Chapter 188 Returning to China
Chi Yizheng waited at the seaside for a whole day wearing the shell of thin frost, and waited for the little fur ball that was "caught" by the branch yesterday.
After all, they were once land creatures. Even after believing in the sea god and moving to live in the ocean, the rolling sheep are still used to playing on the shore for a while. However, it is not only the rolling sheep that come ashore, but also some other marine species.
For example, seals, sea lions, crabs, etc., and some with strange looks.
The way to distinguish whether they are animals or strange races is also very simple. Animals have no moral integrity. Those that eat and defecate on the shore, defecate everywhere, and even defecate on the faces and bodies of their companions are 100% ordinary animals. Those that gather with their own kind, are relatively clean, and are vigilant and defensive towards him as an outsider are strange races.
For example, the strange race of seals are three times larger than ordinary seals. They will drive away those messy animals, and their eye color is also slightly different.
Bo Shuangchi, the strange outsider, standing there carelessly, naturally attracted the attention of these strange races.
A seal that spoke Common came over and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Chi Yizhen said, "I'm from Fantasy Paradise, and I'm here to find the Sea God."
If the person standing in front of Chi Yizhen at this moment was a human believer, he would probably ask, "Can you see the Sea God whenever you want?" and start to doubt the purpose of this shameless person.
But the strange races didn't think much of it. The seal said directly, "Oh, then you have to go to our Poseidon Church and pray. If you can impress the Lord, you will have the opportunity to hear the oracle."
After saying that, he just looked at Chi Yizhen, and Chi Yizhen also stared at him. They stood there for a long time, and Haibao said in a daze: "Go away!"
Chi Yi really thought that I had to find an opportunity to get close to the little fur ball from yesterday. He uttered four words: "...Find someone to lead the way."
seal:……
A moment later, the little fur ball that Chi Yizheng had interacted with yesterday jumped out from the rolling pile of sheep. It seemed that because it was too young and not strong enough, it stopped after every jump. Chi Yizheng watched and felt like he was the protagonist in the game "Jump Jump".
Not long after, Chi Yizheng followed the rolling sheep into the ocean. The world above and below the sea was very different. Only a layer of sea water separated them, and an extremely gorgeous world opened the door to Chi Yizheng.
However, the little ball of fur was not swimming very fast in the sea. When Chi Yi was really wondering how long it would take to reach the Church of Poseidon if it continued like this, he saw the ball of fur swimming towards a passing swordfish.
Sailfish are the fastest fish in the sea, capable of swimming over 100 kilometers per hour. In this world full of exotic species, their speed will only get faster.
The little fur ball swam over and bleated at the sailfish.
The swordfish replied: "Okay, but next time I get hurt you have to treat me."
Then the little ball of fur grabbed hold of the sailfish and led the way with the sailfish.
This time the speed was much faster, and Chi Yizheng no longer had to deliberately slow down to follow the little fur ball.
Soon, they swam to a place one thousand meters below the sea surface and saw a colorful Poseidon Church made of shells and corals.
A strange race with a bulging belly, looking a bit like a seahorse, stopped at the door to greet them.
***
The ninth day of the first lunar month, the Earth.
V Fantasy Park: Dear fans and visitors, Yuanyuanzi will be holding a "Celebrate the Lantern Festival" event on February 5th, the day of the Lantern Festival. The event includes an essay contest and a charity auction.
Essay Contest: 1. The theme must be related to the fantasy park, and the content must be about matters existing in the fantasy park, including exotic races and monsters; 2. The genre must be novel, with a minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 500,000 words (the essay contest will be ongoing); 3. The content must be positive and uplifting, promoting mainstream values, and the park must be decent; 4. The park's official email address will accept submissions from all over the world on a long-term basis.
Note: The writing competition will be judged every two months. The top three entries will be selected for inclusion in the "Book Tour" experience center and receive generous rewards. Contributors who rank above 5,000 on the park's merit list will receive additional points.
Charity Auction: 1. The auction includes three story loading opportunities in the "Book Tour" experience center. 2. After a story is successfully loaded, the copyright owner will enjoy a share of the box office revenue from the onlooker mode. 3. All proceeds from the auction will be used to establish the Fantasy Park Charity Foundation, which aims to help people in need.
The number of followers on Weibo of Fantasy Park is nearly 100 million. This is not the kind of inflated data bought by traffic stars, but there are indeed nearly 100 million netizens following Fantasy Park’s account, including many official mainstream media.
As soon as the news was released, the country's official media first forwarded it to show support and take the front row.
Then there was a heated discussion and comments from netizens.
—Front row photo. I rushed over as soon as I saw the park's announcement, thinking it was about to launch another project. Seeing the Lantern Festival event was actually a relief. The "Book Travel" experience center is already amazing enough, and the story has already been developed with so many new endings by the people at FunZi. If the park were to launch another new project so soon, it would be too scary!
—Same as the above, I was relieved to find out there were no new attractions. It would be best if the park didn't have any new attractions in the future, otherwise I'd be really jealous if I couldn't enjoy them. (Note: I'm overseas and my re-entry permit has been blocked).
—Essay contest? Great! I’ll write one right away.
——Ahhh, can it really be included in the Book Tour Experience Hall? Woohoo, I'm so looking forward to it!
——A blind guess is that a large number of film and television companies will be coming.
—Wow, this is the first time I've seen something like this auctioned off, and they even share in the box office revenue? Damn it, the cinemas are in trouble, the theme park is going to steal your business.
——Hahaha, I’ve had enough of those TV dramas and movies that randomly changed the original works. Now that the theme park is open for movie watching, I’m afraid that the cinema will go bankrupt in the future.
When the Fantasy Park’s Lantern Festival activities came out, the biggest shock was indeed the film and television industry.
The film and television industry has been in a downturn in recent years. Both the scripts and the presentation effects are only satisfactory, and the actors' appearance is almost disparate. After the "Book Travel" experience hall of Fantasy Park came out, a large number of projects that chose to remake ancient novels were directly aborted because they were too lazy to create new scripts and reluctant to buy the copyright of the novels.
Because the "Book Travel" experience hall in the Fantasy Park is so magical that it is unbelievable. No matter what the story is, whether it is a third-rate ancient novel or a classic masterpiece, the "Book Travel" experience hall can restore it 99 points. The only difference is because people's imagination of the masterpieces is different.
Moreover, it is basically completely according to the description in the original novel, whether it is the fairy palace with thousands of auspicious auras, or the gloomy underworld of Yama; whether it is the ugliest weird in the world, or the most beautiful woman in the country, the experience hall arranges them all clearly for you, and not only are the scenery different, but each beauties also have their own beauty.
It makes people suspect that there is a literal supercomputer in the Fantasy Park, which is operating at high load all the time.
Under such circumstances, even fewer people watch TV dramas and movies. A large number of self-media outlets that live-stream the amusement park have become popular. There are also newly emerging talents who rely on the immersive mode of the experience center to completely change the direction of the story without any cheats, and then gain fame and fortune by editing the wonderful clips.
In short, there are too many people in the film and television industry who hate Fantasyland, but they don't dare to provoke Fantasyland because Fantasyland is currently in the limelight.
But now that the Lantern Festival activities have taken place, these people who used to hate the park so much now have to line up to give money to the park. The public doesn’t know whether they feel aggrieved or not, but they are very happy to see it anyway.
Zhen Xianghong is a rich second-generation who entered the entertainment industry by spending money. Because his family is rich, he is related to the film and television industry, and he himself is good-looking. After playing the leading role in several popular IPs, he has become a second-tier star in just two or three years. However, his acting skills are not good, so in order to avoid exposing his shortcomings, every time it is his turn to play a role, the screenwriter will change the protagonist's character for him.
Although he has acted in several dramas, he is playing himself in every drama. Passersby who don't know the truth will think that this person's acting is quite good and vivid, but fans of the original novel who know the truth hate him.
This year, there was news that the copyright of a popular novel was sold. Zhen Xianghong had a good eye. After reading the original work, he was attracted by the ups and downs of the plot and immediately asked the company to arrange to buy the copyright. He felt that as long as he finished filming this drama, he would become truly famous and would become a top star from then on.
The talks were halfway through, but after the news of the park's auction of story-loading opportunities for the "Book Travel" experience center was released, the original author suddenly said that he would not sell it.
Not only this one, but several other original novels that were currently being negotiated also said they would not sell them. Either they had decided to compete for the three loading opportunities, or they wanted to wait and see the effect of the "Book Travel" experience center.
What made him even more uneasy was that several major companies had previously intended to have him play important roles in their new productions, but now they said they would wait and see.
Zhen Xianghong was so angry that he couldn't sleep for several days. Although he liked the Fantasy Park very much and had even been there several times, becoming famous was his lifelong dream. The park was about to extinguish his dream. What was the difference between this and killing his parents?
The Fantasy Park is so popular now that many people have heard the inside information in advance before the announcement. Zhen Xianghong even bought the specific time when the park's dynamic release will be released, intending to grab the first place in the comment section as soon as the park releases the announcement.
He even used the fastest and best internet connection and edited and copied his message in advance. However, even though he saw he had taken the top spot in the comments section, he refreshed the page to find that several official media accounts that posted later than he had had their posts bumped out! He refreshed the page again, and his posting time had actually been changed!
Zhen Xianghong was stunned. What was the origin of Fantasy Park? Was it necessary for these official media to engage in such despicable behind-the-scenes operations just to grab the front row?
***
That afternoon, another country separated from Zhongzhou by an ocean.
After applying repeatedly, Yang Chen's family finally got their application to return to China approved.
He still remembers how he felt when he was questioned. Now that he has successfully bought the plane ticket and is sitting in the waiting room, he finally feels much more relaxed.
His wife and children clung to him. Across from him, a large screen broadcast news of the military's crackdown on monsters. A reporter was reporting: "The situation is currently stable. The escaped monsters have been completely eliminated... Please believe this, citizens..."
Not long after, a middle-aged foreign man came over to him with luggage and sat down. He glanced at the plane ticket in Yang Chen's hand and asked, "Are you going to Zhongzhou too?"
Yang Chen responded to him in a fluent foreign language. In fact, he was still a little surprised. During this period, the threshold for entering Zhongzhou Country was very high. His family did not change their nationality, and it took several months to apply. This foreigner actually passed the application.
The middle-aged man then asked him, "Did you also sign a confidentiality agreement when you bought the ticket?"
Yang Chen nodded. Of course, his family had signed it. The agreement required them not to leak any information about foreign monsters to the country after returning. Although he didn't understand why, compared to the safety of his family, this requirement was simply too common.
Although the local government has always assured that the army will ensure everyone's safety, and Yang Chen's family has indeed not seen many deaths near them, they are really fed up with living in fear every day.
The middle-aged man added: "I don't understand why you have to hide it. This is unfair. There must be a conspiracy."
Yang Chen stopped talking. Seeing that he didn't respond, the middle-aged man seemed too lazy to bother himself and shut up.
It wasn't long before boarding time arrived. Yang Chen and his family dragged their luggage to line up and just stood at the boarding gate.
A group of men in strange uniforms suddenly rushed towards them, pointing their guns and shouting, "Catch him."
Yang Chen's family was so frightened that they froze in place. Then the middle-aged man behind them was grabbed and pressed to the ground.
He escorted his wife and children into the boarding gate. When he turned around, he saw the middle-aged man being handcuffed. He also vaguely heard the arresting officers talking about words like "cult" and "cracks".
The flight back home took more than ten hours. The family secretly discussed the middle-aged man who was captured. They were quite worried along the way, fearing that some unit would arrest them after landing. Fortunately, they had a safe journey and finally landed in their motherland.
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