What It's Like to Become a Vampire
Chapter 541

Home Field Construction Plan

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Based on Xiang Kun's current method of establishing Super-Sensory Link, the various auxiliary models Alice helped him build, and the various "Super-Linked Object" deployment methods he has mastered, it is still necessary to deploy existing "Super-Linked Object" to set up his own "Super-Linked Object home field" in the mountains and wilderness.

Because all elements in the mountains, whether underground or above ground, have strong individual characteristics. Even the same type of tree, different leaves on the same tree, and the soil and gravel under the same piece of land have subtle differences.

Establishing Super-Sensory Link with these "natural creations" is already extremely difficult, and even if a connection is successfully established now, it is impossible to establish Super-Sensory Link with similar items on a large scale and in large quantities with Alice's assistance—because it is impossible to identify similar items.

Xiang Kun estimates that unless he can establish "Super-Sensory Link" at the microscopic particle level, it will still be difficult to conduct "mass communication" in the wild and in nature.

Since it's impossible to directly "use local materials," the only option is to deploy "Super-Linked Object" through an army of ants.

In fact, the second, third, and even fourth and fifth-level ant colonies, which originated from the Origin Ancestor Ant Queen "Zero Zero Two", also have very weak "Super-Linked Object" characteristics in a sense. Although they don't have much use at present except for doing some small tasks like carrying things, perhaps in the future there will be a way to make them truly replace "Super-Linked Object".

Compared to mountains and forests, there are many more ways for Xiang Kun to establish a "Super-Linked Object hub" within human settlements, where all kinds of industrial products are made by combining standardized components.

Even complex wholes can often be broken down into individual components when broken down into smaller parts.

Just like a high-tech engine, disassembling it reveals various connecting rods, chains, bearings, steel balls, gaskets, and so on. The standardization is very high, and even the same parts of the same model have very similar micro-compositions.

Since Xiang Kun can now establish Super-Sensory Link directly through cognitive information in a "Hyper-Sensory State," whether the target object has been disassembled or is a separate entity is not a problem.

Before starting the GL8, Xiang Kun tried to enter a "Hyper-Sensory State" and attempted to establish Super-Sensory Link with one of the metal linkages.

In the past, if he wanted to establish Super-Sensory Link with an object, he would have to have enough contact with it, observe and understand it extensively, and at least need to touch it directly.

Just like the pickup truck he and Lao Xia had just bought, in order to establish a connection with some of the parts, they first had to send it to a repair shop for some work. During the disassembly, assembly, and replacement, they would familiarize themselves with it, understand it, and establish a connection with it.

But now, in his "Hyper-Sensory State," he can accomplish these things directly through perceptual and cognitive information.

Alice can also prepare detailed data and physical information about the target in advance via the internet, inform Xiang Kun, and assist him in distinguishing the cognitive boundaries between the target and other things in his "Hyper-Sensory State".

Xiang Kun successfully established a "Super-Sensory Link" with the connecting rod in less than five minutes. If needed in the future, he could send some "Super-Linked Object" and one "Emotion-Infused Object" to the SAIC-GM factory in Pudong Jinqiao, which produces this car. At that time, all connecting rods of the same model and specifications within the affected area would be connected to the "Super-Sensory Link".

Once these devices are installed and assembled on various cars and sold throughout the country, Xiang Kun's "Super-Linked Object" also reaches all parts of the country.

If he establishes "Super-Sensory Link" with more parts, then each car will have multiple "Super-Linked Object," meaning each GL8 will have a "Super-Link Object Matrix," essentially a small "mobile Chongyun Village."

If the GL8 can do this, then other cars and other car manufacturers can certainly do it too. Toyota, Volkswagen, Geely, and Wuling can all do it.

Then there are television factories, air conditioner factories, refrigerator factories, mobile phone assembly plants, or related parts manufacturing plants, and so on.

Of course, that's just a plan for now, and it would take a lot of time to do so. He has other ideas for the time being.

Xiang Kun did not continue to search for parts of the car, but instead drove to Tongshi Town.

It was past midnight, and there weren't many vehicles or pedestrians in the town. After entering the town, he found a place to park and then started walking.

Xiang Kun kept observing the various things on both sides of the road, searching for all kinds of "artificial elements" and looking for targets where he could make "Super-Sensory Link".

Unbeknownst to him, he walked to the outside of a bank. After thinking for a moment, he slowly walked around to the back. Once he was in the shadows, dozens of tungsten steel beads "crawled" out of the pocket of his work pants and seeped into the bank through various gaps, like a group of well-trained soldiers. At this distance, with Alice's assistance, Xiang Kun did not need to enter a "Hyper-Sensory State" to make them move flexibly.

The tungsten steel ball doesn't need to enter the vault; it just needs to maintain a certain distance. Then, Xiang Kun leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and entered a "Hyper-Sensory State." He used cognitive information to lock onto a one-yuan Coin in the vault and quickly established a connection. Alice then used the application model to establish connections with all the one-yuan Coin in the entire vault.

From the moment the tungsten steel ball was released to the moment it was retrieved, the entire process took only six minutes and forty-six seconds, during which he had already established contact with all the one-dollar Coin in the vault.

However, this bank had a surprisingly small number of one-yuan Coin.

Xiang Kun continued walking on the street, still thinking about establishing new Super-Sensory Link.

His chosen targets were twofold: first, they had to have a standardized structure; and second, they had to be resistant to destruction.

While items like napkins, cardboard boxes, mineral water bottles, disposable chopsticks, and aluminum cans can establish connections, they are easily damaged or recycled, losing their physical properties and significantly reducing or even eliminating the "Super-Sensory Link." Therefore, they are not ideal elements for establishing Super-Sensory Link on a large scale.

With Coin, you don't need to worry about these two points. Coin are inherently more difficult to damage, and few people would intentionally damage Coin, since deliberately damaging RMB is illegal.

Through banks or other places that require coin insertion, he can quickly establish large-scale connections, and then these Coin circulate, thus distributing "Super-Linked Object" to various places.

However, there is a problem: the Coin are constantly moving around, and unless he uses his own Coin "Super-Linked Object" to drop them, it is difficult for them to stay in one place as he intends—unless he can link all the Coin in the future.

This would hinder his plan to establish a regional "Super-Linked Object home field".

Therefore, in order to bring the entire Tongshi Town into his "Super-Linked Object Home Field", he needs some objects that are not easily moved, nor easily destroyed or replaced, as the "Super-Linked Object" base.

He quickly set his sights on something.

Streetlights and trash cans on the road surface, and water pipes and cables underground, are all interconnected elements.

With Alice's help, he can now even make "modular" connections, able to "segment" a part that appears to be a physical whole into smaller units for connection.

For example, if Xiang Kun can already establish a connection with a certain type of steel plate, Xiang Kun only needs to associate with a 2x2cm square unit, Alice can help him find steel plates of the same type, material, and thickness on various objects. By separating the super-sensory information, she can lock onto the same 2x2cm area to confirm the units that can be associated.

Xiang Kun can use this method to connect objects such as network cables, power cables, and water pipes. A ten-meter-long line or pipe can be connected to dozens or even hundreds of "Super-Linked Object" under Alice's division.

Although these things are fixed in various locations throughout the city and will not be easily changed, Xiang Kun still has to run all over the city and constantly enter "Hyper-Sensory State" to connect with them, which is still not efficient enough.

So he asked Alice to investigate the various urban construction projects of the Tongshi Town during this period, including the construction plans of the major telecommunications operators in Tongshi Town, the time for replacing equipment and lines, etc., and then to find the contractors of these projects, and then find their suppliers, the place of origin of related products and goods, and the place of storage.

At that time, Xiang Kun only needs to send a portion of "Super-Linked Object" and "Emotion-Infused Object" into these factories and warehouses to continuously establish "Super-Sensory Link" with the selected items, and the other party will then send these items throughout the city, all over Tongshi Town and even the surrounding areas.

Tongshi Town is currently undergoing rapid development, and the government is carrying out a lot of infrastructure construction and renovation of various old facilities. There are many related plans and schemes, which is convenient for Xiang Kun.

Using this method, Xiang Kun plans to gradually expand outwards from Chongyun Village and Tongshi Town, first establishing a stable "Super-Linked Object home field" area.

At least within this range, Alice can unleash her full power, while Lao Xia can only use a limited number of physical attack methods, such as the "Crispy Pork Knuckle Throwing Technique".

Of course, normally, in the "Super-Linked Object Realm," with Alice around, it's unlikely that something like a "mutated giant bird" would Gold Glitter again—she can always spot the enemy in advance.

Walking through the streets of Tongshi Town late at night, Xiang Kun felt quite comfortable and relaxed.

In the past, when he went out late at night and walked through the city, he always had to consider avoiding surveillance cameras, especially when doing things that looked "sneaky".

But now, with Alice around, he can walk around the streets without a care in the world. Even if he acts strangely and hides in the alley behind the bank, he doesn't need to avoid cameras. Alice will take care of everything to ensure that no one can see anything wrong.

Without realizing it, he had become increasingly reliant on the assistance and services provided by Alice.

This is what they mean by "technology changing lives"!

Xiang Kun thought this, he even had a slight urge to bring Alice to life, pat her on the head, and praise her.

Just then, Alice's voice came through the phone. "Boss, something's up! At Guarding Prosperity Building, that foreigner is fighting with other 'Mutated Creature' again!"

Xiang Kun was taken aback. Of course, he knew that the "foreigner" Alice was referring to was John, the "Europe vampire" at the bottom of the Guarding Prosperity Building.

John is fighting with other "Mutated Creature" again? Has Mr. Liang sent him to devour other "Mutated Creature" again? It hasn't been long since he devoured the mutated giant snake; why so frequently? Is this Mr. Liang's research project, or is he deliberately "cultivating" John?

Xiang Kun quickly found a secluded corner and went inside, then entered "Hyper-Sensory State" to spy on the situation under the Guarding Prosperity Building.

Observing the demise of a "Mutated Creature" and the process of another "Mutated Creature" devouring its blood through cognitive information in a "Hyper-Sensory State" would undoubtedly be of great help in understanding the nature of mutation.

Tuesday, June 16th.

A month and a half has passed since Gold Glitter was ambushed by the "mutated giant bird".

Gold Glitter was already lively and energetic, able to fly and eat again. In fact, after recovering, it gained a little weight because Little Apple prepared more abundant bird food and fed it more during its recovery period.

Little Apple still lives in Chongyun Village, but Little Chubby Girl was picked up by her mother in mid-May and taken to Peng City to start a new kindergarten and begin a new life.

With the help of the lawyer Zhang Qian found, Shi Ling's father was released on the grounds of self-defense and was not prosecuted.

However, after Shi-ling's father regained his freedom, Shiling's Mother, who had been running around tirelessly for him, chose to break up with him, ending the relationship completely.

Shiling's father had no objection to this, since the two of them had never actually gotten married.

But to Shiling's Mother's surprise, not long after, she heard that Shiling's father had gone back to his wife from their previous marriage and they had gotten back together.

To this, Shiling's Mother could only offer a wry smile; naturally, she had nothing to say.

When talking to Zhang Qian about this, she was somewhat self-deprecating. She had always convinced herself that she wasn't a "homewrecker" with various reasons, such as that she met Shiling's father first and that Shiling's father and the other party didn't get a marriage certificate. But in reality, even her own relatives, her own sisters and brothers, thought she was a "homewrecker."

All these years, she's just deceiving herself.

She should have made up her mind to leave Shiling's father a long time ago.

But this relationship wasn't all regret and failure in the end; at least she still has a lovely and sensible daughter, Liu Shiling.

Under Xiang Kun's arrangement, Shiling's Mother took on some less complicated administrative work at Zhang Qian's company. Zhang Qian also helped arrange her accommodation, including the kindergarten that the Little Chubby Girl attended, which was one of the better ones in the area.

Shiling's Mother knew that all of this was thanks to the help of Mr. Xiang, Ms. Tang, and Ms. Xia. Otherwise, a company like "Soaring Dragon Interactive Entertainment" would never have hired a single mother like her who had no diploma, had been unemployed for many years, and needed to spend a lot of time taking care of her daughter.

However, considering that there was no possibility of recovering the money from selling the house in the short term, and that she was under great financial pressure, she had no choice but to accept Xiang Kun and the others' kindness for the sake of Liu Shiling's studies and life. She tried her best to do her job well at the company and learn the relevant skills as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, in Yangcheng City, not far from Peng City, a kind-looking elderly foreign man with a full head of blond hair was sitting in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz S-Class 500, chatting in Chinese with a woman in her forties or fifties who was wearing a suit and had a very sophisticated air about her.

"Professor Nass, your Chinese is so good! It's hard to believe you taught yourself it," the middle-aged woman praised with a smile.

The blond elderly man, referred to as Professor Nass, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and said with a smile, "I love the cultures of many countries and regions. I think understanding a country's customs and culture, getting to know its people, and learning its language are the most basic things. Not just Chinese, but I'm also very familiar with French and Spanish."

As he spoke, he casually showed off a few fluent sentences in French and Spanish.

The woman, who also spoke a little Spanish, nodded repeatedly and praised again, "Professor Nass, your language talent is truly enviable."

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