What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Xiang Kun and Lao Xia ran to the rooftop and moved a small table to put their laptops. The two of them sat on a small plastic stool and gathered together to watch the screen and discuss the information he had snooped out tonight - mainly analysis. The perceived dream content of the humanoid "mutated creature".

Xiang Kun had already known through Alice before that the "humanoid mutated creature" who stayed under the Shouwang Building with Mr. Liang was called John. He only knew that he came from Europe and did not enter the country through normal channels. His specific experience and identity were not yet known. Too clear.

In John's dream that Xiang Kun sensed, he was fighting a giant snake in a dark and gloomy underground building. The underground building looked like an underground tomb. The top was dozens of meters high and there were a lot of ancient objects. The surrounding environment of buildings or altars that are a mixture of Egyptian, medieval, and ancient Chinese styles is obviously not the underground space of Shouwang Building, but an environment that he imagined based on what he has experienced and the impact of his emotions.

The giant snake was very huge. It was at least seven or eight meters tall when it stood up. Its body was as thick as an oil drum. It also had a huge mouth full of sharp teeth on its chest, and several barbs protruded from its mouth. The tentacles bared their teeth and claws at him.

Whether it was the information obtained by Alice or part of the information decoded by Xiang Kun through the "supersensory state" before, it was certain that the giant snake-like "mutated creature" under the Shouwang Building was not that huge.

John himself wore a piece of European medieval-style plate armor, but what he held in his hand was a huge white porcelain knife. The porcelain knife was very sharp and could easily cut off the tentacles in the giant snake's chest and mouth.

John killed the giant snake that was much bigger than him without much effort. Then the giant snake turned into a white mist and dissipated. He turned around and walked to the bottom of a huge platform, knelt down on one knee and looked up at the hundreds of stairs. There is a huge throne at the end of the stairs, making a gesture of surrender.

Then, a strange "monster" appeared on the throne.

And although the monster has a humanoid body, it has no clothes, no eyelids, no lips, a wide and flat nose, and large nostrils pointing outward, like two holes dug into its face, and its skin is covered with strange lines. , there seems to be a stream of light.

The humanoid monster slowly stood up, and just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, he suddenly sensed something and turned back to look at the space above him, where an extremely huge figure slowly appeared in the reflection of the fires of numerous altars around him.

First there was a huge head with eight eyes, like eight living creatures each with life and consciousness, scanning everything below indifferently.

Under the huge head, slowly rising from the back of the building, is an equally huge body, and eight arms that look like huge pillars, hanging down to the ground, supporting the body as it continues to rise.

The giant with eight arms and eight eyes is not only rising from the ground;

The body also continues to expand, seeming to occupy the entire underground space.

The humanoid monster that was originally on the platform retreated step by step, and then its body suddenly disappeared.

John quickly climbed up from the ground, jumped to the altar next to him, glanced around, picked up a plate of rabbit meat, held it high above his head, and then knelt down again.

But a moment later, a huge hand fell from the sky, covering the plate of rabbit meat, John holding the rabbit meat, and the entire altar under his knees.

The dream ends here.

Xiang Kun speculated that the humanoid monster that appeared and became invisible on the high platform was most likely Mr. Liang.

Through John's sensory information in the dream, Xiang Kun knew that he was slightly afraid of humanoid monsters, but he felt a strong sense of longing, joy, surrender, and worship for the eight-armed Acromedon that nearly exploded the entire underground space. Emotions.

Xiang Kun understands that he is not afraid of the eight-armed and eight-eyed man, because it is the rabbit wood carving that triggers the dream, not the eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving. The affected person should be focused on thinking about things when he is awake.

But in this case, why does the eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture account for such a large proportion in the dream, and why does he feel admiration for it?

Could it be that this guy had experienced the emotional projection of the eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture through some means before?

For example, in Myanmar?

No, if he was really affected by the emotional projection of the eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture, then among the many emotions he had when he saw the eight-armed and eight-eyed giant in his dream, there must still be fear, which would materialize what he fears most. Something other than this strong feeling of surrender and worship.

There is naturally a big difference between the dream and the memory fragments Xiang Kun obtained after swallowing the blood of other "mutated creatures". They are basically just a single scene with limited activities. Moreover, most of what we see and perceive has been processed by the subconscious mind, and deviates from real memory and objective facts.

Although Xiang Kun can now directly edit dreams caused by himself to a certain extent, compared with Lao Xia's "dream within a dream", his ability to directly explore the other person's memory, hypnotize and guide is still much lower. I am guaranteed to be able to detect the information that I want to explore in the dream, and make the other person forget about the process of being hypnotized through dream hypnosis, so I will not act rashly.

However, the dream information he sensed this time still allowed him to make several judgments:

1. His "love object" can trigger dreams of "mutated creatures". As for whether other non-humanoid creatures can be triggered to dream, it remains to be tested;

2. John had obviously just finished devouring the giant snake and drank blood and fell into a deep sleep. According to his experience, after devouring the "mutated creature" while sleeping, he would obtain part of its memory information, and the memory fragments composed of sensory information would It's like a marquee running through my mind. John doesn't know whether he has completed obtaining the memory fragments, or the process was interrupted by his "love object" guiding the dream, or John cannot obtain his memory fragments by devouring other "mutated creatures";

3. By comparing Xiang Kun's past sensory information in other people's dreams with the sensory information in John's dream, it can be known that his hearing, vision, and smell have been significantly improved compared to ordinary people, but the degree of improvement is less than that of ordinary people. Qi Xiangkun is still very different. He only touches "mutated creatures" that are equivalent to his third or fourth blood-drinking mutation. At least at the sensory level, they should be relatively ordinary and not powerful;

4. The huge white porcelain knife that John used to deal with the giant snake in the dream is very similar in shape and material to the one that Xiang Kun got after killing Guo Tian. It is very likely that it comes from the same source. That is to say, this John and Guo Tianxiang may be related;

5. Even if the image of Mr. Liang in the dream is different from the real image of Mr. Liang, it should not be far different. Alice has not been able to find Mr. Liang's image data from any video information before. He seems to enter a state of invisibility when there is surveillance. It is no exception in the secret underground space of Shouwang Building. When operating the console and the relevant camera faces him, he will become invisible. Therefore, Xiang Kun and Alice have not been very specific about his specific image before. the concept of. Judging from Xiang Kun's sensory information and John's perception in the dream, it is obvious that Mr. Liang is different from Xiang Kun and is not obsessed with human appearance;

6. John’s attitude towards Mr. Liang in his dream can be seen. It is similar to the previous judgments of Xiang Kun and Alice. He and Mr. Liang are not in the same organization, and there is a high probability that he is Mr. Liang’s prisoner;

After listening to Xiang Kun's description of the senses in dreams and his six judgments, Xia Libing made a simple form through Alice on the computer while thinking.

Since Alice was fully integrated into the "super-sensory object system", Xiang Kun has basically put aside his concerns about data security after learning about Alice's near-invincible dominance in the digital world. Whether he is discussing it with Lao Xia or recording it himself, Directly through the computer and letting Alice do it for you can ensure that all relevant information is recorded and further improve the "Vampire Mutation Model".

Xia Libing asked about the details of the dream from time to time and described it to Kun. He also asked Alice to help him get a simulation software. According to the description of John's dream, he built a similar huge underground cemetery and even "restored" it. Mr. Liang's appearance in his dream.

After a while, Xia Libing finished a form and then said to Xiang Kun: "Judging from past cases, the target person's dream is, on the one hand, a reaction to the current situation:

"The dark but boundless underground environment, and the various vague and inconsistently styled buildings indicate that he is not completely clear about his own situation, and may not be fully aware of Mr. Liang's background either. He only has some general and vague guesses;

"The giant snake's height shows that his judgment of the giant snake's strength is much higher than his own. But he quickly killed the giant snake, which shows that after killing the giant snake and completing the devouring, he was in a relaxed and proud state of mind. middle;

"Mr. Liang's tall figure and being on a platform much higher than him means that he is at an absolute disadvantage when facing Mr. Liang and is completely suppressed, both in terms of actual strength and psychology. He also did not have the confidence or idea to resist alone;

“On the other hand, it is an expectation to change the status quo and change in the future:

"The body of the Eight-Armed Acromant is very huge, almost filling the entire space. It appears very abruptly and rises from behind the platform where Mr. Liang is, scaring Mr. Liang away. It proves that in his subconscious mind, the Eight-Armed Acromant and the The power it represents is far more powerful than Mr. Liang, and he also hopes that this power can help him deal with Mr. Liang and change the current situation;

"When he saw the dream projection of 'rabbit meat' from 'Qingzhuwu', his first reaction was to pick up the rabbit meat and 'offer' it to the eight-armed acrostics, which proves that in his heart, he believed that this Rabbit Meat' is related to the 'Eight-Armed Acromant';

“In the end, the palm of the Eight-Armed Acromant fell, pressing down on him and the entire altar, which proved that in his heart, he was also skeptical and worried about the idea of ​​placing hope in the power of the Eight-Armed Acromant.

"According to your and Alice's previous exploration of the underground space of Shouwang Building, the target person is not locked in a closed space like the other three 'mutated creatures'. He has been in a semi-free state in the underground space, and has been Staying with the rabbit wood carving. I speculate that Mr. Liang may have thought that the target person could dig out the origin of the rabbit wood carving, and told him the dream and rabbit meat-related information.

"As for the connection between the eight-armed eight-eyed giant and the rabbit wood carving, it may be that he got the judgment from Mr. Liang, or it may be his own judgment. For example, he learned about what happened in Montamira through the Internet or other media, and then through Some internal logic connects them together. The side effects of Alice's failure to steal information a few days ago caused him to see the hallucination of 'rabbit meat', which should have indirectly deepened his understanding. .

“A few days after seeing the hallucination of ‘rabbit meat’, the target person swallowed a ‘mutated creature’, which was obviously arranged by Mr. Liang.

"Judging from the current loose speculation, Mr. Liang's treatment of other 'mutated organisms', whether they are derived from human mutations or other biological mutations, is basically to call researchers and field personnel from the secret department to investigate when their whereabouts appear. , but after actually capturing the 'mutated creatures', a completely closed, single-person control method was adopted, and no systematic research methods were found, which was more like an emotional and random treatment.

"I speculate that Mr. Liang naturally has a strong desire to control and be wary of other 'mutated creatures'. If we want to contact him, we should prepare for the possibility of conflict first. Or we can build it in our own research base , have certain research results, and after getting something of value, first establish direct contact with the people at the 'Abnormal Research Center'. In comparison, Mr. Liang will be a bigger and harder to control variable.

"Based on the psychology of the target person, in the future we may be able to use rabbit wood carvings and the 'hyper-connected things' deployed nearby to exert some influence and guidance, so that he can help us further test Mr. Liang's specific attitude towards 'mutated creatures'. And why he doesn’t allow researchers to participate in direct research on ‘mutant organisms’.”

After listening to Lao Xia's analysis and judgment, Xiang Kun nodded in agreement: "Well, I will definitely not contact Mr. Liang rashly. I will at least wait for Alice to help me guard the data in the storage devices hidden under the Wang Building. Get it out and see if you can figure out those few questions before talking about it."

Xiang Kun said and then smiled: "By the way, with Alice's current control and control over the information of the secret department of 'Shenxing Technology', we can actually not only mislead or guide their investigation direction and thinking direction, but we can also use They have established an information collection network, hired external investigators, and related equipment and researchers to help us conduct research? Actually... we don't need to get our own equipment, we can just use theirs. Right, Alice, can you do it?"

The laptop responded with a crisp, “It can be done!”

Xia Libing immediately rejected the suggestion: "I want to do it myself."

Xiang Kun didn't insist and said with a smile, "Then we'll do it ourselves."

Alice seconded: "We'll do it ourselves!"

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