If Hitzfeld were here, she could tell the difference right away—it’s actually the language of the camera.
The shots also have their own language. It is not just a simple switching of scenes. There are actually certain considerations for how each shot is cut, from what angle, and how long to stay.
Good camera language can make the story look more real and not easily distract from the plot, which is the most basic thing. The second thing is how to use the camera language to express the emotions and ideas that the director wants to promote. To put it more deeply, it can even be considered "leaving blank space."
However, Sarah's current level of film development is far from the level of pursuing this thing. It is good to have a long landscape film now - such as the "Random Film 123" at the beginning, or add more screen switching - such as "Rise of the Robots". "Memoir 13" is considered to be a very outstanding film compared to them, because it also pays attention to adjusting the lens to give a close-up of the character of Dr. Robot in the later stage, especially highlighting the emotions he expresses.
But compared to "The Truth in Blood", the above films are not good enough.
It is a documentary, a fusion of "Rise of the Machines" and "Memoir 13". There are many cuts of pictures and shots, and with Coldis's unique metallic accent narrating, it is impossible for anyone not to understand what it is talking about.
The film begins with scenery, sailboats on the sea, and fields on the land.
Horse-drawn carriages, windmills, carefree towns... then the time on the screen was suddenly accelerated, like the effect of quickly turning the pages of a book. Horseshoes, smelting technology, full body armor, gunpowder, chemistry, and construction technology took people through a long period of civilization in less than 10 seconds.
[I know.] The doctor's voice began to narrate, [Even in Sarah, not many people would give everything to God wholeheartedly.]
[This is not something that can be changed by how many miracles you dig up and show. After all, people are like this. I have even seen faith without any miracles at all... so what? Except for a very small number of devout people who can be faithful to one thing - although that is actually meaningless, most people just want to comfort their souls. In the eyes of those people, faith is even a tool to soothe the panic after lying and doing evil. There is no need to make a big deal out of it.]
The voice got a little frivolous at this point, causing Torres to snort.
He doesn't care what happens to others. He and Cybertron were both saved by the cult, so naturally he must firmly uphold the authority of his faith.
Although, well... the machinery is indeed very different from the Sun Goddess Cult, and it seems that it doesn't care how many believers there are.
[But Sarah's situation is still very strange.] The doctor's voice continued.
At the same time, the screen began to switch to various photos of celebrities, with text in modern Sarai next to them, specifically explaining their identities, the era they lived in, and their specific contributions.
[I have investigated almost all the great men whose names were left in this period of history and found that their attitude towards faith was not firm.]
[This is not normal.]
[Because no matter how Xiyang relaxes its supervision of faith, no matter how loose this religious organization is in terms of faith, one fact remains unchanged, that is, it has always existed as a political symbol of a great country and is an unshakable component of that symbol.]
[As long as this point remains unchanged, the lower classes of the country are moving up and ascending - they should naturally move closer to this symbol in this process.]
[Just like some people curry favor with their superiors in order to get promoted, and some people learn painting and art in order to pursue noble ladies... You need to pay your sincerity to prove that you are determined to become one of those people, and then the door will selectively open to you.]
[So many of them are believers—in order to have a common identity and to be closer to each other, they are happy to disguise themselves.]
[But there are still some people who are staunch atheists, yes - 'atheists', they insist that God does not exist, regardless of the eyes of others, regardless of their own political stance, even if they are looked down upon, they still insist on this outrageous idea...]
Another set of photos began to appear on the screen.
Viewers frowned as the captions stated they had died from various assassinations and accidents.
What does he want to express?
Ethan was a little confused.
Does this mean that these people are being targeted? Or are they actually the prototypes of some evil organization? Some of the fights have actually started a long time ago, but have never been discovered?
[Given Sarah's special situation, I personally classify these 'atheists' as a type of faith.]
The doctor's voice is like a hammer, hammering the power of language into the heart word by word.
[You can tell that some paranoia is real paranoia, because the network formed by what they have learned and cognition is not large enough to form the so-called wisdom, and they stubbornly dance within the scope of cognition... But this is not the case with them.]
[When you only need to pay some pretense - and you are sure that most people hold this pretense, and you don't need to really sell out any beliefs - to get a ticket that, although uncertain, does have the hope of climbing up, and when the cognitive network formed by your personal learning and experience is large enough for you to understand what all this means, if you don't do it, it will not be because of some paranoia, but because you must hold another belief.]
[Yes, you heard it right.]
The scene quickly switches between shots of various city rivers.
[I mean, Sarah has another faith.]
“He’s talking bullshit!!!”
Torres couldn't help but retort loudly: "How many years ago was this history? Even when the secret police were first established, they didn't do such a thing... Sarah couldn't have assassinated them!!"
"Young man, I advise you not to be so confident..."
Aman crossed his arms and whispered, "Although I am not from Sara, I have lived in Sara for a long time. When I talked with your Majesty, I also learned some ancient secrets... How do you explain the Eclipse Church? This evil organization can't just appear out of thin air, right?"
Torres opened his mouth and felt his mind go blank.
The others were not much better than him. Some of them had just been reminded of this, while others had already had a premonition.
But how to say it, Lengdis's statement is a bit mysterious - if they understood correctly, the people he emphasized here, those who had names in ancient times, who were targeted for insisting on their own opinions, and may have been assassinated, or died in various accidents, they are the predecessors of the Eclipse Church, the most notorious organization today.
Hasn’t the origin of the solar eclipse been determined?
Starting from the different types of God Devourers, some people believe that God is the embodiment of all that is good. They have the same appearance and body as humans, and are forever combined with people's beliefs. Another group of people believe that God may exist, but he is not as handsome and beautiful as in the murals - he may also be ugly, hateful, and indescribable. The only thing in common is that they all possess extraordinary power and can easily change the fate of the world.
Sixus once described this to Hitzfeld. In fact, this is not a particularly deep secret. Most people who have worked in the Security Bureau for a period of time have the opportunity to find out. This is also the most recognized "Eclipse Origin Theory" at present. The latter of the two people mentioned above insists that those foreign invaders "may not be foreign." Maybe they think that is what Sarah has always believed in. Maybe they think that those things are more worthy of worship than the original gods. Or maybe some of them - they may indeed have some wisdom - think that the gray fog will one day eat up the whole of Sarah. Instead of staying to fight a war that is bound to lose, it is better to explore the gray fog early and prepare for the integration of human civilization and gray fog... But no matter what their reasons are! They chose the foreign gods and evil gods, so they are no longer partners here. They can only be exiled. This is the origin of the solar eclipse that they all know.
But according to Lengdis, the truth is not what they know.
"The Blood Truth" was still playing, and the doctor showed a lot of shots, including photos of documents and photos of his own notes, indicating that he was also very curious about this phenomenon.
[Faith does not come out of nowhere.] He said, ['Atheism' as a belief, it appeared too suddenly and is too deeply rooted.]
[I studied the two histories of Sara, starting from when it was still called Seran, and found that ancient Seran was a truly religious country with a whole people who were devout. The leader of this country, the emperor they were loyal to, was their goddess, and this kind of belief was naturally the most stable.]
[This deepened my suspicion, because such a social atmosphere does not have the conditions for the birth of "atheists."]
[In such a country of fanatics, 'atheists' seem more like a curse or pollution that appeared out of thin air - I did assume this at first, but I soon realized that this could not be a trick of the evil gods, because for those great ones sleeping in the void, 'atheists' are not offensive to them, but they are somewhat rude. This cannot be a phenomenon that they actively promote and create.]
[In order to explore the secret of the birth of these people, the true origin of the "atheists", I have read almost all the books I could find during this period of time, and even, hey! I specifically found their leader to ask about this matter.]
Hearing this, Li Ang felt a chill in his heart.
Could it be that the leader he was talking about was——
[I discussed this issue with Mr. Yinser, the leader of the Undead Fleet and the first Pope of the Eclipse Church, for several nights.]
The camera jumps and embeds a person sitting behind a desk into the picture.
He was a strange man who was somewhere between old and young. The reason I said that was that his entire face was probably very young, with no nasolabial folds... There were no pits or wrinkles on his nose, but there were very serious overlapping wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. Coupled with the fact that he had a tuft of messy beard, it was difficult to tell his age at first glance.
Is this guy Yin Seer?
Li Ang didn't even dare to blink.
Honestly speaking, before the film was played, he had already overestimated what the reward would be like...it would probably be some secrets that the doctor knew, but he never expected it would include Yin Sel, including video footage of this number one enemy.
How precious is this harvest?
Let's put it this way: Although Sarah already knows that the Eclipse Church is the main enemy to face in the next stage, Sarah at this time probably does not know that this organization has an undead fleet, let alone who the leader of this fleet is or what his name is.
So you can imagine... if we can bring this harvest back, I guess everyone sitting here will be worthy of being knighted... this is no joke.
At the same time, Leon also had an extremely weird and absurd feeling.
He had long known that Hitzfeld's father had gone astray and gotten involved with these evil people, that's right.
He is mixed up with evil followers, and he is very powerful and has a high status, so it is normal for him to be able to talk to someone of Yin Seer's level.
But the fact that Lengdis had no clue about the origin of the solar eclipse and went straight to ask Yinsel was still... still too exciting.
Can you still play like this?
He couldn't help but look forward to what this theoretical "first traitor" would say.
[Doctor? You come to my place so late... What is that guy carrying?]
[It's just a filming tool. I plan to make some short videos as bonus Easter eggs... well, they may not be used.]
[Filming? Is that the movie you mentioned?]
Yin Seer seemed very interested and didn't mind being in the camera. His expression and actions were quite natural.
The audience cannot see Coldis. They hear the doctor describe his doubts off-camera. He says that he has nothing to do recently and is studying the origin of the solar eclipse. He hopes to ask Yinsel, the real origin, to explain why he embarked on this contradictory path.
[You said it was contradictory...]
[Because of 'atheism', my idea is that Mr. Yinsel really doesn't seem like someone who would work hard for those things, which conflicts with your behavior.]
[I see. You are wondering why the prototype of the Solar Eclipse was born in Seran, a country of fanatics.]
[Yes, this all happened too suddenly... You know, it was like those people were insisting on believing in her in the last second, and the next second, you appeared after the gray fog, but you don’t seem to be the work of the Outer Gods...]
[Of course it didn’t happen suddenly.]
Yin Seul suddenly interrupted the doctor.
[The Grey Fog Era lasted more than just those few years.]
[Everyone thought that the gray fog descended around 1800 and was a turning point, and that many changes and contradictions began to appear at that point, but this was not the case.]
[There is another period of history between 1800 and 1801.]
[Time is folded.]
[It has been folded for 327 years.]
"..."
"..."
"..."
silence.
The people in the film lost their voices, and the people outside the film even stopped breathing.
[You mean 1801 should actually be 2128?]
[No, it is just the literal meaning - time is folded, an entire period of time is folded into an infinitesimal moment. This is both a change caused by those outer gods and a defense mechanism of Namiya... the world itself.]
[I don't understand.]
[You can understand it this way: those things, they want to eat this place, but because there are still some means left by the Mechanical Sun Goddess in this world, it is not easy...so they hope to deceive in this way.]
[Deception - means to condense what needs to be done into a moment? In fact, they have been operating for 327 years?]
[You have a strong understanding, Doctor. The same goes for the other side: Namiia did not stop them from doing this because the world itself has consciousness. I can’t say if it is the goddess... but it undoubtedly wants to use this moment to do something, strictly speaking, to dig something out.]
[Excavation?]
[That's what you call an 'atheist'.]
Yin Seer sighed leisurely.
[Please put it this way, Doctor...Why do you think the Sara people were not taken away by her?]
[The Kingdom of the Sun God is so vast that it can easily accommodate all the people. So why didn't she do that? Instead of leaving us to face those void monsters?]
[The answer is simple: we are sinners.]
[Including the current Sara royal family and the so-called pure blood, everything is a lie, everything is an illusion.]
[She left us here on purpose to atone for our sins.]
[We have always been descendants of sinners.]
Chapter 113 The Third Way
What Yinsel described was a bit scary. Even the doctor was stunned for several seconds before speaking again.
[Sinner...what is the basis for her judgment?]
[The creation of Guserlan was not smooth sailing, Doctor.] Yinsel smiled, [I didn't find enough evidence, but those things told me that there were some people... a very small number of people who did not obey her orders in the disaster of the previous era. They disobeyed her, so they were punished... After the gray fog fell, she fought with those things, and from the results, neither side could do anything to the other, so she unilaterally decided to take those who were worth saving into the kingdom of God, and the rest of us, that is, we were left in our hometown to fend for ourselves.]
[This is ridiculous.] The doctor's tone became colder and colder, [In her eyes, people are just tools? Only the useful ones are saved, and the useless ones are thrown away?]
[You sound like an atheist.] Yin Seer teased him, [Actually, that's exactly what I want to say... I admit that she is a good king. She is courageous, ruthless, and has extraordinary personal power. As a king or emperor, no one can be more perfect than her, but I refuse to admit that she is a god - maybe this is why people like us are abandoned. No tyrant can tolerate his people doubting themselves.]
[Do you guess that all sinners were originally atheists?]
[It's just a possibility, Doctor.]
[But you were ‘excavated’.] Lengdis said, [According to what you said, after the war of gods, she took the kingdom of gods to deal with the problems, and left enough backup plans in Namibia, which may include excavating you ‘atheists’.]
[It is so, we are still allowed to retain our former nature, which has been passed down following some mysterious guidance until we understand the original truth.]
[…Is this why you betrayed Sarah?]
[Let me correct you one more thing, Doctor... Sarah is not Seran. The so-called Sarah royal family at best inherited a few drops of her blood, not too much. She allowed this family to temporarily rule the country on her behalf, not because she respected them, but because she needed them temporarily.]
[Will she come back one day?]
[She has already combined with the mother tree. Namiya is immortal, and she is immortal. You can actually look at her from another angle. After all, Namiya is a world with its own logic and rules. It is like a ship, drifting and wandering in the endless void. It is not surprising to encounter anything in the process. On the contrary, for those ugly monsters, I think a wise, self-aware, and irritable sun - this thing is the Outer God.]
[This is an interesting statement. I understand... Such a Sara is indeed not worthy of being called your motherland, so you woke up, left, and even wanted to overthrow it and take back the power.]
