novelonline Chapter 3666 Evil Force (4)
Chapter 3666 Evil Force (4)
Chapter 3666: Evil Force (IV)
Mephisto was in a very depressed mood.
In fact, he knew about the Internet a long time ago. But at that time, the Internet was still a new thing. Humans used heavy and bulky computers and had to dial up to the Internet. Only the richest middle class could surf the Internet.
At that time, the atmosphere on the Internet was quite dull. The Internet existed mainly in the form of forums: the poster posted a message and a group of people responded below. This was not a very efficient way of communication, and the content of the communication was even more mediocre - either professional technology or sincere requests for help. Everyone also responded well. This was too boring in the eyes of the devil.
Compared to humans, the lifespan of demons is so long that if Mephisto doesn't pay attention, the human Internet will become an abstract thing that he can't understand at all.
He dozed off, and when he came back to his senses, everyone had a small mobile phone in their hands. There were more than a dozen Internet applications on the phone: forums, long videos, short videos, instant messaging software, etc. There were all kinds of chats, and some of the content was so evil that he, a devil, couldn't bear to look at it.
But this is of course an Internet age that belongs to Mephisto. As the Lord of Hell, he is naturally fond of chaos and evil. And his life form allows him to receive electrical signals sent by humans at any time. In short, he has been lurking in the human Internet for a long time.
However, he had been diving just for fun before. The inexplicable Jesus jokes that humans came up with always made him laugh out loud, and entertained him well during his boring bedtime.
After watching for a while, Mephisto thought he had a good understanding of the human Internet. He was no longer satisfied with lurking, but planned to post something himself to spread his beliefs.
But unfortunately, his years of experience in preaching did not work well on the Internet. Yes, Brother Mephisto had tried to preach on the Internet before. But the things he used to deceive medieval believers were not believed by modern people.
In the Middle Ages, when people had a headache or fever, they would pray to God. If they didn't get better in a short time, they would feel sad and helpless, and feel abandoned by God. This is when Mephisto came into play - the devil is best at taking advantage of the situation.
He comforted people with warm words, coaxed them with a patient attitude, and cured their diseases with a little trick. It was very easy to gain a devoted believer.
Now it doesn't work. For minor illnesses like headaches and fever, people will buy medicine on their own; even for serious illnesses like cancer, they are more inclined to go to the hospital. Even if they are dying, they don't really believe in God to save them. Without expectations, there is no disappointment, and without disappointment, sadness and other emotions, the devil cannot take advantage of the situation.
Mephisto tried to send a few posts to emphasize that the current king of hell is Mephisto, not Satan. The people below all laughed at him, saying that he was a "madman who studied mythology". Most people couldn't even read the long list of popular science. They just wanted to have fun.
Mephisto even wrote fan fiction about Jesus and Satan to slander both of them. Unfortunately, his wish was not fulfilled. This post received a lot of praise. Someone who read the previous post also said: "Just write fan fiction. It's meaningless to use this method to attract traffic."
In short, Mephisto felt that this was not okay.
But he is a devil after all, and devils are best at seeing through people's hearts. He found that most people have different motivations when browsing the Internet: some want to see new things, while others browse aimlessly. But most people, most of the time, have the same sensory radar. When this radar sounds, their nerves will build a highway between their brain and another organ, making them prick up their ears and shrug their noses like hounds, and begin to sniff out things that can stimulate them with great excitement. This driving force usually comes from "sex".
When this radar sounds, no matter what the occasion or what they are looking at, they will immediately shift their thoughts to another area and see nothing but the things in that area - they are so focused and concentrated that they are almost like a possessed person.
It's not just the direct pornographic images that trigger this radar. The human brain is amazing, and its associative ability is so strong that even the devil can't understand it. Sometimes they are clearly watching something completely unrelated, but they can associate it with something related to desire and enter the sniffing mode.
Because of this, humans have some restrictions on the Internet. Certain things that can stimulate this desire cannot be posted directly. And among all the things that can be approved, people like to see their beautiful compatriots the most - to put it bluntly, look at their faces.
There is a good saying: "Only the devil has a beautiful appearance. Because the devil needs you to like him, and angels only need to focus on practical value, so most angels are not that good-looking."
Mephisto likes this argument very much. Even in ancient times, he usually didn't need to reveal his true identity to fool many believers. But he still prefers to make himself look better.
However, human aesthetics change rapidly. In the eyes of the devils with long lives, they like thin people one second and strong people the next. It is really hard to grasp.
But with the Internet, everything has become much simpler. Whose appearance is the most popular on the Internet can basically represent the aesthetic taste of people in this era. At least that's what Mephisto thinks.
Coincidentally, at this time, his believer contacted him - this believer has always been a trendsetter and follows whatever is popular - this gave Mephisto inspiration and made him choose Schiller, the actor who played Dr. Barton, who was the most popular actor on the Internet recently.
Mephisto is the biggest villain in this series of movies. It is indeed a coincidence. It is just because the screenwriter asked Strange: "Of all the enemies you have encountered so far, who is the most troublesome for you?" Strange answered him: "Mephisto." This setting has been retained.
Mephisto was very proud when he thought of this. It was worth it for Johnny to go to the Sanctum Sanctorum eight times a day to bargain. The Sorcerer Supreme's biggest enemy should be Mephisto, the King of Hell!
The first person Mephisto went to was actually the screenwriter. Because he wrote the plot, he must have had an image of Saphir in his mind. He used the devil's best trick and went into someone's dream to get Saphir's image.
So it wasn't actually Mephisto who added his own personal touch to Schiller's image, but the screenwriter's idea of Saphir's image and makeup was that way, so he became like that.
The human brain mechanism is very strange. For a good-looking person, they will beautify their image in their minds and make them look better. The opposite is true for ugly people. Every time they think of them, they will imagine the other person to be uglier in their minds due to mental trauma.
The screenwriter's image of Schiller is more handsome than he actually is. In order to fit the identity of "the strongest black magician Saphir" and to distinguish between the Supreme Mage and the black magician, the screenwriter added a lot of evil temperament to the image of Saphir in his mind, which eventually formed the Mephisto version of Schiller.
After changing into this image, Mephisto went to Schiller first - he had to study what kind of person Schiller was first, so that he could pretend to be him and be welcomed by fans.
After entering the tower to study, Mephisto decisively decided to walk independently. Schiller's mental state was a bit too advanced for the devil. He could not allow more than 2,000 Mephistos to appear in hell!
Then Mephisto went to the director. His idea was simple: since I wanted to act, the director could give me more scenes. Even if it wasn't much, he could use his expertise to help me adjust my acting so that the character could attract more fans. As for the remuneration, that was easy to talk about.
What made Mephisto feel a little overwhelmed was that the director's mental state was not much better than Schiller's.
When Mephisto invited Chris to visit Hell, he was very excited and kept asking Mephisto: which level of Hell they were in, where the three-headed beast was, and whether he could meet Charon, the ferryman of the Styx. He said he wanted to play Dante himself and show the world his great journey.
Obviously, this great director was once again immersed in the atmosphere of his own artistic creation, and had no idea what was going on in the world.
After finally getting him into his palace, Mephisto told Chris about his experience. Then the director realized that Mephisto was not the real Schiller.
Mephisto was also shocked that the director seemed to really think that it was very normal for Schiller to bring him to Hell - so what kind of image did Schiller have in his eyes?
And when Mephisto mentioned that he was going to play Saphir, Chris looked him up and down, front and back, left and right, shook his head and sighed.
It was difficult for Mephisto to describe his feelings at that time. But if he had been to college, written a paper, and participated in a defense, he would understand: it was like when the professor got your paper, looked at the paper, looked at you who was ignorant on the stage, looked at the paper again, and then sighed.
Chris rejected Mephisto's request.
When Mephisto asked him why, he just said sadly that he and the screenwriter had differences in creative ideas, and perhaps they could not continue to cooperate on the next movie.
Mephisto was of course very anxious: The director and screenwriter worked so well together and produced such a popular movie, why are you two going to break up as soon as I want to participate? What if the next movie is not good? !
He hurriedly asked why. Chris whispered in the devil's ear like a madman, saying that the main reason why Schiller became popular was his unique indifferent temperament, which was the Saphir he wanted. And the image of Mephisto, a villain full of evil, was too classic. Even with the same face, it was impossible to replicate such a miracle. And it would completely ruin his portrayal of Saphir. He was very shocked that the screenwriter wanted to create such a mediocre image of Saphir, and he was very disappointed.
Mephisto had mixed feelings.