Global Evolution: I Super Double Up on my evolution

Is the top scholar's Charm truly so immense? That it could make a goddess, who had previously declared she wouldn't date while studying, turn into a shameless fawner, desperately trying to earn his favor? Too bad she was barking up the wrong tree. If she'd chosen wisely, maybe I would have bothered to pay her some attention.

Thinking this, Su Yan found Lin Ruoxi somewhat pitiable, so he casually sent a meme in response, figuring it was just a polite reply.

After sending the meme, Su Yan exited the Fetion chat interface and browsed through the three major online sanctuaries for a while, clicking here and there.

Finally, Su Yan came across an interesting post in the Louvre section of the Baidu Tieba forums.

[You might not believe this, but something big happened in the housing complex next to mine last night.]

[At three in the morning, when the Yin Energy was at its strongest, several households met with untimely deaths.]

[Each victim had their bodies covered in spine-chilling plants.]

[I heard there was originally one survivor, but while on their way to give a statement, their face suddenly puffed up with numerous grain-like bumps.]

[Within three seconds, those grainy things burst open, turned into tiny plant sprouts, quickly took root and grew, and brutally killed the survivor.]

[And I've also heard that these things seem to be contagious—the kind that spreads upon contact.]

[It's said that several of the official investigators have already been affected, their skin starting to bulge slightly, suspected to also begin sprouting roots.]

Because of the outlandish content of the post, it had only been published for a short while when hordes of internet users were drawn to it, leaving comments en masse.

[Keep making it up! Keep going! If you can't make up more, I'll beat you to death!]

[Nonsense. I'm a graduate student in the Gardening Department at Bias Mountain University, and I've never heard of such a plant that can parasitize the human body.]

[If something this big happened, why haven't I seen it on the news? Your lies are too obvious.]

[Bro, don't spread rumors willy-nilly. You can be detained for that now.]

[Don't believe or spread rumors. View gossip rationally. Waiting for the official rebuttal.]

[Experience +3]

At a glance, most comments accused the original poster of spreading rumors, with few believing the story.

Su Yan didn't believe it either, but he found the content of the post quite amusing, so he left a message to join in the interaction.

[I am one of the victims. I can confirm that this is true.]

Su Yan's comment, like a boulder splashing into the sea, instantly attracted the attention of numerous meme-loving internet users, many of whom followed suit.

[It's true. I'm one of the strange plants on the body of the commenter above.]

[I can also confirm this is true. I'm a leaf on the commenter above.]

[I can prove it too. I'm the chlorophyll inside the leaf of the commenter above.]

Silly netizens have always been a source of much amusement. The replies from those netizens almost made Su Yan burst out laughing.

Quickly, seeing that nobody believed him, the original poster directly shared a representative piece of evidence.

Curious, Su Yan clicked to see it. The first thing that caught his eye was a mature, attractive woman. Her features were delicate, and her figure was well-proportioned, but her beauty was marred by the fact that she was dead, deprived of life. The photo clearly showed the woman with her round eyes bulging, her face frozen in a look of horror. Obviously, she had died in terror.

However, what drew the most attention was the woman's curvaceous body, which was covered in unidentified plant sprouts, seemingly using her as nourishment.

Su Yan continued examining the photo and found these plant sprouts quite unsettling. They were an eerie blood-red, looking as if fresh blood might drip from them at any moment. Moreover, the plants had burst from the flesh and taken deep root within the human body, growing robustly.

Su Yan stared at the picture for a while. It looked very real, with no discernible traces of Photoshop.

Suddenly, for some unknown reason, this trending post just disappeared. Presumably because it was spreading rumors, it was directly taken down by the River Crab God and locked away in the 404 dungeons.

Although the post had been 404'd, its popularity didn't fade right away. Many people created new posts, adding all sorts of supernatural elements to the event, prompting many timid yet thrill-seeking netizens to leave messages of concern.

However, these posts were quickly deleted one by one by the very responsible forum moderators.

Su Yan browsed the forums a little longer, finding it a bit boring, and then got out of bed to wash up.

As he was passing the bathroom, he suddenly heard a gurgling sound of running water.

Hearing this sudden noise, Su Yan's entire being reacted. He instantly maximized his Five Senses Perception, his nerves tensing. Just the other day, under similar circumstances, he had encountered an event involving Demons and Monsters in the gym's restroom. So for him, it was hard not to overreact and be on full alert.

"GURGLE, GURGLE..." Accompanied by the sound of water, Su Yan cautiously approached the bathroom.

He gently pushed open the half-closed door, only to see an utterly empty restroom. There were no mirrors reflecting nothingness, no mythical beasts of enormous size—only a faucet running incessantly.

Was it my parents, or one of my three sisters who forgot to turn off the tap after using it?