Chapter 555 - Chapter 555: Chapter 555: The Arrival of the Sea God (Part 1) (1/2)

Chapter 555: Chapter 555: The Arrival of the Sea God (Part 1)

After Alice found the method for “massive, automated super-connected object correlation” and used Tang Baona’s popular songs to continuously establish “temporary Emotion-Infused Objects connections” through secondary emotional assimilation, thereby expanding the scope of “super-connected objects,” Xiang Kun was able to confirm some information that he was previously unable to fully ascertain, through a rapidly increasing and expanding “super-connected object” network.

For instance, in Xiang Kun’s perception, the location of the “mutant” connector under the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Woodcarving” in the “Secondary Emotion Infused Object Network” was established.

When he initially detected that “mutant” in the “Secondary Emotion Object Network,” it exhibited the features of an Emotion Infused Object. Xiang Kun could sense its emotional changes, but without “super-connected objects” around it, he could not make a rough estimate of its location.

However, Xiang Kun’s “super-connected objects” have now spread near the “mutant” connector, allowing him to use these objects as references to determine its position.

If Xiang Kun had never visited that location before, he would only know the approximate direction and use the closest “superconnected objects” he had visited in the past to make a rough distance conversion. Even though Alice is now able to establish a conversion model, providing a relatively reliable margin of error, it still doesn’t enable him to pinpoint an exact location like a map application on a phone would, even if he had never been there.

However, the location of the “mutant” connector under the “Secondary Emotion Infused Object Network” that Xiang Kun sensed this time was a place he had visited before. Thus, he was able to immediately determine its coordinates—it was at his sea entry point in Burma, within a small fishing village near the sea.

Clearly, this “mutant” connector established a connection with the “Secondary Emotion Infused Object Network” under the influence of the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Giant Illusion” in Myitkyina, and then moved to the seaside village.

As to the time of mutation, Xiang Kun was certain it happened after being influenced by emotional transmissions, but whether it occurred in Myitkyina or after reaching the seaside village was uncertain.

While in a Super Sensory State, Xiang Kun made some initial judgments through cognitive information. This “human-shaped mutated creature” still had mainly human characteristics, and its appearance had not transformed into a non-human form. Its emotions were relatively calm, showing no signs of violence or frenzy.

Under normal circumstances, if this were within China, he would already know their whereabouts. With Alice’s assistance, a lot of information could be directly obtained.

For example, voice and image information could be gathered from various surveillance systems, cell phones, and other recording devices.

But in that seaside village, not only did the “mutant” connector not have a cell phone or computer, but it also hardly had any contact with people. The few people he came into contact with either didn’t have cell phones or had basic feature phones.

There were no surveillance devices nearby. The closest ones were a few kilometers away in the nearest town, which he absolutely avoided.

It seemed that this “mutant” connector deliberately ran away to a rather backward and isolated fishing village in Burma to avoid the discovery of his mutations.

Xiang Kun contemplated for a moment before deciding to head directly to Burma to closely observe this “human-shaped mutated creature” that had established a second-rate contact with the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Wood Carving.”

Currently, in his “Super Sensory Item System,” this man was the only “mutant”—Xiao Luobo was only a semi-“mutant,” quite different in essential aspects.

However, compared to that, Xiao Luobo had a much closer connection with him and had much higher “permissions” within the “Super Sensory Item System.” He became aware of the existence of the system from the very beginning and was able to actively apply and develop the system’s functions.

However, the “mutant” by the Burmese coast was probably still unaware of its existence within the “Super Sensory Item System”, just like the other connectors in the “Secondary Emotion Infused Object Network”.

This time, the trip to Burma was quite simple. Xiang Kun directly flew to Myitkyina. Alice took care of everything, including his passport, electronic visa, and airline tickets.

With Alice present, no matter what happened afterwards, she could completely cover up his traces, so there was no need to worry about exposing any abnormalities.

Upon reaching Myitkyina, he found a car and headed towards the beach where the “mutant” was located.

However, about five to six kilometers away from the destination, Xiang Kun got off the car and walked closer to the target location.

The “super-connected objects” extending to this location were mostly industrial products and their components from China, including electronic products such as mobile phones, household appliances, toys, and some parts used in cars and fishing boats.

But the “mutant” was not currently within the sensing range of the “superconnected objects”. By the process of elimination, was he in the sea?

Xiang Kun was in no hurry. He took off his shoes, wandered along the beach slowly, looking for traces of the “mutant,” and extended the sensing range of himself and Alice by casting tungsten steel balls from his pocket at regular intervals.

Under Alice’s control, these balls would not remain on the beach but would “cluster” and continue to make their way deep into the water. They acted as onshore “super-connected object” base extensions to help her locate the “mutant”.

However, soon Xiang Kun heard some sound coming from the sea, he calmly leaned against a large rock by the beach.

A few dozen seconds later, a naked figure adorned with various algae and shells emerged from the water, holding a large fish, and walked towards the beach.

At first, he appeared to be stumbling, heavy-footed, and had difficulty moving, as if he was very heavy. But after walking on the beach for a while, he started moving more normally, even lightly.

In just an instant, Xiang Kun concluded that the person emerging from the sea was his target: the “human-shaped mutated creature,” the connector within the secondary network of the “Eight-armed, Eight-eyed Wood Carving”.

Through the low-light night vision mode, Xiang Kun observed the target’s appearance. He seemed to be a medium-height, physically strong middle-aged Asian, though his facial features didn’t quite resemble the native Burmese.

Xiang Kun, paying no attention and making full use of his advanced vision, continued to observe him from a distance, shielded by a giant rock by the sea.

So far the middle-aged man had not spotted him, so he did not reveal himself and continued to observe covertly.

Xiang Kun saw the man shake off the shells and algae from his body after coming ashore. He then carried the massive, barely alive fish to a simple hut located not far from the sea and at a higher location. He dropped the fish into a bamboo basket at the hut’s entrance, and then he left without lingering.

Xiang Kun could sense that the small hut was occupied by three people currently deeply asleep: two younger and one older.

The man returned to the beach after delivering the fish, ran to a secluded area shielded by many trees, clambered onto a rock, sat cross-legged, stretched, and then sat on the rock staring at the distant sea as if in a daze.

Xiang Kun laughed, not because of the middle-aged man’s actions, but because the man muttered to himself, “Comfy,” in perfect Mandarin as he was performing those actions, hinting that the man was likely Chinese.