Xiang Kun Definitely Has a Problem

Yang Zhen'er, who initiated the video call with Xia Libing, certainly didn't expect that Lao Xia, who had previously seemed reluctant to video chat with her, had secretly recorded their video and was constantly reviewing and observing it.

Xia Libing initially focused on watching Xiang Kun's rendition of "Meeting Again." She first listened to it with headphones while watching, and then watched it several times with the sound off, pausing, taking screenshots, zooming in, and observing repeatedly.

Because Yang Zhen'er was laughing so hard when Xiang Kun sang this song that she didn't hold her phone properly, and the camera lens was shaky and crooked, it made it quite difficult for Xia Libing to observe.

However, Xia Libing chose to focus on the video of Tang Baona singing "No Road to Transformation," replaying it repeatedly, not because the video was particularly good, but because Xiang Kun's behavior in the video seemed somewhat abnormal to her.

Throughout her interactions with Xiang Kun consistently maintained a calm demeanor, was always thoughtful, observant, and possessed exceptional insight. She also noticed that, like herself, Xiang Kun was always subconsciously observing the people and environment around him.

However, in this video, Xiang Kun seemed completely immersed in Tang Baona's singing. His brows were slightly furrowed, his lips were downturned, and although his gaze was on Tang Baona's hands plucking the strings, his attention was clearly not on the visual image, but rather he seemed to be caught up in some kind of emotion.

This state is clearly not normal for Xiang Kun.

He wasn't even this engrossed when he sang; he was always observing the other people.

Is Nana's singing really that good?

Could it evoke some kind of emotional resonance in him?

Or perhaps he had heard this song before and it resonated with him deeply?

After Tang Baona finished singing, the scene of everyone in the living room praising her and describing their feelings was also recorded. Yang Zhen'er kept the video call connected and turned the phone towards the person speaking so that Xia Libing could see them through the video. Unfortunately, Xia Libing was hoping to see Xiang Kun's reaction after listening to the song.

Xia Libing turned off the sound again and carefully watched the screen several times. Without sound interference, many details on the screen would stand out more, and she still felt that Xiang Kun's behavior was a bit strange.

Given Xiang Kun's consistent style of doing things, even if he really likes a certain song, he shouldn't be that engrossed in it.

Moreover, judging from Xiang Kun's posture, expression, and eyes while sitting, it seems that he was already fully prepared to give his all when Tang Baona first started singing.

If it were anyone else, Xia Libing might have thought he simply wanted to appreciate the song, but this was Xiang Kun —in Xia Libing's judgment, Xiang Kun was a very guarded person with a strong sense of insecurity. Even if he really liked the song and Nana's performance and voice, he should have been unconsciously drawn in and engaged while listening to the song, not in this proactive manner.

Before Tang Baona sang, Xiang Kun's act of bringing her a chair to sit on also puzzled Xia Libing, who watched the video frame by frame.

Xiang Kun's actions of moving the chair over were not random; rather, they seemed to be deliberately placed in a certain position. Moreover, the chair's position was not at the optimal angle relative to the others sitting on the sofa; it was slightly off-center.

What is the special significance of that location?

Although Xia Libing had many questions, she couldn't come up with a logical and plausible answer or line of thought. She was even unsure if she was delusional because she was paying too much attention to Xiang Kun and thinking too much about him.

However, after examining herself, Xia Libing was quite certain that she had no problem, while Xiang Kun definitely had a problem, and her judgment was correct.

Xia Libing used a music app to find the two songs sung by Tang Baona and Xiang Kun, listened to them with headphones, and then hummed along with the lyrics.

However, it is obvious that although Xia Libing is intelligent, she has no talent for singing. The lyrics are basically off-key, and her singing is like a series of bricks, with sharp edges and clear sounds.

If Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, or anyone else who knows her were here, hearing this off-key yet strangely cute singing voice, and comparing it to her usual style of doing things, as well as her focused and serious expression at this moment, they would definitely laugh so hard they couldn't stand up straight.

However, since Xia Libing was all alone, she naturally couldn't appreciate the "humor" in her singing at all.

After humming for a while, Xia Libing couldn't find any clues in the song, so she gave up. She saved the recorded video to the relevant documents on her computer, put the matter aside for the time being, and started looking through the medical records she had been reading.

These medical records, along with a few special patients in this hospital, were actually the reason she insisted on coming to Citong City and working at this hospital.

However, for Xia Libing now, Xiang Kun has become her most important target of observation. She even considered returning to her original city. But after learning that Xiang Kun planned to come back and open a breeding farm, and had already partnered with an old friend in Tongshi Town to open a restaurant, she temporarily gave up that plan and decided to wait until after the New Year to see how things go.

Xiang Kun lay in the grass, covered in mud, his clothes torn in many places, looking quite disheveled.

This is the foot of the small hill where he often went to exercise late at night. He had just rolled down the hill, hence his miserable state.

Xiang Kun came here after noticing the increased humidity in the air, indicating that it was about to rain.

Although he lacks the auditory hairs of a spider, Xiang Kun has found a method to perceive electric fields using known sensory information by continuously iterating on his cognitive model of the natural electric field in the world.

We can use a new cognitive model to perceive atmospheric electric fields.

He climbed a tree, stretched out his hands, and tried to connect with the surrounding magnetic field through his consciousness to see if he could build a cognitive model of the surrounding charges, carry a strong enough charge, and then imitate the mutated spider to "Electric Flight".

After several attempts, when Xiang Kun thought he had a feel for it, he climbed down from the tree, found a relatively steep hillside, and rushed over it quickly, trying to use speed and the moment of taking off to find the feeling of the electric field.

Although he had detected the changes in the atmospheric electric field through the cognitive model, he still couldn't "integrate" into it and use the force of the electric field to fly. So after leaping up and jumping a certain distance, he was unceremoniously pulled to the ground by gravity without any hindrance, and then rolled down the steep hillside.

Fortunately, Xiang Kun had anticipated this situation. The direction he chose was a route he frequently used to rush down the mountain, and he had already carved a path through it. Rolling down that path, he would curl up with his hands on his head and knees, so he wouldn't suffer any serious injuries—at least not for him.

Lying in the grass, Xiang Kun waited for his body to recover while reliving the leap he had just made.

Although he hadn't quite grasped the feeling of "controlling electricity," his understanding of electric fields had become much clearer. He was now like a PC user who had been using a standalone computer since its inception, now aware of the existence of the internet, and having already found the phone number of his internet provider, he was in the process of applying for an account while searching for a suitable network card and modem.

A raindrop fell on Xiang Kun's face. He sat up, stretched his limbs, then got up and went home, without continuing to search for the "feeling".

He felt the weather tonight wasn't quite right; the atmospheric potential gradient wasn't strong enough. He needed to find a stormy day and then try going to a high point near low clouds, believing that would yield better results.

Xiang Kun felt that if he could successfully acquire the ability he wanted to understand and "evolve" this time, it would definitely not just be a simple imitation of a spider's flight.

Being able to sense an electric field and carry enough charge to fly using the electric field force will inevitably enable one to do many more things.

While it's unthinkable to become a comic book character with exaggerated abilities like "Magneto," in this age of ubiquitous electronic devices, being able to utilize electric fields would definitely greatly enhance his self-defense capabilities, and might even lead to the development of more fun and powerful abilities.

After returning home, Xiang Kun checked the time and found it was almost four in the morning. He then sensed the Q-version wooden carving he had given to Tang Baona.

From the feedback and perception he received, Xiang Kun immediately knew that Tang Baona had fallen asleep, and the wood carving had successfully stirred her emotions, initiating a dream.

Tang Baona's dream was in her own living room, surrounded by friends, including Yang Zhen'er, her sister Bao Ting, her future brother-in-law Gao Yao, and others who had appeared that night. Even their clothes and appearances were exactly the same as tonight, making it seem like an extension of tonight's scene.

Tang Baona and her friends were sitting on the sofa, while on one side of the TV wall, there was a "person" singing Wu Bai's "Meeting Again" while awkwardly dancing a Taiwanese folk dance.

The voice of this "person" is Xiang Kun's voice, and it's imitating Wu Bai's singing voice, but the appearance is not Xiang Kun's, but Saitama from One-Punch Man, and in a comical form.

The appearance of a two-dimensional anime character in a three-dimensional scene was already somewhat abrupt and comical. Coupled with Saitama's goofy appearance, funny actions, and Xiang Kun's singing, Tang Baona and the others on the sofa laughed so hard they couldn't stop.

Even Xiang Kun, who was perceiving the dream, couldn't help but grin when he saw this scene. However, he wasn't surprised to see Saitama, because when he was carving the chibi wooden sculpture of Tang Baona and Emotional Injection," he was thinking about the fun and funny content in One-Punch Man. So it was only natural that the emotional projection of the wooden sculpture was Saitama.

After Tang Baona's dream slowly faded away, Xiang Kun waited for a while, and when he felt that the "cool-down time" of the wooden carving should be over, he sensed it again. He knew that Yang Zhen'er often slept directly in Tang Baona's room after playing games or watching anime late at night. Based on his previous experience, he knew that items that "Emotional Injection" could affect multiple targets in the surrounding area one after another on the same night.

Since he had already made Tang Baona have a "happy" dream, it would be a piece of cake for Xiang Kun to make Yang Zhen'er "happy" as well.

Moreover, he was quite curious about what Yang Zhen'er's "happy" dreams would be like.

After a while, the wooden carving gave feedback, Xiang Kun saw the dream from a first-person perspective.

The first thing I saw was Saitama's dream projection. However, this time Saitama wasn't singing or dancing. Instead, he was wearing an apron and cooking in an open kitchen. Yang Zhen'er was sitting at the table next to him, with Tang Baona and Xia Libing also sitting at the table.

A moment later, Saitama brought over a plate of food and placed it on the table. Xiang Kun immediately recognized it as dry-pot rabbit, a dish he had repeatedly adjusted to suit Yang Zhen'er's taste. It was arguably her favorite dish.

Then Xiang Kun heard a crisp "clang!" Yang Zhen'er suddenly stood up and pulled a knife from her waist... uh... chopsticks?!

At the same time, Xia Libing pulled out a stainless steel rice spoon as big as a shovel, while Tang Baona took out a huge fork.

The three people faced off across the dining table like three martial arts masters, and then... they started circling the table clockwise?

After a while, Yang Zhen'er suddenly flicked her chopsticks, knocking Xia Libing's soup spoon away, and then swept her chopsticks back, sending Tang Baona's fork flying.

Xia Libing and Tang Baona gritted their teeth and cursed, "Damn it!" as they helplessly retreated.

Yang Zhen'er put her hands on her hips, tilted her head back, and laughed heartily for a while before starting to devour the rabbit meat on the table.

Xiang Kun could sense that the more she ate, the happier, more joyful, and more pleased she became.

Even after the dream faded, Xiang Kun's grin remained unbroken. He never expected that Yang the Third's dream would be so hilarious, so silly, and so childish!

It's a pity that the scenes in this dream could be "recorded" and made into GIFs.

After daybreak, Xiang Kun went to the station and bought a ticket to the city where Little Apple lived. He was going to pick up "Gold Glitter" and bring her back.

Before going to the Qinling Uninhabited Zone, he entrusted "Gold Glitter" to Little Apple. Although it was well past the agreed time, Little Apple obviously wouldn't mind that Xiang Kun hadn't picked up "Gold Glitter," and was probably secretly hoping that he would stay a little longer.

On the long-distance bus, Xiang Kun scrolled through his phone while thinking about the information he had found on "Alice" the night before.

Although Shenxing Technology usually keeps a low profile, there is still a lot of relevant information about it online. Even though Alice helped him filter out a lot of duplicate content, he still spent a long time looking at it. As for the information about Lu Cheng'an, the boss of Shenxing Technology, it was similar to the results of his previous manual search, without much substantial content.

Regarding Lu Cheng'an's family, only his place of origin and some early experiences are mentioned. However, there is not much accurate and detailed information about his wife and children.

There were some random guesses and hearsay, such as "I heard his wife died a long time ago," "I heard his son is abroad," "His son seems to be that female celebrity's boyfriend," and "Is so-and-so dating the son of the boss of Shenxing Technology?" but not a single specific name could be found.

There wasn't much more content on the English webpage either.

It is obvious that someone is deliberately controlling this information, and has been controlling it for a very long time to achieve this result.

Looking at the few photos of Lu Cheng'an that he had found, Xiang Kun's suspicions about the founder of "Shenxing Technology" deepened.

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