Blood Steaming

According to the repeated comparative arguments of those researchers, this Yue Zhenghui has indeed mutated, which he himself generously admits.

It can be said that apart from being bloodthirsty and carnivorous, as well as having a more irritable temperament, Yue Zhenghui, like ordinary people, has a clear and rational mind and completely lacks the situation of becoming a zombie as Tom knows.

But it is precisely with clear reason that Zhang Guxing's interrogation methods can be unleashed.

After being fired by the security department, Yue Zhenghui lost his job and could only rely on his old savings. I spend all day in and out of the tavern getting drunk, and after spending all my savings, I rely on the relief food in the shelter to make a living. If they become addicted to alcohol, they often go to the old settlement area known as the commoner's lair, where people often hire some thugs to do things they don't see. Yue Zhenghui earned contribution tickets through this job and turned his head to spend it in a private tavern.

One time, he was called to a place like a fitness club, and after listening to some speeches from the people inside, he had a great realization.

He felt that his fate was due to his weakness, survival of the fittest, and survival of the fittest. To avoid being eliminated, one must become stronger.

And this organization, known as the Self Strengthening Association, is teaching many people exercise for free, helping them overcome the shadow of losing family and friends in the micro disaster.

The Self Strengthening Association not only helps them regain confidence, but also actively seeks job opportunities for them, allowing them to embark on the path of self-improvement. Yue Zhenghui is a vivid example of this.

However, Yue Zhenghui is not only satisfied with exercising and enhancing himself. He also heard that people with strong minds who eat crystals will not become zombies, but will become awakeners, stronger awakeners than those who rely on crystals. This kind of person who does not rely on external things is the true strength.

So Yue Zhenghui took out the two first-class red crystals he had secretly hidden in the security department and swallowed them all.

As expected, he managed to survive the mutation period and indeed possessed two abilities: strength enhancement and speed increase, without the need for crystals at all, and the enhanced areas did not show any red light.

But then he found that his appetite was getting stronger and stronger, but no matter what food he ate, he still felt hungry even after eating it. Slowly, he focused on the people around him.

Just like the cases of murderers, he chose prostitutes as a solitary group and brought them to his abandoned second floor for door-to-door service, committing the crime of killing and eating meat.

According to Yue Zhenghui's confession, Xiang Jie was the fifth prostitute he abducted to come to his door, but the third one was cannibalistic, and two of them were more clever and slipped away.

However, Nei An Ke only found one corpse at the crime scene and did not find a second one. However, Yue Zhenghui insisted that he had already eaten two people.

As for why Yue Zhenghui did not lose his sanity and become a zombie after eating the crystal, and he also developed an interest in human flesh, the researchers in the R&D department have no clue at the moment and must wait for further observation and testing.

In the office specially prepared by Bai Sifei for the internal security department, Zhang Guxing told Tom all the above things about Yue Zhenghui and said that he had already sent someone to investigate this self-improvement association. The slogans of the Self Strengthening Society seem to have been advocated by the Darwin Abbey, which makes Zhang Guxing feel a little uneasy.

But Darwin's theory itself can extract these ideas, and it is somewhat far fetched to claim that self-improvement is related to the Darwinian order, so he wanted to seek Tom's confirmation.

Speaking of this, Tom remembered the story of Wen Yiku and immediately told him about the incident he encountered with Wen Sitian at Longyao's home. He also mentioned that he had previously seen a girl who was very similar to Wen Sitian and happened to be named Yiku. Perhaps there was a connection between the two.

It was that night when Tom saw her entering and leaving the security department warehouse with Fu Chengliang, who was the brother-in-law of Han Haodong, the captain of the security department.

"If Wen Yiku and Wen Sitian are sisters, then Wen Yiku is likely to be the Darwinian Abbey's spy who came in to cause damage, and I must find her out. By the way, the last time the mutation of chicken was a problem, the investigation showed that a breeding staff member fell into the cage and was eaten by the chicken the night before. I always think there is something strange about this result, but there is no evidence. If this is the damage caused by the Darwinian Abbey's spy, then it can be explained."

Later, Zhang Guxing hurriedly left without a phone or internet connection. He had to personally go to verify some information. Tom naturally went to the laboratory, hoping to see the situation of Yue Zhenghui. As soon as he reached the third floor, he was stopped by two armed guards. Even though Tom showed his identification, the other party still refused to let him in, claiming that it was a confidential order signed by Bai Sifei. Tom, the research team leader, did not have permission to enter.

This immediately made Tom angry. He brought someone over to their R&D department, but only then did he turn around and want to exclude him? It is true that the bride entered the door and the matchmaker threw it over the wall.

However, it's okay. Tom had anticipated that Bai Sifei would do this, so he knocked on Bai Sifei's office and briefly explained the requirement to go in and understand Yue Zhenghui's situation.

"The mutated person is currently at the third level of confidentiality, and you, as a team leader, have no authority." Bai Sifei didn't look up and kept busy in front of his computer.

However, Tom noticed his affectation and walked straight to his computer desk, pressing a piece of paper onto the table and pushing it over: "Your computer screen is not turned on, where are you practicing blind typing? Let's take a look at this first."

Bai Sifei's face turned red after being exposed, and he didn't know if it was embarrassment or anger, or both. He seemed to want to drive Tom away, but his whole face collapsed when he saw the paper.

The psychic group was managed by Shen Jiayi and was originally only responsible for the work of the Awakener battle team, but after the incident of Song Ren. Shen Jiayi raised the authority of several departments to the top and was directly responsible to her alone, including the psychic team renamed as the psychic office.

Any matter related to the awakened within the shelter has the authority of the paranormal office to investigate, manage, and intervene. The mutated person Yue Zhenghui, who is now lying in the fourth floor laboratory, is naturally within the scope of his authority.

Although I don't know why this Bai Sifei doesn't like me and imposes restrictions on me everywhere in the R&D department, Tom has a cunning mind. This morning, he went to the person in charge of the psychic office on the 5th and reported yesterday's incident. The 5th was also busy, so they directly issued a certificate authorizing Tom to be fully responsible for following up on Yue Zhenghui's matter.

This certificate can immediately shift their dominant position, and Tom's management has become the top priority in the research and management of Yue Zhenghui, a mutated person. That is to say, if Tom believes that Yue Zhenghui is a threat to the safety of the shelter and does not allow the R&D department to conduct further research on him, then he can directly take Yue Zhenghui away. Bai Sifei has no way out.

"I protest... I protest! I want to protest to Shen Jia... Mr. Shen. Research on awakened beings and mutated organisms is the top priority of the R&D department. You are holding chicken feathers as an arrow, I..."

Tom brought back the proof and interrupted him, "Who said the research was terminated? Did I say I wanted to retrieve Yue Zhenghui? I just want to understand the situation of this mutated person. What are you so excited about? Does the office of supernatural powers follow up on the mutated person's situation also hinder your research and development department?"

Bai Sifei's shout was interrupted by Sheng Sheng, who looked at Tom angrily. After a long silence, he lowered his head like a defeated rooster. He then reluctantly took out a small plastic card from the drawer and patted the table, "Take it, the permission card for entering and exiting the fourth floor."

Tom smiled and shook his head. He was already so honest that he didn't need to take matters seriously. Then he turned around to leave, but Bai Sifei spoke up again, "I know more about mutated organisms than you do. I will personally report to Mr. Shen, and you don't need to intervene. Do you agree or disagree? I would rather... not this research subject."

Tom was stunned for a moment, can he still retract what he gave? However, he was not interested in competing for favor with Shen Jiayi like Bai Sifei did, so he turned around and said "deal" before leaving this little white faced office.

The reason why he wants to understand Yue Zhenghui's situation is simple, it is to have more understanding when facing the people of the Darwin Order in the future. That woman named Purple Rose should also be a mutant like this, and everyone doesn't need to wear crystals to use their abilities.

In the future, if you encounter these people, you can at least have more intelligence when dealing with them.

As for selling credit to Shen Jiayi? No interest.

Returning to the fourth floor, he realized that Yue Zhenghui had already been transferred to another room, where he was locked in a transparent glass compartment, lying naked in bed sleeping.

Tom knocked on the glass, which was very thick and tempered. It was probably difficult for him to break it with his 160 strength, and it was used to detain Yue Zhenghui, which was convenient for observing his situation.

A researcher opened a nearby computer for him to learn about Yue Zhenghui's situation.

Many of the data inside are various indicators and biological terms, and Tom couldn't understand them either. He quickly browsed through the pages and reached the summary stage, and there were indeed quite simple descriptions.

According to CT equipment scanning, a crystal like object was found in Yue Zhenghui's body, which is the same as the autopsy of the mutated human body brought back from the shelter before. To distinguish, they referred to the crystals extracted from the mutated human body as crystal nuclei.

In fact, there is a difference in appearance between crystals and crystal nuclei. The former is a long, polyhedral crystal, while the latter is circular in shape.

In terms of function, awakened individuals cannot activate abilities with crystal nuclei. According to research and inference, a specialized organ will mutate in the mutated human body to wrap around this crystal nucleus, and it may also be responsible for activating the crystal nucleus, providing the body with abilities. They turn this organ into a crystal chamber.

Just because the mutated individuals brought back are all dead, they have no idea how the organ called the crystal chamber works. If there is a living mutant now, it must be a treasure trove.

Tom flipped through a few more pages and a sighting report caught his attention.

This is a sighting report by an exploration team about a mutated person. It tells the story of a mutated person they once encountered sucking blood from a mutated cat corpse, and there is also a video captured by a camera inside.

When the mutated person was sucking on the blood of the mutated cat corpse, his body seemed to burst into flames. When he discovered the exploration team, he immediately became manic, and then the cat blood stained on his mouth and body quickly evaporated, turning into strands of light that flickered and rose up, which was very wonderful.

Light band?

Tom was taken aback, the scene was somewhat familiar.

Soon he recalled some scenes, and then he quickly browsed through the text report. In the appendix of the report, it is mentioned that the cat's blood has undergone crystal verification, and it is the blood that has just been consumed by humans before undergoing sleep digestion.

So he switched back to the main directory and looked at some experiments he had recently conducted on Yue Zhenghui, which indeed included a mutated biological blood test. The video materials inside show that Yue Zhenghui also has a great interest in blood that people cannot drink, and when he gets angry and activates his abilities, he will indeed steam out the mutated blood into a light band.

The experimental summary suggests that mutated individuals can absorb mutated blood and produce fragmented light through mutated blood. They call this phenomenon "blood steaming".

Tom was stunned like a bolt from the blue on the spot now, because he remembered the last time he was at the old clinic, hiding in a mutated dog corpse that had just eaten a person. Before he fell into a coma, he indeed absorbed the blood from the mutated dog's abdominal cavity and created this kind of light band called shattered light.

"Am I a mutant?" Tom's hand holding the mouse trembled uncontrollably, and sweat as big as beans sprouted from his forehead.

For the first time, he felt the world spinning and collapsing rapidly.