
All the fatigue, pain, and despair he had endured in Mewtwo were swept away in that instant, and replaced by an indescribable feeling of pleasure.
This feeling of changing one's destiny and rebuilding the country cannot be compared with any superficial sensory experience!
It can also be said that all the pain that was originally endured was transformed into an extreme happiness at this moment!
Li Yunhan smiled slightly and continued, "Yes, this is how I felt after completing the death version of "Embers Are Going Out."
"Due to the limitations of the online version of Mewtwo, the happiness you experienced was only one tenth of the happiness I felt at the time."
“Now do you understand why “Ember of the Dead” is set to such an inhumane difficulty?”
“Because only after experiencing pain can you understand true happiness; only after experiencing confusion can you find the true meaning; only by measuring every inch of land with your feet can you enjoy all the scenery along the way.”
“So it’s clear why “Embers Are Going Out” has two difficulty levels: the coward version and the death version.”
"Do you want to be a coward for your whole life, or a hero for just one second?"
"Of course, from the perspective of Mewtwo's production, there is no difference in gameplay between the coward version and the death version. The only difference is the difficulty."
"And I think that even the so-called 'cowards' in Ember Are Out are far more heroic and noble than the 'heroes' of other Mewtwo! Because in the desperate world of Ember Are Out, even ordinary cowards are true heroes!"
“As for the death version, I think it highlights a fearless spirit of resistance.”
“When a person proudly says, ‘I am here to die,’ it means that he has put life and death aside, and that there are things in this world that are more important than life waiting for him to accomplish.”
"So, the names of the Coward Version and the Death Version seem to be a ruthless mockery of Mewtwo players, as if mocking the former for being cowardly and the latter for being stupid."
"But in fact, after substituting the entire world view, you will find that behind these two names, there is a deep admiration and expectation for Mewtwo players who dare to challenge themselves!"
“‘The Embers Are Going Out’ is not a song praising heroes and saviors, but a hymn to ordinary people.”
"Some people say that epics are created by heroes. In a sense, this is true, but heroes are born from ordinary people. It is with the support of countless ordinary people that they have the power to change the world."
“So, when every ordinary person can realize that they actually have the power to change the world, even the embers that are about to burn out can burn brightly again and sweep the whole world!”
