While Tang Baona and the others were eating, Xiang Kun kept observing their emotions and physical changes to judge their liking for each dish and adjust his judgment of their tastes accordingly.
However, this was information that his brain instinctively collected, not information that he deliberately observed.
To find out their opinions and preferences regarding these dishes, you can simply ask them.
On this issue, they had absolutely no reason not to answer or to lie.
But unexpectedly, someone actually lied...
"Crispy pork knuckle is the best, followed by beef soup. This curry beef could be stewed a little longer." Xia Libing's words made no mistake; they were exactly what Xiang Kun had expected. The crispy pork knuckle was made especially for her.
"I think this beef soup is pretty good, and the dry pot rabbit is also nice. The stir-fried chicken with soy sauce was a little too salty, but overall it's all very good! Sigh... I think I ate too much tonight, I'm probably going to gain weight again." Tang Baona's taste is usually on the lighter side, or rather, as locals, all three of them prefer milder flavors. So when Xiang Kun was cooking these dishes, he had already taken their tastes into consideration and made them relatively mild. It's also conceivable that Liu Shiling and her daughter probably didn't find the dishes they were assigned to in room 706 today flavorful enough.
"Hmm... I think... stir-fried chicken with soy sauce is the best, hmm... that's it." Yang Zhen'er's opinion was the most concise.
But Xiang Kun knew immediately that she was lying. Not only could her body language reveal her insincerity, but when she ate the different dishes earlier, she clearly had the strongest positive reaction to the dry pot rabbit. You don't even need to judge from her facial expressions, heartbeat, or smell; you can tell just by the amount she ate.
He didn't find this strange at all. When he promised Tang Baona on the phone that he would cook for them, she had specifically asked him not to make rabbit meat. That night, when he sent her WeChat to ask about their preferences, Tang Baona told him that if he felt he was good at cooking rabbit meat, he could cook a rabbit dish, as long as it tasted good.
Now it seems that Yang Zhen'er was the one who asked her not to cook rabbit meat, and Tang Baona deliberately wanted to see her friend's "it smells so good!" moment!
But how could she know that Yang Zhen'er would like the rabbit meat I cooked?
After finishing his meal, Xiang Kun went to the restroom and, under the guise of flushing the toilet, vomited up the pebble and the food he had eaten.
The three girls worked together to clear the dishes and leftovers into the kitchen, and then Tang Baona suggested playing Ludo—they had actually brought Ludo with them today!
Xiang Kun didn't care, because the bet they made was that whoever lost would have to wash the dishes...
Ludo is actually a game of probability. Although skill plays a small role, it is still somewhat important, especially when multiple people are playing.
Of course, if the other three are targeting him, it will indeed be very difficult for him to get first place.
But the problem is... their bet is that whoever loses has to wash their hands, meaning that only the top three won't lose.
When the number of players on the field decreases, their impact on Xiang Kun diminishes significantly, making it much more likely that he can avoid finishing last.
However, he didn't care about the bet of washing the dishes, since he was going to do it anyway. So after a fierce battle with the three girls on the board of Ludo, he simply pretended to be unwilling to accept defeat and went to wash the dishes in last place, "shamelessly".
Since they're so eager to beat me, then let them win.
Because Xiang Kun deliberately controlled the pace, a game of Ludo took an hour. After finishing, they sat for a while longer before Tang Baona and the other two said goodbye and left. After all, it wasn't the weekend, and they couldn't stay up that late every day.
After returning home, Xiang Kun tidied up the kitchen and took the washed inner pot of the rice cooker to room 706 to return it to Shiling's Mother.
Since it was getting late, Xiang Kun didn't go inside. He handed the inner pot to Shiling's Mother at the door, thanked her, and then prepared to go back.
Shiling's Mother stopped Xiang Kun and asked with a gossipy look, "Which of the three is it?"
Xiang Kun was taken aback and asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"That's your goal! You must have a goal, right? Those three pretty girls."
"Uh... we're just friends. I haven't considered dating yet," Xiang Kun said, rubbing his bald head.
Shiling's Mother laughed and said, "Are you getting shy? What's there to be shy about? Sigh, but those three girls all seem very outstanding... Well, if we're just looking at appearances and figures, the tall girl in the cargo pants is definitely the prettiest. But in terms of personality, the girl with glasses seems cuter, and she's also very pretty. The other girl seems quite lively, but I guess you'd prefer someone quieter and gentler..."
Unable to resist Shiling's Mother's burning gossip spirit, Xiang Kun quickly made an excuse to make a phone call and escaped home.
After returning home and gathering some equipment, Xiang Kun went out again to begin his planned training session for the day.
During this blood-drinking period, in addition to continuing training in learning and memory, Xiang Kun also arranged physical training.
His training method is also very simple, consisting of only two main aspects:
Firstly, we went back to that small hill to practice climbing and descending it at full speed.
However, he has now bought some weighted gear online, which has greatly increased the difficulty.
After adding all the weights, the weighted garment weighed 80 kg and cost him over 800 yuan.
The online store's customer service repeatedly confirmed with him that he hadn't misread the weight; it was kilograms, not jin (a Chinese unit of weight), because normally very few people would buy such heavy weighted clothing, as it wouldn't be very practical.
Even Xiang Kun, in his first few mountain climbing attempts, only increased his load to 60KG, and his climbing speed dropped significantly after exerting full effort.
When descending the mountain at full speed, he reduced his weight to 20KG. Otherwise, with such enormous inertia, he would have a hard time controlling himself, and if he fell, he really wouldn't be able to get up and would just roll down the mountain.
Although soldiers in the military often carry 40, 50, or even more kilograms of weight, that is for marching with heavy loads. It is not like Xiang Kun doing full-force, continuous extreme training on a mountainside with harsh terrain and no road. If a normal person did what he did, not to mention whether he could do it, injury would be inevitable.
Secondly, perform some bodyweight training with the same load.
For example, you can practice some gymnastic movements at home, such as the horizontal support (Russian push-up).
For example, taking advantage of the quiet of the night, one can go to the community activity area and use the parallel bars and horizontal bars to perform exercises such as front horizontal, back horizontal, and slow double arm raises.
With his current body weight and the addition of some weight, these exercises are already very difficult for him. Even now, he finds them quite strenuous, resulting in excellent training effects and stimulation for his body.
However, he wouldn't practice for too long in the neighborhood, because even late at night, security guards would occasionally patrol the area.
On the evening of September 5th, after another 25-hour sleep, Xiang Kun immediately checked the "Tissue 2" that SF Express had notified him of would be returned.
It can still sense location, but only knows the direction and a vague approximate distance, unlike in the city where you can have a specific concept of location.
He has discovered that if an object he has established a connection with is in an area he is familiar with, he can have a fairly accurate mental location.
If he is unfamiliar with the place, or has never been there before, he can only have a clear sense of direction and a vague sense of distance, but he will have no idea of the specific location.
Just like that "Tissue 2", after it was handed over to SF Express for delivery, he could often roughly deduce its location in the city, in XX district, on XX street, and probably next to some reference building.
But once outside the city limits, he could only vaguely sense the direction of "Tissue 2's" movement.
However, if he were to track it, he would still have a way to find "Tissue 2" by following the sensor.
In terms of distance, even though the SF Express tracking showed that the package had reached the destination city, with a straight-line distance of over 2,000 kilometers, his senses were still very strong and showed no signs of weakening or declining.
After "Tissue 2" is returned, he plans to send it via international express to see if it can still be detected in the Americas or Europe.
His total sensing time was 1 hour, 24 minutes, and 45 seconds.
Of course, the actual sensing time will exceed this number, because often the timer only starts after the sensing has already begun.
Currently, it appears that the time consumed by the sensing does not reduce the intensity of the sensing.
Of course, it's also possible that the time is still too short. During this blood-drinking period, he will continue to conduct experiments and keep track of the time.
At the same time, the four items observed during the last blood-drinking period— A4 Paper 1, A4 Paper 2, Coin, Ballpoint Pen Tip —also established a connection.
After two blood-drinking experiments, it can be basically confirmed that when observing an item, if a flash of white light appears in the eyes, the next mutation will establish a sensory connection with that item, allowing Xiang Kun to sense the item's location at any time.
Currently, it seems that these objects that have established a connection with him can only sense his location.
But Xiang Kun intuitively felt that the connection between it and these items was not so simple. Besides sensing location, there might be other mysteries that had not yet been discovered.
Fortunately, there are now four more targets available for experimentation.