Chapter 470: Havoc in Heaven

The opening fight in *Monkey King: Hero is Back* is actually produced quite brilliantly.

Whether it is the art style or the musical score, both are excellent.

Many viewers on Earth feel the music is somewhat familiar when watching this segment.

It seems to be consistent with a piece of music from the movie *Kung Fu Hustle*.

After defeating the Giant Spirit God, the monkey fought with Nezha.

However, this Nezha with heavy dark circles under his eyes was clearly throwing the fight.

To Zhou Yiran, he gave the feeling of: "If conditions allowed, why do I feel like he even wants to follow the monkey to cause Havoc in Heaven!"

He is worthy of being the Heavenly Court's number one rebel; wherever there is trouble, his active figure can be found.

Looking across a vast number of film and television works, one rarely sees Nezha standing on the side of the old Jade Emperor.

And let's not forget, this version of Nezha left a very deep impression on many viewers.

Not only are his dark circles heavy, but his gaze also looks listless, which is vastly different from the Third Prince in everyone's impression.

At the same time, while trading blows with the Monkey King, he even yawned, throwing the fight quite blatantly, and when he was kicked away like a ball by the Monkey King, he even let out a mischievous: "Oops!"

This little guy, who is like a rascal, appeared for only about ten seconds, yet the vast majority of the audience remembered him.

Zhou Yiran glanced at her stinky younger brother and asked, "Did you just laugh?"

She felt as if she had heard laughter.

"No." The stinky younger brother kept a straight face and continued to watch intently.

Me, a middle school student, laughing like this bunch of brats next to me?

But then again, because there is a large proportion of children in the Cinema, it is still a bit noisy.

Many children have a low threshold for humor and their laughter is loud; some people might find it a bit noisy, but others might find it more lively to watch this way.

As long as they don't kick the chairs, cry, or reach out to grab people's hair, it's all fine...

At the beginning, the visuals and sequence of the Havoc in Heaven are about the same as in everyone's memory.

After fighting the Four Heavenly Kings, the classic scene of the Monkey King battling Erlang Shen also appeared.

The two relied on their transformation abilities, constantly engaging in magical combat.

Everyone has a deep impression of this Drama from their childhood, which fully showcased the Great Sage's Seventy-two Transformations.

A male voice, like a narrator, appeared again: "The Monkey King beat the heavenly soldiers to a pulp and won a complete victory."

"However, the Buddha Tathagata could not tolerate his contempt for the Heavenly Court."

A hazy, giant Buddha appeared in the clouds.

"From then on, that Sun Wukong has been suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, and it has been nearly five hundred years to this day."

The scene switched at this moment, showing a child and a doll of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

Only then did the audience realize that the previous scenes were a father telling a story to his child.

The child babbled and picked up the Great Sage Equaling Heaven doll, seemingly feeling that it was motionless, so he used his hands to make it dance.

The man took the doll and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven will not die."

"He is just asleep."

The man's gentle voice spread throughout the entire Cinema.

He was clearly coaxing his own child.

But for some reason, including Zhou Yiran, many adults felt... that he was also coaxing them.

What is kept in mind will surely have an echo.

Since childhood memories cannot be forgotten, isn't this *Monkey King: Hero is Back*?

Although she had only watched the beginning of the film, Zhou Yiran felt it was very smooth and comfortable to watch.

This art style and refined production indeed leave most domestic animated films in the dust by who knows how many streets.

The benefits of throwing money at it were directly reflected.

Refinement requires money and time.

At the same time, don't forget that this movie has the participation of the veteran Mr. Huang Lun.

Since the movie came from his hands, then lines like "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven will not die" would have even greater emotional resonance and infectious power!

Zhou Yiran originally had a great deal of her attention focused on her stinky younger brother.

But as the Drama progressed, she gradually became immersed in it as well.

Who cares about a stinky younger brother!

And in fact, this middle school student was very focused on his facial expressions at first, maintaining a cold look.

When he saw something funny, he held it in.

When he saw something surprising, he endured it.

Then, he gradually began to lose control of his expressions.

The Drama reached the point where mountain demons, which bring Evil to the human world, began to appear, attacking the group of people traveling with the man and the young child.

The mountain demons' target seemed very clear: it was the child!

In the end, almost the entire group was killed, and the mother jumped off a cliff while holding the child.

The middle school student suddenly opened his mouth wide.

The scene switched, and an old man appeared, drinking water by the stream to quench his thirst.

Immediately after, he heard crying, and the young child arrived with the river current.

This old monk took in the young child, held him, walked toward the forest, and chanted: "Amitabha."

The scene transitions from a small view to a large view, until it rests on the azure sky.

Several large characters begin to emerge—《Monkey King: Hero is Back》.

After the movie title appears, the screen begins to switch continuously.

The old monk takes the child through many places, experiencing spring, summer, autumn, and winter, experiencing clear skies, rain, wind, and snow, while lines of subtitles begin to appear on the side, containing the names of the producers, production managers, and others.

Every frame is just that beautiful.

Time is passing, and the child is also growing up continuously.

Finally, the screen and text freeze.

"【Screenwriter: Luo Mo.】"

"【Directors: Huang Lun, He Yuanguang, Luo Mo.】"

The screen goes black; what follows is the official main Drama.

When the screen brightens again, it is a group of people watching a Shadow Puppetry of 《Havoc in Heaven》.

It must be said that in this animation, Luo Mo has incorporated far too many elements of traditional culture.

Zhou Yiran cannot help but sigh in her heart: "He really is Not Forgetting Original Intention."

When she was a child, she had indeed watched Shadow Puppetry.

But her stinky younger brother had never seen it with his own eyes.

In the Shadow Puppetry, the little monk makes his official entrance; he holds a Sun Wukong doll to disrupt the scene, Singing along with the Shadow Puppetry: "But Sun Wukong will not die."

"Fa Ming, Fa Ming! Keep your disciple in check!"

The old monk is named Fa Ming, and the little monk came down the river, so he is called Jiang Liu Er.

"Jiang Liu Er." Zhou Yiran looks at this name and cannot help but smile.

Everyone knows what this name represents.

Isn't it just Tang Seng!

The Drama suddenly becomes much more interesting and more engaging, doesn't it?

The content that follows is the mountain demons appearing again, grabbing those children who are still babbling.

Jiang Liu Er saves a little girl.

It is just that in this process, he accidentally arrives at a certain place.

At this moment, a long shot is given, showing the appearance of the entire mountain.

——It looks like five fingers!

……..

……..

The mountain demons continue to pursue, and the foolish mountain demons have no idea where they have arrived.

In the midst of fleeing, Jiang Liu Er carries a bamboo basket on his back, the basket holding the little girl, and arrives at a certain miraculous place.

Because of some coincidental circumstances, the chains inside begin to snap, the ice begins to shatter, and the rocks begin to collapse!

What will happen next is actually within the expectations of the audience.

But you just Want to Watch it, you just will look forward to it!

——Ding! Your friend Sun Wukong has come online.

The mountain demons rush into the cave, and the horse-faced monkey reveals his true form for the first time in the movie, exactly the same as the character standee outside.

At this moment, he wears yellow cloth clothes, sporting a horse face, looking so ordinary.

So ordinary that it makes one completely unable to associate him with the Great Sage who caused Havoc in Heaven.

And the content that follows voices all the complaints the audience wanted to make.

Seeing the little girl climb onto Jiang Liu Er's head, she pats the monkey's head, while babbling in her mouth: "Big horse! Big horse!"

——Walk the audience's path, and leave the audience with no path to walk!

The monkey finally gains his freedom and begins to let himself go among the mountains and forests.

Then, he realizes that the bracelet in his hand has sealed his magic power.

While smashing the bracelet, he sees the Buddha head of the giant stone statue behind him through the reflection.

The monkey turns around to look at the Buddha head and says: "Old man Tathagata, I have been trapped by you for five hundred years, is that not enough?"

"Don't you forget, I am the Great Sage!"

Jiang Liu Er, who is to the side, hears this and cannot help but let out an exclamation: "Ah? The Great Sage?"

"Who is there? Come out!"

"Why is it you again!?" The monkey looks at Jiang Liu Er with a face full of disgust and impatience.

"Ah, are you really the Great Sage?"

"So what if I am? So what if I'm not? Don't follow me, little brat!" The monkey walks away.

How could Jiang Liu Er listen to him; he carries the little girl on his back and chases forward.

The Drama that follows makes people unable to hold back their laughter; the main content is: you flee, I chase, I won't let you escape even with wings.

No matter how the monkey tries to shake off this little brat, he cannot.

Jiang Liu Er is chattering away, and the horse-faced monkey listens to his nagging, feeling like his brain is about to explode.

But for the audience, Tang Seng is the embodiment of nagging.

Yet this cute little child, combined with the innocent voice acting, makes everyone just feel how cute he is.

In fact, many people can see the shadow of their own childhood in him.

When we watched 《Journey to the West》 back then, didn't we also have many questions, constantly pestering our parents?

The gradually collapsing horse-faced monkey walks forward dejectedly, having a bit of a feeling of giving up the struggle.

Jiang Liu Er, however, became increasingly high-spirited, his mouth never stopping.

"Great Sage, Great Sage, is the Giant Spirit God very strong?"

"Very."

"Are the Four Heavenly Kings brothers?"

"They're sisters!"

"Then is Nezha a boy?"

"A girl!"

"Does the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King have a pagoda?"

"No!"

"Then is there anyone inside the pagoda?"

"Aiya! No!!!"

Following this, the monkey, whose magic power was sealed, suffered for the sake of Face in all sorts of ways, his words and actions inconsistent, creating many scenes that made people unable to help but laugh.

Zhou Yiran watched, suddenly enlightened.

"Oh, so he's a total tsundere!"

At this moment, she finally noticed a certain middle school student laughing like a fool.

"You're laughing," Zhou Yiran said softly.

"Yeah? So what!?" He began to throw caution to the wind.

"Is it good?" Zhou Yiran smiled.

"It's, it's alright!" He reined in his smile and began to act cool again: "It's watchable."

After saying this, he took out the mobile phone he could only use during winter and summer breaks, not allowing his older sister to see his screen, and leaned to the side to type in his classmate group chat:

"Monkey King: Hero is Back, super good! Highly recommend!"

After sending it, the middle school student, having truly changed his tune, put his phone back in his pocket and continued to watch intently, afraid of missing any details.

Little did he know that in the classmate group chat, someone had already replied below, their tone dismissive:

"Tch, a cartoon."

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)