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Chapter 159 The Deepest Affection in Night City
Following the classic Hollywood three-act structure, the film's plot should conclude with the ending after the climax.
Zhou Liming glanced at his watch; there were still more than twenty minutes left in the movie. Although the preceding plot had been incredibly rich and exciting, and he had thoroughly enjoyed it,

But he still held a sliver of hope, wondering if there would be some surprise or plot twist later on.
Zhou Liming guessed correctly; there was indeed a twist. He also guessed wrong; it wasn't a pleasant surprise, but a shock!
After their victory party, Mann's squad encountered a homeless man urinating on a shipping container on their way back to base.

Pila was probably drunk; his arrogant temper flared up, and he started spouting trash talk non-stop.
However, this disheveled, simple-minded homeless man suddenly raised his gun without warning and blasted Pira's head to pieces with a single shot!

This scene was played four times from different angles. In the slow-motion shot of Pira's head disintegrating, David's eyes widened in utter shock.

Zhou Liming and the movie theater audience were also stunned. How could Pila, Rebecca's brother, who liked to make dirty jokes and was very skillful in making all kinds of props, suddenly disappear from the show!
It's understandable for team members to die, but in other movies, they usually die while carrying out important missions, sacrificing themselves for the team.
In "The Edge Walker," after completing his mission and having a celebratory banquet, he got his head cracked open just because he offended an ordinary homeless man on the street!

However, Zhou Liming soon realized that this was not an ordinary homeless man, but a cyber mental patient with a highly modified body!
His eyes, like Lieutenant James's at the beginning of the film, have a distinctive glitch-style double vision.

At the same time, the film also uses a cold reality to tell the audience that this is Night City, a cold, cruel, and money-grubbing city without any warmth!

In Night City, death and accidents can happen at any time. Pila, who is experienced in combat, is not fundamentally different from Gloria, David's mother, who secretly works as a cleaner.

From David S. A.S. perspective, the bright red drops of blood transform into dazzling emeralds.

At the last second, Big Brother Mann kicked David, who was still in shock, away, saving him from being blown to pieces by the grenade fired from the arm of the cyber madman.

Apart from Rebecca, who suddenly became enraged, the rest of the team didn't seem to have much emotion about Pila's death. They all immediately chose the right thing to do: find cover and join the fight.

Cyberpsycho is no ordinary gang member; his advanced cybernetic modifications make his combat abilities ridiculously powerful, rendering ordinary guns and hacking methods largely ineffective.

When Lucy was in danger, David activated the S.A.S ...

But it was clear that Cyber's head had also undergone special prosthetic modifications; even with a large hole blasted into his head, he could still move. When David lowered his guard and was concerned about Lucy's injuries, he pointed a gun at him.

Lucy looked desperate. Just when things were at their most critical, it was the most reliable older brother, Mann, who stepped in and punched the cyber psychopath's head away, thus averting the crisis.

The final action scene in "The Edge Walker" may not be the biggest or the most intense, but it is the most nerve-wracking!

Despite her head injury, Lucy showed indifference and defensiveness towards Dorio's concern. Zhou Liming quickly realized that Lucy was hiding the special interface on the back of her head, concealing her identity as the Arasaka hacker.

David took Lucy, who had sustained minor injuries, to the prosthetic doctor for treatment. The two then returned to Lucy's apartment together, where David finally mustered the courage to talk to her.

Having survived a life-or-death ordeal, it seems the young people who have feelings for each other are finally about to confess their love.

Regarding this plot arrangement, Zhou Liming said he understood it immediately; it was all a cliché.

However, The Edge Walker uses various tropes very skillfully, which is how commercial films should be made.

The two chatted under the moon on the rooftop of the apartment, where pink and green hues intertwined.

"Hey, look, even though Lucy doesn't smoke, her hand still unconsciously makes the gesture of someone smoking. David said he hated the smell of smoke, so Lucy quit smoking!"

"It seems like Fan Binbin and Chen Yuan are about to confess their feelings!"

Zhou Liming noticed Lucy's hand when he heard the girl's whispers beside him. Sure enough, this movie has so many details!

The initial viewing experience is easy to write about, but to write a comprehensive and insightful film review, I need to watch it one or two more times.

"Hehe, I knew Hollywood blockbusters wouldn't be complete without some passionate scenes. Let's make a bet, brothers, will Fan Binbin and Chen Yuan end up in bed together? I bet they definitely will. If you lose, you buy me breakfast, no more than five yuan."

"There are only a few minutes left in the plot, it's definitely not enough, I bet it isn't."

I bet I have!

Ignoring the boys' pointless betting game, Zhou Liming focused his attention on this special confession; the simple dialogue was packed with information.

After a series of playful banter between a young boy and girl—"Are you angry?" "No, I'm not," "You are," "Okay, maybe I am, but even if you're angry, I don't hate you"—that makes you unconsciously smile,
David asked Lucy why Mann had accepted him, but Lucy had never accepted him.

Lucy knew David too well; he was the kind of person who would rush out without hesitation and risk his life to save others.

Such a person would die quickly if he became a cyberpunk. David could become an excellent cyberpunk, but Lucy doesn't want David to die.

The way to leave your mark in Night City is not how you live, but how you die.

There are no living legends in Night City.

The direct reason why Lucy always kept people at arm's length was her identity, which she dared not reveal.
She is an Arasaka hacker who was trained by the Arasaka Corporation from a young age, but later defected.

The Arasaka Corporation is the largest company in Night City, a mega-corporation that deeply controls the city and profoundly influences the post-war world order depicted in the film.

Lucy believed that the Arasaka Corporation would find her sooner or later. She was terrified of her identity, thinking that she would not be able to live a normal life like ordinary people, and she was also afraid of implicating the people she cared about.

When David saw Lucy's hesitation, he didn't say anything like "I love you" or "I support you." Instead, he said directly:
"I'll take you to the moon, I promise you!"

Going to the moon has always been Lucy's dream.

David's statement is very much in line with his character of always considering others.

This also shows that he truly cared about Lucy. His words were far more touching than any other sweet nothings.

As expected, Lucy's defenses crumbled instantly at David's sincerity, and she embraced him and kissed him passionately.

The thick clouds that had been obscuring the full moon behind them dispersed at this moment, and the lunar rocket in the distance ignited and lifted off, emitting a bright tail flame with a hint of green fluorescence as it flew toward the moon.

In some Western mythologies, green light represents love.

Lucy cradled David's face in her hands, and a close-up of Lucy's cheeks appeared on the screen, with pink rim lighting on one side and green rim lighting on the other.

Instead of the happiness and joy of finding something to support her dreams, her face showed worry and deep seriousness as she spoke to David:
"I don't want you to die."

The two embraced again and kissed passionately.
As the rocket lifted off, the two of them briefly left Night City and arrived on the moon.

A long shadow stretched across the uneven lunar surface, with the vast, azure Earth as the backdrop. It was a scene that could easily be interpreted as suggestive, but at this moment, it didn't evoke any romantic thoughts; Zhou Liming only felt pure beauty.

Seeing this incredibly romantic scene accompanied by background music, Zhou Liming instantly understood why Lucy had said something seemingly nonsensical like "I don't want you to die" in response to David's confession.

Lucy has never been to the moon; her impression of it is limited to the so-called amusement park advertised and the virtual experience of Mewtwo.

She didn't care what the moon was actually like; she just wanted to escape to a place where she would feel safe.

Now, at this moment, Lucy's wish is no longer to go to the moon, because she has found her own moon, which is David.

Lucy's wish became that David would not die, so that he could stay by her side forever.

The film features several scenes of Lucy cupping David's cheeks, but this time it's not Lucy dominating David, but rather showing her care and concern for him.

Previously, Zhou Liming felt that "The Edge Walker" made the romance the main storyline and devoted too much plot to portraying the mysterious female hacker Lucy.

Although Lucy is very beautiful, the love between David and Lucy is always subtle and not obvious, which is somewhat disproportionate to the subsequent team adventure plot.

But at this very moment, the climax of the love story explodes at the very last moment of the movie!

Two lonely hearts let go of all barriers and defenses under the pure moonlight.
Having briefly escaped the all-consuming Night City, they embraced and kissed on the moon, comforting each other and enjoying the most beautiful moment of their fateful encounter.

Even viewers who didn't understand how David and Lucy ended up kissing so unexpectedly could still directly and deeply appreciate how precious and beautiful this love, which illuminated the despair of Night City, was.

But it is precisely because this love is so precious and beautiful that Zhou Liming is worried that if a sequel were made, the plot would most likely turn into a tragedy!
Only tragedy can make this love shine the brightest. He understood all too well what these artists were thinking!
The full name of "Cyberpunk: The Edge Walker" is "Cyberpunk: The Edge Walker". Is there any genre that is more suitable for showing tragedy than cyberpunk?

As the movie ended and the end credits began, the noise in the theater suddenly increased.

As Zhou Liming listened to the couples around him excitedly discussing how romantic Lucy and David's kiss was, he, who saw through everything, sneered inwardly.

Heh, romantic? Heh, heartwarming? Wait until the sequel comes out and see if you still think it's romantic and heartwarming.

As for whether there will be a sequel, that's not even worth considering. The character development, acting, art style, action sequences, and emotional portrayals in *The Edge Walker* are all top-notch.
Judging from the perspective of a commercial film, there is almost nothing that would drag it down, and its box office performance is sure to be outstanding, with a very low possibility of losing money.

The film's hidden main protagonist, Night City—a glittering yet corrupt futuristic city—is portrayed with remarkable vividness and depth.

Countless wonderful stories can unfold here.

Sequels often have a better chance of box office success due to the popularity of their predecessors, which is why Hollywood loves developing sequels to successful films.

In particular, large production studios belonging to large groups can effectively create market optimism and boost the stock price of their parent companies by producing sequels to well-known IPs.

Is there any movie more suitable for a sequel than The Edge Walker?

Although the movie had ended, no one left; even those who needed to pee sat obediently in their seats.

As everyone knows, Chen Yuan likes to do some little tricks at the end of films.

The end credits song is the one sung by the princess, a very nice pop electronic background music when Lucy takes David to experience the Moon Dream, and the scene shows the two of them walking and playing on the moon.

After watching the movie for two hours with focused attention, seeing the relaxed and carefree male and female leads on the big screen now, I'm actually feeling a bit tired.

Just as Zhou Liming was about to stretch again after yawning, the scrolling subtitles disappeared and the big screen lit up again.

In a serious, luxuriously decorated office, an obese middle-aged man in an elegant suit sits in front of a holographic monitor.

He wore the logo badge of the Arasaka Corporation pinned to his chest.

The monitor was playing a loop of the surveillance video of David first turning on the Sinweistein and brutally beating up the rich student who had previously bullied him.

This man is Tanaka, the father of the student who was beaten.

The people of Arasaka had already noticed that the S.A.S. badge on David belonged to Lieutenant James.

Even seasoned professional soldiers couldn't withstand S.A.R.'s severe side effects, turning into cyberpsychotics.
However, David experienced no noticeable side effects after using it.

This caught the attention of the Arasaka Group, who suggested that David might possess some kind of exceptional resistance, making him well-suited for a certain experiment.

A man named Tanaka took charge of the matter.

"Holy crap, they've got Arakawa's got their eye on them!"

"I remember the day after David beat that bastard up, he received a phone call from the principal discussing his punishment. David didn't listen carefully and hung up. Could it be that they're telling him to go back to school and walk right into a trap?"

"Wow, you remember that so clearly!"

"Then the sequel should be about fighting against this awesome Arasaka Corporation!"

"That'll be a long wait."

The previous relaxation vanished instantly. Zhou Liming chuckled dryly twice. Sure enough, the story was heading in a tragic direction.

In his view, the Arasaka Group, which is rooted in the entire Night City, cannot be defeated by the protagonist group, because an individual can never fight against a system.

Unless David, like Neo, receives the savior-like power of the Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

But if the plot unfolds like that, it would be hilarious.

He could even assert right now that David would die in his battle against Arasaka.
Night City has no living legends, but David will surely become one.

Because of his character flaws, because of the needs of the plot, and because this is cyberpunk.

Even though he could predict the ending of the story, Zhou Liming still eagerly awaited what kind of sequel Chen Yuan would present and what kind of 'legendary journey' he would arrange for David!
(End of this chapter)