316: Chapter 316 My Nostalgia is Back! The Original Cast Members Were All Moved to Tears

At this moment, at the entrance of the Yongan Pawnshop, a young man stood there with a devil-may-care attitude, bickering with someone.

His expression, movements, and tone all carried that familiar roguish charm and liveliness.

Who else could it be but Jingtian?

On the other side of the street corner, a figure in red walked over in a huff.

Tang Xuejian.

The moment the two appeared, the barrage of comments that had been flying across the screen suddenly fell silent for a fleeting moment.

Brother Hu and Yang Mi sat in the premiere seats.

Through the Virtual Helmet, they watched the characters from back then standing before them in a different way.

It wasn't just a simple high-definition remaster.

Nor was it cold, lifeless modeling.

The wind blew through their clothes.

The wine banners by the street swayed.

The audience stood beside them, as if they had returned to that world inside the television many years ago.

Yang Mi took a soft breath.

Brother Hu didn't speak; he just watched the young Jingtian and suddenly smiled.

Many old fans also fell silent.

Because they finally realized.

This wasn't a simple remake.

This was turning that piece of their youth from their memories into a world they could walk into.

The plot began to advance.

The audience was isolated by the system in a spectator layer.

They could stand on the street corner and watch Jingtian and Xuejian bicker.

They could go around to the rooftops to overlook the entire street.

They could also stand by a tea stall and listen to NPCs whisper about what excitement had happened at the Yongan Pawnshop recently.

But when the main plot officially occurred, no one could interrupt it.

Someone tried to reach out and touch Jingtian's shoulder, but their fingers passed directly through a faint layer of light.

The system popped up a prompt.

[Currently in the main storyline viewing layer, cannot interfere with the plot]

This, instead, made many audience members feel at ease.

What they feared most was the virtual film and television drama turning into a chaotic scene of tourists barging in.

But Guanghui Technology had clearly considered this point long ago.

You can watch freely.

You can walk freely.

But you cannot ruin the plot.

This is how immersive film and television should be.

Soon, classic scenes appeared one after another.

When the familiar characters ran across the street, and when that youthful bickering sounded, the barrage of comments began to flood the screen densely again.

"I thought I was just coming in to see the technology, but I ended up crying."

"This isn't a remake; this is restoring my youth into a Virtual Helmet version."

"I watched it sitting in front of the TV when I was a child; now I'm watching it standing at the entrance of the Yongan Pawnshop."

"Guanghui Technology, you owe me my tears."

"I used to think the Xianxia world was far away from me; now I am in the town."

"I was just squatting by the street, watching them run past me; it really felt like time was flowing backward."

"Who understands? I'm no longer the child I was back then, but Jingtian is still Jingtian, and Xuejian is still Xuejian."

In the premiere seats.

Brother Hu watched the virtual Jingtian run away into the distance and remained silent for a long time.

He didn't say anything sentimental.

He just smiled.

That smile contained nostalgia and a touch of indescribable emotion.

Yang Mi watched the red-clothed Xuejian flash past the street and said softly:

"She is still the same as she was back then."

Tang Yan sat beside her, looking at the barrage of comments filling the sky.

"But the audience is no longer the audience from back then."

Liu Shi added softly.

"That's why they are so moved."

After these words fell, the few of them were silent for a moment.

Yeah.

The characters haven't changed.

But the people who watched the show back then have grown up.

Some are working.

Some have started families.

Some haven't seriously followed a show in a long time.

But when they put on their Virtual Helmet, stood at the entrance of the Yongan Pawnshop, and watched Jingtian and Xuejian run past them, those things suppressed at the bottom of their hearts by time were suddenly brought back to the surface.

This is the most terrifying thing about a classic IP.

It isn't old.

It's just waiting for a way to be opened again.

And Yuzhou City was just the opening.

As the plot advanced, the audience entered the Mount Shu viewing segment for the first time.

The moment the scene changed, countless people were rendered speechless simultaneously.

A boundless sea of clouds.

The mountain gate suspended in the air.

Huge stone steps extended from the clouds all the way to the horizon.

Sword lights shuttled between the peaks.

In the distance, disciples were riding swords, their robes fluttering in the wind.

The sound of bells echoed in the mountains, as if coming from a very far place, and also as if ringing in everyone's heart.

Some audience members stood on the Mount Shu viewing platform, looking up to see the entire mountain gate emerging from the clouds, unable to say a word on the spot.

The barrage of comments paused for a moment.

Then it exploded completely.

"Is this Mount Shu?"

"I really got goosebumps just now."

"The special effects of previous Xianxia dramas were all weak; this is what you call Xianxia!"

"I finally know why it's called immersive film and television."

"It's not the camera showing it to me; it's me standing here watching it myself."

Immediately after, the Celestial Realm experience teaser was opened.

Feipeng, clad in armor and holding a sword, stood upon the clouds.

The silver Battle Armor shimmered with a cold light.

The long wind whipped up his cape.

Behind him were the endless sea of clouds and the palaces of the Celestial Realm.

Although the audience could not enter the main storyline battles, they could choose to enter an independent experience space to briefly experience Feipeng's Battle Armor.

As soon as this feature was released, the experience area was instantly packed.

Countless players rushed in directly.

Some put on Feipeng's Battle Armor and stood on the clouds for a long time without moving, only caring about letting the remote virtual camera take selfies.

Some activated the sword-flying mode, only to crash into the treetops after flying for three seconds.

Some tried out the Five Elements spells, but the first fire-type effect missed completely, exploding into fireworks all over the sky.

Others held the Demon Sword experience model, struck a bunch of chuunibyou poses, and immediately synced them to short video platforms after filming.

In just a few minutes.

The entire internet was filled with screen recordings and photos of the Virtual Helmet version of chinese paladin 3.

[I failed at sword-flying in Mount Shu]

[Feipeng Battle Armor selfie]

[Check-in at Yongan Pawnshop entrance]

[Guanghui Technology has created the Xianxia world]

[You can't go wrong for 99 yuan]

Hot searches began to climb one after another.

And the backend data was also jumping crazily.

Less than a few minutes after the premiere started, the number of permanent subscriptions exceeded seven million.

Ninety-nine yuan per copy.

This was just the opening.

The executives over at Tangren Media stood up directly.

He had seen hit products.

He had also seen nostalgia marketing.

But he had truly never seen this kind of explosion.

A classic drama that countless people had already watched, remade through immersive Virtual Helmet technology, had actually sold this well within minutes of its premiere.

This proved one thing.

A classic IP is not old.

It just could only be watched before.

Now, it can be re-entered; this is a change in the viewing experience, and I'm afraid movie theaters will die in some forgotten corner in the future.

They have to plan ahead.

Su Qingxue looked at the data and turned to look at Lu Li.

"Did you guess this long ago?"

Lu Li's expression was very calm.

"Xianxia dramas and the Virtual Helmet are a natural fit."

"Variety shows can be hits because of interaction."

"Xianxia can be a hit because of the world."

He looked up at the distant sea of clouds over Mount Shu.

"The audience doesn't just want to see Jingtian and Xuejian."

"They want to stand in that world themselves, see the sea of clouds, see Mount Shu, see the Celestial Realm."

"To see if those things they fantasized about when they were children really exist."