What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Latest website: Although the young man looked familiar, Lao He didn't think much about it because he was sure that he had never seen or recognized this young man before - he still trusted his memory. Maybe he felt this way because he looked a bit similar to someone he knew. It was quite normal.

Now Lao He's attention is still on the communication with Chu Xiuwen. He can judge from the previous chat: Chu Xiuwen knows that Qi Hao will invest in Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village this year. The reason why there are so many changes over time.

Although Lao He knew that Xiang Kun was a "mutated creature" through Mr. Liang's introduction, he did not have information on Xiang Kun's specific mutant characteristics. However, while investigating and reviewing Xiang Kun's social information, interpersonal relationships, and past resume, Mr. Congliang and Fang Pingfang investigated the information left by the team in the "Shenxing Technology" database and learned that Xiang Kun was related to many strange events. , the most famous of which is Montamira's eight-armed acrostic vision.

This naturally aroused Lao He's great curiosity. Whether it was public or private, he wanted to understand how Xiang Kun created that kind of group illusion and had such magical subsequent effects. How could he directly Have all three views of people changed?

It's not that he has never come into contact with people who are affected by human "mutated creatures" using hypnotic abilities. The effect of hypnosis can be said to be "blinded" or "confused". Unless the target dies, he will eventually wake up. , and others can see their status and cognition more or less.

However, the effect produced by Xiang Kun's group illusion is like a kind of "awakening" ability, which can call people out of various obsessions and desires, and directly affect people's spirit and thoughts from the cognitive level.

At least judging from Lao He's previous chat with Qi Haoguo, this "Mr. Qi"'s cognitive changes are systematic, self-consistent, and can be used to explain to others. It's not like that at all. A person who is confused and hypnotized without realizing it is a bit like a "great enlightenment".

Because of concerns about the "Ultimate Predator" and the original relevant rules and regulations, Lao He did not directly ask Xiang Kun and Lu Qinliang. Now, although the technical research restrictions and knowledge dangers brought by the "Ultimate Predator" have been lifted, he and Xiang Kun and Lu Qinliang are temporarily unable to contact him - Xiang Kun completed communication with him last time and informed him that "Ultimate Predator" There has been no news since the "predator" was "removed as a threat" by them.

Moreover, the "Non-Research Center" has always been mainly responsible for the threat of "mutated organisms" to the country, society and people, and the safety supervision of related research. It does not directly interfere with the research content, and he is not easy to talk about these issues.

"Xiao Chu, how do you look at Mr. Xiang's research base? Or, how much do you know about that research base?" Lao He asked.

"its not right,

Lao He, you got it wrong. I should ask you this question. Aren't you going to the research base every day during this period? After it was built, I never went in. If you want to ask me about "Youlong Hotel", I can tell you for hours, but I really don't know anything about the research base, laboratory, etc. "Chu Xiuwen smiled and said, "But I know that it is an Internet intelligent breeding research center built by Mr. Xiang and Dr. Even before it was implemented, the infrastructure investment brought by Mr. Xiang also brought a lot of benefits to the village. As for the rest... If nothing else, just the house you and Dr. Fang live in. If it were to be in the past, how could it be rented for so much money? No one would even rent it. "

"Actually, we are also quite puzzled. We don't know why Mr. Xiang must choose Chongyun Village. I heard..." When Lao He asked that question, he guessed Chu Xiuwen's answer and was about to follow his idea. To guide the topic, the young man next to him suddenly interrupted and said something.

"Brother, judging from your accent, you are not a local, right?"

Lao He looked back and made sure that the young man was talking to him, and simply replied: "No." He didn't say a word more, making it clear that he didn't want to talk more.

But when Lao He was about to continue the previous topic with Chu Xiuwen, the young man said again: "Then are you coming here to travel or to work?"

Lao He frowned slightly and turned back to take a closer look at the young man sitting next to him.

His facial features are ordinary, his complexion is dark, but his frame is broad, his shoulders and back are very stretched, and he has a sense of confidence in his movements. He should be a well-educated person who has seen the world. Logically speaking, he would not be so cold-blooded or rude.

Did he come to this tea shop for a purpose?

Is he here for me?

Lao He alertly thought of several possibilities and made some guesses, so he answered the question and said seemingly casually: "Young man, do you like tea?"

"I'm fine, but an old man I know really likes tea, so I came here and brought him some." The young man smiled.

"Are you here for tourism or business?" Lao He directly "bounced" the question back.

The young man didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "I'm here to find someone, haha, but it can also be said to be a business trip."

"Did you find the person you were looking for?"

"Found it." The young man smiled, "Of course I found it."

Just as he was talking, a girl in her twenties ran to the tea door, stuck her head in, and said to Chu Xiuwen: "Brother Chu, Brother Huo wants to see you for something. I want you to come to the store for a while."

Chu Xiuwen took a look and saw that the person who came to see him was the clerk of the milk tea shop he and Xia Tianhuo opened together. He stood up and greeted the tea shop owner, and then said to Lao He: "My friends and I opened a milk tea shop in front of him. , if you have free time later, you can go over and sit down. Or maybe have a meal together sometime and have a good chat."

After Chu Xiuwen left, the female owner of the tea shop received a few WeChat messages. She read them, made a brief phone call, and said to Lao He and the young man with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, two guests, this is the pedestrian street." There is an old customer who needs tea, and my employees here happen to be away, so I have to go there in person. It’s not far from here, I’ll be back in five minutes..."

"Go, go, boss lady, we will show you the store, don't worry." Before Lao He could speak, the young man said with a smile.

The female boss thanked her, packed a bag of tea and hurried out.

Seeing the graceful back of the female boss disappear, Lao He felt a little strange. He became more and more wary of the young people next to him and hesitated whether to get up and leave too.

"Come on, come on, try this rock tea. The lady boss said that this rock tea is very good and costs four or five thousand yuan per pound." The young man looked very comfortable and casual. He stood up and sat down where the female boss had been. , pick up the boiled water and prepare to brew.

Seeing the young man's frizzy movements, Lao He finally couldn't help it anymore, asked him to put down the kettle, and took over the task himself: "You haven't made tea before, have you?"

The young man smiled and said: "Yes, I have never drunk tea before."

"Don't you have an old brother who loves tea? I often hang out with people who love tea. How could I never drink tea?" Lao He said while making tea.

"Haha, that old man and I actually rarely meet. The total number of times we have met can be counted on two hands."

"It seems like you don't know each other very well?"

"For me, he is one of the most familiar people." The young man shook his head, sighed with some emotion, and then said naturally: "Old He, you want to find out from Chu Xiuwen?" What about Kun? I can tell you what you want to know."

When Lao He heard this, he was startled, became more alert, and looked at the young man again.

The young man heard the conversation between him and Chu Xiuwen just now and knew that his name was "Lao He" and that it was normal for them to talk about "Xiang Kun". Chu Xiuwen himself is somewhat famous in Tongshi Town, so it is not difficult to know this name. But what did the young man mean by saying this to him while the two were alone in the tea shop?

Does this young man know about the research on "mutated organisms"?

What's his purpose?

"What did you say I wanted to know?"

"You want to know what abilities Xiang Kun has, you want to know how Xiang Kun creates illusions like the eight-armed and eight-eyed giant, and you want to know how those illusions affect people?"

As soon as the young man said these words, Lao He was so shocked that he almost jumped up from his seat and looked at him with wide eyes: "Who on earth are you?!"

There are very few people who can know this information. He knows everyone's identity and appearance, and the young man in front of him is obviously not one of them.

The young man shook his head helplessly, picked up the cup of tea that Lao He had brewed, poured the whole cup of hot tea into his mouth, squinted his eyes for a few seconds, then swallowed, smacked his lips: "So this is Is it just the taste of tea? It doesn’t feel as good as Coke...or do other teas taste better? Lao He, how does the Longjing tea you often drink compare with this one?"

Lao He was stunned for two seconds, then carefully looked at the appearance of the young man in front of him, and said uncertainly: "Ah... Liang?"

"Long time no see, Lao He." The young man smiled and showed his white teeth.

Lao He was stunned again, his thinking still a little confused: "Why...you are...your appearance...your voice..."

The young man raised his right hand and flicked his fingers flexibly. He saw a special layer of metal flowing skin covered with lines spread rapidly from the forearm down, covering the entire hand. Then, the hand disappeared, and only his sleeves were seen shaking, but judging from the support of the cuffs, it was obvious that his arms were still there.

"Xiang Kun helped me reshape my body. Not only did I look like a human, but I could still use the 'biological components', and my abilities became more varied and powerful. I could even use some abilities that I didn't have before... Yes Doesn’t it feel like a miracle?”

Only then did Lao He understand why he felt a little familiar when he saw this young man just now. He had seen Mr. Liang several times when he was led by Academician Shen for research. His current appearance and facial features are somewhat similar to that of the half-grown boy back then.

Mr. Liang said with some emotion: "This is what I should look like at the age of 25 under normal circumstances if I don't have any 'mutation'. Of course, my actual age is more than 25, but my appearance in middle age and old age is better than that of a young person." It’s a waste of time. I couldn’t wait any longer, so I used this look. I originally thought, Lao He, you could recognize me... Lao He, tell me, if I look like this now, would my dad recognize me when I get home?”

"Of course..." Lao He wanted to say, "Of course I can recognize him, that's your dad", but he suddenly thought that after being taken away by Academician Shen, Lu Chengan never saw his son again, although the two of them Later we had many contacts, but never met face to face again. In comparison, Lu Qinliang's appearance before he completely gave up the human form was more familiar to him than Lu Chengan.

"You will find out when you go back to see him. I believe your dad will be very happy." Lao He smiled and changed the subject, "By the way, why are you here at this time, where is Xiang Kun?"

"I'm here."

A lazy voice sounded not far away, and Lao He was startled. He subconsciously looked back and saw Xiang Kun sitting at a table next to the wall - but that was always within his line of sight. In the end, he didn't even see Xiang Kun enter the store!

Lao He, who had a certain understanding of Mr. Liang's abilities, immediately realized: Xiang Kun can become invisible!

Xiang Kun smiled at Mr. Liang and said, "Brother Liang, you're such a fool! You bet me that I could recognize you within 10 sentences, but you just showed my name, Mr. He didn't recognize it, so he finally succeeded by using the secret code 'Longjing Tea', it was cheating!"

Mr. Liang smiled bitterly and said: "I thought Lao He had seen my appearance before and could recognize me at a glance. Give up and admit defeat, the drones and communication transmission technology patents of 'Shenxing Technology' and your 'Qiankun Technology' can be If you use it for business, just give me a token amount of money."

Lao He, who just didn't know whether the young man was an enemy or a friend, and what his intentions were, now saw that these two people were joking with him, and his tense heart relaxed. He poured himself a cup of hot tea and took a sip. After taking a sip, he said: "It'll be good if you two come back. The rest of the research and investigation team establishment, project establishment, personnel allocation and training will be left to you two. By the way, Mr. Xiang, although Miss Xia is very capable, Strong, but now we have to re-establish the entire 'mutated organism' research system and related institutions, and it will be too busy for her to preside over it alone. Can you send a few more people from the technical team behind you? I can do it. Can you arrange a position in the 'Non-Research Center' so that we can be connected easily in the future?"

Xiang Kun knew that Lao Xia's incomparable all-round performance made Lao He certain that there must be a technical team behind her to support her, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, she can handle it. All research-related matters should be left to Xia Li Bing. As for us... we have other things to consider."

As he spoke, Xiang Kun's expression became solemn: "Old He, have you paid attention to the recent weather anomalies around the world?"

"You mean... there may be big problems behind those unusual weather conditions?" Lao He frowned.

Mr. Liang said: "The 'Ultimate Predator' was not completely killed."

"But didn't Xiang Kun say that it no longer has the ability to affect other living things? Hasn't that ability and that function been 'removed' by you?" Lao He asked strangely.

"Yes, he has no way to directly control the life and death of all living things, but he is prepared to use another indirect method." Xiang Kun sighed, paused slightly, and then said: "But it doesn't have to be too much. Worry, I will handle this matter. But this time, I'm afraid it will become a big scene that attracts global attention."

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