From Prisoner to Si Chen

Obviously, all of my conditions have met the standards, and I have successfully touched the level 6 "game" essence in my mind, but I have not been able to successfully advance.

The essence ejected Jilan's consciousness in a very abnormal way.

It was as if there was an indelible barrier that was executing some kind of resistance order, preventing Gillan from completing his promotion.

‘Why is this happening? ! ’

Gillan was puzzled.

He closed his eyes again and tried to bring his consciousness closer to the original substance.

The process is still smooth, but as soon as he touches the original substance, the repulsive force will appear again and bounce it away.

'Something's wrong...'

Ji Lan opened her eyes and frowned.

He recalled the many occult books and even some mysterious biographies and legends he had read, but he had never seen anything like this before.

In the field of occultism, as long as you meet the conditions to climb the "Road of the Fire Sword", you will definitely be promoted. This is the law of truth.

But Jilan became an exception!

He continued to try without belief, but after dozens or hundreds of attempts, the result remained the same.

Uneasiness welled up in Gillan's heart.

He couldn't help but guess:

‘Could it be that... I can’t continue to be promoted? ! ’

The thought startled him.

Some couldn't believe it.

If he could no longer be promoted and would stop here forever, Ji Lan would feel extremely unwilling.

If he could, why wouldn't he want to ascend and become a god? Even the "director" has clearly given a reminder that time-travelers like them are "pests" and will be maliciously targeted by this other world. Only by ascending to become Si Chen can they escape this fate...

'Um? ’

Thinking of this, Ji Lan suddenly realized something.

‘Could it be that this is the law of the world targeting me? Because I am a time traveler? ’

'If this is the case, then the "director" must have experienced such obstacles and therefore knows the solution! ’

Ji Lan thought to herself, as if she saw hope.

He is planning to play a real film to find Ms. Hera, the "recording assistant" hidden behind the scenes, and seek help from the "director" through her.

But as soon as he got out of bed, he stopped.

Because Gillan suddenly thought of the message the "director" had conveyed to him through Ms. Hera——

"I hope you can find "Curtain Call", which is a biography I shot of myself. You will definitely be inspired by it."

Yes!

The "director" may have expected that he would encounter trouble when he was promoted to level 6, so he asked him to find all the real films of "Curtain Call". Because this is the autobiography of the "director", there must be a solution in it. refer to!

'But I haven't been able to put together "Curtain Call" yet...'

Jilan's heart sank.

He only has a fragment numbered "4" in his hand, and the "recording meeting" he cooperates with has fragments numbered "2" and "5".

Even if you add one more piece, you can't get either of them together.

On the contrary, the head of state Caesar promised him that he would give him a piece of the fragment as a reward, but it has been a month and there is still no news.

Don't know how long we have to wait.

'I hope it will be soon...'

Ji Lan sighed secretly.

At the same time, he plans to focus on finding the fragments of "Curtain Call". The "Withering Nobles" have strong intelligence capabilities, and they may be able to ask them for help.

…

…

Five more days passed.

In the past few days, Gilan tried to summon the two-headed crow messenger with the magic summoning array and contacted the "Withered Nobles".

The other party was frank and apologized directly to Gillan.

We sincerely apologize for the unexpected conflict that occurred with the "Black Rose Team" when they tried to snatch the secret book of "Molan Bookstore".

He also made it clear that since the "Molan" sisters are friends of Lord God, they will not cause any trouble to the bookstore in the future.

The attitude of the "Withered Noble" was very good, and Gilan had no intention of pursuing it. Taking advantage of the situation, I also asked them for clues about the film "Curtain Call".

However, Gillan regrets that even the "Withered Nobles" know very little about "Curtain Call".

It just means that this film seems to contain a huge secret and also involves a battle between superiors.

As for why the film was broken and where it is now, they don't know.

Gillan was also quite depressed about this.

Fortunately, within a few days, Sifang Palace finally sent the man and woman in black uniforms to deliver a small suitcase to Apartment No. 9 on Morales Street.

After Gillan got it, he immediately opened it in the attic alchemy room. Inside was a fragment of "Curtain Call".

And the number is "6"!

'In this way, No. 456 is all together, and now we can finally piece together the complete "next" film for viewing...'

Gillan was quite excited.

Finally there is good news.

'I just hope that in this film, I can get a solution from the "director" so that I can successfully reach the sixth level of essence and complete my promotion. ’

Because the fragments of "No. 5" were still at the "recording meeting", Gillan could not watch the movie alone.

In addition, he had a cooperation contract with the other party and agreed to give priority to the "recording meeting", so Jilan took out the alchemy hotline and called Ms. Crow.

Click.

"Hello, Mr. Gillan?"

A familiar and beautiful mature female voice came from the other end of the hotline.

Ji Lan put the microphone to his ear and said:

"Ms. Crow, I have found a new fragment of "Curtain Call", numbered '6'."

"What?!"

Ms. Crow couldn't help but exclaimed.

Soon, her tone became excited and excited:

"Good! That's great! In this way, we can get a complete 'next' film!"

"According to the agreement between you and me, your 'record club' has the priority to watch the film, so I will send you the two fragments on hand."

Gilan said.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and Ms. Crow sighed:

"Mr. Gilan is a man who keeps his promises, and we will never let this trust down... Please rest assured that we will return it to you after we have watched it once."

"Okay." Gilan smiled.

He had a brief negotiation with Ms. Crow, and then used the remote transmission array that came with the alchemy hotline to send the two fragments to the other party.

"The fragments have been received."

On the other end of the phone, Ms. Crow chuckled.

"I will immediately convene a 'screening roundtable' meeting and arrange for people to watch the film. Please wait for Mr. Gilan. I will call you again at the earliest tonight and at the latest tomorrow night."

"No problem." Gilan said.

Click.

The phone was hung up.

Gillan glanced at the time on the wall. It was now 9:30 in the morning.

…

…

Night fell.

Gillan had just finished dinner in the apartment.

The alchemy hotline rang.

He went upstairs to his room alone, locked the door of the master bedroom, and quickly connected the hotline.

But the solemn voice of Ms. Crow came from the other end:

"Mr. Gillan, something happened."

"Huh?" Gillan frowned, and had a bad premonition in his heart. "Ms. Crow, what happened?"

"…"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds.

"The film "Curtain Call # Part 2"... It is very dangerous, very dangerous. We arranged a whole team to watch the film, and they all died."

Ms. Crow's voice trembled slightly.

She took a deep breath and said:

"This team has a total of ten people, all of whom are 'three-star film critics', that is, 3rd-level spiritualists. And there are two high-level Jiushi from the 'screening round table' outside the venue to watch over the whole process... but even these two high-level people died!"

"What's going on?!"

Jilan asked in a deep voice.

"The two Jiushi who were watching outside the venue did not enter the movie, how could they die..."

"I don't know!"

Ms. Crow was also confused.

"This situation has never happened before. Logically speaking, people outside the venue will never be affected by the power in the film... but this time it's different!"

"Do you know the content of the film?"

Jilan thought for a while and asked with a frown.

Ms. Crow smiled bitterly:

"I don't know... The consciousness of the audience has all disappeared, and the spiritual kingdom of the two Jiushis has been shattered. There is no time to record the viewing."

"This..." Jilan was stunned.

After hearing what Ms. Crow said, he realized that the real film "Curtain Call" was far more dangerous than he had imagined.

At this time, Ms. Crow hesitated and said:

"Mr. Jilan, do you... still want to watch it?"

Jilan took a deep breath.

Even though "Curtain Call" was so dangerous, it was the only clue he found to solve the problem of promotion.

"Of course." He said in a deep voice.

"Okay then..."

Ms. Crow nodded.

"I'll give you the film, please pay attention to it."

"Okay." Jilan agreed.

Then, he turned the hotline microphone upside down on the table, and the alchemy array emerged.

Immediately, a black film emerged.

"Ms. Crow, I received it."

Jilan picked up the microphone again and said.

The voice on the other end pondered for a few seconds and said:

"Mr. Jilan, I won't advise you any more. After all, your strength is far stronger than ours, but please be careful during the viewing process."

"Thank you for your concern, I will."

Jilan said.

Click.

He hung up the phone and put away the hotline.

Immediately, he looked at the film reel on the table.

This black real film was no different from other films, except that the label on the front was handwritten in blue ink: "Curtain Call # Next".

"Let me see what it is."

Gilan murmured and picked up the film.

He carefully installed it on the projector, then took out the mercury battery and inserted it.

After doing this, he pressed the switch.

Click.

Chiss.

Chiss...

The shuttle turned and the light box projected.

Gilan drew the curtains, sat on the floor in the dark room, and looked at the screen.

After a period of noise and black screen, the picture of the movie emerged.

It was the outline of a dark ocean.

Gilan recognized it at a glance. It was the dream sea.

On the screen, a figure was flying over the sea. The man was wearing a white, bulky space suit and a round helmet. The glass mask was shiny black, and his facial features could not be seen.

‘That’s…’

Gilan’s eyes narrowed.

‘“Director”? ! ’

Buzz!

His consciousness flickered.

Gilan found himself in the film.

He was following the “director”, flying with him over the sea of ​​dreams.

Not far ahead, a continent appeared.

The mountains were unreachable, and the clouds were misty.

It was “God’s Hometown - Toyalan”.