"Dark crawling~"
"Crazy wriggling~"
"Faster, even faster!"
A thin gray worm continuously crawled toward a woman's water cup.
This worm had been an ordinary little insect not long ago, until it took a bite of that flower called a tainted object. It was no longer an ordinary worm, but a worm with dreams.
"Oh no, don't leave, come back quickly!"
The woman got up to leave this place, and the worm successfully dropped into the water cup.
"Oh dear, come back quickly!"
The woman picked up her bag, smacked her lips, then turned back around and drank the entire cup of water in one gulp, along with the worm.
"A bit thirsty."
Suddenly, a sharp pain came. The man held his head and crouched on the ground.
"Ah! What's happening?"
"My head, it hurts so much."
After lasting several minutes, her eyes lost their luster. Blood vessels bulged on her forehead, but fortunately her hair concealed them, making it not obvious.
"Not bad, very good indeed, hehehe!"
What is qualitative change? This is qualitative change - a worm becoming human! The worm, having obtained a new body, was very satisfied with this body. She rubbed her own chest, then squeezed it.
"An unprecedented feeling~ so wonderful."
She couldn't help but lie on the bed. The surroundings began to fill with silk threads, forming her anomalous domain. A huge XX extended from her mouth. Just as she was continuously playing with her new body, the phone rang.
"Mm~ hello?"
"Where are you? Do you still want this job? Look what time it is!"
"Oh oh, coming right away."
Searching through this body's memories in her mind, she realized she was a clerk at a bubble tea shop, and it was already work time.
More and more bulging blood vessels appeared on her body. Her belly began to slowly swell, nurturing new life.
"Bubble tea shop~ perfect for me. Let my children find the bodies they love~"
The woman caressed her belly, looking at her increasingly large stomach with eyes full of love. As long as she - the Brood Mother - was given enough time, the entire city would be in her grasp.
"Open up, water meter inspection!"
"What?"
The room door was suddenly kicked open. Lin Bai rushed in holding a gun, with Chi Xiaoyu following close behind.
"How could this be? How did you find me so quickly?"
"Guess, madam."
Lin Bai didn't hesitate to continuously shoot at the brood mother. Although aiming for the head, she accurately hit her belly.
"No, my children, stop!"
"How did you know that was her weak point?"
Chi Xiaoyu asked puzzledly.
"Hehe, eh, lucky guess."
Lin Bai rushed over and kicked her in the belly, stepping on her body and firing several shots at close range. Her belly continuously spurted juice and blood.
"Ah! Stop!"
The angry brood mother leaped up, summoning silk threads to wrap around Lin Bai. The current Lin Bai was no longer the same as before, easily dodging those threads and then drawing a playing card. Looking at the card depicting flames in her hand, Lin Bai smiled.
"Looks like today is my lucky day."
As the card lit up, a flame half a meter wide rushed out, burning the brood mother. She wailed in the flames.
"No, no, I, a dignified brood mother, haven't even started yet... am I going to end...?"
Chi Xiaoyu smiled and nodded. Lin Bai had improved greatly. Then she walked toward the dead brood mother, took out a form, and began recording.
"Parasitic anomaly Brood Mother, maximum A-grade, but if allowed to develop freely, the damage caused would be more severe than S-grade. Confirmed kill."
Anomaly Infant, holding a baby in his arms, walked in with a grin.
"How was that? I made quite a contribution."
"Of course. When today's mission ends, go back to the bureau to collect a C-grade anomaly core. This C-grade core is also yours."
"Great!"
"Next location."
"Leave it to me!"
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Anomaly Investigation Bureau Headquarters
In a conference room, a man in a suit stood up seriously.
"I propose making the existence of anomalies public."
"What? Are you insane?"
People around voiced their protests.
"Hmph, you only know how to hide from the world. While making anomalies public will bring many uncertain changes, it will also bring many benefits."
"Then tell us what benefits there are?"
"Just yesterday, our B Company's research on anomalies took another step forward. Now we can extract cells from anomaly bodies to create immortal cells. Through them, we can create an entirely new energy body. After purifying that energy, we can even create gods!"
"What?"
"But the current anomalies are still insufficient. They don't meet the standards. Only more powerful, more insane anomalies can create the true gods I desire!"
"You're completely insane. Have you considered the consequences of making anomalies public? Do you really think anomalies are something you can easily control? Let alone artificial gods - how are you different from the Terminus Cult?"
"Ignorance!"
"Throw him out!"
"Hehehe, very well. Beings that transcend human cognition are always rejected."
The man stormed out of the meeting angrily.
"Let's rediscuss the next policy."
Another robot with a clockwork spring on its back slowly stood and bowed. Everyone looked toward her.
"I speak as chief representative of A Company. Our company is researching an anomalous tool called Sand of Time. It has many functions, but currently we can only use it to reverse time - approximately 2-3 minutes of time reversal."
"What? Controlling time?"
"My god, is it real?"
"Quiet, everyone, let me finish."
"We can operate city-wide time reversal at most once. That is, even if our A City were instantly destroyed, as long as we activate the Sand of Time, we can restore everything to its original state!"
"My god, this is simply miraculous. How did you achieve this?"
"The technology we possess naturally cannot be explained to you in detail."
"Quiet. Next."
A burly, muscular man stood up.
"I speak as chief representative of C Company. Our company now masters methods to enhance human limits. As the name suggests, we can multiply human physical capabilities several times over."
"Just by taking our company's potion, even the most ordinary person can kill D-grade anomalies barehanded."
"But this potion currently has very low production, and it has fairly significant side effects - those who take it become emotionally unstable, and some even die shortly after consumption."
"Next."
Two young lolis held hands. They were twins, both with red and blue heterochromatic pupils and red and blue hair. They spoke alternately:
"We represent D Company as chief speakers. Our company is researching an entirely new method that allows people to become semi-anomalous. Semi-anomalous people possess vitality and strength that humans lack. The only shortcoming is merely being unable to consume human food."
"How is this achieved?"
"We cannot reveal the specific method, but our experiments continue. The first batch of test subjects has not yet matured."