Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

The shelter is located in Block B of the underground parking garage of the residential complex, which was originally a place where the property management stored cleaning supplies and spare building materials.

The management office acted relatively quickly.

After registration, they cleared out a space of 200 square meters and even brought in several stainless steel workbenches.

It was taken from the kitchen of the community cultural hall.

When Ling Shuang and Zhang Mu arrived, the property management had already made all the necessary preparations.

"Manager Ling!" Property manager Xiao Chen ran up to greet her, holding a notebook in his hand.

"Director Guo asked me to register all the mutated animals that were taken in yesterday. Except for some owners who strongly objected, please take a look."

Ling Shuang took the notebook and examined it carefully.

[Domestic animals - Small]

An orange tabby cat, residing in apartment 1202 of building 3, was captured after biting its owner's finger. The owner described it as follows: "I've had it for six years, and it has never bitten anyone before. Today it suddenly went berserk."

A British Shorthair blue cat, living in apartment 7-903, is being offered. It is unusually agitated, constantly scratching at the litter box, and there is grayish-white discharge from the areas where its nails have fallen off.

A hamster, from Building 5-606, was found to be unusually agitated in its cage and has since died. Before dying, it kept running frantically on its wheel all night long.

A chinchilla, handed over to apartment 204 in building 11, chewed through its plastic cage and dug a shallow hole in the living room floor.

A cockatiel, housed in Building 8-1501, is constantly pecking at its own feathers. The skin on its chest and abdomen is exposed, and there are grayish-white nodules under the skin.

Other animals included Corgis, Huskies, sparrows, carp, eels, and turtles, totaling 15.

"Is that all?" Ling Shuang asked.

Xiao Chen nodded: "That's all for now. Most of the pets are not aggressive, and their owners are unwilling to hand them over."

But Director Guo said this was only the first round, and further investigations would continue.

Ling Shuang handed the notebook back to Xiao Chen, then turned to Zhang Mu: "Shall we get started?"

Zhang Mu had already taken his dissection tools out of his bag.

A set of medical scalpels, two hemostatic forceps, tissue scissors, and latex gloves.

He neatly arranged his tools on the stainless steel workbench, looking more like he was about to go to the operating table than to dissect an animal.

Seeing that Xiao Chen hadn't left, Ling Shuang frowned.

He knew in his heart that it must have been at Guo Kuoshan's behest.

This old fox!

Zhang Mu immediately understood Ling Shuang's thoughts, turned around and looked at Xiao Chen seriously.

"Xiao Chen, like surgery, autopsies are not allowed to be watched by onlookers."

Xiao Chen was clearly a little guilty.

"I just wanted to lend a hand."

"Just help us transfer the suspected mutant animals over, and then you can get busy. I'll assist Dr. Zhang."

If he's not used to it, and that affects how the whole community's problems are solved, then you'll be the one to take the blame.

Xiao Chen was completely taken aback by Ling Shuang and quickly said...

"Okay, okay, I won't bother you anymore."

"Wait, bring me that mutated orange cat that hurt people first," Zhang Mu said.

Xiao Chen responded, carefully took a flight case from the iron cage next to him, and then quickly left.

Director Guo simply told him to observe what Ling Shuang and the other person were doing, if possible.

Nobody's paying salaries anymore.

He had no desire to bear the responsibility of being a sinner against humanity.

After Xiao Chen left, Ling Shuang looked around and checked to make sure no one else was in the shadows.

"Okay, let's begin."

Let's talk about obtaining energy crystals under the guise of dissection, but Zhang Mu really wants to do that too.

He wanted to know what exactly was happening inside these mutated animals.

Inside the carrier, the orange cat was curled up, its fur dull, its pupils narrowed to slits, staring intently at the people outside.

Ling Shuang noticed that the cat's size had not changed significantly.

But its claws seemed to be longer than those of a normal cat, and they were black in color, as if they were coated with something.

"Place it on the control panel, and I'll hold it in place."

Zhang Mu put on gloves and deftly opened the door of the flight case.

The orange cat suddenly darted out, heading straight for Zhang Mu's face!

Ling Shuang reacted quickly, reaching out with her left hand and grabbing the cat by the scruff of its neck.

The orange cat's body froze in mid-air, its limbs kicking wildly, but Ling Shuang's left arm remained motionless, twisting it to its death.

However, the expected hint was somewhat strange.

"Slay a mutated orange cat and obtain partial energy."

Sure enough, the domesticated animals were different from the mutated crows and blackfish they had encountered before.

Zhang Mu put on a protective mask, and his posture instantly became upright and professional.

The scalpel cuts across the midline of the abdomen, exposing the subcutaneous tissue.

Zhang Mu paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Ling Shuang asked.

"Look at this." Zhang Mu used tweezers to pick up a small piece of subcutaneous tissue.

"This is the fat layer, but the color is wrong. Normal cat fat is pale yellow or white, but this... is grayish-white and has a hard texture, as if it's turning into something."

He leaned closer and sniffed it. "It doesn't have any special smell."

Ling Shuang also went over to take a look.

The grayish-white tissue gleamed faintly under the light, resembling some kind of crystal rather than normal biological tissue.

"Cut it off and set it aside," Ling Shuang said.

Zhang Muqian cleanly and neatly cut off the piece of tissue and placed it into a specimen bottle.

Then the dissection continued.

Ten minutes later, they removed three identical grayish-white crystals from the orange cat's body. The crystals varied in size, with the largest being only the size of a grain of rice. They were distributed between the subcutaneous tissue and muscle fascia.

"This is not a crystal." Ling Shuang picked up the smallest one and twirled it under the light. "The previous crystals were taken from the heads of mutated animals. They were white and had a denser texture."

This... looks like a work in progress.

Zhang Mu gently pressed the crystal with the tip of his knife; it shattered and turned into a puddle of grayish-white powder.

"The energy density is very low, which may be because I absorbed some of it."

Zhang Mu concluded, "They're not even in the same league as that crow and the blackfish."

Next up are hamsters.

The results were similar.

Two smaller, grayish-white crystals were extracted from the small rodent. They were more porous and would crumble at the slightest touch.

"Domestic animals can indeed provide far fewer supernatural abilities."

Zhang Mu pushed the notebook in front of Ling Shuang, "Three small crystals from the orange cat, and two even smaller ones from the hamster."

What about the black fish and the crow? Did you feel any difference when you absorbed them?

Ling Shuang recalled for a moment: "The blackfish's crystal was a size larger than the crow's, and its energy was 'concentrated'. Moreover..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "The blackfish was caught in the artificial lake, and the crow was bumped into in the yard."

Things in the lake may have mutated earlier than those on land.

"Is water the medium?" Zhang Mu frowned. "Or is there something else in the lake?"

"I don't know," Ling Shuang said. "Let's finish cooking the wild ones and see."

The results of the sparrow's autopsy confirmed Ling Shuang's guess.

Each of the three sparrows had five to seven grayish-white crystals inside its body.

Although the individual cats are smaller than those in orange cats, they are more numerous and more densely distributed.

Moreover, inside the skull of one of the sparrows, Ling Shuang discovered a genuine white crystal—smaller than the crow's, but with the exact same texture and luster.

The cold energy surged in, and the previous target was directly achieved.

"Currently enhanced part: Left hand (3/5): First-tier ability not activated."

"Wild birds, with a wider range of contact."

Ling Shuang held the crystal, which was the size of a grain of millet.

"They might be flying around the neighborhood, going to places that some domestic animals can't go."

The last animal to be dissected was the stray dog.

It was indeed a size larger than a normal mongrel, and its muscles were so muscular that it didn't look like a stray dog; it looked more like a systematically trained fighting dog.

Its eyes were cloudy grayish-white, and drool hung from the corners of its mouth. It kept growling as it was dragged out of the cage.

The result of the kill was unexpected.

A complete white crystal inside the cranial cavity was directly absorbed by Ling Shuang!

Its size is similar to the one Ling Shuang obtained from the crow's body.

Furthermore, twelve grayish-white flawed crystals were extracted from the stray dog's body.

"So many?" Zhang Mu seemed quite surprised. "What did it eat outside?"

After performing so many dissections, he discovered that the white crystals that Ling Shuang could absorb were first formed in the torso.

Ling Shuang did not answer.

He was thinking about something else.

Domesticated animals can only produce a small number of low-quality crystals, while wild and stray animals can produce more and more complete crystals.

That only proves that the previous guess was correct.

The source of the mutation was in the uninhabited area within the community.

In places that domestic animals cannot access.

Ling Shuang could feel that the strength in her left hand had reached its limit, as if it was about to become a Qilin arm!

Only one crystal is missing.

That will activate your superpowers!