What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Latest website: "Old Xia! Sister Nana is awake!" Alice clapped her hands on the table, knocked her heels on the sofa, and looked happily at Xia Libing next to her: "We succeeded! What the boss said is so accurate!"

Tang Baona looked left and right curiously, touched the table in front of her, and then touched her face. It was actually quite real to the touch, but she knew very well that it was an illusion, that it was fake, and that it was in her own body. In a dream.

Everything had a hazy and real feeling, and she could sense it carefully without raising her eyes.

She looked down at the table in front of her, and the next moment, a cup of hot coffee appeared. She raised her hand to pick it up, and her glasses were covered with a layer of heat when she got closer.

After taking a sip of coffee, she narrowed her eyes and breathed a sigh of enjoyment. Then the fog in her eyes disappeared naturally, and the coffee in her hand also disappeared.

She looked at "Old Xia" and "Old Xia mini" Alice who were sitting in front. The former was still sitting quietly, staring at her. His eyes showed the meaning of thinking and observation, just like usual. appearance. The latter was a little unable to sit still, his body was jumping up and down, his expression was very excited, as if he was expecting something.

The feeling they gave her was different from everything around her. She could sense and control it, but not completely.

In a dream, you can clearly realize that you are dreaming, and you can also concretely perceive various things. This experience is so magical and so fresh.

"You...did I dream about it too?" Tang Baona asked curiously.

"No! We are real, we are alive and kicking!" Alice stood on the sofa and said with her arms wide open.

Xia Libing next to her pressed her head and then sat her down: "Don't make trouble, we are in a dream."

"We are real in the dream! Sister Nana, we are real people!" Alice still said loudly.

Tang Baona said blankly: "You mean...you entered my dream?" After a slight pause, she asked again: "Little Lingdang, Zhen'er, Little Apple, and Xiang Kun also came into my dream just now. ?"

This time it was Xia Libing who answered: "Except for Xiang Kun, the other three are all prototypes in your own dreams."

Tang Baona's eyes lit up and she slightly raised her right fist to gesture: "The guy who was dressed like Teacher Saitama and knocked that big bird off with one punch... was it really Xiang Kun? Did he also come to my dream?"

Regarding being able to have real sensory interactions with other people in dreams,

Tang Baona accepted it very quickly, after all, she was still in a dream first.

"No, that's not Xiang Kun, that's the subconscious prototype in your dream." Xia Libing said.

Alice was also curious: "This time we relied on focusing on emotions to trigger dreams. Sister Nana, whatever you were thinking about before will be what you dream about in your dreams. Sister Nana, you usually think about beating everyone together. Are you going to fight monsters? Just like Little Bell!"

Tang Baona was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed, and immediately changed the subject: "If 'Teacher Saitama' is not Xiang Kun, then where is Xiang Kun?"

As she said that, she looked around and saw that the cafe was still empty, and the original chubby girl waiter was also missing.

Alice opened her arms again and shook them up and down: "The boss is everywhere!" She didn't have many chances to appear in her dreams. The most common ones before were the dreams of Little Fat Girl and Little Apple, but that also required Xiang Kun and Lao Xia If you cooperate, she will have a chance to appear. After she completely integrated the "super-sensory object system", she had very few opportunities to play in their dreams. Now that she could play in Tang Baona's dreamland and experience a new dreamland other than Little Fat Girl and Little Apple, she was so excited that she could no longer hold back. If Lao Xia hadn't been here, he would have grabbed her "Sister Nana" and taken her around to play.

Xia Libing said: "We can appear here, you can wake up from the dream, and this dream can support Cuncai now, all because of him. His consciousness, his perception, is omnipresent and omniscient. What do we do? , whatever we say, our emotions and our perceptions, he knows everything.”

Tang Baona was startled after hearing this, and subconsciously said: "Inception?"

Then she thought of something again, looked at Alice, and asked: "How did you appear? I don't mean in a dream, I mean in reality. Yes, several times before...and today, thank you, Little Jing…er, Alice.”

Alice said happily: "Sister Nana, you have thanked me several times!"

"So...are you always by my side?"

"Yeah, Alice is everywhere!"

Alice's tone was a little proud. After realizing that Alice's voice was the baby version of her own voice, Tang Baona felt weird and wanted to laugh when she heard Alice speak again.

"She can appear in the real world. The basis for her appearance is the system established by Xiang Kun, and the basis of that system is his 'lucky coins' and 'wooden carvings' and the like." Xia Libing said The man next to him answered Tang Baona's question seriously.

Tang Baona hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Why does Alice... look like you, Lao Xia, when you were a child? Zhen'er showed me photos of you when you were a child. Alice looks almost exactly like you when you were a child."

Xia Libing said: "Because Juxian Alice's abilities were developed by me based on Xiang Kun's ability system."

Tang Baona was stunned when she heard this: "What do you mean? So this ability... is it Xiang Kun's ability or your ability?"

"Just like your ability to perceive the melody of various items and the emotions of others, your ability is 'developed' based on Xiang Kun's system. It is your ability, but it is essentially Xiang Kun's. Ability." Xia Libing said.

"Ah! You know I can feel...those melodies?"

"It's because of Sister Nana's ability that we were able to wake you up!" Alice found the right opportunity and added another sentence.

Tang Baona suddenly realized that after Lao Xia and Alice appeared, the rhythmic melody had never stopped, like a permanent BGM.

"Xiang Kun, who is he?" Tang Baona couldn't help but ask.

She could tell from the words of Alice and Lao Xia that whether it was them or her abilities, whether it was the various visions in reality or the strange conversations she was having while awake in the dream, the roots came from Xiang Kun.

Xia Libing glanced at the little girl next to him who was already ready to make a move: "Alice."

"Okay!" Alice cheered.

The next moment, Tang Baona found that the ceiling of the cafe was gone. They saw the sky directly, and then the world started spinning. Various things began to change in complex ways, and the permanent BGM also changed at the same time.

The experience of having your dreams controlled and changed by others while you were awake... was really weird.

When the picture continued to rotate, break and condense, and reassembled into the real environment, Tang Baona found herself and Lao Xia sitting side by side on a moving subway, but Alice was nowhere to be seen.

She was about to say something when she suddenly noticed a dejected office worker sitting diagonally in front of them in the originally empty carriage.

She couldn't see clearly what he looked like, or even what he was wearing, but inexplicably, the moment she saw him, she knew - it was Xiang Kun.

Then she immediately realized that this was when Xiang Kun had just lost his job - as if there was an instinctive consciousness telling her this.

The picture immediately collapsed, then condensed, and the BGM was changed again.

It was a dark room. She and Lao Xia were standing by the door. A naked and muscular man suddenly sat up from the bed.

This time, she saw the man's appearance clearly. It was the Xiang Kun she was familiar with - the bald Xiang Kun.

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She saw Xiang Kun sitting in the cafe, rolling a one-yuan coin on the back of his hand, observing the customers coming in and out with an indifferent expression;

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She saw Xiang Kun, wearing a tank top, shorts, slippers, rushing down from the rental house, kicking away a knife-wielding thug;

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She saw Xiang Kun squatting in front of a fat and cute little girl, taking out a coin and saying: "This is not an ordinary coin, this is your bald uncle's lucky coin. If you carry it with you, you will have good luck. And it It’s still a magic coin with magical powers.”

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She saw Xiang Kun, Professor Li, and Little Apple sitting side by side on a park bench, handing a coin to the girl: "You can try this method of 'sending objects', maybe it can help you better" Use hearing, smell, and even develop a sixth sense.”

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She saw Xiang Kun sitting in the room, polishing a wooden sculpture under the desk lamp. Slowly, a black figure with eight arms and eight eyes slowly condensed behind him, getting bigger and bigger;

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She saw Xiang Kun standing on the roof of an abandoned building, shouting to Xia Libing who was filming video below: "Old Xia, I'm coming down!" and then jumped down;

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She saw Xiang Kun and a huge owl fighting and fighting by the lake, and it was extremely cruel;

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She saw Xiang Kun sitting in front of the computer, touching his chin and saying, "Alice, when talking to me, don't call me by my name directly. Call me 'boss'."

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She saw Alice in a white princess dress and black leather shoes standing on Xiang Kun's shoulders, looking into the distance with him, and said firmly: "Boss, we are invincible!"

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She saw Xiang Kun standing in the middle of the lightning storm, suspended in mid-air, with lightning flying behind his head like long hair, with his arms spread wide open, his back facing the sky, laughing loudly and shouting: "Happy birthday Nana!"

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I don't know how much time passed and how many scenes he watched. Xia Libing was in a trance and found that he was back in the cafe again. Lao Xia was still sitting in front of him, and Alice, who was much quieter.

"That was..." Tang Baona murmured.

She had just seen many, many pictures and clips. She seemed to understand something, and she seemed to have a lot more questions. It felt like she had only seen the tip of the iceberg. Each fragment has a melody to express it, allowing her to gain more subjective understanding.

Xia Libing said: "The root of all abilities lies in Xiang Kun, but who Xiang Kun is, how his abilities should be described and how to explain them are different for different people. Sister Nana, you can decide based on your understanding. Zhilai gives a definition, which can help you make better use of the system established by Xiang Kun and 'develop' capabilities with your own characteristics."

"How should we develop..." Tang Baona was halfway through asking. Suddenly, she remembered her ability to perceive melody, and then another question popped up: "But, what can I do with that ability? Creation and performance are different. Do you want to create songs? Dominate the pop music scene?"

"Sister Nana, your ability is much more powerful than you think." Xia Libing said.

"Much more powerful!" Alice shouted.

"Now Xiang Kun, or all of us, the whole world is facing a threat. Sister Nana, Xiang Kun needs your help, we need your help." Xia Libing said.

"Sister Nana, the boss needs your help, Alice needs your help, Lao Xia needs your help, Little Apple needs your help, Little Bell..."

Amidst Alice's emotional voice, Xia Libing opened his eyes drowsily.

After seeing the familiar ceiling and familiar chandelier, Xia Libing realized that he was really awake now.

She sat up from the sofa and looked at the wall clock on the wall in the living room. It was four o'clock in the morning. After returning home, she seemed to have fallen asleep on the sofa while thinking about Alice's problem.

She found that her right hand was still holding her left wrist tightly, or to be precise, holding the bracelet Xiang Kun gave her.

She thought about the dream she had just had. The scenes shown in the dream made her know some of Xiang Kun's secrets, but she still had no way to understand her abilities, Xiang Kun's abilities, and other things. What are the various manifestations and the appearance of Alice?

But what Lao Xia said at the end was for her to make up her own mind? Will brain supplements help her improve her abilities?

Also, what is the "threat facing the whole world" that Lao Xia mentioned?

Why don't you make it clear?

Hey, why is the truth of the world really so mediocre?

In the end, Yang Laosan's wild imagination turned out to be the closest to the truth?

Am I still dreaming?

Tang Baona scratched her head and smiled bitterly. She wanted to go to Zhihu to ask herself a question - What does it feel like when a two-dimensional otaku discovers that the world is really that fantasy?

She couldn't help but want to call Lao Xia and ask for more information, but she thought of Lao Xia's words again. It was obvious that he deliberately did not tell her all the truth. With Lao Xia's character, it was useless to continue to ask. , even if she didn't refuse, she would definitely have a way to fool him.

Tang Baona got up and walked to the balcony, looking at the buildings in the distance, blowing the night wind, and playing with the beads in her hands.

One thing is certain, her ability and Xiang Kun's ability are related to the various things Xiang Kun gave her, such as coins, wood carvings, bracelets, etc.

The wristband Xiang Kun gave Lao Xia on her birthday should have similar functions!

I'll borrow it from Lao Xia and wear it another day. I don't know if I will have any new perceptions.

Tang Baona couldn't sleep, so she simply started to use her ability to perceive the melody of all things, extending from home to outside, and then constantly integrating the melody to discover the characteristics and commonalities in various melodies.

Is what Lao Xia said, "Your ability is much more powerful than you think" a polite statement, or is it true?

Apart from playing and composing music, what else can this ability do?

Can it be played directly with everything?

With this thought, Tang Baona suddenly thought of something. She immediately took the initiative to capture the sources of the special rhythm fragments around her, instead of tracing their roots, she intertwined them together.

"Alice! Help me!" Tang Baona suddenly opened her eyes and shouted into the living room.

"okay!"

The sound of a drum sounded in Tang Baona's consciousness, and through that special connection, it was played by Alice.

The next moment, the hard rock slab on the coffee table in the living room shattered into powder.