Chapter 239 - Forbidden City (1/2)

Many players who didn’t care about Minecraft clicked on the video filled with doubt.

And they were completely stunned by it.

“This is real gameplay?”

“It looks so good, how could it be real gameplay? Where are the mosaics?”

“What’s the difference between this and high quality cinematics? Are you lying to me again Chen Mo?”

The Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City was the first shot in the video.

The camera went under the gates, over the Jinshui Bridge, arriving at Taihe Gate.

The camera Zoomed in to reveal a stone lion was built using blocks. Although it was mosaic-like, it looked exactly like a stone lion.

The camera went over white jade stairs. Although the dragon sculpture on the middle of the stairs wasn’t perfectly recreated, the general shape of it was there.

Many cuts followed to show details of the buildings.

Glorious roof tiles.

The plaque in the centre.

Lanterns on the side.

Serene forest and pavilions.

As well as the interior of the palace.

Beds, desks, cushions, incense burner, bonsai…

The camera panned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with the nine dragon screen, and the golden throne was in the middle of the screen.

Many different cuts from different angels followed alongside a Chinese background music to reveal many more details of the Forbidden City.

Finally, the camera banned backwards, the doors to the city closed, and the music fades out.

But the cinematic hadn’t ended.

There was a smaller scene at the end revealing a timelapse of the build.

From the foundations, to the red pillars, shiny glass tiles… showing the entire build process.

The players watching had their eyes and mouth wide open the entire time.

Chen Mo’s Weibo was also shared countless times, with more and more comments under it.

“Get this documentary out of my face…”

“Was this really built in Minecraft?”

“My mom asked me why I was watching a video on my knees.”

“Chen Mo’s an architectural genius! Have my knees!”

“I heard there’s a palace in real life that recreated this pretty well.”

“I’m interested in this game now! Can you really recreate the entire Forbidden City? That means it’s going to work for other buildings too?”

“It’s so detailed! Although you could tell it’s made of blocks, it looks so good I might just lick the screen!”

“Is this hard to make? I imagine if you gave me… a hundred thousand years I could do it to.”

“It’s probably quite difficult, but it’s only fun if it is!”

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