What It's Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 622: Chapter 622: Little Steamed Bun

Although it was far away and small, Xiang Kun still clearly saw that it was a small sparrow-like bird, roughly the size of a Golden Sparrow and much smaller than the previous “mutated big bird”. However, like the “mutated big bird”, it was a “mutant”, which is why Xiang Kun and Alice paid attention to it.

From its flight posture in the sky and the fact that it had already started to descend, Xiang Kun guessed their position was likely its target.

If it was before, Xiang Kun might suspect that the “mutated little bird” was led by the “Ultimate Predator” in some way, but now that the “Ultimate Predator” had lost that function, it was likely that the disturbance had caught the “mutated little bird’s” attention or it had sensed in some special way that there was a “mutant” undergoing a phase transition.

“Just in time.”

Xiang Kun was just thinking about needing a new “mutant” to do further verification, he was originally thinking about selecting a suitable experimental target, he didn’t expect that sleep would bring him an opportunity.

That “mutated little bird” descended and approached where Xiang Kun was. When it found a bald human and a little girl standing on a suddenly vegetation-covered hilltop, it frantically flapped its wings a few times, then forcefully increased altitude, turned around, and fled in the direction it came from.

Xiang Kun was stupefied, was the little bird that sensitive? Could it identify a threat from that distance?

“Alice.”

“Okay!”

Xiang Kun did not specifically instruct what to do, but Alice quickly understood.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

A few medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky quickly flew towards the “mutated little bird”, and dozens of mini unmanned aerial vehicles also took off from the ground to meet up. However, they were much slower than the medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles and couldn’t fly at a high altitude. It was just that the “mutated little bird” had lowered its altitude, which made the smaller drones able to play their part and set up a blockade.

These unmanned aerial vehicles were brought by Mr. Liang from Divine Technology. The medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles were always hovering at high altitudes, providing overall peripheral information and signal transfer for ground equipment. The ground micro drones were controlled by Mr. Liang. A large number of them are his “biological components”. Even if other people had the authorization, but with Mr. Liang asleep and his body reorganized, they would not be able to control them.

But Alice was not one of “those”, as long as it was an electronic device, it was in her domain of control. Even purely mechanical devices without electronic components, as long as there were enough “super-connected objects” in them, she was able to control them indiscriminately.

The medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky closed in on the “mutated little bird” relatively fast, and the mini unmanned aerial vehicles below were drawing nearer as well. But they didn’t make any moves, it looked like the “mutated little bird” just needed to speed up to easily escape.

Suddenly, a figure appeared above the “mutated little bird”, it was Alice in a white princess dress.

With a cheerful cry, she smashed her fists down onto the “mutated little bird”, sending it crashing down.

However, when it was about ten meters from the ground, it fluttered its wings and flew up again.

The first thing it did was to try to find the little girl who had knocked it down, but found that she had disappeared from the sky.

The “mutated little bird” had no intention of fighting and had no interest in finding out where the little girl had gone. It just wanted to escape.

As it was trying to shake off the unmanned aerial vehicles and fly away, it suddenly saw a large “canopy” made of countless cakes pressing down on it.

The “mutated little bird” let out a piercing call. Its only avenue of escape was the ground, so it attempted to dive into the woods, using the trees to support the oncoming “cake wall”.

However, the “cake wall” disappeared as soon as it changed direction, leaving only a few tungsten steel balls falling to the ground.

Before the “mutated little bird” had a chance to fly back into the sky, a few vines suddenly extended from the woods and wrapped around it like the tentacles of an octopus.

At the moment it was wrapped, the “mutated little bird’s” feathers suddenly became incredibly hard, the edges sharp, its body rotated quickly like a small motor, driving the feather “blades” to cut through the vines.

Then, the feathers wrapped around its body, decreasing its entire size by about 1/4, it continued to rotate at high speed and shot out like a fired cannonball.

But the direction it flew was not upwards, but downwards, so it quickly reached the ground, bounced up like elasticity, spread its wings, and began to work hard to flap towards the sky.

However, it had barely risen three meters before a little girl in a white skirt appeared above with a cheerful shout, smashing it down with her fist.

The “mutated little bird” had nowhere to escape, it let out a desperate cry, but as soon as the call began, it was abruptly swallowed by the impact, causing it to fall directly to the ground.

Then, a large number of vines were shot out from all around, wrapping it tightly. Some plant roots even came out from the ground to join the “weaving”.

The “mutated little bird” didn’t try to rotate its body and cut itself free with its sharp feathers. Even though it could, it knew it would be meaningless – because the little girl in the white dress was squatting next to it, winking and pointing a small scalpel at it. Even though it was a bird, it could feel the clear threat.

Before long, Alice stood up, bounced in front of Xiang Kun who was walking over, looking up at him with a broad smile.

Xiang Kun smiled and patted her head: “Good job, Alice.”

Only then did Alice cheerfully get out of the way, walking with him to the trapped “mutated little bird”.

The “Xiao Luobo” that had trapped the “mutated little bird” immediately loosened its vines. The dense vines and the underground roots peeled layer by layer, blooming like a flower.

The “mutated little bird” initially wanted to run, but when Xiang Kun stooped down to grab it, all of its movements suddenly froze, as if Xiang Kun had cast a skill on it. It stood still, allowing him to pick it up.

Of course, Xiang Kun didn’t cast any spell,

he felt this “mutated little bird” probably had some ability to judge threats, and it understood that there was no point in trying to escape in the face of him.

This “mutated little bird” was white all over, and with its big head, round body, no visible neck, shurt beak, and round appearance, it looked like a giant cream ice cream or bun. The pair of pitch-black small eyes looked somewhat comical.

Nonetheless, Xiang Kun was aware of this bird’s capacity to change its body. It could compress its entire body to a slender shape like an arrow, and its form in high-altitude flight was slightly different again. Now that the bird had transformed into such a fluffy state, it was likely an intentional display of “cuteness,” a behavior evolved in response to humans.

Xiang Kun felt every inch of the bird’s body and used various visual modes including “super sensory information” to understand its physical structure in more detail. His analyses allowed him to determine the bird’s pathway of mutation, degree of phase transformation, and capabilities, and thereby infer its natural environment and primary blood source.

According to Xiang Kun, what this “mutated little bird” excels in is high-altitude, high-speed flight. Once it reaches a sufficient altitude, it can envelope itself in a pointed shuttle shape, hardening the surface of its wings to reduce air resistance. It manipulates its form and uses air currents to accelerate its flight.

If it truly reaches its full flight speed in the high skies, Xiang Kun will have to resort to his electric mastery flight to keep up, and even then, it wouldn’t be easy.

However, once it landed on the ground, in the forest, there would be no possibility of escape. Although Xiao Luobo’s or “son plants'” strength might not be sufficient to trap it, these “son plants” and their branches possess the properties of “super-connected objects,” which allowed Alice to co-manifest. This is why the mid-sized drone approached it. The drone itself didn’t perform any operation, Alice merely used the “super-connected” components on the drone to co-manifest.

As long as there is enough super-connected material, Alice is, to some extent, truly unbeatable.

After an initial examination of the “mutated little bird,” thousands of tiny tungsten steel balls poured out from the pocket of his bag and enveloped the little bird in his hands.

The “mutated little bird” was terrified and began to struggle. Its body quickly slimmered down and its feathers turned as hard as blades.

Xiang Kun put his other hand on it and softly said, “Don’t be scared, it’s okay, relax.”

Whether it understood him or realized fleeing was futile, the “mutated little bird” slowly returned to its puffy white state and allowed the metal balls to turn it into a small, iron blob.

Xiang Kun put the iron blob on the spot where Xiao Luobo had previously restrained the “mutated little bird,” and soon the vines and roots re-wrapped it.

This white “mutated little bird” hadn’t been in the “mutated creature” database of Xiang Kun and Alice before. It was likely living in the wilderness of Ha Country, in an area not yet covered by Xiao Luobo.

Xiang Kun couldn’t detect any smell of human blood on it, so he wasn’t sure if it had killed before. He also couldn’t utilize a fear projection to validate its “intentions.” So, from the start, he had no intention of harming this “mutated little bird,” and neither did Alice actually hurt it.

The experiment he intended to conduct wouldn’t cause any harm to the “mutated little bird,” even if it failed. However, if it succeeded, the bird might be able to break through its limitations.

Speaking specifically, he intended to directly link the “mutated little bird” to Xiao Luobo’s ability branching system and transfer the bird’s High-Dimensional Factors and mutation instincts to the system of Xiao Luobo.

Like Jiang Chun and Mr. Liang, they had both already connected to this branching system, but their connection was possible only through the “Secondary Emotion Object Network” of the Eight-armed and Eight-eyed Wood Carving.

The connection method of the “Secondary Emotion Object Network” limits access to humans. Even if Xiang Kun allowed it, other creatures wouldn’t be able to connect.

Therefore, for non-human “mutated creatures,” Xiang Kun needs to provide a different way for them to connect. After all, human mutants constitute a tiny proportion of the entire mutated creature population. In order to regulate the whole group and prevent them from recklessly hunting after the control of the “ultimate predator” is gone, Xiang Kun needs to provide all of them with access to Xiao Luobo’s platform.

Actually, he had already developed a theoretical plan before. Yet, because he was focused on dealing with the “ultimate predator,” he hadn’t taken the time to practically verify it. But he was pretty certain there wouldn’t be any issue.

Now, knowing that the “ultimate Predator,” which had some of its special factor controls paralyzed, is at the limit of a phase and on the verge of collapse, Xiang Kun decided to provide it with access to Xiao Luobo’s platform as well, giving it a chance to survive.

Now, he planned to use the “mutated little bird” to test his “non-human mutated creature” interface to determine its success and potential risks.

In fact, it’s quite simple. Within the “Super Sensory Item System”, there are two non-human connectors – Custard Pie and Jinshanshan (Glitter). Although they aren’t “mutated creatures,” their ways of connection hold significant reference significances.

Additionally, Xiao Luobo is also an example, and as a “semi-mutated creature,” possesses more traits of mutated beings.

Xiang Kun plans to establish a connection between Xiao Luobo and the “mutated little bird”, similar to the one with Jinshanshan, where Xiao Luobo would then replace the position of Apple.

If this were to take place in the past, Xiang Kun would first have to have a sufficient understanding of and contact with this “mutated little bird,” and then allow it and Xiao Luobo to interact over a long period of time, fostering a special connection between them, permitting Xiao Luobo to naturally draw the “mutated little bird” into the “super sensory item system”.

But with existing examples and the world’s strongest “constructor” of the Super Sensory Information layer, Alice, on his side, and with plenty of “super-connected objects” available, completion can happen in a short time.

Just over forty minutes later, the vines, roots, and numerous spheres that had been covering it peeled off, revealing the white, dazed “mutated little bird,” with its small green eyes wide-open, sitting on the ground and looking around in confusion.

Although it seemed no different from before, it had completed the connection with Xiao Luobo’s platform and it was now a connector under the “super sensory item system” and Xiao Luobo’s branching system.

Of course, its connection methods were different from those of Jiang Chun and Mr. Liang, and completely unlike Custard Pie. It was similar to Jinshanshan, yet with many differences.

Alice held out her hand in front of the “mutated little bird”. It look a glance at Xiang Kun, then Alice’s hand, chirped twice, flapped its wings and flew into Alice’s palm and sat down obediently.

But it was so plump that Alice had to use both hands to barely hold it.

Seeing its obedient look, Alice laughed and turned back to Xiang Kun, “Boss, let’s give ‘Little Bun’ a name!”

Xiang Kun looked at her silently. Who had she learned this ‘act first, ask later’ skill from?

Moreover, this way of naming was completely in the style of Little Fatty Girl!

Through his connection with the “mutated little bird,” Xiang Kun can better analyze and compile its “super sensory information.” He found out it had already completed one phase transformation, eating a “mutated arthropod,” most likely a mantis.

Based on the successful connection with “mutated little bird,” or “Little Bun”, Xiang Kun and Alice created an entry method that could accommodate the “ultimate predator” and subsequently sent out a connection invitation to the “ultimate predator” through Xiao Luobo, which covers the entire world.

However, the invitation was refused.