The Developer with a Boundless Imagination

The passenger plane flew smoothly in the air. Some passengers in the cabin were talking quietly, some were resting with their eyes closed, and some were using electronic devices such as tablets and laptops.

Xiang Kun, who was sitting in a seat near the aisle, was covered with a blanket and had his head tilted to the side, looking like he was sleeping.

To his right, in the middle seat, sat Yang Zhen'er, and by the window sat Tang Baona. The two of them Zhengyi School wearing headphones and watching a video made by Yang Zhuo on a tablet.

Yang Zhuo and his girlfriend Xiao Min sat in the row in Xiang Kun and his group. Next to them was Zi Cheng, who was chatting with them about the funny things that happened when he went to Citong City with Chang Bin to find Xiang Kun many years ago.

Separated from the three of them by an aisle were Zhang Qian and Yang Jie.

Zhang Qian was sleeping with her head resting on her friend's shoulder, while Yang Jie was reading a book on her Kindle with a helpless expression.

They were all invited by Xiang Kun to go to Tongshi Town. Originally, he only planned to take Yang Zhuo and his girlfriend, who were already on winter vacation, to discuss how to shoot the next video. However, when Tang Baona found out, she said that their company's accounts were finished and they could start their vacation. Then, she very tactfully asked, "Can we come along?" He had no choice but to say "yes."

Tang Baona was going, and Yang Zhen'er wanted to go with her too. Their company's year-end financial work was mainly handled by the accounting firm, so they didn't need her.

After attending the wedding, Zicheng didn't go back home, so he naturally "casually" went to have some fun along the way.

Yang Jie was pulled along by Zhang Qian.

Xiang Kun wasn't actually asleep at this moment; he was in a "Hyper-Sensory State" that temporarily suppressed his normal sensory abilities, using that special perception mode to "wander" around the cabin.

After drinking the blood, he felt that his perception clarity in the "Hyper-Sensory State" had improved again, the amount of information he could detect had also increased significantly, and the maximum time he could enter the "Hyper-Sensory State" at one time had also been much longer.

He entered a "Hyper-Sensory State" not to conduct any purposeful investigation or to seek direct information. His natural senses of hearing and smell were sufficient for him to perceive the situation on the plane, and the information he obtained was far more "direct" and clear than that in a "Hyper-Sensory State."

The main reason is that in an environment like "on a plane in cruise flight," he enters a "Hyper-Sensory State," where he is less affected and interfered with by various surrounding sound elements, limiting his perception area to the plane with a clear "boundary." Moreover, the people or objects in the space will not change significantly in a short period of time, making it easier for him to compare several sensory information after leaving the "Hyper-Sensory State."

In his "Hyper-Sensory State," Xiang Kun focused on observing the changes in two special sensory information concentration areas around him, because he knew very well that these two information concentration areas actually represented Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona, and mainly reflected changes in their brain regions.

He switched between multiple sensory ranges, within which the information changes and feedback from the tablets in their hands and other surrounding electronic devices were minimal, while the information changes and feedback from their own bodies were the greatest.

By carefully perceiving, distinguishing, and analyzing the changing information, and comparing it with similar perceptual information he had previously experienced in a "Hyper-Sensory State," Xiang Kun guessed:

Perhaps these are some form of brain activity?

Xiang Kun discovered that he couldn't know exactly what Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona were thinking from these changes in sensory information, but he could understand their current mood. Clearly, the video they were watching had brought them joy.

Xiang Kun thought that his ability to sense the emotions of people nearby through "Emotional Injection" objects might fundamentally stem from his interpretation of this information.

Normally, he uses that ability to sense other people's emotions, just like a user of an application.

Now, directly facing this information is like looking at binary code, or even going further into the microscopic world to see how the transistors inside the CPU and other integrated circuits work.

Xiang Kun's consciousness "wandered" throughout the entire plane, occasionally detaching from the "Hyper-Sensory State," resting for a while, and then re-entering. Using certain definite things as references in the two states, he anchored his location and clearly knew the source of the information he perceived in the normal state.

Obviously, inanimate objects are much easier to "understand" than living objects.

Just like this Boeing 737, after he had already reviewed a lot of information and deliberately observed it with his normal senses, once he entered the "Hyper-Sensory State," he was able to figure out the working status of each electronic component, the working condition of the turbofan engine, and even "observe" it at the very microscopic level without any interference.

Once he understands the specific meaning of the information he perceives, Xiang Kun, in his "Hyper-Sensory State," can easily gain a very clear and detailed understanding of how a device is working.

This feeling persists even after he leaves the "Hyper-Sensory State," somewhat similar to the intuitive understanding he had with objects with whom he had established an "Super-Sensory Link."

Of course, there are definitely significant differences in degree.

He believes that this may also be the actual method and principle of "Super-Sensory Link". When observing objects that have established "Super-Sensory Link" in a "Hyper-Sensory State", the information feedback also verifies this conjecture to some extent.

However, this doesn't mean that just because he went through a process of perception in a "Hyper-Sensory State," he can immediately learn to fly the plane better than all the pilots. Flying a plane is, after all, not the same as flipping Coin or throwing a paper airplane.

After sensing that the rate at which he was recovering from the fatigue of the "Hyper-Sensory State" had slowed down considerably, Xiang Kun stopped this sensory assessment.

However, he did not open his eyes to "wake up," but instead went to sense the twelve Minion Wooden Carving he had placed in the overhead luggage rack and in the suitcase.

Under normal circumstances, he can only sense one Minion Wooden Carving at a time.

Given the numerous barriers and distance between the wood carving and the people around it, it was impossible for it to convey any emotions to him, let alone influence others through the wood carving itself.

However, after drinking the blood this time, Xiang Kun clearly felt that his abilities in certain aspects had been greatly improved. He then used WeChat to guide Little Apple to use the "Object-Sensing" method, using the Minion Wooden Carving in her hand as a springboard, to perceive the twelve Minions here with Xiang Kun, just like with the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Wooden Carving".

Previously, Xiang Kun could only sense one "Emotional Injection" item at a time, so his "Twelve Minion Formation" had never been truly used since its inception.

Now, he can sense all the "Emotional Injection" items that have been connected to Little Apple at the same time.

Because these items, compared to before, have a certain degree of "subjective initiative" and possess the attribute of actively "catering".

It's like Xiang Kun used to push a handcart filled with all sorts of his belongings. When he needed something, because he had to hold the handcart with one hand, he could only use one hand to take things, so he could only take one thing at a time, and he could only take another thing after putting one down.

But later, a shopping basket was put into the shopping cart. After he put the items in the shopping basket, he could lift several items by simply lifting the basket.

The Little Apple seems to have Emotional Injection " items with a special connection between them, building upon their original foundation.

So now, he can simultaneously sense the twelve Minion Wooden Carving that are "Emotional Injection" with "joyful" emotions.

As expected, even though he was on the luggage rack and inside the suitcase, Xiang Kun still sensed very clear emotional feedback, and multiple of them at the same time.

Xiang Kun carefully sensed these emotions, trying to discern the emotions of people he knew and was familiar with.

Judging from the closest range of the "Twelve Yellow Men", apart from Zhang Qian and Yang Jie, all the other friends on the same flight were within that range.

Then he suddenly realized that the different emotions he was experiencing at the same time were rapidly assimilating and gradually transforming into the same type of emotion—becoming joyful.

Zicheng, sitting in the front row, was recounting his and Xiang Kun's experience of being scammed while working as flyers distribution partners during their sophomore summer vacation. He was getting quite indignant as he spoke, and Yang Zhuo and his girlfriend Xiao Min, who were listening, were also filled with righteous indignation. But the next moment, Zicheng couldn't help but laugh.

"Damn it! We were such idiots back then. That guy told us it was one cent, and we thought he was giving us one cent note. But when we came back to settle the bill, he gave us one dollar each and said it was a stack of one-cent notes, and the extra two cents were for our trouble... Hahahaha."

"You guys are too easy to fool, hahaha!" Yang Zhuo laughed as well.

"Why don't you just call the police? This is fraud!" Xiao Min said, suppressing a laugh.

"We dare not."

"Why?"

"Because we skipped class to hand out flyers, hahaha."

"How many years will you get for skipping class? Hahahaha."

"That flyer shop went out of business in less than two weeks. It was probably because of me and Xiang Kun who shut it down, hahaha."

"Hahaha, this is hilarious! You guys are so funny!"

The laughter of a few people made Xiang Kun inexplicably feel that the temperature inside the cabin had dropped.

However, through the "Twelve Yellow Men," it is clear that those emotions are being assimilated. Even Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona, who were watching funny videos together and already had similar emotions, couldn't help but chuckle, and their similar emotions were greatly amplified.

Clearly, his initial plan, two months late, was finally realized perfectly.

Items that Emotional Injection the same emotion type can indeed spread that emotion and affect people within a certain range when they are activated simultaneously.

During this process, Xiang Kun can clearly perceive the changes in these people's emotions through those objects, while his own emotions remain unaffected.

This is equivalent to a weakened version of "Emotional Assimilation," but most importantly, it is a controllable form of "Emotional Assimilation" in which the individual remains unaffected.

After the sensor stopped, the emotions of the people around them gradually returned to normal. However, the lingering effects of their previous joy still affected them, and their overall emotional state remained cheerful.

Xiang Kun couldn't help but sigh. Although he was the foundation and source of these abilities, Little Apple's "development efficiency" was truly beyond his expectations.

Correspondingly, earlier today, he also discovered the ability "developed" by Liu Shiling Little Chubby Girl in Star City, through his senses.

The Little Chubby Girl's ability is naturally his ability, because it originally needed to be realized by him. Therefore, he can now remotely influence objects with which he has established a "Super-Sensory Link" within a certain range and to a certain extent. He can control Coin to move around against his skin, and can attract Coin to his body from a distance of five or six centimeters. When launching small balls with a slingshot, he can increase the initial velocity of the balls to a certain extent.

These two girls, one older and one younger, greatly supplemented and improved Xiang Kun's ability system.

They are like two excellent developers, showcasing their talents within the system and platform provided by Xiang Kun.

They themselves didn't even have a basic understanding of Xiang Kun's true abilities; their understanding was entirely based on their own imagination.

Xiang Kun guessed that perhaps it was precisely because they knew so little that they could design things in a wildly imaginative way. They were "developing" things based on their existing knowledge and the functions they already knew.

Because he was involved at such a low level, every little thing he did had far-reaching consequences, which is why developing and integrating new capabilities always took so much time and effort.

Of course, he can use the same ability much more powerfully, more directly, and with far greater force.

In the future, we might refer to the successful experience of guiding Little Apple to successfully contact the "Twelve Yellow Men" and use some techniques to guide them, put forward "functional requirements" to them, and then let them help us complete the "design" and improvement of some complex capabilities.

However, these abilities must first be built upon two types of connection objects: "Super-Sensory Link" and "Emotional Injection." Otherwise, there is no way to establish a connection with them and get them involved.

"Chef Xiang, it's dawn! We're almost there!" Yang Zhen'er suddenly patted his shoulder and said beside him.

Tang Baona laughed and said, "It seems you're quite exhausted from helping Sister Han and Brother Bin with this wedding."

Xiang Kun slowly opened his eyes, stretched, and was about to pretend he had just woken up when he suddenly sensed something and abruptly turned his head to look at the porthole whose sunshade had just been opened.

Because his movements were a bit too sudden, Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona were both startled and leaned back slightly.

Tang Baona thought he was looking at her, so she stared at him with wide eyes and a questioning look on her face for a while before suddenly realizing that his gaze was directed at the window next to her. So she turned around and looked out in the same direction, but she didn't see anything special.

"Chef Xiang, what are you looking at? Why are you so excited?" Yang Zhen'er couldn't help but ask.

Xiang Kun withdrew his gaze, relaxed again, and smiled, "It's nothing, I just saw a big bird fly by."

Zicheng, who had been happily telling jokes in the front row, turned around through the gap in his seat and laughed, "Xiang Kun's words remind me of a joke..."

Yang Zhuo and Xiao Min next to him, Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen'er in the back row all turned their gazes toward him, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

But after a few seconds, Zicheng opened his mouth, his chubby cheeks trembled, but he didn't utter a single word.

"Lao Liu, what's with your joke?" Yang Zhen'er asked, puzzled.

"I forgot again," Zicheng said, then withdrew his head.

"Don't tell me this is just a joke of yours..." Yang Zhen'er said with a skeptical look.

However, Zicheng did not respond, as if he had not said anything at all.

Xiang Kun grinned, because he knew what joke Zi Cheng had "thought of." It was a slightly risqué joke, and the guy probably realized just before he was about to tell it that three out of the five people in his "audience" were girls, so he slammed on the brakes and swallowed it back.

Upon reaching the airspace above Jianzhou City Airport, the plane lowered its landing gear in preparation for landing.

Xiang Kun, however, gazed thoughtfully at the sky outside the porthole.

I promised myself I'd write fewer expository essays, but I ended up writing another one... I'm hopeless... _(:зゝ∠)_