Desperate Mutation (Two Chapters Combined)

Stars twinkled in the night sky, glittering like countless tiny diamonds.

The bright moon spilled silver-white moonlight across the earth, as if dressing the land in a hazy silver-white veil.

In the outskirts of Rong City, the closer one got to the wilderness where mutated beasts appeared, the fewer buildings there were.

In the northern region, on the outskirts near the wilderness, stood a cluster of old, abandoned factory buildings.

After decades of wind and rain, weeds had grown all over the abandoned factory.

"Coo, coo, coo..."

Some nameless birds had built nests inside the abandoned factory. Whenever the night grew deep and still, those nameless birds would occasionally cry out.

This place was already desolate, and few people usually came here.

Under the pitch-black moonlight, the cries of the nameless birds echoing through the abandoned factory gave the place an intensely eerie feeling.

A black sedan drove over from the direction of the bustling city. After entering the outskirts, it headed straight for the abandoned factory with a clear destination in mind.

A little past one in the morning, the black sedan reached its destination and parked by the roadside. Once the door opened, a young man wearing a white T-shirt and beige casual pants stepped out.

"Ding-dong."

The phone in his pocket chimed. Someone had sent him a message.

The young man pulled his phone from his pocket. It was a message from one of his friends.

"You really went there?"

"Yep!"

"You went there alone in the middle of the night? What if something happens?"

"It's fine."

"That place is extremely close to the wilderness. If a mutated beast wandered in and happened to encounter you hiding there, you'd be done for."

"Don't worry. I investigated before coming. This place is still some distance from the wilderness.