I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 198 - 198 197. Premiere_1

Chapter 198: 197. Premiere_1 Chapter 198: 197. Premiere_1 From Lu Ban’s perspective, although this trip was long, there wasn’t enough content to showcase to the audience.

For example, the part where he and Shia discussed magic was quite significant for Lu Ban to understand the Silent Lands and the Night Country; however, in the film, the audience would only find it confusing and full of too much jargon, easy to be dismissed as a riddling speech.

The whole process of exploring the ruins was the focus.

If this were a heist movie, Lu Ban thought, it would certainly start with a scene of exploring other ruins to obtain treasures, followed by mundane depictions of each character’s personality, their states of life, and then comes a villain inviting the protagonist to explore a certain ruin. After the protagonist resolutely refuses, the villain either goes there himself or kidnaps someone close to the protagonist to force his hand. Upon reaching the ruins would be half an hour of encounters with various strange creatures and the adventure team’s exploits, ending with the protagonist obtaining the treasure, rescuing the friend, and escaping unscathed.

Unfortunately, Lu Ban’s adventure didn’t have so many twists and turns; the plain and simple truth was real enough.

He looked over the material on hand.

80% of the footage obtained from task exploration was a bit rougher compared to the perfect evaluation, but Lu Ban thought it was sufficient.

At least the most thrilling parts were preserved.

He estimated that these materials could be made into a short film of about twenty minutes, starting from obtaining the map in the Wasteland in preparation for exploring the ruins, to the end where only Shia and Lu Ban survived and left the ruins.

As he thought of this, Lu Ban’s hands, which were perusing the material, stopped.

He clicked open a video file.

It showed the scene of him and Shia leaving.

However, there was still more than half of the video’s progress bar remaining after the two left.

He was somewhat puzzled.

Dragging the progress bar, Lu Ban saw the stars passing by, the dawn approaching.

Then, the ground sand suddenly stirred, and a black bug with a swollen abdomen burrowed out from the sand, dragging its heavy body toward the ruins, leaving irregular tracks on the silver gravel.

“…It’s still alive?”

Lu Ban was somewhat surprised.

He didn’t know whether this was the Queen Bug itself, or if among those bugs, through constant infighting, a peculiar individual had broken free from control and evolved into a new Queen Bug.

Now that the Remains of the Sage had vanished, the new Queen Bug might not be able to reach its previous level of strength, but this eerie vitality still somewhat frightened Lu Ban.

Moreover, who knows if this little bug had already memorized him, if next time he went to the Wasteland, the bug would chase after Lu Ban like a vindictive woman.

“Hss—”

Thinking of this, Lu Ban inhaled a breath of air that indeed became very cold.

“Fortunately, I should not choose to go to the Wasteland next, and can temporarily escape this mishap.”

He decided to use this segment as a cliffhanger at the end of the film.

December in Jiangcheng had grown very cold.

Making this short film was child’s play for Lu Ban; he had already independently produced feature films. Would he mess up with such a short film?

Impossible.

His phone vibrated, displaying a message—it was from the Film Association, sending over the schedule for the premiere.

“Cry” would be released nationwide at midnight tonight, on December 25th, catching the end-of-year schedule. The theaters in Jiangcheng wanted Lu Ban to attend a premiere.

Lu Ban didn’t refuse. After all, one had to give face to the theaters. Moreover, he planned to announce his new project at the premiere to garner the maximum hype.

The web page was finished, and the data from the various Foreign Domains had also been uploaded, just waiting for the launch time.

Lu Ban replied to the message, stood up, and went to the bathroom; his reflection in the mirror seemed a bit cold, shivering uncontrollably. Lu Ban splashed his face with cold water to make himself more alert.

Back in his room, he glanced at the two tufts of mist on the bed, smiled, and didn’t disturb their sleep.

With some free time, Lu Ban shortly checked his “Testament” Speech Bullet equipment.

Since his ability had evolved, the original five-round magazine could no longer keep up with the updates, so Lu Ban optimized it.

He naturally retained the mumbled words of the great being.

“Good Fortune Comes” definitely had to stay, but Lu Ban had modified and upgraded it, and completed the recording himself.

This particular Speech Bullet now caused the hit person to dance a very embarrassing dance while singing “Good Fortune Comes” at the top of their lungs, proving to be a very strong control ability.

The ultrasonic wave used for scouting hadn’t been touched, but the infrasound wave and the shock grenade had been washed away by Lu Ban.

One of them had been turned into a high-speed car’s movement state, allowing Lu Ban or the person hit to rapidly move in a particular direction for a dozen meters or so.

He originally wanted to try out a rocket or a missile, or if all else failed, a supersonic fighter jet could work too.

But then, Lu Ban discovered something, namely that although “Testament” could replicate the state of motion, it could not copy structural strength.

In other words, although he could record the cruise of a supersonic fighter jet and fly at that speed himself, his body couldn’t withstand it, and would collapse.

The reason he came to this conclusion was, of course, that he had tried it.

Incidentally, afterward, Lu Ban lay in bed for three days, even missing out on Qin Tiantian’s hotpot invitation.

Therefore, for the time being, Lu Ban couldn’t turn into light with this ability.

He tested the maximum speed a normal person could endure and recorded it as a Speech Bullet, just in case.

After all, sometimes Speech Bullets have to be used to save teammates, and it is impossible to generalize about people’s constitutions.

Lu Ban left the fifth Speech Bullet slot empty because he believed that his ability had undergone a qualitative change, and situations requiring improvised responses were abundant, so having two flexible slots was very important.

Having stowed away “Testament,” Lu Ban double-checked the timing for the website launch and the scheduled uploads on Weibo and other accounts. In the evening, after eating on the backstreet of Jiangcheng University, he headed to the Jiang City Plaza Giant Screen Cinema in the city center’s old street.

Jiangcheng Plaza is a commercial plaza developed by Jiangcheng Industries, just like those conventional commercial districts; it has everything from food, clothing, cosmetics, and other consumer goods. The Jiang City Plaza Giant Screen Cinema is located on the sixth floor of the shopping mall and is one of the busiest cinemas in Jiangcheng.

By ten o’clock, regular malls were getting ready to close, but the restaurants on the fifth floor and the cinema on the sixth were still buzzing with noise.

Many people choose to come here around eight or nine, just in time to avoid the dinner rush and line up for seats, and then go straight upstairs to watch a movie after eating.

Lu Ban saw that the majority of the moviegoers were young people, with quite a few couples. It seemed “Cry” had garnered an even better reputation among the youth.

Since he wore a mask, many people couldn’t recognize Lu Ban, and he managed to enter the cinema and reach the giant screen hall smoothly.

At half-past eleven, the premiere began, and the lucky audience members would enter early for interaction with Lu Ban, while the movie would officially start at midnight.

Walking into the theater, Lu Ban saw a familiar figure.

“Ah, you’ve finally arrived,” Feng Yu said, smiling at Lu Ban while standing with the staff.

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