The Bodyguard System

What people had never noticed was the fact that while it was true that humans were undergoing mutation due to the rain, the same actually applied to animals and other things within this world.

Those wild animals that had been exposed to the rain also began experiencing mutation. After all, the stone that had been used in the creation of the mutation gas was not something that could only affect humans, but it could also affect animals.

After all, the research on mutation had begun on animals by Jaden's parents. If the components of the stone could not affect animals, then Jaden's parents would not have found any results at all.

Back to the topic, while the mutation of the humans had occurred faster, for the animals and other forms of life within the planet, it had taken quite a while.

Even after the rain had stopped, the water sources had obviously been contaminated by the rain that had been relentless for several weeks.

So of course, even if an animal or another form of life within the planet had escaped the rain, they would obviously not escape the water, which was considered as a source of life.

So slowly, they were also being exposed to the components that were within the rain that had fallen. Of course, the mutation agents within the water began taking effect, not only on those that had been exposed to the rain, but instead, even those that drunk the water that was contaminated.

But of course, this was something that actually took several months. It did not take a few days like the humans, but instead, it took a solid 6 months for the mutation signs to be exposed.

While it might be true that for the first stone that Jaden's parents had gotten, and began using research on it had effect after just a few days, this was an advanced version.

It was several times better, indicating that its effects were way better as compared to the previous one. So, for the mutation to be able to take place within the animals, it took quite a long while.

Of course, the main reason behind that was simply because the engineering of the mutation gas that was released by Jaden into the air was mainly tailored for the humans. For the humans, it took effect quite fast, just a matter of a few days.

But for the animals, considering that it was not meant for them, even though it could affect them, it took several months, which was the reason why it took 6 months for the first mutant animals and plants to begin appearing.

They did not just appear within forests outside, but even within the cities and strongholds that have been built.

Some people began seeing that their pets or plants had begin changing. For instance, there was one person who had a cat in his house within a stronghold.

The cat suddenly became sick, and passed out for an entire week. He nearly thought that it had died, I did not mean for the fact that he could see that it was breathing, and it was not rotting.

He was confused though, considering that even though the cat had passed out, and had not eaten for an entire week, it was still alive. Additionally, its body did not show any signs of becoming thin.

But then suddenly, that person thought of something. Before they themselves became mutants, they had passed out for several days, before finally waking up. Could it be that his cat was also undergoing mutation?

As he thought of that, he was both excited and nervous. After all, there was no guarantee that after the cat mutated, it was going to survive or die. Additionally, if it survived, would it still consider him as a friend?

Regardless of his feelings, he did not do anything to the cat for the several days that it had passed out. And finally, one day, he had just come back from fighting a group of mutants that had been attacking the stronghold, when he found something strange with his house.

The moment that he entered into the house, he found that the entire house had been turned upside down. It was as if someone had entered into his house, just to ruin everything.

But he found something unusual, that was the fact that the walls of his house had not been touched. Even though everything else within the room had been destroyed, the door, the windows, and the wall were completely the same way he had left them before.

And just as he was wondering what was going on, he was shocked when he noticed that there was some noise that was coming from his bedroom. Currently, the bedroom door was open, even though he had previously closed it.

He Immediately raised his guard. It was true that he was within a stronghold, and the possibility of an enemy being within the stronghold was low, there was always a possibility that an enemy might have infiltrated into the stronghold.

So, he was ready to use his abilities at any moment in order to deal with whoever it was that had broken into his house.

As he approached the door to his bedroom, the noise within the bedroom suddenly stopped. And then, a big cat stepped out of the bedroom, approaching him.

At first, the man was so surprised to see such a huge cat within his house. He instinctively thought that there was a possibility that it was a cheetah or leopard that had somehow managed to enter into his house. As for its appearance, there was a possibility that this was a type of cat that they had never seen before.

But then again, he found that this cat was quite familiar. Why did it look like his own cat that he had left behind? And thinking about it, he looked towards the area where he had left the cat, only to see that the area did not have the cat.

"Meow!" The cat suddenly meowed, bringing the man back to his senses. At this moment, all his nerves were tense, as he looked at the cat in front of him.

He swallowed, wondering if the cat was going to attack him or not. But looking into the eyes of the cat that still looked the same as it was before it passed out, he finally began approaching it.

And when he was sure that the cat was not going to attack him, he touched it, and the cat simply rubbed its head against his hand.

The man had mixed feelings. At this moment, he was having a cat that was the size of a dog within his house, and he knew that it had actually mutated. At the same time, he was not sure if only his cat had mutated or not.

To answer him, the mutation was something that had happened worldwide, encompassing all life forms. While he was lucky that his cat did not attack him, others were not.

For several mutants, after understanding that they actually held much power due to becoming mutants, some of them actively went ahead to hunt for those big cats and other wild animals from the forests.

They just wanted to feel the thrill of keeping them in their homes as pets. And considering that they had only kept them for a few months, the animals have obviously not been tamed, especially those that had been brought home while being adults.

When they passed out, several of them had actually been thrown out by their owners, well, those that caught them. They just thought that those animals were useless, and there was no need of keeping them anymore as they had passed out.

Others simply thought that there was no need for them to care about an animal that had some form of illness. They could just go ahead and hunt for another one, then bring it back home.

But for others, they just observed it, allowing the animal to stay within the cage where it was being kept. And there were others that outrightly killed them after realizing that they had only passed out, and were not waking up even after few days.

For those that had killed, and those that had thrown away the animals that they were keeping, it could be said that they were extremely lucky.

But for those that did not do that, the moment that those animals woke up, they had increased in size. The increase in size was something that had happened in just a matter of a few minutes, before the animals woke up.

For those that had observed as the animals began increasing in size, they were scared. And by the time that they wanted to react, the animals had already woken up.

Several of them used their abilities, as they tried to deal with the animals that had broken out of their cages. But of course, not all of them were going to succeed. After all, they were not dealing with ordinary animals here, back instead, they were dealing with mutated animals.

And these mutated animals were way beyond ordinary animals, considering that they possessed abilities as well. And completely different from humans who had to try several times in order to be able to grasp the abilities that they had, for these mutated animals, it was just instinctive.

They could instinctively use the abilities that they had gained, which was something that allowed them to easily deal with the situation that they were facing.

Additionally, it was clear that the intelligence of these animals had been increased, as for those animals that faced the mutants that they could not deal with, they simply ran away. And with their increased strength, they were able to easily break out of the houses or cages where they were being kept, before rushing out.

And just like that, another round of chaos erupted, with the entire world boiling. And for the first time ever since the mutation, the humans finally understood that they needed to band together.