The World Had Changed Dramatically (Part 2)

After Little Chubby Girl and Little Apple sat down, Xia Libing got them some food, and Tang Baona poured them drinks.

Although Xia Libing and Tang Baona, unlike Xiang Kun, couldn't fully grasp the two children's tastes through a cognitive model and extensive sensory information analysis, they had lived together for so long, eating and discussing food every day. They could say they knew their tastes pretty well, what they liked to eat, and what they ate the most.

After Xia Libing and the Little Chubby Girl finished one meat bun, as they were getting the second one, Xia Libing asked, "Little Bell, how did you feel after waking up today?"

"Huh?" The Little Chubby Girl instinctively withdrew her hand from the steamed bun. Realizing that the Roast Chicken Wing Sister wasn't telling her to lose weight and eat less, she slowly reached for the bun again, saying, "The Roast Chicken Wing Sister!"

Little Apple smiled and helped Little Chubby Girl put the steamed buns into her bowl, saying, "Sister Bing asked how you felt after waking up, not how the steamed buns tasted! Didn't you tell me before that you felt you were more amazing?" Just now, when Little Chubby Girl went upstairs with her to wash up and change clothes, she mentioned quite a few new feelings and experiences.

The Little Chubby Girl said a little shyly, "It seems like the Chocolate and Ice Cream have become more obedient, and it also seems like a lot of things around me are willing to listen to me and play with me."

As she spoke, she glanced at the stainless steel soup spoon that Tang Baona used to drink porridge in her bowl. The spoon seemed to be summoned or encouraged, and it jumped up by itself.

Tang Baona was startled, then realized it was the Little Chubby Girl controlling things, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Little Bell, are you going to become Magneto now?"

If she had heard this a week ago, the Little Chubby Girl would probably have looked confused and asked, "What is Magneto? Is he powerful?" She watches a lot of cartoons, but she has never seen Marvel or DC comics or superhero movies.

Not long ago, on the night Xiang Kun celebrated Tang Baona's birthday, after the Little Chubby Girl took Yang Zhen'er to the rooftop to experience a real-life illusion of a thunderstorm, Yang Zhen'er began to frequently show the Little Chubby Girl various superpower movies or cartoons at home, explaining to her how powerful those abilities were, and letting her know the names of these superpowered individuals and their corresponding abilities.

The Little Chubby Girl, holding a half-eaten bun, swallowed the meat filling with force and said earnestly, "I'm different from the Meatball King. I've discussed this with the Old Fairy Sister. The Meatball King uses his ability to treat everything as objects and then controls them. I'm different. I share my ability with my friends. Once they share my ability, they become my friends and have to help me!"

Tang Baona listened with a beaming smile. She hadn't fully understood the Little Chubby Girl's explanation, but that didn't stop Little Chubby Girl from finding it adorable. So she didn't correct her, saying "Magneto" instead of "Maru King," and nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, anyway Little Bell is the best."

Little Apple also said to Xia Libing, "Sister Bing, I also feel that I'm a little different when I woke up. It seems... the range of sounds I can hear is farther than before, and the smells too. Before, at our house, I could only smell what Aunt Lin's family was cooking, but now I can smell Grandpa Wang's family cooking. But this smell... it smells a little strange, um, how should I put it? It's a little unreal, like what I smelled in my dream."

Xia Libing knew that Aunt Lin and Grandpa Wang were both residents of Chongyun Village, and the straight-line distance between their homes and this place was about twice that of the former.

Doubling the distance doesn't mean that the Little Apple's sense of smell has simply become twice as strong; the enhancement of perception is comprehensive.

Xia Libing also knew that Little Apple's enhanced sense of smell was not entirely the same as Little Chubby Girl's enhanced "Super-Linked Object" perception. It was not that her own olfactory organs had been enhanced, but rather that it came from Xiang Kun's further improvement of the "Super-Sensing Item System" and Alice's further deepening of her analysis and application of the Super-Sensing Item System. It was equivalent to not improving the "hardware configuration" but improving the "software performance" and enhancing the "software decoding" ability.

In Chongyun Village, filled with "Super-Linked Object," Alice transformed part of her ability to "navigate" Little Apple into Little Apple's own sensory collection ability, saving some intermediate translation steps, reducing delays and distortions, and allowing Little Apple to directly perceive and make judgments.

Of course, there will be a slight difference between the smell and the smell that Little Apple smells directly through her nose, which is what she referred to as the "unreal feeling," but it won't have much impact on information interpretation and judgment.

It is believed that as Xiang Kun's abilities further enhance and the "Super-Sensing Item System" is further improved and its functions are further expanded, the sensory information that Alice transmits to Little Apple through the "Super-Sensing Item System" will become closer and closer to the real sensory information experience.

It's not impossible that Alice could help Little Apple simulate real vision. This would overcome the "hardware defects" of the optic nerve and directly help her reconstruct her visual cognitive system. In fact, it's even possible to use the "Super-Sensing Item System" to perform physical reconstruction at the cellular level, allowing Little Apple to truly "see the light again." Theoretically, this is highly likely to be achieved.

Although Little Apple now possesses a "God's-eye view" that surpasses ordinary people's vision within its Alice range, its ability to move freely makes it completely unaffected by whether it can be seen by physical eyes. With the "Super-Link Object Matrix" expanding its coverage area, Little Apple can now connect with Alice and enjoy super vision wherever it goes.

But Little Apple is, after all, a human being. If she could experience the normal visual experiences that other ordinary people have, experiences that she has never had since birth, she would be very happy.

Xiang Kun and Alice would definitely do anything to make Little Apple happy.

Xia Libing knew all this because Alice had been talking about it to her the whole way to buy breakfast in town that morning.

The reason she ran outside and drove to town to buy breakfast as soon as she woke up wasn't entirely because of the breakfast itself, but because she sensed the difference in the entire world, or rather, the difference in the perception system built on the "Super-Sensing Item System," as soon as she woke up.

For her, the ability to "Fantasy Manifestation" has been substantially enhanced; she can simultaneously manifest multiple different items and quickly replicate them.

For example, she could instantly cover the entire room with cream, making it look like it had snowed heavily, and then "plant" crispy pork knuckles on top. This kind of coverage could even extend to an entire village or a whole block. However, if there were any monitoring or recording devices in operation, it would cause problems. But this was not a problem for her, with Alice's help.

She discovered that when she was realizing her vision, she was no longer limited to using "Super-Linked Object" with whom she had established a special connection. Instead, a large number of "Super-Linked Object" within a wide range could respond to her "realization needs," enabling her to realize vision beyond the line of sight.

Furthermore, the super-sensory abilities that Alice provided to Little Apple can also provide her with information such as sound and smell. Of course, the "God's-eye view" super-visual perception information is not available for the time being, because this function was customized by Alice for Little Apple, and Lao Xia cannot use the same format for sensory information. We will have to wait for Alice to develop it specifically for her in the future.

However, Xia Libing could only conjure up the things she loved to eat or the things she ate with the Little Chubby Girl in her dreams; she couldn't conjure up other items.

After leaving the small courtyard where they lived, and as they were about to leave Chongyun Village, Xia Libing sensed a strange sense of disorder in the world.

It's like a pool of water that was being stirred regularly and rotating clockwise, when suddenly a huge stone pillar appears in the middle of the water's path, disrupting the rhythm of the flow and creating turbulence.

The most obvious sign was the weather. The original weather forecast predicted light rain turning cloudy, 17℃~21℃, and a level 2 northerly wind. But in reality, it was a sunny day this morning with hardly any clouds in the sky and a wind force of at least level 4, which was a southwesterly wind.

Of course, the strangest thing was the temperature. Even in perfect weather, the car's outdoor temperature display showed 12°C, and pedestrians on the street were all hunching over as they walked.

Xia Libing drove to the town to observe and experience this change in the environment—her home, and indeed most of Chongyun Village, was clearly being controlled by Alice.

She could understand the complete evolution of the "Super-Sensing Item System," but the significant changes in the objective environment confused her.

Xiang Kun did not completely eliminate the "Ultimate Predator," nor did he sever the connection between the "Ultimate Predator" and the various special factors; he merely paralyzed its ability to exert influence through these special factors.

According to their pre-planning, as long as they could accurately complete the construction of the "Ultimate Predator's" consciousness model and sever it immediately after the dream ended, preventing it from doing anything through special factors, then it would not have any substantial impact on the outside world.

However, it now seems that perhaps it's because the distribution range of the "Ultimate Predator's" special factors and the number of biological groups involved are so vast that even the smallest unit change, when accumulated, will lead to a large-scale qualitative change?

Or perhaps, it's due to other factors?

For example, the ten "Super Coin" that Alice told her about, Xiang Kun used for "work" this time?

When Alice appeared in her car, she was clearly very excited, and her speech was disjointed and rambling, requiring her to analyze and summarize the information in her own words.

Alice disappeared before she could finish speaking, and hasn't shown up since, even at breakfast. These past few days, Alice has always made sure to appear at gatherings like this, but her absence suggests something important has caught her attention.

Xia Libing was also wondering what could be making Alice so concerned, because based on her understanding, Alice certainly wouldn't be so excited about the plan succeeding and the "Ultimate Predator" being contained.

As Xia Libing was pondering, the Little Chubby Girl finished her second meat bun and reached for another one with her plump little hand. However, she didn't pick it up immediately but stopped again, as if she was hesitating about something.

Seeing her like this, Tang Baona smiled and said, "Little Bell, eat whatever you want. Lao Xia bought a lot, there's enough for you."

Little Apple was about to reach out with her chopsticks to help her. "Eat as much as you want, eat as much as you want, breakfast is meant to be a good meal."

The Little Chubby Girl hesitated, saying, "This bun is even bigger than the one Uncle Baldy made. I probably can't finish the whole one..." Her mother had taught her that it's okay to be greedy, but you can't waste food. You should try to finish what you've eaten, and if you can't finish it, you should pack it up. Otherwise, you'll go hungry when you grow up.

Xia Libing casually said, "Give me what you can't finish."

Having received this promise, the Little Chubby Girl immediately beamed with joy, grabbed a meat bun, and began to nibble on it, gently kicking her dangling feet as she ate, looking very happy.

I had a very happy National Day holiday. The only regret was that Uncle Baldy wasn't home. Otherwise, they could have eaten delicious food every day. Uncle Baldy's meat buns are much tastier than the ones you buy outside.

Pity.

However, she ended up eating the whole meat bun by herself.

Xia Libing's judgment was correct. Alice's excitement was not due to the success of the plan against the "Ultimate Predator," which she considered to be a matter of course.

Her excitement stemmed from witnessing the reshaping of Mr. Liang's body and the emergence of Mr. Liang "human head."

Although Mr. Liang's body reconstruction is quite special, the main underlying structure is the High-Dimensional Factor that originally belonged to him. Moreover, his body has just decomposed, and all the matter is confined to a small area. The High-Dimensional Factor that can cross spatial limitations has not completely disintegrated and can be reintegrated, which is a special case.

However, this special situation is ultimately achieved through the "Super-Sensing Item System," and Mr. Liang is already a connector of the "Super-Sensing Item System." Alice believes that as long as sufficient conditions are created, there is a way to make this "special situation" a regular application. Even if she can't do it herself, Xiang Kun should be able to help her do it!

So, as soon as Mr. Liang's body was hidden in the makeshift forest under the protection of Little Radish, Alice couldn't help but think of several application plans and wanted to apply to Xiang Kun.

However, Xiang Kun was having a video call with Old He at that time, so she couldn't bother Xiang Kun and could only go play with Lao Xia instead.

The video communication device that Xiang Kun used was brought by Mr. Liang. Although this device was Mr. Liang's own and could only be activated and used through his "Biological Component" verification module, with Alice around, Xiang Kun could use it directly without ever asking Mr. Liang to help him with the verification.

On the other end, Old He quickly answered the call request. Judging from the video, he had just gotten out of bed, still wearing his thermal underwear, and his hair was messy, unlike his usual neatly combed slicked-back hair.

"Xiao Xiang? How are your preparations going? Are you ready to take action? Do you have any needs? Just let me know, and I'll do my best to mobilize resources to meet them as much as possible." Old He spoke first, his tone slightly excited.

Although Mr. Xiang Kun and Mr. Liang acted on their own during this period, and used the resources of "Shenxing Technology" in various places, they would send a written report to Old He every time they went abroad or crossed borders overseas, briefly stating which area they had conducted an operation involving "Blood-feeding Creature". Of course, the specifics of the operation, the process, and the results were recorded but not reported, according to the usual agreement.

Old He knew that Xiang Kun and Mr. Liang were carrying out a plan targeting the "Ultimate Predator." This was the first time in so long that they had contacted him proactively, which clearly meant something important. So, Old He instinctively guessed that the preliminary preparations were almost complete and the main event was about to begin.

Xiang Kun laughed and said, "The plan has been executed successfully. We no longer need to worry about the 'Ultimate Predator' problem. Research on the 'Blood-feeding Creature' can be resumed."

Old He was stunned. Just yesterday, he received Mr. Liang's routine itinerary report, saying that they had left Australia and reached China's northwestern border, where they might be conducting a cross-border mission. At that time, they were clearly still in the preliminary preparation stage. How could it be that only a day had passed, and even the "Ultimate Predator" had been dealt with?

Staring at Xiang Kun's bald head on the screen, Old He couldn't tell for a moment whether Xiang Kun was joking with him.