My neighborhood has time-traveled.

Dawn breaks.

He got up and drew back the curtains, and the warm sunlight shone on him, making him feel all warm and cozy.

Li Hao closed his eyes, facing the sun, and enjoyed the sunshine.

I could clearly feel the sun's energy being absorbed by my body.

The skin seems to breathe.

The rate at which heat is absorbed is also much faster than in the previous two days.

After a while, he opened his eyes, touched the wound from the tick bite he had suffered the day before, and found that the wound had healed.

A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

This ability to recover allows him to survive better in this world.

A strong recovery capability is of paramount importance.

"Hmm, he seems to have grown a little taller."

He gestured towards the window.

The line of sight is a bit higher.

I went out into the living room, opened the bread, and was about to eat it when I discovered it had turned green.

"What a pity."

Throw the moldy bread into the trash can.

He picked up a kiwi next to him, peeled it, took a bite, and his mouth was full of juice.

It's still as delicious as ever, with a perfect balance of sweet and sour.

Kiwifruit wasn't filling enough, so he boiled water and made a cup of instant noodles.

Take a sip.

what.

"not bad."

The familiar taste of instant noodles satisfied both his taste buds and his rumbling stomach.

At this moment, Li Wen wiped his eyes and walked out of the living room.

"Brother, I feel like I'm stronger after sleeping all night, and I've even grown a little taller."

"Me too."

Li Hao nodded as he ate his instant noodles.

Sufficient sleep allows the body to fully absorb the energy from the evolution stone, thus enabling growth and evolution.

"I never imagined it could make people grow again, this is really a good thing."

As Li Wen spoke, he picked up a kiwi, ate it, and also made a bowl of instant noodles. He then took the noodles to the balcony.

"Brother, they're burning corpses downstairs again," Li Wen shouted from the balcony.

Li Hao carried the instant noodles to the balcony.

Some people were walking around below.

Some of the bodies were moved to an open area and doused with gasoline.

He counted them; there were more than a dozen corpses.

Li Wen opened the instant noodles, blew on them, took a sip of soup, and sighed, "People die every day, and so many died in just one night."

Li Hao slurped up a mouthful of noodles, looking at the flames burning below, "We are lucky."

Flames flickered, and thick smoke billowed upwards.

Someone nearby was crying.

"Brother, someone washes clothes in the community pool. Should we wash them in the pool too?" Li Wen pointed to the pool.

He kept worrying about doing laundry.

Li Hao looked down at the pool and saw that there was only a little water left in the community pool, and the bottom was green.

Not only were people washing clothes nearby, but others were also killing grasshoppers and mantises by the pool.

One water can be used for many purposes.

It's disgusting to look at.

Li Hao shook his head. "It's too dirty."

Li Wen forked a noodle and put it in his mouth. "Shall we go to the basement and bring up some water to wash?"

Li Hao finished the last sip of soup, threw the fork into the empty noodle bucket, wiped his mouth, and said, "Now that the water is cut off in the neighborhood, it feels like such a waste to use the water from the tank to wash clothes."

His sense of morality prevents him from doing such a thing.

Li Wen shoveled a mouthful of instant noodles into his mouth. "Let's just leave our clothes here for now and wash them later when the water from outside comes in."

Li Hao nodded. "Okay, we'll talk about it later."

When the two men went down carrying Damascus steel swords.

A group of people from Shuguang surrounded Niu Dazhuang and Zhang Jingfeng, pointing and gossiping about them.

His expression was strange.

The reason is that Niu Dazhuang's arm turned into a green carapace, like that of a praying mantis.

Zhang Jinfeng's two thighs, like a grasshopper's, not only turned into green shells, but his already strong thighs became even thicker.

"This is alienation!"

"It must be because they ate an evolution stone!"

"I didn't expect things to change so quickly."

"That's terrifying."

"Yes, I won't dare to eat it anymore."

The crowd gathered around the two, marveling at their appearance, their eyes also revealing a fear of the unknown danger.

Wang Hao examined the mutated parts of the two men's bodies and asked, "Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?"

"No, I feel great, my arms are full of power!" Niu Dazhuang clenched his fist, his face beaming with excitement.

"Me neither. My legs are very strong right now, look." As he spoke, Zhang Jingfeng jumped up and jumped about three meters high.

It was well above everyone's heads.

"Wow!"

"Oh my God!"

People looked up and gasped in surprise.

Some people involuntarily stepped back.

A height of three meters is roughly equivalent to one floor.

It's incredible that someone can jump that high from the same spot.

Zhang Jinfeng jumped around in the arena, his body bobbing up and down, his face showing excitement.

His legs were mutated, making his leg strength exceptionally developed.

It has far exceeded the scope of ordinary people.

Zhang Jinfeng stopped and said to Wang Hao with a smile, "Although the legs have become like a praying mantis, which is a kind of mutation, I think it's also a different kind of evolution."

Wang Hao glanced at the other person's thighs, which were swollen from exercise, and nodded. "It seems that, depending on each person's physique, the body will react differently after taking the evolution stone."

He was deep in thought.

The most normal evolution would be one that occurs without altering the body itself.

It's the perfect match.

The most incompatible result is genetic breakdown.

He guessed that the alienation of the two people in front of him was somewhere in between.

The human genome absorbed the power of the evolution stone without collapsing, but because the two were incompatible, a mutation occurred.

Zhang Jingfeng raised his green thigh and nodded. "When a person's physical genes fight with the genes inside the evolution stone, the person who wins will not experience any physical changes, while the person who loses will have their genes collapse. My type should be an evenly matched one, and we will eventually coexist peacefully."

Niu Dazhuang, standing nearby, chimed in, "That's right."

At this moment, Niu Dazhuang saw Li Hao and Li Wen coming over and immediately greeted them with a smile, "Li Hao, do you see that? My arm."

He showed off his green, thick arms.

He waved his hand, "Come on, I lost to you last time, but I've evolved this time. Let's have another match, and I'm sure I can beat you."

Upon hearing this, the people around them immediately perked up.

"Okay," Li Hao agreed with a smile.

He also wanted to see how much change this physical alteration could bring to a person.

The group returned to the stone table and surrounded the two people.

Li Hao and Niu Dazhuang sat facing each other.

A man nearby said, "I don't think Li Hao will be a match for Niu Dazhuang this time."

Another person nodded: "Yes, look at Zhang Jinfeng, his thigh explosive power is so strong, and he jumps so high. You can imagine how much his strength has increased. Niu Dazhuang, who has also mutated, must not be too inferior to him."

The others nodded in agreement after hearing this.

On the other hand, Li Hao showed no change in appearance.

Standing next to Li Wen, Wang Hao asked softly, "Do you think your brother will win?"

Li Wen grinned, his smile brimming with confidence, "My brother will definitely win."

On the stone table, Li Hao and Niu Dazhuang's hands were already clasped.

Li Hao could also see more clearly what the other party's mutated arm looked like.

From a distance, it appears smooth, but up close, the grass-green carapace is layered and covered according to the skin's texture.

The nails on the elbows, joints, and fingers are noticeably darker and thicker.

Even my fingernails turned green.

When his palm touched the other person's hand, he clearly felt that it was not the touch of human skin, but rather rough and cold.

It's also a bit rough on the hands.

"You're going to lose to me this time." Niu Dazhuang's chubby face scrunched up with muscles.

"Want to make a bet?" A smile appeared on Li Hao's lips.

"Oh, how do we bet?" Niu Dazhuang wasn't in a hurry; he was intrigued.

Li Hao said, "If you lose, give me two evolution stones; if you win, I'll give you two."

"You seem to have a lot of confidence in yourself."

"I'm betting!" Niu Dazhuang gripped Li Hao's hand tightly, flashing his bright white teeth. "Because I have more confidence in myself!"

He looked at Li Hao confidently and said seriously, "Without mutation, you wouldn't understand this power."

"Come on, place your bets! I bet on Niu Dazhuang to win!" someone shouted from the side.

"I'm betting on him to win too."

"If no one bets on him losing, who will be the bookmaker?"

Several people looked at each other.

Li Wen stepped forward and said to the group, "I'll bet with you all, I bet my brother will win."

"Alright, the loser gets one evolution stone."

The group agreed on this.

"Start!" Wang Hao, acting as referee, shouted.

"Let me show you half of my power first." Niu Dazhuang smirked and began to exert force in his wrist.

Li Hao held his wrist firmly, without moving an inch.

Niu Dazhuang didn't panic. Instead, he nodded in approval, "Not bad, no wonder you dared to bet with me."

"But if you think you can beat me like this, you're sorely mistaken. Fall down!"

He took a deep breath and shouted.

The carapace arms suddenly bulged up.

Muscular build.

Unusual muscle lines emerge.

However, Li Hao's arm was the one he was arm-wrestling with.

It remained completely still.

Li Hao maintained a faint smile and teased,

"Did you use your full strength?"

Niu Dazhuang's facial muscles contorted as he shouted again, "Pour it down!"

Li Hao's wrist remained still.

Niu Dazhuang roared, "Pour it again!"

Still nothing.

"Looks like you're still not strong enough," Li Hao said with a smile. "Then it's my turn."

He slowly pressed down Niu Dazhuang's wrist, bit by bit.

Niu Dazhuang gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, trying to hold on and not be crushed.

Finally, even his legs started to exert force.

"Niu Dazhuang, push!"

"Push harder!"

The people around shouted.