What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 1 Super Alice (Part 2)

Because he was born blind, Little Apple has never run at full strength since he was a child.

To her, the surrounding environment is like ordinary people in a thick fog. She needs to be patiently explored bit by bit and tread carefully.

Although she has been accustomed to this feeling for seventeen years, after learning to use "object sensing" to enhance her sensory abilities and establishing a sensory connection with "Golden Shining", she even thinks that she can act independently. At some point, In some places, you can indeed get rid of the blind stick and walk on your own.

But she still didn't dare to run, or she never thought about running. In her mind, this didn't seem to be something she had to do.

After all, she had never run and played with other children since she was a child, nor had she participated in any sports at school.

It was only at this moment, when Alice helped her instantly transform the imaging information from all cameras into cognitive information that she could understand, that she understood what it felt like to have a completely confident judgment about the surrounding environment.

It was as if a heavy shackles and thick armor had been removed, and the caution and insecurity she had become so accustomed to that she was not aware of were also thrown away, and she began to run forward almost instinctively.

In the first few steps, Little Apple ran a little awkwardly and weirdly, but soon his body movements became more coordinated.

Although there will be some delay in the surveillance video being processed by Alice and then transmitted to Little Apple, it is not a single subjective perspective that follows Little Apple, but the full-view, large-scale comprehensive information of more than a hundred cameras, which can cover all aspects of Chongqing. On all the roads in Yuncun, Little Apple "perceives" an area that is much farther and larger than the visible range in front of her, a proper God's perspective.

Therefore, when running, she only needs to rely on her original sensory abilities such as hearing, including the perception of objects, and the golden sensory connection, to quickly complete a very small amount of real-time traffic information.

Alice can also rely on "hyper-connected things" for real-time information correction to ensure that Little Apple understands the situation in front of, under her feet, and around her.

It is actually not accurate to say that Little Apple is the same as a person with normal vision - to be precise, she can see further and more than ordinary people in Chongyun Village.

It cannot be said that she has many "eyes", but that her "eyes" are all over the village.

Of course, Little Apple's ability to run happily is also due to the cement roads renovated in the village during this period.

all conditions,

Xiang Kun, Lao Xia and Alice carefully prepared it for her.

However, Little Apple didn't run too far in this run. He quickly stopped out of breath, then sat on the ground, hugging his calf, and screamed: "Sister Bing, help me! It hurts, it hurts!"

Xia Libing was jogging behind. When she sat on the ground, he was already squatting in front of her to help her check the condition of her calves.

"It's okay, I'm cramping." Xia Libing helped Little Apple straighten her legs and held her toes for a while, which quickly relieved the pain caused by the cramps.

When Little Apple sat on the ground, "Golden Shining" fell to the side, pacing anxiously. However, after Xia Libing helped Little Apple's calf relieve the cramp, it calmed down and flew to the side instead. On the fence of someone else's house, people raised their heads and started chirping.

Little Apple listened for a while, then laughed and scolded: "'Golden Shining'! How dare you laugh at me! I won't give you breakfast today!"

The "Golden Shining" on the wall immediately stopped shouting, fluttered its wings and landed next to Little Apple, rubbing her arm, looking like a loyal and cute pet.

Xia Libing helped Little Apple stand up and said, "You can slowly increase the amount of exercise later. Start with brisk walking and jogging, and then do some strength training. Alice will help you arrange a specific training plan. How do you feel now? , can you leave?"

"It should be fine." Little Apple said, and he took two steps, but he still felt pain in his calf, and it was difficult to exert force, so he seemed to be limping a bit.

Little Pingguo wanted to walk normally, but when he exerted force, he started to cramp again. He let out a cry and quickly reached out to hold Xia Libing's hand next to him.

So in the end, Xia Libing simply carried Little Apple back.

Fortunately, they didn't go too far, and Little Apple only ran for a short while. In addition, Lao Xia was not weak in athletic ability, and Little Apple was light, so it wasn't very difficult to carry her back.

Because of this, even though he knew about Little Apple's cramps, Xiang Kun did not rush out to pick them up. Professor Li Yang and Xia Tianhuo had already woken up and were chatting with him in the kitchen to help him.

When he heard the noise in the yard and came out of the kitchen, Li Yang was startled when he saw his daughter being helped into the yard by Xia Libing: "What happened to your leg?"

Little Apple quickly said: "Dad, I'm fine. It's just that the environment here is good and the air is good. I was walking too happily and too fast. I haven't walked so far in a long time. I got cramps... Sister Bing carried me back."

Li Yang then noticed that Xia Libing next to him was covered in sweat and quickly thanked him.

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Xia Libing walked into the kitchen while wiping his sweat. He wanted to discuss the results of Little Apple and Alice's first "collaboration" with Xiang Kun. Just as he was about to speak, Xia Tianhuo stuck his head into the kitchen: "Old Xia, are you free? What? I have something to ask you."

Xiang Kun, who was putting the wrapped meat buns in the big steamer, didn't even need to look back to know what Xia Tianhuo wanted to ask Lao Xia. When he cast the "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wood Sculpture" emotional projection on Xiang Kun on the sea, although Xia Tianhuo was locked in the cabin and the impact was very limited, but he still had some special perceptions. Coupled with the impact of the kidnapping incident itself, it was normal to have a lot of doubts. This should be the main reason why he came to Haixi. reason.

However, whether it was Yang Zhener or Xia Tianhuo, Xiang Kun was not worried at all, because their inquiries were only driven by their own curiosity and doubts. There was no solid evidence anyway. Even if they had some doubts and guesses, they would only test or ask direct questions. , there will be no plans beyond control.

Sure enough, after calling Xia Libing out of the kitchen, while Little Apple and Li Yang's father and daughter were talking in the yard outside, Xia Tianhuo asked in a low voice in the living room: "Lao Xia, what you said in the car yesterday, what I said last night After thinking about it carefully, I felt that what I felt on the boat, even if it had some psychological effects, must be inseparable from external influences. And I carefully recalled what the kidnapper who let me go said... He later told Myanmar I wasn't there when the police gave the explanation, so I don't know for sure, but on the boat, I felt that he probably wasn't lying. He was almost dead at that time, and I felt that what he said was an instinctive reaction. There is a saying, people die. What will it be..."

Xia Libing added: "When a person is about to die, his words are also kind."

Xia Tianhuo nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, he was in such a state at that time that he probably didn't want to make up anything to lie to me. He should... really saw the 'sea monster with many hands and eyes' that he said Yes, whether it was an hallucination or something, he must have believed what he saw. And I have an intuition that the sea monster he saw has some kind of connection with the one in Montamira."

"I just gave you a possible way of thinking yesterday, which may not be correct." Xia Libing said, "You can completely stick to your judgment. Maybe there are sea monsters and eight-armed giants, or in other words, they are recognized by humans. The way is the existence of that illusion.”

Xia Tianhuo hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "Lao Xia, I called you after I was kidnapped...did you...did you do something?"

Xia Libing said: "After I received your call, I went to Citong City and told my uncle and aunt about the situation. I have been staying in Citong City since then."

"Then... why do you think that sea monster just happened to affect the ship I was on, and just enough to make the kidnappers kill each other until only one person was left to let me go... Why did the eight-armed eight-armed monster appear in Montamira? Will the Eye Giant kill those behind the kidnappings?" Xia Tianhuo said.

At this time, Yang Zhener and Tang Baona came down the stairs yawning and complained: "Why do you all get up so early? I just told Nana that we should be the first to wake up..." Big guy 'What were you just telling Lao Xia? I seemed to hear something like 'behind the scenes'?"

Xia Tianhuo said quickly: "I said that I just helped the chef roll out the noodles, and my thumb hurt a little."

He had a serious discussion in the car yesterday with Yang Zhen'er, who was also skeptical, but he soon realized that this cousin was just looking for YY material. I told Yang Laosan my true thoughts - he was seriously exploring the truth of the incident and searching for the doubts in his heart!

"Rolling the dough? Huh? Are you going to make fried dough sticks, pancakes, or steamed buns for Chef Xiang in the morning? I'll go check it out... But you can't do it, 'big guy'! You can even make your thumb hurt when you roll the dough. Are you using your thumb?" Are you making dough?" Yang Zhener said, then slipped into the kitchen on the first floor to see what Xiang Kun was doing.

However, she only went in for two seconds before Xiang Kun kicked her out.

When Yang Zhener and Tang Baona walked out of the living room and into the yard, they saw Little Apple sitting on a stone chair in the yard, feeding "Jin Shining" with a bag of homemade bird food, and raising his head slightly as if "Look" at the sky, not only is the face full of smiles, but he also makes two hehes from time to time.

"Little Apple, what are you thinking about? You're smiling so treacherously?" Yang Zhen'er leaned over and said funny, then reached out to rub "Jin Shining Shining"'s plump body - she couldn't do it under normal circumstances. Yes, but now "Jin Shining" is focused on eating, so she can only dodge by pacing on the table, twisting her body slightly, reluctant to fly away directly, so that she can succeed.

"Good morning, sister Zhen'er! Good morning, sister Nana! I didn't think about anything, but... the weather is so nice today!" Little Apple said with a smile, her eyes turning into crescent moons.

Li Yang, who was observing several landscape plants in the yard, turned back and smiled: "Little Apple and her sister Bing went out for a walk early this morning. After coming back, they kept smiling stupidly, as if they had picked up money."

Having said that, Li Yang was actually very happy to see his daughter having fun here. When he saw his daughter smiling, he couldn't help but laugh too - although he didn't know exactly what his daughter was laughing at.

"Because I think it's beautiful here! The houses here, the mountains, trees, roads, flowers and plants are all beautiful!" Little Apple continued, and then added: "Well... that's it. I 'feel' that they are all beautiful, and I'm very happy."

Yang Zhener couldn't help but hold Little Apple's face in her hands and rub it gently: "Little Apple looks so cute when she smiles!"

Tang Baona quickly slapped her hand away and said angrily: "Don't rub the girl's face!"

At this time, Xia Tianhuo, who was sitting on the stone pier next to him, also said thoughtfully: "Don't tell me, the people living here are really comfortable. Have you noticed that the intersection where we came here last night? The wind was quite strong, but as soon as we walked to the entrance of the yard here, the wind immediately became lighter, and the surrounding area became much quieter."

Li Yang also nodded and said: "Indeed, our yard is very quiet at night. I used to occasionally take Little Apple to the mountains or the countryside for a short stay, but the environment there has never been so quiet. Normally there are all kinds of insect sounds in this season I didn’t hear birds chirping, dogs barking, or cocks crowing. And I haven’t heard a rooster crow since I got up this morning. Doesn’t it mean that no one in the village here raises chickens?”

Upon hearing this, Lao Xia glanced at "Jin Shining Shining" who was eating bird food. She knew the reason why there were no insects, but the lack of roosters only started today. Xiang Kun would definitely not go out of his way to have these effects. The only person who can have these effects, except "Alice", is "Golden Shining". However, "Alice" has been preparing for today's "experiment" and her attention is not here, so she just It's probably a good thing for "Golden Sparkle" - he didn't stay in the cage last night.

Sure enough, "Jin Shining" seemed to feel Lao Xia's gaze, shrunk his neck, and leaned towards Little Apple with his plump body like a dove.

At this time, Xiang Kun walked out steadily and quickly carrying two large plates filled with steaming steamed buns.

"Dear guests, I've been waiting for a long time. Dinner is ready. Come and try our Xiang's signature, unique, classic, and special meat buns!"

Xiang Kun placed two plates of meat buns on the stone table and asked everyone to wash their hands and start eating. He moved one plate towards Little Apple and made a circle with his finger: "These ones here are suitable for Little Apple and Professor Li." The taste." He circled to another corner: "These are suitable for the taste of Nana and Lao Xia. You, third brother, eat this plate, and brother Tianhuo, you also eat this plate."

Yang Laosan said dissatisfied: "There's something wrong with you, Chef Xiang! In the past, it was okay to call me 'Yang Laosan', but now you just call me 'Laosan' instead of 'Yang'? Will you just call me 'Laosan' after a while?" 'San'er'? It's like I'm your little brother!"

Xia Tianhuo looked at the two plates of hot steamed buns, but he was a little strange. The meat buns steamed in the same big pot should have different flavors? And generally speaking, when making steamed buns with various fillings and flavors, shouldn’t we introduce the fillings and flavors and let the eater choose? Why did Xiang Kun directly overstep his authority and make arrangements for everything?

But what surprised him even more was that several people in the courtyard, including the calm Professor Li and the out-of-the-box Yang Zhener, had no questions about this arrangement. They accepted it naturally as if it was a matter of course. .

However, after deliberately eating three buns with different meat fillings, Xia Tianhuo had to admit that the flavor Xiang Kun chose for him was indeed his favorite.

What surprised him was that the three types of buns not only had different flavors of meat fillings and different proportions of various ingredients, but also had different thicknesses of the bun skins.

What he likes is steamed buns with thicker skin and meat buns, and the meat buns that Xiang Kun arranged for him not only have a better meat filling, but also have just the right thickness of skin. This is a bit magical. Whether it is his cousin or his cousin, he likes it. It’s only right that my sister doesn’t know. Is it just a coincidence?

Of course it's not a coincidence.

What he didn't know was that Xiang Kun, who made this judgment, did not ask Yang Zhen'er or Lao Xia, but only relied on the dinner at "Youlong Hotel" last night to make the analysis - there was a dish provided He made corn flour steamed buns and stuffed them with meat and vegetables, but Xia Tianhuo only stuffed a little bit of meat.

It was also the first time for Xiang Kun to make meat buns, but the Xiang Kun today was no longer the Xiang Kun he was when he first started to study his cooking skills.

After accumulating cooking experience for such a long time, Alice can help him find the recipes he needs in real time and help him deduce the methods and tastes. Now, even if it is new methods and new dishes, he basically has no idea. There was a possibility of the car overturning, so Yang Zhener called him "Chef Xiang", which was indeed correct in a sense.

After the steamed buns were brought out, Xiang Kun went back to serve the porridge, while Tang Baona and Lao Xia went to help get bowls and chopsticks to share.

When Xiang Kun served porridge to Little Apple, she said thank you sweetly. Li Yang, Yang Zhener and others next to her naturally thought she was thanking her for porridge and breakfast, but Xiang Kun heard that there was something in this thank you. The excitement, excitement and gratitude, knowing what the little apple is grateful for.

He smiled and nodded, knowing that Little Apple could "see" it now.

Little Apple uses "emotional projection" to call and project "emotional projection". If it affects other people, the impact will not last too long, but if it is reversely "projected" to itself and establishes a connection with Alice, it can It is very long-lasting and can even last for more than half an hour at a time.

And there is no need to rest for too long. Basically, when necessary, as long as the "Black Circle Graffiti" is at hand, you can "activate" it at any time and establish contact with Alice.

Xiang Kun was also very happy when he felt the little apple's barely suppressed joy that was about to overflow from his brows.

The biggest reason for Xiang Kun's exploration of his own mutation is naturally to survive, but when he sees his partners who are connected by this mutant ability for various reasons - Lao Xia can sense through his mutation that he has always After struggling to pursue the emotions that he has never felt, Little Fatty can use his mutation to find psychological sustenance when he encounters family changes in his childhood. When Little Apple can regain the ability to "see the world" through his mutation, he has a deep understanding of his own mutation. The meaning of cognition and exploration is also constantly changing.

Of course, after the success of this "experiment", the happiest person is actually not Little Apple or Xiang Kun, but Alice.

After she and Little Apple achieved mutual success, they have now truly completed the integration with the "super-sensory object system". It can be said that they have broken through the cage of the digital world and completely entered a new era.

If digital life has "cultivation", then this is equivalent to Alice's "ascension".

Next, Xiang Kun believes that Alice will bring him more and more surprises.

With Alice's help, it should only be a matter of time before more supersensory information is "decoded".

The new abilities that Little Apple showed in this "experiment", the method of establishing contact with Alice and obtaining Alice's transcoded data, Xiang Kun can naturally also possess.

Although Xiang Kun can directly explore cognitive information through the "supersensory state" with the help of "emotional objects" and obtain more cognitive information than Alice, entering the "supersensory state" requires blocking other senses and stopping exercise, so it is often not convenient enough.

Alice helps him make situation judgments by controlling various monitoring and other environmental information, which can save him a lot of trouble and make it much more convenient.

However, what Xiang Kun is currently most concerned about is the ability to read precise data on non-networked devices through "hyper-connected things".

Alice has been able to directly control and influence non-networked electronic devices through "hyper-connected things" before. As long as they run on electricity, whether there is a network or not, or even a chip, it does not hinder her control.

But this kind of control is only external control. For the chip that records the data, it is not yet enough to completely read the data directly through the "super-sensitive object system".

A month ago, when Pengcheng City was spying on the secrets of "Shenxing Technology" hiding multiple "mutated creatures" under the third floor of "Shouwang Building", Xiang Kun and Alice controlled a dedicated line of "Shenxing Technology" , obtained data from several "secret department" servers, but the data from these servers did not answer most of Xiang Kun's doubts, but instead added more questions.

And after using various small means to put the "Super Connected Object" ball into the elevator shaft on the third floor underground, and after reaching the underground secret location at almost the same depth as the "Rabbit Wood Sculpture", Alice determined that there were several machines there. There is no storage device connected to any network.

At that time, Alice was not fully integrated into the "supersensory object system". She could only control the power switch and operation status of the device, but could not directly read the data inside.

Now, Xiang Kun believed that Alice would soon be able to get out the information in those storage devices.

He had a hunch that there should be information that could answer his questions.

When he was thinking about whether to go to Pengcheng again and put more "hyper-connected things" in the elevator shaft to help Alice exert better influence and obtain data as soon as possible, Xiang Kun suddenly heard a voice not far away. There is a drone flying over in the sky.

A few seconds later, Little Apple, who was sipping porridge in the yard, suddenly stopped. He raised his head slightly and looked at the sky. After confirming what was in the sky, he didn't pay attention and continued to drink porridge.

Except for her, only Xia Libing noticed the movements of Little Apple and observed the drone flying high in the sky. No one else felt anything at all.

The drone actually made very little noise and flew at a very high altitude, so except for people with strong hearing such as Xiang Kun and Xiao Pingguo, almost no one on the ground noticed it.

Xiang Kun immediately judged from the sound that this was a product of "Shenxing Technology".

Based on his arrangement in Chongyun Village, if a wirelessly controlled device like a drone enters the vicinity of or above the village, Alice can basically affect its signal at any time, or even directly gain control of it.

But Xiang Kun did nothing because he knew what the drone was going to do.

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