What It’s Like Being a Vampire

To be honest, it is not easy to distinguish the smell of Xia Tianhuo from the scrap collection station.

After all, there are too many different smells in this place. In addition, Xiang Kun himself has only met Xia Tianhuo once, and his grasp of the characteristics of his scent is limited.

However, there was a relatively strong smell belonging to Xia Tianhuo in a pile of domestic garbage near the courtyard gate, so Xiang Kun searched the yard for the smell and found the target.

Although he made some exploration with smell and sound and knew that Xia Tianhuo was not in the scrap collection station at this time, Xiang Kun decided to conduct further investigation.

He did not use methods such as "super-connected objects" and "emotion-intensive objects" to explore the "super-sensory state". Instead, he took off his shoes and climbed directly over the wall into the courtyard.

It wasn't that Xiang Kun suddenly wanted to open Wushuang and rush in, but that he already knew how many people were inside, where they were, and what state they were in, and he was confident that he could avoid being discovered by them.

Xiang Kun didn't bend over, hunch over, or look cautious. Instead, he walked directly and generously through the paper, plastic, and scrap metal packed and piled up outside, and went to the courtyard gate to take a look over there. After confirming that the item with the smell of Xia Tianhuo was a crumpled rag, he turned back and walked towards the house inside, looking as if he was the owner here or coming to visit.

Two seconds after Xiang Kun walked into the house, a short, dark-skinned young man walked out of the toilet next to the house while unzipping his pants. He yawned and walked toward the door.

At this time, Xiang Kun had already entered the living room calmly. In the living room, two men who were holding controllers and playing Live 5 on a PS2 on a dilapidated TV stood behind them for a second. After once again quickly and carefully distinguishing various scent information, he walked towards a room with a door ajar.

Although he knew that there was no one inside, he did not directly push the door open. Instead, he pressed the edge of the door first, exerted force in the direction of the door axis, and then slowly pushed the door open a little - because he knew that this door had been open for a long time, and directly Push it open and the door hinge groans.

When Xiang Kun slipped into the room silently and closed the door, the stocky young man who went to the toilet walked into the living room and lay down directly on the broken sofa behind the two companions who were playing games. sleep.

None of the three people in the living room noticed that a big man of "unknown origin" had just entered the room quietly but grandly.

Xiang Kun, who was in the room, although he did not turn on the lights, had already carefully inspected the room through low-light night vision mode - judging from the smell, he was basically sure that Xia Tianhuo had been locked in this room before. , was tied to one of the armchairs.

For Xiang Kun now, with his overwhelming superiority in sensory abilities and his own motor abilities, he could completely achieve "invisibility" like a visual blind spot by operating under the noses of the three people in this waste collection station.

At this time, Xiang Kun felt like he was playing a real-time 2D game with the "Scrap Collection Station" as the map. The other players' fields of view were small and narrow, and their activities were slow, but he was snooping down on the entire map. Not only did he open all the You can also see the field of vision of other players, and directly predict the action trends of other players in advance. The movement speed of the character you control is several times that of other players. It is natural to move safely on the map without being discovered. Difficult matter.

Of course, the premise is that there are not many people in the house. If there are more than ten or twenty people, and they are all awake, it will be difficult for him to "sneak in" so directly and openly.

Based on various details in the room, Xiang Kun deduced the situation of Xia Tianhuo in the room before. Based on the extent of the smell dissipation, past experience, and the comprehensive environment, it was estimated that it should have been more than ten hours since he was taken away from here. .

In other words, it is very likely that Xia Tianhuo was transferred away after the kidnappers called Lao Xia asking for a ransom.

The structure of the room is very simple and there are no other clues.

Xiang Kun casually took out a coin from his pocket and tossed it. After the coin rolled to the ground, it did not touch the ground and made no sound. It hovered sideways, then slipped out from the gap under the door and passed through the living room quietly. , then passed through the gate and headed towards the piles of recycled metal garbage in the yard.

After a while, there was a crackling sound in the yard, which startled the three people in the room. Not only the two who were playing games, but also the one who was sleeping on the sofa jumped up in fright.

However, Xiang Kun observed the reactions of the three people through the door of the room, which was a bit intriguing. They did not go out to check the situation immediately, but looked at each other uneasily. After more than ten seconds, they came out of the living room. They took axes, iron rods and other utensils from the corner and carefully went out together.

After the three of them walked out, Xiang Kun also walked out of the room. He seemed to be leisurely and casual, but in fact he searched the area including the living room and other rooms very quickly and efficiently, and even opened several doors quickly and silently. Drawers and cabinets are inspected.

Although he can rely on smell to judge the situation and items in the house even when he is outside the house, and he knows the creatures in the house very well, there is some information that cannot be grasped by smell and sound alone, such as recording it on paper. Information on the website, such as some physical objects representing special functions, etc.

Unfortunately, Xiang Kun could not find any useful information after a simple search.

It is possible that the kidnappers took away or disposed of all relevant things during the transfer.

In this case, the main clues exist in the three people who are still here, but we don't know how much information they know about the kidnapping case, how involved they are, and whether they know where Xia Tianhuo has been transferred to now. .

After sensing that the three people who were checking the situation went back, Xiang Kun walked back to the previous room leisurely and slowly closed the door.

After the three people at the scrap collection station went out with various "weapons", they discovered that the abnormal noise just now was a pile of recycled scrap metal that had been stacked very well and very stable.

They checked briefly and found nothing unusual. Of course, they had no intention of stacking the scrap metal again.

However, when they were about to return to the house, there was another strange noise from the scrap metal, so they came over to check again. After spending a lot of time, naturally they still found nothing, but their original anxiety was reduced a lot. Because it was obvious that this could not be man-made, there must be rats or wild cats. I had caught a lot of them at the collection station before, so I didn't pay attention and went back directly.

While walking back to the house, the short, dark-skinned man who had been sleeping on the sofa couldn't help but asked his two companions: "I heard from my cousin that something is wrong on the street today, Kui If my business is messed up, will someone come here to investigate? If the big boss's people come to investigate, we will die miserably..."

His Mandarin also has a very strong accent, but it is not a Guihai accent, but is obviously an accent unique to the Burmese people.

The man who was playing games earlier and wearing a Buddha statue jade pendant around his neck frowned and said: "We are still here, you are scared! But I warn you, don't talk nonsense outside, including your bullshit Relatives, otherwise you will die even worse."

This man's accent was obviously Guihai accent, but it was obviously not the kidnapper's voice in the call recording recorded by Lao Xia.

After returning to the house, the two gamers refused to let the stocky man sleep on the sofa. They kicked him and told him to go to his room to sleep.

Of course, that room is not the one Xiang Kun is hiding in now. There is no bed in this room.

And Xiang Kun also knew why the stocky Burmese was unwilling to sleep in the room and stayed on the sofa in the living room - he had just seen several other rooms, and one room had several beds, but they either had no mattresses and bed boards. They are all broken, or they are just as broken as rotten tofu. You may accidentally get stuck by the springs when you sleep on them. They also have a strong smell. They obviously haven't been cleaned very much. In addition, there is no air conditioning or fan, and it is extremely hot. I'm afraid. It is more comfortable to lay the floor in the living room.

So the stocky Burmese begged for a few words with saliva on his face, but after being scolded by the man with the jade pendant, he could only pull a shabby deck chair and sleep in the yard.

However, after the stocky Burmese lay down in the yard, Xiang Kun heard him muttering some Burmese in a low voice. Although he couldn't understand the content, he could guess that it was some "greetings".

Although the two people in the room picked up the controller again, their attention was not on the game, but they were talking in low voices - this is why the man with the jade pendant drove the Burmese out.

"Actually, what Tun Qin said... I'm also a little worried. Brother Kui originally thought he was going to do big business with Wu Lun this time, but he messed up and died on the spot without getting the goods. The boss probably I am also very dissatisfied. The big boss over there is dead and his son is in a rage. The Burmese officials will definitely make great efforts to investigate and find this place...I am afraid it will be a matter of time." Jade pendant man said to his companions with some worry.

The companion is a man with three-quarter length hair. He also speaks with a Guihai accent. He is obviously from the same hometown as Yuzhuang Man: "No way...their route back last night was carefully planned by Brother Kui. The police should It's not that easy to find. The car has been dismantled, and the search can't find it here. Besides... Since Wu Lun asked Brother Kui to kidnap Tengli, he must be not dealing with his father. Although Not tied up, but dead...can be used as a quarrel, it is also to vent the anger of the boss, the boss will not burn bridges, right?"

"Shit! Are you stupid! Boss Wu Lun asked Brother Kui to kidnap Tengli. It was not a personal grudge. He wanted to force the big boss to cooperate with him on the big casino project! Now the big boss's son has been directly killed. , what do you think the result will be? I guess the reason why Wu Lun didn’t sell Brother Kui immediately is because the matter itself has something to do with him, and he will be angered by the big boss, so he is still hesitant... But when the situation If it gets serious, it's hard to say." Jade pendant man said very worriedly, "Why do you think Brother Kui suddenly changed his mind and wanted to kidnap that stupid guy back and ask for money from the Xia family? It's clear that he is I’m raising money to run away!”

The long-haired man was stunned for a long time. He was obviously convinced by his companion's reasoning and said in a daze, "What should we do? Brother Kui is planning to take us back to the country?"

The man with the jade pendant sighed: "You are really stupid... What is the current environment in the country? What are the methods of the domestic police? Are you looking for death? I don't know where exactly I will go, but it is definitely impossible to return to the country. I doubt it Brother Kui hasn't thought about where to go yet, so he just asked the Xia family to prepare the money and didn't say how to pay the ransom. What we have to consider now is not those, but the two of us... ourselves. "

"You mean...Brother Kui will leave us alone and run away?" the long-haired man said nervously.

"It's not a big deal to leave us alone. I'm worried that they won't be able to take care of us when things are urgent. After all... After all, they are at sea now. It's hard to say what will happen to them." Jade pendant man shook his head.

However, the discussion between the two did not produce any results. At about one o'clock in the morning, each of them occupied a sofa and lay down to sleep.

After Xiang Kun judged through perception and confirmed that both of them were asleep, he walked out of the room silently, went directly to the man with the jade pendant, and placed a black circle graffiti that Lao Xia had established under the sofa where he slept. , and then return to the room.

If it were daytime, because time was tight and the task was urgent, in order to rescue Xia Tianhuo as soon as possible and return before the blood-drinking period, Xiang Kun might have to directly cover his face and torture him physically.

But since it is night now and these people must sleep, Xiang Kun naturally chooses the more efficient, more direct and more covert "soul torture" - using Lao Xia's "dream within a dream" to explore.

Through the previous chats between the three of them, Xiang Kun has concluded that among the three people at the scrap collection station, the man with the jade pendant knows the most about the kidnapping case and thinks about himself the most, and his decision also has the strongest impact on the other two. Influence.

So when he could only influence one person "dream within a dream" in a short period of time, Xiang Kun naturally chose him.

Xiang Kun had already communicated with Lao Xia, who was with her third uncle, third aunt, and the police in Citong at this time, through her mobile phone in that room, asking her to find a chance to rest as early as possible at night, and telling him what she learned about the situation. I gave a quick and simple introduction, and had a simple communication with Lao Xia on the "dream within a dream" strategy.

Every time there is such a "dream within a dream", Xiang Kun and Lao Xia are like making a "documentary" about a character. They have to study the plan in advance, and they have to study how to guide the "interviewees" to express their true selves through strategies. , hiding memories, and subconscious true cognition, while also considering what method to use to influence the "respondent" in turn, so that he will perform the behavior they need after waking up.

In this process, Lao Xia was like the director and screenwriter, while Xiang Kun took care of all the work including lighting, photography and post-production special effects.

After sending a WeChat message and receiving no reply to confirm that Lao Xia had fallen asleep, Xiang Kun began to sense the "love objects" around Lao Xia and entered the dreamland.

Then Lao Xia woke up from his dream. He skillfully followed the plan in advance and entered the "dream within a dream" through the black circle graffiti under the Jade Pendant Man's sofa, and began to "arrange".

Under the skillful operation of psychiatrist, psychological counselor, dream-in-dream manipulator, and dream-in-dream hypnotist Lao Xia, Xiang Kun learned part of the incident of Xia Tianhuo's kidnapping through the Jade Pendant Man's memories and "candor" The cause and effect - at least the truth known from the perspective of the man with the jade pendant.

Wu Lun, a local Burmese boss in Mengtamila, wants to cooperate with a big boss and emerging capitalist in Burma to jointly build a super large casino that has obtained the official gambling license of Burma.

But the big boss didn't intend to cooperate with Wu Lun, so Wu Lun found the Kuo Ge gang who had committed crimes in the country and fled to Mentamila to do some illegal business, and asked them to kidnap the big boss's son Tengli. This is a threat to give the big boss some "color" so that he can understand and understand that cooperation is a "win-win".

Unexpectedly, while Brother Kui was working, Tengli had an accident and died on the spot.

Brother Kui may also realize that there will be big trouble next. After being reminded by his subordinates, he learned that Xia Tianhuo, who was knocked unconscious by the airbag in the passenger seat at the time, was a "rich young man" from China, so he kidnapped him. .

After tying up the people, Brother Kui personally took people out to investigate Xia Tianhuo's background, which led to Xia Tianhuo calling home to demand a ransom of US$5 million.

According to Jade Drop Man's understanding, Brother Kui tied up Xia Tianhuo just because he was planning to run away and to raise travel expenses.

And early this morning, after making the phone call, Brother Kui took people to move Xia Tianhuo to the sea - this was actually the original plan, but the original goal had been lost.

In the original plan, the jade pendant man and the long-haired man stayed here to serve as the contact point and information point between Brother Kui and Lu Lu.

After knowing the specific situation, Lao Xia guided the jade pendant man in the "dream within a dream" according to the plan and the actual information, strengthening his idea that Brother Kui was about to run away.

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