I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

[Sacrificing resources for a miracle]

[Recommended to try]

[Required Silence Points: 500000]

[Required material: Destiny Jade]

[Required Material: Twisted Heart of the Swarm]

[Required material: Crane Cry Taoist's pale finger joints]

Upon seeing these three materials, Lu Ban couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He first clicked on the description of the first material.

【Jadeite with Destiny】

Legend has it that precious gemstones can fill the gaps in a person's destiny; such gemstones are also known as destiny stones.

Many people believe in destiny, yet they also try to defy fate and change it.

Ironically, they all failed.

Chapter 467 Fear and Screams

"Destiny?"

Lu Ban had only seen similar terms in some movies, which seemed to be used in fortune telling.

In the past, during the era of feudal superstition, when a person was born, the family would go to a fortune teller to have their fortune told. Although it was unknown how the fortune teller actually did it, they would sometimes think that the child's future life might be lacking something in the Five Elements, so they would add corresponding characters to the name to make up for it.

For example, if someone lacks the element of wood in their Five Elements, their name might include characters like "森" (sēn), "林" (lín), or "柱" (zhù). If someone lacks the element of water, their name might include characters like "淼" (miǎo), "洋" (yáng), or "海" (hǎi).

Based on this speculation, Lu Ban felt that Qin Tiantian might be lacking the element of "heaven" in his Five Elements, otherwise why would there be two "heaven" characters in his name?

He has never believed in these feudal superstitions.

According to Lu Ban, the so-called fate is actually the closed loop of time under the influence of the Silent Land.

When a person is born, their future is obviously uncertain. But if someone travels through the Silent Land to a certain point in that person's future, then for that traveler, the fate of the person is already determined, thus completing a time loop.

In other words, Lu Ban knows Twisted Fate now. If someone travels back to Twisted Fate's childhood and tries to kill him in advance, then because of Lu Ban's existence, the other party will not be able to kill Twisted Fate no matter what. They will only miss him due to various reasons.

When fate is left unobserved, it's like a cat in a box, its life and death intertwined. Once the box is opened, its fate—whether it lives or dies—is already determined.

Of course, according to this explanation, as long as that person goes back in time and eliminates all those related to Drizzt in advance, then this huge observation network can be compressed and brought to the point where Drizzt is already dead.

However, that must be an existence at the level of an ancient ruler, or even higher. At that level, there's no need for such roundabout methods to kill a mortal; they can just take action directly.

Therefore, Lu Ban does not agree with the so-called concept of fate.

The material didn't specify which alien realm it belonged to, and other worlds didn't have the concept of destiny. Based on Lu Ban's experience, it was most likely from his own world. Haunted mountain villages and family mansions were probably places where the eeriness brought the [Destiny Jade].

He looked at the second piece of material.

The Twisted Heart of the Swarm

The swarms of insects in the wasteland blot out the sun; the Queen of the Swarm controls these billions of insects.

It is said that the Queen is merely a shell, while the Heart of the Swarm possesses its own consciousness.

[If you're lucky enough to obtain one, you can control the swarm of insects.]

"Has it finally come?"

Lu Ban knew that what was meant to be a blessing in disguise was not a curse, and what was meant to be a curse could not be avoided.

Although I have always avoided going to the wasteland, it is not that I am chasing after the alien world, but that the alien world is chasing after me.

One day, I will still need to go to the wilderness.

Not to mention, since Xia met Du Danping in the wasteland, it is very likely that fragments of his melody remain in the wasteland, and Lu Ban may even encounter Du Danping in a certain time and space of the wasteland.

Moreover, the strange supernatural systems of the wasteland are also worth noting.

In He Island or the Night Kingdom, in the ruined capital, Lu Ban had hardly heard of the myths or histories corresponding to his world. Even if the customs and habits were somewhat similar, they were essentially completely different things.

However, the wasteland contains terms from the legends of this world, such as "Utopia," "Plato," and "Achilles." These terms are not merely similar in pronunciation but also in meaning. Therefore, Lu Ban suspects that the wasteland is more closely connected to the world he lives in.

However, the fact that he needed to obtain the Queen's Swarm Heart to make contact with her made Lu Ban feel that there was a great deal of danger involved.

He looked at the third item, [the pale knuckles of the Crane Cry Taoist].

【The pale knuckles of the Crane-Cry Taoist】

The remains left behind by Daoist Heming after his ascension possess immense power.

It is said that consuming a medicinal soup made from parts of the human remains can grant eternal youth and immortality.

The most spiritual element is found in pale knuckles.

"Good heavens, is this a corpse?"

Crane Cry Taoist also appeared multiple times in Lu Ban's task list and in the product descriptions of [Silent Department Store].

Even in death, this seeker of the Dao in the ruined capital left behind a batch of tainted things, from scripts written by others about him to records copied by his disciples to his own notes. This time, however, it was even more significant: his own remains.

Lu Ban didn't know what ascension was, but the remains left behind were obviously the remaining corpses, and in the ruined city, such corpses had actually become raw materials for food.

This is reminiscent of how people in Europe used mummy powder to enhance their sexual abilities in the past.

However, Lu Ban suspected that since Daoist Heming had absorbed so much knowledge from other realms, his body might have undergone some degree of mutation, and he might no longer be human.

The exact nature of this so-called ascension is also open to debate.

Therefore, consuming the remains of the Crane Cry Taoist might actually bring some extraordinary experience.

In comparison, 500,000 Silence Points are a piece of cake.

Lu Ban was confident that the individual value, or degree of contamination, of these three materials far exceeded 500,000 Silence Points.

"Wasteland, ruined city, does this world still exist? If possible, let's choose the wasteland first."

Lu Ban thought that it was better to have a short pain than a long one, and decided that if he could choose to go to the wasteland for the next mission, he would definitely choose the wasteland immediately.

After reviewing the three materials, Lu Ban turned his attention to the upcoming career development tasks.

[Career Development Tasks]

[In your world, you have already risen to fame and achieved great success. Now, it's time to let your name resound throughout other lands. Try new creations, expand your audience, and let the entire Silent Land cheer for you!]

[Mission Requirements: Travel to a foreign land and gather enough fear and screams]

[Fear and Screams: 0/10000]

"Don't come any closer!!!"

"Another land?"

Lu Ban thought to himself, "Is this a plan to send me to a foreign land to broadcast films?"

Indeed, he has already achieved great success in this world, and people all over the world have been exposed to content from other realms. Even in cases of eerie ghosts, his employees can keep the person locked in a room, which means the level of contamination is quite high.

However, Lu Ban didn't quite understand how to collect these fears and screams.

Moreover, Lu Ban didn't know what other ways there were to travel to other realms besides through missions.

"So, Leica should be able to travel to other realms, and so should Feng Yu. Should we ask them?"

Lu Ban thought to himself.

"It's time to eat."

Just then, Feng Yu's greeting came from the doorway, and Lu Ban looked up.

Chapter 468 The Stowaways

It is now late at night in Jiangcheng, but the city is not asleep.

Most of the lights in the neighborhood were still on. As a residential area near a university, there are many graduate students living off-campus, students renting rooms on their own, and young people working in university-related industries. It's quite normal to see a building brightly lit up at one or two in the morning.

Moreover, the amusement park incident in Jiangcheng Mountain has also drawn global attention, with cars coming and going on the streets, seemingly in a state of great anxiety.

But the aroma of food filled Lu Ban's room.

Stir-fried green beans with pork, steamed eggs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and a pot of loofah soup—simple yet with the taste of home.

Although Lu Ban felt that he had just eaten breakfast, he still had a good appetite. He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the stir-fried meat.

"good to eat."

He commented.

"As long as it tastes good."

Feng Yu turned on the TV. The live broadcast was reporting on the incident at the amusement park. The live footage showed the tourists being rescued one after another by the rescue team. Some were emotionally distraught, some had blank expressions, and others were puzzled.

In contrast, it's almost surreal that key figures like Lu Ban and Feng Yu are still having dinner at home.

Lu Ban wasn't worried that these tourists would remember him. As someone who had purchased the land use rights and built the abandoned town next door, it was perfectly reasonable for him to appear in the amusement park.

After eating a couple of bites, Lu Ban decided to ask Feng Yu.

"I need to go to another region to collect some user feedback. Do you know any way to travel to another region?"

The audience of a movie is its user, and the audience's reaction is user feedback, which makes perfect sense.

"Traveling to another world?"

Feng Yu's chopsticks moved a little slower, but soon reached for the hot and sour shredded potatoes.

"If you don't need to specify a time, and just want to travel to the present-day alien world, then there's no difficulty, and I can help you with that."

"That's great!"

Lu Ban used the shared spoon to scoop a spoonful of steamed egg into his rice and mixed it well.

Which alien world do you want to travel to?

Feng Yu asked again.

"I'm not sure yet. Do you have any recommendations?"

Lu Ban thought about it. He figured he wouldn't lie to his own people. Sending him to places like the ruined capital to cause trouble might indirectly cause problems for Trist. It would be better to go to some foreign land that had nothing to do with him.