What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Latest website: In the abandoned underground passage, Mr. Xiang Kun and Liang are exterminating a certain "mutated creature".

Yes, although it seems that there are many mutated creatures, such as lizards, snakes, rats, and that mutated Chinese boy, in fact, the countless colorful mosses and mushrooms in this underground space are actually the same creature. The "mutated creatures", whether they are humans, monitor lizards, or mice, are just hosts that are parasitized, controlled, and influenced.

After Ye Zijun just discovered the moss and mushrooms growing on his face, he thought it was hopeless and even had a desire to die, hoping that Xiao Ding would rush out alive. However, in fact, the "infection" of this "mutated creature" was not that strong. The lethality, if they are not killed by the mutant man or the mutant creature, escape from the underground and stay away from this area, for example, return home, the moss will disappear naturally soon.

The reason why Xiang Kun helped Ye Zijun to remove those "infected" parts before she left was to prevent her from over-treatment or being attacked by the locals after she went out.

Of course, if they are forced to stay underground, or are "quietly infected" and do not stay away from this area, then it won't take long for Ye Zijun to be completely like that boy, those monitor lizards, mice and other creatures. changes and becomes a parasitic puppet, controlled and manipulated by it.

Even the controlled creatures are very happy in it and actively help the "mutated creatures" find more "blood sources" and "hosts". However, the result of this is that the old host usually becomes the "blood source" that is eliminated and consumed first.

Xiang Kun walked slowly in the underground passage. Beside him, wherever he went, the moss and mushrooms that had spread out on the walls and seemed to decorate the "meeting place" were falling off or dissipating rapidly.

As for the mutated creatures crawling out of various nooks and crannies or potholes around them, they were either cleared away by Mr. Liang who was one step ahead, or they fled like crazy, not daring to come out to intercept or harass Xiang Kun.

It was obvious that the "mutated creature" showed extreme fear of Xiang Kun.

Xiang Kun also didn't pay attention to those things, because he knew that although the moss, mushrooms and other things were part of the "mutated creature", controlling them or destroying them would not really affect the "mutated creature". "Creature", just like if you pluck a person's leg hair, it will hurt him at most, but it won't make him die.

Xiang Kun walked to the small door where the Chinese boy had tricked Ye Zijun and Xiao Ding into coming for "adventure", and stopped beside Mr. Liang at the door.

Mr. Liang is still invisible, but there is almost no light here now. It doesn't make any difference whether he is invisible or not.

Anyway, Xiang Kun has multiple modes of perception.

"I've checked. The parasites on that man's body have fully exploded. He should be hopeless."

Mr. Liang's deep and hoarse voice sounded. He looked deeper into the passage as he spoke: "If we want to catch it, we should continue going in." Dozens of micro drones have already gone deep into it to explore.

"It's okay. This thing is well hidden, but its maneuverability is very poor. Just leave it to Alice." After Xiang Kun said that, he opened the satchel he was carrying, and then tens of thousands of "super-connected ball beads" They ran out of the various containers in the bag and scattered and flew deep into the passage as if they were alive.

In addition, the "super-connected ball beads" that had just accompanied Xiang Kun all the way to relieve the "infection" on Ye Zijun's face also followed closely, like an organized army. , marching in formation in the dark night.

"Is that the girl who threw the pig's feet just now? The girl who appeared next to you earlier and talked to you is also her, right? Her name is Alice?" Mr. Liang asked, "She doesn't seem to be a 'blood-eating creature'?"

In the mountains before, when he had just finished drinking blood, he vaguely saw a girl appearing and disappearing next to Xiang Kun. There was no trace of her existence at all. At that time, Xiang Kun only said that she was a "naughty little guy."

"She is not a 'blood-eating creature'. Her birth is based on my ability system. In the future, when you can feel more special connections from the surroundings and feel the existence of the 'network system' I told you , you will naturally know who she is and what abilities she has." Xiang Kun said, still not introducing Alice to Mr. Liang in too much detail.

Because Mr. Liang has established contact with the secondary network of love objects of the "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wood Carving", Xiang Kun knows that sooner or later, he will be able to pass through the "hyper-connected objects" that are now spread across various cities and various human settlements. ", feeling something. By then, he will naturally gradually realize what kind of existence Alice is, who is omnipresent in the "super-sensory object system" and is responsible for allocating various "super-connected objects" and "emotion-intensive objects" resources.

Just like if a person uses Xiaomi mobile phones, Xiaomi smart home, and all devices in the Xiaomi ecosystem, he will come into contact with "Xiao Ai classmates" sooner or later.

Xiang Kun's words made Mr. Liang think a lot, and various conjectures popped up in his mind. He still couldn't understand how a human being who was not a "blood-eating creature" or a little girl like that could be so elusive and disappear at any time? And whether judging from his own senses just now or judging from the implicit meaning of Xiang Kun's words now, the little girl is not a visual illusion, but a real existence.

In addition, judging from Xiang Kun's actions, the "magical little steel balls" he carries seem to be directly related to the little girl "Alice". Could it be that the "little girl" is actually those "little steel balls" ?

"Don't we need to help?" Mr. Liang couldn't help but ask when he saw Xiang Kun standing there without moving.

He originally thought that Xiang Kun brought him here in a hurry because this "mutated creature" was more troublesome and difficult to deal with, but now it seems that this is not the case. Xiang Kun's carefree appearance is more like Come for a walk and watch the battle.

"No, it will be solved soon." Xiang Kun said.

The actual combat effectiveness of the "mutated creature" they are facing now is not strong, but it is not that easy to eliminate or control it, because its "size" is too big and its distribution is too wide. If you want to find it, Its "Achilles' heel" and "key parts" are not easy.

However, just like when Xiaoluobo Tian defeated the opponent on the mountain when dealing with the "mutated creature" underground, when facing this "mutated creature" that "breaks into pieces", he has enough "super-connected things" to do Alice, who was supportive, could only deal with it by pressing down and pounding one-sidedly.

At the level of "supersensory information", whatever the "mutated creature" is broken into, whatever it hides and parasitizes, whatever it is that borrows its corpse to bring it back to life, are all as transparent and meaningless.

Compared with that "mutated creature", Alice and the "super-connected army" controlled by her through the "super-sensory item system" are truly broken into pieces, completely unilaterally crushed.

Of course, if Xiang Kun is willing to take the time, he will enter the "super-sensory state" by himself, slowly control the release of super-connected objects, and conduct cognitive information perception and exploration, supplemented by scent tracking and thermal imaging visual mode assistance. , he can also finally find the core of the "mutated creature". But it takes a lot more time. Since Alice can do it for him, why should he bother more.

In less than ten minutes, there was a faint flash of light in the distant passage. Mr. Liang found that all the drones he sent out instantly lost contact. It took a few seconds to regain contact. He couldn't help but look at Xiang Kun next to him, who also Youyou said: "I found it, let's go there."

This time Xiang Kun no longer walked as slowly as before, but started running with long strides. The passage was dark, but to him, all terrain and obstacles were clearly visible, so he ran I didn't have any worries when I got up and it was very fast.

Mr. Liang naturally followed suit. Even without the use of targeted functional "biological components", his own athletic ability was extremely strong.

He followed Xiang Kun and ran in the passage for a while, then turned into a small door next to him, walked around in the narrow and cramped space, and then went down an iron ladder to an underground space. Mr. Liang immediately heard that There was a smell of something being burnt.

"Turn on the lights." Xiang Kun in front stopped.

Mr. Liang followed his instructions and turned on the lighting equipment he was carrying, and then saw a group of round creatures huddled together in front of him, covered with moss and small mushrooms, and about two meters in diameter. There were countless tiny plush tentacles sticking out around the thing, but it seemed to be afraid of something and didn't dare to touch the ground.

A large amount of fine dust could be seen floating in the air. Mr. Liang realized that these things had the ability to "infect". He was about to put on the "biological component" to filter the air and breathe, but suddenly thought that Xiang Kun was nearby, so he did not take any action. Action is just to act as a "searchlight" behind Xiang Kun.

"Is this a blood-eating fungus that swallowed a blood-eating moss, or the other way around?" Mr. Liang couldn't help but ask.

"They are in a 'quasi-symbiotic' state of incomplete integration." Xiang Kun said, reaching into his satchel, taking out a handful of green seeds, and threw them directly at the ball.

As those seeds were thrown over, tens of thousands of "hyper-connected ball beads" lurking in the surrounding darkness instantly pounced on the moss mushrooms that seemed to be about to move. It turned into an iron dumpling, and its size shrank a lot.

Obviously, what the "mutated creature" was afraid of just now was those balls.

"You want to... use them to plant trees?" Mr. Liang asked in surprise.

He had seen those seeds and knew that they came from a large number of "crooked neck trees", weird vines, and various ordinary-looking "plants" in the forest controlled by Xiang Kun.

He knew very well how terrifying those plants were. Whether it was the previous "giant raptor" or the underground "giant blood-eating creature", they were easily controlled and held hostage by those plants, without any resistance.

He has never figured out whether these plants are a special "blood-eating creature" or a part of Xiang Kun, an "extension of his limbs"?

"Your description is very accurate." Xiang Kun said.

Mr. Liang frowned and asked: "So...it is not my next blood source?"

"I've said before, our purpose this time is not to 'hunt'." Xiang Kun said, looking at the big ball that was constantly deforming as if something was trying to break through the steel ball barrier, "This thing looks like a big ball even though it looks like it. The impact of the movement and production is also quite large, but in fact, in terms of the degree of conversion, it is still relatively low-level and far from meeting your current needs."

"We came here to save those two girls?" Mr. Liang asked.

He checked Xiang Kun's information and knew that Xiang Kun had a "complex" of courage and courage. When he first mutated, he repeatedly assisted the police in arresting and rescuing people, and he also received a lot of bonuses. He was also responsible for creating large-scale illusions in Mentamira, in order to prevent the riots against Chinese tourists.

"There is part of the reason." Xiang Kun said, "But it is not the main reason."

As he spoke, he walked over, patted the wrapped iron ball that had no movement, and said: "This thing is a 'tool' used by the 'ultimate predator' to test us. Or to be precise, That boy, and the two girls just now, are all its 'tools'."

"The ultimate predator's... tool?" Mr. Liang subconsciously became wary when he heard this term.

Xiang Kun felt his emotional changes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it can't understand our communication now. I said that if it wants to perceive and obtain information, it needs to go through the transformation of some functional organs and parts, and needs to pass through other living things To process it, it needs other creatures to help it make judgments and calculations. In other words, at this moment, unless you or I have a part of you that has been transformed by its hidden factor, there is no way for it to know what we are talking about. What."

"It... deliberately lured you here? Using those two girls?" Mr. Liang understood something, "Do you know them?"

"The Ultimate Predator has actually been testing us. When we were 'hunting' a few times before, there were a lot of things going on around us. It knows that your transformation level is constantly improving, and it may be able to detect it. We seem to want to target it, but it doesn't know what we are going to do specifically, and it is afraid of me and dare not conflict with me directly. Moreover, the improvement of your transformation level is what it wants. So it can only use some messy methods. , to try to attract our attention, test us, and try to put 'eyes and ears' around us." Xiang Kun said.

"I have ignored its temptations before, but this time, I wanted to do an experiment, so I just came over." Xiang Kun said, "I can save people by the way."

Ye Zijun is also the one who has established a link with the secondary emotional object network of the "Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Wooden Sculpture", so Alice can have real-time sensory monitoring of her whereabouts and status changes through the "Supersensory Object System".

Alice is clear about the situation she encounters and can make certain predictions.

But if Alice wants to save them, she can only warn them in advance and find a way to prevent them from being led into the underground passage by the "host". Because although she could restrain the "moss mushroom"-style "mutated creatures", the prerequisite was that there were enough "super-connected objects" for support, which were not around them or in the underground passage at the time. If she is given enough time, she can use the control of the Internet and the entire social system to arrange and place enough "hyper-connected things" in the underground passage.

After she informed Xiang Kun of the situation, Xiang Kun decided to come directly with Mr. Liang to respond to the "Ultimate Predator"'s temptation.

The specific factors on the "moss mushroom" have been activated, forming a control system to control and drive its behavior.

The Chinese boy who was parasitized by the "moss mushroom" also had micro-organs formed by specific factors. Even Xiao Ding, before entering the underground passage, the specific factors in his body had been activated, but they were eliminated by Xiang Kun and Alice before they had any obvious influence or manifestation, just like a hidden factor in his body. The spies were caught and executed before they could get any information. When Xiang Kun helped Ye Zijun deal with the moss on his face, he was actually mainly using the surrounding "super-connected things" to unknowingly help Xiao Ding eliminate special factors and special body tissues in his body.

Among all the people, only Ye Zijun was not affected by the "Ultimate Predator".

Because of the connection with the "Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Wooden Sculpture" secondary love object network, as long as there are certain "super-connected objects" in the place where Ye Zijun is, Alice can guarantee that the "ultimate hunter" in her body will The special cognitive information and special factors of the "eater" will not be transformed and activated into substances that can affect her body and consciousness, or form some kind of micro-organ. Even when necessary, Alice can notify Xiang Kun to help Ye Zijun remove the special factors from his body remotely.

Strictly speaking, Alice also has ways to prevent and control special factors for other people around Ye Zijun, but now her prevention and control is mainly at home, with those people who have been responsible for Xiang Kun, such as Xiang Kun's parents, Lao Xia, Xiao The surroundings of Apple, Tang Baona and others ensure that they will not be directly affected by the "ultimate predator" and will not be implanted with special factors again.

Therefore, for other people, unless Alice has an explanation from Xiang Kun or is within the "Qingzhuwu" secondary network, she will not spend too much effort because her processing and protection capabilities have an upper limit. Xiang Kun's previous plan was to infinitely improve Alice's protective and monitoring abilities, in fact paralyzing the "ultimate predator"'s ability to control the fate of other creatures. However, this method still takes a long time and needs to be laid out slowly. However, the incident where the "Ultimate Predator" controlled the "mutated big bird" to attack the passenger plane made Xiang Kun change his plan and prepare to use a more radical and fast method. method to solve the problem.

Seeing all the tiny steel balls scattering, the moss changed from colorful to a single green, and the various small mushrooms on it and the surrounding small tentacles also disappeared. Mr. Liang said strangely: "This is... Devoured?"

"It's not 'swallowed' as you understand it, it should be assimilated." Xiang Kun said, "The fungal part has been killed, and the mossy part has become a branch of the 'little radish'. It is no longer a radish in the traditional sense. 'Mutated creature' or 'blood-eating creature'."

"Little carrot... Carrot?" Mr. Liang was a little confused after hearing this. He felt that in front of Xiang Kun, he was obviously the "senior" who had mutated for more than ten years, and he was obviously the one led by "professionals" such as Academician Shen. He is a "regular soldier" engaged in research. He is obviously much older than Xiang Kun, but why...does he feel like a newbie is ignorant in front of a high-level player? The longer he stayed with Xiang Kun, the more he felt that he knew too little.

However, this did not bring him any sense of frustration, but more of a sense of novelty and a sense of absurdity.

Looking at the moss that seemed to exist unchanged in the same place, Xiang Kun knew that outside, all over the world, in the mountains and forests controlled by various "little carrots", and even in some cities, this new " The moss is growing quietly.

Xiang Kun did not answer Mr. Liang's doubts about "little radish", but leaned down, picked up a small piece of moss, turned around and walked to him and asked:

"Have you ever thought about what a world would be like without the 'Ultimate Predator'?"