Huang Wen took Chen Fei and a dozen girls along the mountain road behind the college. Within half an hour, they arrived at the water pool at the foot of Mount Yue.
This pool covers an area of more than ten acres. It is a natural pool. Rainwater flowing down from Mount Yue on rainy days accumulates here. Over time, a large pool is formed.
Yueshan has long been designated as a scenic spot in Shahe City, and no villagers live here.
When Huang Wen and others rushed to the water pool, they found that there were already more than a dozen people here. These people were all students from Xiangnan University. They were divided into several groups in twos and threes. Some people had prepared water boiling tools and were boiling water.
It seems that everyone has thought of it.
The pool is surrounded by a gentle hillside, which is usually where everyone has picnics. There are many small stove pits dug in the past. Huang Wen ordered some people to go to the surrounding woods to collect firewood, then light a fire, and then fetch water from the pool to boil the water.
Looking at the clear water of more than ten acres of pools, everyone began to feel a little hopeful. At least they had water to drink.
There are several gentle shallow water areas in the pool, and some people even catch fish in it. It’s really a perfect place!
While waiting for the water to boil, everyone was bored. Some girls went to catch fish by the pool. Huang Wen and Chen Fei sat by the pool and chatted.
Chen Fei suddenly pointed to the center of the pool and said with some surprise:
"Look, everyone, what is that?"
Everyone looked and saw a black shadow several meters long appearing under the water. The shadow was motionless at first, but slowly began to move, and a ripple suddenly appeared on the water.
"Is that a fish?"
Everyone knows that there are fish in the pool, but they are all small wild crucian carp. Everyone has caught small fish during picnics in the past.
"How is it possible? How can there be such a big fish in this pool? Look at the length of the shadow, it is at least 2 or 3 meters. It must be a snake, right?"
"It's autumn now, snakes can't still be swimming in the water, right?"
Not many people noticed the unusual situation in the pool. There were still people fishing among the aquatic plants in several places beside the pool.
After the catastrophe, it was rare to enjoy some peaceful time by this waterhole. Everyone was very relaxed and did not expect any danger.
Chen Fei saw the shadow in the water swimming towards a pool with people, and felt an indescribable ominous feeling in her heart.
Huang Wen and others also saw it.
Suddenly, the shadow in the water accelerated forward at a staggering speed.
The water is splashing with waves.
Huang Wen suddenly stood up and shouted to the people fishing by the pool:
"Run quickly, it's dangerous!"
As soon as Huang Wen finished her words, she heard a splashing sound, and a three- to four-meter-long strange fish flew out of the water, opened its huge mouth, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth, and directly dragged a girl away from the pool.
Everyone was stunned and petrified.
The girl was dragged directly into the pool, and she didn't even have time to scream. A moment later, a bright red blood appeared in the center of the pool.
Huang Wen, Chen Fei and others were trembling with fear. I don’t know who shouted:
"Run quickly, there is a water monster in the pool!"
So everyone fled down the mountain in a hurry, not even caring about the boiled water.
Everyone fled to the vicinity of the college, away from the water pool, and then stopped to take a breath, all looking shocked.
Soon, news spread about a water monster killing people in the Yueshan Pool.
Everyone began to vaguely feel that the genetic mutation mentioned by the gene store Gubo might be true.
Yang Xiao slept until he woke up on time around 6 p.m. At this time, the sun was still hanging in the sky, and it looked like it was three feet high from the horizon.
Yang Xiao unscrewed the water bottle and drank some water, stood up and prepared to move his body and have dinner.
As soon as I got up and took two steps, I heard a crunching sound under my feet. It felt like stepping on an egg.
Yang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then quickly raised his feet and looked down.
There was an unknown insect the size of a quail egg on the rock, which he trampled to death.
The shape of the bug looked both familiar and unfamiliar.
what?
Yang Xiao knelt down and observed carefully.
The insect is not completely dead yet, the tentacles on its head are shaking, and some of its legs are struggling.
Yang Xiao looked at it carefully, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.
Isn't this bug just an enlarged version of an ant?
That’s right, it’s ants.
But how did the ants become so big? There is no justice!
Yang Xiao's heart was suddenly filled with panic, and he glanced around. He was shocked to see that there were dozens of ants the size of quail eggs crawling around on the big rock.
"Is this the so-called genetic mutation? Doesn't it mean we have to wait until seven days later?"
Yang Xiao remembered what Gu Bo said about the gene fragments again, so he raised his foot and trampled to death a dozen large ants on the rock. However, except that the ants' corpses turned into a pile of meat paste, there was nothing special about it. Gene fragments?
I definitely can't stay in this place any longer, otherwise I won't know when I will be bitten to death by ants.
Yang Xiao drank half a bottle of water, ate half a pack of biscuits, two salt-baked chicken wings, packed his backpack, and prepared to go down the mountain.
Suddenly, another electric current appeared in his body, and he had to sit down reluctantly.
The electric current continued to flow throughout the body and gradually disappeared after a few minutes.
What's going on?
Why do I get strange electric currents after every meal?
Yang Xiao thought for a while, then took out another piece of salt-baked chicken leg and ate it. After eating, a trace of electricity appeared in his body again.
Is this current related to food?
Yang Xiao thought like this and ate another bag of beef jerky, two bags of chicken wings, and a bag of biscuits.
He discovered two problems. First, the current is indeed related to food. Second, the strength of the current is also related to the type of food. For the same amount of food, the current generated by beef is similar to that generated by chicken, but it is less than the current generated by biscuits. The current is much stronger.
But why does food generate electricity?
What effect do these currents have on your body?
In addition, he also discovered that he never seemed to have enough to eat. After eating, an electric current was generated and he could eat other things immediately, but he would not feel hungry even if he did not eat.
Thinking of the impact of electric current on himself, Yang Xiao suddenly realized that every time an electric current was generated, his spirit was in a state of excitement. He felt that his whole body was full of energy and he had the urge to punch the rock.
Yang Xiao saw an arm-thick wooden root on the ground. He hesitated to pick it up and broke it with both hands. He heard a "click" and the arm-thick wooden root broke directly.
Yang Xiao was startled and was stunned for a long time.
What's going on? Have I mutated too?
Seeing that the sun was going down, Yang Xiao had no time to think about this problem for the time being. He put on his backpack, took an iron rod and a watermelon knife and prepared to go down the mountain. Before leaving, he picked up two crushed ant corpses from the ground and cut them with leaves. Wrap it up and put it in the outer bag of your backpack.
Half an hour later, as night fell, Yang Xiao walked out of Yueshan and came to the playground.
Thousands of people were scattered around the playground. In addition to Xiao Zhe's team, there were several other larger teams of hundreds of people. Everyone was huddled together to keep warm. Even Huang Wen's female dinosaur team also increased by more than a dozen people. A helpless girl.
There was some chaos on the playground, and no one paid attention to Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao walked straight into the gene store.
Gu Bo seemed to have some impression of Yang Xiao and said with a smile:
"Kid, I haven't seen you for a few days."
Yang Xiao nodded and took out the trampled ant body from his backpack:
"Mr. Gubo, look, is this the mutated creature you mentioned?"
Gu Bo glanced at it and said lightly:
"Today is the third day. These creatures are in the process of mutation. This thing should not have completed the mutation process yet."
Yang Xiao took a breath of air after hearing this.
Ants that have not yet completed their transformation are as big as a quail egg. How big will they be after they have completed their transformation?
