Midnight Forced Marriage

Chapter 146 Uncanny Valley Theory
Early the next morning, everything was ready and ready to go.

I dragged the slightly shy Pingnan to my master Chen Banxia. My master Chen Banxia was still waiting anxiously, but he didn't see me cast a spell after waiting for a long time, so he became more sullen.Now that I brought someone over, he was a little puzzled, thinking that he was afraid that I would confess the truth and come to question him.

"Master, Pingnan has something to tell you."

"……Um?"

"Master Chen, thank you for your praise." Ping Nan spoke in a gentle manner, with old sayings from time to time, appearing genteel, "I have promised Mrs. Chu that I will go with you to the Wugui tribe after paying homage to the master on the way. Helping you identify supernatural substances, I can also exercise my courage, and it’s time for me to face it, and this is the first time I know that my yin and yang eyes can help others, so I’m really gratified.”

"Huh?" My master Chen Banxia was even more surprised, but he was as cunning as he was, so he followed us and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Pingnan to be so understanding of justice and willing to help others. Please rest assured that your safety along the way is up to you." I am in charge, old man!"

After he finished speaking, he clasped his fists together, like a quack.

"Okay then, I will inevitably trouble you all." After finishing speaking, Ping Nan smiled politely and went to greet the others.

"Girl!" My master Chen Banxia called me from behind, "What's going on?"

"What's going on?" I pretended to be stupid.

"You didn't cast a spell, I can see it clearly, but why did he agree?" My master Chen Banxia really had a somewhat puzzled expression, and his tone softened a lot, "Look at the way he speaks , and it doesn't look like it's been cursed."

"That's right, the mountain people have their own tricks." I started to act cute, "I did it without spells."

My master Chen Banxia frowned, "How did you girl do it?"

I shrugged my shoulders and decided not to be a fool, "That's right, master. I told him that we need a person with yin and yang eyes to help us, and he just happened to be able to help us. I asked him if he would help us, and he said yes. accepted."

"...Huh?" My master Chen Banyan was expressionless, as if he was still waiting for the next sentence, "That's it?"

"that's it."

"you……"

"Master!" I began to act cute and coquettish, and leaned close to him, "Sometimes, sincerity is better than means. We also made another friend and lost an enemy, what do you think?"

"Girl is right." My master Chen Ban smiled blindly, and his eyes began to look half-blind again. He stroked my hair and patted my shoulder, "My dear student, master Both of these apprentices are kinder and honest than me, but unfortunately, that kid from Shijiang..."

"Master, we are looking for him." I comforted him, "Brother has his own plans and arrangements, and he is willing to sacrifice, so we respect him. Now that he is in need, we help him, it's very simple. "

I also gradually realized that there are many things in the world that can't be solved by magic. The ordinary method of asking sincerely is actually easier and more rewarding!

On the road again, it is no different if it is more crowded.

It's unbelievable to say that among our group, Ping Nan is most afraid of Bai Xi who hides Bing Yi's soul, he is very afraid of that humanoid face carved out of wood.

I can understand this. Timid people are afraid of many things.I don't believe that his yin and yang eyes are only afraid of those things that others can't see, but he must be afraid of other things when he can see things.But with a lifelike human figure like Bai Xi, with a stiff and terrifying face, it's no wonder he wasn't afraid.

From a psychological point of view, human beings have a "uncanny valley theory", that is, they will feel disgusted and fearful when facing human-shaped things.There are three kinds of human forms here. The first type is similar to human forms, but not human at all.For example, rag dolls have human faces, hair made of wool, and two buttons for eyes, or snowmen, with carrots for nose and two marbles for eyes, no one will be afraid; Is there when his appearance is close to the appearance of man 95? ? ?At this time, people will be very disgusted and fearful.The second type, when the human figure cannot have automatic expressions, but its appearance is very similar to that of a human being, and it can even be faked, people are usually not too afraid. For example, Japanese dolls, dolls, many people think they are beautiful, some straight Males may even have obscene urges, but very few people feel scared; but the third type, they are very close to the human form, but not very similar, such as a human face, but with bulging eyes and no expression; a human body, but with four limbs The disproportion is distorted; the human hand, but the nails are longer than the fingers and sharp as knives... This is the "uncanny valley theory".

The case of Xiaoyu belongs to the third category.It is true that the carving of his face is very delicate and realistic, but Bai Xi’s production skills more than ten years ago were not exquisite, and no matter how powerful a puppet maker would be, he would not be able to make a Bai Xi that is destined to be broken soon like a Japanese doll Same.After all, the price is not high, and you will not buy it for appreciation.

"Pingnan, she is the Bai Xi of me and my senior brother, named Xiaoyu. But the soul inside her has escaped. What is imprisoned inside is our good friend, named Bingyi, who used to be a sea god. The spirit of Xiaoyu Po escaped to find the soul of my senior brother. In order to save his family, my senior brother voluntarily endured the curse of a thousand souls ten years ago and wandered in different places. We are looking for him. We are all good people, And good ghost, so don't be afraid, okay?"

I comfort Pingnan so much.The ghost knows but is aware of his fear, and is also tired of the breath of too many people, and has turned into an invisible soul, following outside the car.But if he takes Bai Xi with him like this, what some passers-by will see is a wooden doll with a broken leg and no legs, floating above a car in a strange and weird shape, and following it all the way, like a kite It looks even more terrifying!Therefore, he still had to leave Xiaoyu in the car.

In this way, Chu Yue and I sat in the middle, Xiao Yu was next to Chu Yue, and Ping Nan was even less afraid of me, so I sat next to him.The curse cast by Chu Yue has long since expired, and Chu Yue has just injected spiritual power into the car, and now I don't allow him to use spiritual power anymore.So, I have heard that Ping Nanhao sighed and trembled because of fear.

"Oh!" I sighed, and handed him a glass of water, "Drink some water to calm down the shock."

"Okay." Pingnan didn't doubt it, took it and drank it down.

"Do you want to close your eyes and squint for a while, the road is boring, and we don't like to chat." I said again.

"Well, okay." Ping Nan really yawned after finishing speaking, and said with a smile, "Actually, I didn't sleep well in the sleeping bag last night, and woke up several times. Don't mind me, I'm still scared, but today is worse than yesterday Feeling better now."

"Well, go to sleep."

Pingnan nodded, closed his eyes, his breathing quickly became steady, and within 5 minutes, he actually started snoring quietly.

Agu, who witnessed everything from the rearview mirror, smiled in surprise, "I fell asleep so quickly, aren't you afraid?"

"Of course he can't sleep if he's afraid, but now" I finished speaking and pushed Pingnan lightly, but he didn't wake up, but snored louder.I laughed and said, "I fell asleep not because I was no longer afraid, but because I added two sleeping pills to the water he just drank."

"Hahaha!" My master Chen Banxia laughed loudly when he heard the words, and then said with emotion, "It seems that the young is really out of the blue."

"What, master?" I blamed, "Master, you, you usually rely too much on your own spells, forgetting that people who don't know spells can have many ways to solve problems if they don't live a lifetime?"

"Yeah." The master nodded in agreement and smiled, "I think the people of the Wugui tribe are often taught the lessons of their ancestors. They realized this truth, accepted many realities, broke free from the shackles of inherent concepts, and walked out of self-righteousness. Only by breaking through the assumptions and fears of the outside world can we return to the normal life of human beings.”

"Yeah." I nodded, imagining that scene.

(End of this chapter)