Chapter 739: A stunning performance without props, as if tempered a thousand times over

Xiao Yue made her entrance at this very moment.

While the expedition team was searching for supplies in the resource zone, a member with the "Clairaudient" ability suddenly detected a sound hidden within the ruins of the building across from the supermarket.

If it had merely been the faint sound of human breathing, it would have easily blended in with the breathing of the expedition team members.

A member possessing the "Clairaudient" ability might not have truly been able to detect it.

When Xiao Yue was exploring this resource zone, she had often encountered members of the expedition team, but she had always remained hidden in the shadows and had not been discovered.

As long as she did not want to be found, those people could never locate her.

This time, she was discovered on purpose.

She had specifically found a small piece of scrap iron and was lightly scraping it against the ground.

This sharp, grating clashing sound, which was clearly different from the sound of breathing, was like a pebble suddenly thrown into a calm lake, disrupting the harmony composed of sounds.

That was why it was instantly captured by the "Clairaudient" ability user.

"Captain, it's in this building, there's someone in the building!" the Clairaudient ability user said with extreme caution.

The apocalypse had already been going on for several years.

Those who could still remain outside now, without entering a base, were long since no longer ordinary people, but ability users who had awakened special powers.

Every ability user was an unstable factor.

Perhaps influenced by their abilities, some ability users would be particularly irritable, impulsive, and full of a desire for destruction.

Of course, there were also those who, because of their abilities, gradually became peaceful from their originally irritable personalities.

This type of ability user often awakened powers related to the water element; such abilities were not very aggressive and were suitable for support.

Who knew what kind of personality an ability user who could still remain outside and had not joined a base might have? They might be a sociopath who would turn around and attack their expedition team.

It wasn't as if they hadn't encountered such things before.

Therefore, when the expedition team went out to search for supplies now, if they encountered survivors calling for help, they would be extremely cautious.

If they weren't careful, they might instead be killed by the survivors.

After those people awakened their abilities, their already gloomy personalities became even more paranoid.

They attempted to destroy all humans on this planet, as if the new era could only begin once humanity was extinct.

This group of people was cowardly and incompetent; unable to defeat more powerful mutated animals and plants, they turned their butcher knives toward the weaker ones, harming their own kind.

The expedition team captain led a group of people to surround the building, and the Clairaudient ability user said very affirmatively:

"It's right in front, stopped on the first floor. The sound of the iron piece is still ringing. That person seems to be calling for our help, or is in the middle of activating an ability."

The captain's expression tightened, and he said with extreme caution: "Shields up!"

The ability user with shield powers immediately stepped forward and conjured a shield.

This scene would be displayed through post-production special effects.

The iron door of the building had already rusted; the strength-based ability user gave it a light kick, and the door collapsed with a boom.

The next second, Xiao Yue's frail figure was exposed to everyone's eyes.

She was curled up barefoot in a corner, wearing a long dress so dirty that its original color could no longer be discerned.

One of her arms was wrapped around her legs, while the other hand kept scraping the iron piece, making a *scratch-scratch* sound against the ground.

She kept repeating this action, as if immersed in her own thoughts and consciousness, turning a blind eye to the arrival of this group of people.

The captain did not approach immediately, but said with extreme caution: "Check first to see if she is a special ability user."

A team member muttered in a low voice: "Could she be mentally ill?

We have so many people coming over, and the expression on her face hasn't changed at all. Is this autism?"

Another team member threw a small detection device toward Xiao Yue.

The device landed on the ground, making a few clanking sounds, rolled to the side of Xiao Yue's leg, bumped into her leg, and bounced outside.

This was both a check and a stress test.

To see if there was any reaction from Xiao Yue's abilities, and at the same time, to see what her reaction would be once her state was broken by an external object.

Xiao Yue's reaction was very normal.

After her body was touched by the object, she immediately stopped the action of scraping the iron piece, raised her head, and looked at this group of outsiders.

Her face was dirty, but only those eyes were very clear, revealing a sense of panic and fear.

Xiao Yue covered her ears with her hands, desperately shrinking her body into the corner of the wall.

Behind her was the wall; she had shrunk as much as she could, but she still tried to keep shrinking inward.

She said in terror: "Don't come over, don't kill me, don't touch me... don't come over, get away! Don't come over, don't come over..."

The team member analyzed calmly and rationally: "It looks like a stress reaction caused by having suffered huge trauma. Judging from the footprints on the ground, she should have been here for several days."

"Although she is barefoot, there is no blood on her feet, so she hasn't attracted other mutated animals or plants.

Judging from the degree of her physical deterioration, she hasn't eaten for more than three days. If we had come two days later, what we would see would be a corpse..."

After this team member finished his analysis, the detection instrument on the ground that had touched Xiao Yue suddenly emitted a series of long beeps, while also flashing a green light.

This was a safety signal!

Everyone couldn't help but feel relieved.

Not a special ability user, then it was easy to handle.

No matter how twisted a survivor's personality might be, or even if they were meticulously planning to attack them, their lethality was ultimately limited.

After all, they had abilities; how could ordinary people possibly defeat them?

But if it were a special ability user, it would be hard to say.

There were so many people in the world; even though batch after batch had died, there were still many who survived, and the abilities they awakened were strange and varied.

Powerful ability users could instantly kill dozens of weak ability users.

In the world of ability users, awakened abilities are held in the highest regard.

The more special the ability and the stronger the damage, the higher the status of the person themselves.

The captain made a gesture to the other members, which meant they were going to save her.

A member sighed softly and muttered: "The captain is just a soft-hearted person. If he weren't powerful and cautious enough, he would have died in the wild who knows how many times already."

"But whenever he sees a person, he wants to save them, even if it's an evil person. No... in his eyes, there are no evil people; every single one is a pitiful person, and the evil they committed was all forced by the apocalypse."

Complaining was complaining.

But the steps they took toward Xiao Yue never stopped.

It was also at this moment that a dull thud suddenly came from outside the building, and the expedition team members' faces changed drastically.

This wasn't something falling, but the arrival of some kind of large mutated animal.

This sound was the unique footsteps of a large mutated animal jumping from a high place to the ground.

"Didn't they say this resource zone was a safe zone? How could we still encounter a large mutated animal?"

"The information is wrong, we've been set up!"

"Defend quickly, don't let it collapse the building, strengthen the defense of this building, quickly perform a combined offensive and defensive maneuver!"

One person made complex gestures for several seconds, and finally pressed both palms onto the ground; this was the signal to link individual ability with the entire building.

"Cut!" Director Zheng shouted.

The tense atmosphere on set suddenly stalled, and everyone detached from the emotions in the scene.

Although Seeing Jin Li was also in this scene, she was not the main actor; she was there to be background scenery.

Her most important part was the reaction she displayed the moment the expedition team members saw her when the door was opened.

For this scene, Seeing Jin Li did it in one take; it was the only scene in the crew so far that had been done in one take.

There was absolutely no need for reshoots.

Director Zheng had been very confident from the start, and he had long had the sense of the image he wanted in his mind.

So when he started filming, he was always aiming for the images he had in his mind.

Seeing Jin Li had already produced the effect he wanted, so Director Zheng did not choose to do multiple reshoots.

With just those few shots, Zheng Chengxin felt it was already good enough.

If they kept filming, even if they changed to different angles, they might not necessarily be able to film an image better than the first one.

During the 10-minute break, Director Zheng ignored Seeing Jin Li and instead picked up the script to talk about the scene with the expedition team members.

They were facing the pursuit of a large mutated animal.

The large mutated animal needed to be displayed through post-production special effects because its size was relatively huge, and they couldn't find a good physical object to serve as a reference for them to act against.

So the next few scenes all required the expedition team members to perform without a real set, relying entirely on their imagination to fill in the reactions and expressions that should have been there at the time.

Director Zheng had called "cut" earlier because the expressions of some members didn't reach his expectations, which was why he called "cut."

When they started filming again later, they would still have to reshoot the previous shots.

"Seeing Jin Li, how are you? Are you very thirsty?"

Gu Cheng took advantage of her break to come to her side and handed her a water cup.

The water cup came with a straw.

Gu Cheng said in a low voice: "It's warm water, drink it."

Seeing Jin Li also replied in a low voice: "I'm worried that it will ruin the lip makeup that was so hard to apply."

The Xiao Yue she played rarely had such a disheveled moment; even in death, she died beautifully.

This was before entering the base; in order to gain the trust of the expedition team, Xiao Yue had deliberately made herself look very weak.

She was also weak during the day, but her appearance wouldn't be this bad.

So this time, Xiao Yue was deliberately tormenting herself.

Seeing Jin Li specifically pointed to her lips, "My lips won't be dry and peeling; the makeup artist spent half an hour on my lip makeup to achieve this effect, and I can't bear to ruin it."

The straw that came with the water cup was relatively thick and easily rubbed off the makeup.

The versatile Chen Qin handed over a thin straw at this moment, "Then how about using this?"

Seeing Jin Li took a look; this straw was very thin and shouldn't rub off the makeup.

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said: "Forget it, no straw. Open your mouth, and I'll pour a little into your throat, how about that?"

Seeing Jin Li gave him a satisfied little look, "Let's do that."

Gu Cheng carefully fed her water, without spilling it anywhere else, and without rubbing off Seeing Jin Li's dry lip makeup.

After drinking the water, Gu Cheng asked her: "The most important close-up shot has been filmed; you're a secondary shot later, so you won't be as nervous, right?"

Seeing Jin Li didn't look at the script much; she kept the script on her person only to confirm the prescribed expressions, actions, number of shots, and whether there was any content other than close-ups for the next scene.

Hearing Gu Cheng say this, she lowered her head and looked at the script.

"The crew didn't say how to perform later, but I don't think Director Zheng will let me be so relaxed. I have to be immersed in the scene and can't slack off."

Gu Cheng couldn't understand what Seeing Jin Li meant at first, but when the crew started filming again, he suddenly understood.

Although Seeing Jin Li only had minor shots in the following scenes.

But Director Zheng had always arranged close-up shots for her right next to her.

As the expedition team members performed without a real set, everyone's demeanor and expressions were magnified and externalized, and the Xiao Yue played by Seeing Jin Li seemed to be immersed in that world as well.

Every time an expedition team member said a line, and every time a strange sound simulating a large mutated animal was made on set, the facial expressions hidden on the dark side of Xiao Yue's face would change very subtly.

The close-up shot captured these subtle changes, and Director Zheng stood up abruptly, looking at Seeing Jin Li with burning eyes.

"A very delicate processing method, she's actually so good at performing without a real set!"

Gu Cheng was standing next to Director Zheng and couldn't help but ask: "How did you see that?"

Director Zheng: "The lens told me. Seeing Jin Li enters the scene the fastest.

Although she isn't the protagonist, she imagined the scene faster than that group of expedition team members. Every time a crisis appeared in my mind, Seeing Jin Li would display a different expression.

She had a reaction to where this danger was coming from, and when the large mutated animal attacked the building, she even happened to cover her ears in coordination!"

Zheng Chengxin couldn't help but sigh: "She doesn't look like someone who has only filmed one special effects movie; she looks more like someone who has filmed hundreds. How can she grasp every point so well? It saved me a lot of editing work."

Gu Cheng said with reflected glory: "Otherwise, there are so many actors, but there is only one Seeing Jin Li, right?"

Gu Cheng was signed by Director Zheng, and Director Zheng also knew about the requests Gu Cheng made.

He glared at Gu Cheng, having long known about his relationship with Seeing Jin Li.

"Seeing Jin Li is so excellent, then you also have to work hard. As the absolute male lead of the crew, you can't even compare to half of her skill. While Seeing Jin Li is in the crew these days, hurry up and learn from her."

Gu Cheng nodded repeatedly and humbly agreed.

However, even Director Zheng knew that for someone like Seeing Jin Li, it was most likely talent.

She was born to eat this bowl of rice!

Whether it was quickly entering an emotion, quickly detaching from an emotion, and then quickly entering the next emotion, not every actor could detach so cleanly.

Many actors were immersed in emotions and couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Some even developed feelings because of the play, and after filming a movie, they had to go out and travel for a month or two, completely breaking away from the character and returning to their own lives.

Many actors also became depressed because of filming.

Actors were working hard to shape a character, and that character also had a profound impact on the actor.

Because the actors playing the expedition team members performed poorly and their emotions were always not quite right when facing the performance without props, the two big scenes originally scheduled to be filmed tonight were only finished with one.

The other scene had no clue, and they didn't even film to that side, let alone NG.

They didn't even have a way to NG.

Director Zheng let everyone get off work at 9:30; there was no feeling if they kept filming.

He still had to go back and look at the footage; he felt that the big scene that had already been filmed lacked flavor, and he might have to reshoot some details tomorrow.

Seeing Jin Li also learned at this time that the "Desperate Counterattack" crew had another side that was different from other crews.

Director Zheng was not like other directors who would grind a scene over and over again.

He would give a pass first, let everyone build up confidence, and then grind it back. ===== CHAPTER 740 =====