I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 447 - 447 446. Time and tide wait for no man_1

Chapter 447: 446. Time and tide wait for no man_1 Chapter 447: 446. Time and tide wait for no man_1 Lu Ban ultimately failed to contact the military.

After all, in such situations, people involved in these matters always face various risks.

Perhaps he himself might one day be harmonized by the Silent Lands because of it.

He thought it over, artillery is the strength of gunpowder, and so is blasting, since artillery can plough the land, then blasting projects should also be able to plough the land.

Making a compromise, he decided to opt for a blasting team to solve the problem.

Meanwhile, Lu Ban’s professional development task was also successfully completed.

Ten million positive reviews were both a lot and not so much for him.

Having ten million positive reviews meant that at least ten million viewers had watched his live stream, and Lu Ban’s fame had become widespread.

But just over ten million positive reviews meant that maybe less than one percent of people in this world had watched his live stream, not enough people had been polluted yet.

Time was of the essence.

Lu Ban had to race against the clock.

[Presentation of Work: 1/1]

[Acquisition of Positive Reviews: 10000000/10000000]

[Congratulations on completing your professional development task]

[Now beginning the settlement]

[Task Exploration Degree: 120%]

[Task Completion Status: Indescribable]

[You tried a new way of expression, providing the audience with a unique experience. The same content becomes fascinating under different forms of representation, deeply attracting them, yearning for more enjoyment]

[Acquisition of Silence Points: 30000 points]

[Settlement completed]

Seeing this, Lu Ban felt something was off.

Mainly two things.

Firstly, although the task exploration degree had reached the indescribable rating of one hundred twenty percent, he was only awarded thirty thousand Silence Points, yet previously, Lu Ban’s professional development tasks of the same exploration degree had indeed given him an income of fifty thousand points.

Was the System cheating him of points?

Lu Ban felt that despite his hard work, the System was still making a killing in between, which was really too hateful!

But then he thought it might be because he had already made a name for himself, so such a level of completion didn’t count for much anymore.

A novice director who makes a movie with a box office of five hundred million is considered impressive, but an international blockbuster director making another five hundred million box office movie would be considered a flop.

However, Lu Ban felt that he had almost reached the top of the world’s entertainment and film industry. If this were a modern entertainment novel, anything short of being poisoned to death by his own wine wouldn’t be considered a bad ending, but to make another breakthrough seemed difficult.

In the future, the income from professional development tasks might become less and less, turning into mere morsels.

After all, when compared to the Twisted Mask of Madness, priced at one million seven hundred thousand Silence Points, even fifty thousand Silence Points was just a drop in the bucket.

In this case, how could Lu Ban continue to derive a greater sense of achievement from making films?

He put this doubt aside for the moment because there was something else that needed attention.

Normally, after completing a professional development task, the Silent Lands would offer a few task options to start a new round of exploration.

But now, Lu Ban hadn’t seen anything like that.

The task chain seemed to have broken.

“Is it because I didn’t complete some side quests, causing a block in the main storyline?”

Lu Ban looked further down and, in his field of vision, the System’s cold indifferent text surfaced again.

[Please unlock the next phase of the task]

[Unlock condition: Participate in the tasks of other Chosens by Gods and complete the task objectives]

[Unlock condition: Leave your own mark in any Foreign Domain]

[Unlock reward: Next phase of Essence Extraction for Inherent Skill is available]

[Unlock reward: Next phase tasks are available]

“Next phase tasks?”

Lu Ban found it strange because he was not sure what “next phase” referred to.

Did it mean the tasks would be more difficult, or did it mean getting closer to the core of various Foreign Domains?

“Participating in the tasks of other Chosens by Gods must be like when I invited Old Cui and the others, I should wait for them to send out task invitations, right? That means they must have completed this part earlier, could it be that they are progressing faster than me?”

After giving it some thought, Lu Ban felt that was not necessarily the case.

Perhaps this unlock condition was like many achievements in games—they are just there whether you do them or not, but once completed, an achievement would pop up, irrespective of the order.

The reason he hadn’t received it earlier could actually be because the progress of Old Cui and Shia was too slow, and they hadn’t received tasks that required inviting other Chosens by Gods.

Marking his own territory in any Foreign Domain was something Lu Ban did not quite understand. He could only assume it involved becoming a person of significance in that domain, someone remembered by history, for he had already completed this requirement. Therefore, he guessed it probably required a degree of historical impact to be considered done.

Moreover, the opening of the next phase of Essence Extraction was also crucial.

Lu Ban’s current “Testament” had already undergone three Essence Extractions and had acquired power that could be described as supernatural. After the third Essence Extraction, the list had become grayed out; Lu Ban had thought he could not advance any further, but now it seemed that it might be unlocked at the next phase.

What effects the continued Essence Extractions of “Testament” might have was something both Lu Ban and the cat wanted to find out.

“So, I need to wait for them to send me tasks now?”

Lu Ban felt that waiting idly was not a good option; his only choice was to figure out how to set up another demolition at that amusement park.

He contacted the demolition team that had worked on Nanhua Private Renji Hospital earlier, ran around making arrangements, and finally managed to obtain the qualifications to develop the area where the amusement park was located. Taking advantage of the clear weather before the New Year, he had the area blasted.

The demolition foreman did not understand why Lu Ban wanted to level the ground, but he did the job as long as he was paid.

Along with a series of booming explosions, a thunderous noise rose from the flat ground by the Lingjiang Riverside.

When the smoke cleared, everything seemed to have returned to normal.

However, a day later, at night, Lu Ban saw the amusement park once again.

This time, it was even more decrepit and eerie, and the music playing was increasingly strange and out of tune.

“Need to take a look.”

Lu Ban went to the library to investigate incidents and legends related to the amusement park, but found nothing corresponding to them.

However, he did find a few reports related to Jiangcheng Mountain.

The gist was that the villagers of Jiangcheng Mountain used to have quite a bit of dispute among themselves, with collective brawls leading to some injuries and fatalities. Later, everyone moved away from the mountain, and that was the end of it.

The reports did not mention any accidents involving children.

“In that case, where exactly are those kids from?”

Lu Ban had originally thought that the two kids were part of the eerie occurrences related to the amusement park, but now it seemed that there might be another story.

Besides, there might still be something in the original village town of the Abandoned Capital Town.

This place really was a geomantic treasure.

With that thought, the text from the newspaper and report files from over a decade ago suddenly twisted in front of Lu Ban’s eyes.

[You have received a task invitation from a Chosen by Gods]

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It’s the last day of the year, thank you everyone for your support this year, I will continue to work hard in the New Year!

Asking for a wave of monthly tickets, recommendation tickets!