Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

Chapter 660: Operation Red Sea Released

"My country and I are inseparable."

Wherever I go, I leave behind a hymn of praise.

I sing to every mountain, I sing to every river.

Wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys;

A small village;

A rut on the road.

As the familiar and touching end credits played, "Big Eyes" walked out of the theater and sat down at a round table in the outdoor rest area. While waiting for the next movie to start, he took out his laptop and began to edit his feelings about watching "My People, My Country".

One film, seven directors, seven stories.

This kind of anthology-style film is indeed novel and rare in the country.

But having seven directors isn't scary; whoever makes a bad film will be the one who's embarrassed.

Thanks to this narrative style, "My People, My Country" has virtually no rhythm, and the plot of each short film is quite obvious.

This kind of simplicity and directness actually tests the director's skill.

How can we make a story more complete and vivid within a limited framework?

How to create drama within a limited timeframe?
Different directors chose different methods.

Before watching the movie, "Big Eyes" already had certain expectations, and after watching the movie, his judgment was basically verified.

The seven short films vary in quality, with some good and some bad plots, and some viewers liked them while others didn't.

This is "Big Eyes'" specific feeling about the film "My People, My Country".

If it were up to him to choose, it would be difficult to pick which short film he liked best in a short time.

But if asked which film he disliked the most, he could immediately answer that it was Chen Kaige's "Daytime Meteor".

Like many of Director Chen's previous films, this movie is filled with the artistry of a great director, as well as nonsensical and illogical statements.

Furthermore, he deliberately cast his own son as the male lead in the film, which undoubtedly made the impression even worse.

In contrast to Chen's poem "Daytime Meteor"
Personally, my favorite films on "Big Eyes on Movies" are those by Xu Zheng and Ning Hao.

Because "Bridget Jones, Hello" and "Leap" are the two stories with the highest completion rate, they maximized the enrichment of the plot and characters within a limited time.

Moreover, both Xu Zheng and Ning Hao are down-to-earth directors, and each has their own unique characteristics and personal style.

Like Xu Zheng's movies, they are always so witty and humorous. He doesn't just lay out grand principles in a straightforward manner, but uses ingenious ideas to express rich and profound content. This is also the case in "Leap", which is both close to life and has a romantic and heroic atmosphere.

As for Ning Hao, "Bridget Jones, Hello" is not only excellent in character development and plot progression, but also in its overall pacing, emotional control, and attention to detail.

In addition to the director's skill, the actors' performances were also a key factor in making these three short films stand out.

Whether it's Ge You in "Bridget Jones, Hello" or the little boy in "Leap," both performances are outstanding.

"Big Eyes on Entertainment" quickly praised a portion of the short films from "My People, My Country" on his personal account. After praising them, he went into the cinema to watch the last film of the day, which was also the film he was most looking forward to—"Operation Red Sea".

It still features the new opening animation from the third phase of the cinematic universe, followed by the dragon logo and giant screen animation. After all that is over, the main feature of "Operation Red Sea" opens on a stormy night.

On the deep sea, giant waves crashed one after another against a huge but old fishing boat.

The fishermen on the fishing boat were cursing and swearing in Japanese as they steered their boats through the wind and waves.

The situation seemed somewhat dangerous, but not that dangerous, because the fishing boat was large enough.

But the next second, a huge black shadow flashed by, and then the fishing boat was completely shrouded in darkness.

The scene shifts to daytime, where a Chinese warship stands alongside the wreckage of a fishing boat adrift in Chinese waters.

In the middle section of the wreckage, there was a huge gap. Several navy personnel were standing at the edge of the gap, observing and analyzing the situation. They eventually drew a conclusion based on the shape of the gap and the residue scraped off by the metal sheet.

It was done by some kind of huge sea monster.

Meanwhile, through the female voice narrating in the naval special forces members' earpieces, and through photos of more similar incidents, the audience also gained a general understanding of the film's background story.

Since the "cosmic flicker" event triggered by the "Three-Body" civilization, everything on Earth seems to have been put on fast-forward.

Governments around the world unite due to the threat of extraterrestrial civilizations, forming a coalition government and vigorously promoting aerospace programs, extraterrestrial base programs, the "Wallfacer Program," the space elevator program, and so on, in order to deal with the Trisolaran fleet that may arrive in the future.

Just as nations and peoples around the world were uniting in response to extraterrestrial threats, new threats also emerged on Earth.

Back in Japan, a serious leak occurred at the Brilliant Group's laboratory due to an accident, resulting in a large number of genetically modified organisms escaping into the sea.

Subsequently, Dr. Chen Ang, the Chief Technology Officer of Brilliant Group, and the company itself were proven to have very close ties with the notorious terrorist organization ETO.

However, after the arrest of Dr. Chen Ang, he not only stirred up a huge storm during his transport, causing tension between the two major powers, but also successfully escaped from the warship.

After that, Dr. Chen Ang went into hiding, but his evil experiments did not seem to have stopped.

Countries soon discovered that different kinds of mutated creatures with entirely new appearances had appeared all over the world.

However, due to environmental factors, the most dangerous source is the ocean.

And soon, this danger began to have a real impact on human society.

On the coast of Japan, near the once-glorious experimental base where the biological leak occurred, a city is now facing the retribution of its first giant mutated marine creature.

The behemoth, aided by the ocean tide, stormed into the city. Its massive body, hard physique, and chitinous exoskeleton rich in metallic minerals destroyed most of the city before it managed to escape into the sea under attack from humans.

Then came the second deep-sea monster, the third deep-sea monster, the fourth deep-sea monster... The big screen rapidly switched between scenes of those deep-sea monsters attacking human coastal cities.

Those terrifying and ferocious monsters have all sorts of strange shapes, not only possessing the physical elements of many marine creatures, but some also possessing certain biological characteristics of mammals, birds, cold-blooded animals, and insects.

Clearly, one glance at these creatures is enough to tell that they are not naturally occurring, but rather monsters created through biological genetic modification technology.

boom!
A gigantic monster, larger than the blue whale, the largest creature on Earth, ravaged the city, destroying vast tracts of buildings and bridges.

Fighter jets roared overhead, and helicopters circled overhead, launching fierce attacks. However, due to the fleeing humans on the ground, they dared not use high-powered weapons and could only use heavy machine guns to straf the area.

However, when the bullets hit the monsters' thick armor, they only created a dense shower of sparks.

Even though humans spent a great deal of effort to kill these monsters, their blood, which was contaminated, still caused them a great deal of trouble.

At this point, the film's narrative naturally shifts to humanity's new weapons.

During a monster attack on Haikou, a coastal city in China, a heavy single-soldier mech, upgraded from the [Xingtian] type mechanical exoskeleton armor, made its first appearance to the public.

These 9-meter-tall heavy mechs are controlled by the most elite special forces soldiers. They use human-computer interaction technology developed based on the "subconscious healing device" as the control system. In the state of human-machine integration, the shortcomings of heavy mechs in terms of poor flexibility and slow reaction speed are fully made up for.

In addition, the efficient hydrogen fuel turbine engine and lithium battery dual-mode drive system, as well as various heavy weapons that can only be used by mechs, enable these metal giants to exert powerful combat capabilities.

Just two [Xingtian] heavy mechs were enough to stop a sea monster attack on the city.

Seeing that the plan was effective, countries immediately began to take action.

At the same time, the newly established Earth United Government also began to pay sufficient attention to these dangerous factors that could potentially affect humanity's resistance to the Trisolaran civilization's plan.

A new joint force specifically targeting ocean monsters was quickly established. It not only drew a large number of elite troops from the navies of various countries around the world to research weapons specifically designed to counter ocean monsters, but also worked with countries with coastlines to establish a global surveillance, early warning, and response system that brought 90% of coastal cities under its control.

Once established, the system immediately proved its worth, providing early warnings of several sea monster attacks and enabling rapid response forces to launch powerful strikes against these monsters.

The confrontation between humans and sea monsters thus entered a stalemate.

Sea monsters are finding it increasingly difficult to break through human defenses, and their threat to coastal cities is gradually decreasing; they can only attack ships at sea.

While human weapons remain highly lethal against sea monsters, they are still difficult to eradicate from those lurking in the deep sea, let alone eliminate them at their source.

After the background information was explained, the movie title "Operation Red Sea" appeared on the big screen, and then the main story was quickly introduced.

The previous attacks on fishing boats at sea were just a small appetizer. At the Asia-Pacific maritime defense base in Hainan, the sudden alarm and shouts immediately put the female soldiers in charge of monitoring on high alert.

"It's the Philippines! Manila!"

"The early warning system has been triggered. A large object has been detected, and it is estimated to be at level three danger!"

"We've notified the nearest Jiaolong Commando unit, and they're on their way to provide support!"

Accompanied by tense shouts, the camera quickly shifts to the exotic Philippines.

However, unlike in the past, the city's coastline, once famous for its scenery, is now devoid of the massive influx of tourists and laughter due to the changing times. Instead, it is filled with warehouses, factories, and the roaring sounds of machinery forging and processing.

Because of the "space elevator" project, this place has become an industrial base that provides supporting facilities for production and material transportation for the project.

Manila is a bit noisier today, as warning red lights are flashing wildly along the city's coastal areas.

The workers in the city already knew what it was and were not overly alarmed.

Some soldiers who had received certain military training cooperated with the troops in the city to set up defensive lines along the city's coastline to prevent the sea monster from causing extensive damage to the city's factories.

Just as the residents and troops of Manila were on high alert, a fleet of five warships was also leaving its base in the Zhongsha Islands and heading towards Manila.

However, they were noticeably slower because the sea monster had already appeared in Manila.

It was a huge monster, like an enlarged alligator snapping turtle, but its limbs were obviously longer and more flexible than those of an alligator snapping turtle, more like a large lizard with a angular turtle shell on its back.

As soon as the monster appeared, it launched an attack on Manila.

Its attack is also unique; it retracts directly into its shell and then launches a rolling attack like a wheel, crushing the landmines laid in advance along the coastline and easily breaking through the defenses set up by the local army.

As for the local army's attack, although they had many powerful heavy weapons, they were of limited use against the sea monster's shell.

The monster codenamed "Rhombus-backed Turtle" had an extremely hard exoskeleton. When a shell hit its shell, it would only create large bursts of flame and leave charred marks, and could only slightly restrict its movement using its powerful kinetic energy.

But this still couldn't stop the high-speed rolling "ridged turtle" from rushing towards the central area of ​​Manila.

Fortunately, reinforcements arrived at the crucial moment.

The Asia-Pacific Coastal Defense Fleet, mainly composed of Chinese naval forces, successfully arrived in Manila and immediately began deploying combat units.

On a massive transport ship in the fleet, crew members rushed about as the ship's deck cracked open amidst the swaying, revealing several distinctive red and white painted mechs.

Unlike the Xingtian mecha shown in the previous movies, these mechas are taller and larger, but they have less of a mechanical heaviness in their shape. Their proportions are more balanced, and they seem to be more agile.

However symmetrical it may be, it is still a metal structure that is over ten meters tall.

In particular, the low-angle close-up shot from the perspective of the soldiers on the deck in the movie made the oppressive feeling of the heavy mech almost leap out of the big screen.

"Jiaolong is ready, machine in normal working order! Awaiting sortie!"

A powerful voice rang out in the fleet command room. With the order to "attack," several Chinese-style mechs codenamed "Jiaolong" immediately launched, leaping from the deck and landing directly on the beach of Manila. Stepping on the soft sand and crashing through the waves, they charged in standard formation toward the giant sea monster that was wreaking havoc in the city.

"This is already the sixth 'sea monster' attack since the beginning of the year!"

Chu Yan (played by Zhang Yi)

(End of this chapter)