I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"Holy crap?"

Old Zhao has never seen anything like this before.

The volcanic eruption was not like the slow, flowing eruptions depicted in many works; instead, it was like being detonated by millions of bombs. Accompanied by a tremendous roar, the entire lake in the crater was vaporized, and a dark mushroom cloud rose from the ground. Then, burning rocks fell from the thick smoke like meteors, leaving dark trails. The rocks crashed to the ground, creating huge craters and igniting the surrounding vegetation.

The houses near the crater were instantly submerged, and the people inside didn't even have time to scream or cry out.

As the camera zooms out, revealing a high concentration of volcanic ash, the ash blankets the entire volcano like a dark cloud and continues to spread.

Finally, the camera panned to near-Earth orbit, revealing a gray cloud, no less powerful than a small typhoon, covering the area of ​​the volcanic eruption and even altering the surrounding cloud flow.

Only then did Old Zhao remember that he could breathe.

He took a couple of breaths. The footage of the volcanic eruption was so powerful that he felt as if he were not in front of a screen, but actually standing in front of the eruption. The huge roar, the scorching and dry wind, and the pungent smell of volcanic ash felt so real.

What constitutes a grand event?

This is a truly grand spectacle.

Old Zhao pondered for a moment, then remembered something else.

The person who looked like the main character just now, is dead?

Chapter 533 Black

Meanwhile, Lao Qian, the leader, was also watching Lu Ban's new movie.

The opening volcano scene also left him speechless.

I've seen so many disaster movies, but I've never seen anything like this.

I thought the male protagonist would show his prowess and rescue the trapped people, but it turned out that the two of them, along with the helicopter, were wiped out by the volcano.

So this is just a supporting character to showcase the power of a volcanic eruption?

To be fair, the opening scene does a pretty good job of showing the power of the volcanic eruption.

In many movies, volcanic eruptions are depicted more like the surging of lava, with only the hot, slow-moving magma gradually engulfing everything.

But the explosion of this film was like squeezing a pimple that had already turned white on your face until it finally bursts and explodes.

It gives you a feeling of exhilarating satisfaction.

Moreover, the special effects made Lao Qian feel as if he were actually there, as if he were in the crater of a volcano. Even though he had never seen a real volcanic eruption, at this moment, he believed that a real volcanic eruption would look like this.

Then, the gradually emerging lava created yet another kind of hell.

The entire mountain area was covered by that thick, dark red liquid; the original lakes disappeared, and a larger lake was formed.

It is said that in the most geologically active ancient times, volcanic lava could cover an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, forming a sea of ​​lava that was more terrifying than hell. Seeing the lava flow that kept swallowing everything around it, Lao Qian truly felt the power of nature.

The next moment, the camera shifts to the sea.

On the tranquil sea, a fishing boat drifts with the waves.

Its lights attract fish, squid, and other marine life, and a fisherman is fishing from the gunwale.

Deep-sea fishing boats can stay at sea for more than half a year at a time. They go deep into the fishing grounds to catch all kinds of valuable sea fish, and one trip can feed them for more than half a year.

Sea fishing is purely a hobby.

If you can't catch them, try retrieving them from the cold storage.

The fisherman cast his line and pulled up a small squid. He looked at it, then threw it back into the sea. The squid immediately dived into the water and disappeared.

At this moment, another fisherman came out, and the two chatted for a few words, roughly sketching out a classic screen image of a middle-aged man suffering from a midlife crisis, separated from his wife and children, and having to rely on fishing to make a living.

Old Qian has seen many characters like this. Basically, the following plot involves going through a series of hardships, achieving the character's personal ideals, and having their family return. Or, they complete themselves amidst setbacks but ultimately fail, becoming a tragic hero.

However, based on the previous plot, Lao Qian felt that it was definitely not that simple.

Just as the two characters in the movie were chatting, Lao Qian suddenly felt that something was off about the scene.

In the distance, on the dark sea, something seemed to be wriggling.

At this moment, the people in the movie also noticed this scene.

Looking into the distance, it seems as if land can be seen.

But soon they discovered that it was not land, but the tide of a tsunami.

The cries of seabirds, seemingly from nowhere, startled everyone awake. The camera rose from the ship, as if caught by the seabirds, and flew rapidly toward the mountain-high tsunami.

All Lao Qian saw was a tsunami over 500 meters high forming a wall of unprecedented height in human history. This wall was heading towards the fishing boat at an extremely high speed. As the camera zoomed in, the fishermen's faces were filled with despair, ashen.

Shouts, roars, the sound of machines running, followed by the sound of the sea.

The sound of the tide enveloped everything. The tsunami swept past without diminishing in the slightest, and the fishing boat sank to the bottom of the sea without even having its wreckage surfaced.

At this very moment, in a more distant place, the ports and ships are still oblivious. Men and women are indulging in a drunken stupor in bars, an old man with white hair is rambling on to a dilapidated television, a down-on-his-luck office worker is dragging his weary body home, and a young mother has just put her child to sleep. She goes to the window and prepares to draw the curtains.

Then, not far away, a massive, sky-covering tsunami crashed in with devastating force.

After the tsunami, everything fell silent.

Old Qian couldn't help but sigh.

In his view, this tsunami was not only awe-inspiring in its magnificent power, but also a reminder of humanity's insignificance in the face of such immense force.

Whether ugly or beautiful, hopeful or despairing, everything in human society will vanish in the face of such a natural disaster.

If the opening scenes of this movie were meant to convey how terrifying the impending catastrophe would be, then I think it has succeeded.

Even when faced with such a natural disaster, he couldn't think of any way for humanity to combat it.

Human civilization has developed for so many years, yet we can only prevent and forecast these geological disasters, but we cannot fight them. When disaster strikes, we can only pray that the damage will be less severe.

However, Lao Qian couldn't understand what Lu Ban's purpose was in filming such scenes, besides creating a sense of awe.

Is it merely to tell everyone that the forces of nature are invincible?

He patiently read on.

……

At noon, Mo Guangyuan timed it perfectly; as soon as the bell rang, he immediately stood up and prepared to go to the cafeteria.

But as soon as I got up, I felt something was wrong.

"Strange, they should have finished watching by now, right? They're usually quite eager to eat, why haven't they come out yet today?"

He looked towards the office and noticed that several other colleagues were also secretly watching what was happening in the boss's office, just like him.

Logically, if Lu Ban's movie is fine and very good, they should have already sent someone to send the master tape of the sample film to the warehouse for safekeeping and then filled out the review comments.

If Lu Ban's movie flops, he should probably come out and complain about it too.

But there's been no sound at all. What happened?

"Never mind, we can't see it anyway. Let's eat first. Eating is the most important thing. I heard there are pig's feet today. If we go too late, there might only be soybeans left."

"That's what my colleague Lao Li said."

After the two finished eating in the cafeteria, they returned to find the office door open.

Curious, Mo Guangyuan peered inside.

I saw our leader, Lao Qian, sitting in a chair. He looked much more haggard, as if he had aged several years in an instant.

"Why did this happen... why did this happen..."

Old Qian mumbled incoherently, and Mo Guangyuan mustered his courage and knocked on the office door.

"Minister, what's wrong?"

Mo Guangyuan asked.

Upon hearing this voice, Old Qian suddenly looked over.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his lips twitched.

Immediately, he stood up and rushed to Mo Guangyuan's side without warning, grabbing Mo Guangyuan's shoulders tightly with both hands. His voice was hoarse, like that of a patient who had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Black, fucking black!"

Old Qian's voice sounded like he was lamenting, yet also like he was accusing someone.

Chapter 534 Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms

"Black? Is the image too dark?"

Mo Guangyuan pondered, judging from the trailer, the movie shouldn't be dark; instead, it should feature bright scenes like lightning and volcanic eruptions.

Is there something wrong with the sample?

He was puzzled.

Seeing that the leader did not respond, Mo Guangyuan mustered up his courage and went to the leader's desk.

"Minister, have you finished writing the review comments?"

He glanced furtively at his boss's computer screen, which displayed the end of a video player's playback, showing only the copyright notice at the end; nothing else was visible.

"It's dark."

Old Qian murmured.

"It's not dark, Minister. It's broad daylight, and the curtains are open. Should I turn on a light?"

Mo Guangyuan said enthusiastically.

"no need."

Old Qian waved his hand, indicating that Mo Guangyuan didn't need to be so obsequious.

"Minister, was the movie good?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Guangyuan asked curiously.

Old Qian glanced at Mo Guangyuan.

It's the look of an elder who has seen it all, looking at a fledgling newcomer. It's the look you get when you see a young person make the same mistakes you made when you were young.

Old Qian turned off the media player.