I looked at Shilin before me. She was deep in thought, and the two of us stayed silent for quite a while before she finally blinked uncertainly. "...I have no idea how I was drawn over there back then."
...I knew that would be her answer. Shilin seemed to be in a constant state of mild befuddlement. Could it be because Abyss Shilin had taken away more than half her intelligence during the great network schism of the Old Empire?
"You're not sure what connection you have with Abyss Shilin, right?" I glanced at Shilin, still feeling all kinds of awkward. She had Tawell's face, but she was someone else underneath. Whenever I spoke to her, I had to keep reminding myself not to call her by the wrong name. You could imagine how much effort that took. In the end, I couldn't help giving her a hint. "Um, could you change your appearance? Looking like this, you always make me feel like you're about to split into several shadow clones right in front of me."
Shilin rolled her eyes and thought for a moment, then with a bang, turned into Qian Qian...
Cold sweat immediately covered my forehead. "Change again, change again. This is even less reliable—I wouldn't dare discuss anything requiring an opinion with you while you look like that."
Then Shilin went bang bang bang, changing forms several times in a row. The speed and variety of her transformations were dazzling. I immediately came to two conclusions: first, Shilin seemed much more proficient with her shapeshifting than before, changing appearances far more smoothly; second, this girl came with her own custom skins and reaction stickers...
In the end, Shilin finally settled on an appearance that didn't seem to have any obvious issues: an ordinary-looking, tall and slender