LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 62: E.T. Studio
Living sometimes requires more courage than death. Only when one is deep in the mud can they understand how foul it is. But after passing through the swamp, overcoming the valleys, and breaking free from the black forest that was ready to devour them, what you'd see again would be an even more moving magnificent view.
Jian Yun looked at herself in the mirror. The heavy gloom had already dispersed, and her eyes were filled with a bright light. She gently patted her cheeks with her wet hand, and her lovely cheeks instantly became dewy.
"Let's do it, Jian Yun. Be the best version of yourself."
Pushing open the bathroom door, the bright morning sun illuminated the entire room. Even though there were still corners covered in darkness, Jian Yun didn't care. Because starting today, she was going to leave this place.
Her parents in the living room were looking at her with some worry. Her father, Jian Zheng, didn't even drink, and raised his hand, wanting to persuade her to stay.
But Jian Yun was completely different from two days ago. Now, she radiated a light all over. She began to yearn for the distance, no longer confined to this small city.
"Goodbye, Mom and Dad. I'm leaving now. I'll call you when I get there~"
"Little Yun…"
Having already left the house while dragging her luggage, Jian Yun, facing her parent's pleas, gave a brilliant smile. "I heard what you said that day, you know. This city doesn't welcome me. Now I want to pursue a new life, so please don't stop me."
Bang—
The door closed, and the couple looked at each other, their expressions turning into helpless sighs.
Two hours later, Jian Yun had already boarded a plane to another city. Because she had excellent writing skills, Jian Yun also had a new job, working at a company called Mihoyo… ah, no, E.T. Studio, in charge of game animation writing.
Just thinking about sharing her experiences with everyone made Jian Yun feel genuinely happy.
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In the Dominance Theater, a new young female puppet had been added. She stood upright on the stage, bathed in the falling stage lights. Ren sat alone in the audience seats, quietly sensing the buffs that the young female puppet brought to him.
"My lifespan has been increased by two whole years. While my combat ability hasn't increased much, the sharing attributes of the Herrscher of Thousands have also been greatly improved."
Born from humanity's most beautiful adoration, then tainted by despair, and finally reaching salvation of the soul. This made the emotions attached to the puppet extraordinarily intense, and after the Sheep Spirit consumed those intense emotions, it was the best nourishment for Ren.
According to the Herrscher of Thousands' actions in the original story, generally, the best choice was to select those who were tainted by darkness, and then plunge them into despair. The puppets born from despair would be filled with resentment, and could be used to cause destruction and disrupt order.
However, those types of puppets would ultimately only become a disorganized mob. While they might look crazy, they would easily shatter.
Instead, Ren had unintentionally achieved this result, merely wanting to leave behind a plan to oppose the Flame-Chasers with Jian Yun, and then, after abandoning his plan, had decided to give her a hand. But then, the Honkai beast attack had arrived unexpectedly.
At that time, his main consciousness was still dealing with the World Serpent, leaving only the puppet named [Ren] at the school, and it was controlled by only a portion of his consciousness. Because of that, he suffered serious injuries during the attack from the Honkai beast, and then the puppet had entered a recovery state, disappearing from people's sight.
Then, the resentment of the people at the time all gathered on Jian Yun. And, the disappearance of the Ren puppet made Jian Yun feel like she had been abandoned, plunging her into despair and making her ultimately choose to take her own life.
One wrong step, and every step that followed became wrong. Fortunately, Ren had a way to make amends. He then used the Wolf and Sheep marks to absorb the resentment from Jian Yun, ultimately creating the current puppet.
A puppet born from such complex emotional turmoil was quite pure. Not only could her negative emotions be completely absorbed and turned into nourishment, he also didn't have to worry about his mind being tainted.
Unintentionally planting a seed that grew into a beautiful tree; not bad, not bad.
As for Jian Yun herself, Ren had naturally blurred her memories and sent her to work at the company he was at.
With the strong support of their hardworking artist, Xiao Lei, the current [Obsidian Concord] company had already gained some fame, and had produced many excellent mangas. Many of those mangas had been pulled from Ren's memories, and of course, some of them were original, but without a talented story editor, the original mangas weren't very good.
With the shared abilities of the Herrscher of Thousands, Xiao Lei only needed to sketch out a rough outline, and then the tool puppets, by constantly working overtime, would be able to perfectly draw whatever she wanted. This allowed [Obsidian Concord], a small company, to practically storm most of the manga market with their horrifying quality and quantity, making a fortune in the process.
And now with Jian Yun's addition, even if her writing talent wasn't excellent, with the support of the Herrscher of Thousands, she would also be able to create outstanding works. It was time to expand.
However, although the [Obsidian Concord] company wasn't very famous yet, Ren knew that he would inevitably clash with Schicksal and World Serpent in the future. To continue using this name would make it easy to expose his identity, so he had also established a new animation game company—E.T. Studio.
As for the name [Obsidian Concord], it would have to be hidden away gradually, becoming a link connecting all of his industries. Anyway, all of the main managers were his own puppet hosts. There was no chance of betrayal. He would just have them work together and gradually expand their influence.
Use 'love and peace' to convert humanity?
No. It was likely that after Jian Yun was in charge of the game writing and animation scripts, she would, hundreds and thousands of times over, share the pain that she had suffered with future players, creating hundreds and thousands of puppet reserves for Ren.
Just thinking about that wonderful scene made Ren look forward to it. If he could drag the young people of the whole world into a whirlpool of resentment through literature, how wonderful would that be?
After giving such a challenging task to those two, Ren shifted his attention back to ARC City.
So far, Ren's plan was mostly complete, but he was well aware that the real danger was still waiting for him. Because, he was about to bump into World Serpent, led by Kevin, who possessed the strongest combat power from the Previous Era.
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i have some trouble translating "千珏" (Qiān Jué) the name of his organization, can be translated to the hero name [kindred] in LOL, I put it as a place holder for a while but I thought of changing it.
ask ChatGPT:
千 (Qiān): This character literally means "thousand." It can also imply "many," "numerous," or "a multitude of." In some contexts, it can suggest a large, almost immeasurable quantity.
珏 (Jué): This character refers to a "jade ornament," specifically a "pair of jade pieces." In ancient Chinese culture, jade is associated with purity, nobility, and power. A "pair of jade pieces" also suggests duality or balance.
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okay It's clear that name is linked to Ren as Herrscher of Dominance aka thousand people.
after doing some research I named it Obsidian Concord, the black heart(jade = Obsidian) of hundreds of people, a good name for kiana's black wallet in the future (Spoiler: i mean Ren give Kiana literally a city in the future).