They didn't go anywhere else to drink. Chang Bin simply wanted to find someone to confide in and vent his frustrations. He had already achieved his goal and didn't need to actually get drunk.
Chang Bin originally wanted Xiang Kun to drive the car back, but Xiang Kun said that it would be too troublesome to think about when he would come to drive it back, and he could just take a taxi back.
However, after leaving Chang Bin's underground parking lot, Xiang Kun did not immediately call a car, but instead wandered around on the road.
He needed to organize the results of his experiment at the bar that evening.
Thinking about the expressions on everyone's faces in the bar when he sang tonight, Xiang Kun couldn't help but fantasize. If he debuted in the entertainment industry now, he'd probably gain a lot of fans with his live performances. However, if those fans posted the videos online afterwards, he'd probably be bombarded with insults from netizens...
If you could simply imagine a movie in your mind, would it be possible to use Projection Manifestation technique to allow people in the audience to experience it as if they were actually there? Perhaps even with some sense of smell and touch? A super-realistic 5D movie?
However, it seems unlikely. Although the "Projection Manifestation" method only requires a moment of eye contact and doesn't need to be maintained continuously, the effect still has a time limit and cannot be maintained for a long time. Xiang Kun doesn't have detailed experimental data on the exact duration yet, but it shouldn't exceed five minutes.
Well, if you're watching a movie together in a theater, then "Emotional Assimilation" could probably get everyone in the theater into the same emotional state as you, provided, of course, that the movie itself also evokes your emotions.
But affecting only one screening room is meaningless; a concert would have a much wider impact.
It seems that this also applies when introducing products. As long as you believe the product is VERY GOOD, you can make customers feel the same way and then willingly pay to place an order.
It can also persuade investors...
After indulging in some wild speculation about the applications of his abilities, Xiang Kun refocused his attention on the abilities themselves.
He called this enhanced and evolved ability, built upon "Emotional Assimilation," "Projection Manifestation."
Although the specific form of "Projection Manifestation" is very different from Guo Tianxiang's "Self-Fear Projection", it is definitely influenced by the ability he received from his blood. This can be seen from the fact that after making eye contact with someone, he will receive a feedback of what the other person sees - his original ability could not do this.
If we compare the human brain to a computer terminal, then Guo Tianxiang's "Self-Fear Projection" is like sending an instruction to the target terminal, and then the target terminal performs a series of processes (mental reconstruction) based on this instruction, and feeds back data so that he can see the processed "fear projection".
Xiang Kun's "Projection Manifestation" in the bar involved first processing the data (imagined images brought about by emotions) on his own terminal, then sending it to the target terminal so that the other party could directly see the projected image, and performing some minor processing (filling in the blanks), before feeding back the data seen by the other party.
It can be seen that Guo Tianxiang's "establishment of his own terror projection" has the advantages of being simpler and more efficient, with data processing all taking place on the target terminal, resulting in better compatibility with the target terminal and allowing the target terminal to fully accept the results; the disadvantage is that it transmits less data and has a limited function.
Xiang Kun's "Projection Manifestation" offers greater control and flexibility in determining what kind of projection the target terminal should see; however, because data processing is required on both terminals and more data is transmitted, the entire process is relatively slow and its compatibility (realism) is relatively weaker.
Although he found the derived ability "Projection Manifestation", Xiang Kun was still somewhat bothered by his inability to reproduce "creating his own terrifying projection", and he didn't know where the problem lay.
He believes that his significant advantage over Guo Tianxiang lies in his ability to exert a much stronger influence on the consciousness of others, which, in layman's terms, means he can transmit a much larger amount of data.
The most crucial aspect of Guo Tianxiang's ability is how he issues the instruction to the target terminal (other people's brains) to construct a fear projection.
In terms of difficulty, it is definitely more difficult to "Projection Manifestation".
Once the trigger switch is found, Xiang Kun should be able to easily master Guo Tianxiang's ability to "create his own terrifying projection".
But where exactly is this "switch"?
As Xiang Kun pondered, he smiled and nodded to the occasional passersby, then met their gazes with a puzzled look when they looked at him, trying to get a feel for the situation and see if any inspiration would strike him.
Of course, those who were Xiang Kun's gaze immediately looked away and quickened their pace to leave, including the two drunkards.
He even followed the scent to look at the rats and stray cats rummaging through the trash in the corner, but it had no effect; there was no indication of "Self-Fear Projection."
It was almost midnight, and he could only reluctantly take a taxi home.
First, there were hardly any pedestrians on the road; second, it would seem strange to continue wandering around so late, and he still remembered his previous lesson.
Xiang Kun planned to go back and continue digging into Guo Tianxiang's memories to see if he could find any clues.
If you think about it, even without considering his other abilities, Guo Tianxiang's two abilities alone, "Eye-Contact Hypnosis" and "creating his own terrifying projection," are enough for him to thrive in human society.
In this day and age, physical abilities such as strength, speed, and reaction time are not truly crucial for survival. No matter how powerful your body is, can you outmatch machine guns, cannons, or even more advanced weaponry?
Conversely, being able to influence the consciousness of others is truly advantageous in human society.
In biology, there is a concept called "specialization," which is a biological evolutionary process from general to specific.
Like saber-toothed tigers, their huge long teeth made it easy for them to ambush large, thick-skinned herbivores that were not very agile or fast, and then kill them with a single bite after overwhelming them.
Subsequently, due to changes in climate and environment, the number of large, thick-skinned herbivores decreased significantly, and saber-toothed tigers were not good at hunting agile, smaller herbivores, so they quickly became extinct.
Another feline species similar to the saber-toothed tiger, the saber-toothed cat, had relatively short and thick saber teeth that could crush the skulls of animals, making them highly lethal. They thrived by ambushing and killing baboons and Australopithecus, the ancestor of humans.
However, when humans mastered primitive stone tools more than a million years ago and began to live in caves instead of trees, the saber-toothed cat, which could only eat baboons, gradually became extinct.
Guo Tianxiang thought so too. His specialization was the ability to influence and control the mental and conscious levels of other humans, and even the ability to "Self-Fear Projection" was effective on animals. Once he used it, the other party would either be unable to resist or be frightened away, making him invincible. He could obtain the blood he wanted in many ways in a covert manner.
For him, the natural enhancement to his physical abilities from drinking blood was already sufficient.
Like a powerful mage who maxed out spell power and casting speed, with 100 spell power, he was invincible against a bunch of weak players with only 5 or 10 magic resistance. One control skill plus one damage skill, and the battle was over. He didn't even need to carry health potions. Occasionally, he would engage in melee combat, just hitting people with his staff. But he never expected to suddenly encounter a monk like Xiang Kun with 99 magic resistance, and before he could react, he was instantly killed.
Of course, Xiang Kun still needed to confirm one thing: how Guo Tianxiang acquired the infrared imaging ability of his eyes and the two abilities to influence the minds of others.
Does Guo Tianxiang actually know about methods for targeted training to guide mutations, or does he even have that ability?