Coming out of the Arkham Cinema.

It was already the next morning when I came out of Arkham Asylum.

The sunlight gently caressed the insane asylum shrouded in mist, and actually revealed some of the truth, goodness and beauty of the world.

Lu Ban felt very satisfied. He watched several good movies. Of course, there were also some boring and old-fashioned movies among the films participating in the review, but the good outweighed the bad. Lu Ban still felt gratified by the joy brought by human creativity.

As for Leopard, he was also very satisfied and ate a lot the whole night.

The horror brought by the movie played by the extraordinary projector, and the fear brought by Lu Ban forcing her to watch the movie, all these emotions became her best food.

The next morning, dozens of patients were discharged from Arkham Asylum. Some of them had been here for five or six years and had never recovered. Now, Lu Ban had restored them to normal by playing movies, and they were able to regain the life they deserved, which was a good deed.

This is cause for celebration.

After leaving the hospital, Lu Ban immediately handed over the review opinions to the review committee opposite.

As for the subsequent award ceremony, he had no interest in participating.

Lu Ban has always believed that if you like a creator, you don’t necessarily have to communicate with him directly, because you like his works, but the creators themselves may have various personalities. The works you originally appreciated may change because of contact with the creator, making it impossible to look at the works purely, and thus losing the original intention of creation.

For example, some people like to chase after idols and deify creators. As long as the work is from a creator they like, they will fully affirm it. Over time, a closed and one-sided circle that does not tolerate other opinions is formed, and less sober creators will indulge in it and fail to make progress.

Fans think that supporting creators regardless of whether their works are good or bad is a form of support, but in fact, this will make them complacent and difficult to grow.

Similarly, it is normal that some people like a certain work, but the creator's opinions conflict with their own in some harmless aspects, which leads to prejudice and ultimately affects their appreciation of the work.

After watching these movies, Lu Ban had no intention of making friends with the creators, mainly because he was worried that his opinions might affect their creations.

After leaving the organizing committee, Lu Ban also felt that this journey in Miskatoke should come to an end.

He and Baobao randomly found a restaurant and ordered two simple breakfasts.

While eating breakfast, he saw a man reading a book about the evolution of ancient beliefs.

Nowadays, not many people read physical books outside, and Lu Ban finds this very novel.

After watching for a while, he found that the young man could also take notes on the book with a pen.

There was a cup of hot coffee and a half-eaten sandwich on the young man's desk, as if he had forgotten about it halfway through eating.

Inspiration suddenly came to Lu Ban, and he came to his side and looked at the young man's notes.

Quite professional.

Of course, to Lu Ban, who has already come into contact with the reality of the world, all of these are very superficial, or even wrong.

But just as we should not deny Newtonian mechanics under low-speed macroscopic conditions because of the emergence of relativity, these theories and thoughts are indeed of reference value when relevant foreign knowledge has not yet been acquired.

"Your idea is quite good."

Lu Ban suddenly spoke out.

Hearing the voice behind him, the young man stopped writing and turned to look at Lu Ban.

"I found it interesting that people's perception of the ocean varies greatly depending on the region, so I wrote down my thoughts."

The young man quickly talked a lot, Lu Ban listened very carefully, and Baobao beside him also ate very seriously.

"…So, I think this difference is due to the different understandings of the sea by people in different regions. The more people rely on the sea for their livelihood, the more they fear it. On the contrary, people on the mainland have less demand for the sea due to their own abundant resources, so they don't fear the sea as much…"

He was talking about topics related to fear, and perhaps the fact that most of the films shown at the Miskatoc Film Festival had some horror elements attracted this young man.

"So, I found that people's fear of something will decrease as they get to know it better, but when it reaches a certain level, it will start to increase again, especially when they realize that they may never be able to fully understand such a thing, the fear will reach its peak."

He spoke eloquently.

“Therefore, the fear of the unknown comes from the known, just like Zeno’s paradox, human cognition is a circle, the more you know, the more unknown things there are.”

He and Lu Ban discussed it for a while longer, and they became more and more excited.

"Sure enough, I was right to come here from Providence. It's great to meet someone with such excellent insights as you here."

He said, and looked at the time again.

"Oops, the movie I'm scheduled to watch is about to start. Sorry, I have to excuse myself."

The young man took out a notebook from his pocket and opened it. In addition to some short sentences written in the notebook, there were also drawings.

The pictures all depict strange creatures that do not belong to this world, and many of them can be seen as a combination of multiple creatures.

Turning to a new page, the young man tore off a piece, wrote a string of words on it, and handed it to Lu Ban.

"This is my contact information. I hope we can have a chance to continue chatting. I'm leaving now."

After giving the piece of paper to Lu Ban, the young man left in a hurry.

Lu Ban took a look and saw the address and name written on it. As the young man said, he was from Providence, a port city.

"Howard."

Lu Ban took a look at his name and felt it looked familiar.

If there is a chance, you can recommend some works in other languages ​​to him. Maybe you can even send a Morning Star to this young man so that he can experience the scenery of a foreign land.

This was just a brief episode in Lu Ban's journey home. He bought some small gifts at the airport near Boston and took a plane back to Jiangcheng soon.

But Leopard jumped into the sea halfway and disappeared.

After inviting Qin Tiantian to dinner and bringing her some foreign Buddha statues as souvenirs, Lu Ban returned to his sweet and warm home.

A few days later, while watching the live broadcast of the Miskatoc Film Festival awards ceremony, Lu Ban saw the cold and indifferent words of "Silent Land" emerge in his field of vision.

[Task requirements: Magic network influence: 10000000/10000000]

【Mission Completed】