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Chapter 629: A Review of "Halo"!
Originally, Liu Jin planned to get a good night's sleep at the hotel on Saturday.

After all, a ten-hour flight followed by an award ceremony and then a banquet is quite tiring.

And I have to fly back to America on Sunday.

This round trip was actually quite tiring...

Although he was traveling in first class.

It's still very tough!
Liu Jin didn't expect that he would be woken up by a rapid phone call early the next morning.

It was Melissa calling.

He would never refuse a beautiful woman's summons.

So, with great difficulty, he broke free from the confinement of his bed and met Melissa at a French restaurant.

"What's wrong with you?"

Liu Jin was startled when he saw Melissa.

Melissa isn't fat, but she always gives the impression of being plump.

But now, she has lost a lot of weight and looks very haggard.

Melissa said angrily, "Isn't this all thanks to you?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"You suggested I go to India to film a program, so I went to Mumbai with the crew and almost didn't make it back."

Melissa's face still had a slightly unhealthy, sickly pallor.

She took a sip of coffee and then began to ramble on about her trip to India, which was truly thrilling.

On their first day in Mumbai, the entire film crew contracted the virus.

They ate a meal with local specialties at a local restaurant, and then two-thirds of the crew developed diarrhea.

The crew members recovered after two days of rest.

Immediately afterwards, the crew began filming.

At Liu Jin's suggestion, Melissa did not participate in the event, but instead acted as an observer and host, providing commentary from behind the camera.

This restricted area is located in a slum in Mumbai.

The team members participating in this expedition will live in the slums for thirty days.

Most participants did not initially think it would be difficult.

result……

On the first day of filming, a female contestant from Spain disappeared for five hours.

The production team didn't initially think there was anything wrong with it.

But Melissa remembered Liu Jin's warning: never let your guard down in the Indian slums, and take immediate action if anything happens.

Five hours later, the accompanying security personnel found the missing contestant in a small alley.

She was raped by more than a dozen men!
The hidden camera on his person captured terrifying footage.

After being taken to the hospital, the contestant regained consciousness and burst into tears while holding Melissa.

The film crew was hesitant about whether to continue filming.

Because six of the eighteen participants were women.

Melissa was strongly opposed to continuing filming, but the producer and director believed that it should continue.

They will be filming the most authentic India... You can imagine the ratings will explode once it airs.

At that time, promotion and salary increase will not be a problem.

As for the safety of participating in the competition?

It's not important to them.

Contracts were signed before the competition.

If participants withdraw midway, they will have to pay a hefty penalty.

"This shoot was a complete disaster."

Illness, safety... all the participants experienced varying degrees of PTSD after filming ended.

We sent them to a sanatorium, and three of them are still not fully recovered.

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin fell silent!

"Didn't you take proper security precautions beforehand?"

"Of course we have security. In addition to the TV station's security personnel, we also hired a local security company..."

The problem lies with that security company.

Completely irresponsible…

"Have those qjfs been caught yet?"

"We were caught, but as we were leaving, the local police stopped us and tried to get us to hand over the videotapes and sign a confidentiality agreement. If we hadn't contacted DSG, we probably would have had to give in."

That's not a normal world at all.

My impression of the people living in the slums of Mumbai is that they are like the walking dead, which is terrifying.

I never imagined that such a terrifying forbidden zone existed in this world.

Liu Jin held Melissa in his arms.

He could even feel her trembling!

……

That night, Melissa held Liu Jin tightly in the hotel, unwilling to let go for even a moment.

Liu Jin comforted her for a while, and finally managed to calm her down.

But the next day, when he was preparing to return to America, Melissa showed a reluctance she had never shown before.

Liu Jin could only tell her that he would be back next month.

On the flight to America, Liu Jin felt a mix of emotions.

The eighteen participants in this restricted area filming project experienced theft, beatings, rape, illness, and various other unexpected situations.

Six of them resolutely withdrew from the expedition halfway through filming.

The remaining twelve people, although they eventually completed the filming, suffered considerable physical and mental harm.

Aside from the fact that these people were deliberately courting death, the most important factor was the chaotic and terrifying living environment in Mumbai.

It was even more appalling than the slums of Rio de Janeiro. While the slums of Rio de Janeiro were chaotic, there was still a semblance of order.

But Mumbai...

This is the paradise on earth that those public intellectuals in China boast about.

It's also the civilized paradise that some idiot Gao Xiaosong described!

Go fuck yourself!

A bunch of blatant liars.

If they say these things again in the future, Liu Jin will throw the footage from this shoot in their faces.

However, he was the one who started all of this.

If Liu Jin hadn't suggested that Melissa and the others go there to film, they probably wouldn't have encountered those hardships.

But then I thought, what does it have to do with me?

He warned Melissa and the others, but they didn't believe him.

……

When I landed in New York, it was noon in America.

Eva picked him up in her car and took him back to 76 Parry Street.

After arriving home, Liu Jin collapsed onto the bed and fell fast asleep, sleeping until the early hours of the morning.

I'm definitely a bit tired!

I'm really getting old...

After the age of thirty, bodily functions actually begin to decline.

Although I practice martial arts every day and drink tiger bone wine to maintain my health, I can no longer be as energetic as I was a few years ago, when I could stay up all night and still be full of energy.

On Monday, Liu went to school.

Professor Lacapra congratulated him again.

Liu Jin had already informed the professor that he might need to take leave next month.

"reason!"

Professor Lacapra was somewhat dissatisfied.

He could let Liu Jin run wild, but he couldn't tolerate his frequent absences.

Liu Jin had no choice but to tell the professor that he would be going back to receive the award next month.

"Has it been confirmed?"

"No, but I've heard that I'm very likely to win an award."

"If that's the case, taking leave isn't out of the question... but I'll only approve it if you win an award."

"Of course, why would I go back if I didn't win an award?"

Upon hearing this, the professor couldn't help but laugh.

……

My study abroad experience has only just begun.

Over the weekend, Eva invited her neighbors from Parry Street to her home for a family gathering.

Because of the advance notice, most of the people on Parri Street came!

Liu Jin watched Eva weave through the crowd, entertaining everyone like a hostess, and he seemed particularly happy.

He couldn't make a promise to Eva!

However, he will try his best to fulfill her wishes.

After that, Liu Jin's life became more and more regular.

Attending classes, writing, and preparing for the creation of "Halo".

Before we knew it, October had quietly passed in this atmosphere.

The plot of "Halo" is gradually becoming clearer.

The Covenant Wars are the main storyline of the game Halo.

In the original timeline of the Halo series, there was no single, complete framework; rather, it was a collaborative effort by multiple individuals…

You have a story, I have a story.

The novella is interspersed with many short stories and novellas, which makes the overall structure somewhat chaotic.

There are many characters, and they are not clearly defined.

After reorganizing and splitting the text, Liu Jin removed some irrelevant parts and retained the main storyline of the Star Alliance War.

It all began with the first contact between humanity and the Covenant in the Battle of Plenty.

With the arrival of "The Shattered Cycle," the Covenant Wars ended.

There are seven books in total, which can be considered a tribute to Harry Potter.

Subsequently, the Covenant Wars spawned the Forerunner and Master Chief series.

These two spin-off series were market-tested works in their original timelines. The Master Chief series, in particular, had sold 1200 million copies worldwide by 2019… Liu Jin believes the key lies in the creation of the Covenant Wars series. If the Covenant Wars series is successful, Master Chief's sales will further increase.

This is almost a completely new re-creation.

Unlike his previous writing, this required Liu Jin to devote more energy and effort.

This is an adaptation based on the original five major series, thirty-two books, and more than ten short stories.

What Liu Jin needs to do is to refine the stories from these thirty or forty books and turn them into a completely new series.

This is extremely difficult.

Although he hadn't read all the books, based on the games and the more than twenty novels he'd read, he had enough to construct a complete Halo world. Perhaps even a world grander than the original novels…

Even Eva could feel the pressure from Liu Jin.

Having known Liu Jin for so long and read countless of his works, this is the first time I've seen him take it so seriously.

In the study, he wrote nearly 100,000 words just on the setting and outline.

Eva was also a little worried!

……

(End of this chapter)