Chapter 5

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Newborn Type —— ordinary people, animals, and plants successfully parasitized by active cells.

Active Cells: Extracted from Devil's Algae, these cells underwent tens of millions of radiation mutations and were finally successfully transplanted and cultivated in the 'Mother Body.' Active cells have a powerful assimilation and infection ability. Once parasitization and activation are successful, they gradually assimilate the original ordinary cells of the host, making these ordinary cells also possess active abilities.

Active Abilities: They can produce a type of energy different from ordinary biological energy.

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In any legend, myth, anime, or novel, people with long lives and great power possess some or multiple special energies. These energies are usually called magic, true essence, spiritual energy, qi, etc. These energies differ from the biological energy required by living beings, so humans call them exotic energies.

This is the exotic energy theory proposed by Doctor Wang!

Although humans have conceived many cultivation systems, such as the Qi Practitioner stage, refining essence into qi, strengthening tendons and bones, etc., which all seem very reasonable, no one has ever truly extracted any exotic energy. There is no qi, no magic, no spiritual energy, no true essence... nothing has been cultivated.

Since it cannot be cultivated, then let's use scientific means to achieve this purpose.

Active cells are the means to achieve this goal. Although the process is very cruel, involving tens of millions of human experiments, and requiring a lot of luck, it has indeed succeeded.

However, active cells have a very significant side effect, which is...!

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The next day, the weather was clear, and no one in New Zealand noticed anything unusual. However, the active cells that had been released from the 'Mother Body' had already parasitized almost all living beings, beginning to affect various organisms.

Bai Yi had promised Momo to take her to the butterfly garden to see butterflies, so Momo was very excited early in the morning.

"Shapi, guard the house," Bai Yi said.

Shapi, who was originally as excited as Momo, immediately wilted and let out a few sad whimpers. His face, already full of wrinkles, looked even more gloomy. Momo, seeing Shapi like this, immediately went to Shapi's ear and whispered something. Momo had played with Shapi since she was a child, and they were like playmates and friends.

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The butterfly garden is a special attraction next to Hamilton's inner city park. There are many flowers here, and the key is that it has many butterflies, almost all types of butterflies. As soon as they arrived, Momo ran around excitedly in the garden, asking questions about everything, while Bai Yi followed behind with a satisfied smile. However, in this satisfaction, Bai Yi felt a hint of heaviness. Momo was already four years old, and her vision was very weak, and she would soon completely lose her sight.

The heavens are always so unfair!

However, Bai Yi did not show it and played with Momo in the butterfly garden very cooperatively. Without either of them noticing, the active cells in their bodies were already taking effect.

Active cells parasitize in the body and are usually in a dormant state, but this dormant state is easy to activate, as long as there is enough nutrition. Given the nature of Bai Yi's family as food lovers, this was undoubtedly the case. Active cells have a powerful assimilation and infection ability. Once parasitization and activation are successful, they gradually assimilate the original ordinary cells of the host, making these ordinary cells also possess active abilities.

Before noon, Bai Yi felt very hungry. It was strange because he had eaten a full breakfast. How could he get so hungry so quickly? Bai Yi was slightly puzzled, but seeing Momo running around excitedly in the butterfly garden, he thought it might be due to the morning exercise.

However, Bai Yi did not know that this was not because of the exercise but because the active cells in his body had been activated and were gradually assimilating and infecting his other ordinary cells.

Active Abilities: They can produce a type of energy different from ordinary biological energy.

The cells that were gradually being assimilated had already started to extract various nutrients from the body and began to produce exotic energy. The nutrients in the body were being consumed in large quantities and at a rapid rate, so Bai Yi felt very hungry very quickly. After not running for long, the originally excited Momo also got tired and came back, hugging Bai Yi's left leg and looking up at him.

"Daddy, I'm hungry!"

"Ha ha ha, you ran so much, but I'm also hungry. Let's go eat something," Bai Yi said with a smile. It was already close to eleven, so it wasn't too early for lunch.

The two went to a restaurant near the attraction and started ordering dishes. Because they were really hungry, Bai Yi ordered a few more dishes. Actually, with Bai Yi's current job, ordering so much was a bit extravagant, but he had never been stingy with Momo.

As soon as the dishes were served, Momo immediately started eating. Although her movements were not very elegant, they were absolutely natural, without any of the pretentious manners. This plump little girl, eating like a glutton, and the occasional clinking of the knife and fork against the plate, made the people around them pause and then smile.

It seemed that Momo's influence made the people in the restaurant suddenly feel their appetites open up, and they ate much more than usual.

When it came time to pay the bill, Bai Yi was shocked. He didn't expect that he and Momo had eaten so much and still felt unsatisfied. At this point, Bai Yi already felt something was wrong. This strong appetite seemed very abnormal. Although Bai Yi felt something was off, he couldn't figure out what it was.

In the afternoon, the two went to the butterfly garden to play again, but in less than two hours, they felt very hungry again. As more and more cells in their bodies were assimilated, the production of exotic energy became faster, so they felt hungrier more quickly.

"Daddy, I'm hungry again!"

"I don't know what's going on, but I'm getting hungry very quickly today. Let's go home, and I'll make you a big meal," Bai Yi said, gently rubbing Momo's hair.

"Okay!"

Bai Yi drove to a nearby grocery store and bought a pile of various ingredients. On the way, Bai Yi already felt an unbearable hunger, and Momo's little face was tightly furrowed in frustration. To say that this crazy hunger and appetite were normal, no one would believe it, but to calm Momo, Bai Yi didn't say much. Now, nothing else mattered; filling their stomachs was the most important thing. This indescribable hunger, probably only those who have fasted would understand.

Parking the car outside, Bai Yi immediately carried the bags of ingredients into the yard. As soon as he opened the door, Shapi rushed over and let out two loud, pitiful barks. Bai Yi saw at a glance that the room was in a mess, and almost all the food that could be found had been eaten by Shapi.

Shapi is like this too!

Bai Yi's heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling suddenly arose.

However, Bai Yi didn't think too much about it and immediately said to Shapi, "Shapi, help Momo bring the ingredients in, and I'll start cooking."

Shapi immediately ran out to the car and helped Momo drag the ingredients back into the room. By this time, Bai Yi had already started cooking, lighting the stove and starting to prepare the dishes. Because he was so hungry, Bai Yi didn't say anything and first cooked a pot of white rice.

For the entire afternoon, until seven in the evening, Bai Yi was almost constantly cooking, eating, and cooking again, without a moment's rest. By this time, he stopped not because he was full but because almost all the food in the house had been used up. Even so, Bai Yi only felt about 80% full, and his body's nutrients were still being rapidly consumed, making him even hungrier soon.

In fact, due to the abundant nutrients provided, the assimilation and infection ability of the active cells in Bai Yi, Momo, and Shapi's bodies became faster. As more and more cells became active, the energy conversion became faster, making them feel hungrier more quickly. Their stomachs were like bottomless pits, and no matter how much they ate, it was quickly digested, leaving nothing behind.

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"Momo, Shapi, let's go to the grocery market!" Bai Yi is not stupid and had already known something was wrong. However, he had been busy cooking and didn't have time to think about it. Now that the house was empty and the hunger showed no signs of stopping, it seemed they needed to buy more food. No matter what, they needed to fill their stomachs first.

Before even entering the grocery market, Bai Yi noticed the atmosphere was very strange, extremely lively!

Completely different from the quietness in the afternoon, the grocery market was now packed with people, with crowds congesting every store, frantically buying ingredients. Some people were even cooking and eating right on the street. The smell of food made the hunger in the stomachs of the surrounding people even more unbearable.

It's not just us who have become like this!

Bai Yi was startled, looking at the congested road ahead, carefully driving the car through the crowd and heading inside. Along the way, the transactions for buying ingredients were extremely lively, and the prices of ingredients kept rising, eventually becoming uncontrollable. At this point, anyone who wasn't too stupid had already noticed something was wrong, this unimaginable appetite and hunger.

The merchants clearly hadn't thought about it much, or if they did, they didn't care. Good business is good, and this unimaginable hunger and appetite made a large number of people frantically buy ingredients. They were happy and didn't think about the possibilities behind it. Could there be a food shortage? How could that be...!

Bai Yi arrived at a grocery store. As one of the head chefs at Waikato University, Bai Yi often came here to buy ingredients in large quantities, so he was quite familiar with the owner.

"Hi, Santos, where's Woolf?" Bai Yi called out to a store clerk.

"Hi, Bai Yi, why are you here? Are you buying ingredients for the school? I don't think it's possible now," the black store clerk said, immediately greeting Bai Yi.

"Not for the school, I'm looking for Woolf."

"The boss is inside," Santos pointed inside and then turned to deal with other customers. Bai Yi was a regular customer, so he was very familiar and wouldn't stop him. Bai Yi immediately pulled Momo into the store, and Shapi cleverly followed behind.