Chapter 365 - Chapter 365: Chapter 365: Xiang Kun’s Envy (1/2)

Chapter 365: Chapter 365: Xiang Kun’s Envy

The voice of the “panda expression” paper figure sounded very strange, resembling the singer Yang Kun’s voice mixed with the sound effect of Optimus Prime from the Transformers live-action movie and a sound similar to coins being forcefully rubbed together.

If it weren’t for the content of what the “panda expression” was saying, Xiang Kun would know nothing about why Old Xia used such a voice, which he had never heard before. But after hearing the “panda expression” speaking, he understood why Old Xia used this voice in Mi Qiao’s dream.

“How is the investigation going?” the “panda expression” asked Mi Qiao.

Upon hearing the voice, Mi Qiao, who was initially sitting in front of the computer, turned to look at the “panda expression” and naturally replied, “We have made many deductions, but we still lack solid evidence. The bird and bug haven’t shown up again either.”

It was evident that the “panda expression” paper figure, edited into Mi Qiao’s dream by Old Xia, was meant to impersonate “Mr. Liang”.

Xiang Kun had shared the majority of the information he obtained on “Divine Technology” with Old Xia. From establishing Fang Pingfang and Zhou Rui’s identities based on dream information, to inadvertently encountering Mi Qiao in QiCheng City, he had heard her conversation with “Mr. Liang”. Xiang Kun had also shared the circumstances he discovered around Wushu Mountain Scenic Area the year before.

However, Xiang Kun had never seen “Mr. Liang” himself and didn’t know what he looked like. Therefore, when Old Xia created the image of “Mr. Liang” in the dream, she simply took the lazy route and used a common expression as a substitute.

Regarding the voice, Old Xia had heard Xiang Kun’s description of “Mr. Liang’s” voice. But the voice she imagined had significant differences from the real voice of “Mr. Liang” Xiang Kun had heard.

Nevertheless, in the dream, Mi Qiao’s state differed from Old Xia and Xiang Kun. Her consciousness was still embedded within the subconscious of the dream, without too much ability to think actively or recognize. She instinctively responded to all messages transmitted in the dream.

Old Xia simply needed her to “believe” that the person asking the question was “Mr. Liang” or some other high-ranking individual from the “Divine Technology” secret department. There was no need for a realistic disguise as in reality, and no need for convincing logic.

Of course, it was also possible for Mi Qiao in the dream to refuse to answer, depending on the tendencies of her subconscious in the dream.

Fortunately, Mi Qiao inside the dream didn’t show any suspicion and naturally replied to the “panda expression”. It appeared as if she regarded it as “Mr. Liang”.

Xiang Kun even suspected, perhaps Mi Qiao had never seen “Mr. Liang” in person?

Old Xia continued to have the “panda expression” ask questions:

“What’s your opinion on Fang Pingfang?”

Mi Qiao in the dream tilted her head, then said, “Dr. Fang is a great leader, very intelligent and highly capable. We all like her very much.”

“What about others?”

“Everyone is great, better than the people I’ve met before. I really like them. Zhou Rui is fun, Ye Chong is reliable, Old Li is steady, Big Brother Gao is diligent. Dr. Fang is both a leader and a teacher, but I feel she’s like my sister, I like her very much.”

Xiang Kun listened attentively. In this dream, he couldn’t sense Mi Qiao’s emotions and subjective feelings like he could in other dreams. He could only share Old Xia’s perceptions.

It seemed that Old Xia wanted to directly obtain related information about the “Divine Technology” secret department from Mi Qiao by “asking” in the dream. This reminded him of the movie “Inception” he saw in the past.

Xiang Kun had also considered similar actions before, but apart from being able to decide what type of dreams the guided dreamer would have using “Emotional Infusion items” of specific emotional types, he didn’t have the ability to give detailed guidance in dreams.

With much difficulty, he found the method to enter a “Super Sensory State” in dreams thanks to the “black circle graffiti”, and explored the possibility of “editing dreams”. But “editing” people into dreams, directly questioning the host of the dream’s consciousness, and “deceiving” information, he didn’t know when he would be able to enact this.

Unexpectedly, Old Xia formed a special connection with that notebook full of black circle graffiti just this morning, found a way to enter the “conscious world”, and by night she “developed” this ability to establish a “dream within a dream”, where anything can be “edited” as desired.

Though all the abilities “developed” by Old Xia needed Xiang Kun’s abilities as support, and they had to be built upon the “Super Sensory Item System”.

However, the effortless creativity of “Upper Level Developers” Xia Libing, Little Fatty Girl, and Xiao Pingguo was extremely enviable for the struggling “Low-Level Engineer” Xiang Kun – no, he couldn’t even count as an engineer. He was just a central processor with a “lifeline”.

Of course, Xiang Kun also knew that the abilities they “developed” were his abilities. If they acquired them, he naturally would too, and might have even more. To some extent, these three “Developers” had accelerated his mastery of “Super Sensory Item System” related abilities at least dozens or even hundreds of times.

However, while Xiang Kun was thinking about what other questions could be used to get more information about “Divine Technology” from Mi Qiao, the questions asked by the “panda expression” controlled by Old Xia, as well as its style and way of speaking, suddenly changed.

“Where do you feel most comfortable and relaxed?”

“Em…the yard of my grandmother’s old house when I was a kid, I loved the swing my grandfather made. Especially on summer nights, it was so cool to swing in the yard. After swinging, my grandma would give me iced watermelon, which was really delicious…” Mi Qiao murmured.