Chapter 560 - Chapter 560: Chapter 560: On the Plane (1/2)

Chapter 560: Chapter 560: On the Plane

“An internet friend? Male or female?” Yang Zhen Er’s gossip curiosity was ignited instantly.

Xiang Kun laughed, “It’s not the kind of internet friend you’re thinking of, it’s more on a ‘technical’ level.”

“Oh.” Yang Zhen Er instantly lost interest.

She naturally didn’t know that the “internet friend” Xiang Kun was talking about wasn’t from the internet but from his “Super Sensory Item System”.

Before, Xiang Kun had used the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Wood Carving” to emotionally project wide-scale remote support on a beach in Burma, aiding Jiang Chun and saving a family of a middle-aged man and two kids, scaring off the crime syndicate, and even directly leading the gang boss to be killed by his underlings. He only left the next morning after confirming that Jiang Chun did not risk being caught by other Burmese individuals.

He neither met Jiang Chun nor did he stalk him for an extended period. According to his speculation, after experiencing the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Wood Carving” emotional projection once again, Jiang Chun had formed a deeper integration and connection with the “Super Sensory Item System”. Subjectively too, he had realized the presence of some “Super-connected Objects”.

Xiang Kun even guessed that if he and Alice took the initiative to guide and assist, perhaps Jiang Chun could soon master the ability to remotely broadcast the emotional projections of the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Wood Carving”.

But he didn’t do so, he didn’t even actively provide any hints or guidance. He felt that Jiang Chun already started slowly forming a unique cognitive system towards the “Super Sensory Item System”, just like what Little Fatty Girl, Xiao Pingguo, and Old Xia had done before. This might lead to some unanticipated abilities and possibly introduce undiscovered development methods.

After all, Jiang Chun is a total “mutant”. The abilities he developed are significant for Xiang Kun’s research on how to find a way out for other “mutants” through the “Super Sensory Item System”.

As for the follow-up procedure here, Xiang Kun doesn’t feel the need to worry. The influence created by Emotional Projection is ongoing.

According to Xiang Kun’s experience, after the gang boss “Brother Hui” was killed, a chain reaction breakdown is essential. Moreover, the behind-the-scenes Burmese officials involved would also be implicated on a large-scale basis. At that time, they will have bigger fish to fry worrying about their survival, with no time to bother Jiang Chun or the caring family saved by him.

Moreover, when the night fell, the group illusion with “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Giant” and having a certain real impact further than Myitkyina was proof enough to instill fear in some individuals about Jiang Chun and the family saved by him.

As for whether this fear may draw attention with ill intentions or ulterior motives, Xiang Kun isn’t too worried. With Alice overseeing, everything can be foreseen, and there is enough time to prepare.

Of course, before leaving, Xiang Kun did spread most of the “Super-connected Objects” he brought with him in the surrounding area. In doing so, he further expanded and strengthened his “Super Sensory Influence Range” in this area thanks to the establishment of super-sensory connections with certain associated items.

This ensures that when needed, either he or Alice can exert a strong influence remotely through these “Super-connected Objects”.

After arriving at the airport, and completing half of the procedures and passing through security check, he arrived at the waiting lounge.

Without even having to look, Xiang Kun could feel that the entire waiting lounge, or rather the whole airport, was filled with his “Super-connected Objects”.

Some belonged to the airport itself, some were items belonging to passengers and staff, most of them were various industrial products. These widely scattered “Super-connected Objects” gave both him and Alice the feeling that they could instantly judge and control everything via super sensory information.

For him alone, he could probably only focus on certain regions to analyse them, but with Alice accompanying him, she could not only judge using super sensory information through these “Super-connected Objects” but could also help by using different digital information through various electronic devices scattered everywhere.

In today’s digital society, with the capabilities of the “Super Sensory Item System” and Alice’s processing abilities, they could easily fabricate various phenomena and circulate all kinds of information.

Sometimes, he can’t help but think, when the types of “super-connected objects” become more diverse and widespread, pervading almost every corner of the globe, will quantitative change trigger qualitative transformation? Could his ability reach some previously unimaginable breakthrough?

Xiang Kun couldn’t help but think, what would happen to the “Super Sensory Item System” and those who have already integrated into the system, if he were to die one day?

Would Alice be able to take control of the “Super Sensory Item System” in his stead?

But on second thought, it probably wouldn’t work. The entire foundation of the “Super Sensory Item System” is based on his abilities. If he were to bite the dust, go up in smoke, or collapse, the entire system would lose its foundation and naturally disappear without anything to support it.

At that time, for Little Fatty Girl, Xiao Pingguo, and others, there probably wouldn’t be any direct impact. Only the abilities obtained and connections established through the “Super Sensory Item System” would cease to exist.

As for Alice, she’s likely to be thrown back into the pure digital world. Whether she’d return to the mainframe where she was born, or acquire the ability to traverse the entire digital network and other electronic devices, would depend on the situation at the time.

However, it’s certain that Alice’s personality, humanity, and intellectual activity that she possesses now would be greatly affected.

Given Alice’s displayed behavior, she would undoubtedly seek revenge for Xiang Kun at all costs, provided she could identify the enemy.

After some thought, Xiang Kun decided that for the sake of Xiao Pingguo not losing her auxiliary sensory abilities again, not making Little Fatty Girl go from “Magician” back to “Muggle”, and not sending Alice into a Terminator-like apocalypse induced by madness, he had to stay alive and not let himself die.

“Brother Xiang, Nana says she doesn’t want to sing anymore,” Yang Zhen’er, who was sitting next to him, suddenly turned her head and said.

Although Xiang Kun was engrossed in his thoughts, he had been listening to the chat between Yang Lao San and Nana around him. He could immediately recall it in an instant.

Xiang Kun looked at Tang Baona, who looked somewhat troubled and indecisive, and laughed, “Don’t worry, Nana is just experiencing the overwhelmed sensation of sudden fame. She’s a little unaccustomed to it.”

Tang Baona glared at him and lamented, “It’s not. I really feel weird. These times, I just sang and recorded casually, but each song has so many plays. The rate at which I’m gaining followers really scares me. Did you know? The other day, even my mom shared my songs in our family WeChat group. She didn’t realize it was me singing and kept praising how good the song was. When my sister, who knew ‘Princess Tangdou’ was me, kept teasing my mom and praising me, I felt extremely embarrassed and wanted to crawl into a hole.”

Yang Zhen’er said, “Nana, your songs now appeal to all age groups! Old people, kids, men, women, even foreigners. There are so many videos on YouTube that use your song as BGM, so many foreigners listening to it.”

Tang Baona helplessly said, “I don’t understand why. My recorded songs were obviously better before, the recording equipment and after-effects were way superior! Why didn’t my songs go viral like now when I was just singing casually? There’s no reason behind this popularity, the intensity of this has terrified me…”

Indeed, when she first gained sudden fame from “Learning Cat’s Meow” which she posted to simply meet the update quota, she felt a little proud and happy.

However, a few months later, she was so popular it was almost exaggerated. By now, online or over major social media platforms, “Princess Tangdou” or “Super Princess” is almost a household name. Even older men and women who rarely use Weibo, Zhihu, Douban, B-site, and other platforms, may not know the name of “Princess Tangdou”. But as soon as they hear her song, they have an “Oh~~~” reaction. They’ve heard it all over the place, through all kinds of channels.

Not only the songs Tang Baona covered went viral during this time, but to test whether it was due to those songs or her singing, she also sang some fragments of her own works. These weren’t complete, lasting only forty or fifty seconds to a little over a minute. Moreover, most were sung a cappella.