I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 763 - 763 762. Pillow Demon_1

Chapter 763: 762. Pillow Demon_1 Chapter 763: 762. Pillow Demon_1 In folk tales, the Pillow Demon is considered one of the younger entities.

In ancient times, only the rich could afford to use pillows, while the poor lay upon straw bedding and made do with that, let alone have the luxury to worry about pillows.

Even for the rich who used pillows, many were made of wood, which would eventually cause headaches after prolonged use.

The Pillow Demon was an entity that stemmed from the pillows used by young ladies from wealthy families.

In the past, feudal ethics were strict, and daughters from reputable families were often genuinely inexperienced in worldly affairs. As such, the Pillow Demon served as a tool to fulfill the springtime fantasies of young girls. In some descriptions not fit for detailed recounting, the lady’s pillow would often become a significant character, and over time, such rumors emerged.

But in Lu Ban’s view, the Pillow Demon was simply a pillow that had been contaminated by pollution.

When he placed his hand on the pillow, the faintly breathing pillow abruptly became like a naughty cat caught in the act, trembling nervously, daring not to move an inch.

Immediately, the pages spread open.

[A soft pillow that promises a comfortable sleep just by lying on it.]

[Possessing the power to control dreams, it will surely provide you with a pleasing dream.]

[Use it with caution, or you may exhaust your vitality to the point of death.]

“It seems that’s it,” he said.

Unlike the television set that fed on fear to satisfy its hunger, this pillow lived off the delusional desires born from the people lying on it.

Or rather, human emotions could serve as sustenance for these peculiar objects.

Be it pain, fear, sorrow, or happiness and joy.

“Emotions are produced by external stimuli and, in a sense, are the result of being eroded by outside influences,” Director Lu thought.

After all, only living creatures possess emotions, and the outpouring of these emotions can lead to the loss of sanity. Emotions and reason are inherently contradictory.

This could also explain why people exhibit intense emotions when their sanity decreases, as these emotions are naturally produced when reason is polluted.

Of course, this isn’t to say that emotions are bad. As Director Lu believed, this world and pollution are deeply intertwined. The existence of humans is due to pollution, and a little bit of it isn’t a big problem.

But in this villa, with these few items appearing together, it’s a big problem for common people.

Even if a small amount of pollution doesn’t impact life, the cumulative effect of so many things together would certainly be overwhelming.

Thus, the residents here either died crushed by an excavator, chose to escape reality through drugs, or saw their partners cheat and, consumed by rage, committed heinous crimes.

The businessman may have had some lowly thoughts within him, which, catalyzed by the pollution, swelled into him becoming a psychotic killer.

Thinking this, Director Lu suddenly had a stroke of inspiration.

There were three different primary peculiar objects coexisting in this house, which under normal circumstances would not meet, but if combined…

Acting upon his idea, Director Lu immediately picked up the pillow. Along the way, the pillow seemed to tremble slightly, but it dared not make any rash moves in his hands, for fear of turning into a pile of feathers and torn cloth.

Making his way to the bathroom, he first placed the pillow aside, then went to the living room on the first floor and carried the television, which was displaying bizarre news, to the bathroom.

Next, Director Lu soaked the pillow in the bathtub full of water, and then placed the television on top of the pillow, also submerging it.

With this arrangement, the television screen was available for the bathtub and pillow to “view,” while the pillow’s dream-inducing abilities could affect the bathtub and television. The hallucinatory effects of the water could further erode the pillow and television. Director Lu was curious about what would happen.

He waited on the side, filled with curiosity.

The first anomaly appeared on the television.

Inside the TV, that journalist suddenly made a bizarre expression, and then he went to the street and began to devour other people madly, as if he had gone insane. As he consumed, he kept yelling out loud.

“Smart treasure, heh heh, my smart treasure, listen to me say thank you, my smart treasure.”

As he screamed, he also sang with a melody.

Next, the pillow also displayed abnormalities, with its expansion frequency starting to speed up. If it was barely noticeable before, requiring close observation to see clearly, now it was pulsating like a heart, causing the television to become quite unstable too.

At the same time, the color of the pillow also started to turn deep red, like the vivid hue an athlete would have when adrenaline surged through them.

Finally, along with the water in the bathtub starting to boil and tumble like it was being heated, the entire bathtub began to violently shake.

Bang—

The next moment, the bathtub exploded.

The bathtub, along with the television and the pillow, shattered into fragments and splattered everywhere. Several shards directly embedded themselves into the bathroom mirror, creating several huge holes.

Lu Ban was also covered with a few fragments, but soon, these pieces were expelled from his body and fell to the ground.

“It seems that when the three are placed together, they influence each other, resulting in the pollution continuously expanding, rapidly accumulating until they self-destruct?”

Serious entities capable of controlling rules cannot be physically destroyed, just as humans cannot eliminate rules; these rules themselves are the marks of their existence in this world.

But those that haven’t fully formed don’t have such robust vitality.

When an anomaly is killed, it dies.

Lu Ban felt like he had found a clue to solving the problem of the anomalies in this world.

In fact, there must also be relationships of checks and balances and coexistence among different anomalous entities, and if neither can kill the other, they are very likely to encounter a BUG, endlessly cycling in a loop. Because killing an anomaly doesn’t provide enough pollution to strengthen themselves, once this BUG occurs, they would be locked in place.

As he was thinking of looking around the house some more, he heard a commotion coming from outside.

He looked out to find a group of people gathered at his doorstep, making a racket.

Lu Ban then went downstairs and opened the front door.

Standing outside was a middle-aged man, obviously in clothes he had just put on. On seeing Lu Ban, he immediately inquired,

“Director Lu, what are you doing? We just heard a really loud explosion. What happened to you?”

The man appeared to be a resident here; hearing the explosion, he thought it might be a gas explosion and came out to check.

The other people were similar, with nothing to do late at night, they all came to join in the excitement.

“No problem, as I said before, I was just doing a simple test. If I disturbed everyone, then I apologize. It should be much quieter from now on.”

“Are you sure everything is all right?”

The middle-aged man asked.

“It’s fine. See, I’m standing here all right, aren’t I?”

Lu Ban raised his hands.

His clothes were tattered and full of holes.