Chapter 10: Promotion
Elysia clicked on the video.
[The promotional video begins in darkness, with only Otto's magnetic voice telling the audience the background.
"Honkai is a natural disaster that accompanies the development of civilization. It will give birth to a monster called the Honkai Beast. People with no Honkai energy adaptability will be infected by Honkai energy and become dead soldiers. When Honkai energy reaches a certain level, a special existence called Herrscher will be born. Each Herrscher has corresponding powers. Similarly, they are also the enemy of mankind."
Otto's voice fell, and as the Honkai symbol lit up, there was an emphasis.
"Run faster, the monster is catching up..."
"Don't... don't go, save me..."
The panicked voice served as the background music and a purple ghost figure let out a harsh and strange laugh.]
Sirin, a homegirl who was watching the video, was stunned by this scene. She remembered that her mother seemed to have asked her to help her uncle's company with dubbing. She reached out to grab a handful of potato chips from her arms but grabbed nothing.
"Bella!"
Sirin shouted loudly.
Hearing Sirin's cry, the girl who was still cooking didn't even have time to take off her apron. She stuck her head in from Sirin's bedroom door and asked, "Sirin, what's wrong?"
"Please get me another bag of potato chips," Sirin said proudly.
"Okay." Bella quickly took out a new bag of potato chips from the refrigerator, handed it to Sirin, and then hurried back to the kitchen to work.
Crack, crack.
[February 14, 2000, 9:14 am, Oulu, Finland.
Strong winds began to howl, dark clouds covered the sky and the sun, the wind destroyed everything in sight, the prosperous city instantly became the ruins of civilization, and in the center of the eye of the storm, the girl sitting with her knees hugged stretched out her pretty body, with a pair of transparent wings growing on her back.
Pseudo Herrscher of wind.]
Elysia opened her mouth wide.
The special effects technology developed by the collaboration between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy can be said to be more than a hundred years ahead of the world's film special effects. The nearly realistic scenes almost made Elysia think that this was not an animation, but a real documentary.
[February 14, 2000, 4:30 am, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Meteorites swept through the city, humans fled in all directions, the city turned into a sea of purgatory and fire, the building of the Central Asian branch of the Schicksal was cut in half, and the statue of the nun seemed to be crying. On top of the statue, the red-haired girl looked at the purgatory she had created with her own hands and smiled.
Pseudo Herrscher of Fire.]
[February 14, 2000, 12:10, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Black fog enveloped the city, people were screaming in pain, a girl with wings on her back stood confusedly in the center of the city, her arms folded across her chest as if she was afraid, but also seemed sad for the people.
Pseudo Herrscher of death.]
The barrage of comments in Miss Pink Elf's live broadcast room was like a drop of water dropped into hot oil, causing an explosive reaction. Elysia took a look at the barrage of comments and unsurprisingly, it dominated the screen.
["Oh my god, this special effect! Even if the plot is a piece of shit, I'll still pay to watch it!"]
["As expected of a collaboration between Schicksal Group and Anti-Entropy Entertainment, the budget for this special effect shouldn't start from a million?!"]
["To be conservative, at least 10 million."]
The promotional video continues.
[A soul-stirring dragon roar sounded, the purple-haired girl lifted her hair, revealing arrogant golden eyes, and opposite her, a man floated in the air, and blue quantum energy began to form behind him.
"Second Herrscher, get ready—"
"Facing the First Herrscher..."
"Is it like facing Welt's power?!"]
"Can't you see Welt? He's quite handsome." The red-haired Tesla couldn't help but exclaimed, poking the lazy blue-haired beauty next to her with her hand, "Chicken Coop Hair, what do you think?"
"Me? I'll sit and watch." Einstein frowned. She didn't know Cillian Schariac.
Why is Welt from the hostile corporation a hero fighting for humanity in his script?
And the president of his own company is a villain that the audience hates?
Even Dr. Einstein, who has an IQ of 160, couldn't figure out what Cillian was trying to do. And this kind of person was what she feared the most.
Unless he will whitewash Otto later? But this is not right. If Otto is whitewashed, this character will be completely ruined and he will become a real clown.
Or will he create a character of his own later on, confident that he can minimize Otto's villainous impact?
"Ein, don't think too much."
A gentle male voice sounded, and Einstein felt someone rubbing her forehead gently. It was very comfortable and she couldn't help but hum.
Einstein knew it was Joyce without turning around because Welt Yang was still immersed in the video.
Looking at Tesla who was also immersed in the video, Einstein couldn't help but sigh.
["Kill Honkai! Kill Honkai! Kill Honkai!"
Amidst the endless cacophony of male voices and the endless swirling fire rising into the sky, the man whose left side of the body had transformed into an Honkai beast turned sideways. In the flames, his figure could no longer be seen, and only the flaming sword he was holding could be seen.
The camera suddenly zoomed in on his eyes.
The whites of the eyes were completely gray, and the golden vertical pupils were full of wildness, without a trace of human emotion.
"Kill Honkai!!!"]
[The white-haired beauty standing on the cliff looked at the Honkai fission bomb in the distance, a few tears were left in her eyes, but she immediately became resolute, holding high the huge blue and white lance in her hand, blood condensed into a blood bag on the lance tip, and also sprinkled on the white flowers.
"Black Abyss White Flower, Holy Blood Released!"]
[The picture fell into darkness again, and a few lines of subtitles suddenly appeared in the center of the screen.
"Don't forget their fight."
"Every warrior who fights to the death against Honkai should be respected."
At the end of the video, flashes begin.
Theresa leaped high with a huge golden cross in her hand.
Welt Yang took off his glasses, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, but still stood proudly.
Fu Hua in the form of a Phoenix.
A group photo of the Snow Wolf Squad.
...]
After the promotional video ended, everyone was stunned for a long time.
["It's so exciting! It's so exciting!"]
["When will it be released? I can't wait to see it."]
["Who is that man holding a big sword?! So handsome! I want all his information in three minutes!!!]
When Elysia came to her senses, she found that Cillian had hung up the call and pouted angrily.
Cillian hung up the call because of the mad phone call from a short guy.
"Cillian! Why aren't there any scenes of me showing my might in the promotional video?!!!!!!"
Cillian quickly moved the phone further away and said with an apologetic smile, "That can't be done, Little Theresa. This is not to make your appearance in the movie more surprising to others."
"You'd better!" Theresa warned fiercely.
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