Evolving infinitely from ground zero

Upstairs.

Lin Zichen was practicing singing with Shen Qinghan.

With his keen sense of perception, he heard the couple’s conversation downstairs and couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.

He knew exactly what Shen Jianye and Xu Meng were thinking.

All he could say was, this was the difference between a father and a mother.

The former felt like his precious child was about to be taken away, while the latter felt the child had found a good place to settle down.

“Alright, Qinghan, we’ve been practicing for half an hour now, that should be enough. Go study,” Lin Zichen said as he turned off the song accompaniment playing on his phone, addressing Shen Qinghan who was seated beside him.

Shen Qinghan glanced at the time, saw that indeed half an hour had passed, and obediently went over to the desk to sit down and study.

She wasn’t as clever as Lin Zichen and could only maintain good grades with diligent studying.

Lin Zichen didn’t rush home. Instead, he leaned against the wall on Shen Qinghan’s bed and began to browse through the phone’s news aimlessly, planning to read for a while before returning home.

He stumbled upon news related to the remnants of the Rat God Cult.

None of the nine remnants of the Rat God Cult had been caught up till now; they were all still at large.

According to the city’s public security headquarters, Rat God Cult followers had the ability to communicate with ordinary rats and could use them as their eyes and ears, thus managing to evade capture continuously.

Continuing to scroll down, he found more news related to the remnants of the Rat God Cult.

There were two such pieces of news.

The first, last night in the city, there were two cases of young men being tortured to death, and the public security headquarters suspected it was the work of a female remnant of the Rat God Cult.

The second, this morning in an alleyway, the naked body of a woman was found, and the public security headquarters suspected a male remnant of the Rat God Cult was responsible.

At first glance at these two news items, Lin Zichen felt puzzled; they were on the run, yet they still committed crimes—wasn’t that like asking for death?

But then he quickly understood.

The Rat God Cult followers had undergone forbidden Genetic Fusion in unconventional ways, with severe disadvantages.

The biggest drawback being the dilution of humanity and the strengthening of bestial traits.

Once the bestial traits strengthened, they would lose their reason, unable to control themselves, only acting on biological instincts.

And most biological instincts are driven by desire.

The reason these Rat God Cult remnants on the run committed crimes wasn’t that they wanted to die by engaging in dangerous behavior; they simply couldn’t control themselves.

After browsing the news for a while, Lin Zichen got up from Shen Qinghan’s bed to make his way home.

Before leaving, he reminded Shen Qinghan, who was sitting at the desk:

“Qinghan, remember to bring your swimsuit tomorrow afternoon. We’re getting out of school early to practice swimming in the pool,” he said.

“Mhm, I know, bye Xiao Chen,” Shen Qinghan waved at Lin Zichen, her smile sweet.

After Lin Zichen left, she stood up and walked over to the wardrobe, stopping in front of it. Opening the door, she took out two swimsuits from the very bottom.

One was a conservative one-piece that when worn, covered the body, connecting the top and bottom and leaving very little of the thighs exposed.

The other was a more revealing swimsuit, almost like just wearing underwear.

Shen Qinghan hesitated for a moment, but eventually blushing, she picked up the more revealing swimsuit and stuffed it into her backpack.

Wearing this swimsuit, her body would have more contact with the water, and it would feel a bit more comfortable.

After all, the swimming pool in the gymnasium was exclusively for her and Lin Zichen; with no one else there, it wouldn’t matter if she wore something more revealing.

The next morning.

After breakfast, Lin Zichen went out to meet Shen Qinghan for school.

When he left the house, Shen Qinghan was either getting up late or something, still having breakfast inside: eggs, bread, and milk.

Seeing that he was already waiting outside, Shen Qinghan couldn’t afford to eat more, grabbed the bread and milk from the table, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and hurried out of the house.

“Run slower, don’t fall.”

“It’s fine, I’m a student of the Martial Arts Class, don’t you underestimate me, okay?”

“Being a student doesn’t make you a martial artist; if a stone trips you, you’ll still fall.”

“Ah, you’re so annoying, always picking on me!”

Shen Qinghan pouted her rosy lips and playfully hit Lin Zichen with her hand.

It was a light hit, just teasing, looking like the playful banter between a couple.

They bantered for a few sentences and quickly headed for school to make it on time.

On the way, Shen Qinghan, with her small appetite, couldn’t finish the bread or the milk. Feeling that throwing them away would be a waste, she handed them over to Lin Zichen to deal with.

Lin Zichen didn’t mind her saliva, he ate what needed to be eaten and drank what needed to be drunk.

After walking for a few minutes,

the two of them passed through the school gate and arrived at the school path.

Just like yesterday, students on the road would start whispering to each other about Lin Zichen once they saw him.

But the difference was, most people yesterday were cursing him for being arrogant and ignorant of the ways of the world.

Today, they were in awe of him, saying he took down Chen Wuxing with a single kick, his strength was too terrifying, he must be an Exotic Beast in human disguise.

After entering the classroom,

Lin Zichen was greeted with a different atmosphere.

The gazes from classmates towards him all felt like they were looking up to a lofty leader, creating a sense of distance that had never been there before.

Before, classmates only saw him as the overlord of the first year, someone who still needed more training and growth to compete with the geniuses in the senior classes.

But to everyone’s surprise, Lin Zichen managed to take down the number one student in the school with just one kick.

This strength made him a super genius in a league of his own!

Even stronger than the so-called strongest in the school’s history, Wu Tiancheng!

After all, Wu Tiancheng couldn’t have managed to instantly defeat the top student in the school back in his first year.

Lin Zichen was indifferent to the change in how those around him viewed him.

High school was just an inconsequential interlude in his life.

The interpersonal relationships during this period were fragile, mostly coming to an end after graduation.

Time flew by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was four o’clock in the afternoon.

Lin Zichen had already agreed with Han Yuanfeng to leave class early. Once he saw the time was four o’clock, he packed up his bag with Shen Qinghan and left the classroom.

Then, in less than five minutes, the two entered the gymnasium and arrived at the eagerly anticipated swimming pool.

The swimming pool at this time was already filled with cool, clean water.

All the cameras on the walls were covered with black tape.

It was all done in advance by the female principal.

She seemed to take on the role of a nanny, providing the most attentive and meticulous service to the genius.

Before getting into the water, Lin Zichen asked Shen Qinghan to close all the doors to the pool and pull down the curtains on the windows as well.

He, on the other hand, took a camera detector and an electronic signal jammer out of his backpack.

These two tools were bought for his night-time tests on his physical data, and they came in handy now.

After almost ten minutes,

once the indoor space was confirmed to be absolutely private, Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan went to opposite corners out of sight to change into their swimwear.

Soon, they both came out of the corners.

Lin Zichen wore just a pair of swim trunks, while Shen Qinghan wore a swimsuit that looked almost like underwear.

When they first came out and saw each other,

the former seemed calm on the surface, but inside there was a surge of emotion.

The latter, however, had her pretty face blushing like a ripe peach, feeling very embarrassed.

“Let’s go, we’ll get in the water for training, practicing walking underwater,” Lin Zichen said, deliberately averting his gaze from Shen Qinghan, looking at the pool in front of him.

Shen Qinghan nodded and followed him into the water.

Soon, they were both completely submerged, practicing walking at the bottom of the deep-water area.

Not long into the practice, Shen Qinghan suddenly, for some reason, tapped Lin Zichen’s shoulder with her hand and then quickly surfaced.

Lin Zichen frowned, wondering if she had heard the weird sound from the sea before?

Thinking this, he immediately surfaced.

As he broke through the water, he heard Shen Qinghan say in somewhat panic:

“Xiao Chen, look quickly, the water in the pool can pass through my body!”

Following the direction of her voice, he looked toward Shen Qinghan.

He saw Shen Qinghan right before him scooping up some water in her hand, and just as she had scooped it up, the next moment the water passed right through her palm, falling back into the pool.

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