I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

After they were stopped and given an explanation, Stephen finally understood the general outline of the fight.

Seeing this, Stephen realized that director Lu Ban had a lot of ideas.

As a foreigner from Europe and America, Stephen has watched many superhero movies. The battles in the movies are basically enhanced versions of human fighting techniques. When they are ordinary people, they can punch through wooden boards, and when they become superheroes, they can punch through steel plates.

Although there's nothing seriously wrong, something just doesn't feel quite right.

Now, after watching Lu Ban's movie, Stephen suddenly understood.

It's normal for ordinary people to fight using ordinary martial arts, but when they all become superhumans or people with superpowers, why do they still fight in the way ordinary people do?

If it were a poor person who became a good neighbor through mutation, that would be understandable. But some powerful races with ancient heritage rely on fists and swords, which seems a bit absurd now.

The battles between people with superpowers should involve combining their respective superpowers.

The disappearance of space just now, and that strange and unpredictable fist, were the result of combining their respective abilities.

"Brilliant!"

Stephen couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Although he felt that Dai Yuanyang's actions seemed to be without any problems, and that it was reasonable to develop one's own superpowers through scientific means, Stephen also felt that if a person with superpowers appeared now, it would be correct to conduct experiments, test the abilities, and develop them.

I don't know why these people are so resistant to Dai Yuanyang's proposal.

Stephen felt that Dai Yuanyang was the one who wanted to help these people, but he was driven away. These people were really stubborn.

It wasn't Stephen's fault, but rather because he was taught from a young age that the place where he grew up was the most developed and advanced, and that he should help those poor places develop.

The following day, in the narration of later generations' recollections, Lu Ban, He Chong, and others drove to Jiangcheng Mountain.

The first competition in Jiangcheng Mountain did not unfold from Lu Ban's perspective, but rather fell on He Chong.

A thick fog hung in the air, the wind was humid and hot, and clothes felt sticky. Despite the air conditioning being on full blast in the screening room on an autumn day, Stephen still felt the heat and regretted not bringing a Coke with him.

A voice suddenly rang out behind He Chong in the mist.

The camera then panned back, almost making Stephen shout out, telling He Chong not to turn around.

Fortunately, the camera stopped just before turning around, giving off a feeling of "thank goodness I paused, otherwise it would have turned around."

The voice came from Seventh Master.

Seventh Master came to He Chong's side, and the two walked side by side.

"I just saw someone lying on the side of the road. Ha, these illusions are getting better and better."

Seventh Master chatted as if nothing was wrong, but He Chong looked over.

In the Yin-Yang Eyes, Seventh Master was not a real person, but a monster made up of some kind of twisted and bizarre maggots.

As everyone's gaze fell upon Seventh Master, a soft murmur suddenly broke out in the movie theater.

The whisper seemed to ring in everyone's ears, causing Stephen to tremble slightly. Combined with the maggot aggregate that lowered his sanity, it sent a shiver down his spine.

For a moment, the entire screening room fell silent.

Don't be fooled by Lu Ban's seemingly more obedient demeanor; you're still Lu Ban, and you'll unleash something truly terrifying when you least expect it.

In the movie, He Chong remained calm and continued walking forward. After walking for a while, Master Qi disappeared.

In the Yin-Yang eyes, the surrounding colors dimmed, and then, brilliant colors emerged on the grass and trees.

These colors reflected in Stephen's eyes, creating a mesmerizing effect.

These colors seem to belong to another planet. The colors on the big screen are merely clumsy imitations of those colors. In the gray world of the Yin-Yang Eyes, the brilliant colors bloom like flowers, displaying a bewitching aura.

Stephen felt a wave of intoxication, as if he were on drugs.

He saw all the colors drifting with the mist, permeating the air, and converging on a patch of grass and trees by the roadside.

A person lies among the grass and trees.

The figure was made of maggots, densely packed and intertwined, and its vibrant colors were enough to make one's scalp tingle at first glance, making one want to look away.

This is a kind of human self-protection mechanism. When seeing something that exceeds the limits of what we can bear, we will actively shut down our senses to prevent more violent destruction.

Fortunately, He Chong immediately deactivated his Yin-Yang Eyes.

Lu Ban was lying on the grass, covered in blood.

"help me……"

Lu Ban pleaded for help.

He Chong had already seen through the illusion. He ignored Lu Ban and went straight up. He heard Lu Ban's screams grow louder and louder. Finally, accompanied by a low roar, some kind of beast-like monster seemed to devour him from behind.

He didn't turn around.

Suddenly, another burst of children's laughter came from the sky.

He Chong was stunned when he saw that the person standing in front of him was his child.

After a moment's hesitation, He Chong opened his Yin-Yang Eyes.

The child standing on the steps suddenly transformed into an aggregate of maggots. Accompanied by the mist, the maggots slowly fell from that innocent and lovely face, wriggling and spreading down the steps.

Stephen watched this scene, and whether it was out of habit or for some other reason, he felt a strange sense of beauty.

The ugliest, twisted, and filthy maggots intertwined with the most dazzling, colorful, and beautiful colors, like the deepest nightmare, leaving Stephen breathless. But in that suffocating state, he seemed to see some supreme and magnificent existence.

He Chong seemed stunned as well.

He paused for a while before closing his eyes, allowing the world to return to normal, and brushed past the child without looking back.

At that moment, Stephen's brain was bubbling like boiling water, stunned by the eerie scene, and the line that had appeared at the very beginning of the movie spontaneously came to mind.

The more you know, the more unhappy you become.

Chapter 594 Blasphemy

The camera followed He Chong as he climbed the last step, where he saw several people already there.

Next up was Lu Ban's dinner invitation.

The interview in the narration started again, and the scene of these people eating together gave people a feeling of being in another world.

In the video, these people are vividly talking and walking.

In my memory, these people have grown old and are no longer alive.

The feeling of a hero's twilight years swept through the audience.

Lu Ban cleverly connected the past and the present through both visuals and sound.

In the movie, Lu Ban walks into the Taoist temple, and the camera pans up to reveal the eerie statue.

Upon seeing the statue, Stephen instinctively felt a wave of disgust.

He has his own religious beliefs, though not to the point of being fanatical, but he still believes in God.

But as soon as the idol appeared, Stephen felt it was blasphemous.

Yes, blasphemy.

He's a young man, and it's good that he's received a lot of education. Stephen thinks that if his own parents, who are devout believers, had seen this, they would probably have jumped up in a rage the moment they saw it.

No wonder Lu Ban didn't choose to be released overseas.

Stephen looked around, wanting to see how his countrymen would react.

But to his surprise, although everyone felt a chill run down their spine at the sight of the idol, none of them experienced the feeling that Stephen had that their faith had been desecrated.

Stephen believes the reason might be that most people in this country are atheists.

His Chinese classmates, when they talked about God, most often said, "Are you crazy?!" As for things like "God bless you," they never said a word about it.

Most people do not believe in the existence of God and are staunch materialists.

Stephen once asked a friend, "Where do you people find solace? Even if religion isn't materialistic, it can at least comfort your soul during times of hardship."

Instead of answering directly, the friend opened a book in Stephen's hand that recorded the words and thoughts of ancient sages and showed him a page.

"Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a great task to someone, it will first test his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body, leave him destitute, and thwart his actions, so as to strengthen his resolve and increase his abilities."

Stephen couldn't quite understand the sentence at the time, but later, as his Chinese improved, he finally understood its meaning, but he also understood the people even less.

The elephant-like statue, covered in tentacles, was acting strangely. As evening fell, the competition entered its second phase.

The camera follows Tang Que.

Stephen couldn't take his eyes off this mature woman in her cheongsam.

The heroic spirit between his brows is like that of a warrior, inspiring imagination.

Tang Que arrived at the Taoist temple and searched the place, but found no trace of the jade pendant fragments.

Just then, a sticky, wriggling sound came from behind.

To Stephen, it sounded like some disgusting, twisted monster was licking the back of his neck.

Tang Que turned around and looked.

Something seemed to be darting about in the grass.

The night on the mountain was very dark, with only the faint moonlight illuminating it.

But in the footage, the scene isn't completely black to cover up flaws in the special effects; instead, it allows you to clearly see the slightly swaying bushes in the night.

The entire screening room held its breath, as Tang Que's first-person perspective gradually approached, and the background music, with its deep cello melody, gradually built up and soared to a crescendo.

Little by little, Stephen tried to lean his neck back, sinking into his seat, trying to get away from the screen. He didn't want Tang Que to go there; there was definitely, surely, and inevitably some danger lurking there.

However, the camera did not follow his will and continued to move helplessly toward that clump of bushes.

Suddenly, a call came from behind Tang Que.

Tang Que turned around and saw that it was Seventh Master shouting.

She responded and turned to look at the bushes.

It was completely quiet; there wasn't a sound at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Que did not continue to approach. She glanced into the deep mountains, where the dark and dense forest was like a ghost, devouring all light and arousing humanity's most instinctive fear of darkness.

Tang Que turned around and walked towards the house.