Lord: Sequence Master

Chapter 5: Hand-drawn Saw



"Leveling up as a painter in the higher sequences means becoming a real-life version of Magic Brush Ma Liang" Rosen thought to himself as he activated his spiritual imbuement once again. This time, it took him half an hour to draw a steamed bun.

After finishing, he immediately grabbed it and began to eat.

Exactly twelve seconds later, the last bite of the bun vanished from his hand, disappearing into thin air.

However, the feeling of fullness remained. Even though objects created through spiritual imbuement only existed temporarily, they were real for as long as they lasted. With his daily recovery of two points of spiritual energy, this technique ensured that Rosen would never starve.

After two consecutive uses of spiritual imbuement, Rosen realized the critical importance of having a solid foundation in drawing.

It was true that with extraordinary essence, he could become a "human printer." But in that state, he couldn't use spiritual imbuement. While employing spiritual imbuement, he had to rely on traditional drawing skills, and it was even more difficult than regular drawing. The "human printer" ability was more of an aid in mastering the art itself.

Now, Rosen truly understood why the artist sequence was one of the three major human civilization sequences.

Six days passed quickly, and the spiritual energy Rosen infused into the Main God Computer had reached ten units.

During these days, he didn't slack off. Each day, he diligently honed his drawing skills.

Since the artist sequence was part of human civilization, advancing within it didn't require potions. Progress came naturally as one improved their skills, with spiritual energy growing steadily. For the painter sequence, advancement came through refining drawing techniques and creating spiritual artwork.

However, despite his effort, after six days, Rosen didn't feel that he had improved much.

It became clear that even in a resource-efficient sequence like the painter's, advancing quickly still required significant resources.

Rosen was fortunate to utilize two units of spiritual energy daily, thanks to his dual-bloodline glory, which provided two additional points. Most other painters, limited to just one unit per day, would need decades to reach eleven points of spiritual energy solely through spiritual paintings.

To shorten this time, Rosen considered one method.

Ordinary paper and brushes required him to inject spiritual energy to create spiritual paintings. But if the materials themselves contained spiritual energy, he could create more powerful works, which would accelerate his spiritual energy growth. However, such materials were undoubtedly expensive.

No matter which extraordinary sequence one chose, progress always requires resources and money.

Rosen activated the Main God Computer and selected Saw 1, consuming ten units of spiritual energy to activate it.

The movie player instantly opened, and the Saw 1 film—long forgotten since he last watched it years ago—began playing on the screen.

Rosen immediately noticed something unusual. The movie appeared as if it truly existed, as though the world of Saw was real and the screen was merely a window into that reality.

He began to understand: this was the true nature of the virtual spiritual realm.

The virtual realm already existed within the Main God Computer; Rosen didn't need to create it from scratch. His drawings were more like a bridge between the virtual realm and reality. With this revelation, he picked up his brush and sketchpad and began drawing everything he saw.

Thanks to his "human-printer" abilities, Rosen's drawing speed was astonishingly fast.

Movies, at their core, are just a series of static images played in sequence.

If human vision were powerful enough to slow down time, the seamless flow of a movie would break into distinct frames. A typical film plays 24 frames per second, meaning that Saw 1, with a runtime of 103 minutes, was composed of 148,320 frames.

As a "human printer," Rosen could replicate a frame in about two minutes. Even with his incredible speed, completing all 148,320 frames would take 206 days of continuous drawing, with no breaks for food, rest, or recovery. In reality, his hand would likely go numb after one or two hours of work.

So, Rosen quickly switched tactics, retrieving a specialized drawing tablet from his drawer.

He shrank the movie player window to the corner of the screen and opened his drawing software.

Attempting to replicate a movie by hand couldn't compare to the efficiency of a camera. His method resembled creating an animated film, but one so realistic that it was indistinguishable from real footage. Using the drawing software significantly boosted his efficiency.

The story of Saw unfolds in a few trap-filled rooms, with only a handful of characters.

Rosen sketched a full-body drawing of the protagonist, Adam, and immediately noticed something remarkable. Through the Main God Computer's drawing software, the character could come to life on screen, moving according to Rosen's will—whether reaching out, lifting a leg, or performing a backflip.

With the room backgrounds in place, he could perfectly recreate the movie scenes.

However, while the objects moved fluidly, the characters seemed robotic and expressionless.

Rosen realized that this was due to a lack of spiritual energy. So, he shifted his focus to drawing inanimate objects, working tirelessly until the next day. By then, his consumed two units of spiritual energy had recovered, and he immediately infused them into the Main God Computer.

This time, when he sketched Adam, the character came to life, displaying various expressions as Rosen willed.

Watching the movie version of Adam with one eye and his drawn version with the other, Rosen saw the two characters' actions and expressions gradually synchronize. He saved these frames as static images, at a rate of 24 frames per second.

He then assembled the static images onto the backgrounds and printed them.

Exhausted from the effort, Rosen collapsed and slept. When he awoke, he resumed his work right away.

Thanks to the drawing software and his spiritually imbued artworks, it took him only a week to complete all 148,320 frames of Saw 1 and print them.

To save paper, he had to shrink the frames before printing.

Even so, by the time he printed the final frame, all his paper and ink supplies were completely depleted.

When the last static frame was printed, the faint spiritual energy within the stack of frames connected them to the virtual realm of Saw 1 inside the Main God Computer. The static frames had turned into keys.

Rosen spent two more days meticulously cutting out the matchbox-sized frames.

Altogether, 148,320 frames—each one a key to entering the virtual realm.

By giving a static frame to an ordinary person, their spirit would be drawn into the virtual realm while they slept, becoming a new character in the movie, as though they had crossed into the film to write their own story.

Unbeknownst to them, they would lose a small amount of spiritual energy in the process. Though each individual contribution was negligible, over time, the total would add up significantly.

If 148,320 people entered the virtual realm each night, Rosen would gain around 14.832 units of spiritual energy per day. It didn't seem like much, but it was a notable return for just two weeks of effort.

With a daily yield of 14.832 units, the long-term benefits were enormous.

Moreover, this was just the virtual realm. The Main God Computer absorbed far more spiritual energy than Rosen could directly use, but most of it went toward nourishing the virtual realm. Eventually, it would evolve into a real spiritual realm. Once that happened, the output of spiritual energy would increase drastically.

For now, the chaotic spiritual energy generated by these virtual realms couldn't be absorbed directly or used to activate more films on the Main God Computer.

However, the energy could be used to create spiritual resources. Everything within the virtual realm of Saw 1, including inanimate objects, could be exchanged for these resources, depending on their complexity. This included the spiritual paper and brushes Rosen needed.

Though not as powerful as dedicated spiritual materials, they could still help reduce his spiritual energy consumption when creating spiritual artworks.

At this rate, it would take no more than half a year for Rosen's Painter Sequence 9 to reach its peak, allowing him to accumulate 12 points of spiritual energy.

(End of Chapter)


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