Chapter 53

The movement proved it was not a dead-end for shadows to invade a still object. However, the reaction time was terribly long, whereby there was only a reaction on the 26th minute.

Ke Meng got Glutinous Ball to proceed to monitor them. Both dolls moved their ears on the 46th, 51st, 56th, and 59th minute throughout the straightforward test. None of the other body parts moved at all.

To prevent wind from affecting the test, Ke Meng closed all of the windows in the house, as well as the door.

The test result remained the same. Indeed, the kemonomimi dolls’ animal ears moved on their own.

Ke Meng patted the dolls’ heads. The dolls stayed still, like ‘humans’ who were faking death.

Considering they were merely ants, they might be suffering other restrictions since they were transferred into still objects.

“You guys have seen it yourself. The ears can move when they enter pure, still objects without a shadow inside.

“I think you guys can try entering still objects too. After all, you guys are smarter than ants,” Ke Meng turned his head and said to the two ants with human shadows in the box.

“I don’t have high expectations. I’ll take you guys out of the dolls as long as you move the ears within an hour and tell me how you guys feel.”

Instead of waiting for the two ants to walk and write, Ke Meng grabbed the bug shadows in the two dolls out and tossed them back to the bugs.

Subsequently, he removed Wen Yushan and Mi Jingyun, then tossed them into the two dolls.

A second later, both dolls had human shadows.

Ke Meng stared at both dolls for a minute.

They did not move, so he got Glutinous Ball to monitor them while he went scrolling through videos on his phone.

Glutinous Ball barked once 20 minutes later.

Ke Meng turned his head to look. He did not see the dolls’ ears moving.

However, he found the one-second movement when he played back the video.

Later on, the dolls’ ears moved eight times within an hour. They were moving much more often than the ants’ shadows.

He removed Wen Yushan’s shadow first and put it back to the ant’s body.

She only moved the antennae after a while. She then moved her hands and legs. She only started writing slowly when Ke Meng urged her.

“It’s very difficult to move into the doll’s body.”

The ant wrote strenuously and slowly. While Ke Meng watched her write, he was thinking of the disadvantages of a living human’s shadow entering a still object.

He then removed Mi Jingyun. Just like what happened before, Mi Jingyun only began moving the ant’s body after a minute. It seemed the body was stiff.

The answer Mi Jingyun gave was similar to what the other girl said. Both of them claimed it was very difficult to control the doll’s body.

Difficult to control.

Dolls had no nerve cells and biological substances such as muscles and cells. Controlling them to move with a human’s shadow was the equivalence of venturing into a brand new lifestyle.

Just like both girls entering the ants’ bodies for the first time, it was very difficult for them to adapt at first.

Entering a doll, which was a different species, amplified the inadaptability by countless folds. It was hard for the both of them to control their new bodies.

It was a straightforward test. If the still objects’ original shadows were not removed, the both of them might be suppressed by the original shadows as soon as they entered. They would be assimilated and stop thinking.

“We’re doing the tiny race car test next. Tell me what you feel after the test,” Ke Meng said and brought out two race car toys.

Both ants looked panicky. They watched Ke Meng putting batteries into the race cars and placed both bugs’ shadows in.

Light yellow cars, pitch-black chassis, and ants’ shadows—they looked like toys for kids no matter what, but they had become the two shadows’ nightmare at the moment.

Forget that they entered the ants’ bodies and the dolls’ bodies, now they had to enter a machine. It was tough being shadows.

“We’ll start the test an hour later,” Ke Meng said.

He would test on the bugs for an hour, and then he would test on the duo after that.

They failed to fight back, so they could only watch if both race cars would move while crying.

The race cars’ shadows were the shapes of ants. However, the ants’ shadows remained still beneath the race cars. They seemed to have stopped thinking.

Glutinous Ball barked once an hour later.

Nothing happened to the race cars.

The straightforward test of putting the bugs into the race cars had failed. Naturally, they might need an even longer time to adapt.

As Ke Meng only had two shadow species, he could only test on one first and keep the other one for safety purposes.

He placed Mi Jingyun’s shadow into the race car, while another shadow species remained in the doll for the straightforward test.

Both shadow species had no choice because they encountered Ke Meng, which was unfortunate.

Soon, a lady’s shadow appeared beneath the yellow race car.

Ke Meng sat back onto the chair and looked at his system. The normal test review mission was completed. He clicked the button to claim his reward.

“Resistance +2”

Ke Meng’s Resistance increased to 4.3 now.

That was much more powerful than before, but he thought it was insufficient.

He checked the available mission on the list. There was a new normal mission on it, and the requirement remained 30,000 viewers.

“That’s not enough. It’d be great if there’s a more difficult mission,” Ke Meng mumbled.

Perhaps the system captured his consciousness as a tiny loading icon appeared in the mission list instantly.

A second later, a difficult mission was added to the list.

“Difficult Mission: Review a strange item and obtain 400,000 viewers. The reward would be Resistance +15.”

Ke Meng raised his brows. He had just realized that he could interact with the review system. However, 15 Resistance points still felt insufficient.

He had obtained Shadow Catcher from the difficult mission before. Would that mean 15 Resistance points were actually high in value?

‘Is there a more difficult level? 15 Resistance points aren’t enough. I need a mission that rewards higher Resistance,’ Ke Meng thought to himself.

There was a quote that was circulated among gamers on the internet.

‘I don’t want to get hurt, so I’ll max out my defense.’

To apply that in reality, Ke Meng did not want to get hurt, so he would max out his Resistance.