sinovels Chapter 305 Animal Mutation
Chapter 305 Animal Mutation
As it turned out, things were progressing much slower than Lin Fan had anticipated.
Perhaps due to special circumstances within Raccoon City, biological mutations occur much more slowly inside compared to the outside.
The animals kept in the stadium showed no changes for the first two days, but on the third day, one orange cat developed mutated characteristics.
Philip, the night shift guard, heard dogs barking coming from the animal enclosure around 3 a.m. and went to investigate as part of his duty.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the animal isolation area, I noticed an orange cat behaving strangely in a cage in the cat area.
The fat orange cat was lying in the corner, its body trembling slightly.
Philip approached with suspicion, and when he shone his flashlight on it, he could see with the naked eye that the fat orange dog's fur was changing color.
The originally orange and white fur is turning a dark bronze color from the roots.
At the same time, its size is visibly increasing, and its already not-so-thin figure is like a balloon that is being gradually inflated.
And its claws extended from its paw pads, its nails grew longer and harder, and unconsciously trembled as they scraped against the bottom of the iron cage, producing a harsh rubbing sound.
Seeing this, Philip didn't hesitate and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Control room, this is cage A3 in the cat section. This orange cat is showing signs of abnormality."
Upon hearing the report, the staff on duty in the control room did not hesitate and immediately reported the news to Night Owl.
Upon hearing the news, Night Owl immediately notified Lin Fan.
Fifteen minutes later, Lin Fan arrived in a hurry with a group of scientists.
The group arrived in front of the cat cage, and Lin Fan squatted down to carefully observe the orange cat that was mutating.
At this point, the fat orange dog had swelled to one and a half times its original size, almost the size of a small dog.
Furthermore, the hair turned completely dark bronze, and its texture changed from soft to coarse and stiff.
The most obvious change is in its pupils, which have now completely changed from round to vertical, and the irises are amber in color, glowing slightly in the dark.
Of course, most importantly, since these people arrived, the other party has not shown any aggression.
It just huddled in the corner of the cage, trembling and whimpering.
"Is it afraid?"
Lin Fan made his judgment.
Although he had never owned a cat, he could vaguely sense the other person's feelings through their actions.
"Scared?" Zhao Lei, who was behind him, leaned closer and looked at the cat changing inside the cat cage with a puzzled expression.
"It must be that it senses its body is changing, but it doesn't know what's happening." As he spoke, Lin Fan reached out and slowly approached the gap in the cage, trying to confirm his guess.
"Young Master Lin—" Zhao Lei instinctively tried to stop him upon seeing this.
But the next moment, Fatty Orange's change made him choke on his words.
The cat didn't attack Lin Fan at all. It just looked up at him and its vertical pupils showed only confusion and unease.
Then, to everyone's disbelief, it hesitated for a moment, then struggled to move towards Lin Fan's hand, and then brought its head closer and touched Lin Fan's fingers with its nose.
That appearance, while heartbreaking, also evoked a different feeling.
It was as if... it was asking Lin Fan for help.
However, unlike the others, Lin Fan seemed to sense something the moment the cat touched him.
This feeling is not a spiritual one.
This is like an extremely weak, instinctive transmission of information.
Fear, confusion, and...
Something akin to dependence.
"It is still conscious."
Lin Fan instantly understood the feeling and explained to everyone, "Its body has changed, but its 'self' remains."
After saying that, he gently rubbed the fat cat's head.
"Don't be afraid, it will pass soon."
After offering a word of comfort, he stood up.
"Zhao Lei, write this down."
Time, mutation process, and behavioral manifestations—all were recorded.
After speaking, he looked at the researchers who had come with him.
"Now that mutations have occurred, it's believed that other animals will also undergo mutations. You should stay here for now and observe, and try to figure out the cause of the mutations."
"receive."
Several researchers readily agreed to the task.
Then, with the help of security personnel, these people began to set up a temporary observation laboratory.
Lin Fan, along with Night Owl, Zhao Lei, and the others, took another tour of the quarantine area to confirm that no other animals had mutated before returning to their resting place.
……
As if confirming his guess.
Sure enough, in the following hours, other animals began to show signs of mutation.
Among these mutated animals, the most obvious is a mixed-breed German Shepherd.
The German Shepherd, which was already a large dog, more than doubled in size and weight after awakening.
Furthermore, his fur color changed from its original color to dark gray, and the muscle lines all over his body showed obvious protrusions under his skin.
The canines grow out of the lips, extending almost two centimeters beyond.
And this dog is the same stray German Shepherd that was in the gymnasium before.
This mutated German Shepherd is extremely hostile to humans, but shows a hint of friendliness only towards Howard, who brought it back.
When Howard arrived after hearing the news, the mutated German Shepherd, now as big as a calf, wagged its tail as it approached the cage.
Howard, equally surprised by this situation, was slightly taken aback, but also breathed a sigh of relief. He tentatively stepped forward and, seeing that the other party showed no hostility, tried to pat its head.
"Good lad."
The German Shepherd growled, but it wasn't a warning; it sounded more like a playful, affectionate cheer.
This scene immediately drew gasps of amazement from the crowd.
however,
Compared to the mutations in felines and canines, the mutations in small pets are rather disappointing.
In particular, some of the hamsters that were collected could not withstand the mutation and died suddenly during the mutation process, and their bodies decomposed rapidly.
Those who didn't die suddenly grew larger and became extremely irritable.
The mutated hamsters chewed scratches into the specially made steel box, and as time went on, they even started tearing each other apart inside the specially made hamster cage.
"It really is a rat."
Looking at the mutated rats with bloodshot eyes in the iron bucket, Zhao Lei said, "They were already difficult to control, and now that they've mutated, they're even harder to control."
"Let's observe first."
Lin Fan spoke into the walkie-talkie.
"Don't jump to conclusions. After all, a hamster is still a mouse, and its brain is only so big..."
"Huh, these two..."
Before I could finish speaking, Zhao Lei was surprised.
"What's wrong?"
"Well... there are two different advantages here."
"How is it different?"
Zhao Lei looked at the other specially made metal bucket containing the hamsters with surprise and said, "These two are still running on wheels."
"...Running on wheels?"
"Yes, when I brought them over before, there was a rolling toy in their cage, so I put it in with them. I didn't expect them to keep running around like that. They seem to enjoy it."
Lin Fan paused for a second, then said, "Alright. Let's continue to observe."
however,
While Lin Fan was on the phone with someone at the stadium, a call came from the watchtower from another walkie-talkie in Lin Fan's room.
"Control room, this is watchtower number three."
The duty officer sounded a little nervous.
"Vehicles were spotted approaching from the direction of the highway. Three vehicles, traveling very slowly, at about 20 miles per hour. They are approximately five kilometers from the outer edge of the mycelial wall."
Night Owl answered the call: "Can you identify the car model?"
"One armored cash transport vehicle, one school bus, one pickup truck, all civilian vehicles."
The car body showed obvious signs of damage. And it appeared someone was waving a flag on the roof.
Upon hearing this sound, Lin Fan got out of bed, went to the bedroom window, picked up his binoculars, and looked into the distance.
The building where their family lived was the tallest in all of Raccoon City. Standing by the window with binoculars, they quickly spotted the convoy in the report.
On the highway some distance from Raccoon City, three dilapidated vehicles were slowly driving towards them.
And on the roof of that vehicle, which looked like an armored truck, there was a person standing there, frantically waving a white cloth.
Although the distance was far, Lin Fan's eyesight was still good enough to make out the words written crookedly on the white cloth.
"SURVIVORS"
Seeing this, Lin Fan put down his binoculars.
He picked up another walkie-talkie and spoke into it:
"I am Lin Fan. Send a team over to see what's going on."