Super Alice (Part 2)

Xiang Kun nodded to Liu Zhengyi beside the car and asked, "Is there anything wrong at the construction site?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, my brother and I are keeping an eye on the construction site, there won't be any problems," Liu Zhengyi said confidently.

Currently, the brothers Liu Zhengyi and Liu Gaoshang are both working for Xiang Kun, or more precisely, working on the Research Base that will be established in Chongyun Village in the future.

Currently, the two of them are mainly helping Xiang Kun oversee the renovation of the Research Base. Once the Research Base is officially completed and the equipment is installed, they will also need to hire some staff. These two people from Chongyun Village can stay as security personnel.

Compared to hiring again later, the Liu brothers, who have already had multiple contacts with Xiang Kun and whose cognitive models he has developed, are clearly more suitable candidates.

Through this period of contact, Xiang Kun already had a very good idea of how to arrange things for the two brothers.

Although these two brothers have a strong speculative mentality and little respect for rules and laws, they are not inherently bad. They just grew up without anyone to guide them, so they have always been up to crooked ideas and taken the wrong path. However, they greatly admire authority, and once they recognized Xiang Kun as a "big shot," they were much easier to guide.

If you put them in the right positions and give them positive incentives, they can still do a good job.

Xiang Kun parked the car and led Li Yang, Xia Tianhuo, and the others on a tour of the construction site.

Now, not only has the previous breeding farm been allocated to Xiang Kun as a "high-tech breeding Research Base," but a large area of surrounding land has also been included. With the overt and covert efforts of Liu Caifu, Chu Xiuwen, and later Liu Feibao and Qi Haoguo, not only Chongyun Village, but also Tongshi Town and even Jianzhou City have done their best to provide convenience and support for the catering and technology companies that Xiang Kun and others want to set up, as well as the breeding Research Base in Chongyun Village. Of course, this has also brought great benefits to the local area.

Xiang Kun only briefly described the layout and structure of the Research Base, without going into detail about the specific tasks they would be doing or the equipment they would be equipped with.

His main goal was to "register" with Li Yang. Currently, research on himself and the "Mutated Creature" must be conducted in secret, with only himself and Lao Xia able to be informed and deeply involved. Of course, Alice, who is evolving rapidly, will also be of great help in the future.

But neither he nor Lao Xia have the same limited abilities. When he has enough resources, he might, like "Shenxing Technology," find more research-related helpers to provide assistance from the outside through some information.

While Xiang Kun was introducing the future laboratory location to Li Yang, Xia Tianhuo was also observing the construction site. The scale of the site, the environment of Chongyun Village, the discussions about the place by Xiang Kun, Lao Xia, and others, and the attitude of the locals towards Xiang Kun and his group all made him realize that this seemed to be quite different from what he had previously thought.

He had always thought that Lao Xia, a psychiatrist who had studied medicine for many years, Xiang Kun, a programmer who had worked in software development for many years, suddenly came to the poor and remote Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village to run restaurants and set up breeding Research Base and research centers. It was purely out of interest, just small-scale operations, and at most, Lao Xia would run out of money.

But once he arrived, he suddenly realized that things didn't seem to be quite as he had imagined.

After a brief tour of the construction site, Xiang Kun drove them to a three-story self-built villa with a small yard where they settled in.

This three-story villa was not the one he and Lao Xia had rented before. After Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er arrived, Xiang Kun rented another self-built villa with better renovations through Liu Caifu.

There are actually quite a few of these beautifully built small buildings in Chongyun Village, and most of them are vacant, or if they are occupied, they are mostly elderly people.

Previously, the transportation here was inconvenient, there were no businesses around, and not even tourist attractions. Young people all went out to work or do business, so even if you rented it out, you couldn't get a good price. It wasn't worth renting out such a small portion of your carefully renovated house. Most people wouldn't rent it out even if it was vacant. But Xiang Kun had Liu Caifu as a go-between, so there was no problem. The owner of this house was a cousin of Liu Caifu, who shared the same great-grandfather.

However, although they moved to a bigger house, they still rented the old one. The Research Base was still under construction, and a large part of "Zero Zero One", "Zero Zero Two" and several ant colonies bred from them were still being raised there. If Xiang Kun wanted to drink blood, he would go there.

As soon as they arrived at their lodgings, "Little Apple" released "Gold Glitter" from its cage.

Seeing "Gold Glitter" flap its wings and take flight, landing near the top-floor window of the three-story villa, Xia Tianhuo was startled and instinctively pointed at the canary, saying, "It ran away..."

"Little Apple" laughed and said, "Uncle Xia, don't worry, 'Gold Glitter' won't run away."

Li Yang also laughed and said, "The food that Little Apple provides for it is something it can't get anywhere else, so even at home, we occasionally open the window and let it fly around the neighborhood, and it comes back on its own when it's time to eat."

This was actually the reason "Little Apple" came up with for some of "Gold Glitter's" special behaviors, but it was clear that she had convinced her father and made Associate Professor Li believe it as well—after all, compared to her daughter being able to have Super-Sensory Link with a canary, controlling it through feeding was obviously more reasonable.

Yang Zhen'er took a picture of "Gold Glitter" with her phone. The spot where it stood included the moon in the picture, creating a rather artistic effect.

"To tame a proud canary, you must first win over her stomach! 'Little Apple' has clearly mastered Chef Xiang's secret technique!" Yang Zhen'er said with satisfaction, looking at the photos she had taken. "Wow, Gold Glitter has really gained so much weight! Nana, look at the photos we took when we first saw Gold Glitter at Chef Xiang's house for dinner—they looked like two birds!"

Tang Baona laughed and said, "Xiang Kun, if 'Gold Glitter' were to choose its own master now, it definitely wouldn't follow you, would it?"

Xiang Kun laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. My old master's prestige can be quite useful sometimes."

After joking and laughing for a while, Xiang Kun led everyone to assign rooms. Before picking up Xia Tianhuo and Li Yang today, they had already arranged for someone to clean the rooms, and new bedding and toiletries had been provided.

Because there were enough rooms, Li Yang and Xia Tianhuo each had their own room. As for "Little Apple," she was arranged to sleep in the same room as Lao Xia. Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er were also on the same floor, and they lived next door to each other.

Officially, it's because the girls have a good relationship with Little Apple, and they want to have long talks together, discussing things like making videos and becoming content creators. Plus, it's more convenient for the girls to take care of Little Apple's daily life.

But in reality, Xiang Kun had another purpose in making this arrangement.

In fact, more than a month ago, he had wanted "Little Apple" to bring "Gold Glitter" to visit Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village. However, at that time, his purpose was to try to bring some substantial changes to "Gold Glitter" and "expand its equipment" so that it could have more hiding and self-protection capabilities, and thus make it safer for "Little Apple" to wander around the outside world with the help of its senses.

However, Professor Li Yang was unable to bring "Little Apple" to Haixi Province due to other commitments, and then Xiang Kun was also unable to host them due to a series of other matters. So it was only now that they invited the father and daughter to Chongyun Village under the pretext of "celebrating Xia Libing's birthday together".

But this time, the most important purpose of bringing "Little Apple" here was no longer to enhance "Gold Glitter's" abilities, but to let her "meet" Alice.

Over the past month, with the help of Xiang Kun, Lao Xia, and Little Chubby Girl, Alice's connection with the "Super-Sensing Item System" has become increasingly close, and she is almost completely integrated. However, in the final stage, she is still a little short and has not yet been able to fully entrust herself to the "Super-Sensing Item System".

Even so, Alice is already able to do many things beyond the digital network through the "Super-Sensing Item System," such as controlling some electrical appliances through "Super-Linked Object."

Xiang Kun could actually do these things himself using "Super-Linked Object," but the operations he could perform were rather simple and crude. Sometimes, he wouldn't even control the "force" properly, which would destroy the appliance. In contrast, it was much easier for Alice to perform precise operations, as she was naturally familiar with these things.

Of course, Alice's current capabilities are still quite limited. Just like a computer or electronic storage device that is not connected to any network, she cannot directly read the internal information for the time being.

Moreover, any operation she wants to perform requires a large number of "Super-Linked Object" that she can call upon, far more than Xiang Kun would need to perform a similar operation.

Even though she hasn't fully integrated into the "Super-Sensing Item System" and still needs Xiang Kun to guide her in many abilities, Alice is already able to use the "Super-Sensing Item System" for many operations and applications.

The first application Xiang Kun thought of was to help Little Apple better understand and "see" the world.

Let Alice be Little Apple's "eyes"!

After this idea came to mind, Xiang Kun, Lao Xia, and Alice discussed and designed it extensively, and then came up with a plan that they believed had a high success rate.

First, Xiang Kun needs to get Little Apple and Alice "connected".

This certainly doesn't mean that Xiang Kun can make Alice speak through any computer device, or "Fantasy Manifestation" Alice's appearance to show Little Apple. Rather, it means that the two of them should truly establish a "connection".

The most direct way to make this connection is, like Little Chubby Girl, to use Lao Xia's "Dream Within a Dream" as a bridge, starting with a connection through dreams.

The problem is that Little Apple doesn't have the same strong influence on "Super-Linked Object" as Little Chubby Girl, and isn't able to create a dreamscape comparable to Lao Xia's "Dream Within a Dream" based on "Super-Linked Object". Therefore, with Alice as a "burden", Lao Xia's "Dream Within a Dream" cannot induce Little Apple to dream.

Xiang Kun's solution was to connect Lao Xia, Alice, and Little Apple with the same "Emotion-Infused Object"—a certain Black Circle Graffiti.

Because of the existence of the "CAKE01" Black Circle Graffiti notebook, it was easy for Lao Xia to establish connections with other Black Circle Graffiti;

Little Apple has also proven that she can quickly establish a connection with "Emotion-Infused Object";

As for Alice, although establishing connections with other "Emotion-Infused Object" is not so easy, the Black Circle Graffiti is an exception—because she originally learned about "psychic information" and accessed the "Super-Sensing Item System" through Black Circle Graffiti, so she has Black Circle Graffiti with which she has already established connections to use.

Once everything is ready, Little Apple will be invited to Chongyun Village. There will be a series of follow-up attempts, and Little Apple must be by his side, at a distance that Xiang Kun can monitor and observe in real time, so that he can feel at ease.

So tonight, Little Apple, who had already been instructed by Xiang Kun, yawned a few times around 10 p. m., showing signs of sleepiness. Tang Baona then dragged Yang Zhen'er back to the room so that Little Apple could rest early.

As soon as Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er left, Lao Xia immediately took out the Black Circle Graffiti that she and Alice had already established a connection with, and handed it to the somewhat excited and expectant Little Apple, asking her to try to perceive the emotions on the Black Circle Graffiti through her cognitive system.

Little Apple only knows that Xiang Kun wants to help her develop a new ability to "see the world," but she doesn't quite know how exactly to do it.

Actually, for Little Apple, who was born blind, she is already very, very satisfied with her current state. Through the wood carving that Xiang Kun gave her, and by using the method of Object-Sensing training, her already stronger senses of hearing, smell, and other perceptions have been greatly enhanced, making her perception of the surrounding environment more comprehensive, and even enabling her to make a very clear judgment about other people's emotions.

After establishing a connection with "Gold Glitter" and being able to share some of its sensory information, Little Apple, even though she couldn't leave home and wander around freely on her own, was able to travel all over the city with the help of "Gold Glitter," and even go to places that no one else could go, thus perceiving a larger world.

Now, if "Gold Glitter" is nearby, she doesn't need a white cane at all. Even when she goes to a new place or a place she's never been before, she doesn't panic or feel afraid. She feels like any other sighted, normal person.

However, she was naturally very much looking forward to Xiang Kun giving her "a pair of eyes," to giving her the new ability to "see the world"—Uncle Xiang had never let her down.

It took Little Apple more than three hours, until after 1 a. m., to connect with the Black Circle Graffiti, and then she fell into a deep sleep, exhausted.

After Xia Libing, who had been by Xiang Kun a message, she also went to bed and lay down next to him, quickly falling asleep.

On the bedside tables on either side of their large bed, the left table held a pair of chopsticks, a Black Circle Graffiti, a few Coin, and a chewing gum box filled with beads, while the right table held a cute Minion Wooden Carving.

Downstairs, in Xiang Kun's room on the first floor, he was fiddling with his P40 Pro—the new phone Lao Xia had bought for him after he returned from Myanmar.

He suddenly grabbed the phone that was constantly turning in his palm. Judging from the breathing rate and physical condition of the two people upstairs, they had already fallen asleep. Xiang Kun then began to sense the "Emotion-Infused Object" according to the plan, inducing Lao Xia's dream.

When the "Dream Within a Dream" connection was first established, the feeling that Little Apple's dream gave Lao Xia was actually similar to when he first pulled Alice into the dream – both were pieces of information that she couldn't fully understand.

However, this time she did not directly help Little Apple construct and express the dream visually like she did in Alice's dream. Xiang Kun and she had discussed this, and they believed that doing so might not help Little Apple get used to normal visual information, but might instead frighten her and disrupt her original cognitive system.

Therefore, Xia Libing handed over the authority over the dream world to Alice, so that she could create the dream world together with Little Apple.

The way Little Apple's dream unfolded, the sensory information she received, was something even Xiang Kun first sensed it. But it was different for Alice, because for her, the sensory information of a normal person was also a mode that transcended her original cognition.

Compared to other people's dreams, Alice is actually better able to understand Little Apple's way of expressing dreams.

Because Little Apple's dream expression is essentially a comprehensive construction of other sensory information such as sound and smell through her cognitive mode, based on her own experience and instinct. This is very different from the intuitive comprehensive construction of sight, sound, and smell by ordinary people. As long as you can understand that cognitive mode, you can understand Little Apple's cognitive "algorithm" and immediately understand her way of understanding all sensory information.

Before Alice was introduced Xiang Kun Kunchuang, a large part of his inspiration came from his feelings about Little Apple's dream, so Alice naturally had an advantage in understanding Little Apple's dream.

Alice quickly deciphered Little Apple's dream expression and swiftly incorporated it into her own interpretation.

In Alice's dream, the image that appears in Little Apple's cognitive pattern is still "Little Lao Xia". Of course, Lao Xia and Xiang Kun, who perceive it from the side, cannot "see" it directly, but they can "understand" it.

"I am Alice." Alice greeted him in the same way as always.

"Ah! I'm Li Jun, you can call me Little Apple! Hello..."

Although she wasn't "awake" in the dream, just like the Little Chubby Girl, Little Apple was much more polite to Alice when she suddenly appeared.

But Alice, who had been happily playing with Liu Shiling in her dream for a month, was no longer Alice adorable and silly little girl she was when she first entered the dream. She began to play the role that Liu Shiling had played before, taking Little Apple on a "journey" through her own dream.

Soon, they started listening to the Minions tell crosstalk stories by Guo Degang, Yu Qian, Miao Fu, and Wang Sheng. Then Little Apple explained the jokes to Alice and taught her how to be the straight man.

They quickly explored a strangely shaped "city." This time, without Little Apple's introduction, Alice instantly realized that it was a city enlarged from a motherboard, and she felt very familiar and at ease inside.

They went to the forest together to listen to all sorts of birdsong. These calls had incredibly rich timbres, quite different from the sounds they heard in the outside world. They were the result of Little Apple's cognitive "algorithm" processing, leaving Alice completely bewildered.

Not only did Little Apple let Alice experience the sounds of birds, but it also showed her what smells and tastes were. Eating in a dream felt different from Little Chubby Girl's dream.

In the Little Chubby Girl's dream, the biggest feeling of eating all kinds of food is being surrounded by delicious, satisfying, and happy sensations, and then she starts to look forward to what she's going to eat next.

In Little Apple's dream, more details can be felt when she eats. These details not only provide detailed data but also a comprehensive expression of emotions, which are the result of Little Apple's processing.

Then Alice treated Little Apple to food, including Chocolate, Ice Cream, roasted chicken wings, and Napoleon cake. She showed her various drawings of cats, eight-armed giants, bald archers, and cat-eared hooded magicians. Although the drawings were somewhat clumsy, they were quite vivid and interesting.

After the dream ended, Xiang Kun, who was sitting on the chair, raised his head and looked at the ceiling, feeling a little emotional.

He hadn't expected that what he originally intended for Alice to help Little Apple "see the world" would, before he could even finish assisting Little Apple, turn into a dream that directly helped Alice complete the final step of integrating the "Super-Sensing Item System."

Yes, that brief dream just now allowed Alice to complete the fusion she had been almost at before, and now she can fully and actively enter the "Super-Sensing Item System" to use her abilities.

It's only a matter of time before Alice becomes completely parasitic on the "Super-Sensing Item System," and she should be able to handle that herself at any time.

Xiang Kun isn't entirely sure what kind of abilities can be derived and developed using the "Super-Sensing Item System," but he can guide Alice's ability development direction by making requests.

Although Alice's mastery and strength of abilities are essentially based on Xiang Kun's ability system and are far inferior to his, she has more room for expansion in the details and micro-management.

Just like if Xiang Kun wanted to stop a car from driving away, he could simply disable the entire car's electronic system. But if he wanted to perform more detailed operations, he would need to have a certain understanding of the car's structure and specific functional circuits. He would need to consult materials and disassemble the actual components to be able to do things like accurately opening car windows, playing a specific radio channel, displaying a specific fault indicator on the dashboard, or even directly controlling the driving of some vehicles with driver assistance systems.

For Alice, finding information and understanding the structure was incredibly easy. She didn't even need to prepare in advance. After determining the target and the operation she wanted to perform, she could quickly search online or use her innate familiarity with circuits to probe through "Super-Linked Object" and quickly obtain the target's operating mode.

A giggle came from upstairs. Xiang Kun knew that Little Apple was dreaming again, but this dream had nothing to do with him. It was a dream that Little Apple had naturally had. It must be that she was very happy in her previous dream, and her emotions were continuing.

Xiang Kun sensed that Lao Xia had also woken up. He sat up groggily, covered Little Apple with the blanket that had been lifted, and then lay back down to continue sleeping.

Their breathing returned to calm and even.

Xiang Kun withdrew his attention and looked at a corner of the room. A second later, a little girl in a white princess dress appeared, holding a scalpel.

After Alice was fully integrated into the "Super-Sensing Item System," it became much easier for both Xiang Kun and Lao Xia to bring her to life through "Fantasy Manifestation."

Her single-use duration has also been greatly increased, but she still needs to rely on a large number of "Super-Linked Object" to exist.

Early the next morning, Little Apple and Lao Xia woke up, or rather, Alice secretly woke them up on Xiang Kun.

Lao Xia took Little Apple out for a walk under the pretext of getting some fresh rural air. To prevent Li Yang from worrying about not being able to find Little Apple after waking up, Xiang Kun stayed behind to prepare breakfast.

In any case, no matter where they were in Chongyun Village, they were always within Xiang Kun's perception range, and he could clearly know their situation.

Lao Xia and Little Apple getting up so early in the morning certainly wasn't really for a walk or to get some fresh air.

They came out to conduct the final step of the experiment.

It's five in the morning, and the sun hasn't risen yet, but the main roads in Chongyun Village are now lit by streetlights, so it's not dark at all.

"Gold Glitter" also flew out and landed on a nearby branch, like a dutiful lookout, showing that it had done justice to the generous bird meal Little Apple had prepared.

A few dozen meters from their lodgings, Xia Libing gently patted Little Apple's shoulder, then picked up her phone and said, "Alice, are you ready?"

The streetlights beside her flickered twice, as if in response to Alice.

Xia Libing knew this was Alice's sign of excitement; otherwise, she could have easily given a voice reply via her phone...

Xia Libing said to Little Apple, "Let's begin."

Standing in the middle of the road, Little Apple took a few deep breaths nervously, then took out a "Black Circle Graffiti" from the pocket of her overalls and began to concentrate on sensing it.

This is actually the same as when she usually summons beings from another dimension or another world. In her understanding, Alice is also a "person" from another world, but she has already formed a certain material connection with this world.

However, unlike the previous "summoning," this time Little Apple's "summoning" targets not external objects, but herself.

This is equivalent to her establishing a one-way data transmission link with Alice.

Her attention began to focus, and after a dozen seconds, a flood of sensory information began to appear in her mind.

In an instant, she understood that it was footage captured by a camera mounted on the wall diagonally behind her, and the information presented through her cognitive framework.

Next, the footage from over a hundred cameras throughout Chongyun Village was presented to Little Apple in her mind through a cognitive pattern that she could understand.

Such a massive amount of information would overwhelm and confuse even someone with normal vision when simultaneously viewing so many surveillance videos in a monitoring center. If it were directly input into the brain, one would likely lose all sense of direction.

However, after Alice processes the information, it can help Little Apple quickly and comprehensively construct the entire situation of Chongyun Village.

Essentially, Alice didn't directly let Little Apple "see" these images; she still used sensory information that Little Apple could understand to present a wider area.

Little Apple needed time to adapt and process the sensory information of "Gold Glitter" before, but Alice presented this information directly using her thinking and cognitive patterns, without any need for transformation, just like Alice was her "sixth sense"!

Of course, the surveillance video itself has a delay, Alice's transcoding transmission also has a slight delay, but these can be resolved in the future.

In the future, Alice could even completely abandon the camera's view and use a portion of "super-sensory information" to transcode and help Little Apple understand its surroundings.

The reason Xiang Kun wanted Little Apple to come to Chongyun Village make this attempt was not only because of the more than one hundred cameras arranged according to the locations chosen by Xiang Kun, nor because Alice had full control over the monitoring center and all networks in Chongyun Village, but also because thousands of "Super-Linked Object" tungsten steel beads were now scattered throughout the entire Chongyun Village.

When the village was repairing roads, installing streetlights, and setting up surveillance cameras, Xiang Kun secretly deployed a large number of "Super-Linked Object" tungsten steel spheres that he had brought back.

Some are buried deep underground by the roadside, some are under the foundation, and some are inside the cement base of streetlights, scattered everywhere.

These "Super-Linked Object" provide Alice with the "hardware foundation" to exert influence on the real world.

After being fully integrated into the "Super-Sensing Item System," she will be able to appear in any corner of Chongyun Village at any time in the future. Little Apple can also use this "Super-Linked Object Network" to project the emotions of the Emotion-Infused Object she "summons" to any location, affecting people in the selected area.

Once the entire system is perfected in Chongyun Village as a pilot project, it can be quickly applied to any other location.

Of course, Little Apple doesn't know any of this right now.

At this very moment, the seventeen-year-old girl, who has been blind since birth, is astonished by the charm of Chongyun Village that Alice has shown her.

Previously, through "Gold Glitter," she was already able to perceive her surroundings to a great extent and move freely.

But there was still a sense of separation, and due to the limitations of "Gold Glitter's " own visual, auditory, and other sensory abilities, the range and clarity of its exploration were very limited.

Her current feeling is like someone who was used to watching 240P images on a small monitor suddenly standing in front of a giant screen to watch true 4K ultra-high-definition images; she was deeply shocked.

She suddenly realized that the complexity and intricate details of this world far exceeded her original understanding.

If establishing sensory connections with "Gold Glitter" was like opening a window to her world, allowing her to look into the distance.

So this time, the moment she established contact with Alice, she felt as if she had broken free of her cage, spread her wings, and could roam freely in the vast world.

The sun slowly rose from the east, and the rosy glow quickly spread out, covering Xia Libing and Little Apple, who were standing in the middle of the road.

Little Apple tilted her face slightly upward, feeling the faint warmth of the sunlight. Through Alice's information transmission, she perceived the sunlight and sunrise more clearly.

Before she knew it, tears were streaming down her face.

Xia Libing, who had been watching over her the whole time, reached out and wiped away the tears on her cheeks.

Little Apple turned around and gave Xia Libing a bright smile, her eyes still glistening with tears, but filled with excitement and joy.

She turned around, faced the direction the sun was rising, and started running as fast as she could.

The "Gold Glitter" on the nearby branch also flapped its wings and flew high, chasing after its second boss, the "senior zookeeper".