Chen Chu's home is in the suburbs. Although it is still within the urban area, it is actually an old urban village.

The surrounding buildings are all low-rise buildings with two or three floors. Every house has a small courtyard, and not far away is a rushing river tributary.

The next day, Sunday, afternoon.

On a hot summer day, Chen Chu sat in front of his computer desk, browsing posts on the Internet about mutant beasts and the world of cultivation.

If you don't search, you won't know. When Chen Chu paid close attention to the news, he discovered that in recent years, allied countries have been stepping up efforts to suppress mutant beasts that appeared in their countries.

This is especially true in the Amazon rainforest, where there are so many mutant beasts that they have gotten out of control. Some people have even taken pictures of giant pythons as long as 100 meters in the river.

Mutated beasts of this level have already reached the level of giant beasts.

In addition, there were riots in many places within an ally.

Leading the way are some practitioners who are unwilling to see power being controlled by ordinary people. They claim to establish a cultivator nation where everyone can practice.

Some people analyzed that there were some evil cultists behind the unrest.

Many people are following this international event, and there are also live videos posted by locals.

In the video, many powerful cultivators rushed towards the machine gun positions, ignoring the dense bullet fire. Their speed was terrifying, and their figures flashed across a distance of 100 meters.

Every move he made unleashed terrifying power; a random blow could bring down walls, overturn armored vehicles, and destroy positions in the blink of an eye.

Faced with such a strong man, the ordinary soldiers were as weak as lambs to be slaughtered.

Only occasional explosions, grenades, and even anti-tank rockets could stop them slightly.

The video only lasted for more than ten minutes before the city’s government center was breached, with flames and screams everywhere, as well as sporadic gunfire.

After reading this, Chen Chu felt somewhat fortunate that he did not travel through time to these chaotic allied countries.

At this time, Chen Hu's voice came from downstairs: "Brother, do you want to eat watermelon?"

Chen Chu shouted to the outside, "Cut it up and I'll eat it."

"I knew you would say that." Chen Hu took out a watermelon from the freezer downstairs, cut it into pieces, and brought it upstairs.

Chen Hu slipped into the room and looked at the computer curiously when he put down the watermelon: "Brother, you are also paying attention to the practitioners and official battle events in Koroya."

Chen Chu picked up a piece of watermelon and was a little surprised: "You also know about this?"

Chen Hu took a bite of the watermelon proudly and said incoherently: "Of course, I want to be the king of martial arts, so isn't it natural for me to pay attention to international affairs?"

"The King of Martial Arts, I'm also the Pirate King." Chen Chu complained.

Chen Hu was puzzled: "Brother, what is One Piece? The King of the Sea? Is he very powerful?"

Chen Chu was speechless: "The name is a pirate, he must be a thief who is chased by the navy and runs around everywhere. Tell me, isn't that awesome?"

"Forget it, I want to become the strongest martial arts king in the world."

Chen Hu sat on the bed, eating watermelon: "By the way, brother, when I opened the freezer just now, I saw a lot of frozen fish. Can we finish all of this?"

"Besides, frozen fish doesn't taste good at all. It tastes woody and dry."

“Those aren’t what we eat.”

Chen Hu was stunned and asked curiously: "If we don't eat it, then who will eat it?"

"Here! Give it to it." Chen Chu pointed his chin at the desk, where a 32-centimeter-long, sturdy hexagonal salamander was lying lazily.

After his reminder, Chen Hu saw the salamander lying beside the water tank and was immediately surprised: "Is this... your pet!?"

"right."

"It really is that pet! How come it has grown so big all of a sudden?" Chen Hu was a little surprised.

He remembered that his brother had a fever last week, and when he came in to take care of him, the salamander he saw seemed very small, only a tiny bit big. How come it had grown bigger than a puppy in just one week?

"It must have mutated."

Chen Chu said casually, "It has been eating more and more these days, and its size has grown rapidly, but it is not dangerous. Look, little tiger... turn over."

As he spoke, Chen Chu pretended to make a gesture to the salamander clone.

Suddenly, in Chen Hu's eyes, the fierce-looking newt turned over.

"Wag your tail."

"Raise your paw..."

Next, Chen Chu directed and acted out a few gestures, and then used his consciousness to control his clone to cooperate, which stunned Chen Hu.

Chen Chu didn't intend to hide the existence of the salamander clone from his family, but he couldn't hide it at the same time, after all, he had to eat so much every day.

You can hide it for a day or two, but after a while it will be exposed. It is better to tell them frankly.

Anyway, these mutations in pets are not uncommon, and the authorities have management measures in place. Generally, mutated pets at home need to be registered with the local bureau.

Of course, the main reason is that these mutant pets are very weak, and they recognize their masters and listen to them.

If a pet mutates and becomes aggressive or poses a strong threat to surrounding residents, it will be forcibly taken away by the authorities.

Pets like salamanders, which are slightly larger than puppies, don't look aggressive even if they are mutated. Just tell your family about it and there is no need to register it.

When he evolves next time, he will release his clone into the river.

Therefore, during dinner that night, Chen Chu took the initiative to talk to Zhang Xiaolan about this. Zhang Xiaolan didn't care about it, but just asked him to be careful when feeding.

In her impression, that tiny pet, even if it had mutated, was just a larger fish.

…

On Monday, when Chen Chu walked into the classroom, he felt that the atmosphere in the class was a bit impetuous.

Before he sat down, he learned from his classmates that two class leaders, Lin Xue and Yi Rui, had come to school yesterday to find the teacher and found out that they had successfully established their foundation.

Although yesterday was Sunday, some students still liked the spacious venue and came to practice.

Xia Youhui came over and whispered, "Achu, how is it, do you feel a sense of urgency?"

Chen Chu glanced at him, then took out the textbook he was going to study this morning from the drawer and said calmly, "It's no use rushing, just practice slowly."

"As expected of you, Ah Chu. Not bad. So what if others break through faster than me? I will just continue on my way."

Xia Youhui could see that Chen Chu's calmness was not an act, but he really didn't care that his grades were far behind his peers.

Unlike other students in the class.

Hearing that the squad leader and the others had successfully established their foundation, while they themselves were still meditating on the fourth and fifth petals, and moving their Qi and blood around four or five times, they suddenly became impatient.

It seems like being anxious is useful. What have you been doing before? Don’t you work harder to practice when you get home every day?

"That's right."

At this time, Xia Youhui seemed to remember something and said, "Ah Chu, I will also be building my foundation tomorrow."

"Then you can enter Area C to learn Zhenwu. I won't be able to practice with you anymore. Remember to work hard."

"After all this time, you're just laying the groundwork for this sentence." Chen Chu glanced at him, shook his head and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Hey... I just wanted to surprise you, but unfortunately, you don't cooperate." Xia Youhui smiled, feeling a little regretful.

I will build my foundation tomorrow, which will take exactly seven days. Do I have a great talent?

Looking at Xia Youhui's somewhat lewd smile, Chen Chu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this lewd and mature-looking guy was actually a genius.