parentshiftbook Chapter 41 Density!
Chapter 41 Density!
Su Ye put the few remaining pieces of the cat demon's bones into a sealed bag, then turned and left the alley.
A night breeze blew by, and the lid of the trash can at the alley entrance swayed slightly, making a soft clatter. The bloodstains on the walls of the alley were not yet dry, and the dark red blood flowed down the wall, mixing with the sewage in the cracks between the bricks, like some kind of ominous graffiti.
And shortly after Su Ye left.
A young man appeared near that street.
He was tall and slender, wearing a black windbreaker. His bangs were slightly disheveled by the night wind, but his brows were tightly furrowed, as if he had been chasing after someone all the way here. His eyes still held a hint of urgency that hadn't yet faded.
Ye Zixiao stood under the streetlight, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings, his voice kept very low.
"Did you lose them?"
He didn't look flustered, but his heart was still pounding.
A while ago, a thick fog descended, and the world changed. Since then, he has been paying extra attention to anything unusual in the city. This morning, he noticed the stray cat in this neighborhood.
That thing is too big.
Even the fattest wild cat shouldn't have such broad shoulders, sharp claws, and piercing eyes. But this one looks like a Maine Coon, with messy fur and thick limbs. If you put it in a crowd, you might at most think, "This cat is huge," but it's far from causing a sensation.
That is precisely why it is even more dangerous.
Ye Zixiao followed closely, barely daring to relax for a moment.
The more he listened, the heavier his heart became.
That wasn't an ordinary stray cat.
It was a mutated, demonized creature.
Moreover, it's very dangerous.
It wandered aimlessly through the streets and alleys and past trash cans, seemingly without purpose, but in reality it was always observing the crowd. No one knew what it wanted to do. Ye Zixiao followed behind, his heart pounding with tension, worried that it might suddenly go berserk and pounce into the crowd to wreak havoc.
Fortunately.
This cat demon didn't seem interested in eating human flesh; at least it didn't actively attack or bite any pedestrians along the way. It just lurked in the shadows, as if it was looking for something.
Until just now.
The cat demon's entire demeanor changed instantly. Its back arched high, its eyes were frighteningly fierce, as if it had smelled some kind of supreme medicine, and it suddenly darted off to the other end of the street.
Ye Zixiao was lost at that time.
He walked quickly to the trash can and squatted down.
On the ground, a deep claw mark was embedded in the cement floor, with some gravel still remaining at the edges.
Ye Zixiao's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the claw marks left on the hard ground.
"It really is that one, what terrifying power."
He looked towards the alley entrance and suddenly caught a faint smell of blood.
His expression changed instantly.
Ye Zixiao suddenly turned around and strode quickly toward the rarely visited alley. The further he went, the stronger the stench of blood became, until it was almost pungent.
"This...this..."
After Ye Zixiao saw the situation inside, his scalp tingled with fear.
The alley was covered with splattered blood and bits of flesh on the walls, the ground, and cardboard boxes, as if something had been violently blown up. Crimson blood splattered everywhere, and debris was scattered all over the place, creating a horrifying scene.
Ye Zixiao's steps abruptly stopped in place.
His pupils contracted little by little.
"How is that possible..."
"That cat demon, is it dead?"
He stepped forward, squatted down, and picked up a clump of bloody hair from the ground with stiff fingers.
It is grayish-black with coarse, stiff fur, and the edges still retain a hint of the scorched look of its demonic transformation.
that's it.
It can't be wrong.
The mutated creature that he had been tracking, fearing, and defining as "extremely dangerous" all along was truly dead.
And they died a horrific death.
He was brutally beaten into a bloody mist...
Ye Zixiao's Adam's apple bobbed, and his face gradually paled.
He followed that cat demon for a long time.
From the moment he discovered it until he chased after it, he only dared to observe it from afar and never dared to get close. It wasn't that he was timid, but that he knew very well that with the meager skills he had acquired since coming into contact with the "extraordinary," he had no chance of taking down such a thing.
He followed behind, wanting to see more, understand more, and then find a way to access this unknown territory.
But now.
The cat demon had been missing for only about an hour.
Then, right there in this alley, he was brutally beaten into a bloody mist.
Ye Zixiao stood up, feeling a chill down her spine.
This was the first time he had truly experienced the terror of the "extraordinary."
What will the world be like in the future?
What level does the being who defeated the cat demon stand on?
Is it another, even more terrifying mutated creature?
Or perhaps... beneath this seemingly bustling and peaceful city, there is already some mysterious being that I cannot even imagine?
Night had completely fallen.
Streetlights were on one by one, neon lights reflected off the glass curtain walls of distant buildings, cars flowed through the streets, and the red lights formed a line. The city was still prosperous, still bustling, still as usual, as if nothing had changed.
But in Ye Zixiao's eyes, it suddenly became unfamiliar and sinister.
This city is like a smooth human skin.
Beneath the human skin, something was already wriggling, growing, and awakening.
Ye Zixiao slowly exhaled, his palms already damp with cold sweat.
He didn't linger any longer, carefully packed the tuft of hair, turned around, and quickly left the alley.
……
At this time.
Su Ye has returned to his residence.
He first cleaned up the bloodstains on his sleeves and the back of his hands in the bathroom, then changed into clean clothes before taking out several plastic bags from his backpack and placing them on the table.
The light shone down.
Those severed limbs looked exceptionally gruesome.
Su Ye put on gloves, took out tweezers and a knife, and began to process the medicine with very steady movements.
Flesh and blood were peeled away.
Fascia rupture.
The fur gradually separated from the bones.
As he performed these actions, his expression was calm to the point of being indifferent, as if he were handling a specimen. As a medical school genius, although his major was unrelated to this, dissecting a few meridians was still a piece of cake for him.
Before long, those bone fragments were completely removed.
Su Ye placed them side by side on the table, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"The flesh and blood have simply become 'stronger,' more resilient, and more explosive."
"The real mutation is in the bones."
He reached out and picked up the forearm bone, gently weighing it in his hand, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
too heavy.
The bones of normal felines are light, hollow, and brittle, with a bone density of about 1.2 grams per cubic centimeter per unit volume. Compared to other mammals of similar size, this is considered sturdy, but it is impossible for them to have such a weight.
And this piece of bone in front of me...
Su Ye tapped it lightly with his finger.
Keng.
It produced an extremely faint yet extremely hard echo.
It wasn't the sound that normal bone tissue should make.
It resembles a grayish-white alloy with extremely high density.
He paused for a moment, made a very rough conversion of weight and volume, and then his eyes flickered slightly.
"Based on this density, it is at least ten times the size of a normal feline skeleton."
ten times.
What does this mean?
This means that every time this cat demon exerts force with its limbs, it is not simply relying on muscles, but rather supported, amplified, and stably output by a skeletal structure that far exceeds the norm.
No wonder that claw made a metallic clanging sound when it slashed at the back of his hand.
If this thing were to fully mature, it could probably cut through even ordinary steel bars with a single claw.
Su Ye slowly put down the bone, his expression gradually becoming serious.
After the fog, the changes are no longer limited to "people".
Animals are also evolving.
Moreover, the evolution was very direct, brutal, and bloody.
He looked down at the few grayish-white bones on the table, tapped the surface lightly with his fingertips, and remained silent for a long time.