Xiang Kun's Strategy
Who influenced Alice's choice of words and her cheerful tone?
It definitely wasn't him.
Hmm, it must be the Little Chubby Girl's fault.
The data transmission stopped, but Xiang Kun wasn't in a hurry. The content he had already read was enough to answer many of his previous questions.
Of course, this also created many new problems for him.
Judging from the trend of the documents he viewed, the next documents that have not yet been transmitted should be Mr. Liang's records of various "Mutated Creature," as well as his explanations of his research direction and philosophy.
At present, this information is not urgently needed, nor can it solve the newly emerging problems.
After reviewing the previous documents, Xiang Kun updated his understanding of "Mutated Creature," or rather, "Blood-feeding Creature." He now had several questions to consider and resolve:
1. Determine exactly what this "Ultimate Predator" or "mysterious force" is, in what form it exists, and how it monitors and influences the behavior of other creatures;
Until now, before seeing these documents, Xiang Kun had no idea that anything could control his life. But both Academician Shen's description and the various document records in the storage device indicated that there was indeed an entity that could decide the life and death of ordinary and "Mutated Creature.
Moreover, based on Mr. Liang's description, that presence is likely exerted through carbon-containing compounds. If he wants to confirm this, he can try to start from this aspect.
In a "Hyper-Sensory State," direct analysis of relevant cognitive information might reveal some clues.
Previously, decoding and analyzing this kind of microscopic cognitive information would be extremely troublesome and painful, and would take an unknown amount of time.
But now, with Alice's assistance—who has already been integrated into the "Super-Sensing Item System" and can exist within hypersensory information—many things will be much simpler, and their feasibility will be greatly improved.
Xiang Kun believes that if such an "Ultimate Predator" truly exists, its influence on carbon-containing compounds and other life forms is likely similar to his connection with "Super-Linked Object" and "Emotion-Infused Object," both being based on extrasensory information.
Perhaps some carbon-containing compounds are the "Super-Linked Object" of that "Ultimate Predator"?
Of course, the "network" constructed by the "Ultimate Predator" is very different from Xiang Kun's. The "Ultimate Predator" may not even be aware of the existence of "extrasensory information" and may only rely on instinct to manipulate and connect, just like when he first established an "Super-Sensory Link" with an object and Emotional Injection ".
So, although Academician Shen and Mr. Liang's documents described that "mysterious power" and "Ultimate Predator" as the nemesis and ultimate boss of almost all creatures, and Xiang Kun was practically a "newcomer" in the "mutation field," he wasn't particularly afraid. In fact, he felt a tiny bit of abnormal excitement and... anticipation?
If we compare mutation itself to a game, and Xiang Kun and "Ultimate Predator" are both "players," then "Ultimate Predator" is at most a "pro player," while Xiang Kun has already begun studying the game's source code.
Moreover, Xiang Kun even implanted Alice, a "cheat code" and "Trojan horse," into the game. As long as the "Ultimate Predator" can catch him by the traces in the dimension of extrasensory information, he believes he can quickly find a way to counter it.
2. What is the purpose of the "Ultimate Predator"?
The "Ultimate Predator" prevents humans from conducting in-depth research on "Mutated Creature" and from gaining a comprehensive understanding of their secrets, while allowing "Mutated Creature"Mutated Creature to research themselves.
Xiang Kun speculated that this "Ultimate Predator" might have a stronger control over "Mutated Creature," allowing it to act more freely, and it might need "Mutated Creature" to grow and become its blood source.
Because if the "Ultimate Predator" is also a "Blood-feeding Creature," then normally, it would also have its own limits.
The longer it exists, the higher its degree of mutation, and the higher its requirements for blood sources.
It's just unknown what stage it's reached in this blood-drinking phase, when it will start the next one, and what its blood-drinking standards are.
3. Where did Academician Shen and that "A Xue" go?
After reading those documents, Xiang Kun was most impressed by Shen Haichong. Even without having actually met him, he could build a very comprehensive cognitive model of this old academician who was deeply trusted by the authorities and single-handedly supported the "One-Person Research Program" from that information.
If Academician Shen were still alive, Xiang Kun might have chosen to make limited contact, such as establishing communication through online communication, and exchanging views with him on "Mutated Creature".
However, judging from Mr. Liang's later dramatic change in style and his rapid, aggressive mutation plan, Academician Shen is most likely no longer alive. Moreover, his passing is either related to "A Xue" or to the "Ultimate Predator." The events that occurred directly altered Mr. Liang's understanding and the direction of his mutation.
If this matter can be clarified, it may be of great help to Xiang Kun in his future dealings with Mr. Liang.
He planned to send Alice to look for relevant information, to see if she could find anything.
4. Xiang Kun's next strategy;
Judging from Mr. Liang's video, he was definitely quite wary and cautious about other "Mutated Creature," and rash contact might not necessarily yield good results.
Judging from Mr. Liang's style of doing things, unless he is completely disarmed and his abilities are completely restricted, it would be difficult for Mr. Liang to cooperate with him wholeheartedly, and it would be difficult for him to conduct research together peacefully and find a way to fight against the "Ultimate Predator". It would be almost impossible to remove his "armor", and he would not agree to it.
The authorities will most likely accept him, but since they are currently cooperating with Mr. Liang, the execution still depends on Mr. Liang. Therefore, they will definitely still have him contact Mr. Liang, and Mr. Liang will take the lead.
Therefore, Xiang Kun does not plan to directly contact Mr. Liang or the government for the time being. Instead, he will focus on developing himself. He needs to significantly improve his hard power, such as the real economy, as well as Alice's further comprehensive penetration and control over the network and electronic devices, his "Super-Sensing Item System," and his own understanding and influence of hypersensory information.
When he becomes powerful enough to easily control the other party, the issue of trust becomes entirely up to him.
Just as I was thinking, my phone vibrated; it was Tang Baona calling.
"Xiang Kun, are you awake? Let's go have breakfast. Zhang Qian just called and invited us to the company," Tang Baona said.
Xiang Kun noticed that it was already past nine o'clock. After agreeing to Tang Baona's request, he instructed Alice to continue transferring data after the storage devices cooled down, while simultaneously making a phone call to Lao Xia.
"How much of that document did you read before?" Xiang Kun asked.
"I've only read half of it," Lao Xia replied.
Xiang Kun roughly knew where she was looking and said, "You know why I didn't let you keep looking, right?"
"Are you afraid I'll end up like those researchers?" Lao Xia said.
"Well, the actual situation shouldn't be that dangerous, but just to be on the safe side, you shouldn't look at the documents Alice got directly. I'll tell you about the safer ones," Xiang Kun said.
Although according to Academician Shen's research, the "Ultimate Predator" and the "mysterious force" would only go berserk to the point of killing both humans and the "Mutated Creature" as soon as they were discovered by humans under "sensitive" conditions. Normally, as long as there is no in-depth research on the "Mutated Creature," there shouldn't be any major problems. For Fang Pingfang and Mi Qiao's direct observation and tracking of the "mutated giant bird" and "mutated ants" were all fine. However, just to be on the safe side, he still planned to suspend Lao Xia's acquisition of relevant information.
Mr. Liang dared to risk the lives of Dr. Fang, Mi Qiao, and others, but Xiang Kun would never allow Lao Xia to be threatened.
However, not conducting direct and in-depth research on "Mutated Creature" does not mean that other research cannot be carried out, such as the "Super-Sensing Item System." Although it is based on Xiang Kun's abilities as a "Mutated Creature," it is separated by a layer and appears on a relatively more "virtual" level. Xiang Kun does not believe that the "Ultimate Predator" can reach this level.