Entertainment: You're asked to make a healing animation, but it will make the whole internet de

On the screen, Adam raised his hammer arm, aiming the cannon at David.

That shot didn't even make a sound.

Or rather, Su Bai deliberately removed all sound effects at that moment.

Only a blinding white light flashed by.

Immediately afterwards, the screen went completely black.

Stopped abruptly.

In the live stream, Pighead Bro opened his mouth wide, maintaining an extremely comical expression.

At this moment, no sadness welled up; my mind was filled with a blank.

"what?"

After a full five seconds, Pighead finally managed to squeeze out a single syllable.

He frantically patted the mouse and clicked the screen like an idiot.

"Is your network lagging? My screen went black, guys, how about yours?"

However, the next second, two extremely simple large characters popped up in the center of the screen.

[The End]

These two words weren't enhanced with any fancy special effects; they were simply hung there coldly.

Pighead Bro's hand froze in mid-air.

The End?

That's it?

Where is the main character?

Where is that boy who wants to stand at the top of the Arasaka Tower?

died?

The sheer absurdity made him want to laugh; his lips twitched twice, but it looked worse than crying.

"Stop joking. Teacher Su Bai, this joke isn't funny."

Pighead Bro trembled as he clicked on the progress bar.

The progress bar, representing hope, had indeed reached the far right, with not a single second left.

The real end.

At that very moment, the live stream chat went silent for a brief period.

The audience was devastated.

[Is this a joke? What did that last shot mean? Did the protagonist die?]

[I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I don't believe it! It must be a fake death, his consciousness must have been uploaded!]

[Su Bai, come out here! You fucking come out here! All I did was kill Adam Hammer in the game, is this some kind of revenge?!]

[Help! My heart is hurting so much, does anyone have any nitroglycerin pills?]

[That's it? Where's Lucy? She's still on the spaceship!]

Looking at the screen full of wails, Pighead Bro suddenly felt his eyes well up with tears.

That kind of grief, delayed by half a minute, instantly overwhelmed all his reason.

He remembered the boy with clear eyes from the first episode.

I remembered that boy in Mewtwo on the moon, who foolishly said, "I'll take you there."

"I'll fucking rip you off, Night City!"

Pighead Bro suddenly ripped off his headphones and slammed them to the ground.

The expensive brand-name headphones shattered into pieces instantly, but he didn't care at all.

He held his head in his hands, burying his face in his arms, and the suppressed sobs traveled through the microphone to the ears of every audience member.

This is not a lighthearted anime at all.

This is a story about loss.

From the moment his mother passed away, David began to lose: his home, Mann, Rebecca, and finally himself.

He burned himself out with all his might, creating a firework in this dark world.

Then, the fireworks faded, and the city of night continued to glow with neon lights, as if nothing had happened.

This profound sense of powerlessness was even more despairing than the anger Rebecca felt when she died.

......

In the office of Healing Animation Company.

Shen Qingyue stared intently at the comments on various online platforms.

"The audience went absolutely crazy."

Shen Qingyue turned her head and looked at Su Bai sitting in the boss's chair, her eyes filled with confusion.

Su Bai seemed to have calculated every fluctuation in the audience's emotions.

First, the revenge in the game gives the audience an outlet, bringing everyone's emotions to a fever pitch.

Then, just when everyone thought there was a glimmer of hope, they abruptly ended the protagonist's life in the most unexpected way.

This kind of fall from the clouds to the bottom is enough to destroy anyone's psychological defenses.

"Su Bai, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up if you go out?" Shen Qingyue's voice was hoarse.

"This time it's not just China that's involved; there's a barrage of criticism online as well."

Su Bai's eyes remained expressionless as he lightly tapped his fingertips on the table.

"Shen, the school beauty, you need to understand one thing."

"It's harder to make someone cry than to make them laugh. It's harder to make someone hate you for a lifetime than to make someone like you for a moment."

"If David survives in the end, the audience will forget about it after they've had their fun."

"But now, David is dead."

Su Bai's lips curled up slightly, revealing an enigmatic smile.

"Because of regret, it is eternal."

"Look at the trending topics."

Shen Qingyue subconsciously refreshed Weibo.

The trending topics #Cyberpunk2088# and #Rebecca#, which were originally at the top of the charts, are being replaced by a new term at rocket speed.

#I couldn't take you to the moon#

Clicking on this entry reveals a simple screenshot at the top.

That was David's face covered in blood as he smiled at the void before he died.

The accompanying text consists of only one line.

From this day forward, whenever I see the moon, I will remember his regret.

The comment section contains hundreds of thousands of comments.

It was all rows of neatly arranged candle emojis, along with that line that brought tears to my eyes.

"I'm sorry, Lucy, it seems we can't go to that world anymore."

The entire internet seemed to be undergoing a massive cyber funeral.

Whether it's anime fans, people who used to look down on anime, or even just casual viewers, everyone was affected by this overwhelming atmosphere of sadness.

"Is this the true value of Soviet-style healing?"

Shen Qingyue muttered to herself.

The frantically jumping numbers on the system panel seemed to confirm her thoughts.

[Congratulations, host! Your depressiveness level has reached a new all-time high!]

[Global audience SAN value plummets! Special achievement obtained: Cyber ​​Funeral Initiator!]

[Reward: The complete art book for Spirited Away has been unlocked!]

As Su Bai listened to the pleasant notification sound in his mind, the smile in his eyes deepened.

But he was not satisfied.

Because he knew that although the knife had penetrated deeply, it wasn't long enough.

The audience is still shocked and saddened by David's death.

But this is just an external injury.

The real internal injury is the kind of lingering pain that makes you toss and turn at night, feeling lost and disillusioned when you think back on it.

That is the ultimate secret of the aesthetics of depression.

"Shen, the campus belle."

Su Bai suddenly spoke, interrupting Shen Qingyue's thoughts.

"Go and inform the operations department that the previously cut Easter egg will be released in ten minutes."

"An Easter egg?" Shen Qingyue was taken aback. "What Easter egg? A plot twist that David didn't die?"

Her eyes lit up. Had this guy finally had a change of heart?

"No."

Su Bai's voice was soft, yet it carried a chilling cruelty.

"It's a song."

"It's called "I Really Want to Stay at Your House."

Su Bai turned around, looked at the bewildered Shen Qingyue, and slowly said:

"Set the image of Lucy landing on the moon alone with this song and release it as the true ending."

"Remember, the visuals must be beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful."

"I want all viewers to experience a traumatic reaction whenever they hear the intro to this song."

Shen Qingyue looked at Su Bai's harmless face and couldn't help but shiver.

This is an attempt to wipe them out completely!