Chapter 345: Framed! The Immortal Alliance And The Righteous Path Grow Suspicious!
Minister Ma really could not stay calm.
In this video, that mecha was far too agile.
Moreover, the martial arts it practiced were absolutely not comparable to the wushu routines used by those publicity-stunt robots on the market.
It looked just like some of the already highly developed mecha from anime.
But the appearance of that mecha was clearly their Southern Heavenly Gate Plan J-
It was still only a concept; although there was deeper meaning in making it public, this video from the Chen Family Head was truly unexpected.
Especially the final part where the Chen Family Head and that mecha practiced martial arts in perfect unison; that simply should not exist in this era.
If it were said to be made by ai, he would believe it, but now, the people below were telling him this video might not be ai-made?
This…
Minister Ma almost did not hesitate at all and directly agreed to have the ai software side cooperate with the investigation.
The Chen Family Head was using Doubao, so they could directly contact them; from the Doubao backstage they could easily see the video details.
After receiving the order, the person reporting hurried out to handle it without saying a single extra word.
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Night.
Chen Clan Family Cave Mansion.
Xiao Yu came in with a face full of excitement, saw her senior brother, and that quietly standing dark mecha beside him, and said in disbelief, “Senior brother, did you really create this kind of mecha? Can it really be as powerful as in the video?”
She rushed back to the Chen Clan, even neglecting tomorrow’s finals of the Honor of Kings cosplay event, all just to see this mecha.
When she first saw the video, she herself felt it was unbelievable.
Now that she saw it with her own eyes, she was completely captivated.
Chen Han sat cross-legged there and did not hide anything from his junior sister. With a thought, that demonic path puppet once again began practicing the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》.
Xiao Yu’s eyes instantly lit up. It was actually real.
Moreover, she also saw that this mecha was practicing the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》; the key point was that its power was fierce and imposing, far better than her own practice, and with an aura to it.
She immediately took out her mobile phone to record a video, and did not forget to say to her senior brother, “Senior brother, have it practice the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》 again. I will record a video and post it on Douyin.”
“Remember to add an ai video label.” Chen Han smiled and reminded her, then had the demonic path puppet start practicing the 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》 again.
“I know.” Xiao Yu responded at once, then began recording carefully.
After one take, she seriously edited the video, added an ai-generated label to it, and directly posted a video.
Title: 《This was refined by my senior brother and me》.
Anyway, she had no idea how it was refined.
But she appeared in her senior brother’s video; she definitely knew how to piggyback on the popularity.
Before long, Xiao Yu uploaded her own video to Douyin.
And on Douyin, at this time, it was completely filled with trending news about the Chen Clan.
Originally, the Honor of Kings cosplay event finals tomorrow and the popularity from the video of the Chen Family Head instructing the driver while taking a cab were already big enough, but then the Chen Family Head suddenly released another video.
This video was precisely about the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan mecha model.
After the video was uploaded, it fermented in a very short time and gained extremely high popularity.
Previously, the Chen Clan had consecutively ordered more than twenty Southern Heavenly Gate Plan J-16 mecha models. Many people were curious about what the Chen Clan was planning to do.
So it turned out the Chen Family Head had only bought them to shoot a video?
At the beginning of the video, the mecha models arriving, the Chen Family Head unboxing and taking out those mecha parts all looked very normal, no different from many online shopping unboxing videos by bloggers.
But once those boxes were opened, the scene of the Chen Family Head putting those mecha parts into that ai artifact refining furnace to refine them became abnormal.
Everyone knew what that artifact refining furnace was about; it was something made by ai.
In the Chen Family Head’s video, that furnace started out as a rough thing crudely piled together with cement and bricks.
It was obviously casually made, clipped from the Chen Family Head’s previous videos.
That cement-and-brick refining furnace had appeared more than once in the Chen Family Head’s past videos; it was a very abstract video creation.
Many people said that this kind of rough method would get someone fired in their company.
Later, when the Chen Family Head solicited design drawings, everyone understood. This rough method was to lay the groundwork for later videos that would use those design drawings.
The refining furnace in this video was all too familiar; it was exactly the one made from the previously solicited design drawings into an ai video.
The author of those design drawings had even received a gift package from the Chen Clan in thanks, including premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and refined spirit tea worth hundreds of thousands, making many people envious to death.
Now this refining furnace had appeared again, right?
The key point was, even if the Chen Family Head wanted to re-refine the mecha models, there was no way it could be like in his video, letting his junior sister dump all the mecha parts into this furnace in one go, right?
We can be abstract, but you cannot be so blunt as to treat us like fools, as if we cannot see this awkward ai production.
However, once they saw the newly refined mecha model appear, everyone stopped complaining.
This mecha, with an ai-reskinned look and those crimson runes, was indeed a bit handsome, even with a touch of wicked charm.
Chen Family Head, your special effects team’s skills have really improved.
That night, Cai Mengya had already returned to the reserved bed and breakfast. Having toured the Chen Clan today, she truly felt greatly impacted.
First, the air and climate of the Chen Clan already amazed her.
When coming, she had needed to wear a jacket. Once she arrived there, she had no choice but to buy a short sleeve to wear; otherwise, going up the back mountain she would definitely be drenched in sweat.
And that spirit spring really moved her.
If you do not personally drink a few mouthfuls, no one would believe the miraculous effect of this spirit spring.
What moved her most and impressed her deeply was still the scene of the driver fulfilling his vow. It not only confirmed that the online news was true, but she also saw an unbelievable scene.
The Chen Family Head just waved his hand, and the driver’s kneeling knees stopped, then, defying gravity, he directly stood up.
That scene was far too miraculous.
After taking a shower, she came out and scrolled Douyin and also saw this mecha video, and had to admit that the dark mecha in the Chen Family Head’s video was very handsome.
Even more handsome was the final part of the video, where the Chen Family Head and that mecha practiced martial arts together; their movements were truly uniform, synchronized to the extreme.
She could not help but leave a comment in the comment section saying “so handsome.”
And she noticed that the comment section was extremely lively:
“I have to say, the Chen Family Head’s ai special effects are getting better and better.”
“This mecha is really handsome, and that part where the Chen Family Head and the mecha practice martial arts together feels amazing, a real combination of cultivation and technology.”
“I watched it frame by frame. The uniformity between the Chen Family Head and that mecha is something many special effects teams cannot achieve. Truly awesome.”
“Haha, the Chen Family Head bought so many mecha models before, obviously to use them for motion capture. The ending of the video is really awesome.”
“After seeing the Chen Family Head’s video, I feel this is more reliable than the official Southern Heavenly Gate Plan.”
“……”
Looking at these comments, Cai Mengya felt more and more that this video by the Chen Family Head was truly impressive.
It was not just her; everyone who saw this video felt the same, especially that handsome mecha, which was incredibly attractive.
So overnight, this video by Chen Han completely exploded.
Its likes even directly exceeded 3 million.
He also gained more than 1 million additional reputation. His followers directly broke through 18 million, and his reputation reached over 9 million.
Of course, part of this follower growth was also drawn in by the other two trending news stories.
But this also showed just how many people this video had attracted.
Many people even had a thought: if the Chen Clan could really develop such mecha technology, that would be truly incredible.
Unfortunately, it was only an ai video.
However, someone early in the morning was unsettled because of this video, and that person was Minister Ma.
As soon as he arrived at the office, the person he had instructed yesterday to investigate on the Doubao side was already waiting.
Seeing him arrive, that person hurriedly reported, “Minister, the situation regarding the Chen Family Head’s video from yesterday has been fully investigated. We are a bit unsure; here is the information.”
Minister Ma immediately took the information and began reading. The more he read, the more shocked he became. The video from the Chen Family Head had indeed been put through Doubao ai again as a finished piece.
In other words, the ai generation in this video was specially added afterward.
As for why the Chen Family Head did that?
Whether there was deeper meaning was unclear.
For those who did not understand the Chen Clan, most would think this was an ai video and that the Chen Family Head was just being abstract.
But the more you understood the Chen Clan, the more you had to suspect that this might be a form of cover.
He also understood the point his subordinates did not dare to confirm: that artifact refining furnace was indeed made with ai technology; that was beyond doubt.
Now, with this mecha video placed alongside that artifact refining furnace, it was impossible to clearly state whether the mecha was ai-made as well. After all, ai software was not limited to Doubao; many companies had developed their own dedicated ai software.
The Chen Clan’s side could have used other ai software to create it first, and then, because there was no ai-generated label, deliberately passed it through Doubao to get one, playing abstract on purpose.
After all, the Chen Family Head had always been producing abstract videos.
Specifics would require more time for in-depth analysis, or directly asking the Chen Family Head.
Of course, they could not directly go question the Chen Family Head like that; it would be somewhat rude.
They would likely soon need help from the Chen Family Head.
Regarding the Feng Shui formation, they had suddenly made a breakthrough, but could not overcome a key point. In the end, they would probably really need the Chen Family Head’s help.
Therefore, they naturally could not ask such impolite questions.
They were also very curious: with the Chen Family Head’s current identity and status, and with the Chen Clan already so famous, why was he still posting abstract videos online?
Previously they could say it was to promote the Chen Clan, but now the Chen Clan seemed no longer to need his promotion.
To be honest, given the legends about him, and his status as the purple-robed Daoist and someone with an independent Daoist sect lineage, he ought to have the image of an expert. Yet the Chen Family Head kept making these abstract videos.
Once you thought of these abstract videos, it was easy to associate him with being a joker.
That contrast…
Or perhaps the Chen Family Head had not forgotten his original intention and truly treated those followers who cared about him as important?
Perhaps only the Chen Family Head himself knew.
As Minister Ma was thinking, his secretary suddenly came in to report, “Minister, take a look at this. The upcoming robot and mecha league has sent an invitation for the Chen Clan to participate.”
“???” Minister Ma was stunned. “What are they trying to do? Aren’t those just for showboating? And they are inviting the Chen Clan? Are they kidding?”
The person who had just reported thought of the robots in the robot league and also felt very awkward.
Even if the Chen Clan really had a mecha like the one in the video, they would not participate in this kind of league. It was simply not the same thing; they were on entirely different paths.
It was not that this competition had never seen humanoid robots, but they were simply unsuitable. Those widely promoted humanoid robots that could spin handkerchiefs and perform countless routines had appeared before.
They were just knocked down with a single shove, and could never get back up.
After that, no humanoid robots participated in this league anymore. Even if they did, they had to add wheels to them. At least then, after falling, they could still move using the wheels.
Those were even more abstract than the Chen Family Head’s videos.
This was also a problem humanoid robots currently needed to overcome. Being unable to get up after falling was a huge issue and a major challenge.
People online marveled that humanoid robots had advanced from just appearing, to spinning handkerchiefs, to now being able to perform wushu routines; it was impressive.
But they were well aware that this was, in fact, only a small step forward. For these robots to reach a point where they could be practically used, perform complex tasks, and stand up on their own after falling would still take a very long time; no one knew how many years it would be.
Moreover, that timeline still needed a question mark; no one dared to be sure.
That was why they were so shocked by the mecha in the Chen Family Head’s video.
The secretary then guessed, “This robot and mecha league has never been very popular, but it is still a league and involves many interests. Now that the Chen Family Head’s video is so hot, they must be trying to piggyback on the popularity.”
Minister Ma nodded, understanding the reason, but then suddenly said, “Will the Chen Family Head agree to participate in this competition?”
“He surely won’t, right?” The secretary was stunned.
In fact, it was exactly as Minister Ma and the others suspected: the robot and mecha league was trying to ride the wave.
The domestic person in charge of the robot mecha league, Director Tong Fei, was a veteran entrepreneurial figure in the mechanical design industry.
The robot mecha league was very popular abroad, but domestically, it was somewhat underwhelming.
As the domestic person in charge, he had been actively networking with domestic mechanical design companies and major university design schools, working hard to seek investment everywhere, and had even specifically invested in related variety shows. But working with mechanical design required real difficulty, and it lacked entertainment value and broad appeal, making it impossible to attract mainstream entertainment audiences.
Low interest, low excitement, low topic value… so it remained lukewarm.
Tong Fei had always been searching for a breakout point, but either never found it, or whenever he tried, it ended in failure.
This time, with the Chen Family Head’s video so explosively popular and also mecha-related, even if it was not closely connected to them, they were determined to cling on, to draw some popularity for the upcoming robot mecha league.
So he directly issued a public invitation for the Chen Clan to participate. Whether the Chen Clan had a mecha was not important; the topic was.
“Director Tong, the money has been invested. Douyin has started traffic promotion. I believe we will soon have another trending search, which can bring us lots of popularity.”
The secretary rushed into Tong Fei’s office to report. Being able to ride a wave of popularity right before the league began was something no one had expected.
Tong Fei nodded. “Well done. This popularity came delivered to our door.”
But the secretary said, “Director Tong, I’m just afraid the Chen Clan might suddenly agree to participate. How would we arrange things then?”
Tong Fei smiled and said, “Wouldn’t that be perfect? That would truly be heaven feeding us. But think about it; that mecha is just copied straight from the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan J-16 mecha model, an ai-made special effect, not something that really exists.”
“Mm, true!” The secretary nodded.
Those mecha from the Southern Heavenly Gate Plan were still only at the conceptual stage even for the higher-ups. Those mecha models might not even match the conceptual designs.
So if someone said the Chen Clan truly had that mecha, no one would believe it.
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Chen Clan.
Early in the morning, after finishing his cultivation, Chen Han took a few pieces of demonic beast meat to Uncle’s Kitchen, putting three days’ worth into the refrigerator for Chen Jun to use for medicinal cuisine. Then he saw that his junior sister had sent him an invitation from the robot and mecha league.
Chen Han was dumbfounded when he saw this invitation.
What a joke!
This trashy robot mecha league wanted to seek attention off him? Was his demonic path puppet the same thing as those robots?
But since he had already realized they were just trying to seek attention, there was no need to be angry; he could just ignore them.
Yet as he was thinking this, a game prompt suddenly appeared in his mind, leaving him stunned.
【Through the images you displayed via the Spirit Shadow Mirror, you have attracted the attention of the Puppetry Sect within the Immortal Alliance. The Puppetry Sect is skilled in puppet techniques and is the foremost among those sects that cultivate puppetry.
The sect leader and elders of the Puppetry Sect seem to have discovered something unusual about the demonic path puppet and suspect that this kind of puppet is related to the demonic path.
Obviously, they suspect you of colluding with the demonic path, and they have painstakingly set up a trap, inviting you to participate in a puppet competition in order to further identify your demonic path puppet.
This is a dangerous situation. To deal with it, you cannot use the demonic path puppet to participate. You can only search within the family library for related puppet techniques in hopes of breaking this predicament, but in the library you only found a beginner-level puppet technique!】
【Congratulations, you have obtained the Chen Clan beginner puppet technique. Please use the beginner puppet technique to control an ordinary puppet and dominate the puppet competition held by the Puppetry Sect, eliminating their suspicions!】
Looking at the new jade slip that had appeared in the game warehouse, Chen Han could not help but open his mouth.
Are you kidding?
Even pushing a duck onto the rack is not this forceful.
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（Update at 2 o’clock. Tickets, tickets, tickets）
