What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Early in the morning, Zhou Rui and his fellow soldiers from the investigation team went into the mountain in two groups to investigate.

Fang Pingfang, Mi Qiao, and Gao Shu took their equipment to Wushu Mountain, while Zhou Rui went to Chongyun Mountain with Li Shijue and Ye Chong.

However, when passing through Chongyun Village, because the road had just been built in the village, their car did not drive directly to the foot of the mountain as before. Instead, at Zhou Rui's suggestion, they walked around the village a few times along the newly built road.

After feeling that the village had changed a lot, Zhou Rui even asked Li Shijue to stop the car and asked Ye Chong to launch the drone he carried into the air to take pictures of the overall situation of Chongyun Village from the air.

"It seems like it's only been more than half a month since we last entered the mountain, right? This has changed too much." Zhou Rui asked doubtfully.

Li Shijue, on the other hand, looked at the picture returned by the drone and said calmly: "As long as the money is in place, this speed is nothing. The last time we went into the mountains, the road into Chongyun Village was almost built. By the way, The road extends into the village, so it doesn't take much effort. As for the street lights and stuff, it's even simpler."

Zhou Rui frowned and said: "The question is...what is such a small village doing with such a sudden large-scale construction project?"

Judging from the pictures returned by the drone, Chongyun Village not only repaired the roads leading to the outside and the roads in the village in a short time, but also there are construction sites in many places, and the scale is not small.

"Are these related to the things we want to investigate?" Li Shijue asked strangely, "It is obvious that Jianzhou City is increasing its investment in Tongshi Town. Didn't you notice that when we went to Tongshi Town for dinner a few days ago, we... The flow of traffic and people in the city has obviously increased, and many shops are being renovated. Are they becoming more prosperous?"

Zhou Rui nodded and did not refute. He just held the tablet for watching the drone transmission and asked Ye Chong who was not far away: "Chong'er, do you know what these construction sites are for?"

Ye Chong came over and looked at where Zhou Rui was pointing, said "Wait a moment", then picked up his tablet to check, and said: "These places outside the village are all building breeding bases and farms. This area near the village should be a research base under construction, also related to farming and the Internet."

As he said that, Ye Chong thought of something and looked up at Zhou Rui: "If you call me 'Chong'er' again, believe it or not, I will shave your eyebrows while you are sleeping."

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "Okay, that's not called 'Chong'er'. I'll follow Huahua's example and call you Little Leaf!"

If they had just met a few months ago, Ye Chong would have made a stern statement to the other party not to give him nicknames, but now... he just rolled his eyes and was too lazy to say anything more.

Because of this time together,

They are already familiar with each other's personalities. Zhou Rui knows very well that he will not fall out because of the joke, and he also knows very well... If Zhou Rui is not allowed to be called "Little Leaf", this guy will definitely continue to use other nicknames. I'll call him by his name properly.

Next, they still did not go directly into the mountain. Instead, at Zhou Rui's request, they went to the construction site of a research base that was said to be related to the Internet and breeding.

Because Fang Pingfang had explained that Zhou Ruilai was in charge and led their journey to Chongyun Mountain, so although Li Shijue and Ye Chong felt that Chongyun Village had nothing to do with what they wanted to investigate, they could only go with him. .

After the off-road vehicle slowed down near the construction site, a tall and thin young man came over and waved: "You can't park here, stop and go over there."

Li Shijue still found a place to park the car outside the construction site. Zhou Rui got out of the car and said, "Let's just take a look here and leave immediately. We won't stop for a long time."

The tall and thin young man was Liu Gaoshang, who had just replaced his brother and came to the construction site to watch. He stared blankly at Li Shijue and Ye Chong who got off the car, watching them and the people who got off the car before walking directly past him towards the construction site. Somewhat overwhelmed.

"Hey... this is all a construction site, there's nothing to see!" Liu Gaoshang remembered what his brother had told him, and hurriedly caught up to stop the three of them.

Zhou Rui smiled and took out an ID to look at Zhou Rui and said, "I heard that a research base is going to be built in this place? We are 'researchers' at the Taiyu Biological Laboratory in Citong City, and we are also engaged in scientific research. We want to Go in and have a look..."

His certificate is of course genuine. Behind the Taiyu Laboratory is "Shenxing Technology". Although none of the six of them have actually worked in the Taiyu Laboratory, this laboratory has always been their place to investigate various problems in Haixi Province. As a shield for the incident, many investigations require direct application to the local government, which provides a lot of convenience.

Upon hearing that they were scientific researchers, Liu Gaoshang was stunned for a moment and hesitated. Although he and his brother had poor grades since childhood, under the influence of his brother, they admired those with high academic qualifications and those who were engaged in research. The doctor beside Mr. Xiang seemed to be able to see through everything and understand everything. "This strengthened their understanding that people engaged in scientific research are very powerful.

"Are you from the construction company? Do you know who built this research base?" Zhou Rui said as he signaled to Ye Chong to take some photos, and also transferred the drone over to shoot from above. Take a shot.

When Liu Gaoshang was in a daze and didn't know how to reply, Liu Zhengyi, who had been on duty at the construction site all night and had just finished his shift and went to have breakfast, saw a stranger here and walked over to his brother and asked: "What are you doing here?" What is the position?"

Zhou Rui and Ye Chong looked like scholars in their dress, appearance and temperament, so Liu Zhengyi had a better attitude and was wondering if they might be Mr. Xiang's friends.

"They are from some kind of Thai laboratory..." Liu Gaoshang hurried over and reported to his brother in a low voice. Of course, there was a lot of information that he didn't hear clearly just now, so he could only give a rough outline.

But when Liu Zhengyi heard this, he immediately judged that these three people were not here to see Mr. Xiang. They did not know what the actual purpose of the construction site was, nor who the owner behind the construction site was.

"Sorry, we are responsible for the security here. Outsiders are not allowed to come in. You see, you are not wearing helmets. If you come in directly, it is against the safety production regulations. Please move, move." Liu Zhengyi was polite. But he said resolutely, while blocking the three people, slowly moving forward with both hands, urging them to leave as if chasing ducks.

Although Liu Zhengyi was not tall, he was dark and strong, and had a no-nonsense temperament. Zhou Rui and Ye Chong subconsciously exited the construction site gate. As for Li Shijue, he originally didn't think it was necessary to turn here to see other people's construction sites, so naturally he wouldn't conflict with the Liu brothers.

Although Zhou Rui felt that this construction site was a bit strange, not quite like a research base established by an agricultural and animal husbandry-related scientific research institution, and it always felt a bit strange, he did not have to go in.

If you really want to see something, you can just ask the drone to come over, or go directly to the management behind it to apply for permission. There is no need to argue with the people at the construction site.

"Brother, we are studying insect-related topics. Are you a local? May I ask, have you ever seen this kind of ant while living here?" Zhou Rui said, taking out his tablet and calling up an ant. The clear and large picture was shown to Liu Zhengyi.

"You see, this ant has wings. It is a colonial ant, which is what you call a flying ant locally. It is male, but it is different from ordinary colonial ants. It is bigger, with shorter wings, and the wings are shorter. There are these veins on it, you see...and these tentacles..."

Zhou Ruizheng was introducing patiently and carefully, and Liu Zhengyi laughed: "Who can catch ants and look at them so carefully? If you want to find ants, you can look for them in the grass or mountains nearby. There must be a lot of them there."

Zhou Rui smiled and asked: "Have you ever seen other strange insects? Or... birds?"

"None of them." Liu Zhengyi said with certainty. After a slight pause, he asked again: "Why do your laboratories in Thailand study bugs and birds?"

Zhou Rui was stunned for a moment: "Thailand? We are either a Thai laboratory or a laboratory in our province... Oh, did the brother just hear it wrong? We are Taiyu Laboratory, located in Citong City." As he said that, he took out the ID and showed it, but when he was about to take it back, he found that Liu Zhengyi had pinched him.

Liu Zhengyi held the certificate and read it carefully, then took out his mobile phone, searched the Internet based on the information on it, found his work number and dialed it.

After making a phone call to confirm the authenticity of Zhou Rui's ID and identity, he let go, returned the ID, and said with a smile: "Sorry, our village committee is strict about security. After all, there have been jailbreaks before. The criminals are coming here."

After seeing Zhou Rui and others leaving the construction site, returning to the car, and driving towards the village, Liu Gaoshang was a little worried and said: "Brother, the strange bird they were talking about... couldn't be the golden bird in Mr. Xiang's car last night. A big pigeon, right? Could that bird be a protected animal, and they are here to track down Mr. Xiang?"

Liu Zhengyi cursed: "What a big golden pigeon, that's a canary! It's an ornamental bird! It's just a little fatter!"

However, he still picked up his cell phone and called Xiang Kun to mention what the three people were investigating. He didn't think that these three people were coming for Mr. Xiang, but suspected that they might be doing research with Mr. Xiang and Dr. Xia. The projects are the same, maybe they are competitors. He remembered that after the two escaped prisoners were killed by lightning in Chongyun Mountain, many outsiders entered the mountain. In addition to some popular Internet celebrities and curious tourists, there were also many people engaged in scientific research.

On the other side, Zhou Rui, who returned to the car, said: "Those two people seem to be a little wary of us? There is no reason..."

Li Shijue turned the off-road vehicle around and said, "When you mentioned 'bird' just now, the tall man glanced at the short man. They might not be telling the truth."

Zhou Rui looked thoughtful, then said to Ye Chong: "Help me contact the company behind the construction site. I want to see who is building that research center."

While conducting the investigation as instructed, Ye Chong asked puzzledly: "Shouldn't our investigation target be in the Chongyun Mountain Area? Why do you keep lingering in this village?"

Zhou Rui said: "Don't forget, the first time I found 'Ghost Bearded Ants' was on a pedestrian street in Tongshi Town. Although we later found some suspected 'Ghost Bearded Ants' activities in Chongyun Mountain Area There are traces of it, but the place where it mainly gathers and inhabits may not be Chongyun Village."

"Ghost Bearded Ant" is the name Zhou Rui gave to the special ant he discovered.

"Do you still think that the 'giant raptor' we discovered in Wushu Mountain before is directly related to the 'Ghost Bearded Ant'?" Ye Chong asked again.

"Yes, I think so."

Zhou Rui nodded firmly, but he did not give any more reasons.

In addition to the actual evidence he used to convince Dr. Fang, others in the team, and Mr. Liang, there was actually another important reason, which was a dream he had been having repeatedly during this period.

In the dream, he had been studying a word with his teacher. It was the word "door" with the word "bird" added inside it.

In the dream, he thought that the character "鑑" represented Haixi Province, but later due to various reasons, the abbreviation of Haixi Province was changed from "鑑" to "闽".

Although after waking up, he searched on the Internet and found that the word "鑑" represents Haixi Province was completely false, let alone the change from "鑑" to "闽". It was an idea that came out of nowhere in a dream. , the teacher in the dream taught me blindly.

But a strange word for "bird" in the "door" made Zhou Rui continue to connect the "giant raptor" with the "ghost-bearded ant" he discovered, and the more carefully he looked for the connection between the two , the more determined the direction of his investigation.

And Fang Pingfang, Chen Tianhua, and even Mr. Liang were convinced by the various evidences he found. Although these evidences were more logical deductions than empirical evidence, they still accepted his speculations. That only The "giant raptor" that appeared in Wushu Mountain, the "invisible insect" hunted by the "giant raptor", and the "ghost-bearded ant" found in Copperstone Town are all forms of the same creature in different periods.

Of course, he did not mention the recurring dream to others, because he felt that this dream was different from the weird rabbit meat dream in the no-man's land of the Qinling Mountains. This dream should have been produced by his own consciousness and was not influenced by the outside world. Impact.

It's just that he himself didn't realize that after he woke up, although he remembered the content of the dream, he never took the initiative to recall what the teacher in the dream looked like who taught him the word "bird" in the "door".

Naturally, he would not realize that the teacher who taught calligraphy in the dream was the same as the person who helped Mi Qiao dream about pushing the swing for her. They were both paper figures with a panda body but a face like an emoticon of Jacky Cheung.

…

When everyone in the yard had just finished breakfast, Liu Caifu came to the door with three strangers.

Liu Caifu said to Xiang Kun happily: "Mr. Xiang, these are researchers from your hometown of Citong City's "Taiyu Laboratory" and are also engaged in scientific research. Knowing the research base you want to build in the village, it is very important. I admire him and want to get to know him." Having said this, he whispered: "I have confirmed his identity. It is true. He is indeed from the 'Taiyu Laboratory'."

Xiang Kun smiled and nodded, then looked at Zhou Rui, Li Shijue, and Ye Chong standing at the door of the courtyard.

This was their first time meeting Xiang Kun, but Xiang Kun was already very familiar with them.

Not only was he discovered when the drone was flying over the sky just now, but Liu Zhengyi took the initiative to call and "report" after Zhou Rui and others went to the construction site, relying on the "hyper-connected things", surveillance cameras, Alice made a targeted intrusion into the "Shenxing Technology" private network. He knew exactly where the three of them had been, what they had said and what they had done.

He was also very clear about the purpose of Zhou Rui's group going to Chongyun Village and Chongyun Mountain - it could even be said that all of this was deliberately guided and controlled by him and Lao Xia.

After Alice took control of many data and dedicated networks of "Shenxing Technology", plus the "Qingzhuwu" and "Super" that had been deployed around Mi Qiao before, and then placed around Zhou Rui and Fang Pingfang respectively. "Lianwu", Xiang Kun has been able to fully control this investigation team from their communication information, information recorded in electronic devices, and inquiries and guidance in dreams.

The "Ghost Bearded Ants" named by Zhou Rui are the second or even third generation mutant ants derived from "Zero Zero One" and "Zero Zero Two", as well as the "mutated big bird" that Xiang Kun has disappeared for the time being. , is the "introduction" Xiang Kun uses to observe the detailed operating mechanism of "Shenxing Technology" and help him answer many questions.

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