I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 431 - 431 430. History will remember them_1

Chapter 431: 430. History will remember them_1 Chapter 431: 430. History will remember them_1 Construction work proceeded in an orderly manner.

Originally, Lu Ban was worried that due to the poor conditions in the mountains, the building environment would be dreadful, and the workers’ progress would be slow.

But in reality, he discovered that as long as there was enough money, the speed would take off.

In just one month, the construction team had demolished the dilapidated houses in the small town, completed the foundation cleaning work, and was ready to start pouring new concrete to build brand new buildings.

As for the songs coming from the mountains and the children in the grass, none of that appeared.

Perhaps it was because Lu Ban broadcasted the great being’s gibberish every evening when the construction team stopped working and rested.

Only the abandoned amusement park by the river was generally invisible on clear days, but when the southern wind blew and fog rose by the riverbank, it would appear faintly along the Lingjiang riverside, giving off an unsettling and eerie feeling.

However, that was all there was to it.

Since that surveyor’s incident, nothing similar had happened.

Lu Ban didn’t idle either.

Such a large-scale escape room isn’t just about house construction, but also about set decoration, interior design, and professional NPC actors.

The set decoration was simple—money could buy that.

But NPC actors weren’t so simple.

Those who have played such escape rooms or murder mystery games might know that there is only one major requirement for these NPCs: professionalism.

Gamers often say, “Please dress like a human at least when you’re going through the story,” which in the context of escape rooms means, “Please, players, don’t go out of character during the story performance.”

Often, the harder the NPC actors try to perform, the more amused the players become due to their own immersion, and they fail to react appropriately. Some may even be so distracted as to play with their phones. At that moment, the NPC needs a strong ability to control the scene and the perseverance to perform seriously even if someone isn’t cooperating.

This might be something many actors cannot achieve.

Empathy is the most important for an NPC.

If you play a ghost, then you have to consider yourself a ghost.

The NPC that Lu Ban encountered in the last escape room, in his view, lacked depth.

A true escape room NPC, even if they truly saw a ghost, should be more terrifying and scarier than the ghosts, and be able to scare those ghosts away.

For example, some NPC actors almost scared themselves to death with their own reflection while wearing makeup. That’s professionalism: if you can’t even scare yourself, how can you scare others?

Lu Ban believed his own acting skills were exceptional, but since the script required many ordinary NPC actors and players could only play a few of them, he still needed to hire people.

When the recruitment advertisement was posted, the industry was abuzz.

Underneath this Weibo post, countless comments swarmed in.

[Damn, Director Lu, what are you trying to do? Is making movies no longer satisfying you? Do you really have to harm the audience in reality???]

[Amber, my Amber]

[Is this some experimental movie project? You wouldn’t be setting up hidden cameras to shoot the actors thinking they’re playing NPCs, would you?]

[Although I want to say Lu Ban must be getting too full of himself, he’s pulled it off before, so I feel like I should sit on the fence this time and wait for the finished product.]

[Are you guys silly? If you look at the actors in Lu Ban’s movies, they are all so professional, surely under Lu Ban’s guidance. This is a great opportunity for newbies to grow their acting skills under the guidance of a big-time director!]

[Is the stage set in Abandoned Capital this time? I wonder if we’ll get to see that Stone character, he’s quite adorable.]

[Lu Ban is finally not content with just hurting people through his movies, he wants to make the audience break down on the spot!]

[Stop looking, the game’s tickets are not just a matter of whether you can afford them or not, you probably won’t be able to buy them at all, only able to get them at a high price from scalpers. Ordinary people should just forget it.]

In such a way, if it’s said that Lu Ban is making a new movie, most of the reactions would be “high praise”, “acclamation”, or “anticipation”, because he is a director who has already proven himself. Unless he goes nuts and makes politically correct movies or ones that defame his fellow countrymen, he’s unlikely to flop.

But a large-scale immersive live-action game is essentially just an escape room, a project with theatrical elements similar to stage plays, highly dependent on the actors’ performance. If the NPCs aren’t professional, or if there are any mistakes, the players’ experience will definitely be compromised, and even if Lu Ban is incredibly capable, he can’t ensure that all NPCs perform at their best every moment.

When the recruitment advertisement was released, countless people applied.

After a week of selection, Lu Ban roughly kept two hundred resumes.

Among these resumes were many soon-to-be graduates from film academies, extras who hang around film sets, and eighteenth-tier actors, as well as many amateurs with no acting experience.

Lu Ban didn’t have high demands for these people; the most important thing was that they had to be fearless and able to withstand pressure.

He believed that perhaps everyone had a hidden sanity value and a threshold for tolerating pollution.

Those with greater courage had a higher threshold, and ordinary scary images weren’t enough to instill fear in them, so their sanity naturally wouldn’t drop.

But for the faint-hearted, even if their initial sanity value was high, their low threshold meant they were easily affected by pollution, causing their sanity value to decrease.

For the health of his employees, Lu Ban would definitely choose those who could withstand it.

Otherwise, a few performances would deplete their sanity, and they’d need replacing. These people aren’t disposable goods; how could he keep up with such turnover?

Lu Ban still hoped that these employees could live well, grow, and lead a happy and fulfilling life.

Besides them, Lu Ban also recruited some less conventional employees.

Such as those with severe mental illnesses from the Jiangcheng psychiatric hospital.

After the influence of “Peaceful Days in Spring”, these patients had greatly improved. Many had obtained counseling qualifications with the help of doctors and nurses and were even able to assist in communicating with new patients.

Then there were those who, after seeing “Peaceful Days in Spring”, regretted their past criminal actions, turned themselves in voluntarily, or after reevaluating themselves in prison, managed to get their sentences reduced and were released early.

Even after their release, these people struggled to adapt to modern social life and faced severe discrimination when looking for jobs, unable to find suitable employment.

If it were in the past, some might have fallen back into the abyss of crime due to this, relapsed into criminal activities, or become depressed and ultimately taken the wrong path.

Just like the elderly man released from prison in “The Shawshank Redemption”.

Therefore, Lu Ban thought that since they had recognized their wrongs, they deserved a chance to make amends. If they could contribute to the fight against Pollution from the Foreign Domain for the sake of humanity, their lives would not have been in vain.

History and the people will remember them.

Having received so many resumes, the first thing Lu Ban needed to do was to interview these applicants.