“I don’t know either…” William Carter recounted what had just happened in detail.

Of course, the incident of seeing a shadow in the mirror absolutely couldn’t be mentioned—otherwise, it would be easy to get taken away as a lab rat for research.

Mr. Thompson’s brow furrowed deeply.

He had seen the whole scene from the podium just now, clear as day, but he didn’t quite understand it.

David Bolton and this William Carter—the two were as close as brothers, and the former was always well-behaved and a good student. Why would he suddenly go crazy and attack like that?

It didn’t make sense!

After this incident, everyone became extremely tense, afraid that another classmate might suddenly go mad in the same way. For a while, the classroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Waa! Waa!

The sound of sirens rang out.

William Carter looked downstairs and saw an ambulance pull up in front of the building. Several medical staff in white coats hurriedly ran over.

Soon, they entered the classroom.

There were three young men, all in their twenties, tall and strong.

“Who called 120?”

“I did!” Mr. Thompson stepped forward. “This student in our class suddenly ran into a wall and lost consciousness. We hope he can get medical attention as soon as possible…”

“Alright.”

The young man who looked like a doctor had a slightly grave expression. He waved to the two behind him, who approached David Bolton from either side, while he covered his waist with his right hand, unclear what he was doing.

His movements were subtle and didn’t attract anyone else’s attention, but William Carter saw it all clearly.

Under the white coat, it was actually camouflage!

And at his waist, where his hand was, there was a gun!

Sweat broke out on his forehead.

Wasn’t this 120?

Why are they armed… what’s going on?

He was nervous inside, but didn’t show it on his face. After a moment’s thought, he stepped forward. “Let me help…”

As he spoke, he casually lifted the hem of one “nurse’s” coat.

Sure enough.

It was also camouflage underneath, and the bulge at the waist suggested something was hidden there.

“Step back!”

The “doctor” barked. Realizing his tone was off, he quickly corrected himself: “The patient shouldn’t be moved around. Let us professionals handle it!”

The two “nurses” blocked him, and after confirming there was no danger, they secured David Bolton to the stretcher and hurried downstairs.

Returning to his seat, William Carter’s face remained unchanged, but inside he was in turmoil.

These three weren’t doctors or nurses at all—they were soldiers!

Judging by how tense they were, they must have been afraid that the unconscious “Edward Bolton” would suddenly attack someone!

They were even prepared to shoot him on the spot!

He was just a student.

What exactly were they so worried about?

Could it be… it was the same outside?

Just then, another voice rang out: “Quick, check the trending searches!”

Although they couldn’t go outside, the internet was still a bridge to the outside world.

No one cared whether the homeroom teacher was there or not; everyone took out their hidden phones.

William Carter opened Weibo, and a string of trending topics immediately appeared before his eyes.

#Mirror Suspended in Air, Mutant Discovered#

The most popular video showed a teenager with four thick hooved limbs growing from his shoulders, like a spider, crawling and running wildly on the wall.

The footage was very clear, not like special effects.

Opening the comments, there were all kinds of opinions, but most people were questioning its authenticity.

The second trending topic: #Mutant Teenager Appears in Lunan, Can Communicate with Snakes#

Again, it was a video. Amid a young man’s shouts, a large group of snakes obeyed his commands, forming various shapes, and could even write on the ground.

The comments below included skepticism, surprise, and jokes. The top comment was: “The last person to do this was Xu Xian. Of course, Xu Xian played with snakes, and so does he.”

…

There was even one person whose whole body was on fire.

Of course, those were the normal ones—there were plenty of bizarre cases too.

For example, one guy’s middle finger could suddenly become thick and huge, which had unexpected effects when cursing people out.

Counting carefully, out of the top twenty trending topics, fifteen were about “mutations.”

It was as if this had suddenly become the biggest trend, overshadowing the panic caused by the mirror incident.

“There really might be mutants!”

After scrolling through the topics, others might still be skeptical, but William Carter was starting to believe it.

Not to mention anyone else…

He could see his reflection making different movements from his real body—wasn’t that a kind of mutation too?

And those soldiers just now…

Could it be they suspected David Bolton had gained mutant powers and were afraid he’d hurt someone, which is why they were so tense?

If that was the case, everything made sense.

Only threats beyond normal human limits would make the military and armored vehicles mobilize.

But… there were still some things that didn’t add up!

What exactly is mutation?

Why do mutations happen?

Also, looking at the mutants in the videos, they all seemed pretty normal. In that case, it shouldn’t be so easy for them to cause destruction or kill people, right?

If so, why use force to suppress them?

By the third period of evening self-study, the streets already looked less chaotic than before, and many burning buildings had been put out.

“Damn!”

Someone shouted again: “Quick, check Henry Clark’s Douyin, or it might get taken down soon…”

Henry Clark was the most famous science blogger on Douyin, with over ten million followers.