Elena lowered her glass slightly. "I'm certain it was the aliens. They've likely begun making their move. The reddish-black pus you collected came from them. It's also the reason animals are mutating—it's highly infectious and forces them into savage creatures."
This reddish-black substance stripped animals of their sanity, turning them into mutated beasts, unlike natural evolution, which allowed creatures like Poochi to remain rational and loyal.
But those infected became violent, driven purely by instinct and destruction.
The worst part was that these low-tier mutated creatures fell under the aliens' control, nothing more than disposable pets and living weapons.
However, as the mutated creature grew stronger and reached higher tiers, they could break free from that control, turning into sentient beings and becoming unpredictable threats to both aliens and humans alike.
In a cruel way, the infection was both a curse and an opportunity.
