I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

Although he was not interested in the movie, the Blood Demon Lord was very curious about how Chen Qi would use this movie to change the situation of the war. He immediately noticed the patriot who was participating in the movie. He was the Wendigo who had not participated in the blood sacrifice for a long time and had met him several times in Londinium.

"A movie that even a Wendigo can star in... maybe we can continue to watch it."

Because the Blood Demon Lord knew very well that since Chen Qi had brought the Patriot to the big screen, a Sarkaz like him could not be a weakling - he originally thought that Chen Qi's "Brave Heart" used countless small characters like Emil at the beginning to outline a war from the perspective of the weak.

But now it seems that from the perspective of this movie, even the small characters are still stronger. After all, the Sarkaz who are full of revenge are undoubtedly extremely powerful.

The subsequent plot also seemed to cater to the Blood Demon Lord's speculation. "Freddy" played by the Patriot showed extraordinary courage in the war. He took on the most difficult task of blowing up the bridge, but he showed no fear. Relying on the Sarkaz's rich battlefield experience and individual combat capabilities, Freddy played by the Patriot can be said to have really performed a strong fighting power that everyone expected to see in Emil's plot.

At this moment, even the Sarkaz mercenaries who had originally shown little interest were attracted by the Patriot's outstanding performance. For these mercenaries, they could understand the Patriot's strength better than anyone else - even though due to the extremely strong makeup effect and the Patriot's slightly reduced size, they did not recognize that he was a Wendigo.

However, the Patriots' outstanding performance still attracted their attention, and some people couldn't help but cheer:

"As expected, this difficult task has to be handed over to us, the Sarkaz. No army knows how to fight better than us."

"This reaction speed, although he looks a bit too strong, is surprisingly quick."

In the end, the patriots broke through the fortress, tore up the Lethanian flag, and roared on the roof, which made the Sarkaz couldn't help but cheer.

Good! This movie is finally starting to get interesting!

As expected, the role of the little old man in the front is still too childish. This kind of war movie really needs a person who is capable of helping everyone win the war as the protagonist!

The Patriot had just appeared on the scene, and with his outstanding performance, he made everyone forget Freddy's previous views on the war. After all, for these soldiers who wanted to vent their emotions, nothing could arouse their nerves better than this simple and easy-to-understand war hero.

When going to the battlefield, everyone fantasizes that he is omnipotent and becomes a hero with outstanding achievements, and the character of the patriot obviously satisfies these soldiers' simple desire to vent with his outstanding performance.

Even Ursus and Letania, who had been a little worried about whether the theme of the movie might be anti-war because of Freddy's appearance before, couldn't help but relax.

But there were still some people who had not lost their minds because of the war and noticed something was wrong... Horn frowned subconsciously and muttered to himself:

"Emile's appearance earlier... shouldn't have been meaningless. Is this movie told from the perspectives of multiple protagonists?"

"I think it's possible." Next to the horn, Lavshini was also sitting on the ground. She was watching the movie attentively, with a faint smile on her face as she said, "Director Chen Qi took so much effort to send this movie to the front line. I think it must have some other meaning."

"But no one knows what will happen next... It seems we can only wait and see."

“…That’s right.”

Horn also nodded. For some reason, he always felt that the movie "Brave Heart" should not be just a movie about heroes and war. Emile's response to the cruelty of war should not be meaningless.

Horn has also prepared herself mentally. She always feels that... the current plot is just a prelude to the increasingly heavier plot that will follow.

Chapter 109: War has no mercy, the light of humanity is repeatedly extinguished

And everything that happened afterwards seemed to be just as Hao Jiao had expected. After she slowly became aware of the development of Chen Qi's film, she had been intentionally observing the direction of "Brave Heart".

However, except for her and a few others, most people have not thought about this issue. They are just immersed in the plot development of "Brave Heart" and do not realize that some of the joy and reunion in the front of the movie are paving the way for the separation later.

When they saw the captured Emir reunited with his son-in-law "Karl", who happened to be in the Leitanian army, everyone couldn't help but smile.

They also laughed when Carl got on the flying machine and separated again, but Emil was rescued by a rescue beast named "Walker", and returned to the Gaul team by a blessing in disguise, and fought side by side with Freddy.

When Leitania launched an Originium bombardment on the Gaul position, the two were rescued by a female veterinarian "Anna" who was driving a taxi. She used a method similar to racing to avoid the Leitania army's Originium bombardment. As the rhythmic music played, they laughed happily.

However, as the plot develops, the wars between several countries become more intense. The weapons they use and the means of killing make the actions of these protagonists more and more difficult, and their repeated escapes make people sweat for them.

Slowly, as the movie progressed, everyone's smiling faces gradually faded, and their nerves, which had been relaxed, became tense again, without them even realizing that the plot was slowly moving from a lighthearted situation to an increasingly serious one.

Later in the film, Karl, who was rescued by Emile and others but captured by the Gallic army as an enemy, received a letter from his wife saying that his child was seriously ill, but his hometown was occupied by the Leitanian army. Under the supervision of the Leitanian army, it was extremely difficult for them to survive, let alone the supply of medicines.

Karl continued to stay in the prisoner-of-war camp with no intention of staying there, determined to escape from the camp with another partner, but when they were trying to escape, they were almost immediately discovered by the Gallic army.

"Discovered?! If we are discovered, we will just die!"

"This is all illuminated by the lights, how can we escape?"

Just when everyone was worried about what happened to Carl, the camera of the movie changed again and began to tell the story of Elmi and Freddy and their team rescuing Anna's scientist father.

Now, everyone can see that this movie likes to fragment the plot, telling a little here and a little there, making those who really want to know what happened to Carl feel itchy.

However, when they saw that Two-Man-One-Tooth Beast had really rescued Anna's father from Leitania's camp and the men of the troublesome Baron, and drove out of the siege in the land ship designed and modified by Anna's father to launch Originium bombs, they couldn't help but feel happy.

"This movie...always gives people a little hope in the midst of suffering, and then makes people hold on to this hope and keep watching, but they will fall into deeper disappointment later."

Rafshini watched like this and couldn't help muttering to herself. When Horn heard this, she couldn't help but be attracted by the movie and replied:

"Isn't it the same for us? We are caught up in a war with no end in sight, fighting until the next day with a tiny bit of hope, or even fantasy...but the war never ends."

"Director Chen Qi...did you incorporate the ideals that the soldiers held on to during the war into the film? Relying on that glimmer of hope, everyone hopes that things will turn around, so everyone continues to watch with great anticipation."

Horn couldn't help but say so, but she had to admit that she was now completely attracted by the movie. If she hadn't noticed it before and was able to keep some rationality, she would probably be no better than everyone else who was immersed in the movie.

She could now understand how Chen Qi attracted everyone's attention and raised everyone's expectations. It was this kind of comfort of hope in despair, that ray of light in the darkness, that seemed so precious.

In the movie, Emil, who had separated from Freddy, was now sent on a mission to rescue the soldiers in danger in the tunnel. On the way, he saved a Leitanian officer trapped there out of conscience. This was not the first time he had saved people in a movie regardless of friend or foe.

The two did not choose to kill each other, but because of the continuous underground bombing, they worked together to find a way out of the tunnel.

The Gallic soldiers and the officers of Letania were searching for a way to escape in the tunnel. At this moment, no one from Victoria, Ursus, Letania, or even the people of Sarkaz expressed any objection to this plot.

"This is the wise choice. It is much easier for two people to escape together than for one person to do it alone."

"That's right, let's think about how to survive first."

However, although everyone said this, when they saw in the movie that Emil and the Letanian officer relied on each other and trusted that the other party would not destroy the bridge after crossing the river, they couldn't help but smile with relief.

They themselves did not know that they were enjoying the rare peace in this war. Soldiers from two enemy countries worked together for survival, laid down their weapons and stopped killing. This had a huge impact and emotion on these soldiers.

Obviously, the two of them were still enemies, and they had only known each other for a few minutes, but they already had a tacit trust in each other... For all the soldiers now trapped in the battlefield, it was an indescribable feeling.

And in the end, when Emile was about to return to the Gaul team, the scene where the Leitanian officer stopped the Leitanian soldiers who were about to kill Emile was even more touching.

"Don't move! He's my friend! Don't hurt him, let him go!"

The Leitanian officer stopped the soldiers and turned his attention to Emil, played by Mainna, and watched him leave the mine along the ladder.

It was not until Emile was about to leave the mine that the Leitanian officer shouted to him:

"Gauls - if we meet again on the battlefield, we won't recognize each other!"

"I know!" Emile answered. However, the two soldiers who met by chance looked at each other and turned around. Neither of them looked at each other again, but neither of them plotted against the other.

However, just this one scene warmed the hearts of countless soldiers, and they couldn't help but smile a little.

"...If it weren't for the war, the two might have been friends, or even brothers." Horn couldn't help but sigh.

"But if it weren't for the war, the two wouldn't even know each other." Ravshini also nodded with a smile. She had to admit that this rare warmth touched her heart, and she couldn't help but sigh:

"Director Chen Qi is such a gentle person. Even in the cruel war, he never forgets to depict the glory of human nature."

However, the conversation between the two women was heard by a Sarkaz mercenary nearby. The Sarkaz did not refute them, but thought with a little disdain in his heart:

"Humanity in war...will only harm oneself. If I were that officer, I would definitely kill him."

"Humph, it's just a movie after all. The director doesn't understand the cruelty of real war."

However, despite saying so, the Sarkaz mercenary had to admit that such a scene, although incomprehensible according to his values, was touching enough - the reason why he hinted at himself like this was just because he didn't want his heart to become weak and hold such naive ideas in future wars.

The Sarkaz mercenary turned his gaze to the movie again, and Emil, after fulfilling his superior's order, handed a large cart of goods to the soldiers and returned to the ground. However, the next moment, the Gallic soldiers lifted the cloth, revealing a large pile of Originium bombs!

After seeing this scene, everyone felt that something was wrong! A bad premonition arose in their hearts!

The next moment, the soldiers lined up the Originium explosives one by one, and the camera was focused right above the explosion of the Originium bomb.

The Leitanian officer whose life was saved by Emile was unaware that danger had arrived and was talking to his colleagues about his experience.

"I'm sure you won't believe me, but that Gaul saved my life, and I saved his."

"If the war is over, I might go find that old guy again and have a drink with him and be friends or something."

However, just as the Letanian officer finished his words, the Gallic soldier in the camera, who was unaware of all this, had already placed his hand on the detonator.

"don't want……"

"boom!!"

Before some soldiers could even say anything, as the Gallic soldiers pressed the detonators, all the Originium bombs exploded, instantly drowning the Leitanian soldiers - of course, including the Leitanian officer whom Emil had just met.

The Lethanian officer who was still talking about hoping to go to Gaul to find Emile after the war was over died the next second under the bomb set by the Gallic soldiers. Countless rocks and soil buried him, drowning the hope that had just been ignited.

It was as if... it had drowned out the warmth in the hearts of all those who had just been begging for a little comfort in the war. Once again, war showed its ruthlessness and cruelty.

In the movie, Emile, played by Mainna, stared blankly at the Gallic officers not far away who were rejoicing over the great success of the bombing operation.

The contrast between Emile's torn and dishevelled clothes and his lifeless eyes and those glamorous and cheerful Gallic generals without even a speck of dust on their bodies, at this moment, hurt the soft spot in the hearts of all the audience.

Emile said nothing, but at that moment, his lifeless and tired eyes seemed to say everything.

The camera turned and Emil in the movie sat tiredly by the campfire and threw his medal into the fire.

"This is a cowardly act... I am unwilling to accept these medals. I just lost a friend, and I cannot accept those generals being so elated in front of me."

[There is still no news about Carl. The only thing to be thankful for is... we rescued Anna's father. Anna and her father are finally reunited, and he no longer needs to use his intelligence and talents to make war weapons.]

【Good news is rare, and we all want to enjoy this moment.】

Anna and her father's regiment members warmed the hearts of the soldiers who were in deep grief. However, such warmth did not last long. Soon, bad news came in the movie.

All they saw was a soldier handing a military identification tag with the name "Karl" printed on it to Emil and Anna. At that moment, everyone understood what the identification tag represented.

Carl tried to escape from the prison camp and was executed.

It turned out that there was no turning point, no hope, no miracle. Such news deeply hurt Emile in the movie, and once again hurt every audience member.

"... *Sarkaz swear* war."

Behind Horn and Rafshini, the hoarse voice of the Sarkaz mercenary came faintly. The Sarkaz mercenary did not cry, but the feeling of seeing a little hope and falling into deeper despair repeatedly was enough to make the Sarkaz mercenary's numb heart feel a little pain.

Sarkaz never cry out in pain. Even if their legs or arms are blown off and they are in deep despair, they will not feel pain or tired. If even Sarkaz feel pain, it would definitely be an act so cruel that even Sarkaz would find it extremely unacceptable.

This behavior is called the ruthlessness of war. Chen Qi repeatedly showed the warmth of war, but instantly let the ruthlessness swallow it all, leaving no one with a trace of fantasy, and made everyone feel... the real "cruelty".

Chapter 110: Consensus among Terra Soldiers: The Supervisory Team should have died long ago!

The ups and downs of the plot of "Brave Heart" and the fragmented narrative are enough to make any audience member who cares about the direction of the plot feel nervous at all times. Unlike the first half, the second half of the movie can be said to be a scene where everyone is walking on thin ice, and the plot of each protagonist is extremely tense.

The first half of the film can perhaps be described as a mixture of happiness and relaxation amidst the tragedy, but in the second half of the film, the warmth in the tragedy is pitifully rare. When people’s hopes are just rising, they are instantly extinguished, but they struggle to ignite a little hope again…

Just like now, everyone thought that Carl was doomed to die, but in a later plot, Carl in the movie played a trick and swapped his identification card with that of another companion who escaped with him but was hit and killed by the Originium technique, thus escaping the pursuit of the Gallic army.

Carl successfully escaped and was able to escape, which also explained that the news of Carl's death that Emil had received was false. This plot once again comforted the hearts of many people who were immersed in grief.

"This movie directed by Chen Qi... really makes my heart beat up and down, as if he is holding my heart..."

On the other side, Abrana, who was sitting in another open-air cinema with the Duke of Wellington, Deep Pool and Victoria's large group, was also watching the plot of "Brave Heart" attentively. The leader of Deep Pool would always pay attention to any work of Chen Qi.

"He captured the humanity in the war, allowing people to appreciate the beauty of hope in the midst of hell, and then immediately extinguished that tiny hope, sending people back into hell."

The Duke of Wellington now looked much more haggard. Although he did not lead the charge, he stayed at the front line and was always ready to work with Abrana and others to formulate plans to fight against the two Ursus armies.

The film "Brave Heart" brought them a short break from the difficulties. The fierceness of the coordinated offensive of the Ursus Army was much stronger than that of the Victorian Army and the improvised "Deep Pool" team. Even though the Duke of Wellington had fought against the Gaul army in the past and had made great achievements, it was difficult to make any progress in the face of the absolute strength gap.

Even though the war only lasted a few months, the pressure that the two Ursus armies put on the Duke of Wellington was something that Gaul had never been able to bring to him. Everyone was exhausted, and the Duke of Wellington and Abramana thought that "Brave Heart" would bring comfort, but it brought naked cruelty.

The cruelty of war and the brilliance of humanity seem so fragile yet so precious in the war, but what makes everyone feel sad is the powerlessness of having their hopes extinguished every time.

But they couldn't help but still hold on to their fantasies, hoping that everyone here would have a good ending... Just being alive, just meeting again, even if they had nothing, was enough to be called comfort.

However, when Carl, played by Margaret, was in trouble and was rescued by Anna who was driving a taxi, and returned all the way to his hometown, he found that the place had already been occupied by the Leitanian army. After the two were detained and interrogated by the Leitanian army, their identities were finally verified and they were not executed as enemy soldiers.

But...this doesn't mean he can go back to his home.

[I returned to my hometown, but I couldn't return to my wife and daughter...]

[The Leitanian Military Court verified my identity, but I had to return to the army as a soldier. My home is only a few hundred meters away from here, but it seems that I can never go back.]

Once again, he was in despair. After much difficulty, he escaped the pursuit, but in the end, he was dragged back to the starting point before reaching the finish line.

At this moment, all the people from the three armies of Victoria, Lethania and Ursus felt a huge pressure. No one spoke in the entire battlefield except for the sound of the movie.

The camera in the movie has now once again focused on Emile, played by Mainna, who has returned to the battlefield from the farm. Emile now looks exhausted. With the escalation of the war situation, the battlefield has completely turned into a hellish place.

Everything around was gloomy, even the land, with scorched earth, black smoke and ragged soldiers.

[I haven't recovered from my illness yet, but General Nivelle still insists on launching his big attack. He claims that this is another battle that may end the war... I hope he is right.]

Once again trapped in the battlefield, Emile and a group of Gallic soldiers participated in the attack. However, General Nivelle's arrogance and his dust-free uniform that was out of place with all the soldiers on the battlefield made almost everyone frown at the first moment.

After that, General Nivelle's tough supervision on the battlefield made the Gallic soldiers charge again and again. Wave after wave of soldiers fell under the Originium skills of the Leitanian warlocks. Finally, there was movement in the open-air cinema after a long absence... but it was an angry sound.

“This is simply suicide.”

"That general is sending his soldiers to their deaths!"