Entertainment to the death, make a tokusatsu film that will crush the entire internet.

After the final episode of "Fate/Zero" aired, its popularity in overseas media actually increased rather than decreased.

Reddit's anime section has been overrun with Fate-related posts.

The moderator had to add a line of bold red text in the pinned announcement.

"Please concentrate your Fate discussions in this dedicated thread. New threads should contain original analysis. Threads that simply remain idle will be deleted. We understand your feelings, but the server can't handle it."

Ten minutes after the announcement was released, the building had reached 40,000 floors.

A user with the ID "PhilosophyOfSwords" posted a long post.

The title is "FATE/ZERO is a war with no winners - and that's what makes it the greatest."

The main text is three thousand words long, analyzing everything from the narrative structure of Greek tragedy to existentialist philosophy.

The post ended like this.

"Seven Heroic Spirits, seven Masters, a Holy Grail War, in the end the Holy Grail was fake, the wish could not be fulfilled, the King of Conquerors died, Lancelot died, Kariya died, and Kiritsugu's heart died too."

Saber returned to the ruins of Camlann, Gilgamesh regained a physical body, and Kirei Kotomine finally found the meaning of life.

And this meaning is actually evil.

No one got what they originally wanted.

This is a zero-sum game, and below zero, everything is negative.

The post garnered over 20,000 likes and more than 5,000 comments within 24 hours.

Someone added to the comments section.

"Don't forget Kenneth, the genius lecturer at the Clock Tower, whose entire magical circuitry was destroyed by the Origin Bullet, and who ultimately died alongside his fiancée."

"And then there's Matou Kariya. His sole purpose in participating in the Holy Grail War was to save Sakura, and he almost succeeded..."

"As it turns out, simps don't get the house."

A dedicated support thread for "Fate/ZERO psychological trauma" has appeared on Reddit.

The original poster wrote it in the main text.

"If you also feel chest tightness, loss of appetite, or loss of enthusiasm for life after watching the ending, please leave a message here, and we can comfort each other."

The building received more than 8,000 replies within 48 hours.

Netizens from all over the world, including but not limited to those speaking English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic...

And a British history PhD student who wrote his sorrowful reflections in Old English.

His first sentence was "Hwæt! Ic eom swiðe geomor."

The translation roughly means: "Listen to me! I am very sad."

A kind netizen helped him correct his grammar, but he became even more upset after the correction.

However, there are limits to how humans can express their emotions.

When you've cried enough about a fictional story, cried until you're exhausted, and your roommate thinks you've broken up with your boyfriend, your brain will automatically activate a protective mechanism.

Divert attention.

There are generally two ways for humans to shift their attention.

Consumption and bickering.

Consumption means going out and spending money on merchandise; arguing means going online and debating with others.

As the popularity of "FATE/ZERO" continued to rise overseas, an unexpected derivative phenomenon emerged.

Tourism boom.

The Sakura Province, a special administrative region of China, acted swiftly, posting a promotional route for filming locations in Fuyuki City on Twitter.

At the end of the article, I added a note: "The cities that served as the prototypes for some scenes in the Fate series."

Several real-life photos were included.

This tweet was retweeted more than 100,000 times in 48 hours.

Following closely behind, Ying quickly added, "Want to learn the real Arthurian legend? Come to Camlann and feel the echoes of history."

Scotland, not to be outdone, quickly followed up with: "The story of the Lake Lady delivering the sword took place in a Scottish loch. Don't you want to see for yourselves the body of water where Excalibur was lifted up?"

The accompanying picture shows a lake in the Scottish Highlands, shrouded in morning mist, its surface as smooth as a mirror, a beauty that seems otherworldly.

In the comments section, British netizens expressed their deep emotion, while Scottish netizens corrected the controversy surrounding the prototype of the Lake Lady.

In the end, the entire comment section turned into a battle between Scotland and Wales.

Macedonia posted a photo.

The prototype statue of Iskandar, the Conqueror.

"This man once traveled 30,000 kilometers and conquered half the world. His prototype is Alexander the Great of Macedon."

Macedonia's official account saw its number of followers skyrocket from less than two thousand to two hundred thousand.

The comments section was flooded with Fate fans.

"Conqueror King, quickly lead us to conquer England and marry the Queen!"

All of this news quickly reached China.

While countries around the world are busy leveraging the popularity of "Fate/Zero" to promote the historical figures that inspired them.

Among domestic history and military enthusiasts, a well-known forum moderator was incredibly envious!

The moderator with the ID "Grave Soil and Wild Grass" posted a thread.

Brothers, I'm a little dissatisfied—why aren't there any Chinese Servants in Fate?!

"After watching Fate/ZERO, I kept thinking about one thing: the seven Heroic Spirits."

Saber is King Arthur, and Rider is Alexander the Great.

Archer is Gilgamesh, Caster is Gilles de Rai.

Assassin is Hassan al-Sabah, Berserker is Lancelot.

Lancer is Diarmuid Audina.

It basically brings together the representative figures of mythology and history from Europe and the Middle East.

What about the East? What about China? Don't we have any heroic spirits capable of fighting?

The original poster casually listed a few: Qin Shi Huang, Xiang Yu, Huo Qubing, Li Shimin...

Aren't they all top-tier Servant stats?

The post garnered over a thousand replies within ten minutes of its release.

"Watching the OP have fun from the front row~"

"Whether Qin Shi Huang can become a Heroic Spirit is a good question, so next we need to discuss whether if he appeared in Fuyuki, he would really unify all seven Heroic Spirits in this Holy Grail War."

The summoned spirit of Qin Shi Huang: "What? You say there are other countries in this world besides Qin? Eat my treasure—the Great Wall!" Fuyuki was immediately surrounded by the Great Wall, which turned him into a palace.

Gilgamesh stood on the city wall, lost in thought: "Where are my Uruk walls?!"

"Li Shimin: Then I shall summon the Great Tang Xuanjia Army. The King's Army vs. the Great Tang Xuanjia Army, who will win?"

"If Huo Qubing were Lancer—the spear of the Marquis of Champion—then he would be the spear that sealed the wolf's lair!"

The Noble Phantasm directly summoned the mighty Han cavalry, who fought their way from the north all the way to Fuyuki, chasing the Holy Grail all over the city on horseback.

Xiang Yu: I don't have any special weapons, I'm just myself.

A city-level Noble Phantasm—Wrath of the Demon God!

Passive skill: The more people there are, the stronger I become.

Gilgamesh: You mongrel! This king has EA—

Xiang Yu: When did your EA (Eagle Ability) develop the illusion that it could stop me?

"OP, you know how to order food! There's not a single dish for these four people..."

"Wait, have you forgotten about Zhuge Liang? A Caster-level Zhuge Kongming, whose Noble Phantasm is the Eight Trigrams Formation, summons eight stone soldiers to trap all the Heroic Spirits, and he sits in the center of the formation playing the guqin."

"Zhao Yun: Watch me charge in and out seven times, seven times, seven times, seven times—the will of 7777!"

"Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom... um... his secret weapon... the God Worshipping Society, and the next second, Jesus will be my brother!"

This post has over 50,000 replies on Tieba.

On the same day, Starlight Video's second factory area produced more than a dozen "Chinese Heroic Spirits Concept PVs".

The one with the most views uses the opening theme of "Fate/Zero" as background music.

The video, featuring a high-energy montage of scenes depicting Qin Shi Huang, Huo Qubing, Li Shimin, and Xiang Yu, went viral online.

The topic of "Huaxia Heroic Spirits Design Competition" on Weibo surged into the top three trending topics without any official organization.

The number of views exceeded 500 million within 24 hours.

The netizens who participated in the design came from all walks of life.

There are art students, history students, military enthusiasts, and online writers.

Two language arts teachers even submitted a Zhuge Liang hero panel during a break from lesson preparation.

Furthermore, someone has created complete parameters for the seven Chinese heroes.

Class, Strength, Endurance, Agility, Magic Power, Luck, and Noble Phantasm—each of these is based on sound reasoning.

Yang Qian didn't miss a single one of these things.

When Su Xiaoran pushed the door open, he was holding his phone face down on the table, but background music could still be faintly heard through the gap in the screen.

He had just watched the concept PV for the Chinese Heroic Spirits, which had the highest number of views.

"Director Yang, I've compiled the overseas public opinion and the hot posts on domestic online forums that you asked me to monitor."

Su Xiaoran placed a stack of printouts beside him, glanced at his phone lying face down on the table, and asked, "How many times have you watched that PV?"

Three times.

Yang Qian readily admitted it.

He turned his phone over, and the image froze on the last frame of the concept art for Ying Zheng's heroic spirit.

A figure dressed in a black dragon robe stands on the Great Wall, which winds like a dragon, with beacon towers lined up in a row.

The four large characters in the center of the image read: "By the mandate of Heaven."

"What a talent!"

Yang Qian praised.

He was originally thinking about how to design the Chinese Heroic Spirit Pool in FGO.

Qin Shi Huang, Zhuge Liang, Huo Qubing, Lü Bu, Wu Zetian, Nezha, Jiang Ziya...

Each of these characters has a huge potential to shine within the Type-Moon universe.

However, assembling a design team to do these things would take several months just for historical research and design refinement for each character.

Now things are much better... netizens are taking the initiative to help.

"Xiao Ran," Yang Qian said seriously, "Go and contact these netizens, especially the ones who are doing particularly well, and ask them if they would like to join the Kingdom of Light."

"If you're already employed and it's inconvenient to switch jobs, then discuss licensing; the price is negotiable."

Su Xiaoran nodded in agreement.

"Director Yang, may I say something?"

"explain."

"Why don't you just officially recognize the China Heroic Spirit Design Competition?"

Yang Qian's eyes lit up; how could he have forgotten about this!

......

At the same time, a character that no netizens had expected appeared in "Ultraman Mebius".

Mother of Ultra!