What It’s Like Being a Vampire

When Xia Tianhuo recounted his experience of being kidnapped and escaping, the one he was most interested in was naturally Yang Zhener.

While listening, she took out her mobile phone in the car, started recording some key words in "Memo", and asked questions from time to time based on her earlier thoughts.

In addition to Yang Laosan, Tang Baona and Li Yang also listened attentively.

After all, this is a case in which a Chinese citizen was kidnapped overseas. It is a rare case. The whole process is quite dramatic, with many twists and turns. And it is Xia Tianhuo, the witness and the person involved, who is telling the story. You can't hear it everywhere, either. University associate professors and intellectuals like Li Yang also turned on the gossip mode and half-turned in the passenger seat to listen.

"...At that time, I suddenly felt as if the boat was fixed. Instead of stopping, the feeling was different from when it docked. I just... couldn't feel the boat moving, and there was no sense of ups and downs on the water. Then, I There were strange gnawing sounds, crunching and scalp-numbing friction sounds, someone's shouting, and... gunshots."

Xia Tianhuo truthfully told about his previous experience on the ship. Except for some of his psychological feelings at the time and some past memories, he also told all other objective sensory feelings.

As soon as Yang Zhener heard this, she immediately became excited and hurriedly asked: "You said you heard the gnawing sound? What exactly did it sound like? Is it 'kakakakakaka' or 'chichichichichichi'," Or 'Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah'?"

Xia Tianhuo was stunned, thought for a while, and said: "It should be 'crunch'... No, 'click, click'... It doesn't seem right either. In short, it's like a lot of bugs eating biscuits at the same time."

Tang Baona, who was sitting on the other side, couldn't help but put her head against the back of the seat in front of her and laughed, her whole body shaking with laughter: "Oh, I can't do it anymore. You two brothers and sisters are so funny. It's obviously a very dangerous and tense kidnapping case." , you turned it into a cross talk, 'There is a good ventriloquist in Beijing, click, click, click, click'..."

Yang Zhener frowned and reached out to pinch Tang Baona's waist through the little apple: "Nana, please be serious. I'm asking serious questions, okay? This is very important."

With that said, she turned back and said to Xia Tianhuo in front of her: "Why do you feel that the ship has stopped? Did you drive to some island or reef?"

"It's not like we're playing games... When we drive onto an island, that's called running aground!... We didn't hit a rock, and we probably didn't hit anything. It was just that something went wrong during that period." Xia Tianhuo recalled: " I asked the last surviving kidnapper, and he said that there was a 'sea monster' on the boat, with many hands and eyes... but it should be just an illusion, because there was no trace left on the boat."

"Many hands! Many eyes?" Yang Zhener was shocked again after hearing this,

Everyone almost jumped up, and quickly wrote down these six words on the memo on his mobile phone, and then continued to ask: "The sea monster he saw will not be the same as the one that appeared in Montamira on the night of March 8th." Bar?"

"I didn't ask in detail when we were on the boat. He passed out, but later I heard someone from the embassy say that the 'sea monster' he described to the police was indeed very similar to the eight-armed acro-eyed giant that appeared in Monta Mira. . And... after the 'sea monster' appeared, his feelings were the same as those in Montamira who had seen the vision of the eight-armed acrosac. So we all guessed that what the kidnappers and other crew members saw on the ship The 'Sea Monster' and the 'Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant' of Montamira may be essentially the same thing," Xia Tianhuo said.

Yang Zhener looked at Lao Xia, who was sitting in front of Tang Baona and had been checking her cell phone: "Lao Xia, Lao Xia! What do you think?"

She didn't ask Xiang Kun, not only because Xiang Kun might not pay attention to her while driving, but also because based on the previous confrontations, she could guess with her navel that if she asked Xiang Kun, he would definitely answer: "Oh, I didn't tell you that. La, the matters of our secret organization must be kept secret!"

Xia Libing put down his phone and turned to look at Xia Tianhuo: "Were you locked in the cabin and restricted your freedom?"

Xia Tianhuo nodded: "Yes, they tied me to the chair."

"Can your eyes see? Is there any light in the cabin?"

"I can't see, I'm blindfolded."

"How long had it been since you were kidnapped? How was your physical condition? Have you eaten?"

After Xia Tianhuo answered one by one, Lao Xia said: "So you were kidnapped for more than thirty hours. After a bumpy transportation, you were transferred from Mentamira to the ship. You were thirsty and hungry, and you realized that the kidnapper was very cruel. There is a great possibility of breaking up the vote, feeling uneasy, being tied to a chair, blindfolded. At this time, if you hear a commotion outside and gunshots, you will hear some other strange sounds and strange sounds. Weird feelings are normal."

Before Xia Tianhuo could refute, Yang Zhener couldn't sit still at first and immediately said: "He heard the sound of crunching and gnawing first, and then he heard the gunshots and shouts!"

Xia Libing looked at his cousin: "Are you sure you heard the gnawing sound first?"

"This..." Xia Tianhuo hesitated.

Yang Zhener immediately said: "Even if the 'big guy' is locked up in the cabin, didn't the kidnapper say he saw a sea monster? A sea monster with many hands and eyes! This can't be a coincidence!"

Xia Libing turned to Tang Baona who was sitting behind her and asked: "When it comes to sea monsters, what is the first animal that pops into your mind?"

Tang Baona was stunned for a second before subconsciously saying: "Octopus? Squid? Octopus?"

Xia Libing looked at Yang Zhener: "What are the characteristics of squid?"

"Uh... although the squid has many tentacles, but... it doesn't have many eyes?" Yang Zhen'er argued.

"Really? How many eyes does a squid have?"

"There are... two... right?" Faced with Lao Xia's rhetorical question, Yang Zhen'er said with some uncertainty.

"Are you sure a squid only has two eyes?"

"Ah... cuttlefish... also have many eyes?" Yang Zhener couldn't help but use her phone to look up pictures of cuttlefish.

Li Yang, who was sitting in the passenger seat and had been listening, smiled and said: "A squid has two eyes."

Xia Libing then said: "A squid has only two eyes, but if it gets up from the water, what will the people on the boat see first? Do the suction cups on those tentacles look like eyes? He only said that there are many hands. , many eyes, but I didn’t say eight hands or eight eyes.”

"But when the kidnapper later described it to the police, what he said was similar to Menta Mira's vision of the eight-armed eight-eyed giant!" Yang Zhen'er added.

Xia Libing asked Xia Tianhuo: "Did the kidnapper take the initiative to reveal the details of the 'Eight-Armed Octopus' vision, or did the police tell him what the 'Eight-Armed Octopus' vision looked like, and even gave him the imaginary picture?" Did you ask him after showing it to him?”

"Uh... I'm not sure about this," Xia Tianhuo said.

"So, what Lao Xia means is that the surviving kidnapper deliberately imagined a 'sea monster' to explain what happened on the boat. Later, the Burmese police mentioned that Menta Mira's 'eight arms and eight eyes' The giant's illusion, he just followed the trend and combined the 'sea monster' he saw with the giant's illusion?" Tang Baona said thoughtfully.

Yang Zhener still didn't want to believe this inference: "But why? What was his motive for doing this?"

"Only the kidnapper knows what exactly happened on the boat and why they killed each other. If the real situation is not good for him, and he cannot make a completely reasonable and rigorous statement, then introduce an unverifiable ' "Sea monster illusion' to explain various phenomena may be an easier way to escape responsibility," Xia Libing said.

Tang Baona suddenly said: "Reality is scarier than 'illusion', so we use 'illusion' to explain reality! Really, just like in 'Pi', the 'sea monster' is the tiger!"

Yang Zhener looked at Nana, Xia Tianhuo, and Lao Xia, and hesitated: "I still feel something is wrong. Lao Xia, why are you so sure there is no 'sea monster'..."

Xia Libing said: "I didn't say there is no 'sea monster', I just raised another possibility. You can judge for yourself which possibility is real."

"What about Menta Mira's 'Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Giant' illusion? That was seen by many, many people. Those who couldn't see it must have made it up and lied!" Yang Zhen'er quickly added.

"I don't know about that." Xia Libing said, "The guess I just made is only about what happened on the ship."

Xia Tianhuo seemed to suddenly remember something, and said quickly: "By the way! Before I returned to the country, I heard from people in Myanmar that the person behind the kidnapping of the domestic fugitives this time was a man named Wu Lun from Meng Tamila. The Burmese is a guy who does side business. On the night of March 8th, he was confronting some people from other forces. After the eight-armed and eight-eyed giant vision appeared, several of his men left on the periphery suddenly said He was about to leave the organization, and then a conflict broke out, and Wu Lun was killed by his men. So I have a feeling... that the 'eight-armed and eight-eyed giant illusion' appeared in Menta Mira, could it be... ...Are you going to avenge me?"

When he said the last sentence, his tone was a little uncertain, but his eyes were glanced at Lao Xia who picked up his phone again and was browsing pictures of some large experimental equipment.

Yang Zhener, who was a little confused by what Lao Xia said, regained his energy and said, "Could it be that the 'eight-armed eight-eyed giant' and the 'sea monster' are the guardian spirits of the 'big guy' or something? Hmm,' Anyone who offends my family's Xia Tianhuo will be punished no matter how far away they are. Tooth for tooth, double the reward!'"

Tang Baona smiled and said: "What you said just now sounds like that, why has it turned into a fantasy story now? What you made up is not as good as the secret organization setting last time!"

As she said that, she noticed that "Little Apple" sitting between her and Yang Zhen'er had his hands intertwined, his toes were tapping rhythmically, he was biting his lower lip, his eyebrows were crooked, as if he was holding back laughter, and she couldn't help laughing. : "Yang Laosan, look at the fantasy stories you're telling, even 'Little Apple' can't stand listening to it."

Hearing this, "Little Apple" quickly said: "No, no! In fact, I quite agree with Sister Lao San... uh, what Sister Zhen'er said. I heard on the news that the Chinese people who were traveling in Mentamila said that the 'giant' was ' appeared, saved them, and stopped the riot. So whether the 'giant' was an illusion or something else, it must be 'good'. Maybe it is like what Sister Zhen'er said, it belongs to our country.' Here’s the guardian spirit!”

She naturally knew the truth about Montamila's "Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Giant" vision. Xiang Kun had already told her secretly.

Knowing that Xiang Kun used her "familiar" "eight arms and eight eyes" to stop the riots in Mentamila and save many Chinese people, she was also "honored", so for a period of time before, she especially liked to search for information on the Internet. Listen to the videos sent by the Chinese tourists who have experienced the Monta Mira group hallucination incident. Listen to them thanking the "Eight-Armed Acromant" for the appearance, listen to them describing the grandeur and enormity of the "Eight-Armed Acromant", and listen to their various speeches. kind of conjecture.

Although Xiang Kun never told her about saving Xia Tianhuo, as soon as she heard Xia Tianhuo's description, she knew that it was Xiang Kun who saved him at sea again, with "eight arms and eight eyes".

So when Yang Zhener and the others were chatting about that topic just now, she actually listened very playfully, and even wanted to join in the chat several times, but she was afraid that she would get carried away and spill the beans, so she had to endure it.

"Oh, 'Little Apple', please be nice to your sister. Nana's thinking has been solidified and she can't understand this supernatural phenomenon." Yang Zhen'er put her arm around "Little Apple"'s shoulders and sighed.

Tang Baona couldn't laugh or cry: "'Little Apple' comforted you, are you really lost? Will you still use your 'Guardian Spirit' theory to seek approval from Little Bell later?"

The three girls in their third row were chatting and laughing. Li Yang, the co-pilot, said again: "Speaking of the giant illusion of Monta Mira, I have also talked with some colleagues in our school before. No matter what discipline or research direction, for Everyone is interested in that matter. This is definitely not a scam. There must be some special reason that causes group hallucination. This matter is not only concerned by ordinary netizens, but also causes a lot of shock in academic circles and scientific research circles. Just me As you know, many universities and scientific research institutions have sent people to Montamila."

As he said that, he described to the people in the car in a relatively straightforward and colloquial manner how he and some colleagues interpreted the Montamira group hallucination incident from their different professional perspectives.

Continuing with the previous topic, I talked with Yang Zhener and Xia Tianhuo about some legends related to "sea monsters" that once existed in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

After chatting and joking all the way, they soon returned to Copperstone Town.

Xiang Kun did not drive everyone directly to where they lived in Chongyun Village, but first went to "Youlong Hotel" in Tongshi Town for dinner.

Today's "Youlong Hotel" is not only a well-known hotel in that pedestrian street, but also in the entire Tongshi Town. It has even become a very famous Internet celebrity restaurant on the Internet. Many of them go to Wu Shushan Tourists will make a special trip to Tongshi Town to eat rabbit meat from "Youlong Hotel", which is regarded as an important "food check-in point".

Today, in addition to "Youlong Hotel", there are eight "Rabbit Meat Restaurants" of different sizes on this pedestrian street, and several others are being renovated and ready to open.

The publicity of "Tongshi Rabbit Meat" has begun to be spread out with the cooperation of local governments and many businesses.

Therefore, under normal circumstances at "Youlong Hotel", people must queue up for meals. However, as half of the owners, Xiang Kun and the others reserved a private room in advance and sat down directly upon arrival.

Zicheng and his girlfriend Chu Xiaoting were already waiting in the box. Seeing Yang Zhener walking in with the birdcage in his hand, Chu Xiaoting stood up in surprise and walked over: "Wow! What is this? Bird, parrot? So beautiful!"

"It's not a parrot, it's a canary! Miss Chu, you're a failed creature!" Yang Zhen'er said as he placed the birdcage on the table in the corner.

Chu Xiaoting was even more surprised. She bent down and looked at "Golden Shining" in the birdcage: "Such a fat canary? I thought canaries were small..."

Zicheng also wondered: "Is this the 'Golden Shining' that Xiang Kun raised before? Why is it so fat? It's such a big one!"

Xiang Kun smiled and said, "It's all thanks to 'Little Apple'. He wasn't so fat when he followed me."

Chu Xiaoting sat next to the birdcage and played with "Golden Shining" for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "Why do I feel like it dislikes me? Hey, hey, he turned around and pooped..."

Zicheng quickly pulled his girlfriend away: "Canary is very timid, don't scare it. Isn't this a stress reaction?"

Yang Zhener smiled and said: "Don't worry, Jin Shining Shining is also a bird who has flown on a plane now. He has seen the big world and is very courageous. Right, 'Little Apple'?"

"Little Apple" took out a well-measured bag of bird food from his small backpack, walked over to add food to "Jin Shining", and said with a smile: "'Jin Shining' has a bad temper, so he won't be scared. But it is quite cautious, if you make it unhappy, be careful that it will turn around and play tricks on you."

"Jin Shining Shining" ate a few birdseeds, raised his head and chirped twice, as if to express his dissatisfaction.

Chu Xiaoting was surprised: "This bird seems to understand human nature. It feels like it can understand what you say. Hey, are canaries so smart?" She said to Zicheng: "I also want to raise one. Just."

"You need to take good care of me first," Zicheng said with a smile, before being pinched hard on the waist.

Xia Tianhuo saw that "Little Apple" could do the whole process by himself, from getting bird food to getting up to feed the birds, and he was even more amazed. Could this really be done by hearing alone? How could she determine the location of the birdcage and the food trough so accurately without even reaching out to test it?

He sat by the window of the box and noticed the customers below who were sitting on the chairs outside the store and waiting in line for a table. He sighed: "This store of yours must be too strong. There are so many people queuing..."

Li Yang smiled and said: "Mr. , there are probably quite a few of them.”

After hearing this, Xia Tianhuo originally thought that they had done a good job in marketing, but after the food was served and after eating a few dishes of the classic signature rabbit meat, he changed his mind and realized that this store is "relying on its reputation". "Strength" became popular.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Yang Zhener asked her cousin with a smile.

Xia Tianhuo nodded: "It is indeed delicious. Does it have something to do with the ingredients of rabbit meat here? I have eaten rabbit meat before, and it doesn't taste as tender as here. Lao Xia and Xiang Kun are in Chongyun Village Isn’t it possible that the breeding research base we set up specializes in breeding this kind of meat rabbits?”

"What you are eating is already a castrated version. You have to eat the rabbit meat made by Chef Xiang before you know what 'delicious' is!" Yang Zhener said proudly, as if she had made the rabbit meat. of general.

"The castrated version?" Xia Tianhuo glanced at the piece of rabbit meat he had picked up and frowned: "I've never heard of meat rabbits being castrated? Isn't castration more troublesome?"

Yang Zhener was stunned and glared at him: "It's an incomplete version! A semi-finished version! It's not that the rabbit has been castrated! Your understanding..."

Xia Tianhuo didn't care to argue with his cousin about the definition of "castration" and said in surprise: "Chef Xiang, are you talking about Xiang Kun? Can Xiang Kun's food be much more delicious than this?" He actually hadn't met Xiang a year ago. I had heard that Xiang Kun was a good cook before I started cooking, but at that time I just thought he was an amateur and a good cook.

The rabbit meat at "Youlong Hotel" tonight can be said to be the most delicious rabbit meat he has ever tasted. The seasoning is a special flavor that he has never tasted before. He is very surprised, but listening to Yang Zhen'er's words, it seems that The rabbit dishes in this restaurant were developed by Xiang Kun, and the ones made by Xiang Kun himself are even more delicious than those made by the restaurant? Doesn’t that mean he is a professional chef? Really a chef? Isn't he a very good programmer?

"Of course! If you taste Chef Xiang's cooking tomorrow, you will know what 'real deliciousness' means!" Yang Zhen'er said with certainty.

Xiang Kun smiled and said: "Yang Laosan, stop bragging and think everyone is as greedy as you!"

But even though Xiang Kun said this, Xia Tianhuo discovered that besides Xiang Kun, everyone else in the box, including Lao Xia, Tang Baona, Li Yang, and even "Little Apple", all agreed with what Yang Zhener said. expression.

After eating, Xiang Kun and the others said hello to You Meng, said goodbye to Zicheng, and then drove the MPV to Chongyun Village.

The road leading to Chongyun Village has been repaired, and the roads in the village have also been renovated and planned to a certain extent. Many street lights have been added, and surveillance cameras have been added at many intersections-these are the things Xiang Kun recently named "Qiankun" It was donated to Chongyun Village in the name of "Technology". For the safety of the village, it was connected to the "Xueliang Project".

Therefore, even if it is after ten o'clock in the middle of the night when we arrive at the village, the road still looks bright. Looking at the surveillance cameras at the intersection, even those who come to the village for the first time can feel more secure.

Xiang Kun deliberately drove past the construction site of the research base. It was still brightly lit and several workers were working. A short, dark-skinned young man who was smoking at the entrance of the construction site immediately put out his cigarette as soon as he saw their car. , ran over and waited on the roadside.

"Mr. Xiang, have you picked up someone?" After the MPV stopped, the young man approached the window and asked.

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