Liu Shiling Was Still Liu Shiling After All
Following his intuition, Xiang Kun sensed the pair of chopsticks he had given to Liu Shiling.
Next, he gained a piece of dream perception information, just like he had previously perceived other people's dreams through "Emotional Injection" objects.
But unlike the others, Xiang Kun clearly felt that this was a dream that was only halfway through.
Previously, whenever he tried to sense his surroundings, if his dream perception was triggered, it was always because he was being guided into a dream by an "Emotional Injection" object.
Just like watching a video, "Emotional Injection" is like turning on the video switch. So, Xiang Kun's perception is the action of turning it on. Every time, he watches it from the beginning, sharing the same senses and experiences as the dream's owner.
But now, Xiang Kun clearly felt that this dream was not caused by the "Emotional Injection" item, and he did not have the first-person emotional perception that he had when he entered other people's dreams through the "Emotional Injection" item in the past.
The scenery in Xiang Kun's eyes was moving rapidly. After his perspective adjusted, he found that "he" was being grabbed and shaken up and down.
Then he discovered that what was grabbing "himself" and swinging it around was a chubby little hand, and the owner of the little hand was a short man wearing a black hooded robe with gold trim.
Upon closer inspection, the chubby little face peeking out from under the hood—who else could it be but the Little Chubby Girl, Liu Shiling?
Xiang Kun instantly realized that his current perspective was that of the chopsticks being waved around by the Little Chubby Girl...
This dream undoubtedly belongs to the Little Chubby Girl, so has he intervened in Little Chubby Girl ongoing dream?
Xiang Kun had previously used "Emotional Injection" items to perceive the dreams of many people. However, each time, the dream was triggered by the "Emotional Injection" item, and each time he directly experienced the dreamer's perspective, subjectively incorporating their feelings, emotions, and perceptions. He had never intervened in a pre-existing ordinary dream. According to his understanding, the dream linking and emotional perception modes of "Emotional Injection" items either directly used the user's own emotions to trigger the target's corresponding dream, or they were simply imperceptible.
Therefore, it is quite clear that Liu Shiling's dream was not ordinary.
Xiang Kun's attention returned to the chubby Little Chubby Girl waving around "himself." In the dream, Liu Shiling was wearing a black magic robe with gold trim, the hem of which dragged on the ground.
The hood had two dangling straps on either side, making it look like a sports sweatshirt, and there were two black, seemingly decorative cat ears on top of the hood, which looked strangely cute. Even the belt buckle of the robe was a round Garfield head.
Her small face was tilted slightly upwards, perhaps because the hood was too big and obstructed her vision, forcing her to tilt her head back to see what was in front of her.
Liu Shiling was on the top of a hillside, where the cold wind howled and there was no shelter. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, pressing down lower and lower, and lightning could be seen surging within them, with faint, muffled rumbling thunder rumbling out.
Directly ahead and below, there was a large group of dark monsters baring their fangs and claws, but the monsters' appearance... looked rather silly and cute, somewhat like the shadow of Grey Wolf.
Liu Shiling pointed her little "magic wand" forward, and Xiang Kun's perspective also rose. Then, he heard Liu Shiling shout loudly at the monster horde below the hillside in front of them, "Listen up, Dark Demon King's minions! This is the territory of our Light... that... the Great Archer of Light and the Super Cute Magician! I won't allow you to harm our rabbits!"
At this moment, Xiang Kun noticed that on this side of the hillside, there was a vast expanse of white rabbits, each one large and fat, huddled together, shivering.
So, is this Little Chubby Girl... the king, no, the queen of the rabbit kingdom?
Why a rabbit?
Wait a minute, if I were looking at it from the chopsticks' perspective... do chopsticks have eyes? Do they have ears??
"Accept the judgment of thunder! Ha--whoosh~!" Liu Shiling suddenly pointed her wand at the sky and shouted loudly.
Just as Xiang Kun was asking all sorts of strange questions, the dream took a dramatic turn. As if summoned, lightning bolts from the dark clouds in the sky fell one after another, pounding the black monsters like electric dragons slamming their faces into the ground.
The sounds, images, and even the sensation of airflow were all incredibly realistic, so much so that Liu Shiling lowered her head, completely hiding her face in her hood, and then plugged her ears with her index fingers. As for the chopsticks that she used as a magic wand, they were now tucked under her arm.
After a while, once the lightning had cleared the ground, Liu Shiling raised her head again, waved her wand, and shouted, "Ice Cream, Chocolate! It's your turn!"
Then Xiang Kun saw two short, stout warriors, their faces completely obscured by silver-white armor, take flight and charge towards the group of black monsters that had begun to smoke and run away. However, their armor was very strange; behind each of them was a large, blooming chrysanthemum, while in front was a thick, black "1" and a row of four small Arabic numerals, one "2006" and the other "2008".
Just as Xiang Kun was still examining the details of the armor, his senses suddenly left the dream, and the scene inside the train carriage reappeared before his eyes.
It seems Liu Shiling's dream has come to an end?
Star City, Liu Shiling's home.
The chubby Little Chubby Girl groggily opened her eyes, slowly opened her mouth wide, and then suddenly sneezed with an "Achoo!"
"It's so cold..."
Liu Shiling found herself wrapped in curtains, hanging by the window, which was wide open, and the cold wind was blowing fiercely against her face.
How did you suddenly fall asleep?
My mind was still switching between the dream and reality, and I was a little slow to react.
Staring blankly out the window for a few seconds, she suddenly remembered the scene before she "fell asleep," but now, from where she was, there was no trace of the orange cat and stray dog on the non-motorized vehicle lane outside the community, and she could no longer hear the barking of dogs or the meowing of cats.
I wonder how that orange cat is doing?
She rubbed her itchy nose, looked at her hands, and exclaimed, "Ouch! Snot..."
Then I sneezed again.
When she sneezed, her body arched forward, and with that force, the curtains wrapped around her finally gave way, the hook snapped, and she fell to the ground with them.
"Ouch!" The Little Chubby Girl, wrapped in the curtains, fell to the ground and instinctively cried out in pain. However, because she was wrapped in the curtains and fell from a low height, she wasn't actually hurt.
In the living room, Shiling's Mother, whose attention wasn't on the TV, vaguely heard a noise. She came over and pushed open the door, only to find the window wide open and the curtains lying on the floor after they had fallen off. Her daughter was not in the room. Recalling the faint screams she had just heard, a chill ran down her spine.
Shiling's Mother rushed to the window in a panic and looked down. The grass below did not show the scene she was worried about. Then she suddenly realized that even if the window was open, there were still window bars. Her daughter could not squeeze through the gaps in the bars.
Just as she looked away in confusion, the pile of curtains at her feet began to stir.
Watching her daughter, Shiling's Mother breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.
"Mommy! Help me!" After rolling around for a while, unable to break free, Liu Shiling could only look up at her Mom Xiang and reach out for help, while a clear snot was flowing diagonally from her nostrils.
Seeing her daughter had torn the curtains and was wrapping them around herself like a blanket, Shiling's Mother, who should have been furious, suddenly burst out laughing.
Okay, even if she suddenly becomes interested in "science," Liu Shiling is still Liu Shiling at heart.
On the bullet train, Xiang Kun, having emerged from Liu Shiling's dream, pondered the events of the dream and couldn't help but chuckle. Liu Shiling's dream really did have the feel of a children's fantasy blockbuster.
However, he was still somewhat puzzled as to why he had "intervened" in such an ordinary dream that wasn't caused by "Emotional Injection" objects.
What's so special about Liu Shiling's dream?
Following his usual method of "boldly hypothesizing and carefully verifying," based on the pattern of dreams and the perception of dreams triggered by "Emotional Injection" items, he speculated that Liu Shiling had suddenly "developed" a new "ability" by using three "Super-Sensory Link" items, and then happened to fall asleep in a special state, which then generated dreams.
Liu Shiling's dreams are likely different from other people's ordinary dreams.
The emotional projection of the "Emotional Injection" item should still exist in this dream—that is, the chopsticks in Liu Shiling's hand that act as a magic wand.
Therefore, it can be inferred that, under normal circumstances, if Xiang Kun's use of "Emotional Injection" items to induce dreams in others and allow them to perceive them is like two terminals connecting to the internet via "Emotional Injection" items and interacting through QQ, conducting one-way video communication, then Liu Shiling's dream is like her developing a new application. This application can still connect to Xiang Kun through "Emotional Injection" items, using the same protocols and rules. Xiang Kun can log in and operate it using his original QQ account.
It's even possible that Liu Shiling used those "Emotional Injection" chopsticks as a foundation to build a new "dream platform." Although the existence of dreams still stems from Xiang Kun's abilities, this mechanism undoubtedly gives Xiang Kun more room to maneuver and exploit.
Regardless of which of these two speculations is closer to the truth, it can be said that Liu Shiling has now been deeply integrated into Xiang Kun's "super-sensory items" system at the level of consciousness.
Not only the "Super-Sensory Link objects" that already had a very deep connection with her, but now "Emotional Injection objects" like those chopsticks have also been incorporated into Liu Shiling's perception system.
What is the actual use of such a connection?
Xiang Kun is currently unaware of the situation.
However, he believes that with Liu Shiling's imagination and creativity, she should soon be able to "develop" new abilities based on "Emotional Injection objects".
Just like the ability "developed" by Little Apple, which integrates and encapsulates the concrete projection of "Emotional Injection objects" with emotional influence, allowing for direct utilization.
He used this ability to scare away Qi Haoguo in the first place, and later, in a "Hyper-Sensory State," he frightened Fang Pingfang in the underground laboratory, causing her to hallucinate. This was also a flexible use of this ability.
There are definitely many more abilities that can be developed around the concept of "Emotional Injection objects," and hopefully Liu Shiling can surprise him.
Of course, Liu Shiling had already given him a surprise that evening.
Before entering the Little Chubby Girl's dream, he already knew that Little Chubby Girl had "developed" a new application ability.
Xiang Kun sensed the numerous "Super-Sensory Link items" on his body and in his bag on the luggage rack, including Coin, beads, and pieces of paper, totaling more than twenty.
Then, using the same sensory abilities that the Little Chubby Girl had previously "developed," she simultaneously influenced these items.
Affecting so many "Super-Sensory Link" items at the same time was a bit strenuous even for Xiang Kun, who felt a little dizzy. However, before he could hold on any longer, he successfully tested out the new "developed" ability of the Little Chubby Girl that he understood.
Under his perception, the "Super-Sensory Link" objects exerted a subtle influence on each other, and these influences then converged to create a simulated magnetic field.
Once inside, Xiang Kun used his derived abilities related to "Electric Flight" to stir up the "magnetic field" and "control" it, causing it to perform certain behaviors.
For example, at this moment, under his control, all cell phone signals, Wi-Fi signals, and Bluetooth signals in the entire carriage are blocked. And if he wants, he can even concentrate his attention to make someone's cell phone or tablet crash or become unusable.
He believes that if his mental fortitude holds up and he has enough "Super-Sensory Link items," the force fields created by these items can further influence the environmental magnetic and electric fields. In non-rainy weather, he should be able to charge himself enough and borrow enough electric force to perform "Electric Flight" or other related applications.
In fact, Xiang Kun had realized before that there was an essential connection between the effects of objects that had established "Super-Sensory Link" under normal conditions, the electromagnetic influence of objects that had established "Super-Sensory Link" under Hyper-Sensory State, and the ability to Electric Flight by using the ambient electric field by sensing atmospheric electric potential.
Therefore, Xiang Kun has been searching for the core of this connection, digging from the bottom up. The main thing is to analyze and summarize the cognitive information perceived in the "Hyper-Sensory State", to find the information corresponding to magnetic fields and electric fields, and then find specific ways to modify and "edit" them.
Once this method is found, and once the commonalities and patterns among them in the "Hyper-Sensory State" are understood, Xiang Kun will definitely be able to greatly expand his abilities and make more flexible "combinations".
However, it is obvious that Xiang Kun's approach will take a lot of time, requiring extensive experimentation and accumulation. It is unknown how long it will take before it can be truly applied.
Although he hasn't yet grasped some of the basic principles behind the capabilities Liu Shiling helped him develop, and hasn't found any specific underlying universal patterns, they can at least be put to immediate use, and derivative applications can be built upon them.
As Xiang Kun relentlessly tested Liu Shiling's newly "developed" abilities, driving the passengers in the carriage who were playing on their phones and other electronic devices to the brink of ecstasy, the bullet train slowed down and pulled into the station, arriving in Citong City.