What It’s Like Being a Vampire

The man who calls himself Lao He looks to be about fifty years old. His hair is neatly combed back, but it is not specifically dyed black, with most of his white hair mixed in.

He was not wearing any uniform. He was wearing a dark suit that seemed to be made of good material, cut, and fit, but was obviously old. The leather shoes and belts looked like they were well made and very durable, but not like Brand-name look.

Lao He also wore a watch that didn’t match his dressing style. It looked strange. It didn’t look like a traditional electronic watch, a sports bracelet, or an ordinary smart watch. It had a huge main dial with a screen. Next to it, where the strap is connected, there are two sub-dials that are only 1/4 the size of the main dial. They look more like some specialized tools.

As soon as they entered the conference room, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an instinctively observed Lao He, but they could not judge from these external characteristics who Lao He was, which department or unit he was from.

However, judging from the attitude of the leaders of the task force towards Lao He, it is obvious that Lao He should be higher than him at least in terms of rank and status.

After the leader called the two people over, he said hello to Lao He and left the conference room, leaving them to talk to Lao He alone.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an looked at each other, and their hearts skipped a beat - even the leaders of the task force were trying to avoid it, so why were they talking to them?

"Xiao Zhao, Xiao Wang, come on, sit down, be casual, sit closer so that you can talk more easily." Lao He said with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes were smiling, and he seemed to be easy to talk to and had a gentle personality.

After the two of them sat down, Lao He did not make any more pleasantries and went directly to the topic, saying: "I heard your previous leaders said... Oh, it's not Lao Li, it's Lao Han and Lao Xu, saying that you seem to be investigating. Some hallucinations seen by the suspect in previous cases?”

The "Old Li" mentioned by Lao He is the leader of the task force, while "Old Han" and "Old Xu" are the leaders of Wang De'an in Iwaki and Zhao Feng in Citong respectively.

"We just feel that there are some very subtle similarities between the hallucinations of the suspects in the two cases. Maybe there are some external connections that we haven't figured out yet, so we will discuss it in our free time after work. , exchange ideas, just out of pure curiosity." Zhao Feng said after considering his words.

Wang De'an nodded and agreed: "We will discuss it after get off work..." Then he added: "Both cases are closed."

Lao He smiled and nodded, and said, "Then did you find anything out of the investigation?"

The two young police officers looked at each other again, and then Zhao Feng continued to speak: "For the time being... there is no very definite evidence."

He still didn't dare to describe the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" who guided him in his dream.

I told Lao He about finding several corpses in Zihuan Mountain, because it sounded too unreal and might make the leader think that he had a mental problem.

Lao He said: "Have you seen the news about Myanmar's Meng Tamila on the Internet today?"

"You mean... the riots in Montamila?" Zhao Feng said tentatively.

Lao He nodded and said: "Behind the riot in Mentamila, some forces that are unfriendly to us were secretly causing harm and fueling the flames. However, in the end, they reaped the consequences and exposed the people behind them. Myanmar officials I will definitely be more vigilant against them in the future. They will steal the chicken but lose the rice. But what I want to talk to you about is not this issue, but the monster that appeared in Montamira that many people are discussing on the Internet. ' Or the 'giant' hallucination. According to the descriptions of many parties involved, the hallucination has the characteristics of eight arms and eight eyes. Is it somewhat similar to the hallucinations seen by the suspects in the two cases you are investigating?"

"It's indeed very similar." Zhao Feng said truthfully. When he and Wang De'an saw the relevant news about Mentamila on the Internet, they immediately connected it with what they were investigating.

Wang De'an couldn't help but ask: "Leader, do you know what that thing is?"

Lao He smiled at him and said: "Don't call me the leader, just call me Lao He. I don't know what that thing is, and I'm also very curious. So I want to ask you, are you interested in joining us and investigating this matter together?" Things? Well... for what we are going to talk about next, we need to sign a relevant confidentiality agreement, is that okay?"

Lao He said, pushing a folder over on the table next to him.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an immediately got together and looked at the two agreements in the folder carefully. After discussing in a low voice for a few words, they both suppressed their excitement and picked up a pen to sign their names.

Lao He didn't even look at the two signed agreements. He threw the folder on the table next to him and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself formally. My name is He Haomin, and I am the director of the National Center for Abnormal Biology Research.

"Nominally, we are affiliated with the 'Biotechnology Development Center' under the Ministry of Science and Technology, but in fact we have other senior leaders who are directly connected to us. What we are doing has a high need for confidentiality, so you are in various external situations. The name of our organization cannot be found on the official website.

"The main thing we do, as the name suggests, is to study some 'abnormal creatures'. We have reason to suspect that the illusions you two investigated before, as well as the illusions that appeared in Montamira last night, were all caused by an 'unusual creature'." It is made by abnormal creatures, or it is the special state of a certain abnormal creature.

"Originally, under normal circumstances, you can have one or two days to consider it, but this time is a bit special. My plan is that if you are willing to join, I will send you to Montamila to investigate this time."

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an were both a little surprised. After discussing it in a low voice, they both tended to accept it. They were indeed curious about this "abnormal biological research center".

But before agreeing, Zhao Feng still asked a question: "Can I ask...how did you notice us two?"

He did not think that Old Xu and Wang De'an's previous boss and partner, Police Officer Han, would take the initiative to report their matters to the "Abnormal Biological Research Center". Even Old Han and Old Xu, like others, did not know that such a department existed. exist.

Lao He said: "Chen Tianhua... or Mi Qiao, I noticed you when you arrested Ci Tong."

Both of them were startled when they heard this, and then immediately understood that when they were in Citong, the leader guaranteed that Mi Qiao's identity was fine because there was Lao He or his research center behind him.

"Is she yours?" Wang De'an asked subconsciously.

"It can be said that it is, or it can be said that it is not." Lao He said, "That's right, our specific research and investigation on 'abnormal organisms' are done together with a certain company, or we mainly focus on that company. To carry out, our intelligence is more about assistance, supervision and safety assessment. If you two are willing to join, after completing the procedures, your establishment will be secretly transferred to the 'Abnormal Biological Research Center', but on the surface When you act externally, you will have an identity assigned by another company, and you will cooperate with the company's relevant investigators. Mi Qiao is not a person from the 'center', but a person from the company."

Both of them were a little confused. Zhao Feng subconsciously said: "What company? Is it a subordinate institution of the center?"

Lao He smiled and said nothing.

Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately and said, "Both of us are willing to join."

Wang De'an also nodded in agreement.

Lao He didn't come up with any more agreements or anything like that for them to sign immediately. He seemed to already trust their verbal agreement and said, "It's 'Shenxing Technology'. As for its relationship with the center, you don't have to care. After joining, , you are no longer the police. Remember, outside you only have relevant investigative powers and no law enforcement powers. Any information and materials on 'abnormal creatures' obtained through investigation must be submitted to the 'center' or 'god'. The researchers who work with you in Xingxing Technology are not allowed to leak information or deal with violations without authorization. According to the specific regulations, someone will give you a detailed introduction and training later. Of course, it will have to be after this mission. This mission will There is someone with you, ask him if you have any questions, and he will make sure everything is in compliance.”

Seeing that the two of them still seemed confused and a little confused, Lao He added: "Investigate, collect, and report, that's all you have to do now. Don't get involved in the specific 'research' part, stay curious, and don't If you have excessive curiosity, abide by relevant regulations and confidentiality agreements, and have performed a mission once, you will almost understand.”

…

At around 12 noon, Xia Libing stood up from the computer, put the "cake01" notebook in his pocket, took the chopsticks made by Xiang Kun, and walked to the kitchen.

She opened the refrigerator, took out a few pieces of rabbit meat from the freezer, and defrosted it in the microwave.

There were actually several cages piled up in the corner of the kitchen, taking up most of the kitchen. There were more than twenty meat rabbits in them. He had contacted the minivan in the morning and brought them back from the place where Xiang Kun bought meat rabbits last time.

But these meat rabbits were kept by Xiang Kun to drink blood.

There was still a lot of rabbit meat left when Xiang Kun drank blood at her place last month. It was all placed in the freezer and was not eaten.

Xia Libing simply chopped the thawed rabbit meat into small pieces. He boiled a pot of water, put the rabbit meat down and covered the pot to cook. Apart from sprinkling some salt, he didn't add any seasoning.

After I felt it was almost done, I brought it to the living room and started eating.

From last night to now, in order to ensure that Xiang Kun could sense her "quasi-emotion" at any time through the "love injection object", so as to suppress the urge to drink blood and stay rational and awake, she had not slept.

Although she could alleviate her sleepiness by borrowing "cake01" to enter the "conscious world", she could not remain in the "conscious world" all the time, so she did not choose to order a meal at noon, nor did she cook a bowl of instant noodles. Choose to eat only rabbit meat - avoid high-carb foods so you won't feel sleepy after eating.

However, she still underestimated how unpalatable the boiled rabbit meat she made was. After only a few bites, she could only take a bite of the "crispy pork knuckle", take a bite of the boiled rabbit meat, and then take a bite of the "crispy pork knuckle". Pork Knuckle” way to solve lunch.

Just when Xia Libing was about to finish a pot of unpalatable rabbit meat through his "wit" and "superpower", the light in the living room that had not been turned on suddenly turned on, then went out immediately, and then immediately turned on again. On, off immediately, on, off, on, off, stopped for a while, then started to stay on for a second, then off, on again...

If it were an ordinary person, not to mention a girl, but a boy, even if it was noon, his scalp would be numb and his back would feel cold, thinking that he had encountered some supernatural event.

However, as the first and only person who knew Xiang Kun's secret, Xia Libing immediately realized that this was Xiang Kun giving her a signal.

Although she never called Xiang Kun directly, she never responded to her message. She already guessed that Xiang Kun's mobile phone might be used for large-scale use of "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Wood Sculpture" emotional projection in Mentamila. There was something wrong with the time and it could no longer be used. Otherwise, it is unlikely that she would have been ignored.

Now it seems that this should be how Xiang Kun contacted her.

After the light in the living room flashed a dozen times, Xia Libing realized that it was Morse code.

She and Xiang Kun had set several simple communication passwords, but those passwords were either recorded, or written in language or Chinese characters. There was no mention of using Morse code.

But Morse code is a very common, simple and ubiquitous signal code. She knew that Xiang Kun would definitely understand it, and Xiang Kun also knew that she would definitely understand it, so there was no need to communicate it in advance.

Xia Libing didn't use paper to take notes. He directly recorded in his mind through the flashing signal of the living room light.

After a while, she discovered that Xiang Kun used the living room lights to express the five letters in a cycle:

B, W, M, J, P

This is obviously not complete Pinyin, nor complete English, but there is no need for Xiang Kun to add another layer of secrets in this case.

Xia Libing thought for a while, picked up her phone, opened the WeChat chat box with Xiang Kun, and then entered these letters using the Pinyin input method, and got two cloud words:

"Buy a plane ticket for me", "Buy a chicken steak for me".

Obviously, what Xiang Kun wanted to express was the former meaning.

Xia Libing immediately opened the ticket purchase APP and used Xiang Kun's name and ID number to purchase the ticket for the nearest flight from Nande City to Citong City.

…

At Nande City Airport, Xiang Kun, who was sitting on the bench next to the entrance, exited the "super-sensory state", waited for a few minutes, then stood up and took his ID card to successfully get his boarding pass.

Indeed, as Xia Libing guessed, his mobile phone was severely damaged when Mengtamila's emotional projection was called before. It could not be turned on, and even the mobile phone card was GG. On the one hand, he was in a hurry and did not want to apply for a new mobile phone card in Nande City. On the other hand, he did not have enough cash on him.

When he was at the airport, he originally wanted to borrow the airport staff's mobile phone to call Lao Xia and ask her to help buy the nearest ticket. As for the mobile phone card, he would wait until he got back to replenish it.

He had also located the "super-connected object" coin on Lao Xia's body and knew that she was still in the home where she lived before in Citong City. He also deduced that she wanted to drink blood in Citong City when she came back, so I plan to let her buy the earliest ticket to Citong directly.

However, when Xiang Kun saw the flashing light of the airport ground staff repairing a certain indicator light, he came up with an idea, so he entered the "super-sensory state" and used the many "super-connected objects" around Lao Xia to understand the room. The lights in it are affected, trying to pass on the Morse code.

The letters expressed in Morse code cycled six times. After discovering Lao Xia picking up the phone in the "super-sensory state", Xiang Kun knew that she knew what he meant.

As expected of Lao Xia, Lao Xia did not disappoint him.

However, Xiang Kun is actually still a little dissatisfied with his abilities. He now has a way to remotely affect electronic products such as mobile phones or computers through "super-connected things" in a "super-sensory state". If he can control it accurately, It would be much easier to open the text directly on your computer or mobile phone and display the words you want to express.

Unfortunately, his control is still too rough now, and he cannot perform such precise and precise operations. He can only affect it by closing and opening the screen.

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