Behind the Door
Congratulations on completing the task!
Settlement will now commence.
[Mission Exploration Progress: 99%]
[Task Completion Status: Perfect]
[Is this bizarre and grotesque world merely the ravings of a madman, or a reflection of harsh reality? Did those mad things bring misfortune to this world, or did the madness of this world breed evil? In the gap between reality and illusion, you witness the story's ending.]
[Silence Points Gained: 84,500]
[Obtained Class Reward: Item: Mouth of the Madman]
Settlement complete
[Refine your worldview, satisfy your audience, bring more excitement and screams, and drive the world crazy for your work!]
[Choose to complete Career Development Task and receive career rewards]
Welcome back to the Silent Land!
Lu Ban was stunned when he saw the reward.
He counted the zeros again carefully to make sure he hadn't made a mistake.
"Over 80,000 Silence Points?"
Lu Ban immediately had two thoughts.
First of all, they made a fortune.
Secondly, the difficulty of alienation is truly a good civilization.
The previous [Erosion] difficulty required a lot of hard work investigating everywhere, and even with full completion, you only got a little over 10,000 Silence Points. Now, with [Alienation], although the exploration progress is also high, the rewards have increased several times over.
Lu Ban finally understood why the items sold in the high-end shops of Silence Department Store were so expensive.
Two missions at the [Alienation] difficulty level yield tens of thousands of points, enough to buy any refined materials you want. Once you accumulate 500,000 points, you might even be able to unlock the selling function. At that point, you can just plunder the alien realm and make a fortune.
Thinking about this, Lu Ban felt a sense of anticipation.
Of course, he is still a long way from reaching 500,000 Silence Points. Even if he could get 60,000 to 70,000 points every time, it would take several missions. He can only think about those things for now.
Lu Ban checked his haul and discovered that he actually had all the books from the Gudu, totaling several million words from beginning to end. If Lu Ban hadn't been so particular, he could have copied all of these books and published them.
However, he is not that kind of person, and the publishing industry is in a slump right now. After painstakingly going through three rounds of review and proofreading to publish a book, the money earned might not even be as much as the tips Qin Tiantian gets from a week of live streaming. It's really a thankless task. At most, a small section of these texts can be used as a bonus or Easter egg in a movie.
As for the other scenes, Lu Ban glanced at them and quickly found a video file.
The video file is labeled as a door.
Upon clicking, he saw a large bronze door with an ancient design, the very one located in the church's underground area.
However, Lu Ban always felt that something was missing from this door.
He looked at it for a while before suddenly noticing that the strange, exotic script was no longer on the door.
The video kept shifting between near and far, as if something was watching the gate. Lu Ban stared at the screen for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh.
"This is the view from inside the door!"
The moment Lu Ban realized this, he saw the camera pan to him.
A corner of a colossal, indifferent, grand, absolute, and irresistible figure came into his view.
Buzz—
In an instant, Lu Ban's ears rang, his eardrums ruptured, he lost all hearing, his eyes turned bright red as if blood had been sprayed into them, blood seeped from his nose, and his entire brain seemed to be being violently churned and pulverized in a blender, boiling over.
A wisp of smoke emerged from Lu Ban's ears, nose, and mouth, accompanied by a strong, acrid smell.
thump--
Lu Ban to the ground, twitched twice, and then remained motionless.
The video continued playing, and everything in Lu Ban's room seemed to be suppressed, not daring to peek out.
Even the grass on his body grew extremely slowly, as if it were being suppressed by something.
At that moment, the door to Lu Ban's room was suddenly pushed open, and a person walked in.
He frowned slightly when he saw the image on the screen, turned it off, and then shook Lu Ban's body.
Seeing that there was no response, she pulled Lu Ban up, put him on the bed, and carefully wiped the blood off his face with a wet towel.
As the curtains were drawn back, sunlight streamed in, and the grass on Lu Ban's body finally began to grow vigorously again.
It wasn't until the afternoon, when the sun was setting, that Lu Ban opened his eyes again.
"I never imagined I'd spend the Spring Festival like this."
He moved his head and looked at the blanket covering him. Just as he was about to say that his roommate was already so considerate, he suddenly smelled a fragrance.
It looks like stir-fried crab?
The aroma emitted by the shells of crustaceans after being heated to high temperatures is quite unique, and Lu Ban's appetite was already whetted by the smell.
My Air Friend is so amazing, it can even cook?
Listening to the sounds of cooking coming from the kitchen, Lu Ban thought.
He stood up, walked out of the bedroom, and went to the kitchen.
Immediately, Lu Ban saw a familiar figure.
"Feng Yu?"
His class monitor Feng Yu, was wearing an apron and busy at the stove.
"You're awake? Go wash up, dinner will be ready soon."
Feng Yu said naturally, just like Lu Ban's mother.
Lu Ban saw that there was already a plate of stir-fried garlic chives with cured pork, a plate of stir-fried loofah with eggs, a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs on the table, and crab soup was simmering in the wok. The aroma of rice was wafting from the rice cooker, making it feel just like being at home.
Lu Ban reached out to steal a piece of cured meat, but before he could even touch it, Feng Yu caught him red-handed.
"It's unhygienic to use chopsticks after washing your hands."
"Oh"
Lu Ban went to the bathroom, closed the door, washed his hands, and looked carefully at himself in the mirror.
"What happened? How did she get in?"
Lu Ban looked completely innocent in the mirror, indicating that he was unaware of the situation.
"Lu Ban, dinner's ready."
Feng Yu's voice came from outside the restroom door.
Lu Ban, hiding in the toilet, responded with a sound.
After thinking about it, he felt that the problem shouldn't be too big.
Feng Yu himself had no ill intentions towards me, and the shock I felt when I saw the video footage this morning was probably due to Feng Yu's help.
She is a good person!
But thinking about it carefully, the fact that I fainted while watching the video and Feng Yu cleaned up the mess felt a bit like secretly watching a pornographic movie at home, accidentally falling asleep, and waking up to find myself sitting on the sofa with my relatives looking at me kindly.
It was quite awkward.
He walked out of the bathroom and into the living room.
The TV was on, still playing news from the Spring Festival period, and there was a steaming hot meal on the table.
Lu Ban watched as Feng Yu opened the rice cooker, scooped rice into a bowl with a spoon, pressed it down, and continued scooping until the bowl was full before handing it to him.
"I just made some simple dishes."
Feng Yu himself only scooped up a small spoonful and sat down opposite Lu Ban.
How did you get in?
Watching the reruns of the skits from previous years, Lu Ban finally asked the question.