Shadow Weaver

Chapter 28 "Five Star Power"

"Using this Han brocade arm guard or the brocade that was originally made of it as a clue, the entire plot can be extended backwards..."

After hearing this, Bai Miaomiao rubbed her chin in thought, and after a while, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't say it, please don't say it."

"Xiaoyi, your little brain really comes in handy at critical moments!"

"The brocade arm guard with the inscription 'Five stars rise in the east, bringing prosperity to China' was made by Emperor Xuan of Han specifically for his soldiers in order to conquer the Western Qiang. The story of 'The Legend of the Yang Family Generals' is set against the Northern Song Dynasty's conquest of the Liao Dynasty and resistance against the Western Xia..."

Bai Miaomiao became more and more excited as she spoke: "If we look closely at the two, there are indeed some 'commonalities' worth digging out and talking about. They can be separated into the main storyline and incorporated into the game!"

"And we can also make use of the astronomical phenomenon mentioned in the Han brocade arm guard, 'Five stars gather'." Xu Yichi smacked his lips and added, "I remember there was a sentence in Xi Meng's divination, 'Five stars are all visible, soldiers are deployed in the wild, and the period will not exceed three years'."

"——Aren't these two also related to the 'Bing Bu Ye'?"

"So what you mean is..." Bai Miaomiao seemed to be thinking about something, and intentionally guided Xu Yichi to continue talking about the setting that emerged in her mind.

"We can set up a 'Five Star Power' that gathers the five elements." Xu Yichi, who was poked on the point, talked freely, "First of all, the piece of Han brocade fragment that the main controller accidentally obtained may not necessarily be the 'Five Stars Rising from the East, Benefiting China' arm guard that has been unearthed in China."

"——It could also be unrelated to the fragment of 'Zhu Nan Qiang'."

"Xiaobai, you are more familiar with these things - I remember that the piece of brocade used to make the arm guard was not just the size of the arm guard, right?" The little girl blinked.

"I seem to have seen some reports a few years ago... It said that the relevant staff spent ten years to restore the Han Dynasty loom and imitated a complete five-color brocade - the size of that thing is much larger than the unearthed arm guard!"

Bai Miaomiao, who almost failed to keep up with Xu Yichi's leaping thoughts, remained silent, and after a moment, she turned around and said, "...Yes."

"The restored piece of silk is 48 centimeters wide, and the warp pattern is 7.4 centimeters wide...it is indeed much larger than the unearthed armguard."

——In terms of width alone, the original brocade was enough to make four arm guards.

"That's fine!" Xu Yichi clapped his hands with bright eyes, "Then in the game, we can completely set the background of the story to start with 'the main controller, who comes from a family of cultural relics restoration, accidentally gets a piece of Han brocade fragment by chance'!"

"——This piece of Han brocade and the 'Five Stars Rising from the East Bring Good Luck to China' armguard were both cut from the same piece of brocade, but this fragment has never been seen before."

"This piece of silk was extremely damaged. If it wasn't repaired quickly, it would crumble into pieces due to excessive oxidation at any time... So the master controller, who felt that this task was urgent, locked himself in the restoration room and began the most stressful restoration since he entered the industry."

"However, this piece of broken brocade seems to be quite different from all the unearthed fabrics that the master controller has encountered before. The master controller has tried all the materials he has on hand one by one, but he is unable to perfectly repair the broken brocade. Some materials he piled on even made the state of the broken brocade worse and worse."

"The endless repair work for several days left the master controller exhausted both physically and mentally. Under extreme anxiety and fatigue, the master controller finally fainted on the workbench."

"——The unconscious master controller vaguely heard someone calling his name in his dream. When he finally struggled to wake up from the whirlpool-like dream, he found... " "What did he find?" Bai Miaomiao was aroused by Xu Yichi's words, and An Qing couldn't help but lean forward slightly when he heard this.

"He found out..." Xu Yichi, who had aroused everyone's curiosity, dragged out her words in a mysterious tone. When Bai Miaomiao and the others couldn't help but hit her, she smiled and curved her eyes, "He found out that there was a girl standing in front of him, wearing a tight outfit and a five-colored silk belt around her waist."

"Of course, if you like, you can draw the girl as a handsome young general, a spirited young boy, or a cute little loli, whatever."

Xu Yichi smiled jokingly: "In short, no matter what type or style it is, as long as the main controller finds someone standing in front of him when he wakes up, that's it—"

"And this person is the one who cultivated the essence of this five-colored brocade from the remnant brocade."

"That's what we often say - 'It's become a spirit.'" The little girl leaned on the coffee table with her elbows bent and her cheeks supported. She looked like she was quite satisfied with the design she had come up with.

She thought, since the "Legend of the Yang Family Generals" that has been passed down for more than a thousand years can give birth to a powerful demon like Senior Yang, then this piece of Han brocade that has been buried underground for more than two thousand years can cultivate a spirit and turn into a human form...

It seems reasonable, right?
The more Xu Yichi thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was reliable, and the smile on his face grew wider.

After hearing this, Bai Miaomiao and the other person looked at each other subconsciously, and successfully caught a glimpse of the same irrepressible excitement in each other's eyes, and could not help but urge Xu Yichi again and again.

"Go on, Xiaoyi, just keep talking!" An Qing said, and took out her tablet, opened the document and began her daily shorthand.

As the only busy guy in the studio who holds several important positions, An Qing's tablet is always filled with various work apps, fancy data and tables.

For this purpose, she specially compiled a set of commonly used sentence codes for herself according to the speaking habits of her children, so as to record the inspiration that everyone had at any time.

"Okay, okay." Xu Yichi followed suit. Seeing that An Qing was ready to take notes, she spoke with a lot more confidence.

For a moment, the only sound in the room besides the "clicking" sound of An Qing scratching the tablet with a capacitive stylus was the sound of Xu Yichi telling the background of her story.

"Now that we have introduced the concept of 'cultural relics becoming spirits', the rest of the story will be more complete." The girl's thoughts became more and more divergent. "First of all, why did the main control fail to find the right materials to repair this broken piece of brocade after trying several times before?"

"Because this brocade has become a fine piece of cloth. It is no longer like before. It is just an ordinary piece of cloth eroded by wind and sand. Ordinary silk threads cannot flow through its qi and cannot blend into its warp and weft. Naturally, it is impossible to repair this special brocade fragment."

"Secondly, how can we repair this brocade that has become a spirit?"

"——This is where we can start to connect to the setting of 'Five Star Power' that I mentioned at the beginning."

　Xiao Xu started to think divergently

　　
　
(End of this chapter)