Gathering

In the blink of an eye, daylight had fully broken, and the sun slowly rose, once again bathing the earth in its light.

Lin Dong arrived at the edge of North Mountain, intending to investigate the meteorite that had fallen there and find out what was going on.

He directly activated his concealment ability and entered the forest.

Following his memories from last night, he headed toward where the meteorite had fallen.

But the moment he stepped into the woods,

he felt that something was different from before.

From time to time, flocks of startled birds burst from the depths of the dense valley, accompanied by the cries of mutated beasts.

It was as though something, like a swarm of locusts passing through, was slaughtering everything in a frenzy.

Lin Dong hurried straight toward that direction.

The atmosphere in the dense forest was especially tense. Some small mutated beasts seemed terrified and were frantically fleeing outward—mutated rabbits, mutated squirrels, and even mutated pythons as thick as an arm.

"What are you running for?"

Lin Dong ignored them. He figured something must have happened in the forest. A new predator had likely appeared, rewriting the food chain.

Gradually, the corpses of large mutated beasts began appearing ahead of him—wild boars, roe deer, and the like. Their flesh had been gnawed completely clean, leaving behind only pristine white skeletons.

Lin Dong had never seen bones picked so clean. Looking more closely, he noticed tiny bite marks on them.

Clearly, they had been caused by a group of small mutated creatures.

Examining the surrounding traces—shed fur and footprints on fallen leaves—Lin Dong quickly identified the culprit.

Mutated rats...

These creatures were numerous and small. Even if they mutated normally, it was difficult for them to reach B Rank or awaken abilities, so they