I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 548 - 548 547. Dumplings Delicious _1

Chapter 548: 547. Dumplings! Delicious! _1 Chapter 548: 547. Dumplings! Delicious! _1 “Did you go to fight face to face with an Evil God or an Ancient Overlord?”

While Qin Tiantian was still having a lively snowball fight with the kids in the neighboring building, Lu Ban asked Feng Yu.

“I’ve said before, there’s something not quite stable in Massachusetts, you can consider it something similar, although It has not awakened, I was just there to check the situation,” Feng Yu replied, then after thinking for a moment, added.

“This world is not as simple as we initially imagined; many Indescribable beings are watching over it, even like what we saw previously in the South Pacific, some Divine Beings sleep here.”

She didn’t use the word ‘a few’ but ‘some’.

“Of course, logically, it doesn’t make sense because the universe is so vast, and there are countless Foreign Domains, it’s unreasonable for the gods to only focus on this tiny planet. If that were the case, those Divine Beings would be rather myopic.”

“Unless there is something quite foundational, something essential, something that goes right to the root, remaining in this world.”

Feng Yu seemed to fall into contemplation.

“Wait, you mentioned some Divine Beings are sleeping here, are they really that small in size?”

Lu Ban gestured with his hands.

He had seen an Ancient Overlord, to bind It required a huge Black Hole, even the tremors in Its dream talk were enough to extinguish life within billions of light-years. Such a colossal being, shrinking down to fit on this little planet, didn’t that seem a bit… small-minded?

“Space is just one aspect of these Divine Beings’ forms. If They were only large, that wouldn’t be enough to be called Divine Beings, although a body large enough is indeed great, but it’s still not enough. Divine Beings are called such because the level of their Pollution is sufficiently high, and their huge and majestic bodies are just the surface, just like you and me.”

Saying this, Feng Yu paused, it was unclear whether she was observing Lu Ban’s reaction or choosing her words, but she certainly wasn’t shy.

“After enduring Pollution, the Mutation will become increasingly severe, and the process of Sealing, in essence, seals both Pollution and knowledge. As the knowledge gets buried, the accompanying colossal bodies will shrink, possibly even becoming as small as a single human. Of course, at that point, Their ability to contaminate the outside world becomes quite limited.”

“Can Evil Gods transform into humans and live in this world just like that?”

Lu Ban suddenly became curious. Perhaps some Evil Gods quite enjoyed this kind of life, keeping white hair, a single stubborn strand standing tall, singing some ultra-cute loli song like “Hurry up and ****”, squeezing the male protagonist of Old Asasi dozens of times a night.

“No.”

Feng Yu chuckled lightly.

“Even when They are sealed, most of them are a bubbling ooze filling an entire cave, or perhaps a huge beast covered in coarse hair, or a ray of light, a Melody Fragment.”

“Ancient Overlords will never be human, humans, even with a shred of Sanity, are unacceptable to these extreme creatures of chaos. Of course, there are also some Ancient Overlords, or even higher-order beings, who can tolerate rational life, but They are equally tolerant of madness, sane or not, They don’t care.”

“So what do you think is here?”

Lu Ban inquired.

“Not sure, perhaps some higher-order being is sealed here, maybe it’s something else, but since even the Ancient Overlords don’t know, it is even more impossible for me to know,” Feng Yu murmured.

“So, there are some Chosen by Gods from Foreign Domains who want to release the Evil Gods here, destroy the entire planet, and by that time, it will become crystal clear what is hidden here, what is worth paying attention to?”

Lu Ban thought that this probably was the reason why beings like the Little Fish Man from Foreign Domains occasionally came to this world to cause trouble.

Finding a stone in a bucket of rice is difficult, so just pour the whole bucket out, or throw it into a grinding machine, and the stone will come out on its own.

Instead of saying those great beings “want” such things, it might be more accurate to say that the things inadvertently attract Them.

“There’s a chance. This time, I encountered some from other Foreign Domains, but it wasn’t a big problem. Compared to them, the one who is still asleep is much more terrifying,” said Feng Yu with a smile.

Lu Ban watched as Qin Tiantian and the children engaged in an intense snowball fight. The accumulating snowballs gradually formed the System’s cold and indifferent words.

[Influence: 100000000/100000000]

[Congratulations, you have completed your vocational development task]

[Now beginning the settlement process]

[Task Exploration Degree: 100%]

[Task Completion Status: Perfect]

[You remained true to your original aspiration, and through literature, you have spread new hope. Events of the past will always take place in the future, and you have presented it, giving the world a real warning, overturning their outdated worldviews, and rebuilding fear and awe]

[Silence Points earned: 40000]

[Settlement completed]

[Please complete the task to receive your reward]

For Lu Ban, this task earned him Twisted Heart of the Swarm, unveiled the secret of why the Wasteland was born, witnessed some secrets of the Ancient Overlords, and acquired Du Danping’s Melody Fragment, making for a quite fruitful haul.

However, it seems that changing people’s fundamental beliefs is not so easily accomplished with just one movie.

Lu Ban worked so hard, but he only managed to change the perspectives of one hundred million people, which wasn’t enough.

After some thought, Lu Ban figured it might have something to do with the genre.

Most people subconsciously consider film and television works to be fictional, and such fiction is influenced by real-life perceptions. Like in a movie where humanity ends civilization due to its own doings, some people might think that’s just the screenwriter’s personal bias, believing humanity could actually thrive after crossing certain boundaries, thus rejecting the message conveyed in the plot.

It’s like how you can’t convince those around you not to go for ‘low-risk, high-return’ financial products, telling them it’s definitely a scam. Such people won’t believe it until they themselves get fleeced or become a victim of the Ponzi scheme, at which point they’ll have a sudden realization.

Only through making mistakes does one become wiser, and without truly being burned, one won’t understand the sensation of heat.

Therefore, those who have their worldviews changed by a film are likely those who have had similar experiences or are more open to accepting or understanding others’ perspectives.

But at least, Lu Ban felt, there were still one hundred million people who took his words to heart. Besides, as the world changes over time, perhaps more people will pick up the movie again, analyze its plot and content, and come away with a new understanding.

He was very much comforted.

Without taking the first step, one cannot cover a thousand miles; without the small streams, there can be no rivers or seas.

He turned his gaze toward the snowy ground, where the melting snow meanderingly formed the System’s cold and indifferent words.