I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords-Chapter 54 - 0. Repaying Society at Midnight_1
Chapter 54: 054. Repaying Society at Midnight_1
Chapter 54: 054. Repaying Society at Midnight_1
Pressing her sore buttocks because of Lu Ban, Qin Tiantian saw that after the video ended with that cold and sinister smile, a string of text also appeared.
Within one week of the video’s release, if likes exceed five hundred thousand and coins exceed one hundred thousand, an additional episode will be released.
“The hell I want you to upload more episodes!”
Qin Tiantian was infuriated.
It’s already bad enough to release a food video in the middle of the night that dupes people, but to even include horror and thriller elements in it!
The sensation was like looking into a dish of fried rice that appeared so dark and uninviting as if it were made from dark cuisine you’d dare not touch, yet it tasted incredibly delicious, making it hard to stop eating, only to discover at the end that the delicious meat in the rice was cockroach flesh.
In that eerie, horrifying, and tense atmosphere, Lu Ban, who was driving, eating hotpot, and singing songs, had an air of dark humor that felt perversely amusing.
No lie, now that I think about it, it kind of had a vibe.
On the computer screen, colorful bullet comments flew by.
[The special effects are getting more and more realistic, last time it was just a zombie, this time there’s even a monster included]
[Yeah, when that monster’s mouth opened, it was indeed pretty gross]
[I think the actors here are very good, way better than those so-called stars who just scream and shout without any depth]
[Right right right, that look of fear in the face of death is so real, it gave me the creeps just watching]
[That smile from the guy at the end almost scared the life out of me, this UP really knows how to find creepy actors]
[I’ve got it, this video is in the food section because of the scenes where fish are eating people, this is animal mukbang]
[Stop talking nonsense, that should be put in the pet zone]
[Speaking of which, when I saw those fish mouths, I suddenly had a bold idea]
[You guys are nuts]
For the viewers, this video was just for fun.
The fate of the people in the video, the monsters, and the plot development were all staged, computer-generated, and predestined.
That’s what Qin Tiantian thought at first too.
After all, there’s no way Lu Ban really showed those monsters eating people, right?
Where did he find such a monster, anyway?
Right.
While thinking this, Qin Tiantian also recalled what had happened at Lu Ban’s place.
The chilling, uncanny atmosphere, along with Ah Zhen and Ah Qiang mentioned by Lu Ban, suddenly made her feel that perhaps Lu Ban was actually capable of doing such things.
“Wait a minute…”
Suddenly, Qin Tiantian remembered the photo Lu Ban had sent her when she messaged him on WeChat.
Four sets of tableware, sitting around a table.
Lu Ban, that burly guy, the middle-aged woman, the young man, plus the driver handling the camera.
It seemed to match up perfectly.
Could it be that he was dining with those actors back then?
He surely wasn’t having a meal with ghosts, right?
Qin Tiantian convinced herself.
Night had fallen deep, and though she was a little scared, the fact that the last scene was so beyond reason made Qin Tiantian less fearful than before.
It’s like a horror movie, once you’ve seen it, it’s just a movie; surely no one gets scared to the point of losing sleep after watching one.
Yet, Qin Tiantian still shared the video with her group chat to repay the members who had helped her out on ordinary days.
She saw that as she forwarded it, the likes and coins for the video had already started to increase.
“So, people really do want to see what happens next, huh?”
As she spoke, Qin Tiantian liked and threw in some coins.
She wasn’t exactly eager to see a follow-up video; she wanted to boost this video for the betterment of society.
“Time for bed!”
Driving away thoughts of those plants, those fish, those monsters from her mind, Qin Tiantian wrapped herself in two layers of blankets, curled up into a ball, clutching her shark pillow, and finally managed to fall asleep with difficulty.
…
At a local police station in Jiangcheng.
He Youwu, the officer on duty, was scrolling through videos on his phone.
With Jiangcheng’s good public order, there were hardly any crimes at night, so he mostly watched out for drunken college students or daredevil youths speeding around on electric bikes, but most of the time, his job was quite relaxed.
After watching a video about an abnormal assassin serial killer case that happened last century, He Youwu recalled the mentally ill patient he had encountered some time ago. His name seemed to be… Lu Ban?
Yes, Lu Ban.
Although this man appeared gentle and refined, polite and gracious, cheerful and sunny, and outwardly handsome and kind, the house he lived in and his behavior made He Youwu feel eerily uncomfortable, as if he was harboring some kind of monster.
He Youwu still remembered the man’s medical record, which not only indicated schizophrenia but also delusional disorder and persecutory delusions. He thought the general understanding of a madman was just that.
If Lu Ban were stark raving mad, that would be one thing, but he seemed very normal, logical, and his dealings with others were all proper, which was even more frightening.
When a madman acts very normal, it means that he has learned to hide himself!
However, they weren’t ones to arrest people without cause; Lu Ban hadn’t committed any crime, no acts of villainy, he was simply ill and hadn’t disturbed the neighbors, so naturally, He Youwu couldn’t possibly arrest him.
“I hope he is just simply mentally abnormal and doesn’t do anything strange.”
While muttering to himself, He Youwu saw that someone in his high school classmates’ group chat forwarded a video.
[Trying Field Mice, They’re Quite Big, Tastes Good]
“What is this, a mukbang? A late-night revenge on society?”
He Youwu dismissed the video title with disdain until he saw the video’s cover.
He abruptly stopped breathing and felt a buzz in his ears, all sounds fading away.
Moments later, He Youwu took deep breaths and took a careful look at the person on the screen.
Without a doubt, it was Lu Ban!
Was this mentally ill patient also a video uploader?
What kind of video could he make?
With suspicion, He Youwu clicked on the video.
Twelve minutes later, He Youwu saw the end of the video.
When he saw the young man’s sinister and eerie smile, suddenly, at the window in front of the duty room, a head popped up.
“Fuck!”
Startled, He Youwu hurled his phone away, his whole body trembling as if struck by an electric shock; he was almost ready to pull out his baton and strike the peering head.
“Caught you slacking off, did I.”
The person revealed a grin; it was He Youwu’s partner, Chen Danshen, who had also visited Lu Ban’s house before. He wasn’t on duty today but had come by to get some air after drinking with friends, also taking the opportunity to check on the duty officer.
“What are you watching?”
Chen Danshen glanced at He Youwu’s phone, and his smiling face suddenly froze.
“Isn’t this…”
He saw He Youwu nod.
“Watch this video.”
He Youwu pointed to his phone.
Chen Danshen felt something strange and didn’t understand, but he still hit replay.
Ten minutes later, having watched the video, Chen Danshen felt himself sober up completely.
Updat𝓮d from freewēbnoveℓ.com.
“Are the special effects used in this man’s video… really special effects?”
“We learned at the police academy about the structure of the human body, and some basic injury identification. Props can’t achieve this kind of effect, can they?”
“Stop, stop, stop, there can’t be any fish flying in the sky in this world, nor those monsters and grass. These are obviously special effects.”
“I’ve never seen the other people in this video before.”
“With such good acting skills, they should be famous, right?”
The two of them discussed things about Lu Ban, one after another.
Suddenly, He Youwu felt like something was squirming at the edge of the window.
Bang—
Just as he noticed it, a loud noise echoed in the night.
“Shit!”
Both of them cursed at the same time, looked up, and saw only a cat, carrying a mouse in its mouth, dashing past.
*
A new week has begun, on to Jiangcheng!
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