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Just after midnight, Cassius immediately checked the panel:
[Today's Random Halo Attribute: Body Language]
[Body Language attribute temporarily boosted, lasts until 24:00 today]
Almost the instant the notification appeared, an unprecedented sense of control flowed through his body.
Cassius felt not the power of bulging muscles, but that every inch of muscle fiber and joint was under his control.
He subconsciously performed a floor move similar to Breaking beside the bed:
Windmill spin!
He had learned a bit of this superficially while messing around in the university street dance club in his past life, never succeeding.
But now his body seemed to carry its own memory.
Core tightened!
Arms exerted force!
Legs swung!
Smoother spun three or four times before stopping, squatting steadily.
Cassius looked at his hands, a bit dazed.
Fortunately, Kristen was out filming and not home, otherwise she would definitely be shocked by Cassius's series of moves!
Lying back in bed, Cassius couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
He didn't personally experience the [Gaze] attribute temporarily boosted to the highest level.
Dakota's experience was much deeper than his!
But for the [Body Language] attribute, Cassius really had a blast!
Excited until three or four in the morning, Cassius finally fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Rob drove to Beverly Hills to pick him up.
Today's schedule was costume fitting and green screen blocking for action scenes.
Rob looked even more haggard than yesterday!
Looking like he was gnawed on by vampires all night.
"Bro, today is mainly to get familiar with movement lines and coordination. Don't be too pressured, although I know it's impossible not to be pressured..."
Rob chattered all the way.
Anyone who didn't know would think he was the one auditioning today!
Cassius patted his shoulder, feeling the stability brought by the Body Language halo:
"Relax, just treat it as watching special effects!"
He first tried on the training suit that incorporated Tang suit elements.
Dark green!
Material thin but tough, completely unrestricted movement.
This was his own request!
Compared to wearing a gray motion capture suit and doing everything with CGI later!
Cassius preferred practical shooting with added special effects later!
This way it looked more realistic and immersive!
The tailor was still making final adjustments to the battle suit.
Cassius moved casually in front of the large mirror in the dressing room, threw a few punches, did some high leg raises and side kicks.
Movements were ridiculously smooth!
His body carried a natural coordination and rhythmic sense.
Exerting force and retracting were just right!
Even had a dance-like beauty.
Even the tailor waiting to measure him couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Dave also arrived. Today he was finalizing the blocking for several key fight segments with him.
"Cass, let's go through the training conflict scene with Instructor Sierra first!"
Dave held the storyboard:
"Mainly after you get beaten, you start struggling, have a flash of brilliance, use some non-standard lion dance steps or street fighting mixed moves. Needs to be natural!"
"Understood!" Cassius nodded.
The green screen site had already marked out the approximate environment and prop positions with tape.
Dave put on the motion capture suit representing Instructor Sierra and explained the scene to Cassius:
"I do a low sweep first. You dodge too late, stumble, then I follow with a grapple. You try to break free with joint locking techniques, fail, and get thrown out by me..."
Dave started demonstrating in slow motion as he spoke.
Cassius watched.
His brain was like opening a high-speed cache. Every movement trajectory, force point, and even possible variation of Dave's moves were clearly imprinted in his mind.
When Dave signaled he could start trying, Cassius barely thought, and his body moved naturally.
Dave swept a leg over!
Cassius retreated seemingly clumsily, steps a bit messy.
But his core was incredibly stable, dodging just the maximum force, only getting clipped a bit, stumbling extremely realistically.
Dave followed up by grappling his arm!
Cassius reacted immediately, wrist flipping and clasping.
He didn't use standard counter-grappling, but rather a bit of improvised dexterity.
Although eventually suppressed by Dave's stronger force, the whole process was full of unexpected surprises.
"Good! Very good!"
Dave himself was surprised!
"Cass, yesterday you were like a novice, today the feeling is suddenly right!"
The next move was Cassius scrambling after being thrown out.
He subconsciously used a "dragon twisting pillar" from lion dance steps followed by a "lazy donkey roll," a wretched but narrowly avoiding follow-up attack move.
This combination required high coordination!
Yesterday Cassius practiced many times to barely get it smooth.
Today, as soon as Dave finished speaking, Cassius did it directly.
After being thrown out, he adjusted his body slightly in mid-air. The moment he landed, his waist and abdomen exerted force, legs twisting and springing like a lion's tail. His body borrowed the momentum to spin, then rolled out without pausing.
The whole action flowed in one breath!
Smoothness comparable to added special effects!
Dave's mouth dropped open: "Holy! How late did you practice privately? This muscle memory is amazing!"
Cassius climbed up from the ground, patted off the dust, smiled and said nothing!
He was particularly satisfied with the Body Language halo obtained today!
Especially thinking that this attribute was a level he could reach through hard work, his desire to level up reached a peak!
Just then, several attribute orbs dropped on the ground after his series of actions:
[Smooth Body Movement +4]
[Body Coordination +3]
...
Absorb!
Body Language: Lv3 (77/600)
The experience bar jumped a large chunk in just two days!
Cassius was ecstatic!
At this rate, his Body Language attribute could level up again within half a month!
The commotion on their side was not small, attracting attention from the other end of the soundstage.
Ryan Reynolds and his team were also doing action blocking.
Theirs was a more standard Hollywood superhero fighting routine—clean, cool, full of power.
Ryan wore a motion capture suit, practicing projecting energy weapons at the air.
He occasionally glanced towards Cassius.
Seeing Cassius's seemingly comical but actually difficult continuous movements, he frowned slightly and whispered a few words to the action director beside him.
Director Martin Campbell had also arrived in the studio at some point.
Arms crossed, standing behind the monitor, watching the coordination between Cassius and Dave.
His face was expressionless, but his eyes were focused.
"Cass!"
Martin picked up the walkie-talkie, his voice spreading through the set via speakers:
"That pause after you roll on the ground and get up can be a bit longer!"
"Understood, Director!"
Cassius responded.
He did it again.
This time thrown out, body rolling, stopping.
He lay on the ground, blinking blankly, gasping for breath twice.
Only then did Cassius seem to suddenly realize what he just did, scrambling up clumsily, eyes carrying a bit of lingering fear and small smugness.
"Perfect!"
Martin's voice carried a hint of rare satisfaction:
"That's the flavor! Maintain your body control!"
Cassius knew clearly in his heart.
His performance was 90% due to the Body Language halo.
He now felt that whatever movement his brain thought of, his body could reproduce almost perfectly, and even automatically optimize details.
He had to intensify practice while the Body Language halo was still active, so that after the halo refreshed, he could perform the movements equally effortlessly!