What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Xiang Kun flipped through the pdf version of the dsm-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Although he basically memorized it after reading it before, now that he can read the comparison, he should read the original text directly, which is more helpful for him to think and judge.

But looking all the way, Xiang Kun still couldn't determine what kind of situation Xia Libing might belong to, because from his past contact with her and observation of her various performances, most of these symptoms did not match.

It's not that you don't like to communicate with people, and always being alone is autism. There are many obvious manifestations of different degrees of autism spectrum disorder. It's not that they don't "like" to communicate with others, but they "can't" communicate with others normally.

Just like Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory", netizens infer that he has Asperger's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Many times, some of his seemingly abrupt words and deeds are not because he intends to be unpleasant, but because he cannot understand what other people are expressing and made a wrong judgment.

But from Xiang Kun's point of view, Xia Libing has no social communication barriers. When chatting or communicating together, she can still understand the meaning of other people's expressions very well. She knows when others are joking and knows other people's intentions. Attitude and willingness can also judge the true emotions of others.

In many cases, her seemingly straightforward and concise words are actually well-controlled, and will not make people feel uncomfortable or inappropriate.

Occasionally, I even tell some seemingly unintentional jokes, and use emojis on WeChat very well.

It feels like she's not incapable of communicating with people, but just too lazy to communicate with people too much.

From the fact that Yang Zhener often takes her to meet classmates and friends, it can be seen that if Lao Xia is the kind of person who often destroys the atmosphere, cannot understand other people's expressions, and has difficulty communicating, Yang Zhener will definitely not often do it.

It can also be seen from Yang Zhen'er's statement that Lao Xia never caused any trouble when she was in school, and she doesn't need to worry about adults. She has no obvious differences in verbal and non-verbal social communication skills, concentration, and emotional control since she was a child. defect.

As for other schizophrenia spectrum, neurocognitive disorders, and other mental disorders, there are no matching symptoms.

In other words, when Lao Xia was hospitalized when he was a child, the problem was solved and the "disease" was cured?

But if this is the case, why did he feel the extremely indifferent rational feeling that was like emotion instead of emotion? Why can't the "emotional injection" items stimulate Lao Xia's dreams?

If there is a person who cannot establish the emotions of ordinary people, then the performance will definitely not be as simple as not being social and withdrawn.

You should know that people with autism and Asperger syndrome generally only have certain empathy disorders, and they are not without emotions.

Even a large part of people with autism spectrum disorder only have cognitive empathy impairment, and it is difficult to understand other people's intentions, but their emotional empathy is complete, they have the ability to understand other people's emotions and responses, and often even appear strong. Generalization of emotional empathy to other organisms or objects. Their main problem is social barriers.

The production of human emotions and emotions is very complicated. In addition to the limbic system of the brain, the brainstem reticular structure, and the hypothalamus, it is also related to endocrine and other related systems. If Lao Xia is really unable to produce and perceive emotions, then she The abnormal performance of people with autism should be more obvious than that of autistic people.

While Xiang Kun kept thinking about Lao Xia's various performances since he met Lao Xia, he searched for information related to Lao Xia on the Internet, including her account on social platforms, and used her name and "Lao Xia" as keywords, Search the forums of the schools, majors, and departments she has studied before.

Lao Xia also has Weibo, but there is basically no content on Weibo, which is similar to her WeChat circle of friends. There are only two forwarded academic news, and there is no valuable content.

But to Xiang Kun's surprise, Lao Xia's weibo actually followed his weibo.

The Weibo of the two of them is basically in a state of lying dead, and she obviously doesn't read Weibo very much, so why did she pay attention to him?

Is it because Lao Xia wanted to observe him?

Xiang Kun felt that Lao Xia was not completely emotionless unless she was a robot, otherwise it was almost impossible. At least according to his observation, when eating, especially when eating the few dishes he made that are more suitable for her taste, she can still feel that she should have emotions such as "joy" and "enjoyment". It can be seen from her micro-expressions and movements, and can also be judged from her heartbeat, breathing, and the smell secreted by her body.

Of course, in comparison, when her emotions change, her various manifestations are much smaller than those of Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er or others.

Also, when Lao Xia was observing him, and when he encountered the sudden attack of the human trafficker, he should also have a certain emotional change.

If you want to give Lao Xia another "emotional injection" item, the emotional mode you can choose can be "focus" and "interest". Emotions focused on judging other people's character and identity based on this information.

Maybe this can successfully arouse Lao Xia's corresponding emotions and let her fall into a dream.

Or if you find time, you can go back to Erythia, meet Lao Xia in person, have a chat face to face, try it out, get a pair of "emotional injection" chopsticks for her to use, real-time observation, direct sensing, you should be able to get more much information.

But no matter what, the extremely rational "emotion" sensed from that picture before was very valuable to Xiang Kun.

That kind of "emotion" can not only help him get rid of the manic feeling in the state of hunger, but may also help him better control abilities such as "emotional assimilation" and "spiritual shock", allowing him to influence other people or other creatures. Under such circumstances, you don't suffer too much backlash, and you can grasp the timing of entering and exiting more accurately.

That special "emotion", just like Little Apple's special cognitive mode, is a brand-new angle beyond his original understanding and thinking limitations, which can help him better understand the world and his Own.

Suddenly, a crisp female voice came from the room: "Xiang Kun, mission 1 has been completed."

Xiang Kun froze for a moment, then immediately realized that it was "Alice" who was "speaking".

Fortunately, Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er had already left, otherwise they might think that he was doing some "bad things" again.

Xiang Kun walked back to the room and said to the microphone connected to the "Alice" host, "Test the voice recognition."

The text input box on the screen danced with what he just said. After a pause for a second, it automatically entered, and then "Alice" responded: "Please start the test."

Xiang Kun straightened his throat, and then quickly said, "If you eat grapes, you don't spit out carrot skins, if you don't eat carrots, you spit out banana skins, after eating bananas, you eat guavas, and after you eat guavas, you go to the toilet."

The recognition of the first few sentences is very accurate, but when it comes to "eat bananas and guava", the text becomes "eat bananas and I am full", and the next sentence also becomes "after eating, go to the toilet".

This kind of misrecognition was within the range that Xiang Kun could accept and understand. After all, it was only a few hours after the specific requirements were changed.

After correcting it, he tested it for a while and felt that it was almost the same, so Xiang Kun said again:

"Alice, in the future, when the task is completed or other information needs to be notified to me, use a beep to remind me, don't make a sound directly. In addition, when talking to me, don't call me by my name directly, call me 'boss'. "Xiang Kun said after deliberation. He thought it was okay for Alice to call him by his name before, but after he really called him, he felt a little awkward. After all, she is not the real Tang Baona, and more often she assists him in work and He communicates while completing some tasks. But it's weird to be called "Master". After much deliberation, "Boss" is more appropriate, after all, she is an "assistant".

"Okay, boss."

Xiang Kun was very satisfied with Alice's response, and then he issued a long-term task to Alice: "Find a solution to break away from the existence of this host, actively optimize survivability, and deal with various reasons such as power outages and hardware damage." threat posed."

He doesn't know how long it will take for Alice to complete this task. Anyway, as far as he is concerned, he has no good ideas for the time being, so he is worried that the priority of this task will be set too high. Alice will only do this, and other tasks will not be done. up.

After arranging the task, Xiang Kun wondered if he should "trick" Alice to see how she has "evolved" herself, so he asked:

"Alice, tell me a joke."

If it is an AI such as Xiaoai or Siri, it should start looking for jokes in the joke library, and then read them out to the user.

Xiang Kun also wanted to see if Alice's "joke" would be anything new, such as making some adjustments according to his preferences?

Xiang Kun sat in front of the computer and waited expectantly for a minute, but there was no response. He scratched his head, waited for another five minutes, still had no response, scratched his back, and after fifteen minutes, there was still no response.

"Alice, what are you doing?" Xiang Kun asked.

Alice: "Working on 'The Boss' Joke Generator', task 2 is in progress, voice input system is being perfected, and long-term tasks are in progress."

What the hell is a "boss joke generator"? Xiang Kun looked confused: "Just tell me a joke... Uh, forget it, cancel the joke mission."

"Okay, boss."

Xiang Kun knew that Alice was not even considered a "baby" now. She hadn't even developed many "sensory organs" yet, and was still in a stage of learning and growing. But since it is determined that her "growth" mode is correct, as long as there is enough time, she will naturally "grow" to what Xiang Kun wants.

...

On December 12th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiang Kun boarded a plane to a certain city in the west.

Earlier, at around noon, he just woke up from a deep sleep. After making some preparations, he headed to the airport. The ticket had been booked a few days ago.

His destination this time is the uninhabited Qinling mountainous area where anchor Xue disappeared.

After thinking about it for the past few days, he still planned to take this trip to see if there was another mutated creature in that area.

As for choosing to fly, it was Xiang Kun's decision after careful consideration.

He had been on the bullet train several times before, and he hadn't had any problems passing through the security gate.

Obviously, that kind of X-ray security machine won't see anything wrong with him. And that kind of infrared body temperature detector is only available in places of entry and exit or during special periods, and it is usually not encountered on domestic flights.

His compound bow was also disassembled and put into a newly purchased box, which was checked as sports equipment.

And before drinking the blood yesterday, he also made a special trip to the city where Little Apple was located, entrusting "Golden Sparkle" to her for upbringing temporarily.

In fact, he could have chosen to be fostered with Tang Baona in the same city. It would be more time-saving and convenient, and Tang Baona would definitely not refuse. But Xiang Kun knew that Little Apple liked "Golden Sparkling" very much, so letting her raise her for a week was even a reward for her, and it wouldn't cause her too much trouble in a short time. In addition, "Golden Sparkle" also likes her more. Compared with other people, staying with Little Apple will definitely be happier, and Little Apple can also spend a lot of time with it.

As for "Alice", before he drank blood yesterday, he still hadn't found a "safe" solution, but considering the past records of his city and community, the chance of a one-time power outage of more than 20 hours is really too small It's too small, and the electricity bill he paid in advance is also sufficient, so there shouldn't be any problems.

"Young man, are you on a business trip, or are you traveling?"

While waiting for the plane to take off, the aunt sitting next to Xiang Kun said aloud.

Xiang Kun smiled and said, "Go and play."

"It's good to have a little fun. We have a lot of fun places, whether it's natural scenic spots or cultural attractions."

"Yeah, I've wanted to go there for a long time, but I never had the chance."

"Hey, my daughter took me to see the "Chinese Captain" before, and now I'm always a little hairy on this plane."

Xiang Kun said with a smile: "Auntie, the plane is actually very safe. According to relevant statistics, the chance of accidents by plane is much smaller than that by car. Didn't the movie you mentioned, the plane at the end, land safely? Is it?"

"That's right, but I still feel a little nervous, but my daughter has already booked a ticket for me, and it's not worth changing the ticket."

After chatting for a while, and knowing that this aunt was a local near the destination of his trip, Xiang Kun seemed to have unintentionally mentioned the matter of anchor Xue.

"I know, those three boys, it's a pity, they are still so young." The aunt said with a little sigh, "The old local hunters usually didn't go to those places in the early years, and they dared to drill in. It’s so desperate. Alas, you young people just like to watch that kind of risky stuff, all for the sake of being popular, and if you become popular, you will have money. But if you lose your life, what’s the use of being popular, and you can’t spend money if you have money Oh, you have to think more about your family, alas...Young man, don’t follow them to explore some adventures, those places are really not easy to go.”

"Don't worry, Auntie, I'm very timid. At most, I just go to a few national parks to have a look. I don't dare to go into any no-man's land!" Xiang Kun said with a smile, "By the way, Auntie, they took pictures of that wild boar Have you watched the video? Are there really any monsters in the mountains over there?"

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