I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 901 - 901 900. Idol

Chapter 901: 900. Idol Chapter 901: 900. Idol Because Baobao, no matter how you put it, is an incarnation of an Outer God, an existence almost on the same level as The Dark One, she was unexpectedly also present in the Illusion Realm.

The name, image, and voice of an Ancient Overlord are all polluting, whatever is spoken must be known, so if Baobao appeared in the Illusion Realm, then the real world’s Baobao would most likely also be aware of this matter.

She did not punish the false image here, which means either she lacked the power to overcome The Dark One’s defenses, or she didn’t care.

Lu Ban had considered the latter possibility as well.

Although Baobao seemed to have a good relationship with him, and often helped Lu Ban, essentially she was merely experiencing the ultimate human emotions through Lu Ban’s experiences. If Lu Ban lived in this world and could provide Baobao with those human emotions, she might really not take the risk to interfere with The Dark One’s doings.

Lu Ban remembered the name of the idol girl on the big screen and searched her up with his phone.

Quite popular, just like his own charm meter at 90.

Browsing through Baobao’s related information, Lu Ban also found some familiar faces, all of them had become Baobao’s agents, stars in the entertainment industry, and so on.

“According to the logic of this world, I have seen Baobao before, so her image appeared in my subconscious…”

Lu Ban analyzed himself mentally.

He recalled and found indeed he had memories of seeing Baobao on television.

Of course, Lu Ban could also say it was because he saw Baobao now that the Illusion Realm generated corresponding memories for him automatically, making him think he was just a nutcase.

After all, according to the doctors, the treatment Lu Ban had undergone would lead him to weave stories out of memories he could not forget and subsequently seal them deep in his brain, never surfacing in his mind.

So, it made sense that he hadn’t remembered Baobao as an idol girl before.

Human memory is not like a computer with categorized folders.

Human memory is more like a spider web where events are not detailed minutely in the mind but retain only some core concepts and keywords, concepts inherently included in everyday actions, hardly consuming memory resources.

Only when certain things touch upon these concepts and keywords does memory reconstitute from these things, becoming recollections that consciousness can recognize.

This is why people’s memories are vague; sometimes they get different events mixed up.

Because essentially, the process of human recollection is a process of recreation, just like writing the same essay a first and a second time; even though they might be broadly similar, the details have corresponding differences.

According to the doctor, Lu Ban’s ability to break down memories into concepts and keywords was lost, and the treatment forced him to do so, which, in turn, made these memories even harder to awaken.

Other familiar faces surfaced in Lu Ban’s mind, like Cui Siter and Shia, their visages appearing one by one, and Lu Ban found them very familiar but couldn’t recall what roles they played in the real world.

Perhaps they were like Baobao, people very distant from him, or maybe they were people Lu Ban had once encountered and interacted with.

The identities of people in the Illusion Realm didn’t seem to have much to do with Lu Ban’s perception; otherwise, Feng Yu wouldn’t be just a passerby nurse, and Qin Tiantian would merely be an overly familiar classmate he had little interaction with.

“What are you looking at?”

Amber’s voice came from beside Lu Ban, the petite girl peering over, looking in the direction of Lu Ban’s gaze, at the large screen, which was still playing a video ad of a youthful and cute idol girl singing and dancing.

“So you like this kind of thing?”

Amber squinted her eyes, observing Lu Ban as if she were a cat watching its prey.

“This one is the incarnation of an Outer God, not someone we can afford to offend.”

Lu Ban explained.

“She also appeared in your imagination?”

Amber puffed up her cheeks, her already somewhat chubby face becoming rounder and even more adorable.

“It’s something like that, she’s not really a good person.”

Lu Ban commented.

“Then don’t think about her!”

Amber grabbed Lu Ban, leading him back into the clothing store.

“We’ve already bought the clothes, let’s go get some milk tea~”

She carried two bags of clothes in her hands, not letting Lu Ban carry them, and headed towards the mall’s milk tea shop.

Lu Ban didn’t understand why girls liked milk tea so much. He thought plain water was pretty good, and soda even better.

But since Amber and Red Leaf liked it, there wasn’t much he could do.

Lu Ban took a sip of the milk tea, finding it very sweet.

The two girls were still discussing where to go shopping next, while Lu Ban tried to remember, to recall Cui Siter and Shia, and also to think about other things, hoping to regain his memories.

On the side, in a store selling televisions, several TVs facing outside were broadcasting news.

Lu Ban glanced casually at them.

“Jiangcheng will soon face the highest temperatures in ten years, and residents are advised to take protective measures against the severe heatwave.”

“An electric vehicle factory was inaugurated yesterday on the outskirts of Jiangcheng and will gradually start production, driving the development of Jiangcheng’s automotive industry.”

“The Jiangcheng Grand Theater is drawing enthusiastic crowds of young people with its recent performances of avant-garde drama.”

“A vicious assault occurred in Jiangcheng, resulting in one death, and police are now involved in the investigation.”

Seeing the news of the murder case made Lu Ban’s heart skip a beat.

Because such cases were typically not covered with first-hand information by news channels, partly due to the fact that everything could be overturned during investigations, and partly to prevent copycat crimes.

Many onlookers unaware of the full story would demand immediate clarification from the police as soon as they saw a case, which was actually unreasonable.

However, Lu Ban noticed that the location mentioned was quite close to Jiangcheng University.

He remembered there should be a villa district nearby, and if he wasn’t mistaken, in the real world, Lu Ban had once encountered a serial killer who disguised himself as a real estate agent to commit multiple murders, and even though he had been captured on surveillance cameras, he hadn’t been suspected.

Could it be that this world also had a similar serial killer?

Lu Ban immediately searched for information on this case with his cellphone.

For this world’s Lu Ban, it might be his first encounter with this serial killer case, but in the real world, Lu Ban had already solved it.

According to the doctor’s theory, he must have witnessed something similar here, so he could imagine a murder case happening in the real world.

But Lu Ban found that this case must be the first in a series, or at least the only one during this period, as he had been in a mental hospital the previous year and couldn’t have known about it.

Of course, it was also possible that Lu Ban had seen a similar plot in a movie, and his brain had processed it.

Nevertheless, Lu Ban was a bit curious and wondered if the cases here were the same as in the real world.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban directly dialed the emergency number.