I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 210 - 210 209. Crack Rule_1

Chapter 210: 209. Crack Rule_1 Chapter 210: 209. Crack Rule_1 “The rules of ‘Terror Cinema’ are simple; we must sit here and watch the movie, we can’t choose not to listen or watch until the projection ends. If we’re still alive by then, we can escape from here.”

“At the same time, the movie will play out horror events with us as the main characters. If we become shaken and react as characters in a horror movie would, then we’ll be influenced by the movie’s plot and get hurt.”

“While being hurt, our seats will move forward, and with each movement forward, the pain gets worse. Perhaps, when the seat moves to the first row, something irreversible will happen.”

“We can do other things, like chat like we are doing now, as long as the reaction isn’t prompted by the stimulation from the movie, then we won’t get hurt.”

“Like in the movie, when I suddenly stood up, Remington turned his head because of that, so he received punishment. But Feng Yu, on his own will, stood up and therefore wasn’t punished.”

Lu Ban summarized simply. He glanced at the big screen, where several people were still seated in their chairs, something seemed to flash behind them, but everyone was focused on listening to Lu Ban’s words and didn’t pay too much attention to the plot of the movie.

“But we still have to sit here and watch this… movie before we can leave safely, right?”

The wound on Remington’s hand had stopped bleeding, seemingly through some special method.

Lu Ban didn’t know whether Hei Tower taught magic, he only knew that Hei Tower had a Dimensional Stealth Technique, and some tools for assassination and concealment, as well as a bit of history of Hei Tower from the items in the Silent Department Store.

What Remington meant was, as long as they were watching the movie, they would inevitably be affected by what’s shown on the screen, and step by step, fall into the trap.

There’s no way in this world to both watch and not watch a movie at the same time.

“Actually, there is.”

As he spoke, Lu Ban pulled out his phone.

He took advantage of Remington’s distraction and fired a shot from “Testament” at his phone.

The phone immediately burst into a youthful and joyful song.

“Good Fortune Comes wishes you good fortune, good fortune brings happiness and love…”

It was “Good Fortune Comes”.

Remington and Zi Tang evidently heard this song for the first time.

The two looked at each other, only understanding that it was a very festive song.

“Does this song have some extraordinary power to dispel evil?”

Remington asked, some mages in Gray Tower did focus on music magic and could use magic through music. Could this man also have a similar skill?

Zi Tang didn’t dare to speak, fearing she would invite more misfortune. She crossed her arms, listening to the joyful ballad, but couldn’t feel happy at all.

“No, it’s just a plain song.”

Lu Ban denied flatly.

“The scary plot, after all, relies on the creation of an atmosphere. When the background music of a horror movie is replaced by a happy song, no matter what appears, it won’t scare anyone. Don’t believe me? Watch.”

He pointed at the movie screen.

Remington and Zi Tang looked over.

On the big screen, that figure with a stitched face and a sharp knife in hand came into the auditorium again, moving inch by inch, heading towards their position.

Remington immediately held his breath subconsciously, scared of being discovered by the figure.

Even if he was told that the movie was an illusion, and there was no such serial killer in reality, Remington would still react instinctively.

But…

“Good Fortune Comes wishes you good fortune, good fortune brings happiness and love…”

The woman’s singing turned the killer’s movements into something comically absurd, especially since several times, its footsteps landed exactly on the beat of the song, making it look very funny. Remington didn’t understand why, but he felt significantly less fearful, until he saw the figure approach and raise the sharp knife in its hand.

“Good Fortune Comes wishes you good fortune, good fortune brings happiness and love…”

Remington couldn’t help but sing along with Lu Ban’s phone, he watched as the sharp knife slashed at his throat in tune with “Good Fortune Comes,” but in reality, nothing happened.

Influenced by Remington, Zi Tang also started to sing along. She seemed to have a good grasp of music theory, her singing was much better than Remington’s out-of-tune belting, and she quickly caught the melody to produce a rather pleasant singing voice.

For a moment, the song from “Good Fortune Comes” echoed through the horror cinema.

“…I thought you would use something more… extraordinary?”

Feng Yu was obviously taken aback by the current situation.

“The best way to eliminate fear is to face it. Actually, I came to this conclusion because I’ve been studying the corresponding theories and psychology,” Lu Ban said as he started humming the melody of “Good Fortune Comes” himself.

The atmosphere in the cinema became somewhat strange.

On the big screen, scenes of Lu Ban and the others horrified and tormented by ghosts were playing, but in reality, the three of them were engaged in a chorus, even harmonizing. Feng Yu couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight.

“You really are an interesting guy,” she said with a laugh.

When the film finally ended after an indeterminate amount of time, the characters on the screen had met a gruesome end, but the people sitting in the cinema were singing joyfully.

Lu Ban had also taught them many Spring Festival songs; it’s just uncertain whether these songs could thrive in the Foreign Domain.

Music knows no boundaries!

As the screen went dark, in Remington’s eyes, the system’s cold and indifferent text was projected onto the cloth.

[Task Completed]

[Choose to Return]

He didn’t make a choice immediately but glanced at Lu Ban and Feng Yu.

“Thank you both for this time… I hope to meet again… no, let’s not meet again,” Remington said.

He certainly didn’t want to come back to this unreasonable world again.

He gradually faded into the air.

As for Zi Tang, after giving a formal thanks to Lu Ban and Feng Yu, she also left this world.

“So this is the special effect for leaving the Foreign Domain,” Lu Ban murmured to himself as he watched the two becoming transparent, disappearing from the air, and eventually as if they had never appeared at all.

He suddenly noticed the atmosphere around him changing.

The empty screening room was gone, replaced by a full audience.

On the big screen, the dragon symbol had just appeared, and “Cry” had not yet started.

“We really came back.”

Lu Ban felt like he had also been through a task.

But compared to the previous one, this task was obviously a lot simpler.

For Lu Ban, any event you can ‘Good Fortune Comes’ your way through is no big deal.

He turned to look at Feng Yu beside him, but this woman seemed to have fallen asleep at some point, her head leaning on the couch, looking always so peaceful.

Lu Ban was starting to grasp why Feng Yu wanted him to come today.

At least Lu Ban now knew where exactly the extraordinary lay in this world, and those strange beings that acted according to their own rules might just appear right beside him.

“So, was she reminding me?”

Lu Ban realized belatedly as he looked at the sleeping Feng Yu.

He also felt that this woman might have just brought him along for fun to watch the commotion because she had encountered the task from Silent Lands.

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