Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 974 Reasons
"you are?"

"I am Ye Feng, the patrol captain," the young man in front of him introduced himself excitedly.

Shi Jia instantly retrieved the relevant memories and nodded. "Hello, there are two more mutants being controlled upstairs, and there are also survivors from the two victimized families. Please go and handle them."

"No problem, leave it to us. Master Yuan, you've worked hard. Go back and rest now," Ye Feng assured him, patting his chest.

"Have the anomalies in the other buildings been brought under control?"

"Yes."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Shi Jia was about to go home when suddenly the earth shook violently, "Boom!"

"Beep beep beep—" The patrol team's wristbands beeped with urgent alarms, and their expressions changed drastically. "Anomalies have broken out in Sector D and Sector C!"

"Leave five people to clean up the mess, the rest of you come with me."

After he finished speaking, he subconsciously looked around and did not see Shi Jia. He felt uneasy, but the situation was urgent and he could not afford to delay.

Shi Jia, who was being mourned by Ye Feng, had already arrived at the mutation point through the spatial passage.

Everywhere you look, buildings have collapsed, and flames have engulfed entire buildings. Through the thick black smoke, you can vaguely see figures moving around a few windows upstairs.

The fire must be extinguished immediately, otherwise those people will be burned to death or die from the smoke before the mutation spreads.

However, she doesn't have water-based abilities!

Spatial abilities are useless!

That leaves only the wood element.

Although fire overcomes wood, she didn't use wood to extinguish the fire!
Shi Jia took a deep breath, summoned all her supernatural abilities, and the next second, eight thick vines pierced towards the burning building, clearly breaking open the windows where people were shaking, and quickly wrapped up the people inside before pulling them back.

"what--"

"My child, my child!"

"Help~"

Screams erupted one after another.

Shi Jia was not affected at all. She controlled the vines to put the person on the ground, and the vines then sprang back to the room where the child was said to have been left.

Shi Jia saw three figures wrapped in thick blankets on the bed through the vines' perspective, and immediately tied them up along with the blankets.

In this way, Shi Jia continuously used vines to break open windows and rescue people. Sometimes, the person he tied up was a mutant, so he would simply separate a vine to bind them and throw them aside. Other times, the person he tied up was an infected person in the early stages of mutation, so he had to go to great lengths to purify the 'virus' on their body.

After nearly 20 minutes of this back and forth, a patrol team finally arrived.

"Huh? A wood-type ability user?"

"It's Master Yuan!" Ye Feng's team members were the first to recognize Shi Jia.

"Why is Master Yuan here?" And judging from the situation, he has been rescuing people for quite some time. Does Master Yuan have the ability to create clones?
The patrol team members were somewhat confused for a moment.

"What are you still standing there for! Send a water-type ability user to put out the fire!" Shi Jia shouted.

The patrol members snapped out of their daze and hurriedly got to work.

After the fire was extinguished, Shi Jia was finally able to catch his breath.

She took out the superpower supplement given to her by the Lou family, tilted her head back and poured it into her mouth. The abundant energy also carried a trace of vitality, which was indeed very good.

However, it wasn't enough to replenish the superpower she had used up that night, so she took out two more bottles of supplements and drank them.

Excellent, full of energy, ready to continue the fight.

Shi Jia clenched his fist and looked around. The previous noise disappeared, replaced by order and neatness. The patrol team had begun to settle the disaster victims.

She was a little dazed. It was just a matter of replenishing her superpowers. Did it really take a long time?
"Master Yuan, you've worked hard today. We'll handle the rest." It was Ye Feng's team member who spoke. Shi Jia scanned the surroundings, seeing the mutated individuals locked in cages one by one. "Is the mutation situation under control?"

"So far, the mutation is still under control. You don't need to worry," the patrolman said. "Because you recently cultivated a large number of vegetables, most people have had the opportunity to eat fresh vegetables, thus reducing the amount of 'virus' in their bodies. Therefore, very few people have been affected by this mutation."

Shi Jia nodded. "That's good. Besides here, have the anomalies in other places been controlled as well?" She had already asked Xiao Si to check. There were a total of sixteen anomalies tonight.

"Yes."

"Alright, I'll head back now. Please tell Captain Ye that he must find out the cause of the anomaly."

"Yes!"

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"Base Commander, the investigation results are in, but so far we cannot determine the specific cause of the mutation."

"Tell me more details!" Han Shanyue and Yuan Lei looked at Secretary Chen.

"Aside from the mutants who were infected by being scratched by other mutants, our investigation revealed the following regarding the living and working conditions of the remaining 96 mutants..."

"They include residents of Sector D and high-ranking members of the base. Therefore, it's difficult to discern the cause of the anomaly from the lifestyles of these individuals. But we discovered..."

"In addition, 31 of the mutants have never eaten vegetables sold at Fuyuan Supermarket."

"Never eaten them before? Didn't I previously mandate that everyone in the base buy potatoes?" Although there was no longer a mandatory requirement to buy them, how could someone who had eaten potatoes once possibly resist eating vegetables again?

Yuan Lei was very puzzled by this.

"Yes, purchase records from Fuyuan Supermarket show that they snapped up vegetables almost every time. But their smart bracelet accounts show that they receive 100-200 contribution points after each vegetable purchase. I suspect they resell the vegetables."

"To this end, I also asked their neighbors and confirmed the matter. Furthermore, the investigation revealed that someone had previously complained to the after-sales department of Fuyuan Supermarket about someone reselling vegetables at inflated prices."

"This shows that they did not, or consumed very little, vegetables."

"The mutations in these 31 people are likely due to the abnormal activity of the 'virus' within their bodies, which was influenced by other mutated individuals."

"The remaining 65 people all ate vegetables from Fuyuan Supermarket."

"Among them, 18 people had no purchase records, but a considerable amount of vegetables were found in their homes, and after testing, they were all produced by the original master."

"I think they must have bought expensive vegetables."

"Who are these people?"

Secretary Chen's expression was strange. "They are Wu Nong, Fan Si, Qian Dajun, Luo Yilian, Zhao..."

"Wait, who did you say they are?" Yuan Lei rubbed his ears. Had he misheard? Why did those names sound so familiar?
"Wu Nong, Standing Director of the Federation; Fan Si, Standing Director of the Federation..."

"Hiss!" Yuan Lei and Han Shanyue both gasped. "You mean those old geezers who were arguing with us in the office building three days ago?"

"How did they mutate? How could those old guys possibly mutate?"

Yuan Lei couldn't understand it. They controlled the entire breeding base; if anyone else needed vegetables, they wouldn't. They didn't need to go hunting, so there was absolutely no risk of infection.

So, how did they mutate?
"Could it be that someone poisoned them?" Yuan Lei wondered.

Han Shanyue nodded; after thinking it over, he felt this was the only possibility. "Xiao Chen, have you tested their food?"

Secretary Chen nodded, "It's already been sent for testing, but the results aren't out yet."

"Okay, let us know as soon as the results are out."

"No need to trouble Secretary Chen!" A voice suddenly came from outside the door, and then a group of people rushed into Han Shanyue's office.

The two leaders were pale, their foreheads were covered in cold sweat, their eyes were bloodshot, and their pupils seemed to have a faint red glow.

But upon closer inspection, it disappeared. Was it an illusion?
"Yun Qianshan, Han Feng, what's going on with you two?" Yuan Lei was astonished and couldn't help but make a bold guess, "Could it be that you two have also undergone a transformation?"

"Yuan Lei!"