What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Pengcheng City, underground of Shouwang Building.

John Cavendish, who had messy blond hair, sat cross-legged on the ground and looked at the rabbit wood carving in his hand with some despair.

Since being brought to this secret and technological underground space on the 17th last month, he has not left. He has been staying here to "solve the mystery" of the "scarred" rabbit wood carving.

Mr. Chu Liang gave him two choices. One was to figure out what was special about the rabbit wood carving within 40 days, and the other was to defeat the giant snake.

John, who finally escaped from the snake's mouth, naturally made the first choice. Compared to the terrifying and powerful "blood beast" giant snake he had seen, a rabbit wooden sculpture naturally looked much more harmless to humans and animals.

But for more than a month, he stayed with the rabbit wood carving 24 hours a day, constantly observing, pondering, and playing with it. Every part of the wood carving and every trace on it had been deeply engraved in him. In my mind, in my memory.

Even if he closes his eyes now, it seems as if he will see a rough and ugly wooden sculpture of a rabbit grinning strangely at him.

But apart from the fact that he could barely tell that the tools used to carve the rabbit were very unprofessional, and that the various marks on it showed the various "tortures" the wood carving had suffered, he still didn't understand what the wood carving of the rabbit had. Nothing special.

After he took over the task, Mr. Liang basically ignored him. He neither assigned him a room nor gave him any equipment or tools. He could only sit on the floor in the hall - the only chair. It belonged to Mr. Liang and he didn't dare to touch it.

Mr. Liang occasionally handles some things through the screen raised on the platform in the middle of the hall. He is invisible most of the time. Judging from the opening and closing and operation of the elevator, Mr. Liang often leaves, but because of his special invisibility ability, John I'm not sure whether Mr. Liang left or not, and whether the elevator opened and closed just to tease him.

Of course, regardless of whether Mr. Liang left or not, he had no intention of escaping.

It's not that he doesn't want to run, but he has observed that there are no buttons on the outside of the elevator, and it is obvious that not everyone can use it.

If he couldn't use the elevator, he really didn't know how he could get out of this space that was nowhere near the ground and surrounded by metal walls.

And with Mr. Liang's terrifying abilities and various black technologies on display, even if Mr. Liang leaves temporarily, he must be sure to be trapped here. You know, besides him, there is at least one "blood beast" giant snake here.

If he is not a "blood clan\

,"In this month, I have already died of hunger and thirst.

But even he felt exhausted physically and mentally after being locked up here for such a long time, and he felt a little bit crazy.

Especially as time passed by and the 40-day deadline was very close, and he still couldn't find the "special thing" about the rabbit wood carving, John had the urge to smash the wood carving.

He knew that the "special" mentioned by Mr. Liang definitely did not refer to things that could be judged intuitively, such as the style of the wood carving, the carving technique, and the source of the damage marks on it.

At first, he suspected that there was something hidden inside, so he asked Mr. Liang to cut open the wood carving directly. However, Mr. Liang directly showed him X-ray scans of the wood carving from all angles, as well as the results after testing with various instruments. The report data let him know that Mr. Liang had conducted many scientific tests on this wood carving, and even the various scorching, drilling, cutting and other marks on it were all done by Mr. Liang.

Moreover, Mr. Liang also has a large number of reference pictures that are similar to or adjacent to the rabbit wood carving, possible sources of the image, as well as a large number of analysis reports on carving techniques and carving tools. There is an analysis of the possible mental state of the wood carver issued by psychological experts, artistic judgments given by some artists, and interpretations of the artistic conception expressed by the wood carving and the emotions and thoughts of the carver...

Obviously, Mr. Liang couldn't find anything special about the wood carving using these methods, so he gave the wood carving to him. According to a Chinese proverb, "a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor", and he wanted to see what he, a "dead horse" from Slovakia, was like. "Blood Race", can it bring any new angles of discovery?

He also asked Mr. Liang from what angle or method should he study this "rabbit wood carving", and the answer he received was "according to your ideas."

He asked Mr. Liang why he was so sure that this "rabbit wood carving" was "special"? Mr. Liang did not respond.

John didn't know if he really found out what was special about this "rabbit wood carving", whether Mr. Liang would let him go, or whether he would agree to his request and make himself a "loyal servant." But he understood that with Mr. Yiliang's acting style, if he really couldn't give an answer within the time limit, the final result would definitely not be good.

When he had no choice but to explain the function and source of the "holy blood" in the knife, causing the "holy blood" to be eaten by Mr. Liang, John still felt worried and frightened for a moment, fearing Count Joel's wrath and fearing his own. The escape route was cut off, and I was afraid that I would never return to the "Red Rose".

But soon, he understood how powerful Mr. Liang and the organization behind him were. On the contrary, he was somewhat expecting that Count Joel or "Red Rose" would come to his door. By then, he would be able to play some role, or at least provide more information. More information, showing other value.

He hoped that the old guys from "Red Rose" would be brave enough to take risks when their "blood source" was insufficient and the stage limit was approaching.

I hope they can be more ambitious and create some trouble for Mr. Liang and the organization behind him, so that they can have a chance to play a role.

But he also knows very well that the old guys are very patient monsters. They can survive for so long only by being patient and careful. So even if they know that he has rebelled, even if the stage limit is approaching, they will definitely look for others first. Alternative solutions that can be solved in Europe will not be found unless it is a last resort.

When he communicated with Mr. Liang several times, he tried to arouse Mr. Liang's interest in Slovakia's "Red Rose" and let him act as an agent to return to Europe, but all failed.

At least within this 40-day period, it is difficult to expect to delay or get a replacement task through "Red Rose".

John racked his brains, using various secrets, secrets, legends he had heard in "Red Rose", and even plots about wood carvings, dolls, statues and other items in various movies he had seen, hoping that Can find a correct idea.

He even asked Mr. Liang to get back the white porcelain knife. Although it did not have Count Joel's "holy blood" and was not as lethal to other "blood tribes" and "blood beasts", it was still very sharp.

He cut his hand with a porcelain knife and smeared his blood on the rabbit wood carving, but the rabbit wood carving didn't react at all.

He also applied things such as garlic and baptized the wood carvings in various ways, but still had no effect.

So at this moment, looking at the wood carving in his hand, John was filled with despair. He even began to wonder whether the reason why Mr. Liang provided such an option for him to choose was simply to tease him and let him experience the forty days. Feelings from hope to despair?

Or is it telling him: If he is unwilling to face the giant snake, the final result will be the same torture as this wooden sculpture?

Is it hinting to him that he, like this wooden rabbit sculpture, is Mr. Liang’s plaything?

But when he thought about the various test reports that Mr. Liang had shown him, and the arrogant and disdainful attitude that Mr. Liang showed towards "Red Rose" and other "vampires", he felt that this shouldn't be the case. , there must be something really wrong with this wood carving, Mr. Liang disdains this kind of playing.

Just when he took a bite of the long ears of the rabbit wood carving with his teeth in annoyance, the light in the entire hall suddenly dimmed.

John was stunned, slowly opened his mouth, raised his head and looked at the huge brick-like light grid above his head. He felt something was wrong - he had been here for more than a month, but he had never experienced any instability in the light. Case.

The next moment, the lights brightened again, but the brightness became much brighter than normal, and then began to flicker again.

Computer screens rose up from the middle operating platform, and screens stretched down from the top, as well as various operating desks of unknown use protruding from the sides.

"Sir? Is that you?" John called nervously, but there was no response.

He approached carefully, only to see that most of the screens were black, and lines of code were scrolling rapidly on some of them, so fast that they could not be seen clearly with the naked eye.

Then soon, all those screens retracted to the platform, and the lights in the hall were instantly extinguished.

John held his breath and concentrated, not daring to move. After a while, the lights came on again, and a giant snake appeared on the wall not far away. John was startled. Then he looked again and found that the snake was locked up. The wall turned into a screen again, projecting the situation inside in real time.

Next, the walls next to them lit up one after another, some projected empty rooms, and some also contained strange-looking creatures, which were obviously other "blood beasts".

Sure enough, there is more than one "blood beast" locked up here!

John became nervous all of a sudden. He was a little worried that there was something wrong with the electronic system of Mr. Liang's seemingly high-tech place.

If all the partitions holding the "blood beast" were opened and he could not even escape, he would probably die miserably, right?

However, those giant screens that lit up were quickly extinguished and returned to their normal appearance as partition walls. However, the lights above were still unstable and flickering.

Clearly, the situation is not over yet.

John vaguely heard the sound of fine sand falling on some metal parts above his head, which seemed to be in the ventilation duct. However, the sound was very small and came in waves, which made him a little unsure whether he heard it correctly or maybe it was just Other ventilation systems or cooling systems of some equipment are working.

Suddenly, under the dim light, a whole piece of meat suddenly appeared on the ground not far in front of him - the cut surface was neat and clean, and it did not look bloody, but seemed to have been processed and ready to be sliced ​​or cut into pieces. Ingredients that are added to the pot later.

And for some reason, as soon as he saw the piece of meat, an idea came to his mind - it was rabbit meat.

It was an extremely weird feeling.

He subconsciously looked at the wooden rabbit sculpture in his hand and found that his hands were shaking a little.

This was a bit unbelievable to him. He always thought that he would only tremble and be afraid because of power and death, and would not be afraid of such weird and mysterious things, because he felt that he was inherently weird and mysterious. One member.

But at this moment, a cold air surged up, and he inexplicably thought of some stories he had read as jokes before, and suddenly he understood the feelings of the people in the stories.

It turns out that "vampires" are also afraid of that kind of thing.

He didn't know what it was. The fear brought by the unknown was sometimes even stronger than the threat brought by absolute power.

At this moment, the three-story underground maintenance area above John and the Shouwang Building above were also affected. There was no signal in the entire building, whether it was WIFI signal, mobile phone signal or Bluetooth or 2.5G device signal. lost.

Fortunately, it is now past 11 o'clock at night, few people are still working, and not many people are affected.

But when the computer automatically restarts, the lights automatically go out, and the power is briefly interrupted, it still makes people crazy.

Whether it is John, the maintenance personnel on the third underground floor, or the "Shenxing Technology" staff in the Shouwang Building, what they don't know is that these phenomena are not deliberately showing off or scaring people, but are some people who feel that they have already The "perfect" "digital life" is trying to forcibly read the large storage device hidden in the deepest underground secret space of "Shenxing Technology" without any Internet connection, causing side effects.

Before being fully integrated into the "super-sensory object system", Alice could already control and influence some electronic devices through the air through super-connected objects, even if they were not connected to the network.

However, it is not yet possible to obtain detailed data stored on electronic devices, transport them directly through the air through the "super-sensory object system", and then convert them into digital information in the outside world and present them on other electronic devices.

With the help of Little Apple, after completely entering the "super-sensory object system", both Xiang Kun and Alice thought that she had to do this, get out the things in the large storage device under the Shouwang Building, and put them in the In theory, the conditions have been met, and the rest is just a matter of time.

Alice also knew very well that Xiang Kun was very much looking forward to and eager to see that information, thinking that there was a high probability that that information could help him answer various questions brought by "Shenxing Technology" and Mr. Liang, and might even get some "mutations" The secret of the roots of living things.

As a result, on the one hand, she had just been fully incorporated into the "super-sensory object system" and had not yet found a suitable method for the essential transformation between data. On the other hand, she was too impatient and there were not enough "super-connected objects" around her, which made her When it comes to data conversion and acquisition, it creates a lot of noise.

Not only did it bring temporary distress and trouble to the staff of Shouwang Building, it also had a powerful impact on John Cavendish's mind, which he thought was immune to supernatural shocks, and almost burned the storage device.

Xiang Kun, who knew this situation, really couldn't laugh or cry, because the task he originally arranged for Alice was a long-term task, and he wanted to be safe and not in a hurry.

As a result, after Alice completed the experiment tonight and successfully transferred the data from the hard drive of an old-fashioned desktop computer in Chongyun Village that was not connected to the Internet to Xiang Kun's laptop, she took the initiative to apply for co-existence with Lao Xia, and then used the name of Xiao Lao Xia's appearance appeared, with one hand on her hips and the other hand pointing the scalpel at the sky, boasting to Xiang Kun: "Before the sun came up, Alice helped the boss get those data!"

Then, the situation is like this...

Alice, who had not yet succeeded, did not apply to Lao Xia for a sudden appearance, and did not even make a sound. Instead, she displayed text on the computer screen: "That device is not connected to the power supply. If it is not powered on, more ultrasonic power will be used." Only through connected things can complete data acquisition. There are not enough hyper-connected things over there, so we need to apply for the release of more hyper-connected things.”

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