Afternoon.

Lu Zhiyao and Zhu Xiaoce came to the studio.

This is still the local studio in Beijing where "Beautiful Tomorrow" was filmed before, and Lu Zhiyao and the rest of the crew are already familiar with this place.

The staff was already busy making sets and props.

Some of the sets and props are obviously used in "A Better Tomorrow", and they are all science fiction themes, and they can be reused if they are changed slightly.

However, compared with "Beautiful Tomorrow", this movie has more big scenes and physical props, and there will be more preparation work in the early stage.

"Director Zhu, are you sure we can start filming now?" Lu Zhiyao looked at the busy staff and the messy set, and fell into doubt.

Zhu Xiaoce nodded: "Of course, you can start shooting today, let's shoot a set of shots first." ”

Lu Zhiyao was a little dazed: "However, this set and props are not ready yet......"

"And, what about the actors? I haven't seen any other lead actors yet. ”

"You can't just be embarrassed by me, right?"

Zhu Xiaoce smiled slightly: "It's okay, you have more of your own scenes, and they have all been arranged for you, let's prepare with both hands, your scene will be filmed first, and then the scenery and props will be prepared while shooting." ”

Lu Zhiyao fell silent.

For some reason, I always feel like I've been deceived.

Continuing to walk inside, Zhu Xiaoce led Lu Zhiyao to a room full of green screens: "Most of the rest of the scenes were filmed here. ”

"As for what the scene is...... You look at this concept art, it's clearly drawn. ”

Zhu Xiaoce flipped out a concept map from his phone and handed it to Lu Zhiyao.

Lu Zhiyao stretched out his hand to take it.

Judging from the picture, this should be the interior of a starship with a sci-fi scene, and the furnishings inside are very simple, with only a single dormancy compartment and a huge console.

There is a large screen and several small screens on the console, a single seat that resembles a spaceship's pilot's seat, and a large touchscreen on the platform in front of the seat, a hemispherical instrument, and a number of buttons of various colors.

Lu Zhiyao turned his head to look at the filming location, and then found that there was only one well-made operating platform, a single seat and a single sleeping room, which should have been made by the props team in a hurry in the past few days, and all the other sets were all green screens.

"Director Zhu, this ......"

Lu Zhiyao looked confused.

When I was filming "Beautiful Tomorrow" before, the whole room was a ready-made set.

As a result, when it comes to the new movie, why did it all become green screen?

Although these things can be solved with special effects, and the more money burned, the better the special effects, but in terms of authenticity, it is better to use ready-made props and sets.

Could it be ...... Director Zhu deliberately did more green screen special effects to deceive Mr. Pei's money?

Of course, Lu Zhiyao couldn't ask so directly, coughed twice and said, "Director Zhu, can't the set of things in "Beautiful Tomorrow" be used directly?" Anyway, it's all science fiction themes, so you should be able to use it if you change it, right? ”

Zhu Xiaoce smiled: "Yes, the sleeping cabin you saw, as well as the operating platform, these are all urgently changed with the props of "Beautiful Tomorrow", otherwise why do you think it can be done so quickly." ”

"As for why the outside sets are all green screens, it's obviously because there will be a lot of special effects here, and you have to achieve a special display effect."

"What exactly is the effect...... Don't worry, you'll find out later. ”

"Let's take a look at the first script."

Zhu Xiaoce said, took out a few pieces of paper from his bag, and handed them to Lu Zhiyao.

Lu Zhiyao stretched out his hand to take it, and quickly browsed it from beginning to end.

"That's all?" Lu Zhiyao was confused, the content on these pieces of paper was endless, and he couldn't understand it.

Zhu Xiaoce smiled slightly: "Didn't I tell you before, shoot piece by piece, I won't give you all the scripts, so that you can better understand the mood of the protagonist in the movie." ”

"Okay, you find a place to sit first, put on makeup and change clothes, memorize the script of this scene, and I'll go outside and arrange their work."

Lu Zhiyao nodded: "Okay Director Zhu, do you want to wear a spacesuit or exoskeleton?" ”

I heard that this time it's a Star Wars theme, so you must wear a cool space suit, right?

I don't know why, I'm still a little looking forward to it.

Although things like exoskeletons can be very heavy and tiring to wear, they are handsome!

"No, you just need to replace this one." Zhu Xiaoce beckoned the costume designer and makeup artist to come over, and the costume artist was holding a very ordinary set of dark gray close-fitting T-shirts and trousers.

Lu Zhiyao: "......"

"Director Zhu, are you sure you're wearing this? No problem, right? ”

Zhu Xiaoce smiled slightly: "No problem, just wear this." If you don't understand, you can read the script again. ”

Lu Zhiyao was helpless, so he had to read the script again silently.

……

In the hibernation pod, there is a close-up first.

Qin Yi's eyes were closed, but his eyeballs were moving rapidly, his brows were furrowed frequently, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, as if he was experiencing a terrible nightmare.

Suddenly, his eyes suddenly opened!

His eyes were bloodshot and his eyes were full of horror.

The camera quickly pulled up, the dormant pod opened automatically, Qin Yi turned over and sat up, his chest rose and fell, his right hand pressed his forehead, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

Countless hideous memories came flooding in, Qin Yi subconsciously looked at the forearm of his right hand, there was a hideous wound on it that completely penetrated the arm, and even almost tore it, but it had already scabbed.

He vaguely remembered that when he had gone deep into the Zerg's lair before, he tried to use his pistol to destroy the miniature reactor through the crack in his chest combat suit, but he was unsuccessful, and was pierced by the claws of the Zerg.

"Am I alive?"

Qin Yi felt confused, he thought that he had died in the Zerg lair.

But then, the scenes before his death came to mind.

Xu Kaile, Meng Yu, Zhao Yongxiu, Wu Shaojun...... All members of the AS-371-45 team, except for Qin Yi, died in the Zerg lair.

He still remembered the voices and smiles of these people, but in the blink of an eye, heaven and man were forever separated.

However, Qin Yi quickly got rid of this painful emotion, regained his composure, and stood up from the dormant cabin.

He saw the large screen, the chair, and the workbench not far away, but instead of going over, he first came to the edge of the room and tried to leave.

The starship's capsule does not have a fixed exit, and the surrounding walls can be turned into doors if they have permission.

But Qin Yi tried to push the wall, but found that there was no response, which showed that he did not have the authority to leave here.

"Captain Qin, I'm sorry, you haven't been given permission to leave here." A gentle female voice rang out.

Qin Yi turned his head to look, and saw a holographic projection of a female space soldier in the middle of the room, which was a typical oriental female image, with some feminine softness in her gentle smile and the sassy and heroic posture of a soldier.

Qin Yi was silent for a moment: "The war is not over yet, is it?" ”

The hologram of the female military nodded: "Yes." ”

Qin Yi sat on the dormant cabin dejectedly, covered his face with his hands, and let out a sigh of relief.

The hologram of the female soldier tried to walk towards Qin Yi, but Qin Yi's face quickly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "AEEIS, return to the original image." ”

The hologram of the female soldier stopped, becoming transparent and disappearing.

Then, a pale blue stream of data appears in mid-air, converging into an audio image that fluctuates with the sound.

AEEIS's voice turned into a cold, emotionless electronic one: "Captain Qin Yi, maybe you are angry now, but humanity needs you to continue to fulfill your mission as a soldier. ”

Qin Yi's voice was low, suppressing his anger: "The Zerg Empress is dead, but the war is not over, why?" I want to know the truth. ”

AEEIS: "Because of the reserves and hive consciousness." ”

"The Zerg Empress is a high-level lifeform, with high-level intelligence, and has precautions to avoid a population crisis caused by her own death. The Zerg Empress will give birth to a minor Empress to hide in various hives, and once the Empress dies, one of these minor empresses will become a new Empress. ”

"Hive consciousness is the basis for the Zerg Empress to rule the entire Zerg, which is simply telepathy, consciousness uploading, and consciousness connection. The Zerg Empress was able to control all the swarms precisely because of the existence of the hive consciousness. ”

"At the moment of the death of the Zerg Empress, you can transmit all your consciousness through the Zerg's consciousness network, and then in a corner where the Zerg is located, a certain secondary empress obtains the full consciousness of the Empress and re-serves as the command center."

Qin Yi's face became gloomy: "Did you know this information before the decapitation operation, or after the decapitation operation?" ”

"I want to hear the real answers."

AEEIS was silent for two seconds: "Before. ”

Qin Yi took a deep breath: "So we saw the fragments of the Skylark II combat suit in the process of going deep into the hive. ”

"You deceived everyone, you knew it was an operation that was almost impossible to succeed in, and even if it did, it would be meaningless, and you still sent hundreds of squads to their deaths?"

"Is this your decision, or the decision of the Supreme Executive Council, or the decision of the commander?"

AEEIS did not answer positively: "Of course this operation is meaningful. ”

"The scope of hive consciousness is vast, but not unlimited; It also takes time for a secondary empress to conceive and become a new empress. During this time, we have achieved fruitful results on the frontal battlefield. ”

"Everyone's sacrifice is for the ultimate victory."

Qin Yi said coldly: "As a soldier, I can accept sacrifice, but I can't accept deception!" ”

His right hand clenched in anger, but it quickly let go of it, and the faces of the players flashed before him again, but there was nothing he could do.

"I applied for a three-month sabbatical to return to Blue Star, and then returned to the fleet in three months."

"At that time, I will sacrifice as you wish."

AEEIS: "I'm sorry, Captain Qin, I can't comment on your request. ”

"The Supreme Executive Council of the Blue Star Combined Fleet has appointed you as the new commander to direct the battle against the Zerg."

"Blue Star, I still need you to save it."