I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Later on, the languages ​​Lu Ban could understand were all diary-like texts.

Lu Ban observed that most of Xuanjun's successors would spend some time in this cave, absorbing and learning from the notes left behind by Xuanjun.

Afterwards, they left with the knowledge, returned to their homes, and strengthened, or rather, corrupted, the power of their bloodline.

Because they were exposed to pollution beyond human limits in the caves, they contracted all sorts of diseases and eventually died young.

However, Lu Ban did not find any trace of Daoist Heming and did not know what era he came from.

Lu Ban glanced at the person sitting there, wondering what had made him stay.

Judging from the written records, he had experienced extreme struggle and wanted to escape, but some stronger emotions made him stay.

Lu Ban flipped through the last record.

The writing on these things is in the language of the ruined capital, recording what is buried on this mountain.

"The Great Old Ones..."

The Great Old One known as "Fang Geng" was sealed and bound in Jiangcheng Mountain. Originally as large as a galaxy, the Great Old One was reduced to the size of a person after being sealed, and lost most of its power. It became blind, foolish, and confused, unable to recover in the long chaos.

Even so, the power of the Great Old Ones is difficult to suppress.

Fang Geng's power caused changes in the mountains, shifts in the earth, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and other disasters. People living near Jiangcheng Mountain were corrupted and gained supernatural abilities.

The ancestors of the lower classes were those who bore the brunt of pollution and knowledge.

The so-called Xuanjun is not a king of the underworld, but a sacrifice.

Xuanjun will suffer from the contamination of the previous generation of Xuanjun, which will greatly enhance his own abilities and make him the front line against Fang Geng's contamination.

The corruption that Xuanjun possessed and Fang Geng's corruption formed a mutually corrupting and opposing form. However, Xuanjun alone could not contend with the great Old One, even though He was in a tight seal.

Therefore, the lineage of the Mysterious Lord continues, and each Mysterious Lord endures endless torment, spending the rest of their lives in battle against that great being.

Just as that ancient capital constantly created terrifying stories to please the gods, the descendants of the Nine Schools also resisted the erosion of the Old Ones by polluting themselves.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ban finally understood the meaning of the words carved on the wall.

Those who have died are the original Xuanjun, while those who go to their deaths are the countless Xuanjun who will follow.

To the deceased, we pay tribute to those who faced death.

Lu Ban also understood what those frantic words represented.

After becoming Xuanjun and learning about these past events, those successors must have felt conflicted, regretful, and unwilling. Perhaps some, like Daoist Heming, abandoned their mission and fled.

But the vast majority of Xuanjun, just like the original Xuanjun, chose to inherit this mission amidst their struggles.

Lu Ban might be the key to ending all of this.

After all, in modern times, the saying of the Nine Streams no longer exists, and Jiangcheng Mountain doesn't seem to have anything unusual. In fact, the neighboring town and that strange amusement park are even more frightening.

This indicates that the matter concerning Jiang Chengshan should have been resolved.

only……

"The pollution has worsened considerably. This is no longer a simple battle against pollution; someone has triggered the seal?"

Lu Ban felt the call from the mountains ringing in his ears, and the soft whispers suddenly became noisy.

Chapter 571 The Mountain Folk

The tremor rose from beneath Lu Ban's feet.

At first, there was a slight tremor, like a fat man walking by; then came a swaying sensation, as if someone were drunk walking on a deck in a storm; finally, dust and gravel fell, and the earth shook violently.

If it were recorded in later generations, it would probably only be recorded as "On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, an earthquake struck Jiangcheng. It was as loud as thunder, and the grass and trees shook, and the birds and beasts in the valleys were frightened away."

Of course, this is all predicated on the existence of future generations.

"The seal can't be broken so easily, can it?"

Lu Ban felt that the seal of the Old Ones could not be broken so easily, otherwise this planet would have been destroyed hundreds of times over.

Perhaps this is due to the power leaking out because the seal was triggered?

Lu Ban glanced at the corpse sitting in the middle. This should be considered a reinforcement of the seal, so there was no need to worry about it collapsing for the time being.

"Is it Dai Yuanyang?"

Considering that the only people who can move around on Jiangcheng Mountain right now besides Jiuliu Ren are Dai Yuanyang, could it be that he woke up and touched the seal?

or……

"Did his foreign team come to Jiangcheng Mountain?"

In this era, it must be said that various studies abroad are quite advanced, and Lu Ban even suspects that they have already grasped a more serious source of pollution.

Lu Ban thought for a moment and decided not to touch anything in the cave.

He left the cave and found that the shaking outside was even more intense.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ban whistled.

He quickly jumped down the mountain path and arrived at the twisted temple. Here, the building had collapsed, revealing the eerie statues inside. The statues seemed to have come alive, exhibiting a strange texture.

No, it really came back to life.

The Fang Geng statue, freed from petrification, slowly moved. Its enormous elephant trunk writhed, accompanied by its crimson eyes. The plants around the statue withered instantly, and vibrant colors rose from its feet. Its speed increased, as if it were awakening.

"Are these His retinue?"

Lu Ban guessed that these should be Fang Geng's familiars. Because their master was sealed, they also became stone statues. Over the long years, they were distributed around this mountain. Now, with the slight movement of the sleeping ancient ruler, these familiars have been resurrected, trying to bring bloodshed and slaughter.

If an ordinary person saw this monster at this moment, they would definitely begin to deny everything, their faith would collapse, their whole body would tremble, they would be unable to move, and they would eventually be devoured by the monster amidst snot and tears all over their face.

The current Great Old Ones are probably like being bitten by a mosquito while asleep, but not enough to wake them up. In their blind ignorance, even the slightest thought or movement is enough to cause an earthquake.

Seeing Fang Geng's kin approaching him, their wriggling tentacles stretching out in an attempt to entangle Lu Ban, he remained calm, materializing a silver pen in his hand [Last Words].

With a final gesture, Lu Ban wrote the word "Float" on a heavy stone. The stone immediately began to float. With a gentle push, Lu Ban sent the stone flying towards Fang Geng's familiar. Then, as the stone reached above the familiar's head, the effect of the final gesture dissipated, and a one-ton stone crashed down on the familiar's head, causing it to lose its balance.

*Pfft*

The stone smashed directly into the statue's head, from which countless wriggling, maggot-like monsters flowed out. Each maggot was as thick as Lu Ban's arm and about a meter long. The maggots spread from the broken wound, wriggling rapidly toward Lu Ban.

At the same time, the kin whose head was already smashed also got up. Its head was empty, as if it were just a thin shell, but it still moved nimbly and was completely unaffected. (Gulp)

The creatures of this other world are completely different from those of this world. Normal biological theories would probably all fail to apply to these creatures; they are monsters formed from tangible malice.

In Lu Ban's hand, the silver pen transformed into a giant revolver. He fired at the rubble of another building, and the stone immediately crashed into the clan at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour, sending the bloated and huge monster flying.

Ignoring the maggots, Lu Ban moved toward the Taoist temple where he had stayed the previous night.

Since no one from Jiuliu was seen at the temple, they must have returned to the Taoist temple, where there is also a statue of Fang Geng!

The temperature on the mountain was rising higher and higher, accompanied by a damp and sticky wind, as if something was brewing and about to break through the soil.

In the height of summer, when the weather is like this, a sudden downpour is sure to follow.

Now, Lu Ban has no idea what will happen next.

He took two steps at a time, quickly crossed the road down the mountain, and finally arrived at the Taoist temple.

He saw that there were other people besides the Jiuliu performers.

Some people dressed as foreigners were firing guns at the huge statue of Fang Geng while wailing.

Next to the statue of Fang Geng, there are several corpses that have been carelessly gnawed on.

The corpses were scattered and broken, like toys that had been abandoned and violently dismantled by a naughty child.

These foreigners had bloodshot eyes, and the last thread keeping them rational was their will to survive. If they could defeat Fang Geng's statue, then without a doubt, they would fall into infighting and end their lives in endless nightmares.

Lu Ban also saw the Nine Streams disciples.

In this situation, instead of fighting amongst themselves with foreigners, they used various means to curb the movement of the idols.

Several paper figures dressed in flashy armor hovered around the statue, their seemingly frail weapons striking the statue with a crackling sound.

Tang Que's entire body swelled up. The woman, who was originally only 1.6 meters tall, had now become a muscular powerhouse who was nearly 2 meters tall. She grabbed a heavy stone, raised it above her head, and smashed it down on Fang Geng's statue.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

With a shout, Tang Que's boulder crashed into the statue of Fang Geng, causing it to bleed profusely from the head. More maggots, just as Lu Ban had seen from above, crawled out from inside the statue. They wrapped around the foreigner's body and bit off a large chunk of flesh with each bite, leaving a deep wound that exposed bone—a horrifying sight.

Lu Ban finally arrived at the open space. He wrote the character "fire" on the scattered stones with his silver pen and threw it at the maggots.

Flames quickly ignited among the maggots, some of which were set ablaze, writhing and struggling, and losing all movement.

Seeing this, the foreigners also started to set fire, using gasoline and torches to ignite the maggots and set fire to Fang Geng's statue.

Tang Que strode forward and, before the statue could react, threw a punch, smashing most of the remaining head of the statue. Thick liquid splattered and burned Tang Que's arm.

In the flames, the statue of Fang Geng quickly stopped moving, and the battle seemed to have come to an end.

Where is your leader?

Lu Ban grabbed a foreigner and questioned him in English.

Chapter 572 Human Alienation

“They’ve already gone up the mountain, they’ve gone up the mountain, they’re right there. I don’t know anything, I don’t know anything. God, please, I have children, please, I don’t know…”

The foreigner had completely broken down; his tears and snot were mingled together, and drool was dripping from his mouth. In his incoherent speech, he finally managed to point to a location.

"Sure enough, Dai Yuanyang also brought other foreigners up the mountain. His purpose, besides Xuanjun, was also the seal here."

Lu Ban briefly recounted what he had seen.

The tremors seemed to have lessened somewhat, but he knew very well that those foreigners must possess some extraordinary power. Whether they could awaken Fang Geng was another matter, but causing some strong earthquakes here was not a big problem.

In this era, if such natural disasters were to occur again, then this country might truly be in grave danger.

"Brother Lu, what should we do?"

He Chong asked, his mind a jumble of thoughts. The statue of Fang Geng had already made him feel a touch of madness in this world, and now, facing a power beyond nature, he felt fear and trepidation.

"Escape, get away from Jiangcheng Mountain, get away from Jiangcheng, the farther the better..."

Lu Ban replied.

Although the Nine Streams are all extraordinary individuals with various supernatural abilities, the existence of the Old Ones is far from enough to deal with the pollution of the alien realm. They might even go insane upon contact. Staying here would be of little help to them. It would be better to escape quickly and evacuate the citizens to avoid the entire city being wiped out if a major problem were to occur later.