For the time being, Gu Xi couldn't get involved with the mutants.
But the thing that had crawled out from the bottom of the deep pit... she was likely the only one who could handle it.
Gu Xi spent the better part of the night coaxing and deceiving it, finally managing to piece together from its vague signals what kind of entity she was dealing with.
—It was some kind of intelligent microorganism or energy body, invisible to the naked eye. It could be perceived with spiritual power, yet it couldn't be captured.
This microorganism or energy body could invade other species, controlling their behavior and growth patterns... but this control required energy to sustain it.
And its favorite kind of energy was superpowers of all sorts.
As for the eggs in the watermelons... it staunchly refused to admit that those low-level insects, which knew only how to reproduce, were its kin.
