The architectural style and layout are different from what we have seen before. If the previous ruins can at least be compared with big cities like Wayne Port, and the clock tower can at least be attributed to the Mechanical Kingdom, then starting from this street corner, the architectural style of the area behind is incomprehensible to everyone.
never seen it.
What are those tall buildings with balconies?
Residential houses?
What are those colorful signs?
shop?
It looked like that, but it was undoubtedly far from the impression they had of residential shops. This was no longer a breakthrough in form but an innovation in concept... There were also car shells parked on the street and square cabinets on the sidewalk, all of which were novel.
“It’s like breaking into a real new world!”
After jumping out of the car, the excited Darent walked down the street, looking around and sighing.
He even knocked over a square cabinet out of his carelessness, and then found that it was filled with drinks, all in thick glass bottles, but unfortunately most of them leaked.
"You can't drink it if it doesn't leak... come back here!"
His left hand turned into a branch and rolled the wooden man back. Baliwu threatened him, "If you run away again, I will throw you away!"
But it's really new here.
It is novel, bizarre, and full of an "advanced" beauty.
These people don't understand architecture, and they have no idea about the interpretation and connotation of architectural styles. But they can indeed feel that this is "advanced", and it is "advanced" far beyond their own cognition.
"I think I know why the Mechanical Kingdom gave up this."
Barrieu muttered.
"If I encounter such a weird thing, I wouldn't dare to stay any longer."
Mechanical beauty is a wonderful thing, but it pales in comparison to the beauty of this neighborhood.
If this is also man-made - well, of course it is man-made, then this person is extremely terrifying and has no idea what power he holds in his hands.
"Didn't you come in to see when you came here before?" Li Ang asked her.
"No... that big light sign outside... well... the clothes that woman was wearing made me nervous, so I just stayed outside for a while and didn't dare to come in."
At this time they discovered another strange building.
It is clearly different from the surrounding buildings. It has a square facade with a smooth surface that reflects the moonlight. The entrance is like the mouth of a giant beast, as if some magic is urging them to go in.
They did go in.
There is no smell...which means it is basically safe here.
Several small flashlights swept back and forth, revealing the layout of the hall at a glance.
“I have never seen such writing.”
"I've never seen a square one before..."
"Aisun seems to have written it occasionally. It must be an ancient language... Is there anyone here who understands ancient languages?"
"Terney might have, but we had him on the boat."
"Then there is no other way?"
"Go in first and take a look inside."
After walking through the corridor and finding a small narrow door, several people sneaked in and discovered that the space inside was extremely huge.
Directly in front of us is something like a scroll, more than ten meters high and twenty meters wide, with rows of seats neatly arranged underneath. The layout looks a bit like an opera house.
"you……"
Ethan was about to say something when suddenly, a beam of light shone down from above his head and projected a line of characters onto the screen.
[Welcome to the Mechanical Cinema.]
This is--
Before they could react, the characters continued to change and interweave:
[Please enter the movie screening room and select the movie you want to watch.]
[The countdown begins.]
[9…8…7…6…]
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It happened too suddenly.
The countdown was too short, only 10 seconds. Even if Ethan and the others reacted quickly, they would not have enough time to go around so many seats to find a "movie screening room".
At best, they "want to move", "try to tense their muscles but hesitate", "immediately stop all actions after realizing that there is no way they can make it in time", and "stand nervously in place with weapons in hand, silently waiting for the countdown to end".
[…4…3…2…1…]
The countdown ended and gray and white snowflakes flashed on the screen.
Everyone held their breath, and Cybertron swallowed nervously.
Then - they saw the screen become brighter. If the original screen was dark, close to black, with gray and white dots flashing in the darkness, it should now be "light gray", or even a light gray that looks close to white in a dark environment.
The picture on the curtain first shook, swayed, and then turned downward little by little, taking in a vast expanse of wilderness.
"Is this... a movie?" Darent's eyes bulged out.
This kind of new thing, huh... Others may not have had the chance to come into contact with it, but he has been to the Red Earth Plains with Hitzfeld, and even carried a camera himself. How could he not understand this?
"Movie?"
"What is a movie?"
"I seem to have seen this word in the files over at Red Earth. Is it a kind of opera? Drama? Projecting the photos taken?"
With the first person to break the silence, and the fact that this thing really didn't seem to be a threat, the group relaxed a little and began to torture Darent for information.
"As for movies... ahem! You really asked the right person." Darent straightened his collar and coughed lightly. "After all, there are only a few people in the world who have personally participated in the filming of a movie. Hahaha! You don't understand how elegant this art is!"
"Bullshit art!" Ethan pulled his arm and pushed him. "You always show off to others whenever you get the chance. If you really have a few liters of water, wouldn't it make a lot of noise?"
This can be understood in reverse: Since you, Darent, have never boasted to anyone about what you know about movies or film art, it is obvious that you don't understand it.
"Okay, I don't understand." Darent's face turned unhappy after his pretense was exposed. "Ha... that's better than you country bumpkins who don't even know what a movie is..."
"Can you tell me?"
"Put the flashlight down... I say! How can you shine it directly into someone's eyes! It's so rude!!!"
While they were arguing, the picture on the screen never stopped. It was a natural sketch of the wilderness. They saw the majestic hills, the vast plains, and the waves formed by the wind blowing the grass.
Although the screen was only black, white and grey, the scene was shocking enough. Several people were stunned and wondered if it was some kind of illusion.
At the same time, they were listening to Darent giving them scientific knowledge.
Although he said it was popular science, he actually didn't know much. After all, he was not a professional, so it was impossible for him to explain the imaging principle of the camera, but at least he let everyone know that it was not some kind of magic or illusion, but could be classified as a kind of science.
"You all know about photography, right? It's something similar to that... Although this is just my guess, wasn't there a similar trick in the past? Connecting many static pictures together to create a dynamic effect... Maybe if you take enough pictures, you can create this effect..."
This is obviously nonsense, but fortunately no one cares what Darent said next.
He has almost exhausted all the valuable information. In other words, he is useless.
"Hey!" Darent was still making up his mind when he turned around and saw Ethan walking straight ahead.
"Hey!" He hurried after him, "You're crazy, Haedrig! It could be dangerous here!"
"Didn't you say this is 'industrial technology'? How can a mechanical creation be dangerous?"
"Well... Actually, I heard some of the words from the little angel..." Darent's face looked a little unnatural, "She obviously knows more... Well, she also talked about art. Anyway, she is obviously optimistic about the future of movies, and she also said that this thing will definitely replace opera in the future."
"Replacing the opera?" Ethan paused under the curtain, looked up, and saw a winding river appearing on the screen.
Dynamic water...it looks much better than a still photo.
"I don't think it's possible." Torres muttered in the background, "The scenery is beautiful, but what's the point? I don't think something like this can replace opera..."
"It can't just be used to shoot scenery, right?" Saibot obviously loves movies and has been watching them intently since the beginning. "Now it can shoot scenery, but also people? It can shoot stories between people... Isn't this an alternative opera?"
She's right.
Everyone finally reacted.
What kind of movie... It's much easier to understand it as "recording an opera and projecting it onto a screen."
From this perspective, this thing has a very broad future. The most basic point is - if an opera is made into a movie, the opera singers only need to perform once, and the recorded images can be projected onto multiple screens at the same time. Wouldn't this increase the profits several times?
Normally, opera singers get tired after just a few performances. Movies have no such restrictions. Every scene shows the actors at their peak performance. This is indeed very popular!
"Don't just stand there like an idiot!" Ethan pointed his finger in this direction. "Cornerell, you guys search around here. Maps and I will go to the 'screening room'."
"receive."
The search was effortless because the structure was really simple, with nothing special except rows of seats.
The inspection was almost done, and those people even simply chose their favorite seats and sat down. Torres even crossed his legs and enjoyed the picture on the screen while talking in a low voice.
Wow, this is not something you can see at any time.
In the projection room - actually a small room located in the upper right corner of the hall, this damn place actually has electric lights. Ethan and Darent are studying a strange machine under the light.
"What is this black disc?"
"You don't understand... don't move..."
"You know a lot about it, right? Then tell me what this is?"
"Let me think... Hmm... I guess this is a weapon. See the threads on it? Maybe you need to rub them with your fingernails to use them..."
"These are records, Mapps. They're called records."
"……how do you know?"
"Here's the instruction manual. I just found it."
Ethan proudly showed a booklet. It was bound with parchment and treated for corrosion resistance, so it is still in good condition.
"Look at what else is written on it?" Darent impatiently put his chin on his shoulder, "The movie is on the record?"
"The records contain songs..." Ethan frowned, flipping through the contents of the book while reading, "Hmm... the movie is in a plastic box? The plastic box... looks like... these things..."
"Bang bang!!"
There was a sudden loud noise behind him, and Ethan trembled with fright, and the group of people sitting in the hall also trembled.
"Maps! What are you doing?"
He turned around in shock and anger, and saw that it was Darent who put the black disc into a square machine. He pressed some button, and the whole small room - including the hall outside - was echoing with a loud noise!
"Don't worry about it!" Darent looked excited. "Listen, brother! This is music!"
It's music indeed.
After the loud noise, there was a rustling sound, and then intermittently, a peaceful and melodious violin sound echoed in the hall.
"It's a little below my level." Darente commented after listening for a while, "But it's a new song... I like it very much!"
People in the hall were talking about it: "It sounds really good..."
"Yes, especially with this picture, it gives a very peaceful and refreshing feeling..."
"boom!"
Then there was another loud bang!
Everyone - especially Darent who was immersed in the peaceful music - was frightened.
There was another rustling sound, and then a new piece of music.
A very exciting, rhythmic, new tune that had never been heard before began to be sung along with a strange, indecipherable language.
The rhythm is really strong.
Several people outside refused at first, but the singing seemed to have magic, and they began to shake their legs secretly as they listened.
"boom!"
The third loud bang!
