What It’s Like Being a Vampire - Chapter 567
Chapter 567: Chapter 567: The Elated Old Three
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Yang Zhen’er tiptoed slightly, holding onto Old Xia’s shoulder as they made their way to the rooftop.
On arriving at the rooftop, she specifically looked back to see if Nana and Brother Xiang had followed them and then closed the rooftop door before she mysteriously approached Old Xia. They stood by the railing, shoulder to shoulder as she whispered:
“Old Xia, I know everything. Heh heh.”
A triumphant expression filled her voice, a feeling not even the wind on the rooftop could conceal.
Xia Libing stared at her, “Know what?”
Actually, the moment she heard Yang Zhen’er at the airport, she quickly realized that this cousin of hers came up with another wild idea.
Yang Zhen’er has always loved to play with her since they were young, and given that Yang Zhen’er is a few years older, it is quite normal for her to remember what she looked like when she was young. Having seen Alice, the co-manifestation, on the plane, she naturally could recognize it.
Seeing that little girl who appeared outside the plane looked exactly like her when she was young, she could guess what kind of wild ideas Yang Lao San might come up with.
As expected, Yang Zhen’er then gently nudged Old Xia’s shoulder with her own, raising her eyebrow in an “admit it, you’re busted” look.
Seeing Old Xia remaining unmoved and not planning to “confess” voluntarily, Yang Zhen’er had to lower her voice and say in a secretive manner:
“Old Xia, do you have superpowers. Is your superpower, perhaps, capable of manifesting a doppelgänger?”
Without waiting for Old Xia to answer, she immediately said: “If there’s any special confidentiality agreement and you can’t tell me for now, then let me guess. If I am right, just nod your head. If I am wrong, then don’t.”
Xia Libing thought for a moment then solemnly nodded. Strictly speaking, Alice’s self-co-manifestation ability originated from her own co-manifestation ability developed through a “Super sensory Item System”. Co-manifesting an image of her younger self can indeed be labelled as her doppelgänger ability.
“Does this ability of yours have anything to do with coins?” Yang Zhen’er asked again.
Old Xia nodded.
“Does Brother Xiang also have this ability!” Yang Zhen’er asked, a touch of excitement in her voice.
Old Xia continued to nod. Indeed, any ability that she develops and masters, Xiang Kun will naturally know instantaneously.
“Little Elf, Little Apple, and Nana also have this ability!” Yang Zhen’er asked again.
This time, Old Xia did not nod.
Yang Zhen’er couldn’t help scratching her head. Had she guessed wrong? But considering Little Elf’s previous performance, how could she just be an ordinary little girl! If she were just an ordinary little girl, she would never have won at the “Flying Coin Into Cup” game!
Could it be that only Little Elf, Little Apple and Nana don’t have superpowers?
Which isn’t right either, as Little Apple can understand Bird Language and can communicate with Jin Shanshan (Golden Flash) just like Brother Xiang. She can freely walk even when she can’t see with her eyes and can hear many sounds that ordinary people can’t. She definitely has superpowers!
As for Nana, she can even converse with “Little Fairies”, how is that possible without superpowers? It couldn’t be a split personality, right!
Yang Zhen’er pondered for a few seconds, then decided to ask in a different way: “Do Little Apple, Nana, and Little Elf have other superpowers?”
This time, Old Xia finally nodded.
Yang Zhen’er was so delighted she almost jumped up. Then, containing her excitement and joy, she asked a question she was very concerned about: “Old Xia, do….. do I have superpowers as well?”
Old Xia still nodded.
Yang Zhen’er has already entered the “Super sensory Item System” and has already started developing her own characteristic application types. Naturally, Xia Libing was the first to know about this.
If it were before, she could easily dispel her cousin’s suspicion and get her ridiculous ideas out of her head. In that case, she would have different responses to the previous questions.
But now, Xiang Kun has made it clear that he wants Alice to further help Nana and Yang Lao San establish their own cognitive style within the “Super sensory Item System”. Therefore, letting Yang Lao San know about her own and the people around her’s peculiarities to a certain extent was also an intended consequence.
Getting a positive response from Old Xia, even though she didn’t really know what her “superpower” was, Yang Zhen’er already considered herself a superhuman. Her face was filled with an elated expression as she couldn’t help taking out the coin that Xiang Kun gave her and started flipping it.
Not long after figuring out the “Flying Coin Into Cup” ability and playing various coin games along with Nana and Little Elf, she finally slowly learned how to flip coins with her fingers. She finally joined the “Coin-flipping Club” and could show off with the coin.
Now, whenever she thinks about something, she likes to take out the coin and flip it. This action and posture give her a feeling of being super intelligent and super awesome.
“Old Xia, what should I do to be as powerful as you and have my own doppelgänger ability? Will playing with the coin more do the trick?” Yang Zhen’er asked while flipping the coin.
Xia Libing glanced at her hand but did not nod.
“So it’s not just about playing with the coin? I thought so; it’s never that simple. It should be… Oh, right! Little Elf has a name for all her coins, like Chocolate, Ice cream, Sachima, Lemon juice or was it Lemon tea? Little Apple is the same, she seems to name everything, even paper planes. She even named her Minion wood carving! Hmmm, the ‘Little Fairies’ that Nana spoke of must be her coins. It seems that giving names to coins or other things helps to establish the doppelgänger ability? Oh, right, Old Xia, have you named any special object… or living things?” Yang Zhen’er couldn’t help asking.
Xia Libing nodded.
Yang Zhen’er, driven by curiosity, asked: “What’s the name?” Then she added: “Of course, if it’s not supposed to be told then don’t say.”
Xia Libing said, “Two names: Zero Zero One, Zero Zero Two.”
Yang Zhen Er was taken aback, unsure of what expression to show. These names were… very much “Old Xia”.
At this moment, Xiang Kun’s voice came from the courtyard below, “Old Xia! Old Three!”
Yang Zhen Er leaned over the railing, looking down at Xiang Kun who had his head tilted upwards, “What is it? Old Xia and I have something important to discuss, Chef Xiang, don’t be noisy…”
“I made a late-night snack, there’s beef, rabbit meat, eggs, and meatballs, a big pot of steaming noodle soup, do you want some?” Xiang Kun said with a beaming smile.
“Yes!” Yang Zhen Er’s complaints immediately vanished, and she decisively replied with a single word.
However, when she pulled her head back from the railing, preparing to call Old Xia downstairs, she found that Old Xia had already reached the staircase.
“Hold on! Old Xia, wait for me! You foodie!” Yang Zhen Er hurried to catch up.
A few minutes later, in the hall downstairs, four people each held a bowl of noodles eating heartily – of course, Xiang Kun was only having a symbolic meal, because he knew if he joined in, Nana and Yang Lao San would eat more heartily.
While Tang Baona ate her noodles, she surreptitiously observed the expressions of Yang Zhen Er and Old Xia. Old Xia’s expression remained unchanged, focused on eating his noodles. Other than being a little hungry, he didn’t reveal anything. But Yang Zhen Er’s elation was apparent; she seemed to eat her noodles with the joy of celebrating the New Year.
However, Tang Baona’s focus was not on what Yang Zhen Er and Old Xia had just secretly said on the rooftop, or why Yang Zhen Er was wearing a look akin to a fox that had eaten a chicken. Instead, she was more interested in the emotion that Yang Zhen Er was feeling itself.
Since the journey home from the airport, Tang Baona noticed that her senses seemed to have changed, to be more precise, it seemed that she had gained a special kind of sense that allowed her to perceive many things that she normally could not. Also, a lot of things around them, such as the car they were sitting in, the desk and chairs they were using, the chopsticks, the local street lights, and buildings, all seemed to have turned into perceivable objects, allowing her to vaguely sense their states.
It was as if she had an emotional antenna that allowed her to perceive others’ emotions, whether they were happy, sad, scared, confused, or experiencing any other emotions.
When she was in the car, she could only vaguely sense the emotions of pedestrians when their car was waiting for traffic lights. However, when they arrived at “Youlong Restaurant” and sat down for a meal and chat, her perceptions became clearer, she was able to roughly determine everyone’s emotional state.
Only Xiang Kun and Old Xia were exceptions, she could not discern their emotions.
However, Xiang Kun and Old Xia were different. Old Xia was like a black hole, the more she tried to sense him, the more she felt like falling in, unable to find anything or gain anything.
Xiang Kun, on the other hand, was like a beacon, collecting the emotions of others and passing them on to her, hence she could sense these emotions. But because of this cover of emotions, she couldn’t sense Xiang Kun’s own emotions.
Moreover, Tang Baona noticed something else. The closer she was to Xiang Kun, the clearer and more distinct her sense of objects and people’s emotions around her became. The farther away she was from Xiang Kun, the weaker this perception became. Once he was more than ten meters away from her, her perception would become very weak, leaving only the coins in her pocket which seemed to provide some support – to test this, she deliberately lagged far behind Xiang Kun when they left the restaurant to go to the parking lot.
This perception was both real and unreal, creating a sense of contradiction in senses and cognition, so at “Youlong Restaurant”, she had thought for a while that she was hallucinating.
However, thinking of what she saw on the plane today, the constant protection of the “Little Elf”, and the extraordinary feelings she has truly perceived recently, Tang Baona was more certain about her perception.
After returning to Chongyun Village, she carefully sensed everything in this house, with the same emotional basis for her gratitude and reliance on the “Little Elf”, trust, and friendship towards Xiang Kun, Old Xia, and Yang Lao San.
So before Xiang Kun called for a late-night snack, her perception broke through. In her cognition, this house and all the things around her that gave her a special feeling seemed to form a container in the void, holding the emotions she perceived.
Currently, the only emotion she could perceive in this house was Yang Zhen’er’s.
However, with Yang Zhen’er’s slightly proud, a little excited, and a bit expectant emotions, Tang Baona felt like she had a delicious soup but didn’t have a spoon to consume it, leaving her feeling tickled.
She could sense it, she could “hold” it, but she didn’t know how to handle it, or she knew she could handle it, but didn’t know how, this feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
It was like when she was doing a math problem while studying, she felt she should do it, her method was not wrong, but she couldn’t solve it just by a bit.
However, half-way through her noodles, when Yang Zhen’er deliberately stretched her chopsticks over to snatch a meatball from her bowl, a bright light suddenly flashed in Tang Baona’s head.
The emotions she perceived, the emotions she “held”, the emotions of Yang Zhen’er, suddenly unfolded in her mind, turning into happy, bouncing musical notes.
So, as Yang Zhen’er proudly ate the stolen meatball, observing her friend’s response with a smile, Tang Baona suddenly stopped eating and started softly humming a tune: “Doo~ Doo Doo Doo~ Doo~~ Doo Loo Loo~ Doo~~~”
She didn’t sing specific, meaningful lyrics but just hummed a very novel tune that her friends had never heard before.
Yang Zhen’er was startled by the tune, she chewed the meatball stolen from Nana’s bowl, and laughed, “Nana, where did you hear this song? It’s so strange… why does it give me a happy and proud feeling? Hey, Nana, stop singing, it feels kind of annoying, haha.”
Xiang Kun and Xia Libing exchanged a glance, both understanding that Nana had “developed” a new ability.
Clearly, she had successfully translated Yang Lao San’s emotions into a song and then played it out. This ability is somewhat similar to Xiang Kun’s ability to perceive other’s emotions through “Emotion Infused Objects”, absorb them after transformation, and then create new “Emotion Infused Objects”. This ability should be based on the framework of Xiang Kun’s abilities.
But clearly, Nana’s ability to assimilate and spread emotions through her songs is very weak, or it can be said that the song has not been fully compiled yet and is not in its complete form.
However, Nana’s song, combined with her previous abilities, can use the “Super-connected Objects” that are now all over the world, and in various human settlements, and with Alice’s help, can carry out ultra-wide-ranging, large-scale “Emotional Influence” and “Temporary Emotional Assimilation with Infused Objects”.
Most importantly, this ability gives Nana an infinite source of creation!
The same emotions from different people, different emotions from the same person, and subtly different expressions of the same emotion, all these can give Tang Baona different song creation methods, allowing her to “compile” different melodies.
Without a doubt, this will greatly enhance Nana’s willingness to actively create and output songs. With Alice’s help, the entire music industry may soon have to prepare for “Princess Tongdu” & “Super Princess’” music storm.
