What It’s Like Being a Vampire

January 23rd, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, around six o'clock in the evening.

In the luxuriously decorated office on the second floor of a certain tea shop in Eitong City, a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance is sitting at the head of a multifunctional tea table making tea, while opposite him is sitting A thin middle-aged man with thinning hair.

If Xiang Kun was here, he would have recognized that the middle-aged man with thinning hair was the "Brother Chu" Chu Xiuwen whom he had seen in Tongshi town.

This time, when he came to Zaitong City, he naturally had nothing to do with Xiang Kun. He came here to visit friends while taking advantage of years ago.

Guo Lin, the owner of the tea shop in front of him, is his middle school classmate. They used to study together in the provincial capital, and they are quite friendly. Besides the camaraderie between classmates, the two of them have also cooperated in business, and they have cooperated well and are quite happy. So even if they were free, they would often move around, either Chu Xiuwen came to Zaitong, or Guo Lin went to Jianzhou City, and occasionally went to the provincial capital together to gather with a group of old classmates and old buddies.

Guo Lin made some new tea, poured out the tea, put the teacup in front of Chu Xiuwen with tweezers, and asked casually, "Xiuwen, has Tongshi Town made any big moves recently?"

After Chu Xiuwen took a sip from his teacup, he asked strangely, "Why do you say that?"

"Do you know the Haoguo Group? The one in Guangdong Province has been making various investments in our province for the past few years. A while ago, it also cooperated with a man named Liu Dabao from Tongshi Town on a project." Guo Lin said.

Chu Xiuwen smiled and said, "It's Liu Feibao, I know that person."

"That's right, that's right, it's Liu Feibao, look at my memory." Guo Lin patted his forehead with a smile, and then continued: "Recently, I heard news that Qi Haoguo, the boss of the Haoguo Group, is going to increase his investment in Tongshi Town. The investment is a bit insufficient, and he has dealt with a lot of assets. Moreover, the assets he handled and some of the businesses he transferred are of high quality. Normally speaking, he wants to expand investment, and he will go to Jianzhou City and Tongshi Town For investment, you should find a bank loan, and the local government will definitely support it. Put away the business that has been operating well, and invest in projects that do not know the future. This operation is a bit incomprehensible! By the way, I yesterday I also heard that among the new projects that Qi Haoguo asked the company's people to prepare to launch, many of them are purely public welfare. Although I have not actually contacted Qi Haoguo, the reputation of this product has never been that of a public welfare person, but It’s not profitable, and it’s nicknamed ‘Granzi’. He suddenly wants to invest in public welfare in Tongshi Town, and he is giving out real money, there must be a reason...”

Chu Xiuwen can probably guess what the reason is, but he only knows one direction. He knows that it has something to do with Mr. Xiang who has a good relationship with Liu Caifu, but what is the background of Mr. Xiang? He didn't know what the town and Chongyun village were doing and what their purpose was.

Not only him, but also Liu Feibao didn't know about it, but he didn't know that Mr. Qi from Haoguo Group knew more?

Although he has a good relationship with Guo Lin, but Liu Feibao has explained that he himself has some scruples about Mr. Xiang's background, so he is not good at putting things related to Mr. Xiang, as well as some judgments of Ji Hang and the others. Telling Guo Lin, he could only say ambiguously: "Tongshi Town should indeed develop, and it is normal to have some support from policy or official projects."

Guo Lin nodded thoughtfully, and said: "I also got some gossip before, you know about 'Shenxing Technology'? It's just making some black technology, like drones, VR, security equipment, electronic toys and so on. The technology company. During this time, they applied to the province for a scientific research project in a mountainous area near Wushu Mountain.

And there are a few companies that I clearly know are related to "Shenxing Technology", and they are all sending people to Jianzhou City. It seems that they want to develop their business there. Do you think this is also related to Tongshi Town? ? After all, Wushu Mountain Scenic Area is not far from Tongshi Town. "

"I don't know that."

Guo Lin smiled and said: "Xiuwen, how can you not know, you are the local snake in Tongshi Town, if you have to make a big move, it is impossible for you not to know."

"A local snake...that's not a good name." Chu Xiuwen smiled wryly, "If I were really a local snake, the commercial street project I got you to work on last time would not have almost overturned."

"Okay, then 'local access' will work, right? Besides, the commercial street project, didn't we still make some money in the end, and didn't lose money, which is pretty good. You just say it, according to your judgment , Do you have a good idea to invest in Tongshi Town!" Guo Lin said directly, he knew the character of this old classmate and old friend, he had always been relatively stable, and it was impossible for him to deceive him.

After thinking about it, Chu Xiuwen said slowly, "I think so."

"Okay, then let's find those old guys and start a real estate project together?" Guo Lin said.

"Well... it's better to think about it in the long run." Chu Xiuwen pondered: "Old Guo, didn't you say that Qi Haoguo is famous for being unprofitable and always greedy? Have you ever thought that he wants to invest in copper and stone?" As for the town, why not do real estate? He is a Cantonese, why should he sell his assets and spend real money to do public welfare in Haixi Province and Tongshi Town?"

Guo Lin was taken aback, nodded and said: "Yes, I have been thinking about this problem before, why, I really can't figure it out..."

"We simply imitate what smart people do. It may not be useful, but it must be of some reference value. Lao Guo, if you are interested, when I invest locally with a few friends from Tongshi Town in the next year, I will also pull it out." Just come in and count your share." Chu Xiuwen said.

He and Liu Feibao had chatted with Xiang Kun and Liu Caifu before, so they knew that they were going to deploy farming, catering, and related scientific research and Internet industries, but just like Qi Haoguo, he and Liu Feibao were also worried that if they rashly attracted large funds to enter Otherwise, it will interfere with Mr. Xiang's original deployment, and make Mr. Xiang or the official boss behind him dissatisfied. What's more, if they are really asked to do it themselves, they don't know how to do it. No matter what industry, aspect, or conditions, Tongshi Town has no advantage compared with other places.

So he discussed with Liu Feibao that they can choose to invest in related industries as "assistants" based on the specific situation and see the operations of Liu Caifu and Mr. Xiang. On the one hand, it is to show kindness to Mr. Xiang, and on the other hand, it is also thinking about whether this method can be used to "get in the car".

They all felt that with Mr. Xiang's background and the involvement of big capital such as the Zhang family, there must be a lot of interest behind this, and no matter how difficult the matter was, it would definitely be promoted. Listening to Guo Lin's words now, it seems that even technology giants like "Shenxing Technology" have made moves, which makes the previous guess more certain.

"Sigh, my old man should know a lot about these policy matters, but unfortunately he doesn't want to care about them at all." Guo Lin said with a sigh in the middle of the chat.

"Is your old man still traveling outside?" Chu Xiuwen asked strangely.

Guo Lin said helplessly: "Yes! He is over seventy years old, and he insists on running around the country alone and traveling alone. I want to find someone to accompany him, but he refuses. I called him yesterday and asked where he was going. He didn't give a confirmation letter if he was going to come back for the Spring Festival. He just said that he would come back when he came back... Alas, since my mother passed away, he basically didn't go home, and went to look for his old colleagues everywhere. , Old comrades-in-arms reminiscing about the past."

Just as he was talking, his mobile phone rang suddenly. He picked it up and looked at it. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Did my old man sense that I was talking about him?"

But after connecting, Guo Lin was stunned, because the voice coming from inside was not his father's.

After hearing a few words, Guo Lin stood up abruptly: "Yes, I am his son! How is the situation now? Okay, I'll be right there! Where is it? I'll be right there, right away!"

Seeing Guo Lin hang up the phone with a dignified expression, Chu Xiuwen got up and asked, "What's going on?"

"The old man just came back by train, but when he arrived at the station, he suddenly had a heart attack and passed out. Now he has been sent to the No. 1 Hospital. I have to go there quickly. You said he really... didn't tell me if he was coming back. You can send someone to pick him up... He had a physical examination before, and there was nothing wrong with his heart, why did he suddenly have a heart attack..." Guo Lin said while putting on his coat.

Chu Xiuwen said: "My car is parked below, you can drive my car directly, it will be faster."

The two went to the hospital together, and soon saw Mr. Guo who had woken up.

Even the doctor was amazed that old man Guo woke up so quickly and was still sane, and attributed the credit to the young doctor who performed CPR on the old man at the station in time and rescued him.

Guo Lin asked the hospital staff for the young doctor's name and contact number, so he decided to contact him tomorrow, and prepared a gift to come to thank him.

But after seeing his father in the ward, Guo Lin felt that something was wrong with the old man? Because he looked, as if a little excited?

Not a good thing for someone who just had a heart condition.

Guo Lin sat by the hospital bed, held his father's hand, and said, "Dad, I'm here."

Chu Xiuwen who followed in also said hello, "Hello, Uncle Guo."

Mr. Guo suddenly held his son's hand behind his back, looked at him and said, "Guo Lin, I saw it... I saw it..."

Guo Lin comforted his father nervously, then followed his tone and asked, "Dad, what did you see?"

"I saw another world." Mr. Guo said with a trembling voice, "I saw the 'gatekeeper'."

"Dad, calm down first, speak slowly, slow down, what door did you see?" Guo Linwen comforted his father without questioning.

After a while, Mr. Guo finally suppressed his emotions under Guo Lin's guidance, and made it clear: "...I thought I was really going to die, and I was very scared, afraid of how I would feel when I died. All gone. Then...then I felt like I saw a very narrow, dark room with no windows and only one door. I saw a man with many arms standing guard at the door. As soon as I saw It's scared, very scared. But I know it's there, it's real..."

Not only Guo Lin, but also Chu Xiuwen probably understood, but they both felt the same, thinking that this was an illusion produced by the old man's consciousness due to fear when he was in a dying state.

But they naturally wouldn't argue with the old man at this time, to expose the old man's "fantasy".

They also know why the old man has such a "fantasy".

Sure enough, the old man looked at Guo Lin again and said, "Since that world exists, it proves...your mother is also there, and I still have a chance to meet her."

Guo Lin hurriedly said: "Dad, Mom must hope that you can live a good life..."

Mr. Guo interrupted him and said: "Don't worry, I will live a good life. I will see more things and experience more things, and I will have something to tell her later! If I don't take care of myself, if I don't live a good life , When I look back at her, I will definitely be beaten by her! Now that I have seen that world, since I have seen that 'gatekeeper', I am not afraid of anything, I am not afraid of anything... There is nothing to be afraid of, hehe, rest assured Come on, Guo Lin."

Guo Lin didn't know what to say. Anyway, the old man can be happy, maintain a good attitude, and recover physically.

...

In the early morning of January 24th, Xiang Kun "woke up" early in the morning.

Of course, he himself didn't sleep either.

After tossing at the branch office until midnight yesterday, he first succeeded in using the special pair of "emotional injection" chopsticks to achieve a historic breakthrough-guiding and perceiving Lao Xia's dream.

Then, for the rest of the time, he continued the "homework" that had remained unchanged during this period of time - after entering the "super sensory state", he perceived the mutated creature around the rabbit wood carving.

His original plan was to take advantage of the fact that the mutant creature was still within the sensing range of the rabbit woodcarving, to forcibly memorize the sensory information of the mutant creature in the "super sensory state", so that he could contact it with other realities in the future. The mutated organisms carry out "comparison of super sensory state information" for analysis.

But it didn't take long for him to realize that his previous thoughts were too taken for granted. The perceptual information represented by mutant creatures in the "super sensory state" is fundamentally different from the perceptual information represented by ordinary things.

When his consciousness went deep into the perception information representing mutant creatures in the "super sensory state", he found that as long as he wanted to, he could continue to perceive along a certain part of the information, just like a road leading directly to the boundless universe. Not to the end.

And once he expands the depth of this perception, he will find that the perception information represented by the "mutated creature" is too huge, almost endless, and it is beyond what he can perceive now, let alone memorize it. up.

So in the end, he could only change a method, take the next best thing, and set a limit for those perceptual information, just like the research in reality sets the smallest unit to cells or molecules, microns or nanometers, and sets a limit.

When there is no way to know the specific corresponding reality information of these perceptual information, it does not make much sense to do too in-depth perceptual exploration.

So Xiang Kun just memorized the shallow sensory information representing the mutant creature, and then focused on other things around the mutant creature, trying to speculate where the mutant creature was with the rabbit wood carving. do something.

And he was still waiting, waiting for the mutated creature to drink blood.

He wanted to see if, after the mutated creature drank blood and fell asleep, could he use the rabbit woodcarving to guide and perceive the other's dreams.

Although dream perception is not reality, a lot of content is based on real experience, memory, and cognition, and it is directly presented with sensory information such as vision, hearing, smell, and touch, which can make Xiang Kun more rich and intuitive. Content.

Just like when he used the same rabbit woodcarving, he sensed the member of the exploration team who entered the Qinling no-man's land with "Shenxing Technology", so he found Zhou Rui, who likes to raise ants, and found Fang Pingfang based on Zhou Rui's information. PhD.

And he had a vague hunch that if he could really use the "emotional injection" item to perceive the dreams of mutant creatures, then the dreams might have an unprecedented experience.