Chapter 581 - Chapter 581: Chapter 581: Really Interesting (1/2)
Chapter 581: Chapter 581: Really Interesting
Having received the investigation information from Fang Pingfang, Zhao Feng, and others, Mr. Liang realized that they were close to finding the source of the Eight-armed Eight-eyed Illusion.
He keenly sensed that if the Eight-armed Eight-eyed Illusion and the little girl in a white skirt on the passenger plane wing, have a common source, it is likely this source would be directly related to the rabbit wood carving found in the uninhabited area of Qinling. If so, the “source” is highly likely to be a “Blood-eating creature”.
Moreover, this “Blood-eating creature” is of an exceptionally high level, capable of creating illusions at a long-distance and invading dreams through an object, not something an ordinary person can resist.
Thus, Mr. Liang promptly ordered Fang Pingfang’s team to stop their investigation, withdraw all contact, and stand by.
Based on their investigation information, Mr. Liang made a preliminary judgement that the source of the Eight-armed Eight-eyed Illusion should be one of the three: Xiang Kun, Xia Libing, and Tang Baona.
After personally intervening and collecting more information for analysis, Mr. Liang quickly ruled out Xia Libing and Tang Baona from his suspects list, leaving only Xiang Kun.
Although the information received showed that Xiang Kun exhibited many characteristics not typical of a “Blood-eating creature”, such as being seen eating normally in a restaurant along with other people in some surveillance videos, Mr. Liang was certain from other information that Xiang Kun is a “Blood-eating creature”.
However, after confirming Xiang Kun as the target, Mr. Liang did not immediately contact or investigate him. Instead, he was busy tracking another “Blood-eating creature”.
After the previous “giant raptor” caused a tourist to fall off a cliff in Wushu Mountain, old He demanded that Mr. Liang prioritize its capture. Yet, even as he was close to successfully hunting down the “giant raptor” in Wushu Mountain, the creature managed to escape by transforming into an egg. The sudden, eerie thunderstorm knocked down many of his drones, affecting his flight ability, and forcing him to abandon his pursuit.
During the subsequent investigation of a passenger plane near Jianzhou that was attacked by a flock of birds, attention was focused on the little girl in a white skirt who appeared on the wing of the plane. However, Mr. Liang deduced from various information and data that the bird flock was likely deliberately manipulated to attack the plane by a mutant bird. Although the mutant bird differed significantly from the previous “giant raptor” in Wushu Mountain in terms of its size, after carefully examining the bodies of the birds and conducting a day-long investigation in the area beneath the site of the bird strike, Mr. Liang was certain that they were the same creature.
Old He had already thrown a fit when Mr. Liang failed to capture the “giant raptor” the previous time. If he were to find out that the same bird was responsible for nearly causing an airliner crash, his blood pressure would probably skyrocket.
Therefore, Mr. Liang decided to prioritize the capture of this troublesome “bird” posing a significant threat to humans before proceeding to investigate Xiang Kun.
At least according to the current information, Xiang Kun, unlike Guo Tianxiang and the so-called “Bloodline Vampires” in Europe, does not feed on human blood. He blends well into society with many close friends, engaging in normal social activities in a stable living environment, thus the chances of him intentionally harming others is relatively small.
However, after several days of personal investigation, Mr. Liang found that the “bird” seemed to have vanished into thin air. Even with all resources employed for tracking, Mr. Liang still could not pinpoint its whereabouts.
The bird itself has the ability to become invisible, which makes it difficult to find. Yet, he has a fleet of drones, plus various proprietary and public devices aided by “Thai A”, all equipped with a search mode for “Blood-eating creatures”. As long as it shows up, using data calculation, he should be able to estimate its location, and together with a wide-range search and Mr. Liang’s personal involvement, the probability of finding its trace is not slight.
But precisely because he came up empty-handed, Mr. Liang was somewhat frustrated.
He speculated that the “bird” probably transformed again like it did on Wushu Mountain, potentially burrowing into the soil like an insect to hide.
It is even possible that it evolved a special ability during this time to better conceal itself.
In this case, Mr. Liang turned his thoughts to Xiang Kun again. Xiang Kun was on the plane at that time. If he was a “Blood-eating creature”, then the appearance of the girl in the white skirt was likely to be directly related to him. It could either be the manifestation of one of his abilities or an illusion used to distract the passengers from his other abilities. The reason why the “bird” put in so much effort to ambush the plane with a flock of birds was most likely because of him.
Behind all this, there might be some connection that “God Travel Technology” has not uncovered – it was abnormal for the “bird” to coincide the bird flock to hit the passenger plane with Xiang Kun on board.
Perhaps through the investigation of Xiang Kun, he could find a way to track down this “bird”.
Therefore, Mr. Liang once again focused on investigating Xiang Kun.
However, he did not go to Chongyun Village to contact Xiang Kun directly. Instead, he went to the residence where Xiang Kun initially rented.
Mr. Liang planned to first “retrace” the path of Xiang Kun’s transformation from an ordinary person into a “Blood-eating creature”, gather all the information he needed, and then determine how to deal with and dispose of him.
With the help of “Thai A” and the unique authorization from old He, it’s not difficult to investigate, after all, Xiang Kun didn’t frequently change his identity or move around like Guo Tianxiang.
According to Xiang Kun’s basic information, his life experiences were very normal and ordinary, all step by step, according to the rules, so there weren’t any exceptions or accidents.
Of course, unlike Qin Dong, Ji Hang, and others, Mr. Liang did not believe that such an ordinary background was fabricated simply because the current Xiang Kun was extraordinary. He knew that before mutation, any living organism, be it cats, dogs, fish, birds, bugs, or humans would be ordinary and normal, with no distinct characteristics.
All the changes should have started on July 11th, 2019, when the company Xiang Kun worked for went bankrupt, and he lost his job.
Because before that, according to the data analysis of “Thai A” on all Xiang Kun’s life-related data, including the usage records of his Alipay, WeChat, bus card, subway card, and various social media accounts, he peaked normally up until July 11th, 2019, and did not fit any of the characteristics of a “Blood-eating creature”.
But on the night of July 11th, he paid for his meal at a local food stall with WeChat, then called a taxi to go home. From then until July 14th, none of his personal accounts had any usage records, and there were several unanswered calls.
On July 14th, he made three WeChat payments, and according to the retrieved transaction records, one was at a small restaurant near his rental apartment, one was at a pharmacy, and the other was a personal payment.
Based on the information found by “Thai A”, the recipient of the third payment was a person who sold chickens and ducks at the local market.
In the days following July 14th, Xiang Kun basically did not have any Alipay or WeChat payment records for meals or groceries, until almost a month later when he started buying common food from supermarkets again.
Considering that later, Xiang Kun went to Tongshi Town and started cooking at his childhood friend’s restaurant, he was likely trying to practice cooking normal food to cover up the animal bones left by his blood-sucking habit during this time.