I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 424 - 424 423. A Unique Form_1

Chapter 424: 423. A Unique Form_1 Chapter 424: 423. A Unique Form_1 “A unique form?”

Lu Ban read the task requirements, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Did that mean he couldn’t use the common movie format?

He hadn’t checked the materials on the computer yet and had no clues for the moment.

“If a regular movie won’t do, how about a 4D movie?”

Thinking about those films where seats shake and spray water and air, Lu Ban felt this probably wasn’t what Silent Lands needed.

This project must be more immersive, able to draw people in even more.

“This meat tastes so-so, not as good as the little hot pot place behind the street.”

Qin Tiantian picked up a piece of spicy marinated beef tumbling in the pot, eating and commenting at the same time.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ban wrote the words “delicious” on one of the slices of beef she had picked up, and hastily placed it into Qin Tiantian’s bowl.

“Try it again?”

“?”

Qin Tiantian naturally couldn’t see the pen in Lu Ban’s hand; she just felt that he was being rather bizarre, perhaps his condition had worsened.

Skeptically, she ate a piece of beef, her eyes suddenly widening.

“Oh my, this is yummy, how can it be this delicious!”

She gobbled down the beef, looking utterly incredulous.

All of a sudden, Lu Ban felt like he had discovered the secret to culinary expertise.

He then asked a zealous waiter to bring over a piece of paper, and with an ordinary pen, he started to doodle an abstract figure.

“What the heck have you drawn?”

Qin Tiantian leaned over to take a look at Lu Ban’s drawing, which seemed like a charm to ward off evil spirits.

“It’s you.”

Lu Ban replied.

“Do you believe I can dunk your head into this pot?”

Qin Tiantian threatened without much conviction.

“Don’t rush, I haven’t finished yet.”

When Lu Ban finally finished the drawing, he used “Testament” to write a few words on it.

“A pretty drawing”

“How about that?”

He showed the drawing to Qin Tiantian.

“…I’m kinda curious how you turned that ghastly scribble into what it looks like now, which is… quite pretty, actually.”

Qin Tiantian was incredulous.

She even wondered if Lu Ban had suddenly acquired some mysterious ability.

“Did you, by any chance, awaken some superpower?”

“It’s not exactly a superpower.”

Lu Ban thought about it but was unclear on how to explain.

“You can…”

Qin Tiantian pondered for a moment before blurting out.

“Make drawings look better!!?”

“Indeed, I can also make you go up and down the stairs.”

Lu Ban nodded in agreement.

“That’s awesome!”

Qin Tiantian’s eyes shone brightly.

Lu Ban seriously considered whether to add a “Smart” badge on Qin Tiantian’s forehead.

After a hotpot meal, Lu Ban dropped Qin Tiantian off at her house and took a stroll downstairs before entering his own home.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lu Ban opened the folder named “Glass Flower”.

The unique format was troublesome, and he decided to look at the materials before making any plans.

He saw that in addition to his own experiences with Old Cui and Shia, there was a portion about Stone, Liz, and Aio’s past.

Lu Ban, after all, was not Cui Siter; rather than dreaming of going through everything, he seriously went through the parts he had not seen.

He had some inspiration, but Lu Ban still couldn’t grasp the overall idea.

He decided to slack off and relax.

Sometimes, if a person keeps working hard, their mind becomes duller and duller.

The right amount of slacking off is necessary to better bring one’s subjective initiative into play.

Of course, if one could slack off without working at all, that would be even more delightful.

Opening the old video website, Lu Ban casually browsed through the recommended videos.

His interests were diverse—animation, movies, food, cute pets—and the last review that made him laugh was from the tech review section.

After glancing through, suddenly, Lu Ban came across a video.

“High-energy ahead? Courageous Lord takes you to explore the scariest escape room!”

He saw that it was an escape room exploration video.

Lu Ban hadn’t visited escape rooms for a long time, the last time being in his past life.

In his memory, escape rooms were the kind where people were locked in a room where they had to guess numbers, find patterns, and play arcade games to advance to the next room—mechanical escape rooms, as they are called nowadays.

Then there were the high-end plot-based escape rooms which included a storyline, requiring players to solve puzzles from the dialogues.

Some escape rooms even had NPCs who would suddenly chase you, making one round more tiring than running a kilometer.

And evolved from these were the deduction-based rooms which relied solely on story progression and performance rather than mechanisms.

Following this came script murder games that only had a script, without the physical room to escape from.

Lu Ban, with a spirit of learning, clicked on the video to watch.

In normal escape rooms, players go for the experience which can only be satisfying through personal participation, but some people are too timid or their cities lack themed escape rooms, or they’re simply students who cannot afford it, so they choose to experience vicariously through videos.

In modern society, virtually anything can be experienced vicariously; one can vicariously raise cats, watch others complete game videos, even escape rooms can be experienced vicariously.

This video was an escape room exploration video. The uploader had informed the owner of the escape room and took a camera inside to record. Lu Ban looked through it and noticed that critical parts of the puzzles and illusions were not filmed, only the general plot was shown which made people eager to try it out themselves.

Lu Ban found it quite interesting.

He searched for related content and discovered even more impressive ones.

Some large-scale script murder games rented out entire buildings, allowing hundreds of players to role-play within the building, offering an immersive experience.

Some were more outrageous, renting a whole town where there were common residents, NPCs, and players could stay for two or three days, living through the script.

Just like games are to movies, entertainment that allows the audience to choose, to take control, is definitely more immersive than just watching.

Many of Lu Ban’s past films’ core selling point was the ability to let the audience experience the atmosphere as if they were there.

It occurred to him that if he could turn these task experiences into script murder or escape rooms where the audience could participate, wouldn’t the immersion be even stronger?

With this thought, Lu Ban got in touch with a professional friend to inquire about the relevant knowledge.

This style is currently known as large-scale immersive real-world gaming, commonly held in movie towns and shooting bases that already have sets. Many companies choose such activities for team building, which is trendier and more fashionable than simple trips.

“That seems pretty good.”

Lu Ban thought, like the script of “Glass Flower,” if they let players act as him, Old Cui, Shia, and others such as Stone, Liz, it would be quite interesting.

Most importantly, those materials, when watched or read, already create an immersive effect, making the audience engrossed, and if turned into a game for players, they would experience Stone’s thoughts even more intensely—the level of empathy would be explosive.

“I should probably do some field research first.”

Lu Ban thought and immediately sent a message to Qin Tiantian.

“Motionless”: Do you want to go explore an escape room tomorrow?