Chapter 007 Shadow of the Movie King (7)
Jiang Lin will shoot first, supervised by the assistant director. Today the director will focus on Tao Xing's side.
Tao Xing was posing and paying attention to the filming over there. The male lead said to the female lead cruelly: "Did you poison Xiaoxi?"
The heroine just doesn't explain.
The male lead said: "Okay, then I'll dig out your eyes and take out your kidneys to compensate Xiaoxi!"
The female lead said, "Then go ahead and dig it. From now on, neither of us owes anything."
Tao Xing: “…”
Seeing his serious expression, the director came over to encourage him: "Xiao Tao, today's scene is very important and it will test your acting skills. Don't be nervous, calm down. It doesn't matter if you don't act well. We can try a few more times."
"good."
This scene is the memory of the second male lead. He watched his parents being forced to jump off a cliff. The director uses a dual perspective, the childhood and adulthood of the second male lead, one in the memory and the other outside the memory. The childhood period is played by a child, and the acting requirements for the child are not high, just crying will do. As for the adult period, there is no line, but he has to express various emotions such as pain, forbearance, and fright.
When the filming started, the shadow was still staying beside Jiang Lin obediently, with no abnormalities.
Tao Xing looked down at the yellowed photo.
In the plot, the second male lead holds a photo of his parents, looks at the cliff in front of him, and falls into memories.
A dark shadow passed lightly across the paper, a slender shape, like a wandering snake.
His hands shook and the photo almost fell, and his heart, which had already risen to his throat, suddenly rose to his throat.
The shadow came out!
The crawling movement could not be caused by light and shadow. Tao Xing recognized it at a glance.
He was startled and frightened, and raised his eyes vigilantly. When he saw that no one around him reacted, he immediately looked back and held his breath to watch the shadow.
The shadow moved across the photo, along the hand to his arm, and paused for a moment.
Tao Xing felt it was looking at her.
But the pause was only for a moment, and soon it swam away, moving down Tao Xing's body and moving forward close to the ground.
It seemed to be just passing by, saying hello to a friend it just met and saying: Excuse me.
Tao Xing was a little confused.
His eyes followed the shadow carefully, watching it flow forward, lingering at the director's feet for a while, and then flowing towards the lighting engineer. Black filled the space under the man's feet, and the shadow poked its head out, with cracks slowly appearing on its outline.
Tao Xing was startled.
gap?
It just used this mouth to eat a person.
Will it deform soon and chew this person up?
Before in the field, it actually... didn't reveal its true form just to get to know me, it was preparing to devour humans. The little mustache creature was sleeping in the grass from the beginning, it must have discovered it!
It hesitated for a moment when it turned the crack back, perhaps because it wanted to get to know the person in front of it first, so it gave up temporarily.
But the little mustache couldn't escape after all, and he actually ran back under its lips.
What is the pattern of its swallowing people?
The guy with a mustache killed the original owner. The murderer is dead, and he deserved it, but the director and lighting technician didn't do anything.
The crack is getting bigger and bigger, the black shadow on the ground is shrinking, it's about to stand up!
Tao Xing was shocked and jumped up and stepped on it.
The shadow paused, and the crack suddenly retracted. The black shadow that had just retracted collapsed. It turned around, stared at Tao Xing for a while, stretched out an arm from the irregular outline, pulled out its tail, and flowed out of the crowd.
Tao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the director shouted, "Cut." He exclaimed, "Xiao Tao, great! I didn't expect you to act so well. Passed it in one go!"
Tao Xing: “…”
He almost forgot that he was filming.
The director not only praised him, but also called other actors over: "Xiao Tao showed extremely complex emotions in the last few shots. When he was looking at the photos, his eyes were erratic, showing his inner uneasiness. When he reached the edge of the cliff, the fear in his memory was vividly expressed. But he is not a child after all, and this fear is also somewhat forbearing, as if he is afraid that others will see his emotions. This performance of restraint and release is very good. You must learn more from him."
He patted Tao Xing's shoulder and continued, "Then, he looked up at the cliff, and memories came flooding back. His emotions began to show, and he was horrified. It should be noted that he took this step forward himself. He couldn't control himself and wanted to jump off the cliff, but he couldn't die before his revenge was taken. All his emotions were restrained at the last moment and turned into a sigh... This clip is a classic, you must watch and learn more."
"Yes, yes, Xiao Tao is really talented, and he performed really well..." Everyone praised him, and some people took the lead in applauding, and the scene was boiling.
Tao Xing: “…”
Are you so good at imagining things?
Xiao Yang blushed and handed over a cup of milk tea, smiling shyly: "Brother Tao, you are great."
"Thank you..." Tao Xing felt guilty and absent-minded. He was anxious to follow the direction of the shadow and glanced in Jiang Lin's direction. Coincidentally, the other party was also looking at him and their eyes met.
There was no shadow around him, and Tao Xing's eyes immediately shifted away.
Jiang Lin paused and looked away indifferently.
The director had planned to prepare all night, but who knew that he would perform so well that he finished shooting in just half an hour. Tao Xing had nothing else to do tonight.
He told others to go and play with the fireflies, and then followed the direction where the shadow had just flowed to look for it.
I walked around the swaying grass and found it behind a tree.
The shadow was at the root of the tree, half hanging on the branches and half flowing on the ground, as if it was lying down.
Seeing Tao Xing coming, the hanging half moved as a greeting. This was different from its usual way of poking its head out. Now it was... a little depressed.
Tao Xing took a step forward.
The shadow moved again.
After a moment, Tao Xing heard a sentence.
The third thing it said to him was: "Bother me."
"What?"
"Excuse me." Shadow repeated. It was Jiang Lin's voice, which was quite clear but without any ups and downs in the tone. Those who knew the situation could distinguish it clearly.
Tao Xing's pupils shrank slightly as she suddenly thought of something.
It came to him before and asked him not to bother it. Actually... it was not because Tao Xing stepped on it, but because it invisibly prevented it from swallowing people!
It doesn't just eat evil people like the mustache guy, it devours humans indiscriminately and without any pattern!
Tao Xing's face changed slightly.
080 suddenly received a system message: "Host, you have solved the key point of the plot. We have just received some mission details."
It reads:
"This world mission target: Shadow,
Reasons for being judged as a villain: Devouring humans,
The mission of the quick traveler: Stop the shadow from devouring humans. Every time it devours a human, the evil energy will double. If the evil energy grows too much, the villain will be dissipated by the backlash effect, and the host's mission will be judged as a failure. "
After finishing speaking, the system was frightened: "Host, you led it around at night, but it was not aimless. You intentionally took it away from people. You were worried that it would eat other people again. Host, you are great. Although you were afraid, you were doing your job. Oh, no wonder, you had to chase it quickly when it turned back. You really couldn't wait. Who knows if it would eat others again?"
"What kind of details are these? Why would it swallow people?" Tao Xing didn't listen to its chatter and only listened to what he said before.
The system whispered: "Not unlocked, I don't know."
Tao Xing: “…”
Most of these details are already known information, except for the last one, which is that it will devour humans and eventually disappear into thin air.
The outcome of both sides losing must be prevented from any direction.
But...how to stop it!
"Xiao Tao, you really caught a firefly?" Someone nearby looked over in shock, as this person was very close to the filming location.
Tao Xing was stunned and withdrew his thoughts. He moved his body to block the shadow and looked back: "Yes." There were indeed some fireflies around him.
The man said nothing more and turned his head.
Tao Xing frowned, took a deep breath, leaned over and stretched out his hand to Shadow, and said carefully: "Okay, I am sorry for bothering you, since we are friends, friends should... be inseparable, you... still follow me, okay?"
At the moment, it is certain that the shadow has no intention of eating him, otherwise he would have died. Perhaps... he can attract fireflies to it?
Even if it wants to eat itself, the system has equipped the fast traveler with a life-saving mechanism that can be activated at the critical moment. It is true that there is only one chance in a world, but when it really comes to the point of using it, then... it is better to run away quickly and there is no need to come back.
080 was very frightened when he heard his words: "What, host, you still want it to follow you, and be inseparable? It devours humans indiscriminately. It's very dangerous, host, aren't you afraid!"
"If it can't be kept away from people, then at least we need to keep it within sight. What else can we do?"
There is another way, which is to kidnap Jiang Lin and take him to a deserted place, and Shadow will naturally follow him.
But soon after the movie star disappeared, a lot of people came to look for him.
"But... Host, do you have a way to stop him from eating people? What's the point of just keeping him around?"
"Since it said I was bothering it, then these two times have confirmed that stepping on its tail can stop it from swallowing people. Of course, pulling it can also be done. This is a temporary solution."
Tao Xing figured this out and thought about it carefully. In fact, the tail of the shadow can be seen. Even if it is a black shadow, there is a faint trace, just like its head. Even if it merges with the black shadow, it can still be distinguished.
Think again, when it becomes three-dimensional, there is also a trace in the "curtain" and the color is slightly different.
Although the shadow chases people very quickly, the process of preparing to eat people is actually slow. It has to open a crack first, and then slowly rise up to make itself three-dimensional.
Even if it is in a three-dimensional shape, it has to slowly turn its mouth upwards first.
As long as you keep an eye on it, there will be enough time to catch it.
"Then...what if it is originally three-dimensional, and the head is also in a cracked shape, what should we do? It is very fast at this time." 080 said again.
Tao Xing: "...If it's such a coincidence, then just admit that it's bad luck."
Generally, no shadow can be seen in the house at night, so it doesn't need to go back to Jiang Lin at night. Even if its shadow appears under the light occasionally, it is not the first time it has skipped work. Moreover, it can run away elsewhere blatantly under the scorching sun and street lights, which shows that it doesn't need to stay by Jiang Lin's side all the time.
Tao Xing planned to take it to her room and let it follow her all the time, and she didn't plan to return it to Jiang Lin.
But after thinking so much, he still didn't know whether the shadow was willing to go with him. After all, he had just made the shadow angry. What if it didn't leave? Should he coax it or something? How should he coax it...
After thinking it over, he tentatively reached out his hand, trying to pull the shadow's tail. No matter whether it moved or not, he had to keep an eye on the tail first.
The fireflies in the forest danced lightly around him. The shadow raised its head, paused for a moment, and then lifted up the corner that was resting on the branch.
Moved!
You're willing to go with me, right?
It’s great that you don’t hold a grudge.
Tao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
In the blackness, one end slowly stretched out. It should be an arm. It had stretched out its arm before to pull its tail, but it was not stretched very long at that time. Now that it was fully stretched out, it was seen that its arm did not have a slender outline like that of humans. It was connected to the body, like a person wearing bat sleeves, and when the sleeves were raised, a piece of the hem was lifted up.
At the end of the arm, there were no fingers, but it was still a hand, and it placed its hand in his palm.
"Huh?" Tao Xing was surprised again.
I wanted to pull its tail, why did it extend its hand to me?
It feels cool to the touch, a little sticky and a little soft.
The rest of its body was still a flat piece, flowing on the ground like water. This single arm that had become three-dimensional and stretched out from the "water surface" looked particularly strange, as if it was holding a blackened broken arm. The pool of blood on the ground was the result of the blood that had flowed out.
Well, well, since it is willing to go with me, it shouldn't eat me now. Let's take it away first. Tao Xing calmed himself down, held its hand, waved a few fireflies, and led it back step by step.
The crew members saw him coming out from behind the tree and greeted him casually.
His body blocked Shadow's arm, and he responded casually: "I'll go first."
"Let's go." The director was in a good mood, "Go to bed early."
Tao Xing, holding that shadow, quietly passed by in full view of the crowd.
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