Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 973 Mutation
"Bang~bang~"

"Help!"

"Something's changed! Something's changed! Tie him up quickly!"

"Find a place to hide and don't let the mutants hurt you. As long as you're not hurt, you won't mutate."

"Quickly notify the patrol team!"

An unexpected incident broke out in the high-rise residential area, catching everyone off guard.

Shi Jia returned home early today, which was unusual for him. He was watching the news with Yuan Xiaodong. The TV was reporting on the anomaly at the Yan Dong base. It was good news that the anomaly had finally been contained.

"That's great!" Zhang Fang exclaimed. "A total of 20,000 people died. This death toll hasn't been seen for almost five years, but now it's all good. We've finally gotten through this crisis at the Yandong base."

“Yes,” Shi Jia nodded in agreement.

Just then, the noise outside drowned out the sound of the television. Shi Jia walked to the window in confusion, looked down, and immediately changed his expression. "An anomaly has occurred! Aunt Zhang, I'm going out to take a look. You and Xiaodong stay home and lock the doors and windows."

Zhang Fang was startled upon hearing this. "Xiaxia, no, it's dangerous outside. Call your dad, he'll arrange for a patrol team to handle it."

Shi Jia shook her head, "It's too far, there's no time." The security in the residential area is very good, and it has never been the focus of the patrol team's work.

Without waiting for Zhang Fang to persuade her further, she put on her shoes and went out the door.

"Xiao Si, can you help me find the mutant?" Shi Jia quickly went downstairs and ran towards the sound.

'Host, five mutation points have been discovered in the residential area: Building 3, 4th floor; Building 6, 502; Building 6, 203; Building 4, 401; and Building 7, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors. The situation in Building 7 is currently the most critical; residents of Building 7 are trapped downstairs by the mutated individuals and cannot come down.'

Shi Jia immediately ran towards Building 7.

The anxious crowd felt a gust of wind brush past them, and when they came to their senses, they were surprised to find that the girl who had run over to join the fun was gone.

"Boom, bang, bang..."

Upon arriving at Building 7, Shi Jia heard howls like those of wild beasts, followed by the sounds of heavy objects crashing. Without bothering to discern the source of the noise, Shi Jia rushed upstairs without looking back.

As soon as she reached the top of the stairs, she bumped into a mutant who resembled a wild beast. His skin was bluish-green with scales faintly visible, his black pupils had turned red, and his lips were black. She couldn't see any canine teeth, suggesting that the mutation hadn't been going on for long and that the degree of mutation wasn't too high.

At this moment, he was lying at the top of the stairs like a toad, occasionally sticking out his tongue to lick his face—yes, his face! His tongue had also grown longer.

Upon seeing a living person, the mutant's eyes turned an alarming red, and with a kick of its two hind legs, it pounced on Shi Jia like a toad.

The next second, thick vines bound the mutant who had leaped into the air tightly. "Bang!" The vines threw the person to the ground, but Shi Jia's speed did not stop at all, as if the mutant had never appeared.

She quickly went up to the second floor, where there were four suites. Two of them were open, with a pool of blood lying in one of them. She listened intently, then turned and entered through the door on the left.

The entrance was filled with messy furniture and a blood-stained carpet. Looking at the room's layout, it was several levels better than her own home.

"Ah-"

The collapsed sofa began to shake. Shi Jia looked down and saw that there was someone underneath—no, a mutant. Without looking further, she quickly bound the mutant with a vine. She walked to the nearest room, where she heard thumping sounds; the sounds indicated a mutant.

She kicked the door open, and the mutant inside stared at Shi Jia before lunging at her. The vines, of course, gained yet another prize.

She continued walking inside; there were other people there, well, perhaps mutants.

The same procedure opened the door, revealing two children, a boy and a girl, wrestling and biting each other as if they had lost their minds.

They are not mutants, but judging from their condition, they will soon die if the 'virus' is not eradicated in time.

Without a word, Shi Jia first bound the children with vines, then extended her hands and used her wood-based supernatural abilities to enter their bodies. Instantly, the two children stopped struggling and screaming. The amount of 'virus' in the two children's bodies exceeded Shi Jia's expectations, even more than Wang Junjun's previous levels. This made her frown; logically, this situation shouldn't have occurred in the two children.

This is the residential area for the families of the base's high-ranking officers; there's no way there wouldn't be a shortage of vegetables. If they can get vegetables, there shouldn't be so many 'viruses' here.

Moreover, she checked and found that the two children had no other injuries besides the ones they had bitten themselves, which proved that they were not infected by the mutants.

Why is that?
Shi Jia couldn't understand it, but it didn't affect her actions. Before long, most of the 'virus' on their bodies disappeared, and the danger of mutation was gone.

So she turned around, closed the door, and went to another house.

A mangled, gnawed corpse lay in the living room. The house had two rooms, both occupied; one room was making thumping noises, while the other emitted whimpering sounds.

She went to the noisy room first, kicked it open, and a stench of blood hit her. The next second, a figure lunged at her.

But how could Shi Jia possibly be injured?
The figure inevitably pounced onto a vine net and was then bound like a dumpling.

Shi Jia looked at the zongzi—no, the human. Luckily, despite the black, festering wound on his arm, he wasn't a mutant.

“He has superpowers, no wonder he could last so long!” Shi Jia said, unleashing another burst of green light.

Soon Shi Jia learned about this person's condition. He was infected, and the 'virus' in his body was showing an upward trend, but not as much as the two children from before.

A minute later, Shi Jia withdrew his superpower and opened the door to another quiet room. There were three people inside: an elderly person and two children. They were emotionally unstable, and although the number of 'viruses' in their bodies was normal, they were showing an active trend, which was normal.

If there's an outbreak of mutations around you, you're easily affected, and over time there's a high probability that you'll mutate as well.

"Stay in the room and don't come out until this is over."

Shi Jia turned and left, ignoring the three people's attempts to stop him, and went up to the third floor. Fortunately, only one room was open.

However, she didn't go in to check immediately. Instead, she listened carefully to the other three rooms. There was no sound, so she figured there were no mutants there.

Most of the newly infected mutants are manic and bloodthirsty; so far, none of them have been calm. Therefore, Shi Jia walked into the open room with peace of mind.

Twenty minutes later, she walked out dejectedly, followed by three mutants wrapped up like dumplings.

A family of three was all infected!
Shi Jia waved her hand, and the vines threw the three mutants downstairs. She then continued walking upstairs.

There was no door open on the fourth floor, and the stairwell to the fifth floor was blocked by a metal wall. However, there were two mutants lying on the ground in the stairwell on the fourth floor, gnawing on something.

Smelling the blood in the air, Shi Jia expressionlessly swung out vines, binding the two mutants who were feeding.

Mutants, whether human, animal, or plant, are all bloodthirsty; the flesh and blood of humans and animals are the source of their power!
"Xiao Si, are there any more mutants upstairs?"

There aren't any left.

Shi Jia nodded and led the two mutants downstairs.

"Someone is coming down! Everyone be careful."

The patrol team had arrived and were putting the mutants, bound by vines, into cages. Mutants couldn't be killed at will; they had to be examined by a Purifier first, and only after it was determined that they were beyond saving could they be killed.

Because the early stages of mutation are treatable, just like what Shi Jia just did.

"There are two more here!" Shi Jia threw the last two mutants in front of the patrol team.

"Master Yuan, is that you?"