What It’s Like Being a Vampire

The tall and thin young man sitting in the back seat subconsciously looked back. Because they were in such a hurry, they didn't even have time to close the warehouse door. The dark door looked like a monster was opening its mouth for food. It's chilling.

Especially thinking about the monster with many eyes and arms he just saw inside made him want to leave here as quickly as possible, as far away as possible.

"Bago, let's go quickly, I didn't see anything..." the young man said with a cry. He didn't want to talk about the monster anymore. It seemed that if he mentioned the monster again, the monster would rush out of the warehouse to find him. Similar.

There was some doubt in the scarred man's eyes: "Didn't you see it?" He then looked at the obese middle-aged man in the passenger seat: "You said it didn't want us to leave. Do you know what it is?"

"Since you saw it, don't you know?" The middle-aged man rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, as if he wanted to cheer himself up, but the slightly trembling hands also showed his emotions at this time.

"What do I know? Speak more fucking clearly!" The scar-faced man suddenly got mad, leaned over, jammed the middle-aged man's neck with the wrench in his hand, and shouted angrily.

"Myna, myna, don't be like this, myna, let's get out of here quickly..." The young man in the back seat reached out and pulled the scar-faced man's arm and urged him tremblingly.

"You can't even drive your fucking car, how can you leave? Leave your mother alone!" The scar-faced man waved the young man's hand away with a powerful shake.

But at this time, the middle-aged man, who had always seemed relatively smooth since we started working together, suddenly leaned towards the car door, then raised his left foot and kicked the scar-faced man violently.

The scar-faced man was kicked hard against the driver's door, making a loud noise that made the young man in the back seat, who was stunned, worried whether the window glass would be broken.

After the scar-faced man screamed, a ferocious look flashed across his face, but after looking at the obese middle-aged man and the tall and thin young man in the car, he quickly opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and then turned around to face the two people in the car. The man cursed: "I knew it! This must be the fault of you two! You want to harm me! You are fucking uniting to harm me! Don't you just want to take it all for yourself? Then I'll give it all to you, give it all to you! I don't have any. Channels, let’s see where you can sell your stuff! You’d better have the appetite to support it! I’ll kill you! I’ve written this down, so be careful!”

After saying that, the scar-faced man looked back at the warehouse with lingering fear, and then he actually took off his legs and ran out of the abandoned factory area.

The two people in the truck watched the scar-faced man say something incomprehensible, then suddenly ran like crazy, fell down after running a few steps, then immediately got up and continued running, and soon disappeared at the corner of the intersection in the distance. , all looked shocked.

"uncle,

What's wrong with myna? "The young man asked tremblingly.

The middle-aged man wiped his nose, shook his head and said, "He has a ghost in his heart." After a slight pause, he added, "The three of us... all have ghosts in our hearts."

The young man couldn't understand what he said, so he could only ask: "Uncle, what should we...what should we do? What should we do with this car?"

"I probably won't live long." The middle-aged man lowered his head and smiled bitterly, burying his face in his hands: "I know you also saw that monster in the warehouse, it can let us see what we are afraid of. The more you The more you escape, the more scared you become. Do you understand, the more you escape, the more scared you become." His emotions had slowly calmed down, and he was no longer as broken and out of control as before.

Hearing these words, the young man in the back seat didn't know what he thought of and started to feel dazed.

…

In the narrow alley next to the warehouse, Xiang Kun, who had emerged from the "supersensory state", was repeating to Xia Libing in a low voice one by one what the people in the truck had said.

From the position they were in, they couldn't see the warehouse door or the truck, but for Xiang Kun, the distance was naturally not an obstacle. Coupled with the poor sound insulation of the broken truck, the three people in the car All the conversations were heard clearly.

The reason why Xiang Kun conducted these experiments on the three people was naturally not just for fun and to scare people, but to verify his two ideas.

The first idea was to try his extended improvement based on the group's hallucinogenic ability "developed" by Little Apple last night - even without the "golden sparkle", it could still have a range of hallucinatory effects.

So far, there are several ways Xiang Kun can cause hallucinations in people:

One is to influence through the "projection" of eye contact, allowing others to see what they see. For this ability to be effective, it is best to use it in conjunction with "emotional assimilation". The last time he and Chang Bin went to a bar to drink, he suddenly decided to go up and sing Jacky Cheung's "The Real Man" to influence the people around him. This was the method he used;

One is to directly use the ability to package the emotions contained in the "emotions injected into items" "developed" by Little Apple before and perform projection and manifestation. "Invest" it into the target's consciousness, allowing the target to generate corresponding emotions and see the corresponding emotional projection at the same time. Of course, Xiang Kun has no control over the projections they can see. This is what he used on the bald Mr. Qi and Qi Haoguo who were with Liu Feibao in Tongshi Town;

Another method is to perform the previous operation in a "super-sensory state" and directly project emotions remotely, causing people to have corresponding hallucinations. He used the rabbit wood carving to locate his position, and after finding a research base of "Shenxing Technology", he used this method to make the researchers in that research base see the hallucination of rabbit meat.

The latter two are the effects of a single entity. Although the first type is group influence, in order to "project and appear" on others, you need to get yourself into the mood and hypnotize yourself first, so the preparation time is a bit long. Moreover, I have to be exposed in front of others, and it is often difficult to perform well.

As for the "Fantasy Manifestation" ability that Lao Xia just "developed", it is not yet clear whether it is a pure hallucination. Although it can be seen by others, for now, it can only manifest various foods, and it does not affect emotions. Function.

Xiang Kun's improvement method is also very simple. He directly enters the "super-sensory state", calls on the emotional projection of the eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving, and then directly in the "super-sensory state", with the help of affecting a large number of "super-connected objects" around him, he This emotion directly spreads out and has a wide-ranging impact.

If we talk about the ability that Little Apple developed last night, it is equivalent to throwing lime powder (emotional projection) and letting a high-power electric fan (gold glitter) blow everywhere to achieve a range of effects.

Xiang Kun's improvement this time is equivalent to arranging a large number of low-power electric fans (coins, balls and other super-connected objects) at various angles in advance, and then throwing lime powder and letting these fans blow everywhere to affect the range. .

It was the first time Xiang Kun used this ability. He was worried that there were not enough "super-connected objects" to call and exert influence, so he basically asked Lao Xia to throw most of the "super-connected objects" into the warehouse.

Judging from the final result, the illusion created did have a group effect. The three car thieves who entered the warehouse all saw the illusion, and it had a very strong emotional impact.

Maybe even a little too much.

Xiang Kun's second thought, or purpose, in doing this experiment was to verify the lasting impact of the fearful emotional projection of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving".

When I met Chu Xiuwen this morning, he mentioned that Mr. Qi suddenly started doing charity after returning from Tongshi Town, and he also disposed of some high-quality assets that were still making money.

Xiang Kun then remembered the people who had been affected by the "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Woodcarving" in the past, like the liar from a consulting company who was "fried" in his dream and went to the police to surrender the next day.

Because in that dream, Xiang Kun made various perceptions from the dreamer's first perspective, so he could roughly understand why the liar made the choice he did after waking up from the dream.

The fear brought about by the "eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture" is different for everyone based on their own experiences.

Relatively speaking, criminals or people with guilty consciences will be affected more strongly than ordinary people.

Although most criminals, especially repeat offenders, will find various reasons for themselves when committing crimes and harming others, and they will have no idea of ​​guilt or repentance at all.

But as long as people grow up in a normal society, their basic sense of right and wrong will be subtly influenced, just like some leaders of criminal organizations who do all kinds of evil, still teach their children to abide by the law and be good people. There are relatively few people who are born evil or insane. Normally, I can convince myself, but under the assimilation influence of the fear condensed by the "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wooden Sculpture", the things that I worry about subconsciously will be stripped of their disguise and multiplied.

The "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wooden Sculpture" is like an igniter, igniting all those fears.

Once the fear is ignited, even if the hallucinatory influence of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture" ceases, the fear will not disappear immediately and will continue to "burn".

The more you avoid, the more your fear will be strengthened; only by choosing to face or accept it can you ease or even eliminate your fear - this is also Xiang Kun's own experience.

Although Mr. Qi was not in a dream when he was emotionally affected by the "eight-armed and eight-eyed wooden sculpture", the impact of the direct official's emotional projection may even be stronger than in a dream.

This might explain why he behaved abnormally after returning from Copperstone Town.

In order to verify this, when Xiang Kun lured the three car thieves away, he also asked Lao Xia to throw a few balls into the truck.

Then, after the three of them were frightened in the warehouse and wanted to get in the car and leave, Xiang Kun used the influence of those balls in his "super-sensory state" to temporarily paralyze the ignition system of the pickup truck.

Keep them unable to leave so that Xiang Kun can observe their next reactions.

After hearing that the scar-faced man known as "Bago" got out of the car, cursed and left, and then two people, one fat and one thin, also got out of the car, Xiang Kun knew that his guess was basically correct, " The emotional impact of "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wooden Sculpture" is far more lasting and intense than the emotional impact of other types of "love objects". The affected person must make a direct response before it can be relieved.

Judging from the information he heard, except for the scarred man who was suspicious and suspected that he had been betrayed, the fat middle-aged man said that he wanted to go to the hospital for a physical examination, to quit drinking and smoking, and to find a doctor. A serious job with a regular schedule; the tall and thin young man said that he would buy a ticket to leave Citong and return to his hometown tomorrow to see his father whom he had not seen since he ran away from home four years ago.

As for the warehouse with the open door, the stolen electric cars in the warehouse, and the small truck that couldn't start temporarily but actually had no problem at all, they were all abandoned here without anyone taking care of them.

Xiang Kun and Xia Libing walked out of the warehouse and went to collect the "super-connected things" in the warehouse and the car. Then they took the bags they had hidden before and walked outside the abandoned factory area.

Although this factory area is relatively deserted after it was abandoned, it only takes more than 20 minutes to walk to the main road, so it's not like you can't miss a ride. Although they ordered a special car when they came, they got off the car at the side of the road outside and walked all the way here.

On the way, Xiang Kun continued to explain the "experiment" process and the final "experiment" result to Xia Libing in detail, and then sighed and said with a hint of pride: "I didn't expect that I made it unintentionally." The first 'emotion-injected item' actually means something like a crime buster. Lao Xia, have you read DC comics? Do you know Gotham City? It's the city where Batman lives. I guess, if there really is a city in reality Gotham City, I brought this wooden sculpture with me. There are enough "hyperconnected things" as nodes. In theory, one wooden sculpture can "purify" the entire Gotham of criminals. Oh, yes, the Joker, Kingpin and the like. I guess it can’t be purified.”

Xia Libing said thoughtfully: "If what you just called was the emotional projection of my pair of chopsticks, what would be the effect?"

Xiang Kun imagined for a while and said hesitantly: "Then the three of them will probably see the hallucination that Liu Shiling invites them to eat? And then feel a strong sense of hunger? Well, the fear will probably still be there. After the hallucination disappears, they should I felt like I had seen a ghost, but this fear was pure fright and was far less impactful than the emotional projection of the 'Eight-Armed Wood Sculpture'."

He could feel that Xia Libing was also very interested in using the emotional projection of "emotional injection items", and seemed to be thinking about how to obtain this ability through the dream system she established.

After returning to the city, it was already dinner time. After Xiang Kun called his mother in the hospital, he and Lao Xia returned to her rented place.

Xiang Kun still made a bowl of noodles casually for dinner, hoping to make everything quick.

Xia Libing had said before that he would make a summary with him in the evening.

Today I have tested various physical data and special abilities. I even flew directly regardless of the weather and the intensity of the atmospheric electric field for the first time. Although I fell badly, it was also the first time I was able to fly in a "super-sensory state". Effects of group hallucinations.

Since the "showdown" with Lao Xia, Xiang Kun felt that his mood had changed and he had become more relaxed. As a result, he became more comfortable in expanding and applying certain abilities.

Looking at Lao Xia who was eating noodles, Xiang Kun couldn't help but touch his chin: Maybe he could train Lao Xia to be his own Alfred?

By the way, there’s also Alice, isn’t it Jarvis from Iron Man? No, my Alice's potential is higher than Jarvis's.

Although I am not as rich as Batman and Iron Man, my team is not weaker than theirs, and I have superpowers.

Xia Libing suddenly stopped eating noodles and looked up strangely at Xiang Kun, who was sitting across the table, squinting his eyes, touching his chin, and smiling inexplicably.

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