The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 106 Earth-Splitting Fungal Spider (Thanks to Youya for the donation)

However, their bodies are not covered with human skin, but with countless fungal tendrils.

It looks like a humanoid life form formed by countless interwoven fungal tendrils, with eyes, nose and mouth that closely resemble those of a human on its head and face.

But at this moment, they all had their eyes closed, as if they were sleeping inside a crystal wall.

The five people were horrified by what they saw. They could not imagine how many humanoid creatures were sealed inside this enormous crystal wall.

Although these humanoid creatures were sealed inside the crystal walls, motionless and lifeless, the people still felt an instinctive fear.

"What the hell are these things?" Zhou Xigang took a deep breath, his face turning completely pale.

"Is it... a mushroom person?"

He murmured to himself, his voice extremely low, as if afraid that a loud voice would awaken the humanoid creatures sleeping within the crystal walls.

Everyone's face was extremely grim. They looked at each other, but no one could answer Zhou Xigang's question.

Li Yu looked ahead and saw that the enormous crystal wall had a huge crack in the middle. Looking through the crack, he could only vaguely see a brighter light shining through the end.

Li Yu opened his Eye of Truth and Illusion again and carefully observed his surroundings. He saw the dense, glowing mycelium that intertwined and extended all the way here, penetrating into the crystal wall.

The humanoid creatures sealed within the crystal walls each possess glowing mycelium that is interconnected.

These luminescent mycelia form a vast network that covers the entire cave, and the slumbering humanoid creatures are part of this network.

Li Yu looked at the crack in the middle, and the network of countless luminescent mycelia eventually converged and extended to the bottom of the crack.

Li Yu understood that there must be something there.

"Li Yu, which way do we go now?" Qian Lili asked nervously, instinctively clutching the hem of her clothes, her face showing fear.

The sights unfolding here were increasingly beyond her imagination.

She couldn't understand how simply attending a wedding banquet could have turned into this outcome.

Lin Muying frowned, and after hearing Qian Lili's words, she took a breath before saying, "Now we have no way out, we can only keep moving forward."

Along the way, before entering the cave, the surroundings were boundless darkness, seemingly without beginning or end, and no one knew where the way out was.

The group entered the cave, hoping to find a way out, but the scene they saw became increasingly bizarre and strange.

Fang Mingxuan, who had been mostly silent, suddenly said, "Perhaps, this crack is the exit."

Qian Lili perked up and nodded hurriedly, saying, "That's possible. Let's go in and take a look."

Li Yu understood that they had no other choice now. It was unrealistic to leave the cave and return to the boundless darkness, and entering the crevice was their only option within the cave.

Although he didn't know where the giant crack led, or what the countless glowing mycelia that appeared underground formed the suspected neural network endpoints, what exactly were they?

It's all a mystery; perhaps it lies hidden at the end of that crack.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yu gripped the iron spear in his left hand, while crystallization appeared on the surface of his right hand. He began to stride towards the giant crack in the center.

The crack was very wide, at least twenty meters wide in the middle, and stretched all the way in without end.

It's as if there's a crystal wall of unimaginable length and width, cleaved from top to bottom by a god wielding a giant axe.

Such exquisite craftsmanship is beyond the reach of human power.

As the five walked through it, they all felt their own insignificance. Compared to the giant walls on both sides, they were as small as five tiny ants.

The crack was flanked by crystal walls, inside which were densely sealed humanoid creatures with their eyes closed.

As they looked around, the humanoid creatures seemed endless, their sheer number sending chills down their spines.

The deeper they went, the more horrified they became. Zhou Xigang touched his nose and muttered, "Damn it, what are these things that are neither human nor inhuman? Is something really sealed inside this crystal wall? Like amber? Or are the things inside carved into works of art?"

Li Yu shook his head and said, "It wasn't carved, but a real living creature."

He could see the mycelial network, and these humanoid creatures were part of this network. They were not inanimate objects carved from wood, but real, living things.

He even had a vague thought that these humanoid creatures were still alive, just asleep, otherwise it would be inexplicable why they had glowing hyphae connecting to the hyphal network inside their bodies.

As they walked on, the giant rift grew wider and wider, the space became larger and larger, and the surrounding temperature slowly rose, making them feel a bit hot.

Suddenly, Fang Mingxuan let out a low groan and abruptly stopped.

When everyone saw him suddenly stop, wondering what had happened, they all stopped as well. Qian Lili nervously looked around.

Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked around, but he didn't find any suddenly appearing fungal beasts. When he looked at Fang Mingxuan, he saw that his hands were clenched, his whole body was tense, and his eyes were slightly closed.

Li Yu suddenly understood, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

Fang Mingxuan finally broke through.

Judging by the timeline, Fang Mingxuan should have broken through to the intermediate level long ago, but he only finally broke through now, which Li Yu couldn't understand.

Two or three minutes passed before Fang Mingxuan finally exhaled softly, opened his eyes, and completed the advancement.

Now his physical strength, power, speed and other comprehensive abilities have been greatly improved. Similarly, the power of his natal bacteria's special ability "spore arc" has also been enhanced.

Upon advancing to the intermediate level, one can fuse with symbiotic bacteria. Currently, only steel-skin bacteria and tree-pattern bacteria are available. Fang Mingxuan chose tree-pattern bacteria and fused it into his left hand. He had a strengthening crystal core, but he did not choose to use it to strengthen tree-pattern bacteria.

Fang Mingxuan only used the tree-pattern fungus as a transition. He believed that he would definitely obtain better symbiotic fungi and then replace the tree-pattern fungus. This enhancement crystal core should not be wasted.

"Congratulations, Fang Mingxuan, you've finally reached the intermediate level."

Qian Lili felt that Fang Mingxuan's progress was a bit slow, and she felt that he had really gone through a lot, finally reaching the intermediate level.

Fang Mingxuan glanced at Qian Lili, nodded slightly, and said thank you.

The group continued along the crack, and after walking about fifty or sixty meters, they suddenly heard a slight sound from the upper left.

Li Yu, with the best hearing, was the first to notice and immediately looked up.

Above the crystal wall on the left, three spiders, each as large as a round table, had appeared out of nowhere and were crawling down the wall.

The three spiders had eight long legs made of black, hard mycorrhizae, and their abdomens were round, white mycorrhizae with countless cracks on the surface from which a faintly fluorescent white liquid flowed. Their heads had no eyes, but were covered with tiny mycorrhizae.

They moved incredibly fast, climbing down the crystal wall with lightning speed.

Li Yu immediately thought of the information about them in the booklet.

Earth-Splitting Fungal Spiders are rare D-rank fungal beasts. They have no eyes and rely on the tiny fungal whiskers on their heads to sense moving prey.

They have many ways of attacking; they can use their spider claws and mouthparts to attack, and they can also spit out white mycelium.

These white mycelia are extremely sticky, and once prey gets entangled in them, it is virtually impossible for it to escape.

Then it will slowly enjoy its meal, letting the prey watch itself being eaten bit by bit while it is still conscious.

"It's a rare D-rank Earth-Splitting Spider, everyone be careful!"

Zhou Xigang immediately whispered a reminder, revealing a hint of nervousness. Their strength was enough to deal with D-level elite beasts, but they were no match for rare beasts of a higher level.

Previously, a rare-level Vampire Moth Beast had almost wiped them out.

The three Earth-Splitting Fungal Spiders arrived quickly. They leaped down from the crystal wall, which was tens of meters high, with a faint white fungal filament trailing behind their abdomens, and landed swiftly.

Li Yu rushed up at almost the same moment.

"Don't move, they only sense moving objects."

These rare Earth-Splitting Spiders were beyond their capabilities. Li Yu shouted for everyone to stay put while his left-hand iron spear thrust towards one of the Earth-Splitting Spiders.

Just as he had guessed, the three ground-splitting fungal spiders ignored Lin Muying and the other three who were standing motionless, and quickly spread out, forming a triangular shape to surround Li Yu in the middle.

Lin Muying quietly activated the "Fountain of Light" to fully support Li Yu.

Li Yu felt a surge of new power within his body and realized that Lin Muying was activating the "Fountain of Light".

With the blessing of the "Fountain of Light", the speed and power of the iron spear are further enhanced.

The attacked ground-splitting fungal spider seemed to realize the danger, and by contracting the fungal strands at the end of its tail, it suddenly moved sideways close to the ground to avoid the iron spear attack.

Li Yu's figure flashed like a ghost, and he swung out a two-foot-long crystal knife in his right hand, bringing with it a cold light.

With a "hiss," a hard, black spider leg broke off and flew out. Li Yu secretly regretted it; his original target was the head of this Earth-Splitting Fungal Spider, but it had avoided him.

Two white mycelium streaks shot out from behind me, as fast as lightning.

Li Yu felt a chill run down his spine. His figure swayed, and he suddenly turned around on the spot, passing between the two white mycelium strands that shot towards him.

Under the influence of the "Fountain of Light," his internal power continued to increase, and his speed became faster and faster.

With a flick of his left arm, the iron spear in his hand pierced into the open mouthparts of one of the Earth-Splitting Fungal Spiders, penetrating nearly halfway in an instant.

The Earth-Splitting Spider trembled violently, and Li Yu, dragging the iron spear, propelled its body to smash into another Earth-Splitting Spider.

Two Earth-Splitting Spiders collided, and the one that was hit flipped sideways.

Li Yu mustered his strength, gripped the iron spear tightly, lifted the Earth-Splitting Spider impaled on it into the air, and then slammed it heavily to the ground.

With a "thud," the Earth-Splitting Spider crashed into the ground, cracks appearing on its body surface, from which white liquid gushed out.

The impact shattered its internal organs, and it was not far from death.

Behind him, the Earth-Splitting Spider, whose claw he had severed, sprayed out a white mycelium.