Chapter 10 Video
The forum sections were exactly as he remembered from his past life, even the sub-sections were identical.
[Dugall's Medal (Newcomer Zone)]
[Dugall's Banner (Recruitment Zone)]
...By this time, there were already many posts, and quite a few people leaving comments.
In the hot posts, he even saw some very familiar IDs, such as Emperor Beifeng, and the famous strategy expert Beixuan Tingfeng, among others.
Many professional guilds had already set up in the Recruitment Zone and begun recruiting members.
For a moment, Zhou Ning felt a strange sense of the passage of time, it was peculiar.
Wait... Zhou Ning suddenly had a question: even if he had transmigrated into the game world, did his real-world self still exist?
Referencing the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," due to time travel, two Harry Potters appeared simultaneously in the same spacetime, leading to the younger Harry Potter discovering the older Harry Potter spying on him, and the older Harry Potter casting a spell to save the younger Harry Potter from the parallel timeline.
He had been a bit confused watching the movie back then, but now that he was experiencing this situation himself, he instantly understood.
With a hopeful mindset, he tried to enter his past life's username and password.
[This user is not registered, please re-enter.]
He tried clicking to post.
[Unregistered users are not permitted to perform this operation.]
Then he tried clicking to register.
[No user IP detected, unable to perform real-name verification, please check your network.]
Sure enough, movies are just movies; they have no reference value at all, damn it!
After a series of failed attempts, Zhou Ning finally gave up.
It seemed he could only be a tourist, a lurker, able to read posts but unable to post or reply.
Oh well, let's watch the video first!
He clicked on the pinned post on the homepage and played the first episode of the series — "The Sacrifice."
As a stirring BGM began, the video started playing.
Epigraph: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
The opening shot was of the sky over Daklan, the capital of Blystone; half of it was covered in heavy snow, while the other half was experiencing a torrential downpour.
The camera began to zoom in, starting from the towering clock tower, panning over the bustling Trade District where people rubbed shoulders, and some even paraded a Thunder Lizard through the streets.
It was a scene of great prosperity.
The screen quickly pulled down, revealing a huge ancient god imprisoned beneath Daklan, its body burning with green fel flames, roaring intermittently.
"Dong…"
The clock tower's chimes rang out, and the camera suddenly zoomed in again on the statues of the Four Heroes standing by the Seton River.
A single tear of blood suddenly dripped from the eye of the statue of Sir Archibald, the Flame of Justice, in the very center, falling with a "whoosh."
The scene switched again, to a dilapidated mansion, where several black-robed cultists were presiding over a sacrifice.
Zhou Ning:?????
Why did this suddenly feel familiar? No, extremely familiar?
Next, the video switched again to a dark cell, crowded with people, with low sobs occasionally emanating from within.
Through several scene changes, the audience understood the gist of the plot.
A thousand years ago, this giant ancient god was suppressed and locked underground by the Four Legendary Heroes, the gods' representatives in the human world. With the help of the Four Heroes, a city was built on top of it, which is now Daklan City.
A few hundred years ago, the gods began to fight among themselves over faith, resulting in a mutual defeat. Not only did They fall into slumber, but even the elemental laws were affected by the gods' war, becoming extremely chaotic. In reality, this manifested as the Weather becoming extremely turbulent, making it difficult for humans to obtain extraordinary powers. Moreover, large-scale elemental outbursts occurred in the gods' battlefields across the continent, forming inaccessible forbidden zones which people called Meteorological Tides.
A thousand years later, people could only read about the gods' war in ancient texts. The ancient god locked underground had long been forgotten by everyone; only the statues of the Four Heroes remained on the Seton River.
A group of cultists, seeking to destroy the world, attempted to use a sacrificial ritual to communicate with and summon otherworldly demons, and the story began from there.
The time then fast-forwarded significantly, with people constantly being led out for sacrifice.
Then, the six-pointed star array in the sacrificial chamber was lit up one by one, and a huge, bloated, spider-like female demon was summoned. The cultists let out a cheer.
It really is here... Zhou Ning couldn't help but want to cover his face. What's going on? Is he suddenly going to make an appearance?
The video switched very quickly, with one young person after another being offered as a sacrifice to Marien.
Suddenly, the perspective switched to Zhou Ning, and fixed there, with the name "Wayne Strowell" appearing above his head, catching Zhou Ning himself completely off guard.
At the same time, a flurry of bullet comments appeared like snowflakes.
"High energy warning!!!"
"Ah ah ah, so handsome! A bit like Kunkun, what do you sisters think?"
"Kunkun my ass, don't joke."
"Everyone, pay attention, don't fast forward from now on, it's high energy throughout!"
"Look at his unhurried demeanor, he definitely has something up his sleeve!"
"Wayne is my husband!!!"
Zhou Ning:...Although it felt good to see someone praise him, they wouldn't think he'd be proud of being told he looked like Kunkun, would they?
His video self was indeed very handsome, currently resting with his eyes closed. Next to him sat a Little Fatty, whose face was covered in snot from crying.
Hmm, originally a 98-point Appearance (appearance), with Little Fatty next to him, it immediately became 120 points, undoubtedly a critical hit for viewers seeing this video for the first time.
Sure enough, a beautiful woman usually needs an ugly best friend next to her. I'm sorry, Little Fatty!
Suddenly, the door opened, and three Curse God Cult members in black robes entered in single file, taking Zhou Ning and Little Fatty out together.
Zhou Ning was seen frowning, and his hands, placed behind his back, began to feel for and untie the ropes. The video even gave a close-up of Zhou Ning's hands; although bound, it was clearly visible that his fingers were very nimble, moving dazzlingly. The tightly bound Sailors' knot was soon loosened.
Even as the ropes loosened, Zhou Ning remained expressionless until the sacrifice began and he was pushed towards the spider monster. It was then that he fiercely drew his gun, revealing his fangs!
The bullet comments also reached their climax at this moment!
"Strong, strong, strong!"
"Holy cow, low-key, forbearing, murderous, I'm fired up!"
"Beautiful, strong, tragic, this guy is definitely the protagonist, who agrees, who disagrees?"
"Agree!!! Absolutely awesome!"
Even Zhou Ning himself, watching from an outsider's perspective, thought he looked really handsome.
In the video, when he pulled the trigger at Marien, the director specifically used a long shot. The scene looked a bit like Don Quixote charging at a windmill, giving a strong visual impact.
Immediately after, facing the encirclement of Marien and a group of Curse God Cult members, Zhou Ning calmly spun the cylinder, reloaded, and kicked off the ground with his right foot in a dive to dodge Marien's heavy blow. A long crack appeared on the ground.
He completely toyed with a gigantic, extraordinary monster.
Then, Zhou Ning charged forward, perfectly positioning himself in the blind spot of several charging warriors. He even managed to fire two shots with ease while running, taking down a cultist and interrupting a mini-boss's fireball spell. He then anticipated the fireball's location with another dive, causing the mini-boss's fireball to land precisely on the pouncing Marien.
As he landed from the dive, the hem of his black academic robe billowed in the wind, the entire process was incredibly graceful.
Countless players expressed that they were completely thrilled.