PDLP Chapter 306 The Tang Dynasty Slashie's Blind Box Unveiled, Socially Anxious Academic Genius
Chapter 306 The Tang Dynasty Slashie's Blind Box Unveiled, Socially Anxious Academic Genius
Niwan Zi returned shortly after. He unfolded the yellowed notebook novel that Si Zi had somehow acquired, staring intently at the records about the Moon People, his eyes practically sparkling with admiration.
"My goodness, 82,000 repairmen, clanging and banging on the moon? A moon pieced together from seven treasures, shimmering with rainbow light?" Just as he was muttering to himself, Si Zi sauntered over and tapped a string of tiny sparks on the page: "Guo Guo, did you see that? There are four scientific Easter eggs hidden inside!"
In 2026, Zhen Xiaosi poked at the inscription describing the "cratered surface of the moon": "Look, it's a donut made by a meteorite!"
She always manages to make everything seem adorable. Pointing to the description "the moon is a big round ball," she exclaimed and magically produced a glowing crystal ball:
"Two thousand years ago, the old man Zhang Heng had his celestial eye open long before we did! He not only calculated that the moon is a rolling sphere, but also revealed the truth behind the changing phases of the moon—however, the doll we're featuring this time is..."
Si Zi breathed on the crystal ball, and images of ancient people's deductions appeared in the light and shadow: "Xiao Yao, I've read the proposal for this historical doll. Duan Chengshi's topic is very interesting. But we need to clarify the core selling point first. What do you think is the most attractive aspect of his personal characteristics to users?"
Chen Xiaoyao pushed up her canelé-colored glasses, the lenses flashing with a high-tech blue light blocking effect: "President Zhen! We've uncovered Duan Chengshi's hidden persona—a Tang Dynasty slash novelist! Look at this contrast, it's absolutely irresistible! Originally a son of an official, he's a walking encyclopedia, a passionate and intelligent young man, then instantly transforms into a Buddhist old cadre, and his 'academic buddy-buddy' relationship with Wen Tingyun is sweeter than any idol drama!"
Zhen Xiaosi twirled her gilded Montblanc pen: "Oh? Get to the point, Xiaoyao, this generation of Gen Z isn't easy to fool."
"Don't worry, boss, we've already prepared a plan to crush you!" Chen Xiaoyao tapped the remote pen, and a series of special effects sounds popped up in the PPT.
"The three-stage blind box awakening form - the youth version is 'Scroll King Sportsman', with a Shu brocade battle robe and a hunting bow, a scroll in his left hand and a football in his right, wearing a headband and hiding small mechanisms;
The youth edition transforms into a "walking local chronicle," with a migration map embroidered on its robe, a manuscript of "Youyang Zazu" inside its book box, and even gold-stamped anti-counterfeiting features.
The later version of Duan Chengshi directly leads to the Western Paradise, featuring a lotus-patterned hermit robe paired with Duan Bridge building blocks. Once assembled, scanning a QR code summons a high-quality bridge-building animation!
"That's interesting." Zhen Xiaosi rubbed her chin. "The interactive gameplay is good, but be careful not to make it the same old thing again."
“Absolutely! We need to broaden our horizons!” Chen Xiaoyao flicked his right hand, revealing a virtual screen. “The knowledge blind box contains little-known facts about the ‘Master of Social Anxiety’—for example, when he wrote ‘Indulging in Peeping at a Beautiful Woman,’ he actually had to turn his head to take a breath when talking to someone! Collecting all three will unlock the ‘Wenchang Bookstore’ metaverse scene, where you can team up with Wen Tingyun to fight monsters and answer questions! Oh, and I’m planning to use Zhou Yao’s satirical poems as comics on the packaging. I’ve already thought of the title—‘Shocking! The Cuju MVP is Actually the Ceiling of Social Anxiety!’”
Zhen Xiaosi suddenly remembered something: "Wait! You just said there were manuscripts in the youth edition book box?"
"Yes, we made a 1:1 replica. The yellowish part in the interlayer is...it feels incredibly realistic..."
“Oh, right,” Zhen Xiaosi suddenly interrupted, pulling up foreign language literature on her phone screen. “Xiaoyao, look, the strange and precious treasures recorded in *Youyang Zazu* are even cited by American scholar Laufer, and Joseph Needham used it as a database when writing *Science and Civilisation in China*. But don’t forget, the book also contains tales of monsters that eat human hearts and livers, and metaphysical records of astrology and ghost-hunting. If it falls into the wrong hands…wouldn’t it become worthless?”
Before she could finish speaking, the office power suddenly went out. The moment the emergency lights came on with a scarlet glow, Zhen Xiaosi saw strange fluorescent symbols on the projection screen. "Uh, this project... might be more complicated than we thought... Let's discuss it another day."