Although Xiang Kun can't eat, after he starts cooking, when he cooks, he often has to taste the taste of the dish to determine the taste so that he can make adjustments. Therefore, his sense of taste, although not as great as the evolution of sensory abilities guided by special training such as vision, smell, and hearing, is still much more delicate than ordinary people, coupled with the brain's stronger sensory information processing ability, so even if he eats the same food, he generally has to taste more and deeper flavors than others.

But Lao Xia's "all-appearing" Napoleon cake brought him a very familiar taste.

He also knew very well why this taste was familiar, not that he had eaten it before, but - in the dream of Lao Xia just now, he had experienced the taste of this cake through Lao Xia's perception.

This exact same sense of taste made him realize that something was wrong.

The cake was chewed and swallowed by him, and disappeared as soon as it entered the esophagus, and it was obvious that the Napoleon cake that Lao Xia had "appeared" now had the function of "being eaten".

Xiang Kun let Lao Xia "appear" crispy pork knuckle again, and then tasted it carefully.

He could feel that when Lao Xia was now "appearing", he had a connection with him, and the "super-syndicates" that invoked his abilities had changed from nine to ten, and in addition to the nine coins, the orb had also been added to it.

Xiang Kun quickly gnawed the pork knuckle clean, leaving a bone, and then the bone disappeared in his hand.

Xiang Kun hasn't eaten Napoleon cake for a long time, even if he remembers the taste he has eaten before, it may not be the same as Lao Xia's appearance. But Lao Xia's pork knuckle is obviously made by him. So in reality, he tasted the taste of pork knuckle, and there would not be much difference if there was a difference, and he felt the taste of Lao Xia eating that pork knuckle in a dream.

And now, the crispy pork knuckle that Lao Xia "appeared", Xiang Kun's taste perception is exactly the same as the taste perception that Lao Xia tasted in his dream.

If he hadn't perceived Lao Xia eating these foods in his dreams, he wouldn't have been able to make a complete judgment based on the taste in reality, and he could only notice that the taste details were a little lacking and a little "distorted".

But now that the two are compared, he can be sure that the perception that other people get from tasting the food that Lao Xia "has appeared" is the same as Lao Xia.

This mode reminds Xiang Kun of his ability to "project" - to let others see what he sees.

So, is this really a kind of psychic influence, hallucination-making ability based on the further extension of the "projection and appearance" ability?

Xiang Kun felt that it was not so simple, he had always thought that this Lao Xia's ability to "appear in illusions" was not like a simple illusion, he knew that this intuition was his sixth sense giving him "hints".

So after "eating" the crispy pork knuckle, Xiang Kun asked Lao Xia to continue to appear, and this time what appeared was the ice cream given to her by the chubby girl in the dream.

Xiang Kun didn't take it, but let Lao Xia take it, and he entered the "super sensory state", in the special world of pure sixth sense information, he perceived the cognitive information of the ice cream that Lao Xia "appeared".

In the "supersensory state", he kept perceiving the ice cream, and it was not until more than five minutes later that the cognitive information of the ice cream completely disappeared, and he withdrew from the "supersensory state".

"How's it going?" Xia Libing asked Xiang Kun, who had reopened his eyes.

Even in the middle of the night in this winter, fine beads of sweat could be seen on her forehead, and it was obvious that the ice cream had just been kept "ready" for more than five minutes, and it was not a small burden on her.

Xiang Kun played with his mobile phone and muttered: "In the 'super sensory state', the cognitive information of that ice cream is very different from that of ordinary ice cream, and it is difficult to describe what kind of different methods it is. I'm going to go back and buy a real ice cream, chocolate, and anything else you can 'see' and compare them in detail...... In short, it's neither completely real nor completely illusory, it's very special. By the way, you can take a look at the grilled chicken wings again, I want to taste what it tastes like. ”

Xia Libing nodded and stared at the table between them for a while, but the roasted chicken wings did not appear.

After more than half a minute, Xiang Kun asked, "Are you too tired?"

Xia Libing shook his head, wiped the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, then stared at the mobile phone in his hand and asked, "Are you recording?"

Xiang Kun stopped playing with his mobile phone and showed her the side of the screen, which was indeed recording.

"How do you know? Is it because you can't 'show up' that you guessed that I was recording?" asked Xiang Kun.

Xia Libing thought for a while and said, "When you played with your mobile phone, I noticed it and was a little suspicious. This is all the more confirmed when it is not possible. ”

Xiang Kun nodded thoughtfully and said, "Can you close your eyes and perform the 'manifestation'?"

"Yes. Xia Libing said.

"Then you can try it, you can 'show up' anything. Xiang Kun said, "I won't shoot a video this time." ”

But Xia Libing closed his eyes, and after dozens of seconds, there was still nothing on the table between the two.

She reopened her eyes and looked at the phone in Xiang Kun's hand, who immediately turned the screen to show her, this time not recording.

Xia Libing shook his head and said, "I can't show up." ”

Xiang Kun asked, "Do you think that I should take the opportunity to take a sneak peek after closing your eyes?"

Xia Libing said: "I can't be sure, but I do have some doubts. After a slight pause, she asked, "Do you think what influenced me to 'appear' may not be the shooting of electronic devices, but the idea of 'I think there will be electronic devices for shooting'?"

Xiang Kun secretly praised Lao Xia's keen reaction in his heart, nodded and said: "Yes, in my experiment, the things that 'appear' can be seen on the screen of the mobile phone through the camera. It only disappears when you press the camera button, whether to take a photo or video. This is true even if you use the shortcut to take a screenshot or shoot automatically. It's as if it 'knows' that I'm going to shoot it, and it's going to 'disappear'.

"But the phone's camera is not like the optical viewfinder of a traditional camera. I can already see it on the screen, which proves that the lens has projected its optical image onto the sensor, and then the sensor converts the electrical signal into a digital signal, and then processes it through the mobile phone processor to become an image on the screen.

"So at this point, it can't react to the phone to take pictures, all it can do is my actions and intentions.

"I was thinking, or maybe it's not that we don't want to be photographed, it's our own subconscious that we don't want it to be photographed. ”

After listening to Xiang Kun's analysis, Xia Libing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded approvingly: "It makes sense." ”

"I should have let you close your eyes before taking a sneak peek just now, underestimating your observational power. Now, it is estimated that if you close your eyes, there will be a doubt in your heart, and it will be difficult to show it again. Let's do this experiment next time. Xiang Kun said, got up and said, "It's not early today, you should be very tired, rest first, I'll come to you tomorrow." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Libing yawned.

From his perception of all kinds of information about Xia Libing's body, he did tell that she was very tired, especially after so many consecutive "fantasies" just now.

When Xiang Kun was about to go out, Xia Libing stopped him again and asked, "Is there an 'emotional injection item' like that eight-armed eight-eyed wood carving?"

"Do you mean the 'emotion-infused object' based on fear? That's not the case, just that one. Xiang Kun replied.

"Then bring me that wood carving of yours next time, or make another one like that. Xia Libing said.

"Are you interested in that wood carving?" said Xiang Kun strangely.

Xia Libing said: "I can't guide the words and graffiti you gave me into my dreams in my dreams, I suspect it may be because I can't resonate with the emotions on them." Those pair of chopsticks are the basis of dreams, and they cannot be perceived in dreams. So I want to try the type of emotion of the eight-armed eight-eyed wood carving, and what I can see in my dreams should have a lot to do with the type of emotion. ”

Xiang Kun thought for a while and said, "Then I'll give you a few more 'emotion injection items' of the appetite type next time, fear type, even if you can feel it, that feeling...... It's not so good either. ”

Xia Libing shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, I can control it." ”

Xiang Kun hesitated, but still agreed: "Okay." "Anyway, if Lao Xia is affected by the "love object" and falls into a dream, he must be doing real-time perception, and he can monitor Lao Xia's experience at any time.

After walking out of the community rented by Lao Xia, Xiang Kun called a car and went back to the first courtyard.

In the car, he was conjecturing the principle of the ability of "fantasy appearance" developed by Lao Xia according to his own observations, but his mobile phone received a WeChat message.

Yang Zhen'er: "Chef Xiang, where is it?"

Xiang Kun: "Just came out of your sister's house, what's wrong?"

Yang Zhen'er made a question mark face: "Staying so late at Lao Xia's house?"

Xiang Kun: "I made her a supper." ”

Yang Zhen'er made a surprised face: "You sent her a supper last night, you also cooked for her at noon, and you made a supper at night?"

Xiang Kun replied with a helpless expression: "Who let me win her game before?" I won five meals for her, but I have to make ...... by myself" He said, briefly talking about the coin guessing bet he and Lao Xia had in the café the night before.

"I'm going!Lao Xia is so treacherous?!" Yang Zhen'er made a frightened face.

"After all, she also has the genes of your old Yang family in her body. By the way, how do you know that I cooked for Lao Xia at noon?" asked Xiang Kun a little strangely.

He sent supper to Lao Xia last night, and he mentioned it in the group, Yang Zhen'er, Tang Baona, and Little Apple all knew about it. But at noon today, he came to have dinner with Lao Xia, mainly to discuss "fantasy appearance" and other things about his mutation with Lao Xia in private, so naturally he didn't mention it in the group. With Lao Xia's character, he won't tell them in private.

Yang Zhen'er answered his doubts very directly: "Lao Xia's third aunt called me at night, guess why? This is the first time she has called me!"

Linked to what Yang Zhen'er said before, Xiang Kun instantly thought of the reason, and replied with a wide-eyed expression: "Could it be that I am looking for you to inquire about me?"

Yang Zhen'er made a slanted smile: "It's very smart, Xiang Yixiu." ”

Then he sent a message: "Lao Xia's third aunt seems to think that you are pursuing Lao Xia, and Lao Xia seems to be very interesting to you, so she wants to ask me, what is your character, what is your personality, and so on." ”

Xiang Kun: "Auntie misunderstood. ”

Yang Zhen'er: "It's understandable, our family Lao Xia has never been in love since she was a child, and suddenly a man can come to her house to cook for her, and send her supper in the middle of the night, the family will definitely think about it." ”

Xiang Kun: "What should I do then?"

Yang Zhen'er: "Lao Xia has always been more assertive, just have her to deal with the third aunt and third uncle, it's okay." And I told her third aunt, you are all nerds like Lao Xia, you are studying the mysteries of the universe and scientific truths together, don't worry. ”

Xiang Kun made a nodding expression: "Indeed." ”

Yang Zhen'er: "Hey, Chef Xiang, how long are you going to stay at home? How about Nana and I come over to play with you in a few days?"

"I'll go back the day after tomorrow, if you want to come over to play, I'll arrange the affairs of Tongshi Town when I get back." Xiang Kun replied that he would reach the blood drinking period in three days, and according to the current situation, there was a high probability that he would have to go back to drink blood, and then prepare for some things.

"Oh, then come back, are you going home now?"

"Go to the hospital. ”

"Hospital?"

"My dad fell today, it's not a big problem, but he will be hospitalized for two days. Xiang Kun briefly explained today's situation.

......

After ending the WeChat contact with Xiang Kun, Yang Zhener, who was sitting on the sofa, clicked on Lao Xia's avatar again and sent a video request.

After a while, the video was connected, and the picture on the other side was black, and I could only vaguely see Lao Xia lying on the bed: "What's the matter?"

Yang Zhen'er said strangely: "Are you going to sleep now?"

"Is there anything abnormal about sleeping now?" Lao Xia asked helplessly.

"Didn't Chef Xiang just finish making you a supper?" Yang Zhen'er asked, "Sleep after eating?"

"It's been a long time since I had my supper. Xia Libing said, a little listless: "I'm going to sleep." ”

"Just the bean sack, wait a minute! Your third aunt called me in the evening and asked about Xiang Kun!" Finding that Lao Xia seemed to be about to end the video directly, Yang Zhen'er hurriedly said.

"Oh, I see, I explained to her when I got back, and went to sleep. After Xia Libing finished speaking, he ended the video connection.

Playing with the mobile phone with one hand and touching her chin with the other, Yang Zhen'er recalled the reactions of the two and said to herself: "It seems that it is indeed fine." ”