Chapter 53: Havoc in Heaven, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!

"Damn, how many fantasy and magic films have I seen in the future?"

*Monster Hunt*, *League of Gods*, *Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons*, *Creation of the Gods*... These were all films Chen Jin had watched in the future.

There were good ones and bad ones, and since Chen Jin had no way to tell them apart, he could only rely on one method.

Box office!

In the future biographical films, the box office rankings for almost every year were included.

As for word-of-mouth... some damn films had very low ratings yet high box office earnings. It was safe to say that the vast majority matched in reputation and revenue, but one could easily step on a landmine if not careful.

"No, I don't know enough about these, I definitely can't experience them!"

Among the films Chen Jin had watched over his past eighteen years that he felt had high combat power, there were *Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain*, *The Monkey King*, *The Lotus Lantern*... His difficulty in making a choice struck him instantly.

Chen Jin flipped through options for a long time, unsure of which one to experience... Finally, his gaze locked onto *The Monkey King*.

Yes, he had made up his mind.

Every adolescent boy harbors the dream of the Great Sage.

"If I want this sky, let it no longer obscure my eyes; if I want this earth, let it no longer bury my heart!"

"Isn't that right, Great Sage Sun?"

Chen Jin smiled faintly, hesitant no longer.

All indecision vanished into ashes at this very moment.

"Selected: *The Monkey King*, Character: Sun Wukong!"

Swish!

Everything went black before Chen Jin's eyes. In the next second, he thought he had transformed into the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, wearing the phoenix-feather purple-gold crown and the golden chain mail... He was even prepared to let out a loud roar, just to experience the feeling of newly possessing and controlling the ultra-high combat power of Sun Wukong.

After all, there was a free control period of a few minutes before the proper experience began.

The Somersault Cloud, the Seventy-Two Transformations... Just thinking about it made Chen Jin thrilled, so excited he could barely contain himself.

How should he describe that feeling? It was like being in a relationship and finally getting the chance to go all the way in bed, only to find out your partner has her period.

The ideal is wonderful, but reality... is damn well bleak!

Dammit!

Pitch black before his eyes, unable to see a thing, Chen Jin tried to move himself, but remained completely motionless.

"What is going on?"

"Where am I?"

Wasn't he supposed to be experiencing Sun Wukong?

Where was the Great Sage Equal to Heaven?

Even turning into a regular monkey would have been fine!

What the hell was this darkness before his eyes?!

Chen Jin grumbled inwardly. He had no idea how much time passed—it took so long that he even began to doze off.

Suddenly—

Boom!

A deafening roar, a bolt from the blue.

Chen Jin felt his entire body instantly fly up into mid-air, as the scenery beneath him grew smaller and smaller.

"Holy crap!"

How should he describe the sensation? It felt as though someone had forcefully hurled him up into the sky.

And it was at the speed of a literal rocket. A genuine rocket speed that propelled him into the air so fast he couldn't even react.

The next second, he plummeted back down just as instantly.

It was countless times more thrilling than any drop tower at an amusement park.

In any case, Chen Jin couldn't adequately describe it.

The up-and-down speed of a drop tower had absolutely no comparison to what he was experiencing right now.

Finally, he realized what had happened to him.

The birth of the stone monkey!

Sun Wukong that fellow had turned from a stone into a monkey, meaning everything he had experienced up until then was actually being a rock; the crucial point was that the initial free-control period of the character had passed, and next came the visual perspective of the Monkey King.

"What the heck, wasn't this supposed to be the movie *The Monkey King*?"

"System, are you messing with me? You're starting straight from the beginning of *Journey to the West*?"

Chen Jin flipped his mental middle finger at his system, while countless... monkeys appeared before his eyes.

This was precisely the beginning of the plot of *Journey to the West*.

...

"This kid, why is he sleeping so restlessly tonight?"

Listening to the tossing and turning from the bed next to hers, Su Wanyu found herself also rolling back and forth, completely unable to sleep.

She couldn't mention Chen Jin signing with Zhang Yimou's studio to Chen Xianqi, yet she still felt uneasy about it.

However, if she spoke of it, she was afraid Chen Xianqi would go out bragging, which made things very contradictory.

"Sigh, this child... still a bit too impulsive with what he does!"

In the darkness, Su Wanyu looked at Chen Jin in the neighboring bed and let out a soft sigh.

Bang!

A sudden sound nearly startled Su Wanyu into leaping out of bed; Chen Jin, over on the adjacent bed, had rolled right down onto the floor.

"Xiaojin?"

Su Wanyu hurriedly got up and helped Chen Jin to his feet. "Are you alright?"

"No... I'm fine!"

Chen Jin rubbed the back of his head where he'd taken a painful knock and sucked in a cold breath.

Yet his mind was entirely filled with the image of "himself" being suppressed beneath the Five Elements Mountain that had fallen from the heavens.

Thrilling!

Simply too damn thrilling.

This experience of *The Monkey King* truly felt identical to being there in person. IMAX, 4DX... completely pathetic by comparison, right?

Holographic projection probably wasn't even this realistic.

Chen Jin had followed Sun Wukong's perspective the entire way, experiencing the complete transformation from a stone monkey into the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

The mental impact was manageable; it was primarily the transformation of those divine powers that had truly opened Chen Jin's eyes.

Descriptions in novels were still one-sided.

Special effects couldn't possibly be that exaggerated.

"Hoo~~~"

Chen Jin let out a long breath, got up, and headed to the bathroom to splash some water on his face. His mind was still crammed with scenes from *The Monkey King*. This sensation was pretty much the same as what he'd felt after his previous two experiences.

It would take a couple of days to slowly fade, but many things once experienced left a truly profound memory.

It had far more impact than watching a movie or reading a novel.

At least right now, Chen Jin's head was full of Sun Wukong's divine abilities, though unfortunately, he found he couldn't use any of them.

He really had been overthinking.

He had assumed it would be like *The Hawthorn Tree Chronicles*, where practicing the accordion every day with Lao San meant he actually learned to play; but in reality, that was because it was a skill he could acquire, whereas divine powers were something he simply couldn't learn.

Splash! Splash!

Chen Jin washed his face, trying to clear his head further.

"Squeak-squeak!"

He suddenly mimicked a monkey sound at his own reflection in the mirror, blinking his eyes, his hand involuntarily scratching at his face.

Lively and remarkably monkey-like.

"Haha, Master Liu Xiao Ling Tong probably only has about this level of skill, right?"

Perhaps this was the greatest gain Chen Jin took away from experiencing *The Monkey King*: he could portray the feel of a monkey.

And portray it very convincingly.

"Huh?"

Shortly after, Chen Jin discovered a rather eerie phenomenon.

His hands and feet... seemed to have become much more flexible.

Some movements and postures that he previously couldn't manage could now be completed with great ease, such as the most fundamental dance movement—hooked and stretched feet.

To hook the toes to the maximum limit, push the heels far out, forming a curved shape with the foot and leg; to stretch the ankle in a pointed foot, arch the instep upward, and press the toes downward, forming a streamlined shape with the leg.

"What the heck, my physical foundation didn't improve much, but my bodily flexibility has been thoroughly unlocked!"

Had Chen Jin not known he had just experienced a character card, he would have thought someone had violated him in his sleep... and unlocked his potential!

"System, you flirtatious piece of work, what on earth did you do to me!"

Despite saying that, Chen Jin was naturally overjoyed inwardly.

Because he had never practiced dance before, but now, it was as if he had trained in martial arts and dance, laying down such a solid physical foundation for his body.

This was undoubtedly far more advanced than the basic walking and running postures he had practiced.

His entire temperament, bearing, and demeanor had all undergone changes.

"Could it be that if I experience a few martial arts or kung fu films, my physical agility will become even stronger?"

"Mastering one or two styles of kung fu wouldn't be out of the question either?"

At this thought, Chen Jin finally understood some of the significance behind the film experiences.

That was, to enhance his performance—whether it was physical agility... or acting skills!