What It’s Like Being a Vampire

It's past six o'clock in the evening.

star city.

Liu Shiling's home.

The mother and daughter had just finished dinner, Shiling's mother cleaned up and washed the dishes, and came to the living room to sit down. Liu Shiling came over with a thick coated paper, colorful and hardcover encyclopedia with pictures and texts, and asked her mother to explain it to her. she listens.

This encyclopedia, as thick as a brick, was Xiang Kun's New Year's Day gift to the little chubby girl.

To be honest, when she first received this book, Shiling's mother was a little surprised. She didn't expect it to be so thick, there are so many books, let alone the content...so rich.

According to past experience, Liu Shiling would not be interested in this kind of book with many characters - anyway, she can't read it now.

Basically, the books that Xiang Kun sent were just for decoration. After Liu Shiling went to elementary school, he could understand them, and then see if he would read them.

But unexpectedly, on the day she received the book, Liu Shiling took one of the books and asked her to read it.

At the beginning, Shiling's mother was naturally very happy. Her child liked reading and was interested in "science". Which parent would not be happy?

Although she herself is not highly educated and has never been to university, in her opinion, since Xiang Kun said that this is "an encyclopedia suitable for preschool children", there is nothing wrong with her explaining it.

But as we talked, problems arose.

Naturally, Shiling's mother has no problem with simply reading the content. She is also OK with simply answering some questions and words.

However, Liu Shiling's problems were one after another.

For example, she read a sentence in the book: "Space includes the entire universe—planets, satellites, stars, and galaxies..."

Liu Shiling would ask: "What is a planet?"

Shiling's mother flipped through the explanation in the book and read it over.

Liu Shiling asked again: "What is a satellite?"

Shiling's mother flipped through the book, but couldn't find it, so she picked up her mobile phone and googled it to explain to her daughter.

Liu Shiling then asked: "What is a star?"

Shi Ling's mother couldn't help it: "You will know later..."

Then read: "The universe began with a big bang 13.7 billion years ago.

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Liu Shiling asked, "How much is 13.7 billion?"

Shi Ling's mother used her age as a base to popularize the concept of numbers for her, and then extended it, just explaining how much 100 million is, it took half an hour to explain...

So now every day when she sees Liu Shiling running over with that encyclopedia in her arms, Shiling's mother feels dizzy.

But the head is big, and we still have to bite the bullet.

Looking at it today, the page opened by Liu Shiling is related to electricity and magnetism.

Shiling's mother then turned the page forward: "I haven't finished the previous part. Let's talk about geography. Today we will talk about Asia..."

But Liu Shiling's chubby little hand firmly turned the page back to the content related to electricity and magnetism, and looked up at her: "Mom, I want to learn this."

"You will learn this when you study in the future, and it's useless to learn it now..." Shiling's mother turned forward again.

"But I want to learn now." Liu Shiling turned back again.

Shiling's mother had no choice but to read according to the content above: "Everything in the universe is made up of atoms that we can't see, and every atom has particles that can transport electric charges...

"...in the nucleus there are positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons, around which electrons orbit...

"...Lightning occurs when static electricity builds up to a certain degree in a dark cloud. Negative charges accumulate at the bottom of the cloud, while positive charges accumulate at the top of the cloud. Finally, the negative charges fall to the ground in the form of lightning... …

"...whenever there is electricity, there is magnetism. This invisible mysterious force can attract some metals together, and can also make some metals repel each other and separate..."

The more Shiling's mother reads, the more confused she becomes. Is this really for preschoolers? But it is also marked on the cover: 3 years old to 6 years old.

When she was in school, she hated physics and mathematics the most. It is okay to simply read these contents, but if you really start to explain them in depth, it will really be endless.

Just reading these few paragraphs, she felt a little drowsy, but her daughter listened attentively and her eyes lit up.

Why is Shi Ling suddenly interested in these things? For children, isn't the content of history and geography in the book more interesting? It would be great if Mr. Xiang sent Grimm's Fairy Tales, One Thousand and One Nights, and Zheng Yuanjie's collection.

Sure enough, Liu Shiling's serial problems soon followed:

"Mom, what is an atomic nucleus?"

"Mom, what is an electron?"

"Mom, what is electric charge?"

"Mom, isn't magnetism just magic?"

"Mom, what's the difference between lightning and the electricity in our house?"

Shiling's mother stopped using Baidu. Facing her daughter with wide eyes and face full of curiosity, she said helplessly, "There are no such books. You can only learn them when you go to school in the future. It's useless to read them now. After the kindergarten starts, you You can ask the teacher."

Liu Shiling thought about it, and didn't "difficult" her mother anymore, and said, "Mom, can you apply for a QQ account for me, I want to add the QQ of the teacher and the bald uncle and ask them."

Shi Ling's mother did not hesitate, and nodded in agreement. In fact, many children in kindergartens have QQ accounts, but in most cases, they apply for QQ accounts mainly to log in to their accounts when playing games. It is really unique that Liu Shiling applied for a QQ account to ask people about "study" issues.

Seeing her daughter walking back to the room with the encyclopedia in her arms, Shiling's mother was in a daze for a moment.

Kindergarten has been on vacation for a long time, and she was going to take Liu Shiling to enroll in interest classes a while ago. Generally speaking, according to past habits, the little chubby girl must be most interested in dancing, shooting balls, roller skating, and rope skipping, although she also plays It's not very good, but these activities are more lively, and she likes them better.

But this time, the chubby girl took the initiative to enroll in the literacy class, and she was very focused in class. Every time Shiling's mother went to pick up her daughter, she could hear the praise from the teacher of the interest class. And just like in the kindergarten, within a few days, the other children in the interest class all surrounded her.

Back then, the daughter who liked to watch cartoons, like to be lively, like to make friends, didn't like to study, didn't use chopsticks, was greedy for food and sleep, was a little clumsy, and cute and cute, why did she suddenly undergo such a big change?

I remember that only a few months ago, Shiling's mother was still worried about whether her daughter's temperament would be bullied after she started elementary and middle school. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, that little chubby girl who always runs behind other children's buttocks has become the existence that other children look up to and please.

When I used to go home, my mind was full of cartoons and delicious food, but now I always quietly play with coins and origami by myself, and take the initiative to do my homework, without the previous noise, and I am also interested in learning , also sensible a lot. Perhaps the only thing that hasn't changed is that I like delicious food.

After realizing that the daughter who was always by her side like a little chubby quail would fly high one day, Shiling's mother was inevitably a little bit lost...and confused—this kind of feeling, Shouldn't it start at least after middle school? This girl is still in kindergarten!

Inexplicably, Shi Ling's mother felt that Xiao Xianrou in the costume series on TV was not so handsome anymore.

For the first time, she regretted that she didn't study hard when she was studying.

After returning to her room, Liu Shiling put her ear to the door and listened. After confirming that her mother was watching the series she had been chasing, she walked to the table, put down the encyclopedia, and took the two encyclopedias that her bald-headed uncle gave her. Coins, a piece of A4 paper and a pair of chopsticks were taken out and placed on the table.

She first tapped one of the coins with her left index finger, and said, "'Chocolate', let's fight together today!"

Then, as if the coin had been summoned, it slid along her finger and "climbed" onto the back of her hand.

She tapped another coin with her right finger: "'Ice Cream', are you ready?"

The coin also "climbed" up the back of her hand along her fingers, fitting tightly.

Then she looked at the creased A4 paper and read: "Magic carpet, magic carpet, what kind of enemy are we going to deal with today?" After that, she puffed her mouth and blew lightly.

The A4 piece of paper was blown, lifted up and moved forward, suddenly trembled slightly out of line with the direction of movement, and actually hung in the air and stagnated.

Liu Shiling stared at the A4 paper, as if she was holding her breath. After a few seconds, her little face was flushed, and the A4 paper fell back on the table. She let out a long breath, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and then As if he had received the feedback, he said "thoughtfully": "Understood, what we are going to deal with today is the Dark Lord."

She said solemnly to the coin on the back of her left hand, "Chocolate, today's enemies will be very strong. Which wand should we use?"

Then, as if hearing something, he turned his head to look at the coin on the back of his right hand: "Ice Cream, you said that using the 'Lightning Wand' is more restraint? Okay, then I will listen to you. Your suggestion last time was also good."

After finishing speaking, she reached out and picked up a chopstick, then walked to the window, pushed aside a corner of the curtain, got in, wrapped herself in the curtain, looked out cautiously, and locked her eyes on a quilt tree on the side of the road outside the community. The tree with dead branches swayed by the night cold wind, and then "pointed" at the tree with the chopsticks through the window glass, muttering words.

In Liu Shiling's "Magic Fantasy System", the two coins that Xiang Kun gave her were both defined by her as "Elf Guardians" and named "Chocolate" and "Ice Cream". And that piece of A4 paper is called "magic carpet" by her, and it is a magic treasure like the "magic mirror" in the fairy tale of Snow White. As for the pair of chopsticks, one is the "Lightning Wand" and the other is the "Fire Wand", which represent the corresponding magic. For the time being, though, she hasn't fully unlocked the magic spell.

This "magic world" is the "game" or "training" that Liu Shiling is most passionate about now. Basically every night, I have to play for a while. If conditions permit, she won't get tired playing alone all day.

She can clearly feel her progress, and now her ability to control coins from a distance has become stronger and more proficient, and as long as she concentrates enough, when controlling coins, there will be no interference with the surrounding electrical equipment. will drop a lot. She vaguely felt that she seemed to make significant progress every other week.

She also found that as long as she held the chopsticks given to her by the bald uncle, she could concentrate more easily, whether she was studying or playing with coins.

Another gust of wind blew outside the house. In Liu Shiling's imagination, the tree she regarded as the "Dark Demon King" had been wiped out by her. Just as she was about to get out from under the curtains contentedly, she was greeted by a faint sound of dog barking in the wind. absorb.

Then she saw, on the non-motorized lane outside the community, an orange wild cat was chased, bitten by four wild dogs, and ran past.

Liu Shiling was taken aback for a moment. Before she became a "magic girl", she was always a timid child. She was afraid of not only dogs, but also cats - because she was scratched by cats in the community before, went to get injections, cried so much So miserable. She didn't even dare to touch the little hamster raised by the two children of the tenant who lived in Xiang Kun's house before.

But now, as a "magic girl" whose mission is to "save the world" and "destroy monsters with the bald uncle", Liu Shiling naturally has a strong sense of justice.

With great power comes great responsibility.

It seems that some great magician said it?

She glanced at the coin on the back of her left hand: "Chocolate, we have to help it."

After all, she opened the window, and the cold winter wind immediately blew into her face, piercing into her sweater collar, causing her neck to shrink, like a devil's sharp blade, scratching her will, making her subconsciously want to close the window behind her back .

But thinking of her own identity and the heavy burden on her shoulders, Liu Shiling finally gritted her teeth and persisted, picked up the "lightning wand", and pointed at the four wild dogs chasing the orange cat from a distance.

Her brows were tightly furrowed, as if thunder was brewing in her eyes, as she pinched the chopsticks... the small hands that pinched the "Thunder and Lightning Demon Barrier" trembled slightly, obviously exerting great force.

The two coins "Chocolate" and "Ice Cream" that were tightly attached to the back of her hand also slowly floated in the air.

But except for the whistling of the cold wind and the barking of wild dogs, nothing changed either inside or outside the house.

Seeing that the orange cat has fallen into the siege of wild dogs, it is inevitable, and there are many dangers.

Suddenly, the entire community, including the street lights outside the community, went out.

The next moment, the lights returned, as if it was just the area blinking together.

But Liu Shiling had already lost consciousness and fell backwards.

But because she had wrapped herself in the curtains before, the curtains supported her like a half-up hammock, preventing her from falling to the ground.

...

Hundreds of kilometers away, Xiang Kun, who was sitting on the train going back to his hometown, suddenly felt something, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the night sky outside the car window.

In just a moment, he realized where this special feeling came from.

That was the feedback of the two coins and a pair of chopsticks he gave to the chubby girl. Judging from the emotional feedback obtained from the pair of chopsticks, Liu Shiling was very focused, excited, and with a hint of... impassioned?

He can often feel such emotions through the chopsticks, knowing that this is the little fat girl who is having her "magic world" YY again.

But today seems to be a little different, Xiang Kun suddenly realized from the sensory information fed back from the items that established the "super sensory connection"——

This little chubby girl has "developed" a new application ability for him!

Even if he had already had a similar experience before, Xiang Kun couldn't help but sigh in his heart again, this little chubby girl is really his blessing! Really talented in this regard.

As if he was creating a language, Xiang Kun was still thinking about the grammatical structure, the pronunciation of words, the composition of words, classifying nouns, verbs and prepositions, thinking about how to build a system, trying to make sentences, and write articles, but Liu Shiling had already based on the words he provided, According to my own understanding and context, I composed a poem that is quite emotional when I read it! Even if she doesn't know 99% of these words.

Next, Xiang Kun only needs to make some modifications and fine-tuning based on this "poem", improve it on this basis, or establish rules for it that conform to the procedure and can be applied repeatedly, and then he can integrate the creation mode of this poem into his own. Language system, creating various "works".

Through previous exchanges and understanding, Xiang Kun knew that Liu Shiling had a lot of imagination and brain holes, and was the kind of person who could make up Star Wars by staring at a group of ants, plus her "magic" to Xiang Kun. Said" is firmly believed, and it has been actually verified. This should be the reason why she can "develop" new abilities repeatedly.

Xiang Kun was about to verify Liu Shiling's new "development" ability in detail, when a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart.