The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 33: Mutation is evolution?

Liang Yuan took a deep breath and suppressed his worries.

He turned to the fish.

When the kitchen knife started to scrape the scales, the crunching sound made him change color again.

The scales of this fish also have excellent defensive power.

Fortunately, it hasn't reached the point where even a kitchen knife can't scrape it, it's just quite difficult.

After scraping off the fish scales, Liang Yuan cut open the fish belly, and this time it went unusually smoothly.

The scales of this sardine are hard, but the fish meat is tender and smooth.

During the process of opening the abdomen, no abnormalities were found.

After washing the fish, Liang Yuan looked at Ding Yan and Cai Zhi.

The two had different expressions, and were obviously in deep thought.

Liang Yuan said: "You all saw that this fish is obviously different from the sardines before the flood."

"Its teeth are sharp, its scales are hard, it's very strong, and its vitality is very strong. Most importantly, it has a certain level of intelligence and even knew how to play dead to trick me."

Cai Zhi's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "How could this happen?"

Ding Yan also looked unhappy and asked, "Is this still sardines?"

Liang Yuan nodded: "It is definitely a sardine. Its appearance has not changed much, but its body has obviously grown a lot, and it has evolved teeth."

"The point is, it eats meat now!"

After these words were spoken, the two of them looked even uglier.

Ding Yan couldn't help but look at Cai Zhi and asked, "Are there many fish like this in the water outside?"

Cai Zhi swallowed and nodded: "There should be quite a lot. They are the ones who catch fish. Sometimes they can catch fish even without bait."

Liang Yuan said directly: "No need to ask, sardines are a kind of schooling migratory fish. They usually swim at a depth of 25-100 meters during the day and rise to a depth of 5-10 meters at night."

"But now their habits may have changed in an unknown way. But judging by how easily they catch sardines, the schooling nature of sardines should not have changed."

Now he finally understood why the sardines had mistakenly eaten his nails.

I’m afraid that anyone who is hit by his iron nails will be eaten up by countless sardines as soon as their bodies fall into the water.

This is simply the piranha of the ocean.

Cai Zhi and Ding Yan obviously thought of this as well, and they both shuddered at the thought.

Ding Yan reacted immediately and said, "If that's the case, won't we be trapped in this building forever?"

Liang Yuan glanced at her and said, "If you have a boat, maybe you can row around. If you want to go directly into the water, give up the idea as soon as possible."

Cai Zhi fell silent. At this time, Lao Ma came without knowing when.

Listening to the three people's analysis, Ma Guocai's face was not very good. He couldn't help but said: "We originally wanted to organize everyone to go out and find food after dealing with Liu Erlong. What should we do now?"

Cai Zhi also said: "The food in the building will eventually run out. Do we have to rely on these fish forever?"

Liang Yuan couldn't answer this question, so he could only say, "After Liu Erlong is dealt with, we can think of a solution together. Maybe we can use the wood boards from each family's wardrobes to make a boat. It's not impossible to row it for a short distance."

"Yes, the most urgent task now is to find a way to deal with the cancer Liu Erlong. If we don't get rid of this group of people, there will be no peace in our building." Cai Zhi also said immediately.

Ding Yan and Lao Ma both nodded and stopped worrying about these mutant fish.

But they were all secretly worried in their hearts.

Liang Yuan squatted down and finished off the other two sea bass.

This sea bass is different from sardines. It has a stronger bite force and sharper teeth.

Its scales are fine and dense, and it is stronger, but its IQ is obviously not as good as that of sardines, and it is rather clumsy.

After killing these two sea bass, Liang Yuan earned 12 points again.

A sea bass actually contributed 6 points.

This earns more points than killing a mutant human.

Liang Yuan didn't understand for a moment what mechanism was used to judge the points.

"Life force?"

"It shouldn't be like that. Humans' vitality is much higher than these fishes."

"Even if it's a mutant fish, it can't compare to human vitality."

"What is that related to?" Liang Yuan thought for a moment and came up with a guess.

"Degree of mutation?"

"Looking at all the creatures I killed that could earn me points, all of them had the word mutated in them."

"Whether it's mutated fish or mutated humans, it seems to be related to mutation."

“Perhaps the higher the degree of mutation, the higher the points will be after killing someone.”

The more Liang Yuan thought about it, the more it made sense.

He suddenly thought of something, and after he had processed all the fish, he handed them over to Cai Zhi, and told him, "If you get fish in the future, let me kill them."

Cai Zhi was stunned and said quickly, "How can that be possible? Let your sister Wu and the others do this dirty work."

Liang Yuan had no choice but to say, "I want to understand the mutation of these creatures in the ocean and get as much first-hand information as possible."

"Is that so? Well... OK, I'll call you when I kill fish next time."

Liang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Killing fish would earn points, so of course he couldn't miss it.

After washing his hands, Liang Yuan found Yang Mei talking to Aunt Li.

"Sister Mei, I have something to ask you."

Yang Mei quickly stood up, followed him to the side, and asked, "Little brother, what's the matter?"

"Have you and Li Zhiqiang eaten this fish before?"

"No." Yang Mei shook her head: "We don't dare to go out. It's impossible to go fishing on the 32nd floor."

Liang Yuan frowned. How did Li Zhiqiang become a mutant human?

He turned his eyes slightly and suddenly asked, "How do you usually drink water?"

“Just collect the rain water.”

"rainwater?"

Liang Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Drink it directly?"

Yang Mei nodded and sighed, "When natural gas was first available, we would boil water to drink."

"But then the natural gas was gone, and there weren't many things at home that could make a fire, so we had to save it for cooking, so we could only drink raw water."

"Luckily, this rain water seems to be relatively clean, and I didn't get sick from drinking it."

Liang Yuan instantly understood how Li Zhiqiang had mutated.

It's water!

He drank rainwater raw.

These rains may cause human mutations!

The mutated fish in the ocean will also mutate once they eat these fish.

Liang Yuan currently cannot tell whether the mutation is good or bad.

But it was enough to make him cautious.

"Will you eat the fish tonight?"

He wondered what mutation meant.
The scene in his mind flashed by where Liu Erlong used her bare hands to slap the security door of her house, causing it to slightly deform.

Could it be that after humans mutate, their strength will increase?

He thought again about the sardines and sea bass he had just killed.

It seems that these mutated sardines and sea bass have also undergone varying degrees of strengthening.

Is mutation evolution?

He couldn't be sure in his heart, so how should he choose?
Should we continue to remain the original pure human beings, or should we embrace the new era and join this journey of evolution and mutation?

Among these, the most critical point is to know whether the mutation poses any risk!

If it was simply about strengthening the individual, that would be fine.

So, besides the mutation, will there be any unknown risks?

This is what Liang Yuan is really worried about.

(End of this chapter)