Chapter 1430: In Modern Day (28)
āThe Pirate 3: Crazy Adventurerāā¦
It looks okay, it should be the kind of popcorn flick that I enjoyā¦
I look around and make a preliminary decision. I quickly take out my phone and log in to the film review website to check out its score and reviews.
āThe aesthetics are shallowā¦ā
āThe plot is simple and crudeā¦ā
āOther than the special effects and the few actresses, thereās nothing elseā¦ā
āThe protagonist only knows how to act cool and has zero acting skillsā¦ā
āNothing deep at all.ā
āItās a passable commercial film, but itās only passable.ā
F*ck, reviews like theseā¦ I like movies like this. Iām just watching it to kill time and donāt need deep, thought-provoking showsā¦ I read the reviews and find that it isnāt that bad. I have a rough idea.
The giant middle-school student standing beside me in front of the poster has already left to buy the tickets.
āOne ticket for The Pirate 3, the earliest time slot.ā I go over only after the middle-school student heads elsewhere in the mall, I donāt want the contrast to be that apparent. It makes me feel inferior.
āThereās still 15 minutes to the next time slot,ā the ticket sales staff informs me.
āThatās fine.ā I donāt plan on shopping, so I decide to find a place to sit and wait. After all, theyāll allow entry inside very soon.
Of course, before that, I buy a medium-sized iced Coke and a serving of butter popcorn.
I obviously have to match a popcorn flick with popcorn!!
Otherwise, how can it be called enjoyment?
In the past, I rarely watched movies, just to stop myself from overeating!
And now, my weight has returned to my university days, and itās very muscular.
This is the beauty of life!
Not long after, I enter the venue according to the signs and find my seat.
Even though itās office hours, there are quite a lot of people in the audience. A large portion of them are clearly students.
Summer vacation. I also want a summer vacationā¦ I take a sip of iced Coke and put on my 3D glasses.
At this moment, the two-meter tall middle-school student walks along the aisle towards me.
Under normal circumstances, the gap between me and the row in front is sufficient for a person to pass through. However, the figure before me is simply too huge, and it isnāt possible for me to grant him passage by just pulling in my legs.
I have no choice but to stand up and lean back.
The middle-school student successfully passes through. He turns his head and smiles sincerely.
āā¦No problem.ā I still think Iām young.
This interlude doesnāt hinder me from eating popcorn, drinking iced Coke, and watching the various trailers on the big screen.
Very quickly, The Pirate 3 officially begins. My smile only lasts for five minutes before it stiffens.
Itās not that the movie is worse than I expected, but that the male leadās fortuitous encounter is from drinking a potion.
The potion gives me the feeling that itās the Assassin beverage I drank before!
Manā¦ The Assassin beverage is actually a potion? Who produced this movie? Hmm, I remember seeing the dragon logo just nowā¦ Hall Film Company? This canāt be a reflection of reality, can it? I instantly immerse myself in the plot, but there arenāt any other potions later in the film. Instead, it shows the serious side-effects of the potion.
My heart grows heavier as I watch it. I even feel like Iām the male lead.
After the movie, I canāt help but curse inwardly.
Is this guy that clueless?
Three beautiful female pirates are surrounding him, but in the end, he only took a silly boatswain with him!
Seriously! Whereās the treasure they promised, and them heading off into the sunset while accompanied by beauties? Yes, itās all disappeared off into the sunsetā¦
After watching the easter egg, I pick up my empty Coke and popcorn bucket and walk towards the aisle.
At this moment, a short girl whoās clearly less than 1.6 meters tall suddenly comes over and suppresses her voice.
āSomeone is monitoring you.ā
Monitoring meā¦ Who? I subconsciously look around, but I canāt find the suspect.
And the woman who warned me has already followed the crowd and walked to the exit.
For real? I think for a moment and decide to leave the cinema first before confirming the situation.
There are too many people here, and itās too noisy. Calling the police wouldnāt work!
At the same time, a train stops at a high-speed rail station in the city.
One of the carriages slowly opens, but there are only four to five people inside. They form a stark contrast with the crowd in the other carriages.
Those few people are dressed as if theyāre going to a comic convention. After exchanging a glance, they stand up and walk out with heavy footsteps.
What they see is an extremely modern platform and crowds of people.
āEnd of the first Installment of the Lord of the Mysteries trilogyā
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Our protagonist, Shang Jianyao, is crazyāliterally crazy, at least thatās what the doctors said. Living in a huge, underground building of Pangu Biology, one of the few remaining factions in this apocalyptic wasteland known as the Ashlands, he acts in unfathomable ways thatās head-scratching, comical, and shrewd. So is he really crazy? Probably.
He has a grand dream: to save all of humanity. Intricately tied to this dream is something everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door. There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely. The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away. The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers. There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be.
Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: Thatās the New World.