Community Traversal: I Have a Daily Rescue Kit

19: Mutation

Su Chen didn't want that woman with the high ponytail to come to his house.

For no other reason than that his house held a secret—the house, originally 112 square meters, was transformed into more than 200 square meters after the expansion card was used.

More importantly, there was a well in the house that constantly gushed forth clear spring water, in addition to a lot of supplies that he had secretly stockpiled.

These things must never be seen by outsiders.

"Uh... Ahhh—"

Just as Su Chen was pondering this, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly erupted behind him, startling him.

After looking back and seeing the situation clearly, Su Chen couldn't help but gasp.

Inside the "cell," the blond-haired man was frantically reaching his hand deep into his throat. His arms and shoulders looked boneless, with half of his arm stuffed into his mouth—a sight that sent chills down one's spine.

After searching for a while, the blond-haired man slowly pulled his arm out of his mouth. Once the entire arm was out, Su Chen finally saw what he had pulled out—

It turned out to be a large clump of dry, grayish feathers!

As the blond-haired man loosened his grip, the tightly packed feathers suddenly burst open, multiplying until they filled his palm in the blink of an eye, then rapidly spreading down his arms and shoulders to his entire body…

Su Chen's facial muscles twitched as he watched.

He immediately thought of Jiahao, who had turned into a human-faced owl, and his heart skipped a beat—was Huang Mao going down the same path as Jiahao?

"Could this be... what that woman meant by 'hopeless'? Did she know this would happen all along?"

"Jiahao has turned into an owl, and Huangmao is also starting to mutate... Could it be that all those human-faced owls outside are actually humans in disguise?"

The more Su Chen thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he even began to doubt the "time travel" itself.

Perhaps they never traveled through time at all—this might still be Earth, and those endless owls outside are actually humans transformed!

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Su Chen felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

"Help...uh...help me..."

Suddenly, a hoarse, intermittent sound squeezed out from Huang Mao's throat.

He briefly regained consciousness and was now staring at Su Chen with pleading eyes, his eyes filled with despair.

"Brother Chen... help... help me! Please... please call a doctor! Please... please!"

Huang Mao practically spat out each word, struggling to control his body as he slowly bent his knees, finally collapsing heavily to his knees in front of Su Chen with a "thump."

Su Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this point, what use are doctors? Even if Hua Tuo or Bian Que came, they would probably be helpless.

"Help me... Brother Chen... I don't want to die... Ugh..."

Huang Mao was still pleading, but before he could finish speaking, a large clump of gray fur suddenly gushed out of his mouth, silencing him. Then, it densely covered his skin, each hair piercing into his flesh.

Seeing Huang Mao's appearance, Wen Fei and "Chengdu Ruby Lin," who were originally lying on the ground groaning, jumped up in fright.

The two screamed in alarm and scrambled into the shadows of the corner, wishing they could disappear into a crack in the wall.

"This...this is a human-faced owl!"

"The blond guy is turning into a monster!"

"I recognize those feathers! Owls are covered in them!"

"Let us out! I don't want to be locked up with the monster! I'll die! I'll definitely die!"

The two shouted in panic for a while, then suddenly realized that the shadow in the corner was not enough to save their lives.

Once the blond-haired guy completely transforms into a monster, even if they climb to the ceiling, they won't be able to escape.

Thinking of this, they rushed towards Su Chen, but were blocked by the heavy iron gate with a loud bang.

"Crash—" The iron gate shook violently from the impact.

Wenfei and his companion desperately stretched their hands out through the gaps in the fence, grabbing haphazardly and pleading as they cried out.

"Brother Chen! Let us out! Please!"

"Brother Chen! Please let us go, considering we were teammates before!"

"Brother Chen, I'll do anything for you, please save me!"

With tears streaming down their faces, the two knelt down with a thud across the iron bars.

Seeing their faces covered in snot and tears, and their crotches soaked, Su Chen shook his head helplessly.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"Yellow Hair has changed, and you may be changing too. The temporary management team won't let you go, and the doctor won't come, let alone treat your illnesses."

Upon hearing this, Wen Fei and his companion felt as if their bones had been removed. Their bodies went limp, and they collapsed to the ground with a thud, their faces turning deathly pale, as if all the blood in their bodies had been drained.

They seemed to finally realize that they would soon become like Huang Mao.

Seeing that the two had quieted down, Su Chen quietly took a few steps back.

In this world, people's hearts are hard to fathom.

Even in peacetime, people deliberately spread diseases; how much more so now?

He kindly reminded him, but if the other party had a malicious thought and spat at him, or cut their wrist and fling the blood at him, that would be troublesome.

Su Chen took a few steps back, and more light from outside shone through the door, illuminating Wen Fei and the other man's faces.

At this moment, Su Chen was shocked to discover that they, too, had already shown signs of mutation—

Wenfei's eyes turned a deep blue, and a translucent nictitating membrane, the kind only birds have, grew on his eyelids; "Chengdu Ruby Lin's" skin became like goosebumps, all bumpy and uneven.

hiss--

Su Chen took a deep breath.

Huang Mao is beyond saving, and Wen Fei and "Chengdu Ruby Lin" will be next.

Three more human-faced owls will soon appear in Happiness Community.

This is definitely a big problem; it could kill a lot of people.

Seeing the changing expressions on Su Chen's face, Wen Fei and "Chengdu Ruby Lin" also realized that something was wrong.

They turned to look at each other.

"Aaaaaaah!"

After a deathly silence, the two screamed simultaneously, their faces filled with terror and disbelief.

"Wenfei! Your eyes... have turned into bird eyes!"

"You too! You're covered in goosebumps! Put some feathers on and you'll look like an owl!"

Wenfei crouched on the ground, clutching his head, and broke down in tears, crying, "How could this happen! I didn't do anything! Why did it turn out like this! Why!"

"Chengdu Ruby Lin" turned to Su Chen and cried out, "Save me, Brother Chen! I don't want to become a monster!"

They really didn't remember anything... Su Chen withdrew his gaze and looked at the door of the property management office at the other end of the corridor. The image of the woman with the high ponytail leaving flashed through his mind again.

What exactly is hidden in that village?

What kind of "flesh and blood" did those three eat to become like this?

Perhaps, the only answer can be found by asking that woman.

but--

Is she really trustworthy?