Vol 4 Chapter 391: The Chosen One (middle)

After waking up from this blood-sucking sleep, Xiang Kun first learned from the "Little Apple" why Officer Xiao Zhao was concerned about the eight-armed eight-eyed monster, as well as some of the corpses in the mountains.
That night, using these known cases, through Lao Xia's "Dream in Dream" mode, we got more details of the case from Xiao Zhao.
With these details, Xiang Kun has perfected his guess of the trajectory of the "mutated parasite" before and established his cognitive model.
Basically, it can be determined that the male dead in Zihuan Mountain was one of the former hosts of the "mutated parasite".
He would kidnap the two girls into the depths of Zihuan Mountain to murder, which was also caused by the influence and guidance of the "mutated parasite".
Normally, either one of the two female dead will become the host of the next generation and the "mutated parasite" will leave Zihuan Mountain by this, or the male host will leave Zihuan Mountain by "drinking blood" after murdering two girls.
Judging from the parasitic mode of this "mutated parasite" later on the "vampire patient", it has a tendency to continuously transform the host, so the latter is more likely.
But the final result was that both the host and the two girls died in the cave, and the "mutated parasite" passed through the running water and parasitized on the "vampire patient" who entered the mountain for a while before leaving Zihuan Mountain.
It is very likely that something went wrong in the process of "drinking blood" and it changed the plan.
As for what kind of problem, Xiang Kun speculated based on the discovery of "ambush" and "squatting" "mutant birds" in Zihuan Mountain a few days ago, it should be that the host of "mutant parasites" was targeted by the big bird. It's just that Big Bird didn't understand the survival mode of "parasites", and regarded the host as a "mutant creature." It was not until the "parasite" abandoned the host to escape and the host committed suicide that he realized that the host was not a "mutant creature", but still thought that the "mutant parasite" would come back, and would come back to guard after so long. When I met Xiang Kun, he was almost captured.
Xiang Kun originally wanted to trace the node where it was parasitized by the "mutated parasite" based on the host's identity information, so as to deduce the mutation starting point and process of the "mutated parasite" step by step.
But when he wanted to find out how much information the police had announced on the Zihuan Mountain case on the Internet, he accidentally found a very critical piece of information that made him directly change the direction of the investigation.
The night before returning to Citong City, he and Lao Xia took a stroll around the place where the "vampire patient" was arrested, and accidentally discovered the arrest process of the "vampire patient" and his accomplices taken by a nearby flower shop clerk. Video.
Through that video, combined with the information that Lao Xia helped him in the dream of the "vampire patient" earlier, Xiang Kun had a few guesses about the whereabouts of the "mutated parasite".
One of them was the passer-by who looked in the window of the car for a while after the "vampire patient" was taken out of the car and passed through the van-the "mutated parasite" has a certain chance to attach to him and leave. Wait for the "safe" position to parasite again.
To determine whether the passer-by has been parasitized by the "mutated parasite" or has become a "springboard", we must first determine his identity and find his location.
The information revealed in the video is very limited, but Xiang Kun can still draw some judgment conditions:
For example, the passerby was wearing slippers, casually dressed, carrying a convenience store bag, and the time of day, inferring that he should be a resident living nearby, on the way home. From some other details, infer his possible occupation, age, personality tendency, etc., and prepare to let Alice help in the search on this premise.
However, originally in Xiang Kun's judgment, the possibility of "parasites" attaching to the passerby and leaving is relatively low. After all, passersby only stayed by the car for a short time, so the priority of this investigation direction is also relatively low.
Unexpectedly, he found the identity information of the passer-by from the Internet before searching through Alice.
And the information was wanted by the police.
Xiang Kun recognized at a glance that the man in his 40s on the police warrant was a passer-by who looked at the window of the car in the video taken by the flower shop clerk.
According to the wanted warrant, this man committed a murder case in Citong City in May last year and absconded. Because the body was well hidden, it took more than half a month to be discovered, so the police failed to control it immediately. he.
However, Xiang Kun searched for relevant information and found that this person accidentally fell off a building and died in the process of being jointly arrested by the two police in Yangcheng in June.
Xiang Kun checked some media reports. According to the suspect’s family, he became a bit nagging in March last year, and his family refused to take him to the hospital for an examination. In the end, he got into trouble with his wife. Divorced, and turned back with other family members, severed relationships, and lost contact. After that, he borrowed a lot of online loans and usury. Everyone doubted whether he had contracted gambling or other vices.
Based on the time point, Xiang Kun judged that this suspect has a high probability of becoming the victim of the "mutated parasite" and its host, whose behavior is guided and influenced by it.
In this case, according to the "vampire patient" model, it must have escaped before the host was arrested and died.
So Xiang Kun left for Yangcheng to investigate the next day.
Normally, if the suspect who fell from the building is really the host of the "mutated parasite", there is still an eight-month time difference between the location of Xiang Kun and the parasite, and the worm may no longer be there. city.
So he didn't expect to find out the exact location of the "mutated parasite" directly during this trip, and he was also ready to return without success during the blood-drinking period.
But sometimes that's the way it is, deliberately planting flowers but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows to create shade.
On the second day after investigating the location of the suspect's fall, he ran to a tea restaurant near a university in Yangcheng and tasted their special fried beef.
Because he heard Yang Zhen'er say that every time she and Tang Baona go to Yangcheng, they must go to that restaurant to eat Fried Niuhe. The taste has not been comparable to that of other restaurants.
So even though Xiang Kun doesn't need to eat, he also wants to taste it to see what's special about the fried Niuhe here.
With his current taste and understanding of seasoning, it is easy to deduce the basic seasoning and cooking methods from the taste.
Of course, he may not be able to accurately review the cooking process, but Xiang Kun is very confident. The taste adjusted by him will definitely adapt to the tastes of Tang Baona and Yang Zhener-after all, he customized and adjusted according to their tastes. Yes, and in this world, surely no one can understand their tastes better than him.
When he left the restaurant after tasting the fried Niuhe, Xiang Kun habitually switched his visual mode to observe the surroundings, but unexpectedly found that a passerby on the street had a light blue spot on his body.
Since he began to deliberately and specifically train to guide the evolution of various perceptions, Xiang Kun has developed the habit of "seeing six directions and listening to all directions". When he arrives in a new environment, he must first collect enough sensory information. Has become his instinct.
To be honest, when he first saw the blue light spot, Xiang Kun's first reaction was that he was wrong?
But he soon determined that it was indeed a "mutated creature" embedded in the human body.
And the high probability is that he traces the "mutated parasite" all the way to Yangcheng-unless there is another "mutated parasite" in Yangcheng.
Xiang Kun did not dare to follow too close, because judging from the experience of the "vampire patient", the male deceased in Zihuan Mountain, and the passerby man, the "mutant parasite" can always get out of the host before it gets into trouble. Is very sensitive to changes in the situation.
It is very possible that there are some special sensory information acquisition methods that are not the original sensory abilities of the host.
This is actually Xiang Kun's greatest curiosity about this "mutated parasite".
From a normal perspective, after this "mutated parasite" enters the host, its perception range is limited to the host's local organs.
There is a possibility that "mutated parasites" can share and acquire the sensory information of the host through the ability of mutation, and obtain the ability to process this information through mutation, and can judge the host's environment by themselves-but Xiang Kun I think this is unlikely, because the information processing ability required is too great. As a creature that does not originally have those sensory organs, it has to evolve relevant information processing capabilities from scratch, even if it can evolve through drinking blood mutation. Take a long time;
Another possibility is that it does not directly obtain sensory information, but only judges through the emotional feedback that the host has processed perceptual information, such as "fear", "panic", "tension", etc.-when these emotions are generated, the human body The subtle changes in your physical condition can be judged.
But these cannot explain how it escaped from the prying eyes of the "mutant bird" in "Zihuan Mountain", so Xiang Kun speculated that the "mutant parasite" might have another unique and special way of perception, which can surpass the host's perception. Ability exists.
If there is such a perceptual ability, Xiang Kun wants to understand what it is, which should help to improve his already super perceptual system.
Although Xiang Kun is far away, he still knows very clearly that the current host of the "mutated parasite" is also following others.
Recalling the experiences of several known hosts, Xiang Kun naturally guessed that this guy was probably driven by a parasite to find a target for blood collection.
Although being able to observe the behavior patterns of another "mutant creature" besides himself, Xiang Kun was a little excited, it was also a rare opportunity.
But no matter what, if the controlled host really wants to attack other humans, he will never be able to stand by and die.
Fortunately, the host didn't plan on tracking the target immediately. After tracking the opponent to the place where he lived, he returned and left.
Xiang Kun followed him from a distance to a small building in a village in the city. Through his voice, he confirmed that the room he lived in was the room on the south side of the third floor.
Xiang Kun used his cell phone to ask Alice to help him search for information about the host. On the way back, the host answered a phone call. The short two-minute conversation contained a lot of identity information that could be traced.
After 6 o'clock, from a dozen search results provided by Alice, Xiang Kun confirmed that the current host of the "mutated parasite" was a junior named Fan Jiading.
Judging from the content posted by the student's social media, he is also doing live broadcasts and making videos on various topics, from games to life spoofs and food.
But these contents stopped abruptly at the beginning of last month, the video was not updated, the live broadcast stopped, and even social media did not release new content.
Alice even found a post by Fan Jiading selling cameras and other equipment on Xianyu.
Obviously, at that time, he had already been affected and guided by the "mutated parasite", and his behavior was severely affected.
Xiang Kun took a look at the surrounding environment, and when it was around nine o'clock in the evening and there were no pedestrians nearby, he quickly followed the exterior wall of the small building to outside the room where Fan Jiading lived on the third floor, and looked in through the window.
Xiang Kun discovered that Fan Jiading was sorting out the things in a backpack. He saw a pocket knife, rope, and tape. Obviously, he was preparing for the follow-up operation to be tracked today.
It’s not too late. Although it is remote, it is inevitable that some residents will go out. So Xiang Kun didn’t dare to hold on by the window for too long, and passed the graffiti of the black circle he had formed before through the window. Bounced to the corner, then gently climbed back to the ground, and drew back to the dark place between the two buildings to wait.
If Fan Jiading is going to do it tomorrow, then Xiang Kun will be able to observe only tonight, so he must make arrangements in advance.
Xiang Kun stood in the dark, standing against the wall, closed his eyes and entered the "super-sensing state", through the black circle graffiti that had just been placed, came to Fan Jiading's side.
Through the perception of cognitive information, Xiang Kun realized that Fan Jiading’s body was different from ordinary humans in addition to the "mutated parasite" that was "embedded" in the lower back of the body, except for the specific differences. He can't describe it yet.
This kind of cognitive information gave him the feeling like it was the first time he observed a "vampire patient" in a "super-sensing state". At first glance, he couldn't distinguish the difference from ordinary people, and he could only vaguely feel that something was wrong. In the final analysis, his ability to interpret the cognitive information in the "super-sensing state" is insufficient.
And these differences obviously come from the transformation of the host by the "mutant parasite".
Based on the host experience previously discovered, Xiang Kun can basically tell that this "mutated parasite" seems to be transforming the host as a vehicle to make its "performance" better and have stronger capabilities. Help it get more blood.
It can also be seen that it is very obsessed with human blood, and almost every time the host is finished, it is because it is trying to obtain human blood.
However, it is obviously unwilling to directly absorb the blood of one host and transfer it to another host. It seems that it is the best plan to "modify" and "cultivate" a powerful host to help it grab blood. route.
After forcibly writing down part of the cognitive information of the "mutated parasite", Xiang Kun withdrew from the "super-sensing state" and then picked up the mobile phone to contact Lao Xia.
In addition to the observation of cognitive information through the "super-sensing state", after Fan Jiading fell asleep, Xiang Kun also used Lao Xia's dream mode to restore the true memory of Fan Jiading being parasitized.
But after I sent a WeChat message, I waited for 20 minutes, but I didn't even wait for a reply.
Xiang Kun immediately realized that Lao Xia was probably asleep, otherwise, based on the content he sent, as long as Lao Xia saw it, it would be a second time.
If it is usual, ordinary things, Xiang Kun will definitely not quarrel Lao Xia, let her rest, but to prevent Fan Jiading from committing a crime tomorrow, in-depth observation of the "mutant parasite" parasite host will only have the opportunity tonight, he wants To capture the "mutated parasite", you must get it out of the host.
If Lao Xia is asleep now, if she waits for the midnight to wake up again, then she will probably not fall asleep... Without the guide of her dreams, Xiang Kun can only do some dream editing, but she can’t target them. His subconscious mind conducts psychological guidance, let alone deep-level dream hypnosis.
So after thinking about it again and again, he could only call the phone "cruelly".
In Xia Libing's rental house in Citong City.
Indeed, as Xiang Kun had guessed, a ponytail girl was sleeping with her head on the laptop keyboard, and the word document opened on the screen was repeatedly outputting a letter.
The sharp cell phone ringing rang, Xia Libing was awakened, his head suddenly lifted, and he reached out to touch the phone subconsciously.
And above her confused eyes, the original smooth forehead has been printed with several squares on the keyboard.
After switching on the phone and listening to Xiang Kun's words, Xia Libing's eyes quickly returned to clarity.
Before falling asleep, she was looking at the documents sent by some large laboratory equipment suppliers to order, if it was to study "mutant organisms"-and it was the "mutant parasites" that she and Xiang Kun had been tracking before. , How could it be sleepy! You know, she can stand up even if she keeps Xiang Kun drinking blood and sleeping for 25 hours.
Xia Libing was also a little surprised that Xiang Kun could find the "mutated parasite" in such a short time.
After listening to Xiang Kun's introduction to the host Fan Jiading and his thoughts, Xia Libing also put forward some of his own opinions, and quickly formulated an observation plan for tonight.
...
It was more than two o'clock in the morning.
After Fan Jiading fell asleep, with the help of the "black circle graffiti" that was stuffed into his room to establish contact with Xia Libing, Xiang Kun and Lao Xia entered his dream state through "Dream in Dream".
To be honest, when he saw Fan Jiading's dream clearly, Xiang Kun, who was "well-informed", was also a little surprised.
The dreamland is a hall with a sense of science and technology. There are high-end electronic equipment and holographic projections that look very high-end and detailed, like the kind of science fiction movie scenes that have invested hundreds of millions of dollars, which are very visually shocking.
However, in the mist above the hall, there are eight characters that are very different from the environment, shining pale yellow, and extremely earthy:
"Sky Selection System Exchange Hall".
Look at those holographic projections and introductions, such as the one in front of Fan Jiading in the dream, under the holographic projection of a muscular man "Fan Jiading", a row of introductions: "Hercules-lv.3 (price: 2500 days to choose points) (effect: will The Hercules skill was upgraded to level lv.3, which greatly increased the power of the Chosen~EbookFREE.me~ Xiang Kun immediately understood that under the guidance of the "mutated parasite", Fan Jiading's brain was "parasitic" The process and the driven behavior are fantasised into a "system" adventure in similar.
From the experience of several hosts before, Xiang Kun knows that like the
vampire patient
who imagined being parasitized as being embraced by an elegant and handsome blood family, the male deceased Zihuan imagined parasitism as practicing martial arts for immortality,
mutated parasites
"Only guide and drive the host to achieve its purpose and achieve its intention. As for how to achieve and persuade the host, it depends on the host's own imagination.
Just like Guo Tianxiang’s ability to
build up its own fear projection for the sight
, you only need to throw out a fearful emotion, and the affected person will imagine and build an extremely perfect fear illusion projection.
Hosts affected by parasites will also give themselves a statement based on different experiences, personalities, knowledge, emotions, and desires, and establish a complete set of illusory systems for their behaviors. Any loopholes can be made up by themselves.
As for allowing people to see the specific content and scene, whether in reality or in dreams, Xiang Kun knows how difficult it is. To a certain extent.
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