What It's Like Being a Vampire Chapter 660

Chapter 660: Chapter 660: Invader (Part 2)

Following these “hetero-dimensional activated” high-dimensional factors, along with the consciousness that those high-dimensional factors belonged to, Xiang Kun's consciousness was also able to seep in bit by bit. It was able to enter that “hetero-dimensional world” by making its way through his high-dimensional factors, a world where the underlying rules and the composition of the space were slightly different.

The difference between these two worlds was not the terrain, the landforms, or the biological forms, but a difference in the way space exists and in the basic form of energy.

The “hetero-dimensional world” and the “normal world” in which Xiang Kun and his others lived were usually not aware of each other. They did not affect each other and each had its own laws of operation. But they were not entirely different, either.

If the form of spatial existence and underlying rules of the “normal world” is in the sequence of 1234, then the “hetero-dimensional world” was in the sequence of 3456. Despite the overlaps, as long as they were not completely identical, they were not the same world to the “biological consciousness”.

For an ordinary person, it was impossible to perceive this world, or even if they could perceive this world, they could not understand the information they perceived.

However, Xiang Kun was different. Due to his unique evolutionary path, the existence of the “Super Sensory State”, his ability to compile “Super Sensory Information”, and Alice's continuous computational and modeling assistance to him on the basis of the “Super sensory Item System”, he had a rapid ability to adapt to and analyse any new type of perceived information.

Normally, “biological consciousness” can only exist in a world with a single kind of spatial structure. The entire material composition of the organism itself, including the carrier of consciousness, is even less likely to exist in two different spatial structures.

But high-dimensional factors were unique. They could travel across different spatial structures – or more accurately, they simultaneously existed in different forms of spatial structure. When they reacted with “biological consciousness” in a certain spatial structure or in a certain “world”, it represented their dominant projection in that spatial structure, but they also possessed the properties of the world rules of all different spatial structures.

Because of these characteristics, some stronger entities of consciousness were able to use them to explore other worlds with different spatial structures.

However, this was difficult and required time and luck, much like an exhaustive approach.

But Xiang Kun was different. He “captured” high-dimensional factors from the “hetero-dimensional world”, and he had the “analysis tool” of “Super Sensory Information”. He could use the distinct features exhibited by these “hetero-dimensionally activated” high-dimensional factors to find a way into the “hetero-dimensional world”.

However, finding a way to enter and being able to enter were two different things, just like knowing how to drive but having no car to drive.

Given the deep connection between high-dimensional factors and consciousness, Xiang Kun could even directly know what the “hetero-dimensional consciousness” wanted to do – it was instinctively driven by high-dimensional factors to try to seize the opportunity to engulf other high-dimensional factors from multiple avenues.

It wanted to invade Xiang Kun's “normal world”, but like Xiang Kun, it didn't have a “car”.

If Xiang Kun was still completely clueless about it or about the “hetero-dimensional world” from which it came, then undoubtedly, the first reaction would be to prevent such a potential invasion.

But after gaining a basic understanding of the spatial structure and the form of energy of the “hetero-dimensional world”, and the “hetero-dimensional consciousness” he came into contact with, Xiang Kun changed his mind.

After awakening his consciousness, he had learned many things from Alice and had deduced many potential future occurrences.

The lifting of the ban on the study of “mutants” led to rapid technological advancement of humanity. The “Super Sensory Item System” also underwent explosive and revolutionary enhancement and expansion due to the improvement of his abilities and the collective efforts of Alice and all the connected operators in the system.

Currently, he could easily allow people like Xia Libing, Liu Shiling, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, Xiao Pingguo, and others who had established a deep connection with the “Super sensory Item System” to achieve improvements in system capabilities and fundamental qualities. For example, immortality, rapid bodily repair, eternal existence of consciousness and physical form with the “Super Sensory Item System”, etc.

In the case of ordinary people who had mild connections with the “Super Sensory Item System” or formed secondary links with emotion-infused objects, such as Li Shibao, Yang Zhuo, Liu Zhengyi, or even his parents, or Chang Bin, Zi Cheng and other ordinary people who had not established any connection with the “Super Sensory Item System”, he also had ways to help them transcend their inherent limitations of birth, aging, sickness and death, and the restrictions of the original earthly biological system, to a certain extent.

As time went by, more and more people would form relationships with him, such as the parents and loved ones of Old Xia, the parents and loved ones of Tang Baona, the friends and family of his friends and family. When he could easily do something, it was impossible for him to sit by and watch them vanish naturally – and he definitely had the capability to prevent that from happening easily.

But everything came with a price, and every existence consumed resources.

The breakthroughs brought by “mutant” research, leading the fourth industrial revolution, such as controlled nuclear fusion, can temporarily ignore the dependence on basic resources. For Xiang Kun, however, more crucial is the high-dimensional factors. This is the foundation of his abilities as well as the foundation for the existence and development of the “Super Sensory Item System”.

As far as the current situation is concerned, because of his unique control, guidance, and development skills with high-dimensional factors, and because of the unique form of the “Super Sensory Item System,” the stage limit, the expansion and swallowing instinct of high-dimensional factors can all be well regulated. All “mutants” within all systems and their high-dimensional factors can comply with the dispatch.

In the foreseeable future, all high-dimensional factors on the entire earth that have been “activated,” all that might be “activated,” will be incorporated into the “Super Sensory Item System,” leaving no room for choice. This will bring a constant growth and enhancement to Xiang Kun's system operation, complemented by the “super-connected object matrix” built all over the planet, allowing the high-dimensional factors to transform and construct on a “individual unit” scale of the entire planet. His stage limit is not visible for the time being.

However, without considering the future, there must be immediate worries. Constantly devouring and strengthening oneself are inherent characteristics and instincts of high-dimensional factors, which cannot be changed no matter how profoundly Xiang Kun develops them. It's like humans having to eat, drink, and sleep regardless of how educated they are. This is why after he personally defeated the “Ultimate Predator,” even if he was unwilling, he had to engage in this long-lasting swallowing and transformation.

So, Xiang Kun and Alice's original plan was to develop the “super-connected object matrix” throughout the earth, essentially ensuring that all future “mutants” on earth are accounted for, and then using the burgeoning human aerospace technology to advance into space.

But now, the discovery of the “hetero-dimensional world” has given Xiang Kun a new and more reliable way to simultaneously expand and improve the future.

Therefore, Xiang Kun formulated a plan to “lead the wolf into the room,” helping the “hetero-dimensional consciousness” come to the “real world.”

If we continue the analogy with the construction team, expanding from earth to other planets and galaxies in the “real world” (this universe) is like a construction team looking for skilled builders in other cities.

But the problem now is that Xiang Kun has no idea where those cities are, how far away they are, whether there are skilled construction workers, or how many there are.

The appearance of the “hetero-dimensional world” and the “hetero-dimensionally activated high-dimensional factors” made him realize that, in this original city, ordinary people with no special performance actually have a special circle. They have their own entertainment companies, where they sing and dance. Under the rules of their circle, singing and dancing bring development to their units just as well.

So, Xiang Kun sent his workers to follow the singing and dancing youth into their circle and gather information. Xiang Kun can communicate directly with his workers, but the youth's boss doesn't communicate with them. Therefore, Xiang Kun discovered them, understood their operating mode, and kept their boss in the dark.

After weighting the comparison between the two sides, when the entertainment company boss wanted to develop into the construction industry, the building company's boss Xiang deliberately sold a flaw, let the singing and rapping guys come to the company to perform, and then let his workers take the opportunity to learn to sing and rap, understanding the operation mode of the entertainment circle.

Then, “Boss Xiang” of the construction company and his mighty construction team will march into the entertainment circle singing and rapping from the excavators and Gundam suits.

Under such circumstances, although there are no new construction projects, no new construction companies to merge, no new cities discovered, they still achieved a significant increase in operations. They entered a new industry, and all the workers learned to sing and rap, further reducing the possibility of project downtime, increasing their competitive power, and further widening the gap between them and the ordinary construction team.

When the “hetero-dimensional consciousness” began to gradually appear in the “real world” under the guidance of Xiang Kun.

Xiang Kun also told Little Fatty Girl about the general situation through her dreams and then letting her and Alice communicate it to Old Xia, Nana and others to cooperate with the implementation of the plan.

Although he has basically completed the transmutation of the high-dimensional factors of the “Ultimate Predator,” and his consciousness has fully awoken, in order to gather information about the “hetero-dimensional world,” he still must maintain this extremely unique state.

First, inside a gramineous plant in the northwest mountainous area, some atoms that should have been very stable showed abnormal nuclear reactions, causing a small range of radiation mutations. Then, after the plant's death from mutation, the “hetero-dimensional consciousness” found a foothold. The projection of the “hetero-dimensional high-dimensional factors” in this world began to be “semi-activated.”

It mutated a little at a time, constantly transferring the consciousness repository, and gradually becoming familiar with and mastering the spatial structure and energy system of the “real world” in this process, understanding the form of life existence in this world.

When it became a reptile, Xia Libing led the field investigation action team of the base, along with elites like Tang Baona, to start containing and attacking it.

Xiang Kun came up with a code for this “hetero-dimensional consciousness,” called “Hetero-dimensional One.”

But, Liu Shiling, who was listening to Xiang Kun's assignment in her dreams, heard it as “Exotic Pig No.1”. When she woke up and reported to Old Xia and the others, Alice didn't correct it. So, the first-ever high-level task involving cooperation from all the secret departments, field investigation departments from the research base, the non-research center, Qiankun Technology, and Divine Technology was named:

“The Exotic Pig Hunting Operation”.

Mr. Liang and Old He, upon first hearing this operation name, kept assuming that what they were up against was a “mutated pig”.

Xiang Kun, of course, didn't expect them to come to hunt “Hetero-dimensional One”, but through their hunt, to force “Hetero-dimensional One” to gather information faster and better, perfecting its cognitive system. At the same time, this opportunity would allow Xia Libing and the others to better understand their own abilities and find inspiration for developing new ones. After all, in this process, the “Super Sensory Item System” and Xiang Kun's consciousness, along with his ability system, would undergo intense usage, creating conditions for them to exercise their abilities.

He knew about the “Spirit Control Theory” that Xia Libing was promoting within the base. With this operation, those candidates undergoing testing would be presented with the strongest perceptive conditions and would develop some connection to the “Super-connected Object Matrix”, as long as they weren't disliked by Xiang Kun or Alice.

That's also why, even though there was no need for Old Qian and Korowin and the others to do anything, he still allowed them to stay until the “Hetero-dimensional One” broke out of the door. The aim was to enable them to deepen their understanding of the “Spirit Control Theory” and to establish their unique “spiritual contact”.

For those like Li Shibao, Yang Zhuo, and Liu Zhengyi, who have already established a certain connection, it could help them clarify their sense of perception, contact types, adapt better the use of “High-Level Attached Spiritual Objects”, and possibly come up with more and better applications.

The participation of Tang Baona, Yang Zhen Er, and Sister Xiao Pingguo was to let them gain more combat experience, familiarize themselves with the application of powers in battle scenarios, and see if new ideas can be inspired, allowing them to develop new abilities based on the existing system.

However, in the beginning, there was no direct participation in the mission by actual “mutants” like Mr. Liang and Jiang Chun. Even “Xiao Luobo”, a “Semi-Mutated Being”, wasn't involved, because when the “Hetero-dimensional High-Dimensional Factors” are semi-activated, they possess a strong “capture and devouring” ability towards the high-dimensional factors of “this world”. If one's power is not on par with it, they could easily be restrained and put in danger.

Only when it devoured the “Old Vampire” Gerald, did the “Hetero-dimensional One” obtain a stable carrier in “this world”.

At this stage, its confrontation with the “mutants” of “this world” would require real hard combat.

After Tang Baona, Yang Zhen Er, and Sister Xiao Pingguo jumped off the black modified car in the parking lot and ran into the main building for the battle, there were still three people left in the car. One of them was Director He of the “Non-Research Center”, who was the deputy commander of this operation.

Old He couldn't help but glance again at Xia Libing, next to whom sat a young girl with a face filled with “displeasure”. He had a batch of questions in his mind but didn't know which to ask.

Of course, he recognized this extremely cute, beautiful young girl, who looked to be about ten years old.

Back when he was investigating Xiang Kun, he knew that there was a little chubby girl named Liu Shiling who had a very good relationship with Xiang Kun, Xia Libing, and Tang Baona.

In the years following the “Antarctic Crisis”, Old He had seen her several times at the research base in Chongyun Village, and Youlong Restaurant in Tongshi Town. He got to know that Liu Shiling, like Xia Libing and Tang Baona, had exceptional abilities related to electricity, and she might even have abilities similar to Xiang Kun, to control lightning.

It's said that if we rank powers based on the destruction they cause, she could possibly rank in the top three. Mr. Liang and Jiang Chun were far behind her. However, this little girl is still in elementary school, and it's said that she isn't allowed to participate in any base missions.

He just didn't understand why she was allowed to come this time?

But maybe it was because of her presence on the car, the combat in the morgue just now could only appear as a cartoon simulation on their car, while members of the action teams on the other modified cars could watch the real-time surveillance footage.

After Mr. Liang made his move, there was real-time surveillance footage, but the blood and flesh flying scenes when the monster was smashed were clearly processed. The blood and flesh were like cream and jelly, very springy and even a little ridiculous to look at.

On the monitor, Tang Baona's group took the elevator to the seventh floor, and Mr. Liang, Li Shibao and the others also fought with the monster up to the seventh floor.

It looked as if they were chasing the monster to the seventh floor, but Old He, who had heard Xia Libing give out phase missions earlier, was well aware that this monster was plainly driven to the seventh floor by them.

The whole process was as Xia Libing had expected. Even what the monster would do at what time, where Old Qian and Korowin would fall, she had communicated all this to Mr. Liang beforehand, so he could be more confident while providing invisible protection to the two mission members.

While listening to Xia Libing assign tasks, Old He and Mr. Liang had the same thought:

“Dr. Xia… is truly terrifying.”

Old He watched Tang Baona and Xiao Pingguo blocking the monster on the surveillance screen, the battle on the verge of commencing. He stared wide-eyed, utterly focused. He knew that the three of them, Tang Baona, were very powerful. They had even nonchalantly captured the “last of the old vampires”, who was formidable, back in Slovakia. However, he had never seen them in action and knew very little about their abilities.

Just as he thought he was finally going to witness real superpowers, the surveillance feed disappeared.

Old He instinctively whimpered, turning helplessly to Xia Libing and Liu Shiling beside him. He thought this was another case of censoring disturbing footage to protect students. But when he heard the members in the other cars asking about the surveillance feed over the headset, he realized their feeds were gone too.

“Dr. Xia, is this… a surveillance problem or…?” Old He couldn't help but ask.

“Some abilities require the surveillance to be blocked.” Xia Libing simply replied.

As she spoke, she raised her hand to pinch Liu Shiling's face, then gently massaged the knot in her furrowed brow with slender fingers.

Liu Shiling looked up at Xia Libing.

Xia Libing seemingly knew what she was thinking, and gently shook her head.

Liu Shiling sighed, lowered her head again, her face still filled with discontent.

The rule had been established early on that she could not participate in any base missions before graduating from junior high. Liu Shiling understood this, despite thinking that her “magic power” was strong and that she could be useful, especially when paired with Sister Old Fairy. But since her sisters made this decision, there was nothing she could do but hope she could get her junior high graduation certificate as soon as possible and earn her “combat qualifications”.

But this time was different!

This mission was passed on to her by Bald Uncle!

Two months ago, when she assigned the mission in front of Sister Chicken Wing, Pretty Sister, Sister Xiao Pingguo, Old Fairy, Custard Pie, Little Doughnut, Alice, she was full of excitement and enthusiasm, thinking that the first real battle of “Great Wizard Liu Shilling” was finally upon her.

But unexpectedly, after she conveyed Bald Uncle's words from the dream and introduced the basic mission, Sister Chicken Wing took over the task assignment, and her title of “commander” was cruelly stripped away.

It was only after Alice's advice, crying, clinging, and acting spoiled for a long time, and persuading Pretty Sister, Sister Old Fairy, and Sister Xiao Pingguo to help her do Sister Chicken Wing's job, that she finally managed to get the opportunity to observe the mission process.

But to her dismay, she was not allowed to observe on-site, and the surveillance feed, due to its graphic scenes, was replaced with cartoon simulation.

Liu Shiling felt an inner bitterness, an intense bitterness.

She was obviously so capable…

Gazing at the screen with the severed footage, Liu Shiling was clear that the footage was not cut because of bloody brutality, but because Alice was going to co-manifest and join the battle.

Thinking of them using all sorts of abilities to fight against “Exotic Pig No.1”, which Bald Uncle said came from another world, Liu Shiling felt an itch inside. It was as if she was nurturing a bellyful of untapped power.

Chapter end