What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Latest website: There is no drop of water in the bowl of instant noodles in front of Tang Baona. The instant noodles that have just been soaked in hot water have become dry and hard again, but their shape has collapsed a lot.

Tang Baona took off her glasses and wiped them with the hem of her clothes. While wiping them, she watched the mist around her dissipate.

It seems like there should be nothing unusual, it's just evaporating water vapor. The room was dry just now, but now it's humid again.

After the mist dissipated, Tang Baona boiled another pot of water and rinsed the bowl of instant noodles again.

But she didn't do anything sexy this time, because her stomach had already started to growl, and she was really hungry.

Tang Baona was eating noodles while thinking about the rhythm of the melody just now. Although she did not verify it from Alice, she could clearly feel that Alice was more relaxed and comfortable when manipulating the water.

After eating a bowl of instant noodles, Tang Baona got up and went to the kitchen. She took various bowls and basins, filled them with hot water, and placed them around the living room. She also put the bags of slate residue that had just been placed in the cabinet in the room. I took it out and put it behind the sofa.

Next, she took out the electronic keyboard she used to learn piano when she was a child, checked it and found it was still usable, then set up her mobile phone and started filming.

Tang Baona sat on the floor next to the door, crossed her legs, then put the electronic keyboard on her lap, put her hands on the keys, and got into a good posture.

She closed her eyes, sighed, and then said leisurely: "A heart-breaking song, where can I find a soulmate..." As the words fell, her fingers also pressed down on the electronic keyboard, but this electronic keyboard did not have batteries installed. , and it was not plugged in, so there was no sound at all.

Even though there was no sound, Tang Baona played very seriously, with a very engaged expression, and she even hummed the accompaniment "Deng Deng Wait Deng Deng Wait Deng".

After she pressed the keys and started humming, white mist suddenly appeared around her, and within a few seconds, it filled the entire living room.

After feeling that her vision was blocked, Tang Baona immediately stopped "pretending to play the piano", got up from the ground, ran to the side, dragged out several bags of slate residue placed behind the sofa, poured them out in front of the electronic keyboard, and then hid in Squatting down behind the sofa, feeling the bracelet on her wrist, she created a new melody in her mind, and then whispered: "Alice, add it!"

As a result, the moisture in the room quickly dissipated, and behind the electronic keyboard, a dusty... rockery appeared?

Tang Baona waited for a while,

Then he got up from the sofa and ran to get his mobile phone to look at the captured footage.

Because she hid the water containers in a place where the camera could not capture them, and relied on various furniture and furnishings in the living room to block them, so when the water vapor steamed and the water mist transpired, at first glance, it looked like it was coming out of thin air. Out of average.

When the mist dissipated quickly, the thing that suddenly replaced the "rockery" where Tang Baona was sitting in front of the electronic keyboard was very visually impactful. After all, when the mist dissipated and the picture was captured, you could still clearly see the "rockery" that constituted it. "The parts are squirming and combining rapidly.

Tang Baona first went over and broke the "rockery" into small particles, put it in a bag and took it to the room. Then she took her mobile phone to her father's study and used his computer to edit the material.

Tang Baona downloaded several commonly used editing and audio editing software, found a piece of paper, arranged the melody she created in her head during the first paragraph, and then used the software to simulate and play it. If the effect was good, she would come back to her Then record it yourself with musical instruments, and then put this BGM into the video. It will definitely look very impressive.

She was very satisfied with the effect of the first half of the video. The rhythm of the mist dissipating was very different from what she expected, and the connection was very good. The only regret was that the pile of rock slab residues had been reorganized. She originally hoped that it could be condensed into a human disk. The way he sat there, even if he didn't look like her, he could still look like a human being. In the end, it looked like a small "rockery" less than half a meter high.

It seems that Alice is much more proficient in playing with the substance of water than with the composition of rock slabs.

But fortunately, at least it didn't turn into Yoneda Kou's shape like before.

Although it was gradually getting brighter outside, Tang Baona still didn't feel sleepy and was still playing with the video that she thought was super cool. But halfway through, she suddenly remembered something and raised her eyebrows with a frown: "Wait a minute, I will definitely not be able to make this video." Post it online, who should I show it to?”

But this problem did not bother her for too long, because she immediately thought that it would be okay to show it to Xiang Kun, and then she could show it to Yang Laosan, Lao Xia, and Xiao Lingdang. Xiao Lingdang would definitely be very excited. Hehe, um, You can also listen to music for Little Apple. Hey, it seems that it will be enough to just post it in the group when the time comes.

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While Tang Baona was studying how to edit videos and match BGM, in a relatively remote mountain forest in Australia, Xiang Kun was sitting on a hillside, holding a tablet that was obviously a "Shenxing Technology" standard tablet, watching the above video. I couldn't help but laugh while watching it.

Although the genius has just begun to shine in China, the sun is already shining in Australia. However, there are few people here. Xiang Kun has made arrangements in advance. There are a large number of "super-connected things" put in, Little Carrot takes over, and Alice coordinates, basically It's guaranteed that no one can get close to this place.

Behind Xiang Kun, there was a huge depression with a diameter of more than ten meters, with a piece of broken soil in the middle. Mr. Liang was lying on the broken soil, in a blood-drinking slumber - of course, still invisible.

This time they came to Australia, naturally for "hunting".

Their target was originally under the big pit behind them. It was a slender, network-like creature that combined the characteristics of plants and animals, and was spread all over the mountainous ground.

This mutated creature has an extremely long existence time and can move covertly across a wide range of areas underground. When necessary, it can also secretly emerge from the ground to hunt. Whether it is plants or animals, it will hunt in its blood-drinking stage. After drinking blood, the bodies of the subjects - including humans - will be buried deep underground to hide and decompose.

A few months ago, three young Australians went camping in this mountain forest and became one of its "blood sources."

Except for the camera they carried, which was left on the ground, all traces of the trio were erased and their entire bodies were taken underground, with no remains left. Therefore, it was not until half a month ago that someone found the camera and notified Australian officials and media. , the official also organized a new round of search and rescue, of course, still nothing was found.

However, several videos from that camera triggered Alice's monitoring conditions and attracted her attention. So she mobilized resources, dropped and associated some "hyper-connected things" in the forest, and further confirmed that there were "mutated creatures" , and after hiding in the ground, the seeds of "little radish" spread quickly in this area. Because it is close to the upper limit, the expansion area of ​​​​Little Radish has been mainly concentrated in China, concentrated in the activities of family members and friends such as Lao Xia, Tang Baona, Xiang Kun's parents, etc. Overseas, it is targeted to release, and it will only start when there is a need and a clear goal. Establish a "little carrot control area".

Alice has been doing things like this to detect and locate "mutated creatures" around the world. It is a "long-term mission" assigned to her by Xiang Kun. In fact, it is also to launch and associate "hyper-connected things" on a large scale to establish a comprehensive "Hyperconnected IoT Network" simultaneously performs tasks.

When there are enough "super-connected objects" to establish a sensory anchor point, Xiang Kun can enter the "super-sensory state" and determine the state of the nearby "mutated creatures" through the analysis of cognitive information.

To be honest, if Xiang Kun or Mr. Liang had to deal with this "mutated creature", it would indeed take a lot of effort. It's not that it's powerful, but that it's hidden under the soil, and it's very alert and able to move. Its scope is huge, and it is very troublesome to catch it and kill it without causing great impact.

But as luck would have it, "Little Carrot" is good at dealing with underground creatures with plant characteristics, so after a period of insignificant development, enough "daughter plants" were distributed and transformed above and below ground in the entire area. Later, when Mr. Xiang Kun and Liang arrived, "Little Carrot" suddenly took action and restrained the "mutated creature" underground.

After Xiang Kun provided the accurate location coordinates and replaced the "biological components" corresponding to the underground operation, Mr. Liang went directly into the ground to complete the hunt and drink blood. It was very simple, and the whole process took less than ten minutes. Of course, "Little Carrot" contributed 90% of the power here, which made Xiang Kun re-evaluate the strength of "Little Carrot", a "semi-mutated creature".

It's a bit like sending scouts out before a battle to gather information, draw maps, and determine coordinates for the large army. As a result, when the large army arrives, the scouts just snap and capture all the enemies.

When arriving in Australia and heading to the target location, Xiang Kun received a report from Alice that Tang Baona's father had a heart problem - this was actually a very unlikely event, because Tang's father had a physical examination every year and there was no problem with his heart. , it happened when some specific conditions came together and broke out. For Father Tang, it was extremely unlucky, but because Xiang Kun and Alice were there, it could also be said to be extremely lucky.

With Alice's current application and control of the "super-sensory item system", she can already perform first aid in this situation by herself, without Xiang Kun entering the "super-sensory state" to operate.

And she doesn't need to be present at all. She can directly perform first aid and recovery through Tang Baona's bracelet, several "hyper-connected objects" she carries with her, and many "hyper-connected objects" that have been previously associated and placed in her home. Father Tang’s heart function.

Alice knows that Nana, like Lao Xia, Little Apple, and Little Bell, is an important participant in the next plan for the "Ultimate Predator". Xiang Kun is already preparing to integrate Nana more into the "super-sensory item system" , revealed more information, so I applied for Juxian "by the way".

She actually didn't think Xiang Kun would agree, but what she didn't expect was that Xiang Kun really agreed, so she was able to appear directly in front of Nana, press the back of her hand, and complete the first aid process.

After Tang Baona returned home from the hospital, Mr. Liang had finished drinking blood and fell into a deep sleep. Xiang Kun kept vigil next to him, and he was always paying attention to Tang Baona's situation in the "supersensory state".

Then he discovered that Tang Baona seemed to have found the special rhythm of "super-connected objects" and could even perceive the existence of the entire "super-sensory object system". So after she fell asleep, Xiang Kun contacted Lao Xia and started a The operation originally planned to be carried out in the subsequent stage was to enter Nana's dream and try to "wake up" her.

Staying awake in a dream is a very difficult operation, and the same is true in special dreams caused by "emotional injections". At present, only Xiang Kun and Lao Xia can do it.

Xiang Kun is the basis for the existence of all dreams, all "super-connected objects" and "emotional objects", so he can always remain awake and rational in dreams.

As for Lao Xia, that is pure "talent". Xiang Kun once read a sentence, "He sleeps without dreaming, and his mind is calm. The so-called perfect person has no dreams." Even if he didn't meet him, Lao Xia still had the state of mind of the "perfect person" and was born with the ability to do it. Things and I forget both.

It is difficult for others to escape the shackles of emotions. Even the little fat girl who has strong "super-connected object" control and dream assimilation power in dreams only acts instinctively in dreams, not lucid dreams. Although you can remember the experience in your dream even after you wake up, your subconscious mind still has the final say at the time of the dream.

In Tang Baona's dream, the reverse input of melody through Lao Xia and Alice successfully made Tang Baona perceive the existence of her own dream, and thus "awake" in the dream.

This step is a key step for Xiang Kun to deal with the "ultimate predator" and rely on the power of Tang Baona, Lao Xia and others.

After Tang Baona woke up, she suddenly realized that the method of invoking the "super-sensory item system" through Alice and reverse-editing the item's melody was beyond Xiang Kun's expectation.

It's not that the ability itself was beyond Xiang Kun's expectation - the moment Tang Baona could sense the melody of the item, he already knew that it could have such an application. Because Nana gets emotional melodies from human emotions, and after making them into music, they can affect the emotions of other people. This proves that the melody of an item can also affect the state of existence of the item itself as long as it is compiled through "supersensory information".

Xiang Kun originally wanted to slowly guide Tang Baona in this direction step by step to "develop" her abilities, but what he didn't expect was that Nana found this method on her own so quickly.

It seemed that she was "awakening" in a dream. After some exchanges with Lao Xia and Alice, she suddenly found the "organization". If she couldn't handle it herself, she would directly hand it over to Alice, trusting her immensely.

In the task assigned by Xiang Kun, she spent a long time compiling the item melodies and emotional melodies perceived by Nana. With a complete set of decoding and encoding systems, Alice was able to easily complete Nana's ideas and create her The melody is converted into "supersensory information", and the underlying influence and editing of objects are carried out at the level of "supersensory information".

If it were Xiang Kun himself, it would require a lot of preparation and steps to develop the "supersensory information" editing ability for corresponding items, such as that rock slab. Then he would first have to break down the ingredients and understand the natural clay that makes up that rock slab. , silica, feldspar powder and other ingredients, and the corresponding "supersensory information", and then carry out specific effects and operations based on the changes in the "supersensory information" and the changes in the real state.

Of course, with the ability gained in this way, Xiang Kun's operations will be extremely precise. He can round or flatten the rock slab any way he wants, or shape it in any specific way.

But Tang Baona's development results directly at the application level through Melody can be like what Xiaopangniu and Lao Xia did before, allowing him to obtain direct application capabilities, and then use the application capabilities to improve his underlying research in reverse.

Of course, what he didn't expect was that after acquiring such naughty abilities, Nana's first reaction was to make a funny video about "a broken heart."

Looking at the video of Nana reciting poems without BGM that Alice sent to her on the tablet, Xiang Kun smiled happily.