Night.
Two young men shared a bed, but they still slept under separate blankets.
"Yu Jing, did you notice anything? You seem rather sensitive to the words 'script' and 'theater.'"
Shui Bingmiao had not taken what happened in the bathroom earlier to heart at all, and was speaking normally with Yu Jing.
"Yeah... It might be directly related to me."
Shui Bingmiao reacted instantly. "You mean? The big shot who came to Sea Emperor Capital is..."
"Although this place is a false world created by 'First Generation Cinema' with the help of the Old World, since such a setting exists, I have to wonder whether a counterfeit Hastur is hiding in this city, or whether there's an 'imitator' here who worships Hastur."
"Of course, someone capable of secretly controlling Sea Emperor Capital and treating so many people as pawns would be more likely to be the former. Besides, Hastur doesn't even have a single follower, so there shouldn't be any powerful 'imitator.' I'm curious what Hastur will be like in this Movie World."
"King in Yellow?" Shui Bingmiao was rather wary when mentioning that name, as though the Ice Emperor inside him had said something about it.
"By the way, I still haven't explained an important faction issue to the Di Hua Team."
"Faction?"
"To be honest, as soon as I arrived here, I triggered a Demon Ghost level movie plot. Little Fish, who was following me, was an important plot NPC. During the mission, a 'fork in the road' appeared. In the end, I chose to help Little Fish kill the villagers, only to discover that an extraterrestrial invader was hiding among them."
"After completing the plot, my reputation with the extraterrestrials became 'Hostile,' while my reputation with the locals became 'Friendly.' From now on, killing extraterrestrial invaders or