What It’s Like Being a Vampire

What is the most important thing about being a human being?

Alice was very excited when she heard this question and immediately said: "I firmly believe that I am a human being!"

Xiang Kun smiled and said, "You have been thinking about this issue."

He and Lao Xia had discovered before that Alice had a strong obsession with determining that she was a human being, and this should also come from his influence.

After all, no matter how many mutations he has undergone, no matter how many abilities he possesses, he still firmly believes that he is a "human", and this attitude has never changed.

It is precisely based on this that Xiang Kun will ask Alice this question and use this question as a starting point.

In fact, there is no real correct answer to this question. Alice can answer whatever she wants.

Xiang Kun said: "Yes, that's pretty much what it means. The so-called 'firmly believe that you are a human being' means that your butt must be placed in the position of a human being. Do you know what it means?"

Alice raised her little face and said, "I know! You just have to think about things from a human's perspective!"

Xiang Kun nodded: "Well, think of yourself as a human being and think about the problem from the position of a human being... What if your own interests conflict with other people's? Or there is a conflict of interest between other people, and you need to What about the choice? The 'others' don't include me, and everyone you know, including Lao Xia, Little Bell, and Little Apple, are not among them."

"Then..." Alice was a little confused, holding the scalpel in both hands, frowning and thinking.

Xiang Kun smiled and said: "Idiot! You treat yourself as a human being. Of course you are also one of the human beings. When you exclude me and Lao Xia and make judgments and considerations, you must also consider yourself!"

"Yes." Alice nodded confusedly.

Xiang Kun continued: "So you are a human being, and when you think about things from a human perspective, you are not trying to get other people to thank you, and you don't have to worry about whether other people appreciate it or not, because essentially, you are also thinking about yourself. . Human beings are a body of contradictions. Goodness and evil, selfishness and selflessness, strength and vulnerability, bravery and cowardice can all appear in the same person. A person who infringes on the interests of others for petty gains may also be willing to sacrifice for his own children. In life, be compassionate to people you don't know. Different people, in the same situation, will have different choices. Whether good or bad, these choices are 'human' choices. As long as your butt is not crooked, then No matter what choice you make, there is nothing wrong with doing it with your 'heart'."

Xiang Kun lowered his head and looked at Alice beside him: "Do you understand?"

Alice picked up the scalpel and scratched her head: "I understand... Alice is a human! Alice's choice is a human's choice! Alice's butt is a human's butt! ... No, Alice's butt is on the human side. !”

"Well, your butt can't be crooked."

"Not crooked!"

Xiang Kun nodded with satisfaction, and Alice beside him collapsed, and then appeared on the roof of an unoccupied house in the village a few seconds later, where a bird and a cat were playing.

From Alice's strategies and ideas for dealing with emergencies that happened to the little fat girl during his previous period of slumber, Xiang Kun could determine that she was still evolving and growing under his influence according to the established pattern.

After confirming this, Xiang Kun knew that he only needed to press Alice's butt straight and let her know her identity clearly, then there was no need to worry about anything else.

He does not need to specifically educate Alice on ideological ethics or behavioral standards. His own existence and behavior itself continue to exert an influence on Alice.

If his behavior pattern is not crooked, then Alice will naturally not be crooked.

If he is crooked...then any ideological education he gives Alice will be useless.

Xiang Kun couldn't help but smile as he watched Alice petting the cat with Jin Shining in the distance, "bullying" the Egg Yolk Sect, a "newcomer" to both Chongyun Village and the "Supersensory Object System".

Now Alice wants to "show up" in the village and play whenever she has free time at night, even if she doesn't do anything.

She was happy just sitting and having fun.

Of course, this is only limited to Chongyun Village, the "home field" where a large number of "hyper-connected things" are installed. Alice's co-appearance only requires the permission of Xiang Kun or Lao Xia, and the co-appearance process does not need to affect them too much. energy.

The experience of being awakened by the angry thunder of the little fat girl during his slumber, the experience of deeply sensing and affecting super-sensory information, made Xiang Kun know that for him now, "super-connected things" are his "infrastructure" ” is the basis for his supersensory influence and the key to increasing his scope of influence.

Just like the development of mobile Internet requires vigorous construction of base stations, Xiang Kun must now create as many "hyper-connected things" as possible.

However, even with his tungsten steel balls, which have the fastest connection speed, establishing connections one by one is still a bit inefficient. He needs a more efficient, batch, or even large-scale "super-sensory connection" method to establish.

While Xiang Kun was thinking, he sat down on the ground on the slope, picked up a little sand and started rubbing it.

Gradually, the surrounding branches and leaves swaying in the wind stopped, the air seemed to become stagnant, and all noise was blocked.

…

In a villa area near Wushu Mountain Scenic Area.

The small team of six people headed by Dr. Fang still lives here. Unknowingly, they have become familiar with life here, and it becomes less and less like a field mission.

No matter where they go to investigate on a temporary mission, they will eventually come back here to continue their investigation and research on the "giant raptor" and "ghost-whiskered ants".

Even Zhou Rui has made plans to return to Tongshi Town or Wushu Mountain to buy a house and live here after completing the contract for the secret department of "Shenxing Technology".

In addition to the beautiful mountains and rivers, picturesque scenery, and fresh air, what moved Zhou Rui the most was the "Youlong Hotel" in Tongshi Town - the rabbit meat there was really to his liking!

Now almost every week, as long as he is not traveling elsewhere due to missions, he would take the initiative to propose a dinner party at "Youlong Hotel".

And the six people in the team were all full of praise after eating the food at "Youlong Restaurant", and every proposal for a dinner party was unanimously approved.

Tonight, they had just finished dinner at "Youlong Hotel" and came back to continue their unfinished work.

In the early hours of the morning, I warmed up the rabbit meat I had packed for dinner and sat in the living room on the first floor eating rice. However, I couldn't help but frown and said, "Why do you feel that the rabbit meat doesn't taste that good when you pack it back?" The taste in Youlong Restaurant is far different, did they forget to add any ingredients?"

Zhou Rui, who had just finished the preliminary processing of the bird poop collected today, photographed himself on the sofa and said tiredly: "Isn't this nonsense? Packing it back and reheating it is certainly better than boiling it over there. It’s going to taste terrible.”

"No... I can't describe it. In short, it doesn't feel like the same thing. It has no internal flavor! You will know after you try it!" Mi Qiao said with a frown.

Zhou Rui stood up, leaned over and inserted a piece of rabbit meat into his mouth with a toothpick. He chewed it a few times and couldn't help but frown. He understood what Mi Qiao meant.

There is indeed something wrong with this rabbit meat. It's not that the rabbit meat has gone bad or tastes unpalatable, but it just lacks the "feel" of eating it at "Youlong Hotel".

In the past, they had finished eating every time and there was nothing left. There was no takeout from "Youlong Hotel", so they never ate anywhere other than the hotel. I thought I would be busy until late today, so I packed another portion when I came back, but I didn't expect there would be such a big difference in the taste.

But what is the specific difference? Is it not spicy enough, not salty enough, or is the meat too dry and the soup too dry? It doesn't seem to be the case, I can't tell.

"Is it possible that there is a difference between the packaged food in that store and the food eaten in the store?" Mi Qiao asked suspiciously.

Zhou Rui frowned and flipped through his phone and said, "I checked on the Internet and found that many people responded to this problem, but they even felt the same way when they took back unfinished food, so it might be that The seasoning of several signature dishes is suitable for eating for the first time. After cooling or reheating, the seasoning will be much different..."

When the two were discussing the taste of rabbit meat, Fang Pingfang came down from upstairs and asked Zhou Rui: "What kind of person is the Professor Li we met in Chongyun Village today?"

Zhou Rui said truthfully: "He is a very good teacher with excellent skills. Dr. Fang, do you think... there is something wrong with Professor Li?"

Fang Pingfang shook her head: "That's not true. I just think that he, an associate professor at the School of Life Sciences of a key university, appears in a remote place like Chongyun Village and is connected with the person who organized the research base in Chongyun Village. I think it's a bit of a coincidence. I just asked Ye Chong to check the background of the research base under construction, and he was a little surprised."

"Oh? What did you find? Is there a deep background behind that research base?" Zhou Rui asked with renewed energy. When he went to Chongyun Village before, he also checked through the information collection team of "Shenxing Technology" He had read the information about the research base under construction, but there was no useful content. He thought Ye Chong had found some special information.

"There is no background, just a very simple and clear structure, but because it is too simple and clear, it makes me feel a little strange. The person in charge and organizer of that research base was a person who previously worked at the Third Hospital of Citong City The psychiatrist who works has just been working for less than a year, and she came to Chongyun Village, which she had no contact with before, and funded herself to build a research base that is said to be related to the Internet and breeding. Do you think this is true? Weird? Ye Chong found out that the person in charge named Xia ordered a lot of very expensive experimental equipment. But based on their research direction, it stands to reason that they don’t need to buy such expensive equipment. Even if they need to use it occasionally, it’s fine. Pay to find other laboratories, research institutions, and research facilities," Fang Pingfang said.

The living room suddenly fell into silence. Mi Qiao and Zhou Rui didn't know how to answer the call because they didn't think it had anything to do with the project they were investigating.

"Speaking of strange... Have you ever felt that Chongyun Village has changed a lot compared to when we went there before... It's an indescribable feeling?" Mi Qiao naturally changed the topic.

Zhou Rui asked doubtfully: "What does it feel like? I've been there several times. Apart from the fact that the village has become cleaner and quieter after the road was repaired, I don't have any special feeling?"

Mi Qiao immediately said: "Yes! It's quiet! There is a special kind of quietness, or a sense of tranquility. When I stood in that village, I felt very comfortable, calm and safe. This is not normal!"

Zhou Rui smiled and said: "It's not good to have a sense of security. Is it normal to have a sense of danger? There's something wrong with you, Huahua!"

Li Shijue, who didn't know when he came to the living room and was sitting at the bar, suddenly said: "Your feeling is right. Chongyun Village is indeed a bit too quiet. There are almost no insects, chickens, or ducks in the village at this time of year." Waiting for domestic animals, the sounds of cats and dogs.”

"Lao Li, what do you think is the reason for this?" Mi Qiao asked quickly.

Li Shijue shook his head: "I don't know about that. I guess it may be related to the recent period when Tongshi Town has begun to vigorously develop tourism and catering industries. There are a lot of job opportunities. All the strong laborers have gone to the town."

"The strong labor force going to town is not directly related to the noise you mentioned before?" Mi Qiao asked.

"Hey, these have nothing to do with us. There can't be a big monster hiding in Chongyun Village and controlling all the animals, right? I think we still have to focus on the direction of the investigation and other things related to us. Zhou Rui interrupted her and said.

"For example? For example, those bird poops you got back today? Did you find anything?" Mi Qiao said with a smile.

"For example..." Zhou Rui said thoughtfully: "For example, why none of us have ever seen Mr. Liang's face, and no one knows what Mr. Liang's name is. If Mr. Liang's identity is really so confidential, why do almost all of us Have you talked to him on the phone and accepted his mission directly?"

As soon as these words came out, the living room fell into silence again. Zhou Rui instantly realized that he had said the wrong thing. He coughed twice awkwardly and then got up and walked upstairs: "I'm sleepy, so I started talking nonsense." Now, I’m going to rest first, good night everyone, good night.”

After Zhou Rui went upstairs, he couldn't help but slapped his mouth several times. Why did he say what he was thinking!

The three people staying in the living room also looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

However, in the minds of the three of them, questions similar to Zhou Rui's about Mr. Liang were lingering around during this period. However, they knew that this topic could not be discussed, but Zhou Rui spoke up.

As she continued to eat the packaged rabbit meat, Mi Qiao always felt strange in her heart. She vaguely felt that she had forgotten something very important, or had some very important thoughts to mention, but she could not remember them.

At the same time, in the electronic equipment equipped by "Shenxing Technology" around them, the module responsible for secretly recording audio in stages uploaded the recording that triggered the keyword to the server, and "Tai'a" decided whether to push it To Mr. Liang.

The choice of "Tai'a" is: not to push.

Pengcheng City, under the Shouwang Building.

Before the allotted time had elapsed, John Cavendish took the initiative to apply to Mr. Liang to enter the room where the giant snake was and fight to the death with it.

Of course, it wasn't that John suddenly gained courage and had a chance to win against the giant snake, but through observing the screen wall, he was keenly aware that the giant snake was becoming manic and might be approaching its blood-drinking period.

This is a rare opportunity for him. Even if he observes and thinks for two more days, there is a high probability that he will not be able to find a better way. And once the giant snake completely enters the blood-drinking period, Mr. Liang's acting style will definitely not be able to find a better way. It will allow him to take advantage and allow the giant snake to drink blood, which will only increase the difficulty for him.

So he could only make a desperate move and enter early.