What It's Like Being a Vampire

He wanted to figure out its basic state and find a suitable method to carry it.

Since being extracted from Fan Jiading’s body by Xiang Kun, it had seemingly been motionless, appearing to be dead.

However, through his infrared thermographic vision mode, Xiang Kun confirmed that the creature was definitely alive. It was most likely pretending to be dead.

Xiang Kun had to laugh. What use was it playing dead now that it was in his hands?

He wasn’t a tiger, not someone who wouldn’t eat dead things.

Xiang Kun crouched inside a bungalow awaiting demolition, examining the “mutated parasite” lying in his palm under the moonlight filtered in from outside, switching between different vision modes.

The parasite seemed to have “shrunk” again, from the size of a broad bean to the size of a watermelon seed. Its exterior was still extremely smooth, which made Xiang Kun doubt where those filaments finer than hair had been extended from.

Xiang Kun gripped the body of the “mutated parasite” and carefully observed its head. As his fingers tightened, its head was slowly forced to split open, revealing what appeared to be its mouth.

Inside the open mouth, a slender proboscis was forced out, and on both sides appeared two thin, saw-toothed “blades”, like cicada wings.

Obviously, it was using this mouth structure to cut through the skin of its host and forcibly parasitize inside.

While Xiang Kun was observing, the “mutated parasite”‘s body suddenly inflated back to the size of a broad bean.

Was it… realizing that playing dead was pointless and “reviving” itself?

Xiang Kun didn’t squeeze it tightly to prevent it from inflating, worrying about squashing it to death. If he killed it, it would be game over.

However, he did not expect that after the “mutated parasite” swelled back to its original size, its mouth, which Xiang Kun had forced open, suddenly shot out a mass of something.

Although the ejection was fast, Xiang Kun’s dynamic vision was even stronger. Combined with his low-light night vision and superfast reflexes, his right hand almost instinctively shot out, catching the ejected mass in his palm again.

In the blink of an eye, Xiang Kun saw that the ejected thing was actually another smaller “mutated parasite”. This thing had played a “golden cicada shedding its shell” trick right in his hand. If it weren’t for his quick hand speed, it would have escaped.

But before Xiang Kun could get a tight grip on it, the “mutated parasite” changed its shape again. It became flat and slippery, and it quickly crawled through the gaps in his fingers, continuing to shoot towards the ground.

Xiang Kun instantly judged that its target was a drainage hole not far away.

Before he decided to remove the “mutated parasite” from its host that evening, Xiang Kun had already stimulated various situations in his mind in combination with his abilities. He had discussed with Old Xia and prepared several action plans.

The situation before his eyes was naturally within his plans—of course, his plan was not about predicting the “golden cicada shedding its shell” trick of the “mutated parasite”, but situations where the “mutated parasite” temporarily escaped his control.

Therefore, just as the “mutated parasite” ejected and was about to reach the dark, exposed drain due to the demolition, a few silver lights arrived first with late timing. With a crisp “clang” sound, it tightly wrapped around the parasite. After spinning around, it returned to Xiang Kun’s hand.

Those silver lights were Xiang Kun’s “super-connected objects,” coins. A total of five coins haphazardly pressed together trapped the “mutated parasite” inside.

Although there were slight gaps between the coins, under the magnetic field connections between them, the “mutated parasite” couldn’t squeeze through any crack without being forced back by the edges of the coins.

No matter how fast or flexible the parasite could run in a short distance, it was not as fast as Xiang Kun’s “super-connected objects”.

Wherever the parasite could go, his coins and tungsten steel balls could reach, and definitely faster than it. Of course, this was only within a short distance.

But as long as Xiang Kun locked onto this “mutated parasite”, it would hardly be able to get far. It was not a “mutated big bird” that could fly high, and without the host’s physical state, its mobility was better in the water, but it was just a weakling on land.

Xiang Kun simply took out all the “super-connected objects” he was carrying, and then shocked the “mutated parasite” with an electric current.

Gradually increasing the electricity, the “mutated parasite” which had been “released” by the coins and was back on Xiang Kun’s palm, convulsed, shrunk and twisted due to the shock.

As one could imagine, if it could make noises, it would definitely be screaming out in pain.

However, Xiang Kun felt no guilt. There were already five known cases of individuals killed by this “mutated parasite”. Many others had their lives and bodies drastically altered, and it was unclear whether they could recover.

So to him, this “mutated parasite” was just a “live sample”.

Of course, Xiang Kun was controlling the intensity, not wanting to electrocute it to death, but merely observing its healing capacity.

Under the infrared thermographic vision mode, he could ensure he wouldn’t unintentionally kill this bug.

Even if its outer layer was charred black, this bug could rapidly recover in two minutes, its surface returning to its original state.

At least in terms of healing ability, it had already surpassed the present Xiang Kun — if he were electrocuted to that extent, his recovery time wouldn’t just be two minutes.

However, this likely had to do with its relatively simple biological structure and smaller body size.

Of course, electrocuting it now, apart from impulsively wanting to test its recovery ability, Xiang Kun was also punishing it for its recent escape.

Xiang Kun thought it should understand his meaning–if it escaped again, it would be electrocuted again.

Just as the bug stopped wriggling and Xiang Kun had ended the “electrocution”, preparing to continue his observations, things took a sudden turn.

The bug abruptly sprung up again, but this time not trying to break free from Xiang Kun’s control, rather it shot straight for his wrist. Its mouth, with two “blade-like” appendages, sliced open a wound and quickly burrowed into his flesh.

This “mutated parasite” actually wanted to parasitize Xiang Kun?!

However, upon seeing his arm being cut open and the “mutated parasite” burrowing in, Xiang Kun did not panic. Instead, he calmly took out his phone with his left hand, turned on the video recording and lighting functions, and began recording while observing.

This video was going to be shown to Old Xia later, it was important evidence.

In this kind of situation, he had naturally anticipated this and also had a plan to deal with it.

Because of the existence of the “Super Sensory State” and the “Sixth Sense”, Xiang Kun could ensure he wouldn’t be affected by the illusions created by the “mutated parasite”, his thought process wouldn’t be disturbed, allowing him to “see clearly” the reality.

At the same time, the electromagnetic abilities derived from controlling “Super-connected Objects” allowed him to restrict the position of the “mutated parasite” within his body through his skin and remove it within a short time.

Moreover, according to his previous research on the situations of other hosts being parasitized, Xiang Kun speculated that this “mutated parasite” did not have the ability to parasitize him or other “mutants”.

Otherwise, its first reaction when discovering other “mutants” shouldn’t be to escape and hide. When Xiang Kun took it out from Fan Jiading’s body, It should’ve attempted to parasitize immediately.

Its forced parasitizing attempt on Xiang Kun at this moment could be a desperate attempt due to it being cornered.

However, what Xiang Kun never anticipated was…

That the “mutated parasite” burrowed into his arm and in less than three seconds, sprung out again from the wound.

Also, its form changed significantly from before, its body was filled with tiny tentacles, just like when Xiang Kun had first discovered and grabbed hold of the “mutated parasite” after cutting into Fan Jiading’s back.

However, unlike before, at this moment, the tentacles of the mutated parasite were smoking and disappearing rapidly like they were being burned.

Upon returning to Xiang Kun’s palm, the “mutated parasite” began writhing in pain again.

Xiang Kun couldn’t help but frown. What was this all about?

Could it be that the parasite had absorbed his blood just now?

But shouldn’t it be delighted and satisfied after absorbing blood from another “mutant”?

Why was it looking so poisoned?

Moreover, Xiang Kun noticed that unlike when he electrocuted it before, this “mutated parasite” now showed no signs of recovering; instead, it seemed to be slowly dying.

No way, could my blood really be poisonous?

Staring at the dying “mutated parasite” in his hand, Xiang Kun was dumbfounded.