"Hahaha, I'm going to be an influencer with tens of millions of followers! I'm about to make thousands of Yuan, then buy luxury cars and live in a mansion!"
The female influencer danced around, giddy with excitent. As a professional, she knew exactly how much she could profit from the changes in her body. Envious looks appeared on everyone else's faces.
Physical mutations were rare in the country, let alone the entire world. An anomaly like this would surely capture national attention. If they started a live stream, how could it not go viral? Once the stream gained traction and attracted a few wealthy patrons, a few tips from them would be enough to make a fortune.
"Sothing doesn't feel right," a male influencer in his forties said, frowning. "There are more than thirty of us in this holding cell. How could only the two of you be changing while the rest of us aren't? If these changes are being caused by the cell itself, then I think we should be changing too. We're all in here together. It makes no sense that it's only affecting you two."
Hearing this, the others' faces lit up with excitent, as if they could see themselves reaching the pinnacle of their lives.
"That's right, I think Brother Wang is correct! If there are going to be mutations, we should all mutate together. There's no reason for it to be just you two."
"Damn, this trip to jail was so worth it! If our bodies mutate, we'll be the first cases in the country, maybe even the world! The governnt will definitely take notice."
"If I mutate and start raking it in from streaming, I'm hooking up with dozens of hotties, for starters!"
"Hahaha, my man! You get ."
However, while so were excited, others looked worried.
"But what if the governnt captures us to be sliced up and studied in a lab?" soone whispered.
"I think it's possible," another person said with furrowed brows. "The governnt will definitely be interested in our abnormalities. If they really take us away for research, we're done for."
Their words made Brother Ji Li and the female influencer's hearts leap into their throats. As of now, they were the only two who had started to mutate. If anyone was going to be dissected, it would be them.
So, Brother Ji Li made a suggestion. "I think we need to find a way to expose our mutations to the public. That way, once the whole internet knows, they won't be able to just take us away for research."
The female influencer, whose skin on the back of her hand now looked like a banknote, lit up. "That's a great idea. I think it could work."
Soone else shook their head. "We're locked in here. Our phones have been confiscated. How are we supposed to stream?"
The female influencer smiled. "That's not difficult. I have a child. I can trick the Protector on duty into giving a phone. Then we can start the live stream."
Her suggestion instantly received everyone's support.
Just then, a man dressed as a beggar suddenly felt an itch on his ankle. He hurriedly pulled up his pant leg, and his face lit up with ecstasy.
"Hahaha, I've mutated too! The skin on my ankle has turned into tire rubber!"
His shout imdiately drew all the other influencers to gather around. They saw that a palm-sized patch of skin on the beggar influencer's ankle had turned black and hard, complete with the tread pattern of a tire.
Before his excitent could even subside, another influencer began to show strange changes. This ti it was a woman; a patch of skin on her calf had transford into a mouth. Seeing people begin to mutate one after another, everyone grew excited. This ant they had a chance to mutate too, and a palpable sense of anticipation filled the cell.
Brother Ji Li approached the first female influencer. "Everyone's starting to change. I'll call the Protector on duty over now. You just tell him you need to call ho and ask a friend to look after your child. Once we get the phone, we'll imdiately start the stream. If we broadcast everyone mutating, we're guaranteed to attract a massive audience, and we'll be famous."
His suggestion was t with imdiate agreent.
Brother Ji Li pressed his face to the window of the door and shouted, "Hey! Soone co quick! It's a matter of life and death in here!"
A mont later, footsteps echoed down the detention center corridor. The sa young Protector appeared outside the door, looking impatient. "I'm warning you, stop causing trouble. Otherwise, I don't mind teaching you a lesson."
The female influencer rushed forward, her voice and expression fraught with anxiety. "Little Protector Brother, this is really a matter of life and death, or I wouldn't dare call for you. I'm a divorced woman raising a five-year-old child by myself. Now that you've detained , my child is ho alone. Every day at this ti, I'm there to watch her do her howork before she goes to sleep. I have to use my phone to call a friend and ask her to look after my daughter. If sothing happens to my child, I'll never forgive you! I'll sue you at the Bureau of Justice for criminal negligence!"
The female influencer was, after all, a perforr who often acted online. Her expression was utterly convincing. Coupled with the dim lighting in the cell, her heart-wrenching plea imdiately made the young Protector waver.
Sensing an opportunity, Brother Ji Li and the others added fuel to the fire. "Look, man, we haven't committed any unforgivable cris. We'll be out in five days, tops. But are you prepared to live with yourself if you cause a mother to lose her child over this?"
"Yeah, just give her the phone. What are we going to do in a holding cell?"
"Exactly, we're just influencers, not hardened criminals. Are you afraid we're going to try and break out?"
"We're not idiots. Why would we attempt a prison break when we're only in for five days?"
The barrage of remarks left the young Protector flustered. "Okay, okay, wait here," he said quickly. "I'll go find your phone. By the way, does it have any distinguishing features?"
"My phone case has a picture of and my daughter on it," she replied eagerly. "It's easy to find."
The young Protector nodded and left.
A few monts later, he returned with the phone she had described. He passed it through the bars and said, "Alright, you've got your phone, so no more shouting. Get so rest. If you keep making noise, I'll deal with you. And hurry up and call your daughter to make sure she's safe, and tell your friend to get over there. And you, you're a mother. Why don't you find a proper job?"
"Little Protector Brother, I wish I could," she said innocently. "But I only finished elentary school. I'm uneducated and can't find a suitable job. I've looked for several, but they don't want to hire because I have a child. Oh, and Little Protector Brother, since you're being so kind, could you lend a power bank? Look, my phone is almost dead. It would be terrible if it died while I was on an important call with my daughter."
The young Protector didn't think much of it and nodded. "Alright."
Shortly after, the female influencer had a power bank. She pretended to make a call while the Protector watched. After a few monts, seeing that they weren't doing anything out of the ordinary, he turned and went back to his post to rest.
The instant the young Protector was gone, the female influencer started a live stream.
「Maple's Autumn Live Stream」
As soon as the influencer went live, her viewership shot past ten thousand. Many of her fans already knew this group of influencers had been detained and were eagerly waiting to see when they would be released.
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