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This article comes from the official account of Wechat: ID:chuappgame, by Jing Haoyu

When "Divine Hidden" appears in the game, the dimension of the work is also expanded.

What is "God Hidden"? For this concept, which appears frequently in games and movies, perhaps few people can explain its connotation.

In Japanese folklore, the phenomenon of someone being taken away and hidden by a god or monster is called "divine concealment". When someone disappears and disappears for no reason, people think that he is "hidden", taken away by the gods and hidden in another world.

According to the research of Japanese folklorists, "divine concealment" mostly occurs in children, teenagers and women, often in spring or dusk. From the perspective of folklore research, "divine concealment" is obviously a mysterious term used by ancient Japanese folk to explain the phenomenon of disappearance. "God" here does not specifically refer to "immortals" or "gods". In the traditional Japanese culture with a strong color of pantheism and known as "8 million gods", "God" has rich connotations and a wide range of references. the mastermind of "God Hidden" can also be celestial dogs, foxes, mountain men, mountain women and other immortals, which are ever-changing in different legends.

Folklore expert Kazuhiko Komatsu's monograph "Shen Yin and the Japanese" and "Shen Yin", which are widely spread among Japanese folk, have appeared in many game works. After the interpretation of contemporary ACG culture, the ancient concepts full of East Asian culture have glowed with new vitality on the screen and in the code. At a time when scientific concepts are becoming more and more prosperous and legendary beliefs have long been lost, games are a new habitat for "God Hidden" stories.

When "Divine concealment" appears in the game, the "Oriental Project" series produced by the Japanese fan game association "Shanghai Alice Magic Orchestra" is a well-known masterpiece by many two-dimensional gamers. The basic setting of the "Oriental" series, "Fantasy Land" itself, has a lot to do with the legend of "Shenyin". The fantasy land is separated from the outside world by a "big boundary", and the residents of both sides cannot easily commute to and from each other's world. When ordinary human beings from the outside world accidentally enter the land of fantasy, "divine concealment" occurs. As a result, many plots of the series unfold. As a result, in addition to being eaten by monsters here, some lucky ones were taken to the "Boli Shrine" at the junction and returned to the original world safely.

In the seventh installment of the series "the Oriental Monster Dream" released in 2003, there is a particularly charming Boss-- known as "the main culprit of the hidden god" eight clouds purple. As one of the most powerful characters in this series, she has the ability to manipulate the realm and can move in physical space, in paintings, in dreams, and even in stories. Bayun Zi's residence, "Gap", is also very mysterious, and many people have been brought here by her illusions and have since disappeared, which is the origin of her name as "the principal culprit of God."

Eight clouds purple is the Boss of Phantasm in the Oriental Monster Dream. One of the most famous card (that is, skills) is the eight clouds purple god hidden. When using this card, she will suddenly disappear from the original position and instantly appear next to the player's own machine to launch an attack. This kind of game design of "random displacement in space" is not only in line with the ability setting of Bayun Zi itself, but also the restoration of the level of "disappearance and reappearance" in the legend of "Divine Hidden".

Vuka: in 2009, Japanese manufacturer Ko Le Mei developed the AVG adventure game "Divine Hidden Wolf", which was closely related to the legend of "Shenyin" from the beginning. The protagonist Dr. Jiucheng moved to a small town called Chang'e Street to study in the first year of senior high school. Here, he discovered the existence of another race, "God-man". When seduced by some human-specific breath "honey", God-man will run away and attack human beings. In the eyes of the unknown ordinary people in the town, these disappearing residents have encountered the "divine concealment" incident.

The "god-man" race itself is closely related to the "wolf". The "Great God" of the land god in the small town of Chang'e Street is said to be the embodiment of the ancient creature "Chang'e Wolf" unique near Chang'e Street. The setting that the "god man" will misbehave and walk away at the sight of "honey" is very similar to the legend of werewolves looking at the moon. Therefore, the game plays a homophonic Terrier that is common in Japanese. The word "wolf" is connected with the word "divine concealment" to create a new word, which can be translated as "divine hidden wolf" or "wolf concealment".

No matter how the PSP game "Wolf" is translated, "Wolf" and "Divine Hidden" together constitute the two basic elements of the game. The legend of "Divine Hidden" creatively uses its original meaning "disappearance" here, bringing a more scary and mysterious color to the story, which is already based on Japanese folk beliefs.

Speaking of this kind of "homophonic Terrier", in fact, it is not uncommon in Japanese. This practice of playing word games with similar pronunciation is called "sprinkling". The cultural allusions on which the screen four monkeys are based in the Wolf: the second time of Shadow death is a famous example. The three monkeys, which stand for "do not see, do not listen, do not speak", have spread in cultures all over the world. In Japanese, the word "monkey" is very similar to the negative form of "monkey" in ancient Japanese, so the meanings of "do not see", "do not listen" and "do not speak" are naturally expressed in monkeys.

In addition to the "three no monkeys", the statue of the three apes in Riguang Dongzhao Palace, Takagi Prefecture, in the "only Wolf", which is a collection of Japanese traditional culture, of course, there is also the existence of the legend of "Shenyin"-- "Shenyin" is an important series of props that players can install on their own free hands, which can make the successful recruiter reverse the face and back toward the player. Its setting is related to the power in the game, "Xianfeng Temple". In the description of the related items, it is mentioned that "Shenyin" is OK once, "twice will not be able to return". If you encounter Shenyin, you should go to Xianfeng Temple of Mount Kumgang to accumulate merits and virtues.

According to this description, players can find that if the ninja is used against the monks in Xianfeng Temple, the monks will not turn their backs to the players like ordinary monks, but simply disappear in place. It can be seen that the monks of Xianfeng Temple have already experienced "divine concealment" once.

The effect of using "divine concealment" on monks Xianfeng Temple is set as an organization that pursues immortality by extreme methods in the world of "only wolves". The twisted, scary and unkillable "worms" are their creation, and the centipedes who dropped the "Shenyin" props before are also the result of the Xianfeng Temple experiment. "Shenyin" is an important part of the pursuit of immortality for Xianfeng Temple.

After being separated from others, the monk Kotaro, who asks the player for help, will ask the player to use "divine concealment" on him to allow him to return to his partner. After meeting his demands, Otaro will disappear in place like other monks. Later, when players enter the fantasy scene "Phantom Corridor", they will find that Xiaotaro has already come here, happily reunited with his "partner". At this time, players understand that the destination of "God Hidden" in the game is precisely the location of the immortal human experimental subject "the son of Chuanruo".

From the point of view of the scene and the way of play, this fantasy place based on the emptiness of Xianfeng Temple has the mysterious and ethereal meaning of the word "divine concealment". The way to come here is to ring the bronze bell in front of the Buddha, and in the passing animation after the bell rang, the first scene of the phantom corridor is shown at a tilted angle, hinting to the player the illusory nature of this place with a typical unstable composition. When players enter, they will find the mystery of the temple: looking down, it is built on the void, countless pillars extend into the bottomless fog; in the distance, its periphery does not seem to be bordered anywhere, surrounded by foggy forests. The Boss of Phantom Gallery is the screen four apes mentioned earlier, and solving them requires clever use of their respective characteristics. All this has made this place a veritable "hidden" place.

In addition, the setting of "God Hidden" props and "Dapu Fan" in "Wolf" is not created out of thin air. Dapu fan, an important prop obtained after defeating the elite monster "long-clawed centipede Fengyun", is a necessary item for unlocking the "Shenyin" series of artificial hand ninja. According to the description, the Dapu fan is made of red octagonal gold plate leaves, which will cause a huge whirlwind and will encounter "divine concealment" if involved. Star anise gold plate is a plant native to southern Japan, its leaves are large and bifurcated, shaped like a pu fan, so it is also known as "Tiangu's fan". In folklore, Tiangu, who carries a pu fan with him, is the most common mastermind of Shenyin. Perhaps because of his surly character and powerful power, people think that most of the missing people have been taken away by Tiangu.

The allusion of Da Pu Fan, which can cause "God Hidden" in "only Wolf", also appears in the domestic card game "Onmyoji". In the 15th chapter of the main plot, "Underworld Rift", the youngest sister of the zombie "Jump" family asks players to help find their missing brothers and friends. After some search, it was found that these people were brought to the cracks in the underworld by the villain Big Sky Dog in a state of vague consciousness. At the end of the battle, after rescuing the family, the younger brother will tell the player that he and his brother were "seduced by the wonderful sound of the flute and were taken to the mountains together". Although the word "divine concealment" does not appear, the plot is obviously born out of the legend of Tiangu "divine concealment".

The plot of "God Hidden" in "Onmyoji" based on the legend of Tiangu returns to the world of gods, of course, in the eyes of Chinese players, the most famous "God Hidden" story may still take place in the movie "Thousand thousand fathom". What many people do not know is that the Japanese original name of this popular animated feature film is "Qianju Qianyu Shenzhuo", that is, "the Hidden of Thousand and thousand fathom". The Taiwan version translates it directly into "Divine Hidden Girl". Although the translation method in mainland China sounds more concise and has a catchy effect, it is regrettable that it has lost the important element of "Divine Hidden".

For local Japanese audiences familiar with the legend, the appearance of "Divine Hidden" in the title has actually heralded the outline of the story. Thousand fathom mistakenly entered the world of soup house, was controlled by the gods, and could not return to the world, which is another interpretation of the classic story of "Divine Hidden Tantra".

"once you forget your name, you can no longer find your way home." from the perspective of narratology, "Divine Yin" is not the original creation of the Japanese nation. The story of "straying into another world to experience adventure" exists widely in the literature and legends of all ethnic groups in the world. The mistake into the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland is a classic example. The core plot of the story of Taro Pushima spread in East Asia also revolves around a teenager who strays into an unfamiliar island. The stories of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao in the ancient book "Yin Lu" of the Southern Dynasty have a similar structure: the two men who went into the mountains to collect medicine met fairies and returned home half a year later to find that their children and grandchildren had passed through generations and that things had changed.

In legends all over the world, people make up one breathtaking story after another, fearing the price of divine gifts while looking forward to a trip to Wonderland outside the world.

"when I arrived in my hometown, I had no acquaintance, and the village was strange. I have heard that seven generations of descendants have been handed down to the ancestors, but they do not know where they are today." When "God Hidden" appears in the game, the dimension of the work is also expanded. "God Hidden" involves another wonderful world, which provides the game with room for imagination; the experience of being taken away by "God Hidden" is placed on the characters of the game, creating a conflict motivation to promote the development of the plot; the ancient legends and folk beliefs involved in "God Hidden" bring a mysterious and ethereal and exciting atmosphere to the game. In the game world where "God Hidden" is still taking place, people feel the original experience that has long disappeared in this post-industrial era-the thrilling of "God Hidden" itself, the confusion of hearing the "God Hidden" event, the feeling of the return of "God Hidden" for many years, and the courage to reveal the truth of "God Hidden". With the help of "God's Hidden" narrative, the game becomes richer.

The recent broadcast of the domestic animation "Qitan in China" has attracted a lot of attention. In the fourth episode, "the country bus took away the King and the Immortals", with the change of the countryside as the theme, it gives an affectionate look back on the lost country life represented by the legends of gods and monsters. Of course, the speeding bus took away the block and backwardness, but also took away those beautiful imaginations. When people are no longer willing to believe the secret words of elves, the gods go by bus and never come back.

The country bus took away Wang Xiaoer and the immortals and shuttled through the cement jungle every day, facing electronic screens large and small, the gods seemed to be getting farther and farther away from us. Having experienced the mechanical life of the industrial age, what is forgotten is not only the strange myths and legends themselves, but also the ancient feelings they contain that have been handed down by word of mouth. When "God Hidden" appears in the game, something seems to be awakened again. In other words, in the contemporary life where miracles are difficult to find and nowhere to hide, does entering the game world itself mean another kind of "divine concealment"?

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