What It's Like Being a Vampire

“We can’t just say it like that! Uncle Xiang and Aunt Shen are old. What if we scare them into something terrible?” Tang Baona said decisively.

Yang Zhen’er whispered, “With Alice looking out, what could go wrong…” She now had complete confidence in Alice’s protective abilities. Last year, when her grandfather had a sudden illness, Alice resolved it remotely. Her grandfather wasn’t even aware that he had had a brush with death. She only learned about the close call when Alice tried to report her “accomplishment” to her.

Xiao Pingguo played with the globe on Xia Libing’s desk and thoughtfully said, “Hasn’t Uncle Xiang made any corresponding contingency plans? Like a secret weapon or something, that we can use to solve problems when they arise?”

Therefore, Tang Baona and Yang Zhen’er simultaneously cast their gaze to the “mini Alice” playing handheld games with Liu Shiling next to the sofa in the office.

The Alice in the office was not the five or six-year-old usual Alice they knew, dressed in a white dress, with black shoes, holding a scalpel, a cute and delicate little Old Xia; instead, she seemed like a two-year-old girl.

This little girl still resembled the Old Xia, but was much more realistic and always present, not disappearing.

With the help thousands of “super coins” and through the “Super sensory Item System”, Alice had upgraded her overall ability system after Xiang Kun’s stage-like transformation. Just like Mr. Liang rebuilding his body, she “created” a real body.

Alice originally planned to simulate a newborn baby and follow the natural human growth pattern, maximizing her “real” body construction and starting her “life”.

However, during the construction attempts, Alice found that without the mother fetus process, it was very challenging to ensure the accurate growth of the baby’s body. There was a chance of failure, causing physical defects or even death. Of course, if she had enough time for numerous trials, she could solve all the problems and become a perfect baby.

Regrettably, the boss initially told her that he could only allow her to construct one body. So, even if there was only a 0.1% chance of failure, she didn’t want to risk it. As a result, the initial body she constructed was not a newborn baby but a baby approaching two years old.

This body was physically indistinguishable from humans and was essentially similar at the microscopic level. It also needed to eat and sleep, the body will grow and mature from a child to an adult.

However, there were many essential differences from ordinary people. The most fundamental is that she was “constructed” entirely from High-Dimensional Factors and had many “mutant” features depending on these High-Dimensional Factors.

But these High-Dimensional Factors are not directly and independently present in her body. They are not completely controlled by her consciousness. Essentially, these High-Dimensional Factors still belong to the whole “Super sensory Item System” and belong to Xiang Kun.

In a higher dimensional perspective, these High-Dimensional Factors exist simultaneously in her body, in the “super coin”, and on Xiang Kun. They act as a channel of ability and characteristics, allowing this new body to use some of the abilities within the “Super sensory Item System”, to acquire the evolutionary ability of “mutant creatures”, and to transform itself.

At the same time, some of the “mutant creatures” characteristics that are “burdens” to her, such as the need to drink blood, phase limitations, restrictions, and weaknesses of some bodily functions after sunrise, digestive system abnormalities preventing normal eating, entering sleep after devouring other “mutant creatures”, and so on, can all be carried and transferred by the “Super sensory Item System”, through differentiation within the system members, like the entire secondary ability platform controlled by “Xiao Luobo”.

Compared with Mr. Liang after his reconstruction, the body created by Alice is even more potent. After all, she can use most of the abilities of the “Super sensory Item System”, which is to say, the abilities Mr. Liang can do, she can do, and the ones he can’t, she also can.

It’s like a small terminal, relying on ultra-high network transmission speed and cloud service privileges, allowing complex calculations to be completed by the cloud, and does not need to install software or store data. So it doesn’t have issues like hardware heating up, insufficient storage space, and software performance not keeping up with software updates.

The advantages are significant, and the disadvantages are negligible.

Other than Xiang Kun, only Alice, the “GM” for the “Super sensory Item System”, could enjoy such benefits. After all, her consciousness exists directly on top of the “Super sensory Item System”, her body entirely reconstructed by the “Super sensory Item System”, all being the perfect match.

When “Baby Alice” was first born, Old Xia kept her under supervision in the underground laboratory and her room to ensure the fusion of her body and consciousness was successful.

For Alice, with “Baby Alice” unable to play outside and “Old Xia Alice” co-manifesting everywhere, she could freely co-manifest during Xiang Kun’s stage-like transformation sleep phase, with the permission of Old Xia. Her high freedom degree prevents her from feeling confined.

However, her frustration was that as a “temporary guardian,” Old Xia did not offer her baby formula, feed her mush, change her diapers, soothe her to sleep, or play with her toys. She had to make these arrangements through the internal logistics management system of the base herself, even summoning “Old Xia Alice” to heat and feed her milk. As for changing diapers, it wasn’t necessary, as she wasn’t a real two-year-old.

Initially, Alice often acted like a spoiled child with Old Xia, pretending to be a real, helpless baby requiring hands-on care, feeding, comforting, and accompaniment. And by her appearance, adorable as a two-year-old girl, she did appear to be quite persuasive.

However, she was dealing with Old Xia, who not only understood her situation perfectly but also immune to “cuteness.” Hence, in the face of Alice’s coyness, he either discussed rationally, attempting to analyze her psychological feelings and physical condition, or he was utterly indifferent.

“Old Xia, Old Xia, I’m hungry.” When it was time to eat, Alice would sit in her crib, stretching out her hands and plaintively saying to the room monitor, which would then be forcibly transmitted to Old Xia’s office computer,

Old Xia would say, “Isn’t the food on the table? They are all automatic heating devices; you can do it yourself.”

Alice would act cute and spoiled: “I’m a baby; I can’t do it by myself.”

Old Xia said: “You have co-manifestation permission. You can take care of yourself. You are invincible.”

Alice: “I’m not ‘Invincible Alice’; I’m ‘Baby Alice’! Two Alices can’t appear at the same time.”

Xia: “You can.”

Alice: “It will cause mental confusion.”

Xia: “It won’t.”

Alice: “…”

And at night when Old Xia returned to sleep, “Baby Alice” would also act cute: “Old Xia, Old Xia, tell me a story to sleep.”

So, Xia would say to his phone, “Alice, tell yourself a story to sleep.”

Alice: “…”

Though Old Xia didn’t really treat “Baby Alice” like a real baby, she still spent a good deal of time with her, running… various tests.

She had extensive communication with “Baby Alice”, and also engaged in continuous observation, to assess Alice’s physical functions, the properties of a “mutant”, and the degree of integration between her consciousness and body.

In fact, Old Xia was very supportive and interested in Alice’s “human body development plan”. It was a great opportunity to understand the essence of consciousness and the relationship between consciousness and the body.

Moreover, she was quite happy to see Alice becoming more and more human-like. Despite knowing that this was a path that only Alice could take, witnessing the entire process was rewarding for her.

Old Xia did not allow “Baby Alice” to stay at the base for too long, and after a month, when Yang Zhen’er came to the village to find her, she let her take Alice to Pengcheng City.

In Pengcheng, “Baby Alice” spent most of her time with Tang Baona or Yang Zhen’er, claiming to be a child from Yang Zhen’er’s relative’s family and living with them.

Liu Shiling came to play with “Baby Alice” every day after school. Compared to Old Xia, Little Fatty Girl, Yang Lao San, and Nana couldn’t resist the adorable and toddler-like “Baby Alice” at all.

Although they were very aware that this baby, who looked about two years old and strikingly similar to baby Old Xia, was Alice, whom they had known and lived with closely, they still treated her like a two-year-old baby due to her cute appearance.

Shiling’s Mom, who had helped take care of her for a few days, praised her highly, considering Yang Zhen’er’s little niece to be so well-behaved, adorable, and lovable. She initially thought her daughter, Liu Shiling, was quite low maintenance when she was younger. However, she realized how much mischievous her daughter was compared to “Little Ai”, Yang Zhen’er’s niece.

In Shiling’s Mom’s eyes, the little girl called “Little Ai” wasn’t just good-looking and adorable, but was also incredibly well-behaved. Whenever she was hungry she would ask for food cutely, when sleepy, she would request a bedtime story, and after listening to it for five minutes she would fall asleep; when she had nothing else to do, she would quietly and elegantly behave like a little princess. She was absolutely adorable to a fault.

When Liu Shiling was at the same age, she wanted to eat everything she saw, she was completely hooked on cartoons, loved to go out and play and never wanted to return home, disliked sleeping when she was having fun, and was especially sensitive to mildly stern words, crying loudly, but a tasty treat would instantly cheer her up, even if her snot almost got into her mouth.

Of course, what she didn’t know was that “Baby Alice” was so well-behaved mainly because she was too embarrassed to act up in front of her, and secondly because she had been “disciplined” by Old Xia at the research base for a month after her “birth”.

However, when only Yang Zhen’er, Tang Baona, Xiao Pingguo, Little Fatty Girl, and a few others were present, “Baby Alice” was still quite “mischievous”, acting cute for everything and always wanting to be held.

Even so, because “Baby Alice” was indeed cute, everyone was more than willing and happy to hold her. Even Liu Shiling, who was already in the fourth grade, often carried her around, sharing all the delicious food with her first. Even on the way back home from picking her up at school, Yang Zhen’er bought ice cream, popsicles, snacks, etc. with the first thought of having them with her sister Luosi at home, treating her just like her own sister.

During the National Day holiday, “Baby Alice” naturally joined Tang Baona and others on a trip back to the research base in Chongyun Village, where she was “born”.

At this time, in Old Xia’s office, “Baby Alice” was playing an AR game on the sofa with Liu Shiling.

Liu Shiling, who was already in the fourth grade of primary school, had grown quite tall. Although her face was still a bit chubby, it was not as round and plump as when she was in preschool, and she was starting to look a bit refined.

On the other hand, “Baby Alice”, having stayed with Liu Shiling and Yang Zhen’er in Pengcheng City for a few months, even though her features still showed a lot in common with “Little Old Xia”, her face was noticeably plumper, which made her look more like Little Fatty Girl at first glance.

When Little Fatty Girl and I walk around the neighborhood, everyone says we look like sisters…

Yang Zhen’er often says this is due to the “Law of Roundness by Proximity to Ling.”

The handheld game console they are playing with, which is similar to a Switch, is a new entry-level gaming device developed by “Tengjiao Interactive Entertainment” specifically for children.

“Tengjiao Interactive Entertainment” has grown rapidly in the past three years. With the technical support of “QianKun Technology”, its game development department has not only launched proprietary game consoles, groundbreaking hardware and software standards, disruptive AR and VR devices and games, but has also become the world’s leading game and hardware company in the “Post-Antarctic Crisis Era”.

The AR game that Little Fatty Girl and Alice are playing now involves two virtual characters on each game console screen fighting on a real environment – the sofa. They can react to the real environment such as the back of the sofa, the armrest, the side tea table, the water cup on the tea table and so on. They interact with the terrain, collide with it, leap over obstacles, and even simulate the destruction of the real environment on the screen.

Although “Tengjiao Interactive Entertainment” already has more powerful AR games and devices with better interactive effects, those devices and games are expensive. This handheld console, which is designed for children, needs to be cost-effective. The current problem is that there is no way to mass produce it with a more affordable plan, unless they severely compromise gameplay, which would tarnish their company’s reputation. But if they price it high, it would only end up as a luxury toy in the hands of a few, which doesn’t make much sense.

Having Alice test the game is actually asking her to find a solution. Whenever “Tengjiao Interactive Entertainment” encounters a technical hurdle that it cannot overcome or solve in a short period of time, Zhang Qian is now accustomed to seeking help from “QianKun Technology”. Anyway, if it is handed over to Tang Baona and Yang Zhen’er, it will be solved quickly.

Upon hearing Xiao Pingguo’s words, “Baby Alice”, who was sitting on the sofa, put down the game console. She turned her head, raised her chubby little face and said in a babyish voice: “No, The boss didn’t give me any secret instructions, just said to ask Old Xia for help when you can’t solve things and let Old Xia make the decision.”

So everyone’s gaze once again focused on Xia Libing sitting behind the desk.

Seeing that Xia Libing didn’t respond immediately, as if in thought, Liu Shiling couldn’t help but say: “Or we could just tell Grandma and Grandpa that Uncle Bald is practicing a powerful magic… martial arts… something, and that it’s a critical time, he can’t see people, otherwise he’ll lose control, it would be a failure. If they don’t believe it, Sister Xian can create illusions to show and tell them that the magic… our martial arts were taught by Uncle Bald, to convince them!” She’d been thinking about this idea for a while, but she’d been too shy to voice it.

Yang Zhen’er touched her chin and nodded slightly: “Hmm, Xiao Lingdang’s idea is quite good.”

“You two…” Tang Baona was both amused and exasperated: “If you really tell your aunts and uncles that, and use your flashy illusions, they’re likely to worry even more.”

At this moment, Xia Libing spoke: “I’ll take Alice and go for a walk.”

“Huh?” Everyone was a bit confused.

Xia Libing continued: “I’ll take Alice to see Xiang Kun’s parents and ask them to give her a Chinese name.”

Yang Zhen’er couldn’t help but scratch her head: “What do you mean? Alice is a good enough name, why does she need a Chinese name? And why do Xiang Kun’s parents need to be the ones to name her?”

But Tang Baona was the first to react, she couldn’t help but laugh: “Brilliant!”

Xiao Pingguo also gave a round of applause to the globe in her hand, laughing: “Sister Ice is so cunning.”

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