What It's Like Being a Vampire Chapter 645

Chapter 645: Chapter 645 Dr. Xia's Scalpel

Although Jiang Chun has been appointed as the head of the field departments in Thailand and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, and has even met with Old He and Mr. Liang, this is his first time meeting Xia Libing and he is somewhat excited.

His excitement, of course, has nothing to do with seeing a beautiful woman, but because of his interaction with Mr. Liang and Old He and through his communication with Alice via the communication device, he has come to a conclusion:

The person closely connected to the “Creator of the Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant”, the “Savior of the Antarctic Crisis”, the “Controller of the Lightning Storm”, and the “Source of Everything”, is Xia Libing, who is currently leading the construction of a research system for “mutants” and establishment of a management mechanism for “mutants” in the country.

Jiang Chun's feelings towards Xiang Kun are much more complex than those of Mr. Liang and Old He. Jiang Chun first saw the illusion of the Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant when he was most desperate, had lost all hope, and even prepared to die, and was awakened by the fear stirred deep within his heart. This led him to clearly see his true needs and fears, after which his body mutated and his life underwent an earth-shaking transformation, and he truly found hope in the face of hopelessness.

He still believes that his mutation, his rebirth, all come from the illusion of the Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant, and from Xiang Kun who created this illusion.

Later, he saw the “Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant” that crossed the sea, carrying the majesty of heaven and earth and rescuing him amidst crisis. He saw the megsized sea monster that almost killed him being punished and killed by the lightning storm. The power and shock of being in the midst of such a scene had a great psychological impact on him.

As a member of the “mutants”, and as a Connector of “Xiao Luobo's Platform”, he could not only genuinely feel the changes brought about by mutation, but he also had the ability to alleviate his bloodlust through “Xiao Luobo's Platform”. Because of this, he could to some extent sense the overall presence of “Super-connected Objects” in his surroundings, and had some grand speculation about the entire power system.

Now being able to meet Xia Libing, who is said to have a very close relationship with Xiang Kun, for Jiang Chun it's not only about meeting a high-ranking manager, a stronger capability holder, or a “celebrity” he wants to know, but it's more like seeing a corner of the grand existence in his guesses.

The moment he saw Xia Libing, Jiang Chun felt a thrilling “so it is”, a feeling that even gave him the impulse to kneel on one knee.

On Xia Libing's body, he felt a distinctive momentum that was different from those around her. However, the “momentum” he felt was fundamentally different from that perceived by Zuo Liu. It was not derived from Xia Libing's appearance, expressions, actions, identity, or his own psychological factors. Instead, it was a special perception he had since the night the “Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant” crossed the sea. It seemed to connect with various things around it. Although it was faint, it was very clear. This relation was like a ray of light flowing into the starry sky, without a clear focus, but you could feel the connection with each other.

The appearance of Xia Libing now, was like a bright moon rising among the stars in the night sky, so dazzling that it suppressed the light of everything around it.

Jiang Chun naturally knew that this power and momentum did not originate from Xia Libing herself, but from the source of the entire power system, Xiang Kun, who was behind her.

Therefore, he was excited and trembled because of this sensation, like peeking at the vastness of the ocean through a single drop of water.

This was not simple idolization. He did not extravagant wish for himself to obtain or control such power. He was like a backpacker arriving in a new world, full of curiosity and imagination about everything, trying to catch a glimpse of the true face and general appearance of this world.

Seeing Jiang Chun bow his head in silence after meeting him, Xia Libing, who had done a psychological analysis on him, could roughly guess his feelings and repeated: “Jiang Chun, please share with us the situation.”

Only then did Jiang Chun come back to his senses and begin to introduce the situation of the targeted “mutant”.

Seeing Baldy's reaction, Yang Zhuo, who was standing behind Old Xia, lowered his already high opinion of Baldy a bit, and his sense of superiority from “coming from HQ” involuntarily rose a bit more.

On the other hand, Li Shibao knew that Jiang Chun's reaction was not a sign of weakness, but rather likely due to his strong perception ability.

He had heard that Jiang Chun seemed to be a “mutant” himself and had a direct connection with the “World Tree”. In a sense, in terms of strength, he and Mr. Liang are at the same level.

“World Tree” was a nickname for a humongous “mutant”. Its official code name inside the base was 40003. Yet, no one knew what it looked like. According to accounts it actually was not a tree, being called the “World Tree” was only a metaphor and description of its ability. It could establish some type of mutual beneficial symbiotic relationship with other “mutants”, thus avoiding some undesirable traits that mutants could have, gaining certain benefits and guidance in mutation. It was like a “platform” for planning and managing mutant traits. It could ensure, to some extent, that “mutants” would not cause social disorder through excessive blood-drinking or assimilation of each other. Furthermore, this connection could work all around the world.

The “mutant” they were here in Thailand to capture today had refused to connect to the “World Tree” and posed a threat to human security. Therefore, they needed to handle it, bring it back to China, limit its freedom while offering it to the research department for study.

The preliminary preparation stage, the emergency handling, and the temporary goal isolation were essentially carried out by Jiang Chun and the two peripheral team members he had recruited.

Godspeed Technology's field trip and investigation department does have a corresponding handling mechanism, but it has been established for a relatively short period of time. Most people have not actually experienced the whole set of handling procedures, including supervisory-level members like Li Shibao.

Therefore, Xia Libing didn't bring Li Shibao and Yang Zhuo here to help, but rather, she wanted them to familiarize themselves with the entire procedure, accumulate preliminary experience, and gain a direct understanding of the “Spirit Control Theory”.

Jiang Chun briefed Xia Libing, Li Shibao, Yang Zhuo, etc., about the series of operations he conducted against the target “mutant” after he received the assignment and came to Chiang Mai.

In fact, what he needed to do was pretty simple: Find the target, restrict the target's activity range, and evacuate ordinary people from the area.

This step sounds quite troublesome and seems to require a considerable amount of resources. However, Jiang Chun managed to complete it swiftly with the help of Zuo Liu and Pu Te Peng, basing their actions on the operational directive sent from headquarters.

That was because they didn't need to personally evacuate people or isolate areas, instead, they had to liaise with local Thai officials, who would implement specific measures.

What was quite miraculous was that the Thai officials did not question the absurd excuse they used and seemed to completely believe it. Apparently, the necessary preparations had been made before the “operational directive” was sent from headquarters, and they were really just there to give the “green light”.

The part of the operation with higher risk — confronting the “mutant” directly to prevent it from leaving confined area — was carried out by Jiang Chun himself.

Fortunately, the “mutant” did not try to leave, and Jiang Chun didn't have to confront it directly just yet.

“The target 'mutant' is believed to have mutated from an elephant, and it still looks highly like an elephant, only much bigger. It is about 6 to 7 meters tall at the shoulder and probably weighs over 20 tons. Its long trunk has scaly armor, and its two huge tusks can extend and change angles. They are quite rigid,” Jiang Chun explained.

Jiang Chun led them into the blockade area and pointed at the trees in front of a hill in the distance, “It's over there.”

Xia Libing and the others she brought to Thailand, including Li Shibao and Yang Zhuo, all cast their eyes toward that direction.

Although it was a clear night with scanty stars, the visibility was fairly good. However, none of them could see the giant “mutant” where they were looking.

As Li Shibao and Yang Zhuo continued to scan the area with squinted eyes, Xia Libing nodded and said, “I see it. You guys move back another 20 meters.” As she ordered, she began to walk forward.

Jiang Chun was taken aback, “Should I retreat as well?”

Xia Libing replied without turning her head, “Yes.”

Li Shibao and the others hadn't discerned the exact location of the “mutant”, but upon hearing Xia Libing's order, they instinctively started retreating.

Throughout the years, Dr. Xia had established her authority at the base through long-term influences during various training. Their instant response to her requests and commands was to follow through without asking for reasons since they knew she would explain if it was necessary.

Xia Libing walked forward step by step. After she had covered more than forty meters, a giant object near a few large trees in front of the hill suddenly started to move.

It was a gigantic elephant, almost seven meters tall. When it moved slowly, the trees and various plants around it seemed to tremble.

Even though Li Shibao, Yang Zhuo, and others were far from the giant elephant, even though under the moonlight they could only vaguely make out its outline, even though Jiang Chun had previously described the basic dimensions of their target, even though they had seen records of all kinds of bizarre “mutants” over the years, they still felt a tremendous shock.

In Thailand, an adult Asian elephant generally stands over two to three meters at the shoulder, which already seems quite large.

The extinct Emperor Mammoth stood over four meters at the shoulder and weighed almost 10 tons. The largest elephant ever known on Earth, the ancient Rhinoceros, stood over five meters at the shoulder and weighed nearly 20 tons. If it were to appear before this elephant, it would still be considered a “younger brother”.

The Cretaceous apex predator, the Tyrant Dragon, exalted in various television shows and artistic works, was no more than four to five meters at the hip and weighed about 10 tons.

In comparison, this giant elephant, with a shoulder height of nearly seven meters and weighing over 20 tons, is an even more colossal and fierce existence.

The elephant seemed to have the ability to merge with the environment. Just now, when Jiang Chun had pointed it out to them, amid large trees, the elephant's entire outline seemed to have shrunk, and there was nothing strange about it, no way that one's gaze might straight away rest upon it or notice its existence.

But when it started to move, its whole silhouette, the enormous body, immediately emerged entirely in the moonlight.

The giant elephant lifted its enormous head, opened its mouth wide, and let out a long howl.

The howl was incredibly shocking, shattering the silence of the night. Li Shibao, Yang Zhuo and the others unconsciously covered their ears, with Yang Zhuo even instinctively taking two steps back.

They couldn't help but worry about “Dr. Xia”. Although they all knew that “Dr. Xia” must be very strong, none had ever seen her in action, and compared to that giant elephant, she looked exceedingly tiny.

However, whether the elephant revealed its figure or roared, Xia Libing didn't slow down her footsteps at all; she didn't pause for a second.

“Don't we have any firearms or anesthetic guns?” Yang Zhuo couldn't help asking Li Shibao.

Li Shibao shook his head, he was a bit nervous himself. After he joined the secret department of “Divine Technology”, he had always been in charge of fieldwork, security and other related affairs, that was his specialty. He had never encountered a situation where someone else faced the threat head-on while he hid behind.

As for the other three team members, they had already gone weak at the knees when the elephant appeared. Seeing these giant creatures through projectors and monitors at the base, was completely different from witnessing them in reality.

Moreover, when Jiang Chun was briefing them, he made it clear; this “mutant” had killed people before. It killed several poachers, and it seemed to have become extremely wild because of that, demonstrating intense aggression towards humans.

After roughly bellowing, the elephant started charging towards Xia Libing.

The whole ground began to tremble, plants in front of the elephant were crushed. While running, its head lowered slightly, its two long tusks protruded forward extended three to four meters, they were like spears of a heavy cavalryman, aimed directly at the seemingly weak girl with a ponytail.

It was evident that the elephant could feel Xia Libing's threat to a certain extent.

When the elephant was less than twenty meters away from Xia Libing, a large amount of snow-white substance suddenly appeared around it out of thin air. This substance, over three meters high, had wrapped around the elephant's body instantly like thick snow, hindering its advance.

This vast substance that wrapped around the elephant was not snow, but cream – the cream conjured up by Xia Libing.

This thick layer of cream not only hindered the elephant's steps but also reduced the friction under its feet, causing it to slip and lose balance. Its entire body tilted forward and sank into the cream.

As it tumbled, the cream vanished, but its forward momentum was so great that even in its fall, its tusk still pointed towards Xia Libing, charging towards her.

But facing the mountain-like behemoth and the terrifyingly huge tusks, Xia Libing showed no fear. She calmly sidestepped and somehow had a scalpel in her hand.

After sidestepping, the elephant's enormous tusks and trunk first slid past her. She even had time to look into the elephant's eyes before raising her scalpel and making a downward swing.

From a distance, Jiang Chun, who had excellent vision even at night, clearly saw Xia Libing's scalpel-swinging motion and was puzzled.

He knew that this mutant elephant's skin was extremely thick and hard, able to withstand large-caliber bullets. No matter how sharp Xia Libing's scalpel was, the size was there. She probably couldn't cause substantial injury to the elephant even if the whole blade sunk in.

Furthermore, from his perspective, when Xia Libing made the swing, she was three to four meters away from the elephant. Was she planning to throw the scalpel?

Just as he was pondering this, the scalpel in Xia Libing's hand disappeared after she made that swing.

Then, above the elephant's head, a megsized surgical knife appeared, swinging down in the same motion Xia Libing had just made. The sharp blade cut through the elephant's trunk and a tusk, spilling a large amount of blood and causing the elephant to scream in agony.

The moment the elephant was severely wounded, the giant surgical knife disappeared.

The elephant's eyes were blood red. Already frenzied, it was now plunged into a state of madness, howling and struggling with its limbs to stand up from the ground, turning its head to charge at Xia Libing.

But as soon as it turned its head, fireworks exploded in front of it. Five or six fireworks burst directly in front of its eyes. Although it didn't cause any real damage, it startled the elephant and made it lose track of Xia Libing's position.

Just then, Xia Libing, who had circled behind it, had another scalpel in her hand and made a swing towards the lower part of the elephant from a distance of six or seven meters.

Like before, a ten-meter-long surgical knife appeared out of nowhere and came swinging from the diagonal rear, severing the elephant's right hind leg and then disappeared.

The elephant lost its balance immediately and fell to the ground.

The mountain-like elephant was still struggling, making an earth-shattering noise. But Xia Libing kept her distance, running around it and occasionally swinging her co-manifesting mega surgical knife to hack off its limbs.

In no time at all, the elephant's four limbs, trunk, and tusk had all been severed. Although muscle fibers were wriggling and changing at the first cut-off trunk wound, constantly repairing the damage and trying to regenerate, it had lost its ability to fight back in front of Xia Libing for the time being.

It actually had a few other methods, but when Xia Libing advanced and pressed the small scalpel against its forehead, it knew these methods were meaningless.

And while looking up at the sky, for a moment, it seemed to see an enormously large little girl that stood several thousand meters tall coldly looking down upon it. It could clearly sense the threat.

Thus, under Xia Libing's scalpel, it made a sound of submission.

From afar, everyone, including Jiang Chun, had their mouths wide open, dumbfounded.

Chapter end