This lecture by the deity was recorded. Because it focused on proselytizing, it wasn't like those online course recordings on Earth where the camera shone horizontally on the lecturer. Instead, the entire video was shot from a low, upward angle.
The deity itself had a hazy, indistinct feel, and there was also white smoke of unknown origin floating around, making Yin Zhu suspect that it was either a dry ice smoke generator or some kind of super-powerful humidifier.
After all, clean and unpolluted white mist-like gases are generally only these two types.
As for the halo behind the deity, it can be done with just one light. It's the city of Vena, so isn't it reasonable for a cyberpunk deity to have an LED light ring display behind him?
With the combined effect of smoke and backlighting (the possibility of video blurring filters cannot be ruled out), even though she was watching a lecture by a deity, Yin Zhu inexplicably felt unable to look directly at the other person. She could only vaguely hear the deity's voice as if coming from afar and see an indistinct outline. It seemed that the deity was so tall, majestic, and sacred, while she was just a tiny mortal.
The deity in the video said something quite terrifying in a calm tone:
"A complete human body is something that can only be encountered by chance, so we should increase our fidelity to the human body."
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"Mom! I saw God!"
"The rules say you can't look directly at the gods! Yin Zhu, don't look!"
"Looking directly at a deity through a layer of smoke and a video filter shouldn't be considered looking directly at them, right?"
"Speaking of which, the deity of the One Star is quite something. For those who want to learn filmmaking, you can search for 'The Eye of a Filmmaker' regarding the visual language used by the deity to promote itself. We can also replicate this shot on Earth."
"I'll make a video like this for myself someday, and wear an Ultraman mask, to show you what the Bible of Mahayana Buddhism is all about."
"Then I can make a video like this for my Madoka Kagami figure, Madoka."
"Based on my experience of surfing for more than ten years, I will be able to see similar imitation videos on various short video platforms within three days."
"A bunch of followers"
"Speaking of which, if this video can brainwash the people of Vina City, will it also brainwash the people of our Earth?"
"How could that be? We don't have human modification technology."
Although it was just casual chat in the bullet comments, the Chinese think tank quickly considered this possibility and notified other platforms to pay attention to restricting the spread of this kind of content.
Blue Star certainly doesn't have the same level of technology as the city of Vena.
But not everyone is perfect from birth.
On Earth, there are blind people, mute people, and all sorts of disabled and sick people. They are all trying to live, facing each day with optimism or pessimism. Naturally, some of them will try to get prosthetics or have surgery to make up for their regrets.
If the content of the live broadcast of the rules really affects them, it will also cause considerable trouble for Blue Star.
Yin Zhu in the instance was of course not considered to have violated the rules, because in Yin Zhu's mind, he was watching a screen recording through the projection of the benevolent spirit official, how could this be considered looking directly at the gods.
Moreover, if recordings are considered divine, then what is the point of having a deity in the first place?
This lecture by the deity lasted a total of thirty minutes.
It took Yin Zhu almost two hours to finish watching it.
Because I need to complain.
Indeed, the lecture videos were all about proselytizing, and many of them implied to the viewer that they were imperfect, incomplete, and that they should honestly accept their incompleteness.
You might not have any problems if you see it once, but the more you see it, the deeper this subconscious suggestion becomes.
Ultimately, it's only natural that normal people would develop cybernetics. Under the long-term influence of someone you deeply trust and respect, almost no one can resist such brainwashing, especially in a place like Vena City where deity worship is the mainstream practice; the effect is amplified dramatically.
Imagine that there is someone infected with Cybervirus outside your door; this makes you feel uneasy.
So you opened a lecture by the gods, hoping that the gods could calm your anxious mind, but the more you read, the more you felt that you were so incomplete, so much like the cyber disease infected people outside.
Finally, you open the door and embrace your incompleteness.
Congratulations! You've finally become one of the infected. Join us in hunting down other survivors!
The biggest debuff Yin Zhu suffers from this brainwashing video is the education she received in China. Putting aside whether what the gods say is right or wrong, Yin Zhu respects other people's beliefs, but she herself does not believe.
Yin Zhu paused the video after watching it for only a few seconds.
No matter how powerful the deity's words are, in Yin Zhu's eyes, he's just someone who makes video lectures. Does he really think that having some superpowers makes him a god?
Speaking of superpowers, Yin Zhu's golden talent is in no way inferior.
After venting her frustrations, Yin Zhu double-tap the screen to continue playing the lecture by the gods, but she paused it again after only a few seconds: she really couldn't stand this octopus-headed guy!
Yin Zhu herself works with words, so what might be considered brainwashing or suggestive insinuations by ordinary people is as obvious as highlighting something in her eyes.
Why is this statement made this way?
What is the author trying to express by saying this?
What was the author's emotion when he said this?
Regardless of what the author was thinking, that's what Yin Zhu thought, so the author has to think that way.
Humans are emotional beings, so much so that we can often discern a person's stance and emotional expression simply from their choice of words. For example, in the past, online novels were criticized for their portrayal of a protagonist who was cruel and ruthless, committing massacres, while the same plot was depicted as such when the villain committed such acts, but as ruthless and decisive when the protagonist eliminated future threats.
Therefore, when Yin Zhu used a very neutral term when the octopus-headed god mentioned the infected, he knew that this guy had absolutely no aversion to the infected.
After complaining for nearly two hours, Yin Zhu finally finished watching the lecture, deleted her browsing history with disgust, and went to sleep.
Yin Zhu already had a plan for passing the level.
The next morning, Yin Zhu suddenly opened her eyes. She quickly sent a message to the rest of the team: "I'm going to the sacrificial area."
"Are you crazy?" The worm didn't send a text message; it came to my door.
“If I want to solve all these problems, I have to address them at the source,” Yin Zhu told him calmly, already anticipating the choices the three indigenous people in the group would make.
Then Flying Fish came over to persuade them: "It's dangerous over there. How can you be sure it's definitely their fault?"
“I watched lectures by the gods, and those are the ones.”
Yin Zhu has great confidence in her professional competence. Unlike many of her peers who can get on the trending topics list with money but can't even speak clearly, her comprehension and judgment have never been wrong.
Yin Zhu added, "I don't need you to come with me, I can do it by myself."
There was no boasting or arrogance.
Yin Zhu's tone was entirely a statement of fact.
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