Chapter 006 Shadow of the Movie King (6)
With the help of moonlight and fireflies, Tao Xing pushed aside the dense leaves of the forest.
"Master, didn't you say that our mission target is to transform cats, dogs, foxes, etc. into humans, which are cute? But how can it be cute in its appearance?" 080 was still terrified.
"How would I know? This is my first time doing a mission too." Tao Xing blurted out, "No wonder they didn't accept it." He coughed again as if to save face, and said with his neck stiff, "Actually... I think it's pretty cute, too. Look at how gentle it is and how good its temper is."
080: "Host, are you serious?"
“Really?”
"But your voice is shaking."
Tao Xing: "... This is an uncontrollable physiological reaction. Yes, that's right. Speaking of which... How far have I run? Why haven't I walked back in half a day? It feels like I've walked ten miles."
"It's your legs that are shaking, host. It's hard for you to walk." 080 said.
Tao Xing: “…Ahem.”
Fireflies were floating, the moonlight was like satin, and after pushing aside the grass, Tao Xing saw the black ball still on the path.
It hasn't left yet. A person... no, a shadow is standing there, feeling a little lonely.
It wasn't completely motionless, it seemed to have taken a few steps forward.
Hearing the noise, it raised its scarlet eyes.
Tao Xing was frightened by those eyes and shivered again. She calmed herself down, adjusted her expression, walked up, and mustered up her courage, forcing herself to look deeply into those eyes: "Um... that, I was chasing the bad guys just now, not hiding from you. You... you are not scary at all."
The black ball didn't react at all, and the pair of red eyes didn't change at all.
But Tao Xing could feel that he was looking at her.
It looked at itself silently, without saying a word, as if it didn't believe it.
080: "Host, your voice is trembling, it's hard to believe."
Tao Xing: "My voice is trembling, is it?"
"Yes, I have."
Tao Xing: "I am tired from running."
"Oh." Shouldn't that mean panting?
Tao Xing continued to say to the person in front of her: "You are actually very cute!"
The black group still didn't move.
Tao Xing: "I'm telling the truth. You... you have such a good temper. No matter how I stepped on you before, you didn't get angry. At most, I came to me and said a few words. You are still childish and like fireflies..."
I just don't know why he is set as a villain. Apart from looking a little scary, he is actually quite okay.
Tao Xing gritted her teeth and said, "My name is Tao Xing, can we get to know each other?"
Still no response.
Tao Xing thought about it. It was just a shadow after all. He had guessed before that although it could speak, it could not create words on its own and had to imitate others.
He mustered up his courage and gently touched its shoulder again. The sticky touch startled his heart again. He calmed himself down and insisted on not moving away. Instead, he slowly stroked it a few times and changed the way he said it: "I will never tell anyone about your existence. I will keep our secret. Do you want to be my friend?"
In this way, the other party can extract "willing" or "unwilling".
The black ball finally moved, tilted its head, and slowly moved its red eyes to look at the hand on its shoulder.
After a moment, his gaze moved from his shoulder to Tao Xing.
Fireflies really favor Tao Xing. When he stands here, the glowing little fireflies like to gather around him and dance on his shoulders and hands.
The breeze brings flying flowers, and one person and one shadow face each other.
The red eyes shrank, as if they suddenly discovered something.
Next up…
Tao Xing watched as its head slowly turned from bottom to top, with its eyes at the bottom and the crack facing upwards.
Then, the head suddenly passed over his shoulder and stretched forward.
Its neck extended rapidly, and soon, its body followed. It usually moved slowly, but at this moment it was very fast.
It suddenly disappeared from sight and flew to a pile of grass in the field, making rustling sounds in the grass.
"What are you going to do?" Tao Xing took a few quick steps.
There were dark shadows like fog in the field, and suddenly a man appeared from nowhere and ran forward madly.
Before Tao Xing could see who that person was, he saw a black shadow bump into that person.
The silvery moonlight illuminated the fields, and Tao Xing saw a crack on the edge of the black shadow.
The rift widened in an instant.
There was a scream, and the running figure suddenly disappeared.
In the cracks of the black shadow, a human body was disappearing bit by bit. In the silent wilderness, the moonlight was cold, and the wind rustled the leaves in the forest, making the chewing sound clearer.
“Crack, crack, creak…”
Tao Xing: “!!”
Slowly, the sound died down and the crack closed.
When Tao Xing heard the scream, he suddenly remembered that it was the little mustache man he had just beaten, and he didn't know why he came here again.
He stared forward in a daze, and the surroundings returned to silence. A light breeze blew across the fields. There was no smell of blood, no flesh or blood, no clothes or hair. The mustache was completely swallowed up and disappeared completely.
The black shadow began to move back, and its shape recovered. In the light breeze and clouds, it still stood in front of Tao Xing as before, looking at him with its deep red eyes, as if it had never left.
Tao Xing returned her sight to him and saw that he was still black except for his red eyes. There was no blood at the corners of his mouth and no smell of blood on his body.
In fact, Tao Xing even felt a little bit of innocence in it as it stood there quietly.
However, Tao Xing clearly saw that it swallowed a person!
His mind went blank.
080 shook him desperately: "Host, host, now you know why it is a villain. It can devour people. It's so scary. Run away..."
Tao Xing's brain was almost shaken, yes, she finally understood why it was the villain!
Is it too late to quit the mission now?
"You have to reach at least half of the world line before you can have money." 080 found time to answer him in panic.
Tao Xing: “…”
He stood frozen in place, fireflies floating around him, outlining dots of light.
"Yes." A voice came from the front.
Tao Xing was stunned.
It spoke. I had been waiting for it to speak again, and finally it spoke.
The voice is the same as Jiang Lin. At first glance, it sounds like Jiang Lin, but it has no tone and speaks slower, giving people a completely different feeling.
But...what did it say?
"The host said it was willing." System 080 remembered it clearly.
"Yes, yes for what?"
"It should be..." 080 said, "Answer your question just now. I am willing to be your friend."
"Huh?" Tao Xing wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Okay, okay." He forced a smile, "That's...that's great."
Does he dare not accept it now?
The black shadow didn't say anything else. He just stood there as he did at the beginning, but tilted his head.
Tao Xing felt that his soul was wandering around and floating in the sky, but it was not in him. He shook his body woodenly.
The shadow moved with him.
Tao Xing: “!!”
080: "Host, aren't you and I friends now? It might want to follow you, and you were the one who led it out in the first place."
"Haha, okay, okay..." Tao Xing walked forward stiffly.
"Host, where are you going?" 080 asked.
"It doesn't matter where we go." Tao Xing's eyes widened.
There was a rustling sound behind him, and the shadow had indeed followed him, as if it really wanted to go with him. Behind Tao Xing, it was dragging a long "curtain" and moving forward step by step.
This is completely different from the speed at which the prey was captured just now.
Tao Xing's soul was wandering and walking slowly.
Originally, I lured him out to have a detailed discussion, but now it seems that he was just lured out to have a meal.
He looked back with lingering fear.
The black ball felt his gaze and looked over with red eyes.
Tao Xing immediately shuddered and smiled: "Hi..."
The black group stared at him for a while, probably not knowing how to respond to him.
Tao Xing didn't expect its response, but just walked forward aimlessly.
The shadow kept following him.
Although he was already walking very slowly, the shadow was even slower, and it was getting slower and slower, like a sloth that was being slowed down.
Then, it stopped moving completely.
Are you tired, Tao Xing thought.
The shadow stopped and tilted its head, then tilted even more.
Then, it rotates 180 degrees and the mouth is at the top again.
Tao Xing immediately felt horrified.
Just when he thought the other party was going to eat him, he saw its body slowly lowering.
Taking the mouth as a symbol, it is very obvious that its height is decreasing, its thickness is decreasing, and the black area on the ground is getting larger.
It... seemed to have melted, as if the "person" with the "black cloth" in the middle slowly disappeared.
It turned back to its previous shape as a puddle on the ground. The crack disappeared, and the red eyes were gone. It was just a flat shadow that brushed past the flowers and plants without leaving any trace.
It began to move forward in a flowing manner, as if... it got tired of walking upright and started crawling. Well... it didn't look like it was crawling, its face was pressed against the ground, and it seemed like it was too lazy to even stretch its arms, and it just gurgled forward.
Compared to before, this is much more friendly.
But why is it too lazy to even walk?
Although it had returned to its less scary appearance, Tao Xing didn't know what else to do. He continued to walk stiffly, and the place became more and more empty.
After walking for a while, the shadow of the plane suddenly stopped and its head suddenly shrank back.
Tired again?
Tao Xing did not stop and kept walking, but his shadow did not catch up with him.
"What...what happened?"
The shadow didn't say anything, but poked its head out as if looking forward, then as if looking back, and then turned around and went back.
Not following anymore?
Could this be... the farthest distance it can get from Jiang Lin?
After the shadow changed direction, its movement speed suddenly became very fast, as if a gust of wind passed by, and it disappeared in a moment.
It turns out that this form can also move so fast.
If you can walk fast, why were you crawling slowly on the ground just now?
Is it only possible to return quickly under specific circumstances? For example, if one reaches the upper limit of the distance away from Jiang Lin, will he be forcefully recalled by the nameless force?
Tao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly and ran quickly to catch up. Just as he caught up, he saw only a vague shadow, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared.
080 was puzzled: "Host, if it wants to leave, just let it go. It's so hard for it to stop following you, why are you still chasing it? Aren't you afraid?"
The system thought again and realized that this was the mission objective after all. Since the host was not going to give up, then of course he couldn't just ignore it. However, he was too frightened today, so why not take it easy?
Tao Xing did not reply, but chased the shadow. He saw that the shadow did not return to the hotel, but went in another direction. He followed it and actually ran to the shooting site.
The lights on the set were bright. The director saw him and shouted, "Xiao Tao is here. Go get your hair done."
What's going on? Why are they still filming so late? Shouldn't they have finished filming at around 7 o'clock? He even went back home with the director.
He was puzzled for a moment, then took out his cell phone and noticed that the director had sent a temporary notice an hour ago saying that heavy rain was forecast for tomorrow and that tomorrow night's scene would be temporarily moved to tonight.
After the thrilling experience outdoors just now, who would have noticed the messages on the phone? The original owner had turned it to silent mode and he was too lazy to change it.
But by some strange coincidence, I ended up here because of chasing a shadow, and I'm not late yet.
The shadow came to find its owner. Now, it returned to Jiang Lin and, like an ordinary shadow, resumed its "working" state and blocked itself from the outside world.
Tao Xing walked into the filming location with her heart still beating wildly.
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