I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 841 - 841 840. Enthusiastic citizen Mr. Lu

Chapter 841: 840. Enthusiastic citizen Mr. Lu Chapter 841: 840. Enthusiastic citizen Mr. Lu Jiangcheng City.

Qin Tiantian lay on her bed, idly killing time.

Her live streaming schedule was from after dinner to the wee hours, sometimes starting at eight in the evening and then playing sneakily by herself. In any case, her bedtime was definitely not before midnight, and she was likely to witness Jiangcheng at four in the morning.

With such late nights, she naturally woke up late in the mornings. During her career as a live streamer, lunch had become a distant concept; waking up in the afternoon was a common occurrence.

Now, at four in the afternoon, she lay in bed, unmoving, maintaining a side-lying position, her fingers scrolling over her phone screen, swiping through various videos.

[Spending over a hundred thousand on my child’s education, but only managed to score a third-tier college entrance exam, what should I do?]

[A cat doesn’t have to catch mice, but it must have a unique talent]

[The secret to a girlish vibe, I’ve got it!]

[Young man visits the countryside, encounters a lame pig, and turns it into roast suckling pig]

[When your dog learns to operate the water dispenser]

These miscellaneous videos were quite good at killing time, casually watching for an hour or two could just pass by.

But Qin Tiantian wasn’t watching these videos just for fun.

As a streamer, apart from playing games, she needed to create a variety of content for live streaming, and watching these videos was to find inspiration for shenanigans during her broadcasts.

In the current live streaming circle, competition was fierce; merely singing songs or playing games no longer attracted viewers. An interesting soul was naturally important, but various “accidents” also needed to be featured.

There had been interactions before where live streamers got room-checked by parents or teachers. Nowadays, they got even more creative with all sorts of mind-blowing stunts.

And these stunts needed to be forward-thinking, innovative. Otherwise, by the time everyone else had used up all the original ideas, one could only resort to following trends and reading “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”

Thus, Qin Tiantian felt it was truly tough to rack her brains every day for live streaming content, to ponder deeply, suppressing the desire to go out for exercise, and to lie in bed watching three hours of short videos on her phone.

Soon, she stumbled upon a video.

The title of the video was [Jiangcheng Mountain Mysteriously Sprouts Giant Trees, Streamer Takes You to Explore the Truth].

The video was quite long, almost six minutes. The uploader was an outdoor exploration streamer. Since Lu Ban went popular, many like him sprouted up like mushrooms after the rain, some specialising in exploring abandoned kindergartens, amusement parks, hospitals, while others ventured into the wilderness to live stream outdoor survival. These streamers ranged from completely realistic, purely natural, to those who staged various gimmicks for show effect, earning mixed reviews.

This streamer appeared to be one of the more realistic ones. Qin Tiantian had come across his previous videos, where he camped in places with beautiful scenery and incidentally shared knowledge about the natural environment, which more or less made him an eco-friendly streamer. This hands-on approach to spreading environmental awareness was, undisputedly, leagues above certain eco-friendly girls.

“What’s at Jiangcheng Mountain?”

Qin Tiantian was clueless. She knew that Lu Ban had a live-action entertainment project on that side, which still had long queues to this day. As for what was on the mountain, she had no idea.

During her school days, local classmates had mentioned that Jiangcheng Mountain was supposedly haunted, but she just took it as one of those ghost stories every place has and didn’t pay much heed.

The video started with some news snapshots from various websites.

[Overnight, a towering tree appears on Jiangcheng Mountain. Is it a prank by netizens or a mysterious revival?]

[Local elders claim the tree has existed for a long time, reported to relevant authorities with no response]

[Netizens eagerly discuss, jokingly saying that the tree was planted by Lu Ban]

[Experts say trees of this species can’t grow that large, suspect it’s related to recent oceanic nuclear radiation]

“Recently, the sudden appearance of a giant tree on Jiangcheng Mountain has become a hot topic among netizens. So, what exactly is this tree, and what species is it? Let me explore and reveal the truth for you all.”

He held a sports camera, seemingly hiking.

The path up Jiangcheng Mountain was winding and twisting, with only some clips edited into the video.

“Look, this is an abandoned village, it must have been unoccupied for a long time; the walls are covered in moss.”

“It seems the residents left in a hurry, as you can still see pots and pans scattered around.”

“I wonder if there’s any connection between this place and that tree.”

The anchor quickly moved the camera upward.

Above a lush expanse of trees, there towered a colossal tree.

In the past, Qin Tiantian had seen thousand-year-old ginkgo trees that only covered a single courtyard, but now, this tree’s canopy actually spanned the entire Jiangcheng Mountain.

Compared to the mountainous landscape, the tree was like a bountiful banyan growing out of a tiny flowerpot, a disproportion that could even evoke a hint of terror.

Do such trees really exist in the world?

Is such a phenomenon truly possible in this realm?

The tree trunk alone was visibly massive, and when the anchor reached its base, it was utterly speechless.

Normally, trees of this caliber should be protected by relevant authorities, keeping people at bay.

But now, there was no barrier surrounding it, and many tourists were gathered around the tree.

This was because it was simply impossible to isolate it.

The girth of the colossal tree was so expansive that, to the naked eye, it seemed larger than the world’s biggest sports stadium. Reaching the mountaintop, one couldn’t see the end of it – such a behemoth would hardly be swayed even by wildfires.

In the face of such a life form, all humanity seemed insignificant and powerless.

“Finally, we’ve reached the highest point of Jiangcheng Mountain, it’s so stunning, my friends.”

The anchor was so amazed that he was at a loss for words, and he circled the big tree with his camera before interviewing a few passersby.

“We’ve found some enthusiastic locals to inquire about the situation… What do you think about this tree?”

Suddenly, Qin Tiantian noticed that one of the passersby the anchor had grabbed looked familiar.

Even though the person wore sunglasses and a mask, she recognized him at first glance – wasn’t that Lu Ban?

“I think the tree has grown quite rapidly.”

Lu Ban answered, on camera.

“…It has grown quite rapidly.”

The anchor was momentarily choked up and then asked another question.

“Such a huge tree, how do you think it grew?”

“It probably just grew from the soil, I guess.”

Lu Ban replied again.

“…Thank you to this enthusiastic local.”

The anchor decided to question others.

After watching the video, Qin Tiantian felt it was somewhat absurd.

She had only been engrossed in playing a simulation game about cats for the past two days and hadn’t surfed the internet; how did this thing suddenly appear?

She thought about it and immediately sent a WeChat message to Lu Ban.

[River Oblivion]: Did you check out that tree on Jiangcheng Mountain? What’s the deal? Who did this?

After a while, she received a reply from Lu Ban.

[Motionless]: It was me.

[River Oblivion]: ?

[Motionless]: It was me.