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The SUV key was in hand, but it couldn't be driven.
The rain was too heavy; sitting in the car, nothing was visible. The continuous downpour had already flooded the road, and no matter how high the SUV's ground clearance was, it couldn't start or drive in nearly a meter of water.
In the torrential rain, the road conditions were completely obscured. Leaving recklessly would be pure suicide.
Even if the heavy rain stopped right now, it would take several hours for the water to recede. It was already past four o'clock, and nightfall was approaching.
In this apocalyptic world, it was too dangerous to go out at night; if they were to leave, they would have to wait until tomorrow morning.
"You all stay here; I'll go up and take a look," Shen Yuan said, feeling uneasy about Chi Qinghua. After giving the instruction, he went up to the rooftop terrace and opened the door to the Communication Base Station.
Chi Qinghua still showed no signs of movement, but all bodily functions appeared normal, so there probably wasn't any issue.
It was still quite worrisome, but Shen Yuan had no choice but to wait.
Suddenly!
From above, he heard some movement, as if something was crawling, and he faintly heard a "squeaking" sound.
"Could it be... a Mutant Mouse?"
Shen Yuan thought of the Zombies.
There were already Zombies in the Dormitory Building, and it seemed likely that the Zombies were caused by Mutant Mice. This meant that there could also be Mutant Mice present here.
Of course, it was also possible that Mutant Mice had come from the south of the city or even downtown. After all, it had been ten hours since Mutant Mice first appeared; their spread to this area was not impossible.
Shen Yuan didn't dare to open the door or go outside to check because he wasn't sure how many Mutant Mice were out there or if he could handle them.
In any case, those Mutant Mice were too large to squeeze through the only available pipe entrance; this place was relatively safe.
Fortunately, the iron gate on the rooftop was locked by Chen Letian, who kept one key for himself and gave another to Shen Yuan. The doors on other floors were also locked as much as possible, and the Fire Shutter Door was lowered once again. As long as they were careful, the Mutant Mouse couldn't get in.
It was relatively safe.
Shen Yuan felt his stomach growling again. He noticed that his appetite had increased significantly, and his digestive capacity had improved as well. He wondered where all this energy was going.
The Mutated Hen had been completely roasted, but even with several people eating together, they had only consumed about one-third of it. Half of the remaining roasted meat was taken to the fifth floor Factory by Chen Letian and the others, while the other half remained in the Base Station.
Bored, Shen Yuan began to eat chicken while reflecting on everything that had happened throughout the day.
From the impact of the Apophis Asteroid on Earth to its destruction and transformation into meteor showers falling across the globe, followed by countless natural disasters and man-made calamities worldwide, and then specifically in Pengcheng.
The Mutant Mouse was rampant, Zombies appeared and spread rapidly, swarms of Mutant Creatures devastated Pengcheng, and even the military could not withstand it. Ultimately, after killing a large number of Mutant Creatures and Zombies, they had to retreat towards Jinling.
Then came the emergence of Evolvers.
In fact, the appearance of Evolvers did not just happen now.
Shen Yuan remembered reports from when the apocalypse first descended, mentioning that many people suddenly changed their personalities or even went insane. Their appearances became very strange; some gained immense strength while others turned into beasts...
These bizarre individuals were all incredibly powerful and terrifying, disrupting order and destroying civilization.
Among them, there was a prisoner in Pengcheng Prison who suddenly went mad and killed everyone in the prison, including inmates and guards, before disappearing without a trace.
Evolver... how exactly did they come into being?
Did he, Shen Yuan... count as an Evolver?
If Shen Yuan was also considered an Evolver and was no different from other Evolvers, then were the original Evolvers all like him, struck by meteor fragments transformed from meteors?
Then Guo Dalong, Chen Letian, and Luo Jindou must not have been hit by meteors. How did their evolution occur? Was it related to consuming Mutated Beast Meat? Was it connected to being drenched in this rain?
Shen Yuan began to think wildly.
In the end, he reached a conclusion:
Evolution must be related to the so-called "Source of Life."
And the Source of Life is likely brought by that asteroid named "Apophis!"
It came from the depths of the universe, bringing the Source of Life. Then it was blown into countless fragments and dust by a Missile.
After entering the atmosphere, these fragments and dust spread throughout the atmosphere, but a very small number of fragments did not completely disappear and fell to the ground as meteors.
Some of these fragments struck certain people or other creatures, and the Source of Life within the fragments was absorbed by humans or creatures, leading to mutations, transforming them into the earliest Evolver, including Gavin.
Those initial mutated beings became Mutant Creatures, such as Mutant Mouse.
Of course, the fragments could vary in size.
For example, it was reported that a large meteor fell into a rat nest in Pengcheng Park, causing Mutant Mouse to start ravaging Pengcheng.
Another example is that the largest meteor within Pengcheng fell in Pengcheng Zoo, resulting in "super monsters" like Mutated Brown Bear and Mutated White Tiger, which are on par with "King Kong" and "Godzilla."
Animals absorbed the Source of Life, and the Source of Life merged into their bodies.
Thus, after Luo Jindou and others consumed Mutated Hen Meat, they obtained some Source of Life.
Of course, more Source of Life spread throughout the atmosphere. Although the total amount is enormous, its distribution in the global atmosphere makes it incredibly thin, and it mostly exists at high altitudes, with only a very small amount being absorbed by humans, animals, and plants.
Today's heavy rain brought some of the Source of Life that was dispersed in the troposphere down to the surface.
As Luo Jindou and others got caught in the rain, some of the Source of Life naturally merged into their skin.
In the rain, the Source of Life, combined with the Source of Life in Mutated Hen Meat, will trigger biological evolution or mutation once the total amount reaches a certain level.
Thus, those who consume more meat, like Luo Jindou and Chen Letian, have mutated, while others have not.
As for Guo Dalong, he likely also consumed Mutated Creature Meat in the Dormitory Building, possibly Mutated Rat Meat, or perhaps he simply experienced prolonged exposure to the rain, resulting in a mutation that is much more severe than that of Luo Jindou and Chen Letian.
Now the question arises:
Was the meteor that struck Shen Yuan a piece of meteorite or a Meteorite?
Or was it simply like in the "Dreamscape," a Metal Fragment?
Source of Life... could it be metal?
Shen Yuan did not know; he knew nothing at all.
Everything was speculation, although Shen Yuan felt that his speculation might just be the truth.
Night fell at six ten in the evening.
The heavy rain had stopped, and Shen Yuan walked out of the Communication Base Station.
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