Compared to previous dance videos, the dance moves for "love is like fire" were much simpler, as they were just an Abyss Mage doing a shamanic dance.
However, easy moves didn't mean there was no filming difficulty.
After all, although he looked like an Abyss Mage on the outside, if his movements were too exaggerated, it would appear as if a game model had a bug.
This manifested as limbs flying wildly, glitchy shaking, distorted posture, and suddenly standing at attention... And if the movements weren't adjusted, the resulting video would have a sense of incongruity.
It was like a person wearing a monkey suit; if the movement patterns weren't changed, it would just be a person in a monkey's guise.
So, to make the prank video perfect, Bai Luan and Stelle continuously experimented until they found the optimal movement arc, bringing the video's effect to its peak.
Looking at the final product, Bai Luan nodded in satisfaction; it was simply art.
"Uncle, what should we do with our previous failed attempts? Should we just delete them?"
"Hmm... it'd be a bit of a shame to just delete them..."
It was pretty funny when an Abyss Mage suddenly started twitching mid-dance.
"Let's cut out some parts and use them as video bloopers."
Stelle nodded, agreeing with Bai Luan's approach; she also felt it would be too much of a pity to just delete them.
After finishing the entire prank video as a trash can, Stelle now looked completely satisfied.
She felt she had no regrets in her life as a human.
After confirming there were no issues, Bai Luan uploaded the finished product.
"I held it together for the song, I held it together for the brainwashing dance, but in the bloopers, when he suddenly started twitching and distorting like a game model glitching mid-dance, I truly couldn't hold it together."
"My heart is beating, love is like fire ♪ You are smiling, I am the crazy one ♪ love is like fire will warm the heart ♪ I see the flames of love flickering ♪"
"Whenever I think that Yi Mu and the Nameless are inside these two creatures, I just want to laugh. What kind of movements are they making inside?"
"Whenever I think Yi Mu has run out of ideas, he always pulls out something like the 'Dancing Trash Can' that makes my eyes light up. Where else in the entire universe can you see a dancing trash can?"
"Hand: Nothing meaningful here, swipe away.
Brain: Wait a minute, I haven't heard that line yet."
"I know exactly what the content is, but I can't help but rewatch it repeatedly. This video is definitely addictive; reported, reported."
"Brothers, I reported the one above. Did I do the right thing?"
"Absolutely, bro. This video can't be seen by just me."
After "love is like fire" was filmed, the abstract short video series would be suspended for a while.
The reason for the suspension wasn't because of him, but because Stelle was leaving the Space Station.
She had previously learned about the Beta Star's interstellar gold rush project from 882 and was very interested in it.
From the day she found out, she began preparing to go to Beta Star to try out the project.
Of course, Stelle didn't plan to go alone.
She called March 7th and Dan Heng, but they weren't at the Space Station, so they planned to meet up on Beta Star.
Stelle planned to go to Beta Star with 882.
Bai Luan naturally also knew about this news.
Flying back to Beta Star by spaceship would take too much time.
So Bai Luan stopped Stelle and 882, who were about to book tickets, and said:
"Don't book tickets. The Anywhere Door has a fixed coordinate for Beta Star. I can send you directly, which will save a lot of time."
Stelle looked at Bai Luan.
"Yay, long live Uncle!"
882 recalled for a moment and also remembered this magical item.
"Is it that magical pink wooden door that takes you to your destination as soon as you open it?"
"Exactly."
As he spoke, the Anywhere Door appeared beside Bai Luan.
"Just open the door, and you can reach your destination, saving a lot of time."
"Just open the door?"
Before Bai Luan could finish speaking, 882 had already grabbed the doorknob and opened the door.
But Bai Luan hadn't had time to command the Anywhere Door to connect to Beta Star.
882 was using the Anywhere Door's random warp mode, and the other side of the door was not Beta Star.
The moment the Anywhere Door opened, a figure smoothly shot out from the other side, kicking towards 882 with a flying kick.
Stelle immediately reacted, stepping forward, wanting to pull 882 away from the impending kick.
Stelle could feel that the guy from the other side of the Anywhere Door was very strong.
If that kick hit 882, given 882's physical strength, it would definitely be severely damaged.
Even though Stelle tried very hard to reach out and grab 882 in front of her, 882 remained a certain distance from her hand.
Damn, quick grab!
It's too late!
Just as Stelle didn't know what to do, she suddenly heard the sound of a pocket watch.
Time, at this moment, stopped.
The world was like a paused video, still at this moment.
No one knew where a randomly warping Anywhere Door would lead or what was happening on the other side.
So, such a situation appearing wasn't too unexpected.
However... this time it was a bit of a coincidence.
Bai Luan glanced at the pocket watch in his hand, which had started counting down, first pulling 882 away from the danger of being kicked, then looking at the incoming flying kicker.
Pink long hair, high ponytail, devil horns, black baseball cap, dressed in a red leather jacket, black shorts, overall trendy street style.
Of course, the most striking feature was her iconic, colorful graffiti-like special effects.
It was Rappa.
Although he didn't know who she was preparing to kick with that move when she entered the Anywhere Door, judging by the force, she must have been going for a fatal blow.
Anyone who would be kicked like that by a Galaxy Ranger certainly wasn't a good person.
The markings on the pocket watch kept moving, the time-stop countdown relentless.
Bai Luan scanned the inside of the Anywhere Door again; it seemed to be on a street, with many vehicles driving by. If a vehicle hit the Anywhere Door and caused an accident, it would be troublesome.
Don't harm people who are just going about their day.
Bai Luan casually pushed the Anywhere Door down; the force of it falling would also take the Anywhere Door with it.
After doing all this, he looked at Rappa.
At this point, using the pocket watch's time reversal could rewind to before this incident happened.
Should he use it?
Hmm... he might as well get to know Rapaa through this.
If she had any trouble, he could just lend a hand.
Expanding his network, after all, was not shameful.
But before that... Bai Luan activated the nano-robot's full armor mode, deploying a force field shield in front of Rappa.
The Space Station might run into problems taking that kick, so he might as well block it himself.
The second hand on the pocket watch completed a full rotation after Bai Luan had set up the force field shield.
Time, once again, resumed its flow.
Stelle only felt a flash before her eyes; 882 was thrown into her arms, and the Anywhere Door fell backward.
The spot where 882 had been standing was now occupied by Bai Luan in his mecha suit.
Then, in an instant, Rappa's world-shattering kick landed on Bai Luan's force field shield.
The moment Rappa's kick hit the force field shield, colorful paint-like special effects exploded.
Stelle's hand produced a flame spear; she hugged 882 tightly, then plunged the flame spear into the Space Station floor.
The power of Preservation surged out, protecting herself and 882.
Bai Luan only felt a huge force coming from his arm; his feet slid across the Space Station floor, leaving two streaks of fire, and his body rapidly retreated under the immense impact.
Oh, quite strong.
The thrusters behind him spewed flames, quickly stopping his backward momentum.
Then, with a powerful swing of his arm, he flung Rappa away.
Rappa also noticed the sudden change in her surroundings; after being flung away by Bai Luan, she gracefully flipped in the air using the recoil.
Then she landed in a super cool pose, holding a blade with both hands, vigilantly looking around.
"What kind of evil magic is this?"
"Rappa, we're not enemies. This was an accident."
Rappa was stunned and asked:
"You know me?"
Stelle, who was about to make a move, was also surprised and looked at Bai Luan:
"Huh? Uncle, you know her?"
Rappa turned to look at Stelle, whose voice had overlapped with hers, and saw her holding a flame spear, seemingly ready to charge and attack her.
"Stelle, put the spear down. She's not a bad person."
"Oh."
Stelle was all about unconditional trust.
If Uncle said it was fine, then it was fine.
She put away her flame spear and turned to check on 882's condition.
Bai Luan also disengaged his full mecha armor, revealing his true form.
He pointed to the Anywhere Door he had pushed down on the ground and said:
"This is Herta Space Station. You came here because you passed through an Anywhere Door that we opened, and the Anywhere Door opening in front of you was an accident."
Then Bai Luan pointed to Stelle, who was caring for 882, and introduced her:
"She is Stelle, a Nameless of the Astral Express. You might have heard of her. I am Bai Luan, #85 of the Genius Society."
Rappa saw Bai Luan disengage his mecha armor and express goodwill, so she slightly lowered her guard.
But she still held her shuriken short blade, only taking out her phone with her other hand to check for information online.
She would occasionally look up vigilantly.
Hmm... how to put it?
That truly was a rather simple and unpretentious way to obtain information.