I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 436 - 436 435. City I go out and encounter evil_1

Chapter 436: 435. City, I go out and encounter evil_1 Chapter 436: 435. City, I go out and encounter evil_1 Qin Tiantian was live streaming as she watched Lu Ban’s global live broadcast of an escape room script murder mystery.

In other sections, this kind of behavior where a streamer watches another stream or a streamer watches another streamer was often criticized for being lazy and not creating valuable content, yet in the virtual streamers’ section, it was quite a common practice.

There was even a specific type of live content dedicated to video appreciation, where the host and viewers watched interesting videos together, or even watched food documentaries or “New Three Kingdoms”.

And sometimes, watching other people watch their own stream could lead to some inexplicable collaborations and even develop stories like “We Three”.

Qin Tiantian didn’t have to work today because most of the company’s staff had gone to the scene to help, and as the mascot, she was lazing at home doing a live stream.

“I’m contributing to the hype too!”

She declared confidently.

And actually, her streaming audience numbers were quite high, significantly more than her usual extravagant broadcasts.

Sometimes, viewers can be peculiar; watching a video or stream by oneself might seem boring, but it becomes interesting when watching with the host.

Qin Tiantian sometimes really doubted how idle some people could be.

After midnight, the live broadcast officially started. The players were mostly in the introductory part of the experience, some situated in detective offices, some asleep in their rundown apartments, and others in large houses. There were differences between player and player.

Since the System advised that players should avoid leaving their houses to wander the streets at night, the majority remained indoors, inspecting their surroundings and gauging the situation.

“Detective office, could there be case files related to the investigation here? After all, we don’t even know what the case is about right now, so let’s look around and investigate.”

The high school detective from the Island Country, carrying a sports camera, paced around the detective office.

He touched the desk surface and the bookshelves with his hands.

“The texture is very realistic; it seems they really put effort into decorating.”

Kusanagi Manabu took a book from the bookshelf.

Under normal circumstances, the books in these escape rooms would be purely decorative, the type that can’t be opened, or if they could, they would likely be random novels purchased from anywhere.

But Kusanagi Manabu saw that the book in front of him was a novel of Ancient Capital titled “Shadow of Terror”.

Kusanagi Manabu was clueless, but many viewers watching the live broadcast exclaimed in surprise.

[Holy crap, isn’t this the horror novel from Ancient Capital featured in “The Madman’s Mouth”?]

[Did Lu Ban actually write another novel?]

[The content here really seems to fit the bill]

[I suspect they just took the props directly from when they shot the movie]

[Take a closer look, why has he stopped reading?]

As Kusanagi Manabu continued to rummage through the bookshelf, the viewers realized that the bookshelf seemed to truly exist in Abandoned Capital, with all sorts of textual and pictorial materials all presenting everything about it.

Even Kusanagi Manabu, who initially just casually flipped through, couldn’t help but become engrossed in it.

Many viewers probably never expected that they would find themselves so engrossed in watching someone read a book late at night.

At that moment, the main camera view switched to the bespectacled keyboard warrior.

He appeared to be playing the role of an enforcer for a Gang, and he was still playing cards with others.

“Do you even know how to play? If you play that card, how am I supposed to win? Do you even understand the value of mutual benefit?”

While playing cards, he was also quarreling with an NPC.

This was the audience’s first encounter with NPCs in a live-action game.

The NPCs looked menacing and fierce, as if each one had several lives on their conscience. Hearing the keyboard warrior’s words, one of them glared at him.

From the perspective of the action camera at that moment, it was as if he was glaring directly at the viewers, full of intimidation.

“…I was just saying, I’m done playing, done playing.”

The keyboard warrior immediately chickened out, put down his poker cards, and stood up.

He was inside a warehouse, and it was unclear what goods were beside him. He looked around briefly and decided to go out for a look.

“You better not go out, there are some unclean things out there at night.”

At that moment, a gang NPC advised him.

“What unclean things could there be? I don’t believe it. Even if there were, they probably couldn’t do anything to me.”

Keyboard Warrior habitually argued.

Although he had read the script, understanding that he was once a gang enforcer involved in a firefight, now working for Maggie, a distant relative of the Catania family, curiosity still made him want to go out and see for himself.

Besides, he thought, as a player in the game, they wouldn’t let him encounter danger or make an early exit, right?

He did not heed the warnings of others.

“Besides, the boss went out too just now, didn’t he? I’ll go check on him.”

Their boss, Maggie, had just left, which Keyboard Warrior found strange, and he decided to follow.

He walked out of the warehouse to see the moon shining down on the city, making it difficult to imagine that this place was a small town on the outskirts of Jiangcheng and not some otherworldly realm. The street was deserted except for a homeless man lying on the ground, sleeping soundly.

Dog barks sounded from somewhere, their source unknown, stirring a bit of inexplicable nervousness in him.

Wanting to check on the homeless man, Keyboard Warrior suddenly heard noises from a nearby alleyway.

He was startled and moved closer.

At this moment, he didn’t realize that the main camera was livestreaming him, with the barrage of comments flying by.

[Feeling a bit tense]

[This first-person perspective is pretty thrilling]

[Wake up, it’s all just for show]

[If it’s live, Lu Ban couldn’t add any special effects, right?]

[Damn, this first-person nocturnal exploration is too intense]

[What if someone encounters a murderer and gets eliminated directly?]

[You think it’s a detective game, but it’s actually a survival game!]

Keyboard Warrior entered the alley, and just then a cloud obscured the moonlight, darkening the surroundings. He had never imagined that there could be places so dark in this world.

For a moment, a seed of fear sprouted in his heart, growing, expanding, and sweeping through his body, seeping out of every pore.

He found himself in a deep, pitch-black darkness, unable to see anything ahead or behind him.

Only the distant barking of dogs gave him a sliver of comfort.

At this very moment, all the global viewers of the livestream, too, were unconsciously affected, feeling as if they were in the scene themselves, reducing the number of comments significantly.

This raw first-person perspective, though unpolished and unadorned, knelt in its realism, easily immersing people and making them feel the same fear.

In fact, most photographic techniques are designed to mimic human perception.

Keyboard Warrior’s legs trembled; he felt the temperature dropping around him, as if it had fallen below zero.

It was then that he heard laughter.

“Hee hee hee…”

The sound of laughter, like a child playing a prank, came from behind him, causing Keyboard Warrior’s knees to buckle, and he ran forward.

Strangely enough, as soon as he started running, it didn’t seem so dark around him anymore.

But Keyboard Warrior didn’t know his way around. After crossing an intersection, he had a feeling there was something in the alley.

He stopped, peered inside, and saw utter darkness, as if someone were lying there.

Click—

His heart suddenly sped up. Then, the clouds drifted away, and the moonlight bathed the earth once more.

Keyboard Warrior saw a person lying on the ground, and on that person’s body bloomed a Glass Flower.