I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Right next to Zi Tang, the two stood side by side once again.

"If the two of them respond, they will move forward one row until they reach the first row?"

As Lu Ban pondered, he saw a face slowly emerge between him and Feng Yu in the movie.

Chapter 207 I am Feng Yu

His face looked like it had suffered from some kind of skin disease, covered with pustules and ulcers, and there were stitches on the bridge of his nose.

It lies between Lu Ban and Feng Yu, making one want to look around and try to avoid it.

"If I look at it now, will I be captivated by the eeriness and move forward a row?"

Lu Ban asked calmly.

"These are its rules."

Feng Yu responded.

“Such bizarre things of this scale all have their own rules. These rules bind those who come into contact with them, and they also bind themselves. They will only harm you in accordance with the rules. Similarly, you can also use the rules to avoid them.”

"Then I'll give it a try."

Lu Ban then looked to his side where the face had appeared.

In the movie, Lu Ban was suddenly pulled into the shadows by a terrifying human face reaching out from the darkness, and screamed in agony.

This caused Remington and Zitang to tremble slightly, as if they were startled.

But the next moment, Lu Ban appeared in the row in front of Feng Yu, in the seat where Zi Tang had just been sitting.

"Is that so?"

He looked at the movie, and in the film, another ragged creature appeared in the shadows beside Feng Yu. It turned slightly to the side and approached Feng Yu.

However, Feng Yu did not react to this guy, but stood up directly.

Ignoring the monsters around her, she walked directly to Lu Ban's side and sat down calmly.

"You can do that?"

Lu Ban found it unbelievable.

"No."

Feng Yu stopped Lu Ban, who was about to stand up.

You must follow the rules.

"?"

Lu Ban was puzzled.

So you don't have to follow the rules?

"What do you think?"

Feng Yu naturally retorted.

She glanced at the two people in front of her and whispered in his ear in a voice only Lu Ban could hear.

"There are many bizarre things in this world that you can't imagine. Most of them will disappear with time, but only a small number will be solidified in some special form, forming a set of their own [rules]."

"You mean, this movie theater is weird, but so many people watched movies here before."

Lu Ban looked around the screening room. Under the light of the screen, the cinema looked dilapidated and decaying. There were charred marks in some places, as if it had been burned, or as if it had been abandoned for many years.

"They don't stay in one place. You know about ghost possession, right? In legends, ghosts can possess people and cause them harm. These things are the same."

Feng Yu said in a deep voice.

"You mean, you also possessed Feng Yu's body?"

Lu Ban immediately replied.

"..."

Feng Yu was speechless for a moment.

"I am Feng Yu."

She said, then gently patted the seat.

"You could think of this anomaly as a remnant of an abandoned or ravaged movie theater. It became corrupted and mutated into an anomaly unique to this world, forming a 'rule'."

"Alienation... even buildings can be affected?"

Lu Ban had always believed that inanimate objects should not be affected by the knowledge of the Silent Land, but now it seemed that even inorganic stones could be contaminated.

"If the intensity is high enough, even planets can be polluted. Haven't you already seen that?"

Feng Yu chuckled.

"Then could we just find a demolition team and try to take it out with a single shot?"

Lu Ban thought of Nanhua Private Renji Hospital. Although the cement of that building itself was mixed with the blood and bones of monsters, and it was part of the ritual that ultimately led to the existence of that other dimension, now that he thought about it, perhaps it was the existence of monsters that polluted the entire hospital, thus creating that kind of place.

Based on experience at the time, most problems could be solved by setting off gunpowder on the building at the right moment.

Otherwise, this movie theater standing in the center of Jiangcheng City always made Lu Ban uneasy. Just thinking about how he, an ordinary citizen, had to pass by this haunted place every day made him feel cold and trembling with anger.

"If it's not fully formed yet, that's fine, but not this one. And as I said, it's like being possessed by a ghost, it just happened to descend here today. As long as you follow its rules, it won't cause you too much harm."

Feng Yu shook his head.

"Once the time is up and dawn breaks, this place will return to its original state, and this movie theater will appear in other corners of the world."

She spoke so casually, as if she were discussing something extraordinary and unknown, or more like talking about where it would rain today.

"We can't eliminate it?"

Lu Ban asked again.

This involves the essence of this world, so the more he understands it, the better.

"At least you can't. These are caused by pollution, and only stronger pollution can cover them up."

As Feng Yu spoke, something else happened on the screen.

ding ding ding-

A sound rang out in the screening room; Lu Ban realized it was his phone's message notification tone.

The moment Lu Ban took out his phone, he felt a sense of disorientation. When he came to his senses, he was already sitting in the same row as Remington and Zi Tang.

In the movie, Lu Ban's phone suddenly explodes, his hand is covered in blood and flesh, and he screams in agony.

"The further we go, the stronger the impact of movies will be on reality."

Feng Yu was directly behind Lu Ban when she spoke.

"So, the rule here is that you can't respond to what happens in the movie?"

Lu Ban repeated his earlier guess.

All three of them were forced to move forward because they reacted to what happened in the movie—either turning their heads, standing up, or taking out their phones. So, no matter what happens in the movie, as long as they sit here and watch it, they should be fine.

This is a classic case of curiosity killing the cat.

"Is it enough to just sit here and watch this?"

Remington had seemingly forgotten that Lu Ban and Feng Yu were NPCs in the mission. In his eyes, the two were quite mysterious, more like superhuman beings in this world.

"No, that's not right. I can close my eyes and cover my ears."

Remington suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Even though he knew he couldn't respond, his body would still move involuntarily when he saw certain images or heard certain sounds. The best way was to completely block out his senses and not make any active or passive response to external stimuli.

He immediately used the techniques he had learned from the Black Tower to shut down his vision and hearing. Just as he was about to blur his sense of touch as well, Remington felt a tearing sensation in his muscles. He opened his eyes and saw that his arms were covered in claw marks, as if they had been scratched by five fingers.

Looking to his left and right, Remington realized he had moved forward another row.

"It seems I can't escape by closing my eyes."

Lu Ban muttered to himself.

Watching a horror movie with your eyes closed and ears covered is definitely against the rules.

If you watch a horror movie through your fingers, can it still be called a horror movie?

Moreover, it seems that if we continue moving forward, the injuries to our bodies will become more severe.

Remington just had scratches on his hands, so next time, will there be ligature marks on his neck, or even blood?

As he pondered, the movie scene changed again.

This time, the film's scene shifts to the corridor outside the movie theater.

Chapter 208 is titled "Strange".

There seemed to be a person standing in the dimly lit corridor.

The man was wearing tattered clothes and was holding a rusty, dripping, sharp knife.

He had very little hair, and his face was covered in stitches and was a bloody mess.

He was dragging several chains with his right hand, the metal chains scraping against the floor with a soft, grinding sound.

clatter--

The corridor light flickered suddenly, as if the electrical appliance was aging and about to fail.

clatter--

The light flickered again, and this time, it stayed off for a little longer.

When the lights came on again, the person could be seen to have moved forward a distance and arrived at the entrance of the screening room.

clatter--

The lights went out again, and the person disappeared down the corridor.

The next scene shows the man, still dripping blood from the tip of his knife, slowly walking into the aisle of the screening room.

From the perspective behind him, he could see four people sitting in the movie theater, which were Lu Ban and his group.