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Chapter 250 You Can Do It
Zhou Liming noticed that the young man next to him, who had been enjoying a large bucket of popcorn while watching the show, hadn't reached for popcorn in a long time.

The emotional tone of "The Edge Walker 2" is more somber and serious than the first film.
The film already had a melancholic atmosphere, being Chen Yuan's penultimate starring film, and now with this new tone, it's indeed difficult to feel the same high spirits as when watching the first one.

David, disheartened after being slapped and humiliated by Mann, suggested going back to the apartment with Lucy since Lucy was also unwilling to do the mission of diving into the brain in the field. He decided to give up on this dreadful and humiliating mission.

But seeing David back down, Lucy, who felt David's concern for her, changed her mind.

Lucy pinned David against the wall, making him encourage himself and tell himself, "You can do it."

The camera gave Lucy a close-up of her exquisite face. Although she didn't say anything, Zhou Liming could immediately read the following meaning from her subtle expression and determined eyes:
Lucy wants to overcome her fear head-on; she doesn't want to live under the shadow of Arasaka's terror any longer.

She didn't have this courage before, but now it's different. As long as David is there, she dares to overcome any difficulty.

Fan Binbin's acting skills have always been criticized.

It's not that her acting is bad, it's just that her young, blindly devoted fans always view their idol through a beautifying filter, believing that Fan Binbin is flawless.
He often lies through his teeth to praise Fan Binbin's acting skills, which has unjustly brought her a lot of negative attention.

Fan Binbin isn't exactly a naturally gifted actor. Although he's been honing his acting skills, they don't really wow people. He's at a decent, above-average level, whether in movies or TV series, and he doesn't break character.

Even in the movie "My Robot Girlfriend," which was particularly suitable for her image, Fan Binbin's acting was, to be honest, less memorable than her face and less impressive than Wang Baoqiang's acting.

However, this is when filming other people's movies. But when filming Chen Yuan's movies, especially when acting opposite Chen Yuan, it gives people a particularly spiritual feeling.

I don't know if it's because the two of them are a close couple in real life who have never had any troubles, but they unconsciously brought their emotions into the movie.

Encouraged by David, Lucy made up her mind and accepted the task, but asked Dorio to take Mann, who had become somewhat dangerous, away from the room to prevent a repeat of Kivy's accident.

Lucy ripped off the tape from the back of her head, revealing the deep-sea interface. This was evidence that Arasaka had raised her as a hacker prodigious tool since childhood, a past she had been avoiding.

Entering the deepest reaches of the internet is no easy feat; hackers must overcome both physiological and technical challenges.

The human brain is like a biological computer; when it enters a network, it generates a lot of heat. If it is not cooled in time, it can lead to neural overload.

Therefore, hackers need to take an ice bath when they break in—lying in a bathtub filled with ice to lower their body temperature and ensure their consciousness can withstand the data surge from the network.

The scene of Lucy in a tight black dress soaking in a bathtub full of ice should have been romantic and ambiguous, but the film's oppressive atmosphere at this moment makes it difficult to think in that direction.

The visual presentation of the deep cyberspace is quite striking, with data flowing through the space like liquid metal.

Sometimes they coalesce into interactive data nodes, and sometimes they dissipate into invisible code fragments; the geometric shapes deform as Lucy moves, simulating the effect of 'cyberspace being disturbed by consciousness'.

Looking at Lucy, dressed in a tight black outfit, who moved through the 'data forest' like a nimble elf, Zhou Liming truly admired Chen Yuan's understanding and presentation skills in special effects.

I wonder when other domestic film and television companies will be able to reach this level.

However, just as everything was proceeding smoothly, Tanaka, who had been beaten to a pulp, woke up unexpectedly because he had been given expired anesthetic.

Just as David was frantically trying to give him another dose of anesthesia, Tanaka suddenly called out David's name.

David, unaware of Tanaka's true nature, was temporarily misled by him.

David, who had never received recognition, remembered his deceased mother's wish when he heard Tanaka acknowledge his talent and his potential to succeed within the Arasaka Group.

In the depths of the cyberspace, Lucy, with her superb hacking skills, has found the Arasaka technical data that the military technology commissioned Faraday, an intermediary, to steal.

While downloading, Lucy discovered a weapon development project led by Tanaka called "Cyborg Kong," and among the cyborgs were detailed information about David!

It turns out that David had been used as a lab rat by Arasaka all along!
Lucy panicked immediately. She knew the company's methods and style of doing things very well. No matter who got their hands on these documents, David could be in a hopeless situation.

Tanaka's awakening also caused the deep dive to become very unstable. In a panic, Lucy simply blew up Tanaka's brain, destroying all the data!
Lucy didn't care about the mission at all; all she wanted was to protect David.

However, it was precisely this reckless impulsiveness that brought the team enormous trouble.

The hot-tempered Mann slapped David again, but this time David did not hold back and directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

But now is not the time to argue.

As a high-ranking member of the Arasaka Group, Tanaka was covered by the Trauma Team's Platinum Member Insurance. His death directly drew the attention of the Trauma Team and a large number of NCPD members.

David first activated the Sinwistan to escort Lucy to the underground parking garage, then prepared to go back to help Mann and the others rescue Tanaka, as the mission was not yet complete.

Lucy panicked immediately; she wanted Tanaka dead!

First, they lied and claimed the data didn't exist, and that bringing Tanaka along was pointless.

When David heard the gunfire and wanted to go and help fight, Lucy grabbed his wrist and repeatedly dissuaded him, not wanting him to risk going into danger again.

David also noticed Lucy's unusual behavior and directly asked her what she had seen in Tanaka's brain, but this time, Lucy hesitated and remained silent.

To be honest, this scene vividly contrasts Lucy's selfish love with David's selfless love, and also shows the two people's different philosophies of survival in Night City.

Zhou Liming quickly understood why Lucy hesitated to tell David the truth; after all, she did it all for David's sake.

Because Mann and Dorio are now surrounded by a large number of NCPD members who have rushed to the scene, the situation is extremely critical.

If he admits that he blew up Tanaka's brain, it would be tantamount to admitting that he was the one who put the Mann and Dorio couple, whom he considered family, in this dangerous situation.

Lucy didn't dare gamble on whether David would turn against her if she confessed.

“Lucy, you never say to me, ‘You can do it.’”

David's eyelids drooped as he spoke, his face filled with helplessness and regret. He longed for Lucy's approval, for Mann's approval, for his classmates' approval, and for his mother's approval.
But along the way, no matter how hard he tried, all he received was criticism and rejection from others.

Although this departure might be a final farewell, David's character wouldn't allow him to simply abandon Mann and the others.
After giving Lucy a long look, David opened the car door, started the Sinwidman, and returned to the base that was now surrounded by the NCPD.

Lucy's outstretched hand, which was trying to grab David, froze in mid-air, trembling slightly. She clenched her fist and slammed it hard on the car's armrest.

Meanwhile, because Mann was too engrossed in the battle to receive the immunosuppressant in time, his cyberbullying symptoms became much more severe than before, and the double vision in his eyes was noticeably more pronounced.

Unable to distinguish friend from foe, they launched indiscriminate attacks. Dorio had to fight the NCPD while carefully observing whether Mann would hurt her.

Just as Dorio found an opening and inserted the immunosuppressant into Mann's body, her body was pierced by multiple bullets fired from behind.

Just as the drug took effect and Mann was at his most lucid, he witnessed every frame of the death of the woman he loved most.

His heart, like his red goggles, was completely broken.

A low gasp rippled through the theater; clearly, no one had expected that Dorothy, the warm and caring eldest sister of the team, would meet such an end!

Watching Mann's frenzied slaughter, Zhou Liming sensed the loneliness and despair of the team leader from the splattering blood.

Mann had completely lost his mind; a red outline of danger and madness had enveloped him, and his fate was sealed.

David finally arrived at that moment, and was almost shot dead by Mann.

Mann finally accepted the fact that his life was coming to an end and used his remaining rationality to talk to David.

In David's eyes, Mann was throwing a large number of Molotov cocktails at Dorio.

From Mann's perspective, he was on the desert road where he had reached the end, gathering branches and firewood for Dorio's cremation.

This absurd and distorted visual expression clearly makes people perceive the difference between the world of cyberpsychosis and that of normal people.

Mann let David escape, while he himself was to die there.
But David did not choose to run away. In order to prove himself to Mann, he raised his gun and stood firmly beside Mann.

He kept saying things to bolster his courage.
But having witnessed the brutality and terror of the Terrorist Mobile Unit many times in his dreams, his body began to tremble violently involuntarily.

The close-up of David's face is almost frozen in time; the camera slowly zooms in, and you can clearly see large beads of sweat rolling down his skin from his pores.

But the rapid drumbeats and breathing sounds in the background never stopped.

The close-up shot, lasting over thirty seconds, almost literally conveyed David's inner tension and fear to every viewer in front of the screen.

"David, you can't do it yet."

Mann's large hand gripped David's gun, negating him once again.

David shed tears at that moment. He was terrified, but he was still standing there to die with Mann, all for the sake of gaining Mann's approval.

Even so, they still couldn't get it.

On the desolate highway of Mann's mental world, Mann's slap landed on David's crying cheek once again, waking David from his extreme despair and despondency.

The film is nearing its end. In this movie, Mann slapped David a total of three times. This was the lightest slap, but it hit Zhou Liming hard in the heart.

Zhou Liming couldn't help but recall the moments David and Mann spent together in the first book.

When the two first met, Mann was angry that David had installed his own Sinwiss and slapped David. The first time he slapped David in the movie was because David was worried about Mann's health.

This can be seen as a lesson learned by Mann’s anger at David’s overstepping boundaries.

The second slap occurred in the previous film when David made a mistake during a mission, but in this film, it's because he hesitated due to Tanaka's words.

This can be seen as an educational correction of David's mistakes.

All those slaps landed hard on David's face, but the third slap in the movie just now was a light touch across David's face, the lightest yet the hardest.

These three slaps are a microcosm of how Mann and David got to know each other.

The ferocity that had gripped Mann's weathered face was gone, replaced by a calm, peaceful, and serene expression of humility as he looked upon the younger generation.

With this version of Mann, the audience's resentment and anger accumulated from his impulsiveness, irritability, and repeated hurts to his companions all dissipated, leaving only reluctance to part and deep emotion before his departure.

"David, I'm going to die here, and you want to live. Aren't you the fastest runner? Run!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the arriving terrorist squad kicked open the doors from all sides and stormed in, while Mann detonated a room full of Molotov cocktails.

The explosion engulfed everything, and the flames were tinged with the unique blue-green hue of the 'Seanwistan Time'.
Amidst the intense and frantic drumbeats, David's expression was contorted in agony as he opened his mouth and screamed wildly to express the extreme pain in his heart.
Behind him, his once reliable and burly older brother Mann collapsed and vanished under the impact of the explosion.

The film then transitions to the opening scene where young Mann is running.
The same road, the same end, but this time Mann's face showed no confusion or numbness.

He stood at the end of the road, looking up with a face full of satisfaction at David, who was continuing on his own path and running forward, certain that David would run further than him.

Although Mann reached the end of his life, he found the answer to a question he had never been able to answer before: what was the purpose of his desperate climb to his current position?
Perhaps it was this legacy that led David to walk ahead of his own path.

Although David didn't get to hear Mann say "You can do it," the real affirmation came from Mann's words, "Aren't you the fastest runner than anyone else?"

When David rushed to his rescue without hesitation, he had already fully accepted this 17-year-old kid.

Zhou Liming was deeply shocked. Chen Yuan's "The Edge Walker 2" not only retained the exciting and shocking action scenes and explosion scenes, but also greatly surpassed the previous film in terms of ideological content!
(End of this chapter)