Little Chubby Girl and Egg Pie
Xiang Kun had never explained to Liu Shiling how to arrange Coin into a "magic circle," but he knew that with the Little Chubby Girl's "magical girl" mindset, she would imagine a very "proper" way of setting up a "magic circle" after hearing this.
All he needs to do is place the Coin next to the "Egg Pie"; how they're placed doesn't really matter.
Even if the Little Chubby Girl doesn't bother to arrange them, as long as the Coin and the "Emotion-Infused Object" chopsticks are in the same room as the "Egg Pie," Xiang Kun can accurately locate the cat after entering his "Hyper-Sensory State."
Yes, what Xiang Kun needs to do now is to use his "Hyper-Sensory State" to determine exactly what's wrong with the cat.
The main reason for having the Little Chubby Girl "set up a magic circle" was to reassure her and let her rest well.
Sure enough, upon hearing Xiang Kun's words, Liu Shiling immediately ran to retrieve the five "magic Coin" Xiang Kun had given her, carefully placing them beside the sofa cushion where "Egg Pie" was lying. She then took out the small box containing the handmade chopsticks, placed it directly in front of her, and asked Xiang Kun in the video, "Uncle Bald, is this okay?"
Xiang Kun gave an OK sign.
After ending the video call, the Little Chubby Girl obediently climbed into bed, covered herself with the blanket, and continued to catch up on her sleep.
Shiling's Mother breathed a sigh of relief, feeling even more grateful to Xiang Kun and somewhat admiring his ability to soothe children. She thought that Mr. Xiang would be quite suitable to be a kindergarten teacher.
As she reached the door and was about to close it, she glanced at the "Egg Pie" again.
The cat remained curled up on the sofa cushion, motionless. In front of it, the treats and cat food Liu Shiling had just brought over to "lure" it were still there, along with five Coin neatly scattered around and a pair of chopsticks in the center. This arrangement... it looked like a "ritual"?
Shiling's Mother shook her head helplessly and closed the door.
As soon as the door closed, Liu Shiling, who had been lying on the bed covered with a blanket as if she was about to go to sleep, immediately sat up, crawled to the foot of the bed, knelt on the bed, grabbed the edge of the bed rail with both hands, and stared wide-eyed at the "Egg Pie" and the Coin and chopsticks around it.
She knew that her bald uncle could definitely cast spells remotely using those "magic Coin"—she had already witnessed it before!
Moreover, after returning from the Egg Pie hospital with her mother last night, she carefully considered and sensed the situation, and confirmed that her concern for "Egg Pie" and her certainty that "Egg Pie" was not in a good condition were due to the "intuition" conveyed to her by the chopsticks "magic wand" and the five "magic Coin".
Liu Shiling firmly believes that since it's related to "magic," then Uncle Baldy must have a way to solve it!
On the other side, Xiang Kun entered a "Hyper-Sensory State," using the chopsticks to "descend" and perceive the cat's location through the "Super-Linked Object" Coin, and began to perceive the cognitive information representing it.
Compared to observing the "Egg Pie" through video, Xiang Kun had a more direct and clear perception of the "Egg Pie's" abnormalities under "Hyper-Sensory State".
Xiang Kun had perceived the cognitive information of more than one cat in his "Hyper-Sensory State," and was able to distinguish some of the cat's basic physiological characteristics through this information. Of course, this wasn't necessary with Egg Pie, because he had already seen Egg Pie's appearance through videos more than once before, and already knew that information.
However, there was a part of the cognitive information about "Egg Pie" that Xiang Kun noticed was abnormal—because this part of the cognitive information gave him a strong sense of familiarity, and it was cognitive information that had something in common with "Super-Linked Object"!
In its "Hyper-Sensory State," this golden shaded chubby cat possesses characteristics similar to the five "Super-Linked Object- Coin."
In other words, "Egg Pie," like "Gold Glitter," has also entered the "Super-Sensing Item System" and become "networked."
However, Xiang Kun was a little puzzled. The reason why "Gold Glitter" could be included in the "Super-Sensing Item System" was because "Gold Glitter" was originally his pet, and he already had "approval" for it.
It was Little Apple who, through her "development" abilities, linked "Gold Glitter" into the system, making it one of its "units".
But Xiang Kun had never directly encountered "Egg Pie" before.
How did it get into the "Super-Linked Object" system?
However, Xiang Kun quickly discovered some patterns in the cognitive information, and then directly connected these patterns to the Little Chubby Girl and two of her "Super-Linked Object" Coin.
Xiang Kun realized that the cat's "entry into the network" must be related to the Little Chubby Girl.
However, it is clear that it has not fully "joined the network," and its connection with the "Super-Sensing Item System" is limited to the Little Chubby Girl.
This is probably why it suddenly became so listless and extremely tired.
After emerging from his "Hyper-Sensory State," Xiang Kun began to reorganize his thoughts. After thinking for a while, he sent a QQ message to Little Chubby Girl, asking her how she had discovered and acquired the cat.
Just now, in his "Hyper-Sensory State," he knew very well that the Little Chubby Girl was not asleep, and that the iPad was still in her room.
Sure enough, a minute later, I received a voice message from the Little Chubby Girl, who had clearly put her iPad under the covers and was speaking in a low voice, very carefully.
"The Egg Pie came to me on its own..."
After asking a few questions, Xiang Kun understood the whole process of how the Little Chubby Girl "tamed" Egg Pie. He also learned that one night, she saw Egg Pie being chased by a pack of wild dogs, so she tried to help it with "magic," but it seemed that she was "powerless" and fell asleep.
Although the Little Chubby Girl couldn't remember the exact date, Xiang Kun pinpointed the time precisely based on her descriptions—it was on his way back to Citong for the Lunar New Year on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
At that moment, he suddenly sensed the Little Chubby Girl's chopsticks and entered a dream that was already halfway through.
This was the first time he had entered a dream not through "Emotion-Infused Object," but by "entering the dream midway through."
He later speculated that the Little Chubby Girl used the two "Super-Linked Object" Coin as power support through the ability she "developed" to "guide" the dream.
At that time, Xiang Kun was focused on the Little Chubby Girl in her dream. He only had a general observation of the things around him and didn't pay much attention to them. After all, the Little Chubby Girl's dream was too... cartoonish. Too many elements came from her wild imagination, like an incomplete fusion and interweaving of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds.
After escaping the dream, he focused his attention on the Little Chubby Girl's newly "developed" ability to influence the surrounding magnetic field through multiple "Super-Linked Object," which led to his rescue of people at the train station not long afterward.
But now, upon closer reflection and scanning his memories bit by bit, Xiang Kun suddenly discovered a "monster" that he hadn't noticed in that dream.
That was a cat with an exceptionally large head and exceptionally large ears!
Even without the cartoon elements, it looks very different from a real Egg Pie. It's not the same cat at all. Apart from both being cats, they have no similarities whatsoever.
Moreover, in the Little Chubby Girl's dream, as the dream's owner, she herself seemed to pay no attention to the big-headed cat hiding among a bunch of white rabbits.
But at that moment, Xiang Kun suddenly realized that this cat was "Egg Pie"!
That night, the Little Chubby Girl incorporated the "Egg Pie" into her "Super-Sensing Item System" in a way that she herself didn't understand.
Or, strictly speaking, it's just a connection between it and the Little Chubby Girl's own "Super-Sensing Item System." The two of them formed their own small local area network. "Egg Pie" doesn't have the authority to enter the larger system, nor does it have the authority to call upon or borrow Xiang Kun's abilities.
Perhaps that's why, when the Little Chubby Girl received the three new "Super-Linked Object" Coin sent by Xiang Kun, her ability support system underwent a fundamental change. "Egg Pie" couldn't adapt, which is why she's in this listless state now.
Although it was just speculation, Xiang Kun felt that even if he didn't guess all the details correctly, he should be right about the general direction.
Regardless, the fact that the Little Chubby Girl was able to forcibly pull a creature unknown to Xiang Kun into her own "Super-Sensing Item System" is already quite astonishing!
This means that the connection between the Little Chubby Girl and Xiang Kun's "Super-Sensing Item System" is very close to that of "Super-Linked Object" and "Emotion-Infused Object." She herself is already a basic "unit" in the whole system.
Her connection to this system of abilities is deeper than that of "Little Apple" and Lao Xia, who are also within the system.
Although Xiang Kun analyzed a lot, he actually only took two or three seconds to reply to Liu Shiling's inquiry, "Uncle Bald, how's the Egg Pie?":
"Little Bell, your Roast Chicken Wing Sister and I will come to Star City to find you tomorrow... no, today, we'll treat you to something delicious, and we'll also check on 'Egg Pie'. Don't worry, I know about the 'Egg Pie' problem, it's fine."