novelsite Chapter 5: What are the weaknesses?
Chapter 5: What are the weaknesses?
The Easter egg happens to be about Rong Zui's new wife.
At this moment, the girl who had just appeared did not yet have golden eyes; instead, they were a simple black.
She walked briskly down the second-floor corridor of the mall, then suddenly flipped and leaped up, landing lightly on the escalator.
Rong Zui readily accepted the fact that the newly introduced character was skilled in physical combat.
Who knows, maybe I could even have a go at He Jingtong's place? Rong Zui turned another page, thinking to herself casually.
On the next page, the camera suddenly zoomed out in the comic, and Jiang Xingni turned around to see everyone on the second floor staring at her, giving her similarly eerie smiles.
Rong Zui: ...
Rong Zui really wanted to scream out loud, but considering that she had been slacking off during the water class, she silently swallowed her scream and then typed a lot of complaints to her friend.
Rong Zui: No, why did you have to make it like this for a side story? Oh my god, that scared me to death!
Rong Zui: But my new wife is really amazing, hehe... She didn't even flinch in this situation... *kiss*
Her friend replied with a question mark, looking puzzled.
Rong Zui: [Your friend shared a comic book with you, come check it out!]
She continued looking for Easter eggs while waiting for her friend's feedback.
Jiang Xingni was not frightened by the scene. Instead, she calmly went down the stairs, thanked them with a smile, and then pressed the emergency stop button. As she left the mall, the comic book gave her a special panel with a close-up of her eye contact with a man.
Rong Zui: I understand, this man is definitely not simple.
As she expected, the following scenes all revolved around men: investigating the unusual events on the second floor, restricting access, and investigating who had called the authorities to report the incident.
When the man holds his phone and stares blankly into space, a golden glow appears on the screen.
The male figure gradually faded away, becoming a reflection in Jiang Xingni's golden eyes.
She smiled at the man, and that was the end of the Easter egg.
Rong Zui also just received a frantic call from her friend: [Quick! Who is that yellow-eyed girl? I need all her information in five minutes!]
[Why don't you take a closer look? Those are clearly golden eyes! Your comment really lowers my standards.]
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Jiang Xingni knew that she must have appeared in the comic, otherwise, the scene in front of her would not have changed so abruptly. However, Jiang Xingni did not know that with just these few scenes of her appearance, she had already gained a small number of fans who admired her looks.
"Shadows." Jiang Xingni's brain began to work rapidly as he stared at the main characters.
We can't just stand here without saying anything. Those monsters are only temporarily not attacking, which doesn't mean they're safe now.
Even being by the side of the main characters doesn't guarantee Jiang Xingni's safety. There are plenty of supporting characters who have been killed and sacrificed, and she hasn't just built up a powerful image yet. She can't afford to have it crumble so quickly and become a comedian.
Fortunately, she now actually possesses superpowers, instead of just making them up as before.
"They attack using their shadows, so don't light anything." Seeing that they didn't seem to realize what he meant, Jiang Xingni added.
The four main characters exchanged glances, and He Jingtong withdrew his hand, which was about to take out a talisman to illuminate the darkness.
"How did you know?" He narrowed his eyes, his tone revealing undisguised wariness.
Jiang Xingni had no interest in arguing with anyone under these circumstances. Relying on her immunity to the darkness, she led the way for them from the front.
"I said I could see the truth of this world." Her tone remained light and airy.
In complete darkness, let alone seeing Jiang Xingni's expression, they could at most identify the person beside them by their familiar appearance.
In the end, they could only follow Jiang Xingni's footsteps by relying on the direction from which the sound came, and pass over the layers of human skin puppets.
To be honest, Jiang Xingni is still trying to analyze the meaning of the golden spots and orbits in his field of vision.
Most of the light spots are hidden at the boundary between shadows, which is why Jiang Xingni guessed that the shadow puppet's attack methods are related to the shadows.
The golden track... seems to be the trajectory of a person's movement?
Jiang Xingni made this guess in his mind. After darkness fell, the shadow puppet remained motionless. Jiang Xingni could only use the corner of his eye to observe the main characters and then determine whether his analysis was true or false based on their behavior.
—Good news, her prediction was correct.
Each person's movement landed on the location of the golden track, and then after it was covered, a new track was generated in the void.
It's very useful, but sometimes it can be overwhelming.
Jiang Xingni tried her best to adapt.
Only after leaving the circle of human skin puppets did she turn around and look openly at the four main characters.
"I thought you'd at least say thank you," she said, tilting her head. "How rude."
It was Xiao Jiming who handled the negotiations.
He took a few steps forward, and without even trying, Jiang Xingni's eyes stood out conspicuously in the darkness.
Although it was golden, it wasn't the kind of bright color that could shine. They could clearly see the bright color, but the light fell into the darkness and didn't leave a single shadow.
It was as if it had been swallowed up by darkness.
"What do you mean by 'the protagonist of the story'?" Xiao Jiming asked, looking directly at Jiang Xingni.
The moment the question was uttered, a system alarm blared in Jiang Xingni's mind.
System: [You can't say this is just a comic!!]
The system was screaming in Jiang Xingni's mind. Jiang Xingni was just glad that it wasn't actually speaking in her ear, otherwise, her eardrums would probably have been shattered.
Jiang Xingni didn't need a system reminder, and she hadn't intended to do so anyway. Upon hearing this, she smiled at Xiao Jiming and said, "It's not important, Xiao Jiming."
In the darkness, Xiao Jiming's pupils contracted slightly. He had never introduced himself to her before. He didn't answer, but he silently raised his level of vigilance towards Jiang Xingni.
Ignoring the obvious wariness in Xiao Jiming's expression, Jiang Xing said calmly, "What's important now are these puppets."
The darkness that descended upon the eerie realm gave them time and a chance to escape, but no one could be sure that the darkness would last forever, especially since darkness was very disadvantageous to the monsters.
"What is your weakness?" Pei Zhaoye's earring swayed in the darkness as he asked.