Hyper-Sensory State

Xiang Kun and Yang Zhuo chatted all night and felt that the exchange was very effective.

Whether it's "guiding" him, developing a training plan for his observation and reasoning abilities, or explaining the ideas and operational concepts behind making "Youlong Teases Rabbits" videos, he can quickly accept and understand them.

Of course, when it comes to video editing skills, creative ideas for video production, and understanding of audience preferences and trending topics on major video websites, Yang Zhuo is definitely not as good as Tang Baona.

However, based on the cognitive model Xiang Kun established for Yang Zhuo, he judged that Yang Zhuo's learning ability was quite good and that there was still a lot of room for improvement.

Yang Zhuo was also very interested in making and operating videos for "Youlong Teases Rabbits" part-time. He had seen someone online "research" and found that the videos posted by this UP master were recorded in the same kitchen as the videos of Xiang Kun making bamboo rat meat while commenting on various food programs. That's when he started paying attention to the UP master "Youlongxitu".

Now that they know the connection between Xiang Kun and "Youlong Teases Rabbits," they are naturally very interested in participating in the production.

Moreover, Xiang Kun had promised him a reward. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he was quite looking forward to it and happy. His girlfriend, Xiao Min, wasn't the vain type, but eating out, going out, and the occasional small gift still cost a lot of money. Recently, his wallet had been emptying at an alarming rate, and he had to "scam" his older sister to help him.

When Xiang Kun left the coffee shop to go home, it was not yet 11 p. m., and instead of taking a taxi, he slowly drove around the streets.

After gaining that new ability to directly perceive electric and magnetic fields through a recent blood-drinking mutation, Xiang Kun frequently used it, trying to find a way to perceive electric and magnetic fields other than the atmospheric electric field.

Although he could only vaguely perceive a trend, such as being able to vaguely sense that a high-powered appliance was being turned on and off in a certain direction of the room, he believed that as long as he maintained the rate at which this perception improved, provided sufficient practice and guidance, and went through several blood-drinking periods and several mutations and evolutions, he would be able to perceive the information he wanted to perceive.

He never intended to act as a human signal receiver, receiving the various electromagnetic waves transmitting information in the air.

Simply sensing those electromagnetic waves is like peeking at a letter someone is passing, but the words on the letter are written in a special code that he can't understand, so he can't know the content.

Training him to develop demodulation and decoding abilities would be another huge "project," potentially requiring countless hours and effort without success. Even if achieved, it wouldn't be very meaningful. It would be better to equip Alice with suitable devices and let her do the work herself.

However, being able to perceive those signals is not meaningless. He can selectively block and affect the transmission of certain signals, which may sometimes give him a safer environment and more convenient space to maneuver.

Once it reaches a certain level, it might even be possible to create an effect similar to EMP, paralyzing all electronic devices within a small area.

In other words, he doesn't need to intercept or interpret the messenger's message; he can simply push the messenger and send him tumbling into a ditch. Or he can just block the road, preventing any messenger or courier from passing.

Although the temperature was already quite low and a cold wind was blowing, the city was still far from deserted late at night. In the more bustling areas, there were still quite a few pedestrians, and even the roadside barbecue stalls and snack stalls were still doing brisk business, making it very lively.

Xiang Kun walked slowly along the road, as if taking a stroll, but his pace gradually slowed down.

He vaguely seemed to have found some kind of feeling, as if countless dense, fine lines were extending from his body, connecting with his surroundings, linking with something they felt could provide feedback, and then trembling slightly, seemingly bringing back all sorts of information.

The way he receives feedback is through the new sensory abilities he gained after drinking blood. These sensory organs seem to be "integrated" into his brain's neural pathways, closely influencing his thoughts and, in turn, being influenced by his thoughts and consciousness.

Just like finding a solution to a problem that had been tackling for days, Xiang Kun's attention became increasingly focused, to the point that even his other sensory abilities began to be gradually shut down and blocked.

Suddenly, he could not hear any sound, see any sight, smell any odor, or feel any touch. It was as if his consciousness had completely detached from his body and was wandering in the air.

However, he did not completely lose his support; he still possessed a special kind of perception, and his body became part of this perception.

He was like a creature swimming in water, using countless tentacles or tendrils to perceive his surroundings.

At first, it seemed as if he was wandering in a vast, deep sea, feeling the changes in the surrounding water. Then, the entire ocean transformed into rivers, in which he could swim freely. Next, these rivers turned into lakes.

He discovered that the changes around him were closely related to his consciousness, but they did not change according to his consciousness. Rather, the environmental states he could perceive were different when his consciousness changed—all of those states existed in real time, but he could not perceive all of them at the same time.

A wave of dizziness Xiang Kun, and he recovered from that "out-of-body" state, regaining his senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

He noticed that he was standing still by the roadside, recalling that he had just lost his sight, hearing, and many other sensory abilities, and that when his consciousness "left his body," he had walked to this spot.

He did not fall to the ground due to the brief "disconnect" between his consciousness and body; his body remained in a normal state.

Xiang Kun glanced at the time, then recalled the last time he saw his phone, and then recalled and calculated the time he had spent walking during that time. From this, he deduced that his brief "out-of-body" state this time should not have lasted more than a minute.

Judging from his surroundings, no one was paying attention to him, no one stopped to look at him, and the customers at the food stalls and shops not far away did not look at him either, which shows that he himself did not show any obvious abnormal behavior just now.

Xiang Kun continued walking with a calm expression. A dozen minutes later, he sat down on a bench outside a lawn, closed his eyes, and prepared to try to enter that special state of perception again.

He had been focused on sensing electric and magnetic fields when he was suddenly deprived of his senses, such as sight and hearing, as if his consciousness and body had been completely separated.

But he knew that his sensory abilities had not been completely eliminated; there was still one sensory ability supporting his cognition—the electric field perception ability he had just gained after this blood-drinking mutation.

So, in that state, what he perceived were changes in the electric and magnetic fields?

It's only because entering that "intense perception" mode would conflict and interfere with other sensory abilities such as hearing, smell, and sight that those senses are temporarily shut down, as if suddenly losing sensation and control over the body, like an out-of-body experience?

As for the dizziness that occurred when finally leaving that state, it was probably the brain's self-protective mechanism as it could not withstand the high workload.

Xiang Kun pondered, he once again entered that special sensory mode of "closing off" and "eliminating" other senses, following the same method as before.

This time, in that special sensory state, Xiang Kun paid even closer attention to the details of changes in the surrounding environment, keeping them in a fixed form.

He began to compare his cognitive model with that he had built before entering this special sensory state, based on his observations of the surrounding environment using traditional sensory information and infrared thermal imaging.

By comparing the two cognitive models, Xiang Kun could confirm that after entering this special sensory state, what he perceived was still the surrounding environment. It was just that he perceived the surrounding environment in a different special way.

Is it an electric field, a magnetic field? An electromagnetic wave?

He knew that any matter above absolute zero radiates electromagnetic waves. Was the sensory world he perceived composed of various waves?

This time, Xiang Kun didn't wait until he felt dizzy before voluntarily withdrawing from that sensory state.

He continued to observe his surroundings. After more than ten minutes, he took out his phone, switched to video recording mode, pointed the lens outward, held it in his hand, and then closed his eyes to continue entering that special sensory state.

After several tens of seconds, once he was out of the special sensory state, he picked up his phone, stopped recording, and began to play back the recording. He listened carefully to the sounds and watched the videos, comparing them with the environmental changes he had perceived during the special sensory state.

He realized that some of the environmental changes he perceived in that special state were actually the vibrations and propagation of certain sounds in the air, and some of the changes were people or cars moving on the road.

Xiang Kun sat on a bench outside the lawn for more than an hour, repeatedly entering and exiting that sensory state, perceiving the same space around him, comparing various changes, making statistics and summaries, and establishing a "cognitive mode" for switching between the two sensory states.

Xiang Kun believed that even if he couldn't make that special sensory state compatible with his normal sensory abilities for the time being, it wouldn't be long before, with his brain's thinking ability, he could basically summarize some patterns and know what he was perceiving and where he was "after" entering that "special sensory state".

Tomorrow marks another blood-drinking period, so Xiang Kun didn't go home tonight. Instead, he kept changing his environment to practice that "special sensory state," hoping that with sufficient guidance and training, this sensory ability would undergo a certain degree of mutation and evolution after this blood-drinking period.

Of course, Xiang Kun will no longer be caught behaving strangely by street surveillance cameras after his mutation. With the help of infrared thermal imaging visual mode and other sensory modes, he can always pinpoint the location of surveillance equipment from afar and effectively avoid it.

Around 4 a. m., after Xiang Kun entered a "special sensory state" again, he suddenly found that he had established contact with several distant beings. With a thought, he seemed to ride a fast train through a tunnel and entered the location of those distant connections.

In an instant, Xiang Kun realized what had connected with him—what he was now sensing was the Rabbit Woodcarving that was still in the Qinling Uninhabited Zone, being transported out by people suspected to be "Shenxing Technology".

He discovered that he could sense his surroundings. The wooden carving must have been encased in something, but his senses were not blocked and could still extend outwards to a distance of ten or twenty meters.

From the subtle changes in his surroundings, he counted at least seventeen people and a large number of electronic devices, but before he could gather more information, he was forced out of his special sensory state by dizziness.

Once Xiang Kun's senses returned to normal, although his head was still spinning, he couldn't help but clench his fist and wave it, feeling extremely invigorated.

That brief moment of perception confirmed to him that his long-held idea of expanding his senses through various connected objects had finally come true!

Although he couldn't see any images, hear any sounds, smell any odors, or feel any physical sensations, this unique sensory state and special perceptual information still allowed him to know a lot of information he wanted to know!

He even believed that, over time, he could "decode" sounds and images from subtle changes in the surrounding environment during a special sensory state.

Xiang Kun knew that his apparent possession of the Rabbit Woodcarving in the distance was not a true "out-of-body experience."

Based on the connection between Liu Shiling and Little Apple and the items that had established a special bond after the last lightning storm, Xiang Kun knew that this state of perception of establishing a bond was the result of some kind of energy exchange across space between him and those items.

In that special sensory state, his perception of the surroundings was also through that energy, which seemed like his countless tentacles, extending to perceive the surroundings.

However, this range of perception is not unlimited. Without the aid of items with which he has established a special connection, his perception range is only about fifty or sixty meters.

If we only consider observation of the surrounding environment, it's not necessarily much better than making a comprehensive judgment using senses such as sight, smell, and hearing.

However, when used in conjunction with items with which he has established a special connection, it is equivalent to infinitely expanding his range of perception and enabling him to glimpse much information that cannot be obtained through normal senses.

Xiang Kun did not return home until after sunrise.

Even he felt quite tired after that night of targeted training. This fatigue wasn't physical, but mental. Constantly pushing his brain to its limits triggered a self-protective mechanism, sometimes causing him to experience sluggish reactions and a feeling of his brain shutting down even in normal sensory states.

During the expected timeframe, hunger struck, Xiang Kun drank blood to fall asleep.

Saturday, January 11th.

At 6:40 a. m., Xiang Kun sat up in bed.

After confirming that his sleep time was within the normal range, Xiang Kun immediately began to try to enter that "Hyper-Sensory State"—that was what he called that special state of perception.

I was able to get into the mood much faster than a day ago, and it was easy to find the channels that allowed me to sense the "Emotional Injection" items and obtain information about the state around them.

Xiang Kun sensed three "Emotional Injection" items in succession: Rabbit Woodcarving in the Qinling Uninhabited Zone, Minion Wooden Carving next to Little Apple, and chopsticks next to Liu Shiling. He then exited the "Hyper-Sensory State" due to dizziness that his brain could not withstand.

This time, Xiang Kun used the Rabbit Woodcarving to update the number of people in the team suspected to be "Shenxing Technology" around it, increasing it from seventeen to twenty-three. Of course, the actual number may be more than twenty-three.

After making some preparations and arrangements, Xiang Kun set off for a neighboring city with "Gold Glitter" around 10 a. m., intending to leave the canary with Little Apple again.

As for himself, he planned to go to Qicheng City.

He knew, of course, that Zhou Rui and Fang Pingfang were not in Qicheng City at the moment; he simply wanted to make some preparations in advance.

After discovering his new abilities, Xiang Kun felt that some things needed to be arranged in advance.