After leaving the neighborhood where Xia Libing lived, Xiang Kun was inexplicably caught up in a certain emotion because of a song. His subjective attention was focused on his own situation the whole way, and he did not pay attention to his surroundings.
But this does not mean that he has no memory of the various sensory information around him, including visual images.
With his exceptional sensory abilities and almost instinctive observational skills, he still managed to capture a great deal of information, though he didn't notice it at the time.
Now, looking back at that information, at those scenes he caught in the corner of his eye, he keenly noticed the gazes and strange behaviors of some passersby.
Normally, when he's on the street, people might occasionally linger on him for a moment, probably attracted by his bald head, but that's still very rare—compared to beautiful women or handsome men, a bald head doesn't attract as much attention.
In a big city like this, you can see all kinds of outfits, and being bald is not unusual. So even if someone glances at him briefly, it's usually just a quick look and they don't stare at him.
Judging from the images I remember, that action of glancing over and then quickly looking away was like seeing a black person on the street by chance, not paying attention at first, but then suddenly realizing that it was Kobe and quickly looking back.
The number of people who were inexplicably drawn to him was not large, but statistically speaking, it was quite unusual.
If it was because his satchel was particularly eye-catching today, then why didn't he attract that same level of attention when he entered the subway station, the subway car, and later when he returned to the street?
Clearly, something unusual happened between Xia Libing's house and the subway station.
Xiang Kun knew very well that the most unusual thing was that he was influenced by Xu Wei's song and entered into his own imagined emotions.
He then turned his attention to his phone, quickly checking the content on Weibo, especially the very first Weibo.
"... Although he walked among the crowd, he possessed a sense of loneliness that transcended the mundane world, like a lone wolf burdened with many secrets..."
Looking at this sentence, Xiang Kun seemed to be deep in thought.
If it were someone else, they might think it was just a coincidence that the blogger shared the same feelings as them.
But Xiang Kun, who had experienced all sorts of things, knew that this situation was probably not a coincidence, but rather an influence he had unconsciously exerted on those around him, causing them to unconsciously resonate with the same emotions as him.
However, Xiang Kun's emotional focus was on himself, while everyone else's emotional focus was also on him.
After quickly browsing through other netizens' comments on the initial photo, Xiang Kun concluded that the photo did not have the kind of impact that would resonate with people.
However, just to be sure, he asked Tang Baona again on WeChat: "Do you have any feelings about that photo?"
"What does it feel like?" Tang Baona sent a puzzled emoji.
Xiang Kun: "Didn't that blogger think my back view looked like a lone wolf? What's your opinion?"
Tang Baona: "Yeah, he really does look like a lone ranger, carrying a quiver, like he's going hunting something..."
Tang Baona sent a string of laughing emojis, "I'd think you were going to take a bow and arrow to hunt rabbits, pigs, sheep, pheasants, roe deer... sigh, too much meat! You could pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables while you're at it... and then turn them all into delicious food! Chef Xiang ever! I've decided, I'll give you a chef's hat and a set of chef's knives for Christmas!"
Xiang Kun: "..."
He concluded that the photos couldn't affect other people's emotions; only those who were around him at the time could.
Moreover, this influence doesn't seem to be very strong. After all, not everyone who passes by him or glances at him reacts. Overall, it's only a very small number of people. We don't know what the mechanism is, and this needs to be studied further.
I remember the last time I was cooking late at night and listening to music, I couldn't help but sing along, which resulted in complaints from other residents, and the security guard came and knocked on the door.
Xiang Kun realized that his emotional state wasn't directly related to the song itself, and even if he suddenly found the song "Once Upon a Time" again, he wouldn't easily get back into that mood.
The trigger for him to enter a certain emotion is probably not much different from that of an ordinary person. However, once he enters a certain emotion, he easily becomes oblivious to his surroundings, ignoring information from his environment and becoming completely immersed and engaged. But this is different from the backlash that comes after exerting a fierce emotional influence on a target. It is not a sign of losing control. Even when completely immersed in a certain emotion, he is still himself.
As for music, it is itself a catalyst for emotions.
It's not that he's easily influenced by music and therefore easily immersed in emotions, but rather that he's easily immersed in emotions and therefore easily influenced by music.
In the future, if he needs to immerse himself in a specific emotion, he may be able to use specific, relevant music for guidance and assistance.
Based on his experiences over several encounters, Xiang Kun formed a basic assessment and some conjectures about his ability to influence and intimidate humans and other animals on a spiritual level:
First, when one exerts a deterrent influence on a specific person or animal, the target will be oppressed by one's emotions and become the recipient of those emotions. Within a certain radius, other creatures of the same type as the target will experience a weakened version of the same influence.
Second, when someone is not targeting anyone but is immersed in a certain emotion, they can influence those Emotional Assimilation them to experience the same emotion, but with the same target. In other words, when Xiang Kun believes himself to be a "heartless killer," others who are Emotional Assimilation will not see themselves as such, but will instead perceive Xiang Kun as a similarly "heartless killer."
Third, this ability to influence other creatures through one's own intentions and emotions should be derived from the blood of the "Giant Owl." However, this ability must have undergone some mutation within itself. Initially, this ability of the "Giant Owl" was probably just used to intimidate other creatures in its territory and declare its power. It was likely just a "passive effect" that it was unaware of. Otherwise, if it could actively apply it to its hunting targets, it would have used it during its two battles with Xiang Kun.
It's likely that its brain's thinking process is relatively simple, lacking the many complex emotions of humans, which is why this ability hasn't been developed into more functional areas.
After summarizing, Xiang Kun called the emotional influence method of locking onto a target "Mental Intimidation," while the method of passively influencing others simply by immersing oneself in emotions without locking onto a target was called "Emotional Assimilation."
Whether it's "Mental Intimidation" or "Emotional Assimilation," Xiang Kun decided to use it as little as possible in groups of people, especially the latter, as it's easy to unknowingly fall into a certain emotion and then use it against one's will.
As for "Mental Intimidation," he planned to use it on human targets as little as possible unless absolutely necessary. He intended to conduct sufficient experiments and summaries on other animals first, mastering enough techniques and training methods before researching more applications, so as to avoid unknowingly heading in a direction of mutation he did not want. After all, previous experiences showed that while "Mental Intimidation" affected other organisms, it also had a reverse effect on him, especially after sunset.
He had a vague feeling that this ability, which he suspected came from the blood of the "Giant Owl," still had much to be developed and explored.
Thinking about the possible principles behind this ability and the significance it represents only fueled his excitement and anticipation.
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