Chapter 485 - Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Super Alice (Part 4) (1/2)

Chapter 485: Chapter 485: Super Alice (Part 4)

By the side of a pond in Chongyun Village, where the environment was beautiful and the scenery was excellent, Xiang Kun and the others chose their spots, each holding a fishing rod, sitting ready to fish.

This pond was originally owned by someone in the village to raise fish. Liu Caifu took it over, along with a piece of land and a house next to it, planning to set up a family farm attraction.

Of course, even if it was set up before, there wouldn’t be many visitors, it was just planned to serve as a place for old friends from Tongshi Town to entertain themselves. It was used only once or twice a year, neglected in the long run, and naturally deteriorated. Having to have someone clean it up every time made it a hassle to use.

But recently, both Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village have seen a great potential for development. The roads have been repaired, and Liu Caifu has teamed up with Chu Xiuwen to invest more and properly renovate the family farm. Although the design is still in progress and construction hasn’t officially started, it’s already been cleaned and some existing things can be used directly.

It might not yet be suitable for overnight stay, but fishing and cooking are not a problem.

Li Yang and Liu Caifu didn’t participate, but for the remaining six people, one fishing rod per person was enough, and the fish bait was readily available.

However, there were not enough fishing chairs, only two were usable. The others had to bring out chairs from the house next to them. When it came to Xiang Kun, there wasn’t even a chair, only stools, so he simply moved a rock over to sit on.

Yang Zhen’er glanced at Xiang Kun on the opposite side of the pond. He was sitting on a rock under the tree, one hand holding the fishing rod and the other stroking “Shiny” on his thigh, eyes closed, not moving a bit, like he was sleeping.

Not only him, “Shiny”, with his big hand rested on it, also had its eyes closed, as if it was sleeping as well.

“Nana, why does Brother Xiang look like an enlightened monk? Is he dozing off with his eyes closed?” Yang Zhen’er said with a puzzled expression.

Three meters to her right, Tang Baona glanced at Xiang Kun and laughed, “It’s clear that Xiang Kun is preparing for a long battle. Do you think you can win, Zhen’er?”

Before fishing, after Yang Zhen’er confirmed that Xiang Kun was also fishing for the first time, she made a bet with him.

If the fish Xiang Kun catches before 11:30 are less than the total number she and Nana catch, he must stop calling her “Yang Lao San” and owes her three meals. Of course, he cannot call her “Old Three” either.

If Xiang Kun catches more fish than both of them, then Yang Zhen’er needs to wash the dishes and utensils for everyone’s meals for lunch and dinner today and for the whole day tomorrow.

“Nana, just laugh, don’t move the rod in your hand. Your rod is always shaking, how will the fish get hooked? Be serious, our score is combined! This is the war where I bet my ‘real name’!” Yang Zhen’er said unhappily.

Tang Baona held back her laughter and nodded earnestly: “Okay, I will do my best.”

“What’s with ‘Shiny’? Why isn’t it moving? Did it faint?” Yang Zhen’er said, then shouted at Xiao Pingguo on the other side, “Xiao Pingguo, ‘Shiny’ is pinned down by your Uncle Xiang’s Five Finger Mountain and can’t move, aren’t you going to check… it might lose its life!”

Xiao Pingguo just laughed: “No problem, ‘Shiny’ is used to Uncle Xiang, it’s very comfortable.”

Yang Zhen’er fished for a while, but did not see a fish get hooked. Although she was sitting on one of the only two fishing chairs available, which was the most comfortable of all chairs, she was still a bit restless. She twisted her body and wanted to chat with Nana next to her, but was afraid of affecting her fishing and ultimately their combined scores.

After looking around for a while, she suddenly yelled at Xiang Kun across the pond, “Brother Xiang! Shiny is pooping!!”

However, both Xiang Kun and “Shiny” in his hand remained motionless. On the other hand, Tang Boana and Xia Tianhuo next to him were startled, Xia Tianhuo almost threw his fishing rod directly out of his hand.

“Hey! Yang Lao San! What are you screaming about?” Xia Tianhuo said discontentedly, “With your impatience, you are not suitable for fishing at all. You might as well go borrow a net from Director Liu to go catch fish!”

Tang Baona also laughed, “Zhen’er, if you keep making a fuss like this, all the fish in the pond are going to be scared over to Xiang Kun’s side.”

At this point, Yang Zhen’er finally concentrated quietly on the task of fishing.

Of course, Xiang Kun wasn’t sleeping at this time, and the “Shiny” in his hand wasn’t sleeping either.

He was actually just using this gap to enter the “Super Sensory State” and perform a “Super Sensory Transformation” on “Shiny”.

Aside from Old Xia, no one else would know what he was doing while in a daze; they would just think he was dozing off.

Making “Golden Flash” more capable of survival, stealth, and related usage of the “Super Sensory Item System”, so it can better serve as Xiao Pingguo’s “Eye in the Sky”, was something Xiang Kun had been planning for a while. He started with the initial association of “Zero-Zero-One” and “Zero-Zero-Two”, conducted experiments on other secondary associated ant colonies in order to accumulate experience, and find a safer, more effective method to transform “Golden Flash”.

However, after Alice was fully integrated into the “Super Sensory Item System”, not only did Xiao Pingguo gain a true “Sky Eye”, there was no longer any need for a significant “transformation” for “Golden Flash”.

Compared to before, now all that is needed is for “Golden Flash” to have better capability to utilize the “Super Sensory Item System”. It’s more like a “software upgrade” rather than a “hardware transformation”, much less complex and much safer.

A few days ago, Xiang Kun and Old Xia had made two extremely fine ankle rings, in which a total of twenty tungsten steel balls were encased. They had fitted these rings on “Golden Flash” the night before.

So now, Xiang Kun can not only influence “Golden Flash” through the “Super-connected Objects” that he carries, but the twenty “Super-connected Objects” on “Golden Flash”‘s feet can also work. In the future, they will be the main method for “Golden Flash” to deploy abilities.

This kind of transformation cannot be accomplished in one fell swoop. It requires gradual adjustments over time. Fortunately, Xiang Kun has plenty of time to interact with “Golden Flash”, so there is no need to rush.

According to Xiang Kun’s calculations, this “super sensory transformation” is not difficult; it should not pose any problems.

In the future, “Golden Flash” will become a “flying platform” that can help Xiaopingguo, Alice, and even Xiang Kun deploy “Super Sensory Item System” capabilities.

“Golden Flash” itself is already a strengthened “Super-connected Object” with a consciousness. Alice can influence a great distance through it and the twenty “Super-connected Objects” it is carrying, such as controlling electronic devices directly, hijacking and disguising various wireless signals, etc.

Xiao Pingguo, with Alice’s help, can use “Golden Flash” itself and those “Super-connected Objects” for long-distance “Emotion Projection,” affecting human emotions, and creating direct projection illusions.

If we use an analogy, “Golden Flash” is like an aircraft carrier. It has limited combat power itself, but the various aircraft it carries have strong combat power; it merely extends the range and mobility of this “combat power.”

For Xiao Pingguo, the future “Golden Flash” can be said to be a “mobile mini Chongyun Village.”

Xiang Kun quickly finished the first stage of transformation for “Golden Flash”, then exited the “Super Sensory State”, loosened his grip, and let it fly away to play on its own.

Xiang Kun rested for a while, switched to “oxygen-saving mode”, and then quietly threw a tungsten steel ball into the pond. Utilizing his sensing and control of water, he detected the situation with the fish, then threw a few more in to herd the fish to where his bait was.

As for the bet with Yang Zhen’er, he didn’t really care. If he really let Yang Zhen’er wash so many dishes, she would probably break a lot of bowls and plates.

However, he later thought that the reference to “Yang Lao San” seemed be growing on him. If he didn’t let her call him that, it would feel a bit uncomfortable.

So… he might as well cheat a bit and win this bet.

So, by 11:30, Xiang Kun had caught three fish, Xia Libing one, Xiao Pingguo one, while Yang Zhen’er, Tang Baona, and Xia Tianhuo caught nothing. Yang Zhen’er was so frustrated that she almost went to Liu Caifu for a net to fish in the pond.

But Yang Zhen’er, who lost the bet, hadn’t been sulking long. After tasting the braised fish that Xiang Kun had made during lunch, she was overjoyed again.

In the afternoon, while the others were enjoying the rural scenery nearby with Liu Caifu as their guide, Xiang Kun found a gap to check on the status of Zhou Rui and his companions in Chongyun Mountain, as well as Fang Pingfang and her team on Wushu Mountain through Alice.

With Alice having virtually taken control of the internal network of Divine Technology’s secret department, and with electronic devices of all members of Fang Pingfang’s team having been prepared in advance, it is not necessary to use “Super-connected Objects”, “Emotion Infused Objects” or enter a “Super Sensory State” for Xiang Kun to understand their movements. Alice just needs to access those devices directly to get a clear understanding of their situation and report it to Xiang Kun.

Many of these devices are even capable of recording visuals and audio.

Although it is Zhou Rui’s trio that have had direct contact with Xiang Kun and are closer to him, his actual plan focuses on Wushu Mountain.

It’s not because the leader of this investigation team, Fang Pingfang, is there, but because the place where the initially spotted “mutated big bird” turned into a worm and burrowed into the ground was Mount Wushu—a fact known to Mr Liang.

Only by basing arrangements on facts can the operational mechanism of the secret department of Divine Technology and Mr. Liang’s reaction be more effectively witnessed.

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Earlier, with Alice’s help, Xiang Kun learned the whereabouts of most of the research institutions of the secret department of Divine Technology, as well as the information and credentials of most of the researchers, and even had access to the research they were conducting and their core data.