I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 526 - 526 525.Keyboard Politician_1

Chapter 526: 525.Keyboard Politician_1 Chapter 526: 525.Keyboard Politician_1 “[Nonsense, the author is just talking out of his butt!]”

He Youwu immediately paid attention when he saw this comment.

On the internet, there will never be just one voice.

The wider the audience and the more popular something is, the greater the controversy.

He Youwu loved to watch people argue online.

Because sometimes, as people argue and find they can’t out-argue others, they’ll resort to boasting that their father is some bureau chief or whatnot, which can even lead to the exposure of a major case or two.

For instance, there was a netizen who boasted about his annual income online, while others toiled to earn tens of thousands a year, he casually mentioned making a million just from collecting rent, which led to accusations of RPG, and he even flaunted more than a dozen of his property ownership certificates.

But someone researched his previous posts and discovered he worked within a government agency. With public servant incomes being transparent, how could he possibly have more than a dozen property certificates? Where did his money come from?

After receiving reports and calls to the police, an investigation uncovered a major corruption case, taking down a big “tiger.”

Therefore, He Youwu, with an attitude of watching the drama unfold, earnestly read through the comment.

“[…Fleeing a natural disaster that can’t be beat is typical nomadic thinking, swapped for modern times, it’s typical Western thinking. In the eyes of the nomads, they rely on the heavens for sustenance; animals migrate with the weather, something humans can’t control. In my opinion, following our ancestors’ mindset, it’s like the Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains, the mountains are here, instead of moving away, we should move them, and the same goes for these natural disasters.]”

“[We can predict earthquakes, prepare for typhoons, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis – these can cause irreparable damage, but as long as they don’t destroy our civilization in one go, we will always find a solution, whether it’s building shelters or starting from a geological perspective. We shouldn’t run away]”

“[But this article suggests that humanity can only survive through self-transformation and mutation, which I think is inappropriate. Because material conditions determine consciousness, the reason we have the modern structure of civilization is rooted in our basic nature as animals. If we all turned into robots, could we still say it’s the same human society as today? If we all had superpowers, the social situation would definitely not be the same as it is now.]”

“[There’s a saying that goes, offer civilization to the years, not years to civilization. What we need to preserve is not the human race but the glorious civilization of humanity. If we must return to eating raw flesh and relying on instinct for survival, losing our sanity, then such a civilization would no longer be human civilization…]”

This comment also had many supporters and detractors, and He Youwu felt they all made sense, but that was just it – they only made sense.

After all, the real world would not experience such an immediate Doomsday scenario; these discussions were merely theoretical.

If that day really came, He Youwu felt that the opinions of an ordinary commoner like himself might not matter so much, his understanding was not as profound as that of scientists, and his vision not as broad as those high-standing politicians. Knowing only his own little patch, the decisions he’d make were likely to be one-sided and limited.

His many years of work experience told him that most people’s thoughts were always the most troublesome and the most reckless.

This was also why there were so many keyboard politicians.

After looking at the war raging in the comments section, He Youwu thought it better to watch the mysterious girl in the trailer once more, so he played it again.

At that moment, his colleague Chen Danshen glanced at his phone screen.

Suddenly, Chen Danshen shouted.

“Damn!”

He Youwu turned his head and saw Chen Danshen’s face gone pale, leaning against the wall, pointing at He Youwu’s phone screen, his voice trembling.

“What is this video, who is this girl in it?!!”

“Huh? You got scared? It’s a trailer for Lu Ban’s new movie; don’t you know him?”

He Youwu thought Chen Danshen was making a fuss over nothing, especially since there was nothing frightening in the trailer that could pale one’s face.

“Let me, let me look at it.”

Chen Danshen took He Youwu’s phone, trembling, and watched the trailer from start to finish with great seriousness.

However, when he saw the girl who appeared amidst the chirping birds and fragrant flowers, his eyelid twitched uncontrollably, and his heartbeat refused to calm down.

“Is this really a movie trailer?”

Chen Danshen asked with skepticism.

“No kidding, it’s right there, in theaters starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year.”

He Youwu took back his phone.

“What’s wrong with you? Is there something off with this trailer?”

At that moment, his police instincts kicked in, and He Youwu looked suspiciously at his colleague, asking.

“This girl… I’ve seen her.”

Chen Danshen immediately told He Youwu about the incident he encountered one night while on patrol.

“…You mean to say, a botanical garden or a zoo or something just appeared on our street, and then this girl started to educate you about various biological knowledge?”

He Youwu looked at his colleague with a feeling that maybe his brain had become scrambled from talking too much with Lu Ban.

“Impossible, we don’t have anything like that around here… No, why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”

“Well, I thought you wouldn’t believe me, I didn’t even believe it myself, I went to look for it early the next day, and found nothing at all, I thought I was getting sick.”

Chen Danshen sighed.

“Who would have thought, she’s actually an actor in Lu Ban’s movie, no wonder she was here, maybe she lives nearby… But that’s not right, those flowers and plants were definitely real, weren’t they?”

He was completely baffled.

“When the movie comes out, we’ll know if we go see it.”

He Youwu patted his partner’s shoulder.

“True.”

Chen Danshen nodded in agreement.

“…Wait a second, I was thinking, did you keep this from me because you saw a pretty girl and were distracted?”

He Youwu seemed to have an epiphany.

“No, that’s not the case!”

Chen Danshen immediately denied emphatically.

“Okay, it’s time to change shifts, let’s go.”

He Youwu didn’t continue to tease his partner, picked up his hat and gear, and left the office.

…

In Europe, Wellington and others who had once encountered the ecological garden were dumbfounded when they saw the trailer.

Isn’t that the same girl?

How did she end up in a movie?

If it were the same person, that would be one thing, but the problem is, what she did is exactly like what’s shown at the end of this trailer.

Could this be promotion for the movie?

But the ecological garden appears and disappears out of nowhere; could Lu Ban have harnessed some sort of supernatural force?

Hold on, friend, he has supernatural powers, and he’s using them to promote a movie?

Isn’t that a bit of a waste?

Full of questions, Wellington opened a chat app and forwarded the video clip.

But unexpectedly, the chat group had already forwarded the trailer several times, causing a flood of messages.

The people in the group were all abuzz, wondering what exactly Lu Ban was up to.

Yet, a worry began to rise from the bottom of everyone’s hearts.

As everyone knows, most of Lu Ban’s movies involve girls dying or being tormented.

When the time comes, one can’t help but wonder how much suffering such a cute girl will endure in a Lu Ban movie.

With this thought, some people suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation.