"You are the embodiment of my pain, and I am the only meaning of your existence."
[Fateful Entanglement]
Lu You is an elegant puppet master who can control others with shadow threads at the cost of sharing pain and devouring his own life.
Ying Zhao is a monster, born of his blood and the ability to go berserk, he was supposed to be the perfect puppet - but he learned to love him.
Fatal Attraction
"Why is there... The sound of my heartbeat in your shadow?"
When Lu You tried to control Ying Zhao, he tasted losing control for the first time.
But Ying Zhao just grinned, his silver-gray eyes reflecting his suppressed desire:
"You control everyone, and I... Just want to be your conditioned reflex."
[Symbiosis is destruction]
The more Lu You uses his abilities, the lighter his shadow becomes, and he will eventually become an unconscious puppet;
The more Ying Zhao devours others, the more confused his memory becomes, on the verge of being wiped out by the system.
They shouldn't have fallen in love - but when Ying Zhao tore apart his own shadow and sewed it into Lu You's outline, the gears of fate had already broken.
Ultimate choice
"Next time you make a puppet... Remember to add the 'fear of the dark' program."
When the sunlight began to carbonize Ying Zhao's body, Lu You finally understood——
It turns out that the scariest thing is not that there is no shadow, but that the shadow learns to love you, but has to disappear.
Concept: The deepest bond is born from the paradox of self-destruction and mutual redemption.