What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Zhou Rui has always had a strong interest in ants and likes to study the habits of various ants. He also likes to raise and watch them.

Therefore, as long as he sees this kind of creature that ordinary people don't pay much attention to, or even dislike it, he will subconsciously take a few glances, and then connect the relevant knowledge in his memory.

Just like some car fans, when they see a special car model, they will make a judgment in their mind. They can guess the brand and model of the car from a wheel hub, a rear window, and a fender, and listen to the sound of the engine. By roaring, you can know which engine it is, and even the corresponding model, how many cylinders, how much horsepower, maximum torque, and efficiency curve will pop up in your mind.

And if the sound of the engine, the shape of the exhaust pipe, the details of the car, or the tail logo do not match each other, you will immediately understand that the car has been modified.

But living things are different from cars. They cannot be modified. They are what they are. Otherwise, it would be a great discovery.

At this time, Zhou Rui felt like a "big discovery".

The hymenopteran insect lying on the back of the chair, he first identified based on experience as a colony of some kind of ant, and based on the size of its butt, he initially judged that it was a "princess" (female breeding ant during mating period).

When I got closer and took a closer look, I guessed from its color and shape that it was a pseudophosphorus ant, which is mostly distributed in Sichuan, Sichuan, Guangdong and Xiangchu provinces, but if you see it in Haixi Province, it doesn’t count. strangeness.

But after taking a closer look, Zhou Rui discovered that this hymenopteran insect did not seem to be a colony of ordinary ants.

In addition to the two normal antennae, its head also has two very thin long whiskers. This is very wrong!

Moreover, its wings are not normal, with very obvious and complex veins on them. The wings themselves are much smaller than the wings of the ordinary "Princess" ant, and cannot completely cover its tail. It makes people wonder whether it can fly.

Zhou Rui slowly picked up the colonial ant and observed it carefully.

Then he was shocked to find that under the broad and short wings, there were several things like long whiskers on the top of his head, clinging to his side.

What is this? Parasite?

And the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this colonial ant had a strange sense of disharmony.

He not only relied on his own knowledge of ants to make judgments, but also thought of the ants he had accidentally glimpsed on the main peak when he was investigating the incident of "giant raptors" attacking tourists at Wushu Mountain.

Then, as now, he caught a glimpse of an ant burrowing into the ground.

The ant was the same type as the ants he raised at home, and it was relatively rare. Unlike the Phenotypic ant, it was almost impossible to appear in the wild in Haixi Province, so he immediately went to look for the ants that had burrowed into it. places to find ant nests or other ants in the same colony.

But in the end, he was unable to find the ant he saw. Instead, he helped Dr. Fang discover the anomaly that there were no ants at all on the main peak of Mount Wushu.

"This... is an ant in the breeding period?" Mi Qiao also walked over, stood beside him, and asked looking at the colonial ants in his hand.

She also immediately thought of the flying "invisible insect" that was captured by the "giant raptor".

According to the analysis of the footage captured by Dr. Fang and Zhou Rui through infrared thermal imaging equipment, the "invisible insect" was also an insect of the order Hymenoptera, and its head was closer to the shape of an ant.

"It's a bit strange. I want to take it back and study it." After Zhou Rui said that, the three of them ended their shopping activity early and returned to the parking place.

At this time, the sky began to rain again.

What the three of them didn't notice was that on the second floor of the "Youlong Hotel" where they just had a feast, a bald man stood by the window, looking at them through his glasses and the window.

This person is naturally Xiang Kun.

To be honest, he didn't expect that Mi Qiao, Zhou Rui and others would come to "Youlong Hotel" for dinner today.

It has been two weeks since he, Lao Xia, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhener arrived in Tongshi Town.

Not long after they arrived, Zhang Qian and Zicheng were also "summoned" to come over to join them. Then, together with You Meng and Liu Caifu, they had final discussions on how the game project would operate. The other "shareholders" who were not present also entrusted After Zhang Qian, he may become his own.

In fact, Tang Baona had already discussed the main content on behalf of Xiang Kun and Zhang Qian before, and everyone else basically followed their will, at most giving some opinions on the details.

For others, it is like good friends getting together. Everyone does something together and participates in it. In essence, it is a sense of participation. The main thing is to trust Xiang Kun or Zhang Qian.

This matter was settled quickly. Zhang Qian took people directly to Pengcheng to form an operations team, start the company, and prepare for the launch of the game.

Things at "Youlong Hotel" also went smoothly. After Xiang Kun rearranged all the main dishes and posted several videos on the Internet to create a stir, they began to put the online The operation of "Youlong Xitu" is linked to the offline "Youlong Hotel".

In addition to arranging for people to intentionally "humanize" the store opened by "Youlong Xitu", they also arranged for several anchors and Internet celebrities from Haixi Province to visit the store to create topics and promote it.

Because the people invited were not big celebrities, but some well-known anchors from this province and city, the money spent was not much.

However, after returning to Tongshi Town, before drinking blood, Xiang Kun made four Q-version "Egg Yolk Pie" wood carvings based on the emotions recorded in Star City when the little fat girl ate the rabbit meat he made. Arriving around the store, he gathered with the twelve yellow people who had been placed in the store before.

These wood carvings actually look very different from the real "Egg Yolk Pie". Not only are they Q-edited, but each wood carving cat is carved with several pairs of wings, and each cat is holding different foods such as chicken legs or ice cream to eat. , looks very cute.

In addition to being cute, these four wood carvings, like the twelve yellow figures, can have an emotional impact on the people in the hotel when inspired by Xiang Kun.

Therefore, those anchors and Internet celebrities who visit the store, although they have been greeted and invited, when they actually eat the food, under the influence of emotions, their performance will exceed expectations.

These performances have not only brought about very good live broadcast and program effects, but also allowed those anchors and Internet celebrities to recommend and evaluate from the bottom of their hearts, further creating topic popularity and dissemination.

In addition, other local diners who come to eat by chance will also be affected by their emotions, which will bring about a good word-of-mouth spreading effect. Therefore, although "Youlong Hotel" only officially opened a week ago, it will soon be served during meals. Queuing has started and business is very good.

You Meng and his wife have even begun to apply to Xiang Kun to open a branch in this town.

When the restaurant's customer flow and reputation have stabilized, Xiang Kun no longer has to inspire the cat wood carvings to guide the diners' emotions every time he serves a meal. After all, the dishes he originally prepared for the restaurant taste very good and are very suitable for locals. When the taste has already formed a reputation and many people have dining memories, even without the emotional impact of wood carvings, the dining experience will not collapse.

After the hotel opened, Tang Baona and Yang Zhener also went to Pengcheng to conduct follow-up cooperation with Zhang Qian on behalf of Xiang Kun.

During this period, in addition to drinking blood twice under the cover of Lao Xia, Xiang Kun also did a lot of research on his own mutations.

The most important thing is to try to find ways to use the ability of "mutated parasites" and the "life planning" mode to affect other living things.

Xiang Kun hopes to strengthen "Jin Shining's" self-protection ability and influence on the outside world, such as giving it the ability to activate "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes" without the presence of "Little Apple" when instructed by "Little Apple" The emotional projection of "emotional objects" such as "wood carvings" and the ability to influence others.

But if he wanted to conduct an experiment, he would definitely not be able to conduct it directly on "Golden Shining". Ever since it had a name, its meaning to Xiang Kun had been different. It was an existence that could not be replaced by other canaries in the world.

Therefore, Xiang Kun needs to conduct experiments on other creatures first. Only after he has figured out the model, ensures the success rate, knows the side effects, and finds a way to avoid it, can he use "Golden Shining".

At the beginning, Xiang Kun tried using experimental mice bought by Lao Xia, but he could not find a way to influence it.

So he began to try to link the mice into the "super-sensory object system" like "Golden Sparkle" and "Egg Yolk Pie", but he still failed.

Lao Xia suggested that he try other creatures, and he accepted the suggestion. He and Lao Xia went from Chongyun Village into the depths of the northern mountains and wandered around for two full days, "playing with" almost all the animals they found.

In order to better "transform" those animals, the two of them also gained a lot of relevant biological knowledge, and had a basic understanding of most of the animal species, characteristics, and habits in this mountainous area.

Every time they "tease" an animal, they both have to combine theory with practice and study it carefully.

Unfortunately, for most animals, Xiang Kun could not find a way to carry out "parasitic influence" through the "super-sensory object system", nor could he establish a link to pull them into the "super-sensory object system".

Finally, on the way back, Xiang Kun, who was about to give up the attempt and considered the long term, accidentally succeeded in affecting an ant in a "supersensory state".

Xiang Kun was not sure whether it was because ants were special or because he just happened to find a corresponding method at that time.

The modifications Xiang Kun made to the ant were also very small. They only made it a little bigger and the muscles in the head that control the jaw became stronger. The change was less than 10%, and it was completed in a few hours.

But although the ant was successfully transformed by Xiang Kun, it was unable to accept his orders. It attacked other ants crazily, and then died after killing for a period of time.

Judging from a single experiment, the outcome is naturally a failure. But from the overall experimental purpose, this is a successful start.

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