I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Upon seeing the light gauze, Lu Ban suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. Although he had never seen the dancers of the Fog City gracefully dancing, the light gauze made him feel as if he had met an acquaintance.

He quickly thought of the Chosen One he had met once before, the woman from the ruined city he had seen in the horror movie theater, whose name was Zi Tang.

Someone like her, who has no combat ability and can only see some extraordinary and bizarre things, would probably have a hard time surviving more than a few missions without a lucky encounter.

Perhaps during this time, she has encountered misfortune.

With that in mind, Lu Ban decided to try out the effects of this thing.

"Leica, come here."

Lu Ban called out, and the chubby Corgi immediately came running over and sat down in front of Lu Ban.

He then put on a veil.

The moment Lu Ban put on the light veil, he felt his vision become strange. Everything around him was distorted and changed, displaying unusual colors. Soon, he could tell that these colors represented different meanings. For example, the sofa under him and the coffee table in front of him were green, which meant that he was safe and there was no danger. The cars outside the window were blue, which meant that there was some danger.

Lu Ban looked at the Leica. The Leica's colors presented a colorful texture, but all the colors were shrouded in a faint black light, just like a colorful black.

This indicates extreme danger.

This "dancer's smile" suggests that she is able to sense anything around her that poses a threat.

Compared to Lu Ban's [True Vision], this vision is of a different dimension. Lu Ban's [True Vision] allows him to see through disguises and reach the essence of things after understanding the relevant knowledge, while this veil simply marks the threat, allowing Lu Ban to see the level of danger even for things he does not understand.

It's perfect for avoiding the corruption of the Great Old Ones that might appear during missions.

Lu Ban looked at Leica.

The corgi suddenly charged towards Lu Ban.

It stuck out its tongue and tried to lick Lu Ban's face, but Lu Ban quickly stopped it.

"Is this what seduction is?"

Lu Ban thought for a moment. Although Laika usually looks similar to a dog, it doesn't actually show affection to its owner like a real dog does. In most cases, it just comes over to rub against them or wag its tail.

I've never seen anything like this before.

Moreover, Lu Ban thought that despite its obedient and honest appearance, Lyca was actually a hunting dog from another world, a monster that hunted down the Chosen Ones. Most Chosen Ones would be eaten alive if they encountered the hunting dogs, so their level of contamination must be very high.

Even such a being is captivated by the Dancer's Smile, which demonstrates the power of this item.

"not bad."

Lu Ban felt he hadn't overpaid and was about to take it off.

The next moment, Lu Ban heard layers of illusory murmurs in his ears.

"Please, please, don't do this, I'll do anything..."

"It hurts, it hurts so much, my whole body aches..."

"What is that? No, no, what is this thing? Don't come any closer!"

"I can't feel my legs, my hands, what is this? This isn't my hand, this isn't it!"

"This feels so good, it's wonderful!"

Do you also want to reach the other side of joy with me? Do you also want to experience that supreme bliss?

Painful, sorrowful, regretful, and tempting voices echoed in Lu Ban's mind, as if they were emanating from Lu Ban's own will, lingering and unstoppable.

At the same time, Lu Ban saw his skin begin to change. From underneath, worm-like monsters tried to break out of his body. Green hairs began to grow from Lu Ban's internal organs, and his bones began to loosen and break.

Sensing this transformation, Lu Ban immediately melted himself.

In an instant, all the mutations disappeared along with Lu Ban's dissolving body.

A moment later, Lu Ban returned to human form.

If the situation had continued, Lu Ban's entire body would probably have been reshaped, turning him into the dancer's appearance.

As for his consciousness, he didn't know.

"Items of the 'Alienation' quality all seem to have this characteristic that makes users tend to gravitate towards them."

Thinking this through, Lu Ban was almost certain that the [Alienated] quality goods were the remains left behind by the chosen ones who failed their missions.

And this "dancer's smile," Lu Ban was not mistaken, was indeed the remains of that Miss Zi Tang.

Chapter 610 No one understands better than him

Lu Ban had only met that woman once, and they weren't even companions.

Judging from this veil, Zi Tang must have gone through some missions after that, improving her strength. However, she failed in one mission and suffered inhuman torture and severe pollution, which ultimately turned her into this.

"So, these item levels might represent the degree of contamination these items or creatures have received?"

Lu Ban gradually grasped the evaluation system of the entire Silent Land.

For example, the [common] and [fine] level items he saw before were things that had been slightly contaminated and had acquired extraordinary abilities due to the alien environment they were in.

Techniques like [Dimensional Stealth] are mysterious in Lu Ban's world, but they're just basic operations in the Night Kingdom.

Different worlds experience different levels of pollution, and their pollution thresholds also vary.

To reach the level of "Alienation" and survive, one would likely need to be a chosen one who has completed numerous missions.

Lu Ban even had some more outrageous guesses, namely that many of the items in the [Silent Department Store] were actually the remains of Chosen Ones at different stages.

If I die, I don't know what I will become.

Lu Ban was somewhat curious.

He removed the veil and focused on the clock in front of him.

The clock representing the ruined capital ticked away, and Lu Ban raised his hand, turning the hands to zero.

Click—

The clock suddenly froze, while the other two clocks gradually disappeared.

The next moment, the bell rang.

Lu Ban heard the heavy voice explode in his ears and echo in his head. A buzzing sound spread between his skulls, grand and indifferent.

The tolling of the bells distorted and changed the surrounding scenery; with each toll, the world collapsed.

Lu Ban saw the system's cold and indifferent text emerge amidst the distorted scenery.

【The Night of Summoning the Soul】

Some people are dead, but they still live on.

According to the customs of the ruined capital, nine days after the death of the deceased, the soul is summoned. This is usually a ritual performed by a master of the Crane Cry School. If successful, the soul of the deceased can return to the reconstructed body and once again spend happy times with the family.

As for the outcome of the failure, no one knows.

You arrive at an old mansion. The owner has just passed away, and the night of the summons is approaching. You want to uncover its secrets, but you have already fallen into danger.

[Task Difficulty: Enhanced]

[Mission Objective: Survive until the end of the Night of Soul Recall]

[Cooperative Task]

The quest begins when you send an invitation to a known Chosen One, or accept an invitation from a Chosen One, and more than one Chosen One becomes your companion.

If no one accepts the invitation, you will be randomly matched with a travel companion.

Number of companions: 0/1

"He's back! He's back! Everything is back!"

"As expected, it's a cooperative mission."

Thinking of the ruined city of Trist, Lu Ban had a feeling that this was not unexpected.

He immediately issued a mission invitation and then began preparing to enter the alien world.

Lu Ban doesn't need to carry much food now; he only needs sunlight, water, air, and soil to survive for a long time.

He mainly needed to explain his final arrangements to the others.

I sent a message to Feng Yu, but he didn't respond. He's probably off investigating in some foreign land again.

Lu Ban's phone vibrated. He saw it was a push notification from the Dongleme website, a discussion about "Nine Streams".

Out of curiosity, he clicked to take a look. Gu Yi

Surprisingly, the discussion wasn't about the movie's content; rather, it was about the lowest rungs of society in the real world.

The highly-rated answerer cited numerous examples and argued logically that there was once a period in the world when extraordinary powers were outwardly manifested, but due to various reasons, these extraordinary powers eventually weakened, declined, and disappeared, becoming unknown to the world.

And the Nine Schools is one of them.

His writing was well-reasoned and supported by evidence, and he even dug up a lot of past research materials, which almost convinced Lu Ban.

To be honest, his understanding of the Nine Schools was limited to his interactions with them during missions. It would be quite difficult for him to explain how the Nine Schools evolved from Xuanjun's individual personality into what it is today.

The person who wrote the answer had done extensive research; it could be said that no one understood the nine streams of thought better than him.

Lu Ban suspected that even the successor of the Nine Streams might not know as much as he did.

That's the power of imagination.

Lu Ban then realized the impact of the change in cognition.

If in the past, many seasoned viewers, influenced by Lu Ban's films, might have remained calm and orderly escaped from the monsters when faced with pollution, now, some viewers with strong martial spirit might even find a way to give those monsters a good thrashing.

Over time, this will allow the pollution level of the alien realm to be raised to a very deep level without causing destructive changes to the entire alien realm.

Three days later, Lu Ban saw the message from his companion.

There were two people accompanying me on this mission.

"Looks like Lao Cui is finally online."

Lu Ban was immediately relieved.

He prepared himself, even buying an ordinary crowbar, and returned to the living room to find the clock still at midnight, motionless.

[Enter the Silent Land?]

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