The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 505 Activation

However, unexpectedly, the doll's sudden movement only lasted for a moment before stopping abruptly, as if nothing had ever happened.

The doll returned to its original quiet state, like a sleeping sculpture, motionless.

The entire scene fell into a deathly silence, as if time had frozen at that moment.

Lin Xiyue and the others looked at each other, none of them breaking the strange silence.

"Uh... what's going on with it right now?"

Finally, He Hailuo couldn't suppress his curiosity any longer and cautiously nudged Lin Xiyue beside him, asking softly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyue frowned slightly, seemingly also puzzled by the doll's unusual behavior.

She slowly circled the doll sitting on the stool, carefully examining every detail, checking if there was anything wrong with the doll.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Lin Xiyue reached into her spatial storage and took out a soft blanket.

She gently draped the blanket over the doll, giving it a warm coat.

"Um……"

Lin Xiyue looked at the doll, which was completely covered by a blanket, with only a small head and a pair of delicate feet showing, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

"Sure enough, even though it's just a doll, we still can't let her be naked like this."

She muttered to herself, seemingly quite pleased with her action.

"Yes, that's right. There are men here too."

He Hailuo nodded, seemingly subconsciously considering Lin Xiyue's words before agreeing.

Just then, a crisp "smack" was heard. It turned out that Li Si slapped his forehead, somewhat speechless.

He looked at Lin Xiyue and He Hailuo with a wry smile on his face.

"Hey, weren't you guys discussing whether there was something wrong with it? How did the conversation turn to this?"

"Besides, I have no interest in little brats like that."

Li Si's tone revealed a hint of helplessness.

Lin Xiyue and He Hailuo then realized that their conversation had gone off-topic. They exchanged a glance and smiled awkwardly.

“Oh, right, we were just discussing that. However, I don’t know much about dolls. I just went around to make sure, and to my eyes, the dolls don’t seem to have any obvious problems with their appearance.”

Lin Xiyue quickly explained.

As she spoke, she spread her hands, seemingly trying to express her innocence.

"Uh, that's true."

Li Si's lips twitched slightly, revealing a helpless smile, and he sighed inwardly.

"How did this happen to me?"

However, when his gaze fell on Lin Xiyue's innocent little face, and he thought of Mo Luosi's face, most of his dissatisfaction instantly dissipated.

After all, Lin Xiyue was the apple of his boss's eye. Offending her was the same as offending the boss, and the consequences would be extremely serious.

So, despite her reluctance, Li Si decided to go and check out the doll herself.

“You should step back a bit, otherwise you might get hurt if something goes wrong.”

As he walked toward the doll, he spoke to Lin Xiyue and the others.

Although Li Si's tone was somewhat serious, his concern was obvious.

"Ok."

"Okay okay."

"Ah."

Upon hearing Li Si's words, Lin Xiyue and the other two quickly nodded in agreement.

Then, they obediently stepped back a few meters to make sure they were at a safe distance.

Seeing that they had all retreated to a safe position, Li Si walked behind the doll with peace of mind.

He looked at it from the left, then from the right, carefully examining the doll's ears as if trying to find something in those seemingly ordinary ears.

When he was outlining the magic circle, he drew the switch directly on his ear.

This design not only makes it easy to switch on and off, but also allows people to more conveniently check the energy flow of the magic circle.

Li Si stood aside and carefully observed the magic circle for a while. After finding no problems, he raised his hands without hesitation and accurately grabbed the two earlobes of the doll.

He took a deep breath, concentrated his mind, and continuously poured the spiritual energy within his body into the doll's earlobe.

This surge of spiritual energy, like a raging torrent, instantly rushed into the puppet's body.

"Snap—"

"Click-click-click—"

Just as Li Si's spiritual energy was fully injected into the puppet, a strange sound suddenly came from inside the puppet.

The sound seemed to be produced by the friction of countless tiny gears and chains, or like the clicking sound of a mechanical device starting up.

These sounds intertwine to form a unique rhythm, reminiscent of a sophisticated machine being activated.

"Ding--"

With a series of clicking sounds, the doll's body seemed to begin to tremble slightly, as if it were gradually awakening. Finally, when the strange sounds reached their climax, the doll's eyes snapped open.

Surprisingly, the doll's eyes did not resemble those of the one Lin Xiyue had sculpted based on the photograph.

Its eyes were grayish-white, lifeless, like those of a dead thing.

The color makes the doll's eyes look as if they are covered by a thin layer of cataracts, which looks extremely eerie.

"Hey?!"

"Why do these pupils look like they have cataracts? Was my dear owner like this before?"

An Qing suddenly exclaimed in surprise, her eyes widening as she stared at the doll in front of her with a look of suspicion.

An Qing made no attempt to hide her doubts and asked them directly.

Her voice was clear and loud, standing out starkly in the quiet room.

Upon hearing An Qing's question, Li Si turned to look at the doll.

He carefully examined the doll's eyes, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he were deep in thought.

"No, it's because the soul hasn't been injected yet, which is why the pupils are in this state. Once the boss returns and injects the soul, the pupils will show their original color. Then we can check again and basically confirm whether it's done."

After a while, he slowly spoke.

Li Si's explanation reassured Lin Xiyue somewhat, but she still looked at the doll with some doubt.

"Don't worry, this is normal. As long as the soul injection is successful, everything will return to normal."

Seeing this, Li Si added.

When Li Si said this, he actually felt a sense of relief.

After all, if one part of this puppet has a problem, most of the connected magic circles may need to be redrawn, which would be an extremely troublesome and energy-consuming task.

……