Chapter 365: Chapter 365: Xiang Kunâs Envy
The voice of the âpanda expressionâ paper figure sounded very strange, resembling the singer Yang Kunâs voice mixed with the sound effect of Optimus Prime from the Transformers live-action movie and a sound similar to coins being forcefully rubbed together.
If it werenât for the content of what the âpanda expressionâ was saying, Xiang Kun would know nothing about why Old Xia used such a voice, which he had never heard before. But after hearing the âpanda expressionâ speaking, he understood why Old Xia used this voice in Mi Qiaoâs dream.
âHow is the investigation going?â the âpanda expressionâ asked Mi Qiao.
Upon hearing the voice, Mi Qiao, who was initially sitting in front of the computer, turned to look at the âpanda expressionâ and naturally replied, âWe have made many deductions, but we still lack solid evidence. The bird and bug havenât shown up again either.â
It was evident that the âpanda expressionâ paper figure, edited into Mi Qiaoâs dream by Old Xia, was meant to impersonate âMr. Liangâ.
Xiang Kun had shared the majority of the information he obtained on âDivine Technologyâ with Old Xia. From establishing Fang Pingfang and Zhou Ruiâs identities based on dream information, to inadvertently encountering Mi Qiao in QiCheng City, he had heard her conversation with âMr. Liangâ. Xiang Kun had also shared the circumstances he discovered around Wushu Mountain Scenic Area the year before.
However, Xiang Kun had never seen âMr. Liangâ himself and didnât know what he looked like. Therefore, when Old Xia created the image of âMr. Liangâ in the dream, she simply took the lazy route and used a common expression as a substitute.
Regarding the voice, Old Xia had heard Xiang Kunâs description of âMr. Liangâsâ voice. But the voice she imagined had significant differences from the real voice of âMr. Liangâ Xiang Kun had heard.
Nevertheless, in the dream, Mi Qiaoâs state differed from Old Xia and Xiang Kun. Her consciousness was still embedded within the subconscious of the dream, without too much ability to think actively or recognize. She instinctively responded to all messages transmitted in the dream.
Old Xia simply needed her to âbelieveâ that the person asking the question was âMr. Liangâ or some other high-ranking individual from the âDivine Technologyâ secret department. There was no need for a realistic disguise as in reality, and no need for convincing logic.
Of course, it was also possible for Mi Qiao in the dream to refuse to answer, depending on the tendencies of her subconscious in the dream.
Fortunately, Mi Qiao inside the dream didnât show any suspicion and naturally replied to the âpanda expressionâ. It appeared as if she regarded it as âMr. Liangâ.
Xiang Kun even suspected, perhaps Mi Qiao had never seen âMr. Liangâ in person?
Old Xia continued to have the âpanda expressionâ ask questions:
âWhatâs your opinion on Fang Pingfang?â
Mi Qiao in the dream tilted her head, then said, âDr. Fang is a great leader, very intelligent and highly capable. We all like her very much.â
âWhat about others?â
âEveryone is great, better than the people Iâve met before. I really like them. Zhou Rui is fun, Ye Chong is reliable, Old Li is steady, Big Brother Gao is diligent. Dr. Fang is both a leader and a teacher, but I feel sheâs like my sister, I like her very much.â
Xiang Kun listened attentively. In this dream, he couldnât sense Mi Qiaoâs emotions and subjective feelings like he could in other dreams. He could only share Old Xiaâs perceptions.
It seemed that Old Xia wanted to directly obtain related information about the âDivine Technologyâ secret department from Mi Qiao by âaskingâ in the dream. This reminded him of the movie âInceptionâ he saw in the past.
Xiang Kun had also considered similar actions before, but apart from being able to decide what type of dreams the guided dreamer would have using âEmotional Infusion itemsâ of specific emotional types, he didnât have the ability to give detailed guidance in dreams.
With much difficulty, he found the method to enter a âSuper Sensory Stateâ in dreams thanks to the âblack circle graffitiâ, and explored the possibility of âediting dreamsâ. But âeditingâ people into dreams, directly questioning the host of the dreamâs consciousness, and âdeceivingâ information, he didnât know when he would be able to enact this.
Unexpectedly, Old Xia formed a special connection with that notebook full of black circle graffiti just this morning, found a way to enter the âconscious worldâ, and by night she âdevelopedâ this ability to establish a âdream within a dreamâ, where anything can be âeditedâ as desired.
Though all the abilities âdevelopedâ by Old Xia needed Xiang Kunâs abilities as support, and they had to be built upon the âSuper Sensory Item Systemâ.
However, the effortless creativity of âUpper Level Developersâ Xia Libing, Little Fatty Girl, and Xiao Pingguo was extremely enviable for the struggling âLow-Level Engineerâ Xiang Kun â no, he couldnât even count as an engineer. He was just a central processor with a âlifelineâ.
Of course, Xiang Kun also knew that the abilities they âdevelopedâ were his abilities. If they acquired them, he naturally would too, and might have even more. To some extent, these three âDevelopersâ had accelerated his mastery of âSuper Sensory Item Systemâ related abilities at least dozens or even hundreds of times.
However, while Xiang Kun was thinking about what other questions could be used to get more information about âDivine Technologyâ from Mi Qiao, the questions asked by the âpanda expressionâ controlled by Old Xia, as well as its style and way of speaking, suddenly changed.
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âWhere do you feel most comfortable and relaxed?â
âEmâŠthe yard of my grandmotherâs old house when I was a kid, I loved the swing my grandfather made. Especially on summer nights, it was so cool to swing in the yard. After swinging, my grandma would give me iced watermelon, which was really deliciousâŠâ Mi Qiao murmured.
âYou are now in the courtyard of your grandmotherâs old house, swinging on a swing, feeling the evening breeze on your skin. Itâs very comfortable.â
No sooner had the âPanda Emojiâ finished speaking than Mi Qiaoâs dreamland underwent rapid changes. In an instant, it transformed into an ancient courtyard, with Mi Qiao sitting on a swing, swinging back and forth, turning into a little girl with a face full of joy and happiness.
Holy cow, thereâs such a move? Xiang Kun was slightly taken aback in his subconscious, shocked once again by Old Xiaâs operation.
He naturally knew that the change in environment wasnât a result of Old Xiaâs âeditingâ. Although Old Xia could freely âeditâ this âdream within a dreamâ, the environment definitely couldnât change this quickly. Plus, she wouldnât know the specifics and details of the old courtyard of Mi Qiaoâs grandmotherâs house as described by Mi Qiao.
She actually induced Mi Qiaoâs subconsciousness in the dream to co-manifest these scenes from her childhood memories.
In this case, could they also use this method to guide Mi Qiao to co-manifest other relevant information in her dream, such as content related to Guo Tianxiang and the situation related to the secret department of âMr. Liangâ and âDivine Technologyâ conducting research?
It could be done not only through language but also directly through visuals! And itâs directly connected to the subconscious. Some details that Mi Qiao herself could hardly remember in reality might be directly presented!
Xiang Kun couldnât help but want to write a string of 666 for Old Xia.
However, Old Xia controlled the âPanda Emojiâ to stand behind the girl version of Mi Qiao, gently pushing her swing, and continued to say in a less strange voice: âYou keep swinging in the courtyard, then eat watermelon, swing, eat watermelon, swing, eat watermelon⊠Whatever happened before is forgotten. You just remember you were swinging, eating watermelonâŠâ
The voice of the âPanda Emojiâ gradually became Mi Qiaoâs voice, speaking in an incredibly soothing and gentle manner.
Then the dreamland collapsed. Instead of first retreating to Old Xiaâs dreamland, Xiang Kun directly exited the perception of the dreamland and opened his eyes.
He picked up his phone with some confusion and sent a WeChat message to Old Xia, unsure whether Old Xia would wake up after the collapse of this dreamland.
Just now in Mi Qiaoâs dreamland, he more or less guessed Old Xiaâs final operation was to try to make her forget the content of the previous questions asked by Old Xia through guiding Mi Qiaoâs subconscious in the dream. He wasnât sure if it would work or if it would succeed.
However, what he didnât understand was why Old Xia only asked two insipid questions and didnât ask the questions he truly cared about â the content related to âMr. Liangâ, Guo Tianxiang, and the specific information about their investigation.
Although they didnât arrange the questions in advance before entering the dreamland, and Xiang Kun didnât even know that Old Xia planned to enter the âconscious worldâ in the dream, she used the âblack circle graffitiâ to establish a âdream within a dreamâ plan. In fact, even Old Xia might not know if she would succeed or what the effect would be.
But he was very sure that Old Xia definitely knew what kind of questions he wanted to ask and what kind of information he wanted to know from Mi Qiao.
After over a minute, a message came from Old Xia, which seemed like she had woken up.
âComplex or sensitive questions can easily alert her subconscious. Even if they are asked, it may not be conducive to her forgetting them. We need to take it slow.â Old Xia straightforwardly answered Xiang Kunâs question.
Xiang Kun remembered that Old Xia was a masterâs degree holder in applied psychology. It seemed she had a special understanding of this area. In this matter, he just needed to trust her judgment. Since there was already a way, there would be more opportunities in the future.
Since it was already very late, Xiang Kun didnât chat with her much and let her go back to sleep.
After ending the chat, Xiang Kun woke up his computer, getting ready to check the development status of the new version of the game by Alice. Suddenly, Aliceâs voice came from the speaker:
âWhy can you communicate with Xia Libing in the dream?â
Xiang Kun was taken aback, he wondered, âWhy do you ask this?â He knew that the chat content on his mobile phone could be checked in real-time by Alice who has his mobile phone permissions. The misunderstanding that he and Old Xia were communicating in a dream, based on the dialogue content, was quite normal.
But asking this question was abnormal.
Alice: âI looked up information related to dreams on the Internet, but those dreams are different from your dreams.â
âDo you also want to dream?â Xiang Kun subconsciously asked based on her statement.
In terms of his ability to guide othersâ dreams through sensing other âemotion infusion itemsâ, when entering related data and information into the âVampire Mutation Modelâ, he explained in detail to Alice.
Aliceâs voice mysteriously rose a few notches, âCan I also dream?â
âYou should⊠not be able⊠toâŠâ Xiang Kun started to say, but suddenly stopped, an idea erupted in his mind. Then, a habit of his cultivated mind, his brain subconsciously constructed one possible implementation plan after another.