Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 639 Understanding Film

Although the Chief is a combat position and is not primarily responsible for handling various documents and logistical work in their respective departments, the Chief is still given priority and regarded as the number one symbol within the internal environment of these departments.

Although the Bureau is jointly managed by the Chief Executive and the various bureau chiefs, the bureau chiefs' status is still slightly lower than that of the Chief Executive, and many issues require the Chief Executive's approval.

Therefore, each of these internal meetings, apart from the directors and deputy directors of the General Administration, revolves around the chiefs, while meetings for the directors of other branches are held separately.

As everyone took their seats in a spacious conference room, the five regional chiefs sat in the front row. This position was also the most likely to attract attention, making Lu Chongming feel somewhat uneasy.

Even though the four chiefs around him treated him very well, he still cursed his own chief in his heart.

Although Zhang Xue's absence this time wasn't actually due to slacking off, ultimately it's because she slacked off in the past that she's now too busy to come.

So it's still Zhang Xue's fault!
The director and deputy director are already in place.

The Director-General was a highly respected but elderly man named Streis. The Deputy Director-General was Hong Hong, the father of Hong Yijia and Hong Yiyi.

The meeting was chaired by the two of them.

The preceding content consisted of reports from each neighborhood on the current work situation within their jurisdiction. Naturally, this began with the regional chief.

Although Lu Chongming was very nervous, his performance during the report was impeccable. This necessary procedure had, of course, been practiced beforehand; even the lantern bearers had done it before, so this small matter was naturally no problem for them.

After successfully navigating this stage, Lu Chongming relaxed.

He should just listen in from now on, at least that's what Zhang Xue said.

"Originally, the theme of this meeting was to coordinate the upcoming central assembly. However, an unexpected piece of news has forced us to take it seriously and make it the topic of today's meeting." The Director-General's voice became slightly more forceful.

Many regional chiefs were surprised, and some hushed whispers rippled through the room.

The regional chiefs at most only showed a change in their expressions. As for Lu Chongming… he didn't understand.

But soon, his expression changed.

The door on one side of the conference room was pushed open, and several people pushed a large object in, attracting everyone's attention.

This was the first time Lu Chongming had seen this thing, but it wasn't the first time he had heard of it. It was the wall that Zheng Fan and Mo Mang had mentioned, the one carved with information from a mysterious, supernatural artist.

It was originally said that the wall was removed and taken away by the disposal bureau.

And now it's been transported here so quickly!
As the bureau responsible for discovering and transporting the carvings on the wall, Shiraishi had naturally expected this and wasn't particularly surprised. However, he was curious about what content could be so urgently brought to their meeting table.

The director gave a brief account of the origin of the wall, giving everyone a basic understanding of it.

"So, this contains a message sent to us in Dadu by some supernatural being disguised as someone from the depths of the dark world?" Lemanov confirmed.

"Exactly."

"How credible is it? Why would you use this method to transmit information?" Hong Yiyi asked.

“There is no misleading information in this message; it is mostly a warning. And based on the verification we conducted after deciphering the message, we have basically confirmed its credibility,” Hong Hong responded to her question. “As for the reason for the way the message was transmitted, the other party wanted to use the Black Cult to warn us. In fact, in order to obtain the carvings on this wall, a holy son of the Black Cult personally stepped forward.”

Bai Shi nodded and said, "It was within my jurisdiction, but this holy son was probably killed by a master from the common people."

"There are only three known holy sons of the Black Cult, right? And they're just gone like that?"

"This... is really too bizarre."

"I still find it somewhat suspicious, so what message are they trying to convey by doing this?"

The regional chiefs eagerly asked questions. Lu Chongming, however, looked slightly grave; he knew what the message conveyed.

After calming everyone down, Hong Hong said, "He will let everyone see the contents directly."

After speaking, a man strode into the conference room, came to the front of the stage, and said, "I am Du Lian from the End Society. Next, I will show you the message that the carving on this wall wants to convey."

Learn it at the end!

Lu Chongming had never been in contact with this society, but he had heard a lot about its reputation. It was a society that specialized in the study of hallucinations and the dark world. However, it seemed that the End Society had recently glimpsed something, and after the earthquake, it gradually ceased operations and has now almost completely fallen silent.

What signal does this sudden action send?
Lu Chongming thought in his heart.

Du Lian borrowed a computer from the meeting room, like a teacher who brought courseware to import into the computer in preparation for class.

Although everyone is quite familiar with the name of the End Society, none of the chiefs have actually had much contact with this society.

I initially thought Du Lian had some mysterious trick up his sleeve, but the way he slowly waited for the files to import seemed rather plain and unpretentious.

"Your network speed at the processing center needs optimization." Du Lian looked at the progress bar, his face expressionless as if he were telling a joke.

It sounds quite ridiculous to say that the headquarters network needs optimization in front of the director, deputy director, and a group of chiefs.

"After all, it's been used for many years," the Director-General said with a smile.

This interruption actually helped everyone relax.

The file transfer was finally complete. Du Lian simply double-clicked to open the huge video file and started playing it.

Is it really a video tutorial? Lu Chongming really felt like he had returned to his student days.

However, this idea quickly faded away.

As the video opened to a blank screen, a beam of white light suddenly "crawled" out of the screen and shone on the wall carving placed to the side.

Then, the sculpture became a real projector, and a bright light shone directly into the eyes of everyone present.

Lu Chongming felt a blur before his eyes and found that everyone was on a train.

He had been here before, so he recognized it immediately—Subway Zero!
What's happening here?
"Subway Zero is accelerating toward the origin of Dadu's past, driven by the dark world."

Without any prior warning, I simply followed the scene in my mind and forcibly understood what it was trying to express.

The scene shifts again, and they return to Dadu, each appearing in their most familiar setting. They watch as black roots break through the ground, blackness creeps forth from the depths of the earth, and a black curtain descends from the sky.

In the sky, enormous, awe-inspiring figures looked down at the capital.

"The forces deep within the dark world are stirring, and have even begun to act."

The feeling of forced understanding resurfaced, and at the same time, they saw more.

Countless colorful eyes, a howling eyeless dog, mottled black tree bark... all sorts of strange images appeared one after another, and many people were reminded of various strange memories.

Things that were previously overlooked are being rediscovered under the influence of these images. Behind those seemingly inexplicable events, the underlying issues are not so simple.

"Save Dadu."

After the last sentence was deeply imprinted in everyone's minds, they returned to the conference room. Some were soaked with sweat, some were still shaken, and some were lost in thought.

"Super inspiration? Super inspiration from the movie?" After regaining her senses, Hong Yiyi immediately understood the source of that feeling.

“Miss Hong Yiyi has a good eye for things, but it’s not surprising that her husband, who is also a super-sensor, is so perceptive,” Du Lian replied calmly. He then explained, “This mysterious super-sensor is probably an artist. She influenced a super-sensor sculptor to inscribe information into the painting, which is a kind of double encryption.”

"As for me, I used a similar encryption method to reverse-decode it, and then combined the inspiration from both to create and express it in my own creative form... Film should be easier for the general public to understand than simple still paintings and fixed objects."

This is the true nature of the kind of understanding that was directly inserted into the image just now.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chongming was amazed and gained a deeper understanding of the exaggerated concept of supernatural inspiration.

I'm starting to doubt whether these guys are even human anymore.

Or perhaps a new kind of human that has evolved in some aspects?

(End of this chapter)