Evolved From Polluting the World

What was that pink bug that was swallowed by itself?

Qiao Xun couldn't understand for the time being, but at this moment, he could clearly feel that his body was changing because of the change caused by swallowing the bug.

Zhou Sibai said before that if you are infected with metal disease, you will either evolve or die.

"I'm... am I infected with metal disease?"

If he was infected with metal disease, why is his performance so much worse than Qin Lin's? Not only did he not lose control, but he became calmer, or sharper.

Qiao Xun looked at his ankle, where the pink bug got into the vein before.

The only blood spot disappeared.

Now, there is no sign of metal sickness in him. Everything seemed so normal.

Joe changed his clothes and came to the balcony. The wind in the late autumn was very cold, and it just rained today. Logically speaking, he should feel the cold physiologically. However, the feeling that the body transmits to the brain is strange—

He doesn't feel cold. This is not because his body is hot and does not feel cold just after taking a bath, but because his body temperature becomes very low.

Looking at the smart watch on his wrist, it shows that now, his heart rate is 40 beats per minute, and his body temperature is ... 15.2°C.

Coincidentally, the current outdoor temperature range in Zhidong City is 14-18°C.

"The watch is broken?"

Qiao Xun paused. He walked into the room and took an electronic thermometer to measure his body temperature again. The result...the same.

Why?

Qiao Xun knew that his body temperature had always been lower than normal, but it was only 0.5-1°C lower. Normal body temperature fluctuates between 34-35°C.

A sudden drop to 15.2°C like the current one has never happened before.

This kind of temperature, for humans, generally only exists on corpses. After all, there is no activity, and the temperature changes with the environment.

At this moment, he is like a dead thing.

Qiao Xun stood on the balcony, inhaling cold air hissing, but he didn't feel it stinging his throat or cooling his lungs. He looked towards the square in the distance.

The aunts were "hard-working and patient." When the rain stopped, they hurried to the square to dance the square dance. Qiao Xun could see almost every aunt's face clearly, the wrinkles on their faces, the roots of gray hair, the bloodshot eyes...

He suddenly looked around, the bustling Zhidong City night scene was never as clear as it is now. Neon lights, electronic advertisements on the outer walls of high-rise buildings in the distance, vehicles speeding by on the road and the drivers inside... everything is in his eyes.

This feeling is like—

A man who had been nearsighted for many years suddenly put on glasses.

The world becomes clearer.

But...it's night. What Qiao Xun has is not only extraordinary vision, but also night vision and dynamic visual capture. Who can see the wrinkles on the face of the aunt who is 300 meters away at 9 o'clock in the evening without any props?

"Is this... is it caused by swallowing that bug?"

Either evolve or die.

Zhou Sibai's words hovered in Qiao Xun's mind. So, is the ability that you have obtained beyond the average person now considered evolution? If it is evolution, in what direction is it heading? The evolution of species in nature is determined by the environment and genes.

Qiao Xun didn't think that the environment he was in had changed a lot. Moreover, the evolution of populations and the evolution of individuals are two completely different concepts.

After thinking about it, he thought again that since Qin Lin could easily contract metal disease, it means that the disease may have already started to spread.

"Society... is changing."

Like an undercurrent, surging underground, waiting to erupt.

Next, Qiao Xun stopped standing, and began to understand little by little how his body changed after he devoured the pink bug.

His body temperature did not drop, but changed with the environment like a cold-blooded animal. However, he found that he seemed to be able to control the range of changes in his body temperature, but he was not proficient now, and the effect he could achieve was very weak and limited.

The senses are not only increased in vision, but also in hearing and smell. However, there is not as much change in perception brought about by vision. Maybe it is only a preliminary evolution, and it has not achieved a qualitative leap, but it is just a lot better than before.

The most obvious change should be that the athletic ability has been greatly enhanced. He can easily touch the ceiling when he jumps up now, and his body's flexibility and tolerance have been significantly improved.

These changes made him excited and terrified.

Just swallowing a bug, the body has undergone such a big change. It is almost a matter of course to speculate that there must be "evolutionaries" with abilities beyond imagination in the world, let's just call them that.

The previous eight-legged frog man is a good proof.

Thinking of this, Qiao Xun decided to go out and go to a more open place to check his current physical strength level.

After changing into a sports suit and putting on the Tang Dao, he went out.

Of course, in order to avoid being regarded as a dangerous element, he hid the Tang Dao in a custom-made long umbrella. The Tang knife can be inserted into the umbrella handle, and it looks like a knife handle umbrella of the Internet celebrity style.

In the corridor, he found that the door of Qin Lin's house was not closed.

To be honest, Qin Lin was his neighbor, a fisherman, and half of his friend. He was relatively young, so he was usually regarded as a younger brother. Now, when such a thing happened, he felt bad in his heart.

It’s hard to feel bad, and there’s nothing to do about it. As Zhou Sibai said, I hope he can embark on the road of evolution.

After thinking about it, Qiao Xun pushed open the door of Qin Lin's house and walked in carefully.

Because the night vision ability is very good now, you can see the basics without turning on the lights. Although it is not as exaggerated as in the daytime, it is still possible to clearly know what is seen.

As soon as he entered, a bad stench hit his nostrils.

Qiao Xun's sense of smell has also been strengthened, so this odor is more exciting than what he smelled before.

He went to Qin Lin's house to play and knew the distribution of the rooms. The source of the odor... It seems to be coming from the bathroom.

Holding her breath, she cautiously approached the bathroom.

He was about to open the door of the bathroom, but found that the handle of the door was covered with transparent viscous liquid. com is dropping little by little.

Qiao Xun couldn't imagine what Qin Lin had gone through at home before to become like that.

"It took Qin Lin about eight or nine hours to go from being scratched and infected by the source metal to losing his mind."

But why did you almost lose your mind so quickly?

Qiao Xun imagined for a moment that if Qin Lin was infected with worm eggs, he would go crazy and lose his mind after the worm eggs hatched in his body, and the incubation time of the worm eggs was eight or nine hours... This explanation seems to make sense. But whether this is the case or not is still uncertain.

Qiao Xun fetched a towel, wrapped it in the bathroom door handle and twisted the door.

The sight inside shocked him.

Densely packed... The powder spots, which are even smaller than fine sand, are randomly distributed in every corner of the bathroom. He was sure that the patients of esoteric fear would faint directly when they saw such a scene.

In his mind, an intuition about life told him that these tiny pink spots had lost their activity.

He thought, nine times out of ten, these are worm eggs that lost their hosts and died.

The scalp is numb. Qiao Xun didn't want to stay here for a moment, so he turned around and left.

Taking a last look at Qin Lin's house, Qiao Xun closed the door and walked towards the elevator.

As soon as he entered the elevator, his trouser pocket vibrated.

It was the watch Zhou Sibai gave him before. He has researched, there is no special function, it can only be used for communication.

At this moment, a sentence is displayed on the screen of this special watch:

"Hide away, he's coming for you."

The floor where Qiao Xun lived was not high. After reading this sentence, just in time, the elevator reached the first floor.

A stench rushed into his nostrils.

ding dong—

The elevator door opened.