This Luo Xiaopao was monitoring one of the two of Shen Xing a few days ago. At that time, they were upstairs opposite the hotel, using high-powered telescopes and thermal imaging cameras to observe Shen Xing.
However, after the two were found by A Chai, they fell asleep directly in a dream, and Shen Xing had never seen him.
This was the first time we met, but after the meeting, Luo Xiaopao gave Shen Xing a good first impression.
The first impression was that this guy regarded himself as a potential partner, and he knew that he ran all the way to the Duolan Hotel to inform him.
It is now obvious that Luo Xiaopao is afraid that Shen Xing will be suspected by the sheriff's special team, because this time Shen Xing came to handle private affairs, at least at the beginning of Yao Tong, he did not notify the sheriff at his own disposal.
Putting A Chaishen into the gap in the backpack unconsciously, the two left the hotel and went to the parking lot behind the street. There was a car that Luo Xiaopao had just rented.
The car models are old styles, very inconspicuous, and very suitable for leaving here with concealment of identity.
On the way over, Shen Xing controlled the phone to refund the ticket. Luo Xiaopao drove. He sat in the co-pilot, took off the backpack and put it on his knees, and liked the seat belt.
Luo Xiaopao called out the mobile phone navigation, and the two quickly left.
Drive all the way out of the center of Shicheng City, and then out of the suburbs to the nearby Ping An City.
On the way, Shen Xing asked about what happened to Luo Xiaopao. Luo Xiaopao didn't deliberately conceal too much, but said that he had received an order from the upper-level organization of Yeyin to go to Shicheng to collect an anomaly.
Unexpectedly, in the process of hunting down that anomaly, he strayed into an abandoned school.
When he heard this "abandoned school", Shen Xing felt a little in his heart, and Luo Xiaopao described everything he had secretly seen outside the school.
Based on this, Shen Xing can be sure that they encountered a wall-facer there.
It is precisely because these people inadvertently encounter the wall-facer, after being killed, they may have triggered the attraction of the sequence symbols on their bodies, causing the wall-facer to borrow a person's body and drove to the 7088 room of the Dolan Hotel to find himself.
This is also the reason why Shen Xing was suddenly attacked by the wall-facer without preparation.
Thanks to the luck to pass this time, it was considered that four anomalies were solved in a row, and the wall-facer was finally dealt with. Otherwise, like the people of the Ye Yin organization, he would have been completely cold.
Originally, I came here specifically for the wall-facers, and no one would have thought that it would be solved in this way.
On the way, Shen Xing was ready to take the opportunity to learn more about the Yeyin organization, but Luo Xiaopao was tight-lipped about this aspect, only saying that this time he had a good relationship with Shen Xing and hoped to cooperate in the future.
Shen Xing knew that he was continuing the way Wu Junxian treated himself at the beginning, so he didn't immediately agree, but only got some information about this guy from the side.
At noon, this old car drove into Ping An City. Ping An City is not very large, but it is a more famous small commodity wholesale city, bringing together new and weird things from all parts of the state.
The most famous one here is the puppet toys. The puppets come in different sizes. The biggest is the size of a real person, but the best-selling ones are for children.
Every puppet wears colorful clothes. For girls puppets, there are also a complete set of toys for dressing and dressing. This has formed a mature market.
When passing the door of a puppet shop, Shen Xing asked Luo Xiaopao to stop by the road, got out of the car and walked into the puppet to take a closer look.
He looked at these puppets with the eyes of a woodcarver, and he turned out to have a good impression. The workmanship of each puppet is very delicate, not the kind of shoddy work.
Especially when making puppet face shapes, Shen Xing usually pays special attention to face shape making when making wood carvings, especially in the process of carving wood carvings like Hong Bin's reference to real people, so as to avoid the horror valley effect.
Uncanny Valley has the same saying in this world, that is, when the simulated human being created and simulated is more similar to the real human, when a certain point is reached, the words and deeds of the simulated human will make the real human feel heartfelt. Fear, dislike, and rejection.
Especially in terms of facial expressions, for example, the face of the carved wood figure is almost exactly the same as the real person, but when a person stares at it for a long time and finds that the wood carved figure is even slightly different or slightly different from the real person, the difference is It will be infinitely magnified, and the people who observe it will have a sense of fear and horror.
Within this range, it is called the Uncanny Valley.
But when the wood-carved figures are very real, and there is no point of violation, the uncanny valley effect will disappear and no longer appear.
When Shen Xing observed the faces of the puppets, he noticed this. These puppets are divided into three levels. The third level is a cartoon type, which is the least like a real human, but the price is high and low.
The second type of puppets are slightly anthropomorphic and look very ornamental. Children also have a soft spot for this type of puppets, especially girls, which are slightly more expensive.
As for the last one, it is almost completely anthropomorphic. The workmanship is very delicate. Some are made in a one-to-one comparison with ordinary humans, and some are slightly scaled down but their facial expressions are completely the same as ordinary humans.
Not only that, the material of the clothes worn by this puppet is also much better. It is not made of the cheapest fabric. Even if the clothes are sold alone, they will cost a lot of money.
After seeing it, Shen Xing paid attention to one of the fully anthropomorphic long-haired girl dolls. The facial expression of this doll is very natural, without any jerky feeling, and it is not within the scope of the uncanny valley. It is a very good look. Kind.
And the one next to the girl doll, although it looks natural, but under Shen Xing’s careful observation, an awkwardness will faintly rise in her heart. If it is watched by a careful person, this puppet may be Cause the Uncanny Valley.
"How much is this girl doll?" Shen Xing pointed to the long-haired girl doll and asked the shop owner.
When he finished speaking, he bent down and looked at a price tag next to the girl doll, reading the girl's name on it, "Longge, is this girl called Longge?"
A fat and white man came over cheerfully and nodded: "Well, she is called Chang Ge. This gentleman, you really have a vision, this comes from the handwriting of the famous engraver Motu in our city."
Shen Xing felt as if he had heard Motu's name somewhere, but just nodded at random and asked, "How much is it?"
"3600 yuan." The shop owner said.
"a little less."
"The most is a hundred, you get what you pay for."
"Mr. Shen, this thing is too expensive." Luo Xiaopao, who had parked the car, approached him.
Shen Xing shook his head. The wooden sculptures he sold now seemed to be much more expensive than this puppet.
Of course, the wood he used is not the same as the wood of this puppet. The wood of the puppets is very common, and it is produced on an assembly line. There are no carefully crafted products.
The fat shopkeeper brags, not to raise the price a bit, in fact, which master engraver's work on this puppet is only worth 3,600.
"Up to 2800." Shen Xing said.
"You..." The fat shopkeeper shook his head.
"Then what's the minimum do you want?" Shen Xing asked.
"3200, can't be less." The fat shop owner said.
Shen Xing pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Wrap it up."
The fat shopkeeper laughed happily and explained: "You need to pay the third party. We are responsible for sending you a post. After the goods are delivered, click to confirm the payment, and then I can receive the money."
"Why?" Shen Xing was surprised.
"This thing... hehe..." the fat shopkeeper said: "Because it's a bit like a real person, you'd better not take transportation with you, so as not to cause misunderstandings. Some customers have encountered this situation before, so we all implement mailing now. You Don't worry, it will be here in two or three days."
"Mr. Shen, do you really want to buy it? It still feels too expensive." Luo Xiaopao said aside.
From his point of view, it is difficult for him to understand why Shen Xing would spend thousands of dollars to buy this tough broken puppet. With so much money, wouldn't it be fragrant to buy a soft silicone
However, Luo Xiaopao soon understood himself. He believed that as an outstanding special-employed officer who even the public security department would like to see, Shen Xing would definitely have his own special hobbies for people of this level.
Maybe people’s hobby is puppets? That kind of soft silicone is boring. What's more, the news they learned, this Shen Xing himself is a woodcarver.
With this understanding, it makes sense.
Shen Xing understood the fat shopkeeper's explanation. He didn't even think about taking such a big thing back all the way. Mailing it back is a good way.
Follow the fat shopkeeper to the counter to pay and fill in the mailing address.
At this time, Luo Xiaopao was wandering around the store alone, waiting for Shen Xing to complete the identity registration and complete the formalities, he also chose a puppet here.
He raised his head and said loudly to Shen Xing: "Mr. Shen, this puppet has a good figure, better than the one you chose. Look at this thin leg, the big place is big, and the small place is small. It's a superb! Gee!"
Shen Xing: -_-
The two went shopping in the nearby store for a while. This time they didn't buy anything else. They estimated that the time had arrived at the airport in Ping An City.
Luo Xiaopao wanted to return the rental car to one of the rental locations here. When the two were separated, he invited again: "Mr. Shen, please think about it. Next time, if there is a chance for cooperation, I will first send the abnormal information. Send it to you, it is up to you to decide whether to choose to cooperate. We will definitely respect your opinion!"
This time, Shen Xing didn't say anything more, nodded and said: "Let's talk about it then."
The two exchanged contact information and left separately.
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After seven o'clock in the evening, the plane slowly landed in Yungu City, Kuazhou.
Looking at the familiar night view of the city outside, Shen Xing sighed slightly, feeling that it has been more than half a year since he left home.
It's just that for a while, I feel strange to this place.
He took a taxi and left the airport and went straight to the Dahu Apartment.
Before arriving, Feifei had already called Feifei. Feifei heard that Shen Xing was back and was so excited that she had been standing in the corridor outside the apartment room.
As soon as Shen Xing got out of the car and approached the apartment building, she was already waving in the hallway.
Feifei had just rushed over to the corridor, hugged Shen Xing who was squatting down, and took a bite on his cheek, smiling, sweetly saying: "Uncle Shen, you are finally back!"
When the words are over, I have to help Shen Xing carry his backpack, but this backpack is really heavy and it takes a lot of effort to lift it up, Feifei had to hold his hand and let Shen Xing carry the backpack by herself.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Erhuo sitting on the sofa, looking down at the puzzle on the coffee table.
Shen Xing glanced at the jigsaw at random, and found that the jigsaw was almost finished!
"Huh? Your second uncle is very slippery playing jigsaw puzzles now!"
Feifei pointed to the stack of puzzles on the right side of the second body on the sofa. There were about three or five pieces in there. "Hey, Uncle Shen, what you see now is the fifth puzzle that Uncle Er has put together. It has been completed there. After finishing four pieces, he completed the 1024 pieces of the most difficult puzzle."
"What?" Shen Xing was taken aback and looked closer.
I found that Erhuo was fully absorbed at the moment, and didn't seem to realize that he had arrived, and the jigsaw he was trying to put together in front of him seemed to be able to be put together completely within ten minutes.
Feifei’s mouth was close to Shen Xing’s ears, and she whispered: “Second Uncle seems to be smarter. Not only is he good at puzzles, but now he can cook. And I feel that his skills in riding a small motorcycle seem to be better than yours. !"
Shen Xing became more and more surprised, staring at this guy who didn't even raise his head.
After a while, he stretched out his right hand and hovered over the puzzle, blocking Erhuo from staring at the puzzle.
Erhuo only reacted at this time and raised his head in surprise. After seeing that Shen Xing had returned, a smile appeared on his face and he opened his mouth slightly.
"You're back."
My speech has become a lot fluent. If I don't listen carefully, I can hardly feel the initial pause and discomfort in this guy's tone.
Shen Xing nodded, "You have been taking care of Feifei during this period of time, and you have worked hard."
The second guy waved his hand, "It's not hard, I...like... Feifei, Feifei...like me too."
"Well, thank you Second Uncle!" Feifei walked over and put her arm around his shoulder.
"Did anyone find you during this time?" Shen Xing asked.
To be honest, he is still not comfortable at this time to use the tone of a normal person to communicate normally like this with a person who is exactly the same as himself, and who was still a hard-working person before.
Erhuo shook his head, "I take... Feifei, I try not to talk when I go out, just do things, no one finds... wrong."
Feifei whispered: "Second Uncle also received the apartment manager just now. They overhauled the gas and electrical circuits in the house."
"Are you there?" Shen Xing asked.
Feifei said: "I've been there all the time, but the second uncle performed really well. If I were a manager, I wouldn't be able to tell that he was not you."
Shen Xing shifted his gaze to the neat pile of puzzles on the sofa beside Erhuo.
It stands to reason that after Erhuo becomes smart, it should be a good thing for himself.
At least if I have something to leave in the future, I don't have to worry about Feifei being taken care of, and I don't have to worry about being left uncovered.
And in the handling of some things, if you are inconvenient to come forward or need help from someone, you can also let Erhuo come forward on your behalf.
I don't know why, Shen Xing suddenly felt a strong sense of anxiety in his heart.
Seeing the second person sitting on the sofa honestly in front of him, a thought arose inexplicably.
"Will this guy really replace me someday?" (End of this chapter)