Regardless of whether her claims about the timing and cause of the mutation are true or false, judging from this reply alone, the vampire behind "August's Kasumi" clearly values establishing contact with Xiang Kun, a potential "vampire companion," very much. Xiang Kun showed an attitude of "take it or leave it," and although she expressed dissatisfaction, she still actively pushed the conversation forward, making concessions time and time again.
Her final reply, "Who was your first food?", revealed even more information.
The question "who" clearly refers to a person, and she asked it as if it were perfectly reasonable, meaning that the other party feeds on human blood and assumes that Xiang Kun must do the same.
Do vampires always have to drink human blood? Based on Xiang Kun's personal experience, the answer is clearly no.
He had been in several conflicts with others before, and blood had splattered on him during the fights. He had also secretly tried it, and found that it was no different from the blood of poultry and livestock, which relieved him at the time. Moreover, in the past half month or so, he even felt that rabbit blood brought him a stronger sense of satisfaction and was more effective at quelling hunger than the blood of other poultry and livestock, so there was no need for him to drink human blood at all.
Moreover, we live in a society governed by the rule of law, and consuming human blood would cause many problems. If, as Xiang Kun's experiment with rabbit blood showed, the effects diminish significantly about 3 minutes after being removed from the body, then this would be even more problematic.
Insisting on feeding on human blood is just asking for trouble and courting death, isn't it?
But the way she asked the question made it sound like she was implying that vampires must drink human blood.
Was this a test?
Xiang Kun's preconceived notion that her goal in doing all this was to "fish," all the previous questions, except for confirming Xiang Kun's vampire identity, were all aimed at extracting information from him and determining his location.
Could it be that if we knew the circumstances of Xiang Kun's first attack, we could use related news and big data searches to narrow down the search and investigate his identity? Or could we obtain other information related to vampire mutations that Xiang Kun is currently unaware of? For example, could the term "first" have a special meaning?
He naturally put himself in the other person's possible way of thinking.
His mind raced, weighing several possible responses, but Xiang Kun's hands didn't stop; he replied directly, "I don't know you. What about you?"
August's Kasumi: "Me too, how exactly did you do it, and how did you handle it afterwards?"
I don't want to answer that question.
Xiang Kun replied, because he didn't know how to respond. Moreover, the other person's tone, treating people like food, gave him an instinctive aversion, and his first reaction was to call the police...
The other party didn't press the issue further, but instead asked, "How many times have you slept with them?"
Xiang Kun really wanted to ask if her first "food" was still alive, but he held back, knowing he might not get the truth even if he asked. He had already realized that the vampire behind the ID "August's Kasumi" was likely very different from him, and he had to be careful with his replies.
As for the current issue, based on Xiang Kun's judgment of his own situation, it should be a test of his current mutation status, or rather, his potential strength.
Because it is obvious that a long period of sleep is required after each blood-drinking period, during which the body will mutate or evolve based on the targeted training of this blood-drinking period. In other words, the more times you sleep, the stronger your bodily functions will generally become.
Of course, judging from the "mutated owl's" memories, the time it mutated, the number of times it drank blood, and the number of times it slept were significantly more than Xiang Kun's. However, in terms of the specific improvement in its physical abilities, it was not stronger than Xiang Kun. This may also be related to the owl's original size and strength, and the increase in its physical abilities must be based on its own original size.
Should we report more or less?
Xiang Kun pondered whether he should make the other party perceive him as strong or weak.
From the time he mutated until now, including the time he first drank chicken blood and went into a deep sleep, and the time he killed the Giant Owl, he has drunk blood and gone into a deep sleep a total of fifteen times.
However, after thinking about it for a while, he decided not to say anything. He suspected that since their eating habits were different, their statistical methods were likely not based on the same system. No matter how he answered, it would easily arouse the other party's suspicion and make them speculate and judge his information.
Pipi Kaka Qiuqiu: "I didn't count the exact number, but it was pretty many."
August's Kasumi: "You're so careless, you don't take your own situation seriously at all! How long have you been a vampire?"
Pipi Kaka Qiuqiu: "About a month."
Since the other party has requested a month's salary, then he will also request a month's salary.
August's Kasumi: "Do you know any other vampires? Or animals like vampires?"
Pipi Kaka Qiuqiu: "Animals? Animals like vampires? You don't mean mosquitoes or bats, do you?" He smoothly threw the question back at the other person, guessing that the other person wanted to use this to determine whether he had drunk the blood of other Mutated Creature.
August's Kasumi: "Not only are there human vampires, but there are also animals. Normal animals become bloodthirsty and powerful."
For example? Have you encountered this before?
"No, but I know such a thing exists."
"How did you know? Didn't you only become a vampire a month ago?" Xiang Kun replied.
It's obvious that the other party has ruined the persona she had created.
This time, the other end paused for quite a while before sending a message again:
"The mutations we've experienced, and the so-called vampires, are not the same thing as those online legends. A foreign company has already conducted related research. If you want to know more, you can visit their website www.******. com, or simply search for their company name. However, you probably won't find it on domestic search engines."
Hehe...
Xiang Kun didn't need to click the link or search for it to know what it was.
He could almost picture the vampire behind the ID "August's Kasumi" scratching his head in Zhihu as they chatted.
Unless you entice Xiang Kun to do something voluntarily, it will be extremely difficult to find Xiang Kun real IP address, thereby pinpointing his location and identifying him.
The information revealed in Xiang Kun's chat was also very subtle, making it easy to deduce relevant information.
Of course, Xiang Kun wouldn't try to find out the other party's location or identity. Although he didn't know the other party's specific skill level, he was confident in his defense but not in his ability to counterattack. If he went out to probe, he might be caught off guard and his defense would be breached.
The scenario of setting up a defensive wall in stoppage time, pushing out to take a gamble, only to be defeated by a last-minute goal, is not unique to the football field.
Moreover, he clearly sensed that the other party was now more proactive and eager.
Why?
Thinking about the "Giant Owl's" reaction and how he felt when he saw it, he roughly knew what was going on.
He suspected that after consuming a certain amount of food, ordinary blood could no longer meet his needs, and he would have to obtain the blood of a similarly Mutated Creature.
This explains why the "Giant Owl," which had been hiding deep in the mountains and forests and deliberately avoiding humans, suddenly approached human settlements.
Why would this "August's Kasumi" go to such lengths to "fish" online and act so eager to pinpoint her location?
You want to eat me?
Xiang Kun's expression turned somewhat ferocious for a moment, but he quickly recovered. In the deserted dumpling restaurant, a customer seemed to sense something, looked up, glanced around blankly, shook his head, and continued to eat.
After a while, Pipi Kaka Qiuqiu, "Huh? Holy crap! What website did you give me? Clicking on it almost crashed my computer." Of course, he wouldn't actually click on it.
August's Kasumi: "..."
"How did you solve the problem of drinking blood?" Xiang Kun immediately asked.
"I know you have a lot of questions. How about this, let's meet. I've actually been a vampire for more than a month now, and I know far more than you can imagine. For example, the reasons for our mutation, what we will become in the future, and how to find food safely and conveniently."
Clearly, the other party also realized that she was probably too hasty and had inadvertently abandoned the persona of "August's Kasumi," the novice vampire girl. They also realized that the vampire behind the ID "Pipi Kaka Qiuqiu" was extremely wary and not so easily fooled. Trying to secretly pinpoint her identity and location across the internet was not a feasible approach.
"You have to tell me something first." Since the other party was more anxious than he was, Xiang Kun, who had the upper hand, naturally wouldn't let go of the opportunity to continue to squeeze him. Regardless of whether the information the other party gave was true or false, more information would always make it easier for him to make a judgment.
There was a moment of silence on the other end before a reply came:
"If you become manic and on the verge of losing control on some nights because you can't find enough food, how would you cope?"
This response was indeed very targeted, because when Xiang Kun proved that he was a vampire, he mentioned that he was more prone to becoming manic when he was hungry at night and had no blood to drink.
Xiang Kun recalled that he had done experiments before. After feeling hungry, if it was at night, he would experience obvious and difficult-to-control anxiety about four hours later. If he included the daytime, he could suppress it for about 22 hours in total, after which he would experience more uncontrollable behaviors and impulses. He did not continue to try it.
If it were now, he would probably swallow the two pebbles that had formed a connection, using the discomfort of the pebbles churning in his stomach to distract himself and prevent hunger from completely clouding his judgment.
He replied, "I can only find food as quickly as possible. Do you have any solutions?"
August's Kasumi: "I'll tell you, bleed yourself, how much is up to you, then find the blood of other animals to quench your thirst—chicken, duck, cow, or pig, the choice is yours. Then you'll go into a long sleep, and when you wake up you'll be a little weak, but it will help you survive this famine."
Xiang Kun then realized that the "food" this guy was talking about actually referred to human blood.
Moreover, it seems that the blood of other animals can only be used as a "snack" to "alleviate" hunger?
Without waiting for Xiang Kun's reply, the other end sent a message directly. "If you want to know more, meet me at town in city at 2 PM the day after tomorrow. Give me your contact information, WeChat or phone number, and I'll contact you then. I won't send it a second time. If you're not sincere about getting to know me, then forget it, don't contact me again, I'll block you."