What It’s Like Being a Vampire

After Xiang Kun ended the call with Zhen'er, he found that Lao Xia had fallen asleep on his bed.

After helping Lao Xia take off his coat, lift his legs on the bed, loosen his hair, and cover himself with a quilt, Xiang Kun sat in front of the computer and began to check the specific changes in Alice during this period.

Although he had already had a rough estimate of Alice's growth in Myanmar before, or even earlier, he knew that Alice would change and grow at a rapid pace after he loosened the restrictions on the Internet. It is no exaggeration to describe it. This can be seen from the speed and results of her completing tasks during this period.

But when he started communicating with Alice and learned the exact changes in her, he was still very surprised.

In the process of completing her mission, Alice has smoothly controlled tens of thousands of devices and deployed her unique parasitic distributed storage and computing system, which can call all devices without anyone noticing. Control the computing resources of the hardware.

Her way of infiltrating and controlling these hardware is completely subversive. The authority she obtained is even higher than that of the original system. Her own monitoring software, firewall, and anti-virus software have no ability to detect them. Instead, they are all under her control. .

Moreover, she will basically only make limited resource calls when the target hardware is under extremely low load, so the possibility of being detected by target users and administrators is also very small.

After all, unless they feel obvious usage lag, task processing speed or network speed drops significantly, or the fan becomes louder, most users can only check or monitor through relevant software if they want to find out that the device has been occupied by others. All software is powerless against Alice's methods.

Although Alice controls a large number of devices, it is not a viral propagation method. Instead, when performing Xiang Kun's tasks, after discovering a suitable target based on specific needs, she conducts information on the characteristics of its hardware, system, software, and network. Customized intrusion, each device receives unique care.

Therefore, she will also avoid some targets that are theoretically more likely to discover her resource calls, and only target devices that are less likely to be discovered and more valuable in general.

However, the hardware devices parasitized by Alice also have other benefits - other malware and Trojans that occupy resources and computing power, such as certain mining Trojans, will be cleared and immune.

To use an analogy.

It is as if someone is put into a protein factor that is synthesized according to his own characteristics and has the ability to self-replicate. However, this protein factor only replicates to a limited extent in his body, consuming only a very small amount of energy and does not It triggers the immune system and has no perceptible impact on the body's own functions.

And to a certain extent,

It can also resist some other malignant viruses and germs, which cannot be found even if you go to the hospital for routine physical examinations, blood tests, or treatment for other diseases.

So for the host, it is natural that he cannot feel that he has this protein factor.

At this time, Xiang Kun was sitting crookedly on the computer chair, watching the surveillance images displayed on the computer screen, switching from time to time.

These surveillance pictures include those of his community, as well as nearby supermarkets and convenience stores. Alice can not only control equipment and obtain information through the public network, but can also invade some dedicated lines through various methods and through some external terminals.

However, most of the surveillance images are very laggy and look like PPT.

But Xiang Kun didn't care about this. He knew the reason why it was so stuck. He was still shocked by Alice's evolution and was thinking about how to treat this evolution.

The big tree Alice, the rhizome buried deep in the ground, not only continued to extend and expand as Xiang Kun had guessed before, occupying a large area of ​​territory, but also directly connected the roots of other plants underground. Rhizome, connected together. Other plants have become her appendages, even branches and vines.

If Alice is regarded as a mutated creature in the digital world, then she is much more majestic and powerful than Xiang Kun.

And now through Xiang Kun's operation, her branches have begun to directly invade the real world through the supersensory object system.

The biggest advantage of Alice being able to connect to the super-sensory object system is that Xiang Kun's identity verification basically blocks all security risks.

On the other hand, after being able to connect to the super-sensory item system, the long-term mission assigned to Alice earlier also has a solution - to enhance survivability and get rid of the dependence of the core of existence on this host.

Of course, for the time being, Alice has not fully entered the super-sensory item system. Even if she fully enters, it will not be that fast to find specific applications.

But Xiang Kun believes that with Alice's ability to evolve and her inherent compatibility with supersensory information, she can find more applications to help him, Lao Xia, and even Little Apple and Little Fatty. Just a matter of time.

Now, the first target that Xiang Kun thinks of is the flying mutant creature that he encountered in Wu Shushan on the night Xia Tianhuo was kidnapped, fighting with the mutated big bird.

At that time, the flying mutated creature drone was taken down by Xiang Kun. One of his drones was mixed with soil and stuffed with a tungsten steel ball. I believe that the other party will definitely recycle it later.

Judging from the subsequent sensing, the drone was indeed recovered and sent to Pengcheng.

Xiang Kun was going to locate the location and ask Alice to look for it to see if she could find anything.

…

On the fourth day after the mass hallucination incident occurred, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an arrived in Montamila.

The two of them were accompanied by five men, two women and seven other people, all staff members of a research center of the secret department of Shenxing Technology.

Of course, on the surface, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an are also employees of Shenxing Technology, and they have previously connected with the person in charge of personnel in the secret department and bound a salary card to collect relevant salaries. Subsidies and bonuses.

At the Abnormal Biological Research Center they also have a salary, and pension insurance is paid by the employer. According to Lao He, the money given by Shenxing Technology is equivalent to a subsidy for them to perform tasks, which can Feel free to take it.

When they heard what Lao He said, they originally thought that the money given by Shenxing Technology would not be much, but they did not expect that before boarding the plane, the bank sent them a mobile phone text message reminder, and they saw the so-called Field duty subsidy, the amount really shocked them.

But there was not much joy in the two people's hearts, but more doubts.

After arriving in Mentamila, two MPVs came to pick them up.

After handing the car to them, the two drivers who came by car took a taxi and left, leaving only a dark-skinned middle-aged woman as their translator and guide.

In the car, Fan Peng, the security chief who led the team this time, said to the two of them: Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wang, I have already informed you about the matters that need to be paid attention to during the field mission, as well as our itinerary and mission in Mentamira this time. , if you two still don’t understand or have questions, you can ask me at any time. One of my tasks this time is to assist you in the investigation and help you become familiar with the field task process. Of course, the so-called process is just a framework, we can Details vary based on mission needs.

As he said that, he handed them two certificates and two wads of local currency: These are the certificates you will use when interviewing here. One of our domestic websites cooperates with related companies here. These are all real. Legal documents. The money is your operational expenses here. Whether it is buying information, buying informants, or treating guests to dinner, you can use it as long as you think it will be helpful to complete the task. Just write it down in the report when you go back. Of course, if If it’s not enough, you can continue to apply, including any other assistance you need.”

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an took the things and felt a little emotional. The conditions for this field mission were too loose, and they did not get the specific requirements of the mission from Lao He or Shenxing Technology. , it is a simple sentence investigate the reason for the appearance of the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster, and this is a long-term mission, and there is no requirement to find out or find out any clues during this trip to Myanmar.

Zhao Feng looked back at the other MPV following behind and asked, Where are they?

Those researchers are doing technical collection work, which is not interoperable with your work. Of course, if you feel that the information they collected may be helpful to your investigation, you can also request to intervene and share the data, but you must ask Mr. Liang 'Apply. Fan Peng said.

Can we see 'Mr. Liang' after we go back this time? Wang De'an asked. On the way here, he heard Fan Peng and other people in the team mention this Mr. Liang many times, and knew that this was The boss of the secret department of Shenxing Technology was said to be infallible. Lao He also mentioned this person to them, saying that if he didn't have relevant instructions for the specific tasks of Shenxing Technology, they could just follow this person's arrangements.

Fan Peng gave him a strange look and said: 'Mr. Liang' only uses communication equipment to communicate with people, and generally does not meet people.

You haven't seen him before? Wang De'an asked strangely.

No, no one I know. Fan Peng said firmly, Okay, don't talk about these issues that have nothing to do with the mission. After that, he patted the female translator sitting in the front passenger seat.

The translator turned back and handed over a folder: This is the visit list you screened when we contacted last night. Four of the ten people have returned to China today. If you want to conduct an investigation and inquiry, you We have to wait until we return to China before contacting them. Currently, three of the people in Montamila have made appointments and can visit today.

So fast? Zhao Feng was slightly startled. They only finalized the list with them at around 11 o'clock last night. They had already contacted the people when the plane landed early in the morning?

The translator glanced at Fan Peng and said: The company has a lot of investment here, so it is not difficult to make this kind of contact.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an found a restaurant at the suggestion of the female translator, and then called over the local resident of Mentamila named Maang Qiang.

Mao Qiang was an eyewitness to the incident on the night of the 8th. On the one hand, he almost participated in the smashing of a Chinese shop. On the other hand, he saved the lives of a family of Chinese tourists. He also saw the hallucination with his own eyes. He is a very good investigation target. .

Fan Peng and other researchers went to another place to conduct sample collection and other investigations. They also had to pick up some equipment with the help of a local company - those equipment could not be checked on the flight and had to be taken elsewhere. The path enters Montamira.

Maung Qiang came to the hotel accompanied by his father. This 17-year-old Burmese boy has a very tall and strong figure that is very conspicuous among the locals. However, his expression and posture are a bit nervous and shy. After getting into the box, he even said Hello in Chinese, and his pronunciation was surprisingly standard.

Do you know Chinese? Zhao Feng asked.

But after hearing this, Maang Qiang looked at the female translator in confusion.

Through the female translator, Zhao Feng found out that he only knew a few words such as hello, thank you, you're welcome, very delicious, etc., and that he had just spoken to the guy whom he rescued just the day before yesterday. Sister Ye learned it.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an are two former policemen with front-line backgrounds. From the appearance of Qiang Qiang, it is easy to tell that this is a young man with a relatively simple personality, and the same is true for his father who came with him.

There are different inquiry strategies for people with different personalities. If such a more honest person is willing to cooperate, it will definitely be more helpful to their investigation.

The two of them did not directly ask about the Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Giant Vision, but first asked about some information that they actually knew through the data book, and then asked about the situation when they rescued Sister Ye and her family of three, and finally Only then did he talk about the night when he and his companions went to a Chinese drugstore and saw the phantom of an eight-armed and eight-eyed giant at the door of the drugstore.

The giant was very tall. I couldn't tell how tall he was, but it must have been more than ten stories high. His feet were as big as a shop. He had many arms. I couldn't see exactly how many arms he had at the time. , I couldn’t see his head clearly, but later I heard from others that he had eight arms and eight eyes...

Although they could not understand Burmese and needed to be conveyed by an interpreter, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an still stared at Maung Qiang's face when he spoke. They found that when they talked about the Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Giant Vision, this The eyes of a seventeen-year-old boy seemed to have drifted to a very far away place. There was fear, fear, and even a hint of excitement in his eyes.

How did you feel after seeing it? Wang De'an asked.

After listening to the questions relayed by the female translator, Maang Qiang glanced at his father sitting next to him and said: I'm afraid, I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the wrong things I do will make my family sad and hurt them...

Mao Qiang talked for a long time. After listening to the interpreter, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an looked at each other - similar to the feelings of the two domestic eight-armed and eight-eyed monster visions witnesses, both of which made them frightened, and Self-confession.

After lunch, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an also finished their interview with Maang Qiang. Wang De'an and the female translator went to check out, while the others walked out of the restaurant together.

Zhao Feng knew from the female translator that after what happened on the night of the 8th, Mao Qiang planned to go back to school, and the condition of the female translator asking him to come for an interview was to help him enter a better middle school in Mentamila. Joining the class and offering free tuition is like giving timely help to Maung Qiang's family, so Luncheon can be said to have told everything he knew and answered very attentively.

When he walked to the door of the hotel, Zhao Feng found Mao Qiang frowning and looking across the street, as if thinking about something.

What are you looking at? Zhao Feng asked. From the chat during lunch, he knew that Mao Qiang knew a little bit of English.

That man... Maung Qiangxu pointed to a blond white man diagonally opposite who was talking to someone at the door of the grocery store and said: HE Ask Me the same...yesterday...I feel he is...not good...

Zhao Feng, who was also proficient in loose English, instantly understood Mao Qiang's loose English. The blond European asked the same question yesterday, and Mao Qiang felt that something was wrong with that person.

After Wang De'an and the translator came out, Zhao Feng quickly told them. After further questioning by the translator, they learned that the white man across the street wearing sunglasses, blond curly hair, and a medium-to-thin figure also asked Maung Qiang yesterday. The Eight-Armed and Eight-Eyed Vision thing.

This is nothing at all. After all, in the past two days, both domestic and foreign media in Myanmar, as well as various online self-media, have been very interested in what happened on the night of the 8th and interviewed the parties involved everywhere.

But Maung Qiang said that the white man's voice was very strange, as if he was singing, and his eyes were very strange and evil. He felt that he was not a good person.

In fact, this statement sounds very arbitrary and without any reason. When Zhao Feng and others handle the case, there is no substantial evidence, but it will create misleading information.

However, Zhao Feng and Wang De'an both decided to trust Mao Qiang and ask the white man.

Ten minutes later, Zhao Feng, Wang De'an, and the female translator got into a taxi and said goodbye to Maung Qiang and his son who were standing on the roadside.

After the taxi drove a few meters, Maang Qiang suddenly caught up with him. The female translator who noticed the situation quickly asked the driver to stop the car and lower the window.

Mao Qiang glanced at Zhao Feng and Wang De'an, and then said a few words quickly.

The female translator looked puzzled and exchanged a few words with him. Then she frowned slightly and turned back to the two people sitting behind her and said, Mang Qiang asked us what we just talked about with that white man. What white man did we just chat with?

No. Wang De'an said subconsciously.

No...didn't we get in the car right after we finished eating? Zhao Feng also said.

So the female translator turned around and said a few words to Maang Qiang, but Maang Qiang's expression became a little anxious, and she said several more words in succession, and said in English to Zhao Feng in the back seat: NOT GOOD! HE IS NOT GOOD... …”

The female translator frowned even more, thinking that Maung Qiang was saying something bad about Zhao Feng, so she said something in Burmese to Maung Qiang's father, who was standing not far away, and the latter quickly came up to hold his son.

The female translator raised the window and the taxi continued to move forward, but Zhao Feng, who was sitting in the back seat, felt that something was wrong. According to his previous judgment of Maung Qiang, this simple Burmese boy might sometimes be a little like this. He is a rebellious and middle-aged teenager, but when his mental state and IQ are normal, there is no reason for him to suddenly say those words and behave like that without thinking. The exchange between them during lunch should be quite pleasant. .

Looking back at Mao Qiang, who was being pulled by his father on the side of the road but still looking at him with a complicated expression, Zhao Feng felt something in his heart and said, Stop the car.

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