Volume 12: Cafe Heroes Chapter 28 Empty Cicada (Part 1)
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When the archbishop comes back, I'll get the information and leave.
In the waiting passage behind the stage, Li Lin squatted on a box, watching the busy staff take out props one by one and walk to the front of the stage. Although he was cursing and looking embarrassed backstage, he still caused laughter and cheers when he went on stage.
Of course, in reality, Li Lin did not go to the front stage. After all, Li Lin himself was a person of some status in the Holy Light Department, or even a person without status would not do that. He just had to wait behind the scenes near the stage. A wall was no different from a layer of air to Li Lin, so waiting backstage was completely acceptable. If anyone could succeed in the assault at this time, it could only mean that Sallys, Li Lin, and Angel were all sleepwalking.
But what Li Lin really complained about was not this , but the activity itself.
It's really fucking boring.
"It feels really tiring. I've been doing this action for so many times. I'm glad these people don't get tired of it..."
Watching the staff members and hosts going back and forth, or urgently rehearsing their lines, or reciting the cue cards, Sally said with some emotion:
'It feels like a group of people working hard for something that they can't see or touch, but in the end they still get nothing. As a result, when they get older, they are still running around in the same old way, and in the end they can only grow old alone with resentment. This is a situation full of a sense of collective end.'
Ah, this is not certain. After all, this is not a place directly under the Holy Light Department. Maybe they bought a group of audiences. However, because the magic power has enhanced his physical fitness , even behind the scenes, Li Lin can hear the panting and low cheering sounds of those people hidden in the waves of noise in front of the stage. Sometimes I am exhausted, but I still have to maintain my work. This is the attitude of life.
Although he comes from a world where science is more developed and the word "working" is almost becoming history, Li Lin can still understand the hardships and sufferings of these people.
Because it's really tragic.
There was a small TV in the backstage, which was used to broadcast the front stage images. In Li Lin's eyes, these people were playing some random word chain games and drawing competitions that no one knew what they were talking about. One or two idols had to go to the front stage to draw, and then they were given three minutes to finish the drawing. Then they had to guess what they were drawing, and then they had to give an idiom hint. Just by listening to the increasingly awkward conversations and the more embarrassing voices, you knew that the scene must be a mess.
The screen was basically a doomsday scene. Several idols looked at the host in despair, unable to speak, the others were still making noises, some of the guests were sleeping, some were playing with their phones, and no one was doing anything serious. The audience, on the other hand, seemed to be watching very realistically, cheering and shouting for any event.
Sometimes the cheering time doesn't match the screen, and people are cheering even when there's nothing going on . It looks like we'll have to rely on the post-production to figure it out. Anyway, it's not a live broadcast.
"...How tragic."
"It's really tragic."
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Well, it will be edited and corrected to look happy later. After all, comedy is about watching other people's tragedy.
Because it was not a live broadcast, many times even if it was not done well, we could start over. There were several scenes on the screen where the dramatic effects were not done well and we were asked to start over. The director often gestured and gave various hints and instructions to the host to let him know what to do next.
When a scene had been NGed four times, the audience began to leave. They probably had filmed enough scenes with the audience clapping and there was no need to force people to stay to make up the numbers, so a group of people began to put down their things and leave the main hall. However, looking at the people who left, especially some of the figures among them, even through the screen, Li Lin could feel the strange smell coming from these people.
Rather than being paid workers, they were more like people who came to have fun. They didn't pay attention to anything around them, and didn't care even if the idol girl was performing hard. No, rather than not caring, it was as if they had seen too much and were not surprised. In their eyes, the young girl, who was considered good for the aesthetics of an old man like Li Lin, was no different from a woman on the street. Although they all stood up and applauded as required, the rigid movements and the way they pointed at the void from time to time made the surrounding extras feel a little uncomfortable, and they all showed strange looks.
This demeanor and the complete lack of interaction with the people around them reminded Li Lin of a group of people he hadn't seen for a long time.
"...Player?"
Are players now starting to expand into the Starry Sky world line?
Looking at the crowd who seemed to care about nothing and were out of tune with the world around them, Li Lin raised his eyebrows in surprise, but was immediately relieved.
When players didn't have much power at the beginning, they dared to board the spaceship naked. Now they must have enough power, right? There should be quite a few players who can travel in space now, so it's not surprising to see them here. Well, there shouldn't be anything strange.
But I always feel that I need to pay attention, as if there are some clues pointing to their heads. There is a sense of prophecy that spreads over there when there is an apocalypse. Although I am just looking at the backs of a few players, it is as if I have seen an infinite future. Countless thin lines begin to extend around, showing multiple futures in front of Li Lin. But of course, most of them are explosions, deaths, and disasters.
However, looking at some familiar energies and colors that appeared among those future possibilities, Li Lin thought it would be better to track these players a little.
Although there are countless futures, these people all have the same dark red color. This cannot but make him feel concerned.
'Want to go check it out?'
'Go and see. This is a revelation from heaven.'
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Then go and have a look.
Anyway, in the short term, there shouldn't be any problem as long as we have the White Knight to support us.
Watching the players gradually leaving, Li Lin left an incarnation of the White Knight there, handed the bracelet to it and gave it some instructions before leaving the backstage to chase after them.
