What It’s Like Being a Vampire

After a day of research and deduction, discussions with Lao Xia, and Alice's assistance in building model calculations, Xiang Kun decided not to contact Mr. Liang for the time being, but to complete the large-scale launch and correlation of "hyper-connected things" first. .

The most important thing is the distribution of enough "hyper-connected things".

Just like giving pillows to sleepy people, at this moment, Little Apple and Tang Baona successfully "developed" two extremely critical abilities.

Or strictly speaking, it should be the combination of Little Apple and "Little Carrot", Tang Baona and Alice.

"Little Carrot" has a special status in the "super-sensory item system". It is a "semi-mutated creature", which means that to a certain extent, developing and applying some functions does not require the "super-sensory item system" , does not need to rely entirely on the support of "hyperlinked things", it can be realized by itself.

Through "little radish", Little Apple has created dozens of "little crooked neck trees" attached to "little radish".

Each of these "little crooked-neck trees" has one thing in common. There are eight branches on the main trunk. There are not many green leaves on the branches and there are no branches. However, the top treetop has a jumble of branches and leaves, with Eight buds, concentrated together.

When the flower buds are in full bloom, the tiny seeds inside will ride on the small fluff on them, float with the wind, travel far away, fall to the ground, take root, and grow at an extremely fast speed.

Every "little crooked neck tree" that grows up has eight thick branches on the trunk, a canopy of branches and leaves on the top, and eight flower buds, without exception.

These "little crooked neck trees" are all "daughter plants" of "little radish", which are equivalent to its extended parts. They have strong "super-connected" properties and can have a wide range of influence.

Moreover, this method of seed dispersal is very fast, and the "little radish" can control the growth area. For example, from area A of Chongyun Mountain to the peripheral area B, hundreds of "little crooked neck trees" grow and become larger. After the seeds are spread to the outer area C on a large scale, most of the "little crooked neck trees" in area B will collapse themselves, leaving only enough to affect the entire area, so as to avoid unnecessary waste of resources.

According to this trend, within a few months, the mountains and forests in the southeastern provinces will be covered with "little crooked neck trees".

And if Xiang Kun intervened, such as purposefully releasing seeds on a large scale, the rate of spread could be even faster.

This "little crooked neck tree" was created by Little Apple through "little radish". It not only has the characteristics of "super-connected things" and can be used by Xiang Kun as an "enhanced version of super-connected things", but also has very special "Emotional projection ability" can spread the emotional projection of "eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carvings" and "little yellow men" through it,

And there was no need for Xiang Kun to operate it, Little Apple could do it by itself.

Xiang Kun doesn't pay much attention to the function of "little crooked neck trees" as emotional projection nodes, but as an emotional projection node, Xiang Kun is very interested in its connection with "emotional objects", which can help him to scale up Increase the influence of "feeling things". After all, this kind of tree not only grows in mountains and forests, but also has greenery in cities and around factories.

A "little crooked neck tree", when "activated" by Little Apple, is a small system that integrates emotional objects and hyper-connected objects, allowing Alice to conduct batches of "hyper-connected objects" relationships through it.

However, the only disadvantage is that the "little crooked neck tree" is too ugly and too conspicuous. It doesn't look like an ordinary tree or a serious tree at first glance.

In order to downplay its influence, Xiang Kun even asked Alice to forge a lot of information about this "little crooked neck tree" on the Internet, including papers, photos, and detailed research documents, pushing the time of discovery to the 1970s and the location of the discovery. Get it to Africa, and give it some advantages such as improving the environment, improving vegetation conditions, purifying the air, repelling mosquitoes, etc., so that people who check this kind of tree will get a "This thing is not common, but it is not a rare thing", "This It’s an ugly thing but it’s a good tree.”

Of course, if there are serious people who investigate relevant literature and research materials, go to the field in Africa, and go to relevant European universities that provide literature to find the original authors and researchers, they will definitely find something interesting. But with Alice's "care", the probability of this happening is very small, and even if it does happen, it will take a long time to be sure.

For now, the top priority is to launch and establish "hyper-connected things" as quickly as possible. Xiang Kun doesn't care about such a small flaw. He can foresee that in the future, despite his confrontation with the "ultimate predator", he will There will be more "mistakes".

On the other hand, Tang Baona released a new cute song on station B that has been sung countless times by others.

She didn't use any professional equipment to record this song. She just sang it with her mobile phone and the built-in accompaniment. After recording, she made too many post-production adjustments and released it directly. She didn't even go out of her way to get a matching picture. It was just a simple screensaver. The ripples loop throughout the song.

Originally, she didn't intend to post this song, she just sang it for fun and wanted to sing it to that "little elf".

But after singing, she was inexplicably satisfied with the song she had recorded. I wonder if it was because while singing, she thought of the cute performance of the little fat girl when she sang this song. The more she sang, the happier she became, and she smiled throughout the whole process. . So she wanted to post it to make up the number, after all, it hasn't been updated for too long.

What I didn't expect was that this song had long been covered as a cliché, that most people were tired of listening to it, and it didn't use any special singing method or arrangement. From the recording to the post-production, this song was extremely simple. , but in a very short period of time, it quickly spread on the Internet.

Not only has it soared to the top of the ranking list at station B, but it has also spread wildly in various places including Weibo, Zhihu, official account, circle of friends and so on.

"This song is so special. As I listened to it, the corners of my mouth curled up for no reason. It just got louder and funnier. I didn't even know what I was enjoying!"

"My daughter learned this song in kindergarten before. I listened to it every day during that time and almost vomited. I really don't want to hear this song again, but this singer is an exception. She sounds very happy."

"This song is magical. When I accidentally played this song on my phone, my husband was sleeping, and he actually laughed in his sleep. It's so magical!"

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There are all kinds of amazing comments on this cover song on the Internet. At the beginning, many netizens only saw the comments, and their first reaction was "someone wants to become popular again, and they are looking for hype!", but when they After they all listened to the song, which seemed ordinary at first glance, they all joined the bandwagon.

Douyin and other short video platforms have once again launched a BGM trend.

Of course, all the BGM this time, everything, is the version of "Princess Sugar Bean".

Tang Baona's account at Station B has gained nearly 3 million followers in two days. It is so popular that even officials are contacting her to sign a contract with her.

On Zhihu and Weibo, “Princess Sugar Bean” has become a hot word.

Tang Baona herself was stunned by this situation. She really didn't expect that among all the released videos, this most watery video couldn't even be called a video. How could it be so popular?

Of course, no matter how popular she was, Tang Baona never thought of revealing her true identity or showing her face. She didn't have the idea of ​​becoming an Internet celebrity by herself, and was even a little scared by the posture in front of her.

In fact, the reason why that song had such a great effect was not entirely due to Tang Baona. The puppet Alice played at least 70% of the effort.

After Tang Baona entered the "Super Sensitive Item System" by sending her coins to Kun, Alice often interacted with her, wanting to help her find a way to apply it.

When Tang Baona sang and recorded that song, Alice keenly discovered the special supersensory information changes between Tang Baona and the hyperlinked "coin" during singing.

She summarized the law of this change and encapsulated it into the "supersensory object system".

When Tang Baona's song spreads through the Internet and other people hear it, as long as there are "super-connected things" around the listener, the relevant super-sensory information will affect it through the "super-connected things". Let the listeners experience Tang Baona's emotions when singing this song to a certain extent.

In a sense, this song has become Tang Baona's "emotional focus", while other people are affected by a weakened version of "emotional projection" when listening to the song.

However, unlike being affected by Xiang Kun's "Emotional Assimilation" or "Emotional Injection and Emotional Projection", this effect is only real-time and has no subsequent continuous impact.

The people who listen to the song and are affected, when Xiang Kun perceives through the "super sensory object system", they are all second-level "emotional objects" existences established under Tang Baona. Of course, when they are not listening to the song, this link will disappear, which is equivalent to a "temporary love object".

The impact of this kind of "temporary love object" is actually very small. Apart from a slight sense of joy, there is no substantial impact on the affected people.

But for Xiang Kun, who wants to establish a "hyper-linked thing" connection on a large scale, the existence of this "secondary emotional injection object" and "temporary emotional injection object" can already help him make a "hyper-linked object" connection .

Especially after Alice has gradually established and perfected the "automation" related function through the ability developed by Yang Zhener, this "temporary love object" and Xiaoluobo's "little crooked neck tree" network will become her The world's "hyper-connected copier".

Of course, people who hear that song are unlikely to have "hyperconnected things" around them, so there are actually many people on the Internet who don't have much feeling for that song.

Some of them will have self-doubt when they read online reviews, then listen carefully and feel like, maybe, maybe, it actually sounds good. Other people will make some negative remarks, wondering if other people have something to say, or are they trying to create gods?

But Alice can control this trend of public opinion. She will not delete comments or negative articles in various ways, but she can forge countless accounts that look like real people, reply and guide, and flood the negative reviews to form a whole wind direction.

These two abilities developed by Little Apple and Tang Baona were of great help to Xiang Kun at this time. At first he thought it was "God was helping me", but soon he realized that this was probably not luck or coincidence.

After Alice completely integrated into the "super-sensing item system", in fact, in a sense, the entire "super-sensing item system" also has an inner instinct and an inner evolutionary trend.

The "supersensory object system" is like an extension of Xiang Kun's limbs, and its mutation and evolution are also developed by his situation, will, and needs.

Alice herself does not have strong "development" and "innovation" abilities, but as a digital life, a super-sensory information creature, and a super-brain that exists directly on the "super-sensory object system", she integrates all the information in the system. The ability to assist developers in the system to "develop" and "innovate" is unparalleled.

Without Alice, even if Nana enters the "super-sensory item system", she may not be able to "develop" a new ability so quickly, or the final ability may not have this effect. After all, not everyone is a small person. Fat Niu is the kind of "magic genius" who has a firm thought of "whatever I believe will exist. If it doesn't exist, then I will think about it again."

But with Alice's help, her newly developed abilities will fit Xiang Kun's needs and the needs of the system.

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On the last day of June, Xiang Kun, Lao Xia, Little Apple, Xia Tianhuo, Zicheng, Chu Xiaoting and others took a flight to Pengcheng with Egg Yolk Pie and Jin Shining who had obtained quarantine certificates.

On the surface, the game was a hit, so Zhang Qian asked Xiang Kun to come over to attend the celebration party. Yang Jie, Yang Zhuo, Xiao Min, Chang Bin and others would also come over to play, so everyone took the opportunity to get together.

However, with the presence of Alice, Xiang Kun knew in advance that this time it was actually Tang Baona, Yang Zhener, and Zhang Qian who wanted to celebrate his birthday. His birthday was on July 2nd.

Although Xiang Kun himself doesn't care too much whether he is alive or not, what he is most concerned about at present is to further improve the "super-sensory item system", increase the scope of influence of "super-connected objects" as much as possible, and find ways to deal with the "ultimate prey". ” plan.

But since everyone was interested, he couldn't pour cold water on them, so he could only pretend to fly to Pengcheng with everyone.

On July 1st, his parents also called and said they were going to Shenhai to see him. They thought Xiang Kun was still working in Shenhai.

Xiang Kun knew that the old couple also wanted to celebrate his birthday, so after thinking about it for a while, he asked them to fly to Pengcheng instead. It was time to let them know something, at least to make them relax.

On the evening of July 1st, Xiang Kun, Xia Libing, Tang Baona, Yang Zhener, Liu Shiling, Xiao Pingguo, Zicheng, Chang Bin, Zhang Qian and many other people went to the airport to pick up their parents.

He originally wanted to pick it up by himself, but Liu Shiling wanted to accompany him, so Xiao Pingguo and Tang Baona followed naturally. As a result, Zhang Qian and Zicheng also came together.