This actor is full of tricks.

Chapter 52: Shadows that Feed on Fear
nourishment.

These two words can never be used to describe people at any time.

Qiao Kang could no longer force a smile on his face. He lowered his head, and it was impossible to see the expression on his face.

"Nutrition?" Peace Dove's expression became subtle at this moment. He stared at Qiao Kang, who lowered his head. "Are you saying that someone is treating us as food?"

"No, to be precise, it feeds on our fear." Lin Jue shook his head.

Feeding on fear? That's definitely weird.

Is it Qiao Kang?

Chen Fugui and Yaoyao were a little skeptical. After all, since they met, Qiao Kang had been very considerate and had high emotional intelligence, always taking care of everyone's emotions.

But Lin Jue's previous reasonings were all in line with the truth, which made them a little shaken again, and they subconsciously distanced themselves from Qiao Kang.

Qiao Kang raised his head at this time, his expression returning to normal. "I am a living person. Everyone can see it with their own eyes. Li Ge, I think you are too nervous, so you are talking nonsense here."

His tone was somewhat helpless, as if after being wronged he still had to be magnanimous and forgive those who slandered him.

"Sometimes, seeing isn't always believing. I relied too much on my own eyes before, which led to my initial judgment being wrong."

Lin Jue walked out of the corridor, walked past Qiao Kang and came to the living room.

"You are indeed a living person, but you are a polluted person. The degree of your pollution is very serious. You have completely become a puppet of the weird. Your every word and action is actually controlled by the weirdness behind you."

Qiao Kang's mouth twitched unconsciously, and his expression was filled with anger. "Li Ge, I'm warning you, if you keep talking nonsense here, I will call the police to defend my reputation when the fog clears."

Lin Jue ignored him and walked to the wall that was emitting a pungent smell. He ran his hand across it and brought down a handful of wall powder.

The outside wall paint is snow-white, while the inside wall paint is dark red.

He rolled the wall powder between his fingers and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this villa doesn't belong to you, but to a family of four."

"After being possessed by something mysterious, you broke into this villa. After torturing them, you killed them in front of this wall, staining it red with blood. You then repainted it, cleaned the floor, and used pesticides and alcohol to cover up the smell of blood."

"That Jinbei car isn't yours, is it? It has the same smell. You stole a poor man's car and killed him."

"Neither the car nor the house belongs to you, so the Jinbei car can't enter the community, and you can only enter the villa using the password you forced out of that family of four."

Including the middle-aged man who was moving at that time, his expression must have been questioning why Qiao Kang and others appeared in someone else's house.

"All this is just your speculation. Entering the password is just my personal habit." Qiao Kang's expression did not change at all, as if he was not the one being talked about.

"If you like to use passwords, why don't you just install a password lock instead of using a fingerprint lock? Isn't that redundant?" Lin Jue asked back.

"And you said you haven't been back to live here for a long time, but why are there grapes and blueberries in the refrigerator? These are seasonal fruits. Don't tell me you prepared them specially."

Qiao Kang was stunned. He didn't expect Lin Jue to be so observant.

He forced a smile and said, "I admit that this villa is not mine. I rented it, but I just wanted to pretend to be a rich second-generation persona. As for the other things you mentioned, they don't exist at all."

"I also guessed that you rented this house before, but one of your habits exposed you and made me guess that you are no longer Qiao Kang, or your spirit no longer belongs to Qiao Kang." Lin Jue said slowly.

Qiao Kang asked subconsciously: "What habit?"

As soon as he said that, he felt something was wrong and shut his mouth abruptly. If he really had nothing to hide, how could he ask such a question?
To use a simple analogy, it's like someone says you've committed a crime. A normal person's response is usually "I haven't committed any crime," but a more problematic person will often ask what crime I've committed, in order to confirm whether the other person truly knows they've committed a crime. Isn't this a case of trying to cover up one's guilt?
Lin Jue looked at him with a half-smile: "That's how you address your fans when you record videos."

"In all the previous videos, you addressed them as family."

“But now when we record videos, the names you address have changed to friends.”

"You must have filmed hundreds of videos over a period of three years. How could you suddenly change the way you address your fans in such a short period of time?"

"You only possess Qiao Kang's body now, but your mind has been completely controlled by the weirdness. You want to play Qiao Kang, but there are flaws everywhere."

"I told you, all this is just your speculation!" Qiao Kang's expression turned ferocious, and his voice became louder. "If what you said is true, then where is the weirdness? I was really controlled by the weirdness, and I had so many opportunities to kill you, why didn't I do it?"

"I've already said before why you didn't take action directly. You were treating us as nourishment and feeding on our fear."

"Ever since you started telling spooky stories, you've been keeping everyone's nerves on edge, providing a constant source of fear."

"As for where the strange thing is hidden?" Lin Jue looked down at Qiao Kang's feet and pointed: "Isn't it right there?"

Everyone's eyes looked over there.

Because the room was dark, there were no shadows under anyone's feet.

But under Qiao Kang's feet there was a vague black shadow, hidden in the darkness. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see it at all.

At the beginning, Lin Jue always thought that the weird thing existed in human form, so his guess was wrong. It was not until he entered the tunnel and saw the scratches left by the scavengers that he realized that the thing might not be in human form.

It was underground and very dark, so the only explanation was that the strange thing existed in the form of a shadow.

The scavenger must have been caught by the legs by the shadow that came out of the ground, so he fell to the ground and left scratches.

And that shadow should only exist underground at the beginning, and after absorbing a large amount of fear, it can break away from underground.

The black thing that the middle-aged man's daughter saw in the woods was that shadow.

It was precisely because the shadow had been hiding under Qiao Kang's feet that it was able to appear silently in the tunnel, and was able to sneak into the room where Chen Fugui and his wife were sleeping through the crack in the door, and finally disappear silently.

As for when Qiao Kang was controlled by the shadow pollution, Lin Jue guessed that it was when the other party was filming the trailer three days ago. The medium through which the shadow pollutes people is most likely fear.

Shadow controlled Qiao Kang to rob the villa and Jinbei car, and then teamed up with Jia Jia and others, constantly creating panic during this period.

The weird story was the first time, the extra shadow in the tunnel was the second time, and the weird story coming true was the third time. The shadows were constantly squeezing everyone's nerves and absorbing endless fear.

That's why Shadow hasn't taken any action yet. He is just treating everyone as nourishment to increase his own strength.

At the same time, Lin Jue also discovered the limitations of the True Eyes Dharma Pupil. The weirdness that could be hidden through special means would not be seen by these eyes.

The shadow under Qiao Kang's feet surged, as if it was about to emerge from the ground.

Chen Fugui and Yaoyao screamed and hid behind Lin Jue. This "Li Ge"'s speculation was reasonable and well-founded. Moreover, they had no shadows in the dark, but there was a black shadow under Qiao Kang's feet, as if it was coming alive.

[Plot 7: The truth behind the liar is revealed. He becomes enraged and gives up absorbing fear, preparing to kill everyone. One of you or him will eventually remain in the villa forever.]

[The script is about to be finalized]

(End of this chapter)