I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 423 - 423 422. Genius_1

Chapter 423: 422. Genius_1 Chapter 423: 422. Genius_1 Lu Ban quickly summarized his new ability.

In short, after the third Essence Extraction, “Testament” acquired the power to truly influence the world on its own.

If Lu Ban’s ability was previously akin to replaying, collecting other pre-existing things into Speech Bullets, and firing them when needed.

Now, Lu Ban’s “Testament” had the capability to create.

By writing text, he could bestow corresponding attributes onto objects.

Write down “Fire” on paper, and the paper would catch fire; write down “Steel,” and the paper would turn to steel.

While the text effect was in place, as long as Lu Ban kept touching it, he could maintain the effect. But if it left his touch, the writing would disappear after a few minutes.

Of course, if the text’s medium was damaged by the word’s effect while it was active, it naturally couldn’t be restored.

Furthermore, when it came to living beings, the text’s effect wasn’t absolute. Lu Ban could easily write a mouse to death, but doing the same to a person wouldn’t be so simple.

Attempting to write the word “Die” on a conscious person’s hand and holding onto it was difficult, and if the other party was unconscious or wouldn’t resist, writing seemed rather unnecessary.

And when text bestowed life upon inanimate objects, they too would disappear after leaving Lu Ban’s touch for a while, unable to create true life.

The only trouble was that Lu Ban had to write by hand; he couldn’t fire from a distance like with previous Speech Bullets, nor could he simply shout it out. Even if Lu Ban copied his written text into a Speech Bullet, after firing it, there would be no corresponding effect.

Fortunately, the pen for “Testament” could write on anything, and this ability didn’t conflict with the use of other powers; the changes were endless.

Lu Ban was quite satisfied.

He thought about it and then wrote two characters on Qin Tiantian’s head.

“Genius.”

“I’m done playing, can’t beat you guys.”

Qin Tiantian quickly quit the game.

Taking advantage of the characters not yet vanishing, Lu Ban hurriedly scribbled down a calculus problem for Qin Tiantian.

“Solve this math problem.”

“Huh?”

Qin Tiantian picked up the pen on the table and glanced at the problem.

She wrote the word “Solve.”

After a while, she added a colon to the word.

Yet, until the “Genius” text disappeared, Qin Tiantian still couldn’t solve the problem.

“…Hey, why did you give me this problem to write?”

At the last moment, as the text faded, Qin Tiantian suddenly realized and asked Lu Ban.

“No reason, just seems like there are things people can and can’t do.”

Even with extraordinary abilities, it wasn’t possible to make Qin Tiantian a genius; at best, it could get her to question why Lu Ban had given her the problem.

“Humans indeed have their limits.”

Lu Ban reflected.

“That’s true.”

Qin Tiantian nodded in agreement.

“So why did you suddenly come over?”

She asked again.

Almost no one was in the company. After the film’s release, Lu Ban gave everyone another month off.

The staff at Silent Media were essentially hopping back and forth between intense work and long vacations, along with several months’ worth of bonus salaries, which were quite arduous.

And Qin Tiantian, doubling as receptionist and mascot, naturally assumed the role of a security guard. Sometimes she came here during the day just to sit around; guarding the door was secondary, her main purpose was using the high-spec computers here.

“Just supervising your work.”

Lu Ban answered without thinking.

“I, I’m working hard, don’t talk nonsense.”

Qin Tiantian hurriedly brought up the desktop.

“Is there any recent domestic news?”

Lu Ban asked casually.

“Not much… It seems that a group of patients in a mental hospital were collectively discharged, and then a new group was admitted, pretty funny.”

Qin Tiantian took out her phone and casually scrolled through it.

“Also, someone claimed they saw a teddy bear walking down the street. Turns out, he was diagnosed with a mental illness after a doctor’s examination.”

“A mentally ill patient escaped from the hospital, and then he ran onto the streets and started forcibly helping people cross the road, it was terrifying!”

“And some art group visited a mental hospital to perform. When they left, they found three extra people in their group, but couldn’t figure out who they were.”

At this point, Lu Ban interrupted her.

“Why is it all about mental illness? Doesn’t this world have any news about normal people?”

“Big data, you know. Once you search for mental illness, it just keeps sending you news about mental illness.”

Qin Tiantian suggested Lu Ban was out of touch with the world.

“That’s true.”

Lu Ban agreed as well.

Nowadays, information theft is terrible. Simply mentioning a few words could lead to receiving related information, leaving no trace of personal privacy.

Then, this information would be sold to websites, and some hosts would sell products, making ordinary people think, “Wow, these people really know what I’m thinking,” and as a result, they would buy like crazy.

“Let’s have something good tonight, I’ll ask Feng Yu.”

Lu Ban didn’t know where Feng Yu was, or even if she was in this world, but he sent her a message anyway.

“Wow, I want to eat barbecue!”

As soon as Qin Tiantian heard there was good food, her eyes lit up instantly.

“Forget about barbecue, let’s go for hot pot.”

Lu Ban imagined the scene of barbecue and decided to choose a different food.

“That’s fine too, I’m not picky.”

Qin Tiantian was well aware of her place; when the boss was treating, she had no say.

Feng Yu hadn’t replied yet, so Lu Ban watched some videos in his spot until he came across a shopping video. However, this host wasn’t promoting products; instead, it was the opposite.

In short, he bought some items online that often seemed fun but were actually useless, and made videos evaluating them to discourage viewers from buying.

After watching for a while, Lu Ban realized that although these things seemed useful, they really weren’t useful at all in practice.

After the video, he had completely lost interest in buying any of the items featured.

He thought this type of video was quite practical. If he ever encountered some bizarre event, Lu Ban could make a video about it and introduce the audience to the strangeness. That way, they would surely stay far away from similar events.

When the time was right, Lu Ban took Qin Tiantian to a nearby hot pot restaurant.

The hot pot shops in the city center were naturally much more expensive than those behind Jiangcheng University. Lu Ban watched the red broth with its rolling chilies and Sichuan peppercorns, the spicy condiments twisting and tumbling, forming the System’s cold and indifferent text.

[Career Development Task]

[“Art comes in many forms, and expression is the eternal pursuit. Break the mold, take the road less traveled, and overturn established perceptions.]

[Task requirements: Present your work in a unique form, receive ten million positive reviews]

[Presented works: 0/1]

[Positive reviews: 0/10000000]

[“Even if I jump off from here today… Wow, delicious!”]

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