The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 103 Advancement, Advanced Level (Thanks to the donor from Swallowing the Stars for the donation)

Zhou Xigang's face turned red with anger after hearing what Qian Lili said. He was furious but didn't know how to refute her. Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to leave alone.

After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "I'm just offering my opinion. It's better for everyone to brainstorm. What do you know, you stupid woman?"

Qian Lili scoffed and ignored him.

Li Yu silently used the pupil's ability to observe his surroundings. Fortunately, the floating light spots around him fluctuated normally, and he did not see any abnormal movements.

Mushrooms were exploding everywhere ahead, and the dense mushrooms on the ground were basically crushed into mud.

The five people walked further and further into the darkness, as if this underground world was forever shrouded in endless darkness.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the group began to feel intensely hungry and had to stop, open their backpacks, and eat the last bit of edible fungus they had left.

"What's going on? This place seems to have no end. We must have walked quite a distance, right? Why haven't we seen anything?"

Zhou Xigang watched as the edible fungi were finished, while he himself had only eaten half a full meal, and he gradually became anxious.

Forget about getting out of here, even food is becoming a problem. Although mushrooms are everywhere in this dark world, it's too dark for them to find edible fungi.

What they saw right now were mostly those grayish-black, unidentified mushrooms.

Li Yu didn't speak, but instead looked up again, silently gazed into the distance, then lowered her head, stretched out her hand, and waved it at Zhou Xigang before saying, "Can you see my hand clearly? Didn't you notice the change in light?"

Zhou Xigang was taken aback. He looked closely at Li Yu's hand and suddenly realized, "Compared to before, the light here is brighter. I can see your hand now."

He clearly remembered that before, whenever they were a little distance apart, it was pitch black, and in his eyes, Li Yu, who was walking in front of him, was just a black figure.

Even now, from some distance, he could still clearly see Li Yu's waving hand and his five fingers.

This means that although the distance still appears pitch black, the darkness enveloping this space is actually fading away imperceptibly.

However, this change was too subtle, so he failed to notice it along the way.

It wasn't until Li Yu reminded him that he realized what was happening.

Everyone became somewhat excited. The change in light meant they were on the right track. In this deep underground abyss shrouded in endless darkness, light might represent the closest place to the surface, or even the exit.

Seeing hope, the group rested for a while, regained some strength, and immediately got up and continued their journey.

Li Yu took the lead again, and this time everyone paid close attention to the changes in the surrounding light. Sure enough, as they moved forward, the original darkness slowly turned into gloom.

Li Yu had the best eyesight, and he was carefully observing his surroundings. Suddenly, he paused slightly, as if he had noticed something, and immediately sped up, running in one of the directions.

No one knew what he had discovered, but they all followed him anyway.

"Li Yu, what's wrong?" Qian Lili couldn't help but ask curiously.

Li Yu, who was running ahead, had stopped, and everyone looked in his direction.

In front of Li Yu, there was a patch of giant mushrooms, one or two meters tall. These mushrooms were completely black, with faint white markings on their surface.

In the crevices beneath these giant white-spotted black mushrooms, some smaller mushrooms were growing. Li Yu squatted down; his target was clearly these smaller mushrooms.

Zhou Xigang exclaimed in surprise, "Jelly mushrooms?" His voice was filled with both shock and delight.

No one expected that a level-four edible mushroom, jelly mushroom, would grow here.

Since entering this world, level 5 edible fungi can be found everywhere, but they have only discovered one level 4 edible fungus, a jelly mushroom.

And now, we've seen a whole patch of them all at once, at least a dozen or twenty in number.

Everyone was overjoyed and crowded around. Li Yu plucked a mushroom, removed the stem, and then poured the jelly-like liquid from the cap into his mouth.

A single jelly mushroom contains more than ten times the nutrients and energy of a level-five edible fungus; one jelly mushroom is enough to meet their daily nutritional needs.

Soon, everyone carefully picked a jelly mushroom and sucked out its juice.

These jelly mushrooms taste and feel much better than grade 5 edible mushrooms. They melt in your mouth with a sweet and chewy texture, making them a true delicacy for those who are tired of grade 5 edible mushrooms.

Li Yu carefully counted them; there were a total of nineteen jelly mushrooms. Apart from the five that the five people had just eaten, there were fourteen left.

The fourteen jelly mushrooms were carefully packed into their backpacks, and everyone's faces lit up with joy.

"This is like a godsend! One jelly mushroom can last a day, and these mushrooms will sustain us for several days," Zhou Xigang exclaimed excitedly.

After eating the jelly mushroom, Li Yu squinted slightly, feeling the jelly mushroom turn into a warm current as it entered his throat, continuously flowing into his right eye.

The fungal spores in the right eye absorbed the heat like a whale sucking up water.

Suddenly, he shuddered violently, his hands clenched tightly, his right pupil dilated and then suddenly contracted, opening and closing several times in succession. Slowly, he lowered his eyes and closed them.

The other four noticed Li Yu's change. Qian Lili's lips moved slightly, about to speak, but Lin Muying reached out and stopped her.

A hint of excitement appeared on Lin Muying's face. She understood that Li Yu must have broken through.

Once he broke through, Li Yu entered the third stage of the spore stage and grew to an advanced stage.

For them, "advanced" means "expert". Most of the natives they had encountered before were only advanced, including Wang Huai'an and Guo Jun.

As for top-tier experts like Bai Xiuluo and Wei Tian, ​​they are extremely rare at Supply Point No. 5.

Li Yu closed his eyes, sensing the changes within his body. As the pupil fungus successfully broke through and advanced to the third stage of the spore stage, his right pupil continuously contracted and expanded, first absorbing all the surging heat within his body, and then feeding it back out.

This heat spread throughout his body, entering his limbs and bones, and merging with his flesh, bones, and internal organs.

Bone density is increasing, internal organs are becoming stronger, muscle fibers are strengthening, sensory perception is improving, and even cognitive and responsive abilities are being enhanced.

With a breakthrough comes a holistic improvement in the body.

Strength, speed, physical fitness, nerve reaction ability, sensory perception ability—all abilities are greatly enhanced.

The spore stage has five phases, and each breakthrough represents a remarkable change and improvement.

Finally, as the heat flow slowly and completely merged into his body, this enhancement ended, and Li Yu felt a surge of power within him, making his body even stronger.

However, the changes in his right eye were not completely over; a new energy was gathering in his right eye.

Li Yu suddenly opened his eyes. The four people surrounding him, including Lin Muying, barely saw how he moved before he suddenly stood up.

In the shadows, the four noticed a faint, circular light slowly appearing in Li Yu's right eye, which was dark and shrouded in darkness. The light was intermittent, resembling a wheel, and was imprinted on his pupil, which was quite eerie.

Seeing this eye, everyone suddenly felt a strange sensation, as if their entire body, from the outside in, had been seen through by this wheel.

Li Yu himself did not expect that when the Pupil Fungus grew to the advanced stage of the spore stage, it would awaken a second ability.

This ability, called "Eye of Truth and Falsehood," can see through all truth and falsehood. After Li Yu activated it, a faint light appeared in his right pupil.

As the Eye of Truth and Illusion was activated, Li Yu's eyes swept over the four people standing beside him.

Suddenly, he saw a fungal spore floating inside Lin Muying's right arm, shrouded in a faint light.

They saw that within Qian Lili's towering chest, there was also a glowing fungal spore.

He understood that these were the light fungus spores and burst fungus spores inside their bodies. He never imagined that the Eye of Truth and Deception could even see the spores hidden inside their bodies.

Then, Li Yu looked into the distance and discovered that among the mushroom-shaped mountains standing all around, there were hidden mycelial veins, resembling an interwoven spider web.

These mycelial veins, hidden deep within these mushroom mountains, extend downwards, intertwining like a net, stretching towards some distant place, seemingly the origin of this underground mushroom world.

But in the more distant directions, beyond the reach of his Eye of Truth and Delusion, he could no longer see.

After retracting the "Eye of Truth and Delusion," the halo of light in his right eye disappeared. Li Yu felt a slight stinging sensation in his pupil, and then tears flowed out.

It seems that using this "Eye of Truth and Delusion" has certain side effects.

"Li Yu, you've broken through to the advanced level?" Zhou Xigang couldn't help but ask.

Li Yu nodded slightly and hummed in agreement.

Qian Lili asked curiously, "What does it feel like to be high-class? What was that halo that suddenly appeared in your right eye just now? When you looked at me with that right eye, I felt a chill run down my spine, like I was being seen through. Does your right eye really have X-ray vision?"

She thought about how Li Yu had just stared at her chest. If he could really see through things, wouldn't he have seen her body completely?

Thinking about it made her feel uneasy.

Li Yu shook his head and said, "How could it be possible to see through things? This is a new ability I gained after reaching an advanced level, called the Eye of Truth and Falsehood. It is said to be able to see through reality and illusion. As for what specific effects it can achieve and how to use it, I am still figuring it out."

Hearing Li Yu say this, Qian Lili breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that he hadn't seen her.

Zhou Xigang exclaimed excitedly, "To reach an advanced level and gain new abilities? That's fantastic!"

He realized that his "bone armor" was already somewhat ineffective against powerful fungal beasts, and now that he heard that advanced users could comprehend new abilities, he became quite excited.

He was looking forward to gaining powerful new abilities.

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