I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 752 - 752 Open the door it is Lu Ban_1

Chapter 752: Open the door, it is Lu Ban_1 Chapter 752: Open the door, it is Lu Ban_1 After posting, Old Eggplant felt a little panicked.

Would he be regarded as an internet-addicted teenager who couldn’t distinguish reality from illusion and be taken away for electroshock therapy?

But he really could conjure fireballs!

He lifted his right hand, and the knowledge sprung to mind spontaneously, giving birth to a flame that didn’t burn him but could ignite paper, obviously real fire.

As an outstanding youth educated in materialism, Old Eggplant definitely didn’t believe magic and ghosts existed in reality.

Yet now he was experiencing them.

At first, he thought he was going mad, hallucinating, but after he burned a sticky note with the flame at his fingertips, Old Eggplant realized it was real.

He had shut himself in these past few days, not daring to see anyone. He feared he might have undergone some irreversible change without noticing, and stepping outside he could be taken for some monster and be captured. On the other hand, Old Eggplant was also scared that everything around him might have already changed, and the world was no longer the one he knew.

So, after posting online, Old Eggplant was a bit worried that the doorbell would soon ring, and someone would come to check his water meter.

He quickly checked his phone for his utility bills and, finding them paid, he was reassured.

Soon, there were replies to his post.

Old Eggplant jolted and hurriedly clicked to view them.

[Ah yes, yes, yes, I can too, recently I don’t even need a lighter to light my cigarettes, it’s so convenient]

“Could it be real?”

Old Eggplant got excited as he saw a few more comments.

[Let me be honest with you, after I finished playing a game, I found out I could fly. Recently, I’ve been flying around with my underwear over my pants and an S on my chest to save the world!]

[Me too, me too, now I can extend claws from my hands, and I turn green when angry, pretty awesome huh]

[No way, am I the only one who can shoot spider silk?]

Seeing these comments, Old Eggplant snapped back to reality, realizing these people were just messing with him.

Sure enough, nobody believed he had truly changed.

While Old Eggplant was thinking this, suddenly, he received a private message on his forum account.

He opened it and found it was from a stranger who sent him a message.

[I believe you, because I’ve also changed, I can ignite flames and move things with my mind]

“Holy shit!”

Old Eggplant immediately felt like he had grasped a lifeline and typed a reply.

[I knew it was true, I thought I was hallucinating, but that flame is real. You can move things with your mind? How do you do that?]

Old Eggplant then focused intently on the mouse on his desk, trying to imagine moving it, but despite nearly popping his eyeballs out, there was no reaction.

It seemed that magic was not so handy after all.

While he pondered, the other person replied again.

[The forum’s private messaging is too troublesome, let’s add each other on WeChat, my WeChat is XXXXX]

Old Eggplant quickly added the other person on WeChat, exchanged a couple of messages, and then the other person said,

[Actually, many of us already know each other. We’ve formed a small group and built a website for communication. Go to XXX website, we’ve left information there]

Old Eggplant copied the link into his browser and opened it, finding an ordinary-looking info website with some titillating banner ads.

He entered the website two or three more times, and apart from the gold-dressed secretary in the ad changing her pose, nothing else had changed.

[Is there something wrong with this website? Doesn’t look right]

The stranger replied quickly.

[That’s right, we can’t discuss these things publicly, so we have some camouflage measures in place. It looks like a normal webpage, but there’s more to it. Click on the register button at the top-right corner and see]

Old Eggplant clicked on the register button and filled in some basic information. Soon, he encountered a popup asking him to scan and make a payment.

“They want money for this?”

Old Eggplant frowned slightly and inquired.

[Of course, if it were free, many people would come to register and disrupt our communication. Don’t worry, it’s just a verification procedure. Once you pay, I’ll transfer it back to you]

After reading this, Old Eggplant honestly scanned the code and paid, thinking it was only a few dozen yuan, not much.

And the other person did transfer the money back quickly, which made him feel at ease.

After logging in, the webpage did indeed change.

The banner ads were still there, but the content of the articles had changed to more titillating images, much to Old Eggplant’s unrest and embarrassment.

“How come it’s still not right?”

Old Eggplant was even more puzzled.

[No worries, just randomly click on three videos, watch for a minute, then a window will pop up. After you scan the code and pay, you’ll be able to see the real webpage—it’s all a disguise.]

Old Eggplant looked at the webpage and randomly clicked on three videos. The covers looked impressive, one after another, but the actual videos were each more terrifying than the last. Bored, he closed the play window after a minute.

A prompt popped up on the webpage, and this time, it was asking Old Eggplant for a hefty sum in the hundreds.

He was quite confident, scanning the code to pay and asking the other party what to do next.

[Wait a moment, I need to confirm with the website administrator.]

Having left this message, the other party didn’t respond for five minutes.

Old Eggplant couldn’t help but send a message.

[The other party has enabled friend verification, and you are not his/her friend yet. Please send a friend request first.]

“???”

Old Eggplant sent two more messages, only to receive the same notice.

When he opened the friend list, he discovered that the other party had indeed deleted him.

“…Could this be, internet fraud?”

It was only now that Old Eggplant suddenly came to his senses.

The initial registration cashback was, in fact, bait!

“Damn it, don’t these people have any conscience? I’m here discussing the crisis of this world, and he actually scams money off me to sign up for this lousy website?”

Old Eggplant felt extremely indignant.

Not only because he was conned out of hundreds of yuan, but also because the content on the website wasn’t good at all!

He angrily closed the webpage, stood up, and thought about washing his face to cool down.

But suddenly, he had a feeling.

The next second, the doorbell rang.

Old Eggplant went to the door and looked through the peephole; there stood a young man outside. Due to the dim corridor light, his features were not clear.

“Who is it?”

Having just been conned, Old Eggplant was in a very cautious state and didn’t dare to trust anyone.

“I am Lu Ban.”

The person outside answered.

“Lu Ban… Huh?”

Old Eggplant was stunned.

Is there still such a scam method nowadays? Taking people for fools? Isn’t he afraid of getting beaten up?

“If you’re Lu Ban, then I must be Lu Ban’s father.”

Old Eggplant couldn’t help but curse.

“I’m sorry, I grew up in an orphanage.”

The person outside said sincerely.

“…Scram, who the hell would believe you? You scammers, without exception, should all die!”

Old Eggplant cursed.

He was ready to ignore the guy and turned his head away.

But when he turned back around, he noticed a young and handsome man standing in his living room—one whose face Old Eggplant could never forget; it was the person responsible for causing countless sleepless nights for many.

It was the real Lu Ban.

“What the…???”

Old Eggplant was at a loss for words.

“Like I said, I am Lu Ban.”

The person spread his hands helplessly.

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Beware of new types of internet fraud, especially recently, there’s a female scammer named Ye Lan who has swindled quite a lot of money; be careful!

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