After studying in front of the computer all night, Xiang Kun was planning to go for a walk in the street to do some sensory training.
The phone rang suddenly. Xiang Kun glanced at it with surprise and saw that the caller ID showed Officer Chen's name.
"Could there be some new developments in the case of that human trafficker?" Xiang Kun wondered what Officer Chen's purpose was in calling, and picked up his phone to answer the call.
However, Xiang Kun was somewhat surprised when Officer Chen explained the purpose of the call. It turned out to be the family of the two children rescued from human traffickers, who wanted to give him some financial thanks.
"The child's family originally wanted to visit in person to express their gratitude, but since you instructed our colleagues not to disclose your information if there were any interviews with reporters or anything like that, and they didn't want to be disturbed, they didn't rush to visit. They asked me to inquire with you first..."
"Uh, we just happened to be there, and by some twist of fate we did a good deed..." Xiang Kun remained modest and pretended, after all, he had told the police at the branch office that he did not know the people in the car in front were human traffickers.
Officer Chen said, "Yes, I know. You just happened to rear-end their car. Actually, the police in the neighboring province had already found out who abducted the child, identified those people, found their license plate number, and knew they had entered our city. Even if they hadn't clashed with you, they should have been arrested very quickly."
Xiang Kun listened quietly. He knew that Officer Chen was saying this not to deny his contributions or to suggest that he shouldn't accept the reward, but to remind him once again not to try to be a hero and to trust the police's abilities.
Xiang Kun felt a little helpless. He blamed Officer Chen for seeing the video of him "patrolling" the streets all night and mistakenly thinking he wanted to be a "volunteer policeman" or a "superhero." Otherwise, every time he encountered trouble, he would have called the police immediately. He really had no intention of becoming a "superhero" or fighting for justice.
On the phone, Officer Chen continued, "... But it was indeed because of you that those two children were rescued safely ahead of time, and all the suspects were apprehended. If you agree, I'll give them the bank account number you provided earlier. If you really don't want to accept the money, they can donate it in your name to..."
"Give them the card number," Xiang Kun said confidently before Officer Chen could finish speaking.
Although he hadn't expected any personal gain from dealing with those human traffickers, he wouldn't hesitate to accept money from the children's parents as a token of their gratitude. He was currently short of money, unemployed and "sick," so even a few hundred or a few thousand yuan would be a significant supplement.
Moreover, this was a token of gratitude offered by the families of the rescued children, and it's certainly a number they can easily afford.
Officer Chen on the other end of the phone didn't seem surprised. After a slight pause, he said, "Okay."
Xiang Kun added, "I will convey their gratitude to my three friends." This meant he would divide the thank-you money equally among the other three. After all, strictly speaking, the incident involved all four of them in the car at the time.
But Officer Chen said, "No need. The families of the other three girls have already thanked you. That money is for you alone."
Xiang Kun paused for a moment, but didn't say anything more. After exchanging a few more words with Officer Chen, he ended the call.
Come to think of it, the last time Officer Chen called, it was also to deliver money.
Officer Chen is practically my lucky charm!
A dozen minutes later, his phone beeped. Xiang Kun picked it up and saw it was a bank notification that money had been deposited into his account.
However, Xiang Kun was stunned when he saw the number. He thought he was seeing things, so he logged into his online banking to check his balance and transaction details before he finally realized that he had not misread it.
The amount just transferred in was 200,000?!
The "financial gratitude" given by the families of the two children was a staggering 200,000 yuan?
Furthermore, Officer Chen stated that Tang Baona and the other two children's families had already expressed their gratitude. If each person received 200,000 yuan, then the total for the eight of them would be 800,000 yuan?
That's a big spender...
He suddenly remembered what Officer Chen had said before: that he knew he had spoken with officers at the precinct and didn't want to be disturbed, so the child's family hadn't come to visit him rashly. In other words, they already knew his address, and it wasn't revealed by Officer Chen.
Then I remembered Officer Chen mentioning the speed of response from the police in the neighboring province. It seems those two kids come from extraordinary backgrounds.
But if that's the case, how did they get abducted by human traffickers?
Or perhaps those four guys weren't human traffickers, and there's something else going on?
Xiang Kun didn't bother to think about it anymore. Anyway, the child was safe, and the cause and effect of this matter had nothing to do with him.
Having this 200,000 yuan in hand shouldn't pose any hidden dangers.
At 7:22 p. m. on August 29, Xiang Kun felt hungry again.
Just like last time, it drank the blood of two rabbits and then went to bed.
Xiang Kun woke up at 8:50 p. m. the next day; the duration of his sleep was within the normal range.
Upon waking, he didn't get up immediately. Instead, he closed his eyes again, reminisced about the blood-drinking period he had last experienced, and stared at "Tissue 2" for 38 minutes.
Before his last blood-drinking experience, Xiang Kun had a sudden urge to train his telekinesis, so he stared at a tissue for 16 hours. Although he didn't gain the ability to telekinesis, after his last blood-drinking experience, he suddenly gained the ability to sense the tissue from a great distance, no matter where it was.
He designated the tissue as "Tissue 1," but after a series of experiments, he reduced "Tissue 1" to ashes, and the sensation disappeared.
However, he re-observed and focused on "Tissue 2". Although he only observed it for 38 minutes, he experienced the same flash of white light that he had when observing "Tissue 1".
At the time, he guessed that the flash of light might be a signal that the observation had reached a certain effect, so he put away "Tissue 2" and waited for the next blood-drinking session to sense and confirm it.
Now, with his eyes closed on the bed, Xiang Kun instantly sensed the "Tissue 2" that he had kept in the kitchen cabinet, tightly wrapped in several plastic bags.
It seems that the flash of white light was indeed a signal indicating that something had achieved a certain effect.
However, compared to "tissue 1", his perception of "Tissue 2" was noticeably more vague and weaker.
This is likely related to the different levels of observation for "Tissue 1" and "Tissue 2". After all, when observing "Tissue 1", the observation time was as long as 16 hours, and there were four instances of flashes of white light in front of the eyes.
Xiang Kun went to the kitchen and took out "Tissue 2". He planned to conduct two experiments on "Tissue 2" during this period of blood consumption:
1. Send "Tissue 2" to the city in China that is furthest from your current city in a straight line, then fill in an incorrect address and recipient information. Then contact the courier company to return it. This will allow you to verify how far away you can sense "Tissue 2".
2. No matter what you are doing, as soon as you have a free moment or think of it, you will sense "Tissue 2" and time it during the sensing process to measure whether continuous sensing will consume this sensing and positioning ability.
Of course, these things would be done after dawn. Right now, he quickly completed the standard procedure after each blood-drinking awakening, compiling and recording various information about his body.
Then he sat down at the computer and began to examine how much his targeted training during his last blood-drinking period had improved his abilities in reading, memorizing, thinking, and understanding.
After reading a new book about gene mutations for ten minutes, Xiang Kun could clearly feel that his reading speed had increased by at least one-third compared to before, and he could also memorize the information faster and more easily.
But he found that as soon as he started to concentrate on reading, his muscles would subconsciously tense up, his body would be in a state of alertness and combat, his sensory organs would be working at full capacity, and his brain would be subconsciously collecting all kinds of sounds and smells around him.
After a moment's thought, Xiang Kun understood the reason for this state; it seemed to be the result of stabbing his thigh with a knife in an attempt to improve his reading and memorization speed...
Instead of forcing the body to quickly read and memorize in order to escape danger and harm, and failing to promote the evolution of brain thinking, it instead instilled in the body the judgment that as long as one is reading attentively, there is a possibility of attack and harm... thus evolving the instinct for the body to spontaneously maintain vigilance while concentrating on reading?
This left Xiang Kun unsure whether to laugh or cry.
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Because Qidian now censors the word "ghost," this book has been renamed from <What's it like to become a vampire?> to <What's it like to become a member of the Bloodline?> for easier searching.