I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

She couldn't help but shed tears of sorrow.

In short, he hasn't been sleeping well lately and feels his work performance is getting worse.

Soon, Xu Chen saw Lu Ban's job posting.

The moment he saw Lu Ban's face, he suddenly remembered.

"Isn't that Lu Ban?!"

As a young person of the new era, Xu Chen had naturally watched Lu Ban's family drama and was devastated for several days because of Amber's death. Even now, there is still a poster of Amber from "All Quiet in Spring" on the wall at home.

It was too dark in the secret room, and Xu Chen was also very nervous, so he didn't recognize Lu Ban.

If he had recognized him back then, Xu Chen would definitely have punched him a few more times when no one was watching.

He is now distracted at work, and Xu Chen feels that he should seek a breakthrough.

Humans can't, at least can't, always be an NPC in a locked room.

At the very least, you should be in charge of the console.

With this in mind, Xu Chen applied for Lu Ban's job.

Today is my interview.

Although it was called an interview, Xu Chen heard that tens of thousands of resumes had been submitted this time, so Lu Ban probably couldn't interview them all one by one. It was likely that his subordinates would be conducting the interviews.

Xu Chen didn't think he had any advantage just because he had met Lu Ban before. He joined some WeChat groups before coming and found that the people who came for the interview were incredibly talented.

There was a man who claimed to be a Taoist priest from Mount Emei, who had studied Taoist magic for thirty years and was capable of performing rituals in various situations.

Another person said that he started acting at the age of five, stepped onto the international stage at the age of six, won an international award at the age of seven, gave up his acting career at the age of eight to attend primary school, and graduated from university this year, and is preparing to return to his old profession.

Some people say that they used to be in charge of hundreds of people and were the boss of the biggest gang in the city. In the midst of the upheaval, no one dared to express any objection to them. Now that they have retired from the gang, they have come here to find a job.

Some people said they were deceived by a man who stabbed them and their child more than 360 times. They said they barely managed to crawl out of their coffins to come for the job interview.

Everyone's life experiences are so rich and varied that Xu Chen felt inferior.

"That's all nonsense!"

Xu Chen complained on the way to the interview location.

How could there possibly be any gang leaders or Taoist priests coming for interviews? Xu Chen guessed that these people were just role-playing and fooling people.

When Xu Chen arrived at the interview location, Silent Media, he found that there were several other people being interviewed together.

These people are of different ages, both men and women, and they all look quite normal.

"You're here for an interview too?"

A man approached and asked, and when Xu Chen nodded, he continued.

"I'm going to tell you a secret, but you mustn't tell anyone else."

"Ok?"

Xu Chen, hearing that there was a secret, couldn't help but prick up his ears.

"Actually, I am a true disciple of Longhu Mountain. This time, it was because there were ghosts and monsters appearing on Jiangcheng Mountain that I followed my master's orders to go down the mountain to eliminate evil and uphold justice!"

The man said earnestly.

"???"

Xu Chen wondered if this person had some kind of mental problem.

He didn't answer, and when he turned around, he saw the man talking to someone else.

"I'm going to tell you a secret, but you mustn't tell anyone else."

"..."

Xu Chen was certain that this person had something wrong with their head.

He then saw a woman following behind him.

Before the man in front could continue telling the other woman a secret he couldn't tell anyone else, Xu Chen spoke to her first.

"Are you here for an interview too?"

"correct."

The woman, who looked to be around forty, nodded.

"You wouldn't happen to be the person who was stabbed more than 360 times by her husband and struggled to crawl out from under her coffin to come for the interview, would you?"

Xu Chen asked in advance.

What are you saying?

The woman looked at Xu Chen as if he were a lunatic.

"No, don't believe what that person in front says."

Despite past grievances, Xu Chen offered a reminder.

"I understand, son."

The woman responded.

"???"

Xu Chen is at a loss.

Are all the people who came for the interview mentally ill?

I saw online before that Lu Ban likes to go to mental hospitals to gather material, maybe these are Lu Ban's fellow patients?

Why am I being interviewed alongside a group of mentally ill people?

Am I mentally ill too?

With this thought in mind, Xu Chen followed the person in front of him into the interview room.

Xu Chen had never experienced this kind of group interview before, but based on his experience with other people's interviews, he knew that this kind of interview was very simple as long as you mastered the tricks. The most basic requirement was that you had to be able to argue.

No matter how right the people you're interviewing with are, you can't just keep saying "Oh, right, right," you have to argue back to show yourself.

To Xu Chen's surprise, in addition to some interviewers he didn't recognize, Lu Ban was also in the meeting room.

He actually came for the interview in person!

Xu Chen swallowed hard, becoming nervous.

The staff distributed some materials, and Xu Chen took a look and found that they were scripts.

Is this a live performance?

"Now that everyone has received their scripts, let's see how everyone performs."

Lu Ban said that he briefly assigned roles and gave everyone ten minutes to familiarize themselves with the script.

Xu Chen saw that his role was a bartender, a man of strong emotions, whose lines were full of profanities, and there was a lot of them, which made it a bit difficult to remember.

Oh no, I drew the Joker.

Xu Chen glanced at the others' papers; they were all quite simple, except for his own.

He hurriedly began to memorize his lines.

As Xu Chen kept remembering, she suddenly felt like she wasn't herself anymore.

Those complex lines, like a spider web, were stuck to his brain, as if they had become his instinct.

He seemed to have truly become a bartender in the slums of the ruined capital, witnessing those dirty and filthy things every day, often escaping reality by getting drunk alone.

One time, when he was drunk, he saw a woman standing on the street. He went closer and found that the woman's face was hideous and terrifying. He was so frightened that he broke his leg and had to go to the doctor for treatment.

Fortunately, the doctor was kind and treated him at a low price, and even prescribed medicine.

The doctor is now dead and under investigation.

Xu Chen felt that she had completely immersed herself in the role.

"Let's begin."

Ten minutes later, Lu Ban said.

Two interviewees immediately stood up, instantly getting into character and starting to perform.

However, most of the interviewees seemed to stumble and not get into the zone.

Lu Ban watched their performance and felt very satisfied.

He doesn't care about the actors' past experiences or acting skills when choosing them.

An actor who only cares about fit and suitability for the role knows how to perform the moment they receive the script.

It's not the actors who choose the scripts, but the scripts that choose the actors.

Chapter 432 Global Recruitment of Participants

The recruitment of NPCs is proceeding smoothly.

Lu Ban quickly recruited more than a hundred NPCs.

These NPCs are divided into two groups. One group consists of important NPCs who interact with the main storyline, including the bartender with the broken leg and members of the gang's family.

One section consists of background NPCs, most of whom are just passersby and don't offer any important clues. Often, if players don't press them for details, these NPCs might not even get a chance to say their prepared lines.

Just like when playing a game, most players don't talk to every NPC while doing a quest. Sometimes, the designers might hide Easter eggs in these NPCs, but very few people will find them.

Lu Ban divided these NPCs into two groups, who took turns working. Each script experience took four days, which was considered four days on and four days off.

With the help of an extraordinary script blessed by a quiet place, these actors hardly need to study acting skills, and can even answer questions outside the script according to their character settings.

Lu Ban believes this may also be due to the enhancement effect brought about by the store's level upgrade.

The earliest videos and movies could at most achieve an immersive experience.

But now, these materials can already instill some knowledge into the viewer's brain.

Once actors accept a role, the corresponding knowledge and memories flow into their minds, transforming their cognition. Performing these roles becomes like an innate instinct for them.

Once they're no longer acting, the NPCs can return to their own lives and won't become mentally unstable due to the script.