Chapter 186: Douyin, Explain This—is It Special Effects?
In that instant, all the tourists burst into an uproar.
“This… is this really the cloud barrier technique?”
After all, with this kind of diffusion speed, there was not even the slightest smell of smoke.
Everyone stared at the smoke, their mobile phones already switched to camera mode and aimed at the backstage entrance.
Chu Ping and Chen Kai had long since arrived with some people from culture and tourism, and they had watched the earlier Chen Clan martial arts demonstration with their own eyes.
They had to admit, the Chen Clan’s martial arts were breathtaking.
But what truly shocked them was still the smoke billowing before them. With the flute sound, they could see shadows appearing within it.
Everyone watched as the Chen Family Head played the flute and slowly rode out of the cloud mist on the back of a cow. His figure went from blurry to gradually clear.
This scene was just way too classy.
Some tourists who were good at filming videos felt that what they captured here looked even more impressive than special effects.
Around the Chen Family Head and the cow, lion head geese spread their wings, circling around him.
It was just that there were not many lion head geese this time, unlike the usual hundreds.
This was naturally because Chen Han had considered the needs of the performance and did not bring all the lion head geese.
However, for the tourists, this was shocking enough.
This entrance by the Chen Family Head, accompanied by the lion head goose performance, was absolutely impactful, especially with the smoke behind him slowly fading away.
Chen Han had You Fu stop in the center of the stage, and at the same time, he shifted the musical notes of the beast taming technique, controlling the lion head geese to perform for the tourists.
Though their number was small, under the control of the beast taming flute they could still pull off all kinds of performance poses.
During this, You Fu slowly lay down. Only after Chen Han dismounted from its back did it very obediently rise again, then walk to a corner of the performance stage to lie down on its own, motionless.
The tourists’ phones were snapping away madly, capturing every moment, not missing a single frame.
Finally, after the lion head goose performance ended, he played the guardian note again.
The lion head geese quickly gathered at his side, spreading their wings in a protective posture around him.
At this moment, he stopped playing, lowered the flute, and under the tourists’ astonished gazes, gave his palm a light wave. Another cloud of smoke instantly shrouded him and all the lion head geese.
Seeing with their own eyes this scene of the smoke bursting out, the tourists around them cried out:
“Shit, he really can…”
“Who was it earlier that said this was special effects?”
“Douyin, come out and explain this to me. Who gave the prompt that this was special effects and to beware of being fooled, and who made that ‘cloud barrier technique special effect’?”
“They always say Douyin is good at misleading people. This is the worst I’ve ever been misled by Douyin.”
“…”
The smoke from just now still might not have proved it was cast by the Chen Family Head, but this time it clearly appeared with a wave of his hand.
The key point was that this cloud was smaller in range than the previous one.
It could be large or small like this. If it was not a spell, should Douyin come to the scene and show everyone some special effects?
Damn special effects.
Chu Ping and Chen Kai also saw this scene. The two of them could not help looking at each other; there really did not seem to be any kind of mechanism involved in what had just happened.
There was only the Chen Family Head’s wave of the hand.
Inside the smoke on the performance stage, Chen Han was already busy, quickly putting the lion head geese around him into the game warehouse.
He had already tested this warehouse function before. As long as they did not stay inside too long, there would be no problem.
As for why he did not bring out all the lion head geese, it was because the warehouse was only the size of a small room, and it was already filled with many things.
Fortunately, once the lion head geese were stored in the game warehouse, they could not move; otherwise, they might damage other items.
After he put the lion head geese into the warehouse, the cloud mist produced by this cloud barrier pill also gradually thinned.
Chen Han’s figure appeared once more in full view of all the tourists.
What left everyone stunned was that all traces of the lion head geese around the Chen Family Head had disappeared.
They had vanished?
Many people knew that what they saw now had to be connected to the cloud mist from just before.
But the key point was that the cloud mist had only covered the area around the Chen Family Head and had not completely enveloped the whole stage.
It was absolutely impossible that the lion head geese had been secretly led away through the backstage entrance.
And the performance stage was only raised slightly above the ground; there was no sense of any hidden mechanism.
So how did they disappear?
When the smoke completely dispersed, Xiao Yu came forward with a microphone and handed it to him.
After taking the microphone, Chen Han said to all the tourists with a beaming smile, “Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Chen Clan. I also hope that you will enjoy the three days of performances at the Chen Clan National Style Event.”
As for the three days of Chen Clan performances, the surrounding tourists naturally were delighted. Most of those who specially came for this Chen Clan National Style Event were enthusiasts of the national style circle and had attended such events more than once.
But they had never seen another national style event where all the programs offered this much real substance.
Most national style events were internet celebrities doing runway walks, dancing, singing and such. For those internet celebrity girls, that was enough.
A tourist who was close by could not help calling out to Chen Han, “Chen Family Head, do you really know spells?”
This made all the tourists stare straight at Chen Han. They all wanted an answer.
But Chen Han only smiled at this tourist and said, “What spells? We live in modern society. You should believe in science.”
That left the tourist dumbfounded. “????”
Before he could react, the Chen Family Head flicked his palm, and another cloud of mist instantly erupted, covering the performance stage.
The tourists around them were completely confused.
Chen Family Head, is this what you call believing in science?
You just said that, and then immediately used another cloud barrier technique?
Seriously, if you don’t straight up fly away on a sword control technique after saying that, you are already being very scientific, right?
Now, when they heard the Chen Family Head say the words “believe in science,” even Chu Ping and Chen Kai no longer knew how to describe what was going on in their own minds.
Watching from afar, they were just as shaken as anyone.
While the tourists were stunned, they once again turned their eyes to the smoke on the stage.
The Chen Family Head had used the cloud barrier technique again; he must be about to perform something else, right?
As the smoke gradually faded, the scene within began to appear, and seeing the shadows grow clearer, everyone was left dumbstruck.
Just now, there had only been the Chen Family Head and Xiao Yu on the stage. But now, in the emerging silhouette, there seemed to be a table, and there was also a knife in the Chen Family Head’s hand.
“This…”
When they could finally see clearly, there really was a table. Not only was the Chen Family Head holding a knife, but at his feet were two watermelons, and several takeaway boxes were on the table.
Everyone felt their scalps tingle. How had these things appeared? There was nowhere around for them to be brought onto the stage.
Chu Ping and Chen Kai were utterly slack-jawed.
“Can you tell how that table got there?” Chu Ping asked reflexively.
“County Magistrate Chu, I am nowhere near good enough to know that,” Chen Kai said, shaking his head.
Backstage, Lobster and the other national style girls were also staring wide-eyed, so shocked their eyeballs were about to fall out.
“Xiao Mi Jie, how did the Chen Family Head do that?” Lobster asked dazedly.
“Just like that,” Xiao Mi said with a bright smile.
In fact, she was also amazed. She knew what the cloud barrier technique was about, but as for the table and the two baskets of watermelons, she had no idea.
Even Xiao Yu, her face full of shock, had not seen how any of it had appeared.
She had been standing right beside her senior brother.
Clearly, her senior brother had mastered another incredibly powerful method that she knew nothing about.
Once the cloud mist completely dispersed, Chen Han picked up the microphone again and said, “Today is the third day of the Chen Clan National Style Event. Here, I am treating everyone to watermelon. But there are only these two baskets, so please be understanding.”
Hearing this, the tourists all stared blankly as they watched him pick up a watermelon, place it on the table, and slice it open in one stroke, revealing the bright red flesh inside.
Right now, whether the watermelon was generous enough was not the issue. What everyone wanted to know was how he had brought out these watermelons.
The knife in Chen Han’s hand was already moving quickly, cutting the watermelon into wedges, then, under the knife, cutting those into small pieces.
The key was that he did not use his hands to grab the watermelon pieces; with a sweep of the blade, the cut fruit flew neatly into the packaging box.
This move was like that of a very skilled knife master.
Just like that, he filled one packaging box with watermelon pieces, then grabbed a handful of toothpicks from the table and placed them on top.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu came forward, picked up the box of watermelon pieces, walked to the edge of the performance stage, and handed the box down to the tourists. “Everyone, share and taste the watermelon cut personally by the Chen Family Head.”
A tourist took it, hastily picked up a toothpick, skewered a piece, and took a bite. The sweet watermelon made him blurt out, “It is real watermelon!”
Xiao Yu smiled at that. As if there would be fake watermelon?
But she had no idea what was going through the tourists’ minds. In this situation, whether the watermelon was real was extremely important to them.
The tourists beside him each picked up a toothpick from the box in turn to taste a piece.
They were not too selfish. After tasting a bite, they passed the box along, letting others have the chance to participate.
By this time, Chen Han had already cut two more boxes of watermelon. Xiao Yu stepped up to hand those boxes to the tourists again.
Things were simple after that. Chen Han kept cutting watermelon while Xiao Yu kept passing the cut watermelon to more tourists.
Given the size of the watermelons, two baskets were not actually that much. Even if everyone got one bite, it would be impossible for all the tourists to have a taste.
But it was mainly about the performance, and the tourists did not mind. Those in the back who did not get any were frantically filming with their phones. At a time like this, their phones had to be the ones to eat their fill.
Finally, Chen Han finished cutting all the watermelons, and Xiao Yu finished handing them out.
Then Xiao Yu looked at her senior brother. Seeing him nod, she picked up the microphone and said, “I trust everyone is at least somewhat satisfied with my senior brother’s performance, right? Unfortunately, today’s performance has to end here. I hope that next time the Chen Clan holds an event, you will all come again.”
Her words immediately left everyone feeling lost and disappointed.
That was it?
Before the tourists could react, Chen Han had already used another cloud barrier pill, and a dense cloud mist completely covered the entire performance stage.
At the same time, he quickly put the table and the two empty baskets into the game warehouse. You Fu, who had been lying in the corner of the performance stage from the start, seemed to receive a summons, sprang up, and hurried over to crouch at his side.
Smiling, Chen Han mounted You Fu’s back, letting it carry him.
When the cloud mist gradually faded away, the tourists could only see the back of the Chen Family Head riding the cow into the backstage area.
The performance stage was now utterly empty; even the table and empty baskets were gone.
All the tourists stood there with their mouths hanging open. At first, everyone had thought that even if the cloud barrier technique was real, the Chen Family Head would only summon a cloud or two to show that it existed.
But now, the Chen Family Head had not only proved that the cloud barrier technique was real, he had practically turned it into an art form. Seriously, who had told them this was just special effects?
One indignant tourist pulled out their phone, uploaded their own video to Douyin, and titled it directly: 《Douyin, you tell me, is this the ‘special effects’ you talked about?》
And it was not just this one tourist. Many others around them were doing the same thing. They felt they had been deceived far too badly by Douyin.
By now, Chen Han had returned to the backstage area, where he saw Lobster and the other girls all staring at him in amazement.
The performance had left them awestruck.
Especially the way the table and baskets had appeared and then vanished. There was no way any trick had been set up backstage; they had been there the whole time.
Lobster could not help asking, “Chen Family Head, you really know spells?”
“What spells? I already said, believe in science,” Chen Han replied with a smile. Then he rode the cow out of backstage toward the Spirit Beast Hall to put the lion head geese back.
But his answer left Lobster and the others completely bewildered.
Believe in science?
Had the Chen Family Head turned that into a catchphrase, just saying it whenever?
After a performance like that, could he please explain what part of it was science?
When Xiao Yu came in, Lobster hurried to ask, “Xiao Yu, tell us quickly, what is going on with the Chen Family Head’s spells?”
Xiao Yu answered with a bright smile, “Lobster, my senior brother already said it. It is science. You have to believe in science.”
“???” Lobster looked at Xiao Yu resentfully. “Xiao Yu, you too?”
But Xiao Yu spoke seriously. “I am telling the truth. If you do not believe me, ask Xiao Mi Jie. She can use the cloud barrier technique too.”
Her senior brother had refined the cloud barrier pills, and he had given a few to her and Xiao Mi Jie before.
The girls all turned to look at Xiao Mi Jie in unison, curiosity filling their eyes.
Xiao Mi smiled, took out a cloud barrier pill, and used it. A mass of cloud mist instantly spread out, covering the two meters around her.
Lobster and the other girls were stunned, their jaws dropping.
“This…”
Chen Han soon arrived at the Spirit Beast Hall and released all the lion head geese from the game warehouse, locking them back inside again. If he left them there too long, he was afraid they might die.
The Chen Clan National Style Event had ended, but on Douyin, talk about the Chen Clan National Style Event, especially about the cloud barrier technique, had already exploded with terrifying popularity.
Many videos were even hitting the threshold where they needed editor review.
Because the Chen Family Head of the Chen Clan had been discovered by Lu Xue, and it was she who had arranged his first stream push, the videos of the Chen Family Head and the Chen Clan generally ended up on her desk for review.
So now she was extremely exasperated, because recently the number of viral Chen Clan videos had been soaring, greatly increasing her workload. The bit of extra salary she earned was nowhere near enough to make up for the extra energy she was burning.
She had just finished reviewing the videos that had hit the data thresholds for the day. After going to the coffee machine to make a cup of coffee, she sat back down at her station and set her cup down, only to see a prompt pop up on her computer: there were nine more videos pending review. She was a bit stunned.
What had happened?
Before she could click on them, the nine pending videos turned into eleven.
“Are they not going to let people get off work today?” Lu Xue muttered in confusion as she clicked in, only to be met with a screen full of question marks in her mind.
《…Douyin, give us an explanation?》
《Douyin, I was misled by you…》
《Douyin, this is the ‘special effect’ you talked about…》
《…》
“????” Lu Xue felt utterly baffled.
What the hell? Why was everyone questioning Douyin? And what special effects?
There was no way they were saying that the Chen Family Head’s cloud barrier technique was real, right?
How could that be!
She tried opening one video. It turned out to be another recording from the current Chen Clan National Style Event. But as soon as she saw a cloud of smoke appear and the Chen Family Head riding a cow out of it, she started feeling something was off.
At last, when she saw the Chen Family Head flick his hand and a cloud of mist erupting to completely shroud him, she was so shocked that she reflexively stood straight up.
Was this a joke?
