I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Lu Ban simply doesn't know how to get the Time Worm to release all that time, so at most, the audience can only sit in the movie theater and watch it repeatedly, never reaching the true ending of the film.

Placed in a quiet place, the [Strange Amusement Park] can also serve as a self-defense tool for Lu Ban. If he encounters a powerful figure, he can release the amusement park and invite them to come in and have some fun, which can also be considered as luring them into a trap.

Lu Ban then wondered if he could create similar mutated items by collecting the strange objects of this world and combining them with items from other realms.

He decided to give it a try if given the chance.

After putting away the [Strange Amusement Park], Lu Ban glanced at his career development task again.

[Collect Fear and Screams: 10000/10000]

Congratulations on completing your career development task!

Settlement will now commence.

[Mission Exploration Progress: 150%]

[Task Completion Status: Unspeakable]

You have created a new legend in a foreign land, your name echoes in their dreams, but it is not enough. The road ahead is endless. Continue your efforts, let your story become part of the history of this foreign land, and let it be etched eternally at the dawn of day.

[Gained Silence Points: 50000]

Settlement complete

Please complete the task to receive the reward.

"Fifty thousand points, not bad."

Some might ask, Lu Ban is someone who can easily sell hundreds of thousands of items and owns goods worth millions, so why would he care about an income of 50,000 points?

Of course I think that's respectable.

Just like a top student who can get full marks on every exam, would they still take the quizzes before each class seriously?

The truth is, if you look down on these small tests, then a top student wouldn't be called a top student. It's precisely because they take every test seriously that they make progress.

The same applies to Lu Ban. If he ignores the rewards of these tasks and deals with them perfunctorily just because he has a lot of Silent Points, then Lu Ban will eventually capsize in a ditch.

Those hostile chosen ones he encountered in the alien realms were at least close to the second stage, having gone through many missions in the alien realms to reach this point. Lu Ban deeply understood the effort they had put in.

Therefore, he killed these chosen ones with respect, hoping their souls would find peace.

For example, Lu Ban thought that if he could take the little fishman's remains to the Silent Department Store for evaluation and sale, then eventually his remains would find value somewhere in another realm. Compared to being eaten by Feng Yu, that would at least be a little happier.

"Dinner's ready."

Feng Yu called out and brought out several quick and easy dishes, each of which could be prepared in just a few minutes.

Lu Ban hadn't eaten properly for several days. The deep-sea fish didn't taste good, so he didn't eat much.

While eating, Lu Ban continued to think about how to promote the fishman's products to various places in the alien world.

As soon as he finished eating and put down his bowl, Lu Ban saw that the three leftover dishes in front of him had become distorted. On each dish, cold and indifferent words from the Silent Land appeared, forming the system's explanation.

[Phase Two Mission Begins]

After the line of text faded away, Lu Ban first looked at the first dish, where the words "Stir-fried Pork with Green Peppers" appeared.

【Soul Calling】

In some places, calling back the soul doesn't represent the supernatural, but rather a form of care and affection.

[Legend has it that when a child is frightened, elders will perform a soul-calling ritual to bring back their scattered soul.]

Because the ritual is eerie and unsettling, most people have a terrifying impression of calling back a soul.

But were those souls that were once called back truly their own?

"After that, he was like a different person, not like a child anymore, but more like... an old man?"

Chapter 482 This dish is not to be eaten.

"This dish is not allowed to be eaten."

Lu Ban thought to himself.

Those without any foreign name hints are generally from your own world.

As for things like calling back the soul, Lu Ban had heard of them before. This kind of feudal superstition had caused great turmoil in ancient times and was a long-standing and eerie phenomenon.

Lu Ban himself did not believe in such demons and monsters.

He felt that the reason why the soul-calling ritual caused various problems was because it was inherently bizarre and a kind of distorted rule.

The rule is roughly that once someone's name is called and they respond, something like that will happen.

It looks a bit like the purple-gold gourd of the Silver Horn King.

Perhaps the purple-gold gourd itself is a kind of eeriness.

This is the scientifically reasonable explanation that Lu Ban received.

There might be information about the Jade of Fate in this mission, but navigating the city these days isn't so simple.

He looked at the second plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

100,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[Having dived 100,000 miles into the ocean, I saw the entrance to hell.]

Legend has it that gods dwell somewhere deep in the sea, in those secret realms that even the Tidecaller dares not venture into, ancient whispers echo, and ancient evil lurks.

Touch it, open it, witness to Him.

Earth and sky merge into one; this is the end.

"No way, no way, could someone really be trying to release an evil god?"

"New map."

Lu Ban made his judgment.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes is nothing new, but the deep sea is undoubtedly a new and exotic place in the Silent Land.

If he hadn't been to the deep sea with Feng Yu before, this would be a completely new map. Unfortunately, Lu Ban had already been spoiled in advance, so it lost its novelty.

Of course, Lu Ban still gained a lot of information from the mission description.

"Are there evil gods sealed away in the deep sea?"

Lu Ban asked Feng Yu.

"Which alien realm doesn't have a few evil gods sealed away?"

Feng Yu countered with a question.

"It's more accurate to say that most alien realms wouldn't even have developed civilizations if they hadn't been contaminated by the sealing of evil gods."

"How do you say that?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"Just like the world, if you pay attention to paleontological evolution, you will find that the world did not have a gas like oxygen at the beginning, but life still existed when there was no oxygen."

Feng Yu explained briefly.

"Those life forms that could survive without oxygen, such as anaerobic bacteria, were transformed when oxygen appeared. Over 99% of life forms went extinct, and the ancestors of modern humans emerged afterward. So, do you think the appearance of oxygen was a powerful form of pollution for those anaerobic bacteria?"

After listening to Feng Yu's words, Lu Ban felt that they made some sense.

For humans, oxygen is undoubtedly the source of life.

For anaerobic bacteria, oxygen is poison.

If a living organism cannot adapt to an oxygen-rich environment, it will undoubtedly perish.

The same principle applies here, where oxygen is converted into pollution.

In particular, Lu Ban had seen exotic places like the deep sea, which, in Lu Ban's words, were so polluted and mutated that they couldn't be more mutated.

But civilization was still able to be preserved.

In places like Twilight City, where the original civilization was destroyed by the fall of the gods, races like the Eye Demons could also evolve. It must be said that life is tenacious, and life will always find a way out.

This further confirms Lu Ban's idea that appropriate self-contamination can effectively resist the contamination of other realms and slow down the pace of time that is constantly moving towards destruction.

If he had never been to the deep sea, he might have needed to go on this mission to broaden his horizons, but unfortunately, Lu Ban had already done so.

Moreover, he felt that if the evil god of the deep sea were really released, the little fish people would be too pitiful.

Not only could they not be sold to foreign lands to realize their self-worth, but they were also tormented by evil gods.

Kind-hearted Lu Ban couldn't bear to see such a scene and didn't intend to choose it.

So it seems there's only one answer left.

He looked at the last dish.

On the dry pot cabbage, the system's cold and indifferent words appeared.

For whom do the swarms soar?

Some say the three most despairing things in the wilderness are the scorching sun, the dryness, and the insects.

But in my opinion, insects are the most terrifying. They are everywhere, coming from all directions. In the shortest amount of time, these insects will devour your flesh and blood, leaving only broken bones.

However, some people make a living by studying these insects, trying to find ways to control them, without considering that even after studying death for so many years, humans still cannot escape death.

If you ask me, I'd rather pray that I die quickly when attacked by insects.

"Shh, listen, it's the sound of wings flapping."

"Speak of the devil and he appears."

Lu Ban had originally planned to go to the wasteland to meet those insects, and now, just in time, he had a mission.

He selected the task almost without hesitation, without even needing to spend money on [The Madman's Knowledge].

Lu Ban picked up the last bit of food with his chopsticks and ate it.

The food was a bit cold, and the cabbage had a strange texture, like eating insects.

The words changed immediately after taking a bite of the food.

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