I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

After all, in Xia's mind, Lu Ban was still a mental patient, and she didn't know whether she should believe what he said.

"You wait outside the door."

Trist told Sia to wait in the corridor.

It wasn't that he truly believed in the idea that looking at someone would drive them crazy; he was just being cautious. If Sia turned into one of these police officers, Trist wasn't confident he could beat her.

"Oh."

Xia responded and, without asking any further questions, slipped into the corridor.

Lu Ban's side also quickly found clues.

He lifted a disheveled garment and saw a crystal-clear object, like a jade pendant, lying there.

The moment Lu Ban saw that thing, his heart skipped a beat.

His heart was racing, his breathing was rapid, and a dazzling array of colors gradually filled his vision. Lu Ban felt dizzy, a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.

A series of whispers, like the murmur of the wind, drifted into his ears. They were so faint and indistinct that they only made him feel irritated. An impulse to destroy something surged in Lu Ban's heart, as if doing so could bring peace to the whole world.

He looked at Drizzt, the policeman who had been transformed into a twisted monster with dozens of eyes and countless tentacles searching for prey. Not only Drizzt, but the entire room had become grotesque and terrifying.

Lu Ban knew very well that this was a cognitive distortion caused by pollution.

In reality, Drizzt should still be standing perfectly fine in front of him, without any change.

Lu Ban was a seasoned veteran who had seen it all, so this level of cognitive distortion had no effect on him at all.

But the police officers were different. After being exposed to the contamination, they mistook their colleagues for monsters, and every move they made seemed like an attempt to harm them. So they fought back, which eventually led to what happened just now.

Lu Ban turned to look in the direction of the jade pendant. On the ground, something was crawling and twitching. Although it remained still, its trembling appearance was disgusting and made him want to vomit.

He reached out and picked up the jade pendant, then grabbed a soft object that looked like a towel from the ground and wrapped it around the pendant.

Lu Ban heard a buzzing sound in his ears, like hundreds of mosquitoes swarming around his head.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the world had not changed.

"Bring a metal box over and put it on the ground."

Lu Ban said to the writhing Drizzt.

"■■■■■".

Trist seemed to say something, but Lu Ban couldn't understand it. He felt blood flowing from his nostrils, and his eyes were dry, as if he were in a sandstorm. He rubbed his eyes, and the bright red liquid stained the back of his hand and dirtied his clothes.

tick-tock-

Blood dripped onto the ground, like flowers blooming and withering.

Drizzt finally returned and placed an iron box on the ground.

Lu Ban immediately put the package in his hand into the iron box, closed it tightly, and pushed it against the wall.

The murmurs in his ears suddenly subsided, and Lu Ban felt his vision blur. He only had time to leave one sentence, telling Trist not to come near the box, before he lost consciousness and fell to the ground, his head making a crisp sound.

A bizarre dream entangled Lu Ban. He felt himself turn into a mushroom, quietly growing in a corner. Soon, he became a bird covered in tentacles, swimming in a scorched forest. His head hit the ground, and he became a fish leaping and jumping in the mud. The fish had lizard claws, but its tail had jellyfish-like tentacles. He felt free, as if nothing could bother him anymore.

Suddenly, he felt something watching him.

Lu Ban looked up and saw a huge, rust-red eye stretching across the sky.

The bell rang, and Lu Ban woke up.

Chapter 909 I'm Super Brave

When Lu Ban woke up, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

"You're awake? The surgery was a success, you're a girl now."

A voice came from the side, and Lu Ban subconsciously looked down.

Thankfully, I didn't time travel again.

Turning his head, Lu Ban looked at the person beside the bed.

Hongye was peeling an apple; her technique was much better than Hupo's, and the apple peel didn't even break.

Lu Ban watched as Hongye finished peeling a whole apple and was about to reach out to take it when he saw Hongye take a big bite.

"Crispy and sweet."

She commented.

The scene seemed somewhat familiar, and Lu Ban was momentarily at a loss for words.

However, he soon realized that his cognition had been restored.

At least he could tell that Hongye didn't have tentacles or look like a monster.

Do you have tentacles under your skirt?

Lu Ban asked a question, fearing that several tentacles might suddenly emerge from under Hongye's skirt and tie him up.

"roll!"

Hongye almost lifted her leg to trip Lu, but considering the hem of her skirt, she didn't do it.

"You fainted even at the police station? Are you sure you can handle that?"

The red leaves teased.

"I'm super brave."

Lu Ban immediately replied.

"Forget it, let's not be brave anymore. Amber is worried sick, and if she's worried, I won't feel good either."

After finishing the apple, Hongye wiped her hands with a tissue, stood up, and pointed to the other side of the bed.

Lu Ban saw that Amber was lying on the other side of his bed, seemingly asleep because she was too tired.

"How long have I slept?"

He glanced at the bedside table but didn't find his phone.

"It'll only take about a day and a night."

Hongye said, "I've already reached the door of the ward."

"I'll go get the doctor, ha—"

She yawned, muttered that she was so sleepy, and walked out of the ward.

Lu Ban didn't wake Amber. After waiting for a while, the doctor arrived with Trist, Red Leaf, and others.

This doesn't seem to be a mental hospital; it's just a regular ward.

"how do you feel?"

The doctor examined her and asked questions.

"It's pretty good."

Lu Ban replied.

Amber woke up at this moment. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, still a little dazed, and looked at everyone.

Everyone looked at her kindly.

"what?"

Amber immediately sat up straight and wiped her mouth.

"No, I didn't."

She argued, though no one knew what she was arguing about.

Are you really okay?

Trist asked, knowing that the two forensic officers were still unconscious and the results of their examinations were not optimistic, while Lu Ban was full of energy, as if he had just had a long sleep.

Are mentally ill people really better able to fight off those things?

He thought of the metal box that was still kept in the police station.

According to Lu Ban, they covered the iron box with several more layers, and thankfully, nothing else went wrong.

This was the first time Trist had ever seen something so sinister; just one glance at it could cause hallucinations and drive one mad.

He certainly didn't do anything reckless by having someone conduct the experiment; he simply waited for Lu Ban to wake up before making any decisions.

What terrified Trist was that what Lu Ban had said seemed to be gradually coming true.

After the serial killer regained consciousness, he went completely insane, as if he had lost his soul. He tried to bite off his tongue to commit suicide, but was stopped. He was in a state of extreme fear, his mind collapsed, and he was unable to communicate.

It was as if she had exhausted all her rationality when she met Lu Ban.

This kind of thing simply cannot be explained by science.

Could it be that the pollution Lu Ban mentioned in the alien realm is real?

Is this world an illusion?

Trist grew increasingly uneasy.

"No problem. It seems that even though it's pollution, the way it works is slightly different in this world. The pollution in the jade pendant isn't as serious as I imagined."

Lu Ban looked at himself. His hands and feet were still there, and his internal organs should still be in their original positions. There was no sign of any abnormality.

His mental state is also quite good; he hasn't gone insane.

Either the jade pendant is only mildly contaminated, or the form of contamination in this world is different.

It is also possible that both are true.

Lu Ban hadn't really come into contact with the source of pollution that would lower his sanity in a long time, so it was reasonable that his senses of pollution had become dulled.

Pollution that would drive ordinary people mad on the spot was nothing more than a tickle to Lu Ban in the past, but now it's probably enough to give Lu Ban a real headache.

"Did you keep that thing safe?"

Lu Ban checked it again.

"Yes, it's in the warehouse. According to you, several more layers have been added."