The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 131 Departing Early (10,000 words, please subscribe and vote/thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

Tang Burou nodded and said, "Yes, although there is a certain probability that symbiotic bacteria will appear in the corpses of many fungal beasts after they die, for some reason, if these symbiotic bacteria are integrated into the human body, after the human dies, both the native bacteria and the symbiotic bacteria will die and will not reappear, unless the symbiotic bacteria are separated out in advance before death."

Zhou Xigang was slightly stunned. Was there really such a thing?

As Tang Burou finished speaking, she looked at the corpses of Li Mao, Ma Ping, and Bai Xiaowan.

"Look, none of the symbiotic bacteria that had previously fused into their bodies have been found in their corpses."

At this moment, Fang Qinian and Yuan Shuyao were searching the bodies of Ma Ping and Bai Xiaowan for valuable items.

Although they were companions, and I felt sad, life must go on, and valuable items shouldn't be abandoned or wasted.

On the other side, Zhou Dingfeng and Wu Qingyun also searched Li Mao's body and found the items, but they did not keep them for themselves. Instead, they handed them over to Tang Burou.

Then, they began to collect the spoils that appeared on the corpses of the dead human-faced black locusts and human-faced locusts.

"These human-faced black locusts were killed by Li Yu, don't get them mixed up."

Tang Burou walked over and began collecting the spoils that appeared on the corpses of the fungal beasts. Suddenly, she spoke up, reminding everyone.

She noticed that Li Yu was sitting there blankly, not moving, and seemed to have no intention of picking up the spoils. Fearing that others might be tempted to sneak over and grab them, she quickly reminded him.

If Li Yu hadn't suddenly unleashed his power and broken through the enemy lines, killing four human-faced black locusts in succession, they would all be in danger today.

Although Tang Burou was confident that she could escape alive, she feared that everyone else might die here.

Tang Burou finally had a clear understanding of how terrifying this fungal nest was. Although she had participated in it once before, it was far less terrifying than this one.

It appears that the level of danger in each fungal nest is not entirely the same.

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Zhou Dingfeng hurriedly replied. He had initially looked down on Li Yu a little, but after seeing Li Yu's performance just now, which was like a god of death, he felt nothing but awe and no longer dared to look down on him.

Qian Lili wiped away her tears and walked over with Zhou Xigang to start picking up their spoils.

Lin Muying sighed sadly. Although she was grieving, her relationship with Fang Mingxuan was not as deep as Li Yu's.

Despite her sadness, she knew she had to be strong, so she gritted her teeth, stood up, and went to help Li Yu pick up the spoils of war.

This time, Li Yu killed four human-faced black locusts by himself, and the harvest was not small. Two enhancement crystal cores, three blood-patterned mushrooms, and three symbiotic fungi were found in the corpses of these four human-faced black locusts alone.

These three symbiotic bacteria include two defensive types and one weapon type with bacterial technology.

In addition, the group also obtained a strengthening crystal core and five defensive symbiotic bacteria from the human-faced locusts they killed.

After collecting their spoils, the group did not leave immediately but sat down to rest.

"Li Yu." Lin Muying saw that Li Yu was still sitting there silently, without moving, so she couldn't help but come to his side.

"Fang Mingxuan is dead, Li Yu, you can't be like this no matter how sad you are." Lin Muying began to worry about Li Yu.

She now realized that Fang Mingxuan's position and importance in Li Yu's heart were even greater than she had imagined.

Li Yu's lips twitched slightly before he whispered, "I understand."

In a short period of time, his voice became much hoarse.

Then he looked up, closed his eyes, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

Qian Lili also came over and tried to persuade him, "Li Yu, cheer up. We're all heartbroken, but... but—"

But after thinking for a long time, he still didn't know how to persuade Li Yu.

Lin Muying said softly, "Li Yu, Mingxuan asked you before he died to find Xiaoyue and their child. You can't break your promise. Maybe—maybe Xiaoyue and the child are in trouble right now, or even being bullied, and they need your help."

She was afraid that Tang Burou and the others would hear her, so she spoke in a very low voice, only Li Yu, Qian Lili and the others around her could hear her.

Upon hearing this, Li Yu shuddered, abruptly opened his eyes, and looked at Lin Muying.

Lin Muying saw a circle suddenly light up in his right eye, and her heart trembled. She didn't dare to meet his gaze.

Li Yu quickly concealed his terrifying gaze, then shook his head slightly and said sadly, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just having trouble accepting it right now, but I'll be alright soon."

At this point, he looked at Fang Mingxuan's corpse again, reached out, and wiped away Fang Mingxuan's wide-open eyes.

"Mingxuan, I will definitely find Xiaoyue and her child, and take good care of them for you. I will never let them suffer the slightest mistreatment."

He murmured softly, his eyes narrowing slightly before he closed them again.

He silently vowed, "Mingxuan, I will definitely find out why we came into this world, and I will definitely seek justice for you."

Ultimately, the real cause of Fang Mingxuan's death, and all of this, was the sudden turn of events at that damned wedding banquet—that was the root of everything.

Li Yu secretly vowed to himself that he would find out the truth, unless he was dead.

Then, he opened his eyes, picked up Fang Mingxuan's body, which had been cut in two, stood up, and walked outside.

Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang hurriedly followed behind.

Tang Burou and the others sat down to rest on the other side. Because Li Yu and the others kept their voices down when they talked, they didn't hear what they were saying, but occasionally glanced in their direction.

Seeing them get up and leave, Tang Burou, Fang Qinian, Zhou Dingfeng, Wu Qingyun, and Yuan Shuyao also got up and silently followed behind.

This is the last hurdle; there's no way forward, so we have to turn back.

The group returned along the same path, and soon emerged from the mushroom nest through the gap, only to find that the sky outside was dark and a fuzzy moon hung in the sky.

Before they knew it, they had spent most of the day in the fungal nest, and it was already dark.

"Miss Tang, how about we form a team?" Fang Qinian suddenly spoke up.

Now Tang Burou's team has three members left, while Fang Qinian's team is down to just him and Yuan Shuyao. So he thought of forming a new team with Tang Burou and the other two.

Tang Burou glanced at Fang Qinian and Yuan Shuyao, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

Fang Qinian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Tang Burou had agreed, feeling very excited.

He had feelings for Tang Burou, and now that they were teammates, he couldn't help but feel excited.

Li Yu laid Fang Mingxuan's body down, revealed the Heavenly Wolf Blade, looked around, then chose a suitable spot and began digging a pit.

Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang also joined in to help.

Tang Burou walked to the side, but did not leave. Instead, she watched from the side and suddenly felt a sense of shame.

Li Mao, one of their men, had died. She hadn't thought about burying him, but now, seeing Li Yu burying Fang Mingxuan's body, a strange feeling welled up inside her, and she couldn't help but look at Li Yu again.

"This is a man who values ​​loyalty and righteousness—" This thought suddenly popped into her mind.

At the supply depot, dead bodies were so common that everyone had become accustomed to them, and no one would bother to bury their comrades' corpses.

For them, unburied corpses would either be eaten by the fungal beasts or rot away due to fungal decay.

Buried corpses will also be eroded and rotten by fungi, so there is no difference between the two. Why waste time digging a pit to bury a corpse?

This has almost become a consensus, so Tang Burou and the other two never thought of burying their companions, nor did Fang Qinian and Yuan Shuyao.

Fang Qinian frowned slightly as he watched Li Yu bury Fang Mingxuan's body. He wanted to urge Tang Burou to leave, but Tang Burou showed no sign of leaving, so he could only stay and watch from the side.

Tang Burou watched silently as Li Yu dug the pit, then pieced Fang Mingxuan's two halves of his body back together, making them appear intact, before finally burying them.

Afterwards, he found a square rock and originally intended to carve the five characters "Tomb of Fang Mingxuan" on it, which would serve as a simple stone tablet.

But after thinking about it, he changed his mind. He was afraid that carving those words would attract attention, which would be counterproductive.

Finally, this wordless stone tablet was erected here.

I carefully examined the surrounding environment and location again and memorized it.

When he finds Xiaoyue and her child, he will bring them to pay their respects to Fang Mingxuan. If conditions permit at that time, he will also build a tomb for Fang Mingxuan.

Seeing that Li Yu, Lin Muying, and the other three were paying their respects at Fang Mingxuan's tombstone, Tang Burou suddenly walked over and bowed three times to the tombstone.

Li Yu glanced at Tang Burou, somewhat surprised, unable to understand why she would do this when she wasn't familiar with Fang Mingxuan.

"Li Yu, don't be sad."

Tang Burou looked at him with a strange light in her eyes: "It's so rare to find someone at the supply point who cares so much about their comrades. None of us can do that. You're really special."

After saying that, she shook her head, gave a self-deprecating bitter smile, and looked at Li Yu with undisguised admiration.

For them, they were less like companions and more like a temporarily assembled team. Few of them could form true friendships; everything was for the sake of entering Lingxu City.

Going it alone is too difficult, which is why they need to team up and each get what they need.

Fang Qinian saw this and felt a strange sense of loss. If he had known that Tang Burou would fall for this, he should have buried Ma Ping and Bai Xiaowan's bodies earlier, which would have surely moved Tang Burou.

"This Li Yu, so mysterious, I never expected him to be so good at playing tragic roles. He makes it sound so affectionate and righteous, and it seems like women just love that kind of thing."

Fang Qinian felt somewhat distressed, but he kept it to himself and dared not express it.

He initially looked down on Li Yu, thinking his strength was utterly insignificant among the top-tier, but what could he do when Li Yu broke through so quickly?

He just broke through to the peak again. Even if he's weaker now, he's still at the peak. He should be able to beat me.

"Unless I also break through to the peak, I won't be able to reliably suppress him —"

Fang Qinian thought to himself, feeling frustrated again. He knew it was almost impossible for him to break through to the peak before the 15th.

Because he only broke through to the top level a few days ago, there's simply not enough time.

"Li Yu's strength at the top level was almost no stronger than that of a high-level player. How did he, who was so weak, manage to break through to the peak in such a short time?" Fang Qinian was completely baffled.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something.

"Could it be that he's not one of the new recruits in our batch?"

He looked thoughtful, as if he had found the answer. If that were the case, then it would be easy to understand.

Lin Muying noticed the way Tang Burou looked at Li Yu, and a thought struck her: this woman seems to have a good impression of Li Yu.

Li Yu looked up at Tang Burou.

Tang Burou continued, "Li Yu, how about we team up? With your current strength, you could lead us to explore the Eastern District."

Fang Qinian couldn't help but be taken aback and said, "The East District? That's a much more dangerous area than the Central District."

Li Yu knew that, according to the map, the Yunze District of Jiangcheng was once known as the East District, and its danger level was one level higher than that of the current Central District.

Tang Burou glanced at Fang Qinian before saying, "If we want to reach the peak before the 15th, we need to hunt as many C-level beasts as possible. We were lucky to encounter the fungal nest today; otherwise, it would be very difficult to find a suitable C-level beast in this central area."

As she spoke, she brushed her short hair behind her ear. The fungal beasts in this central area are mostly D-grade rare, with only one or two C-grade beasts appearing occasionally.

Fang Qinian shook his head and said, "I know we need to hunt C-level bactericidal beasts, but the Eastern District is too dangerous. Without a top expert to lead us, we'd likely die at most."

Tang Burou said, "Yes, that's why I said I'd invite Li Yu to come along."

Clearly, she believed that Li Yu had reached his peak and wanted him to lead everyone to the East District to give it a try.

Fang Qinian glanced at Li Yu, hesitating to speak. He wanted to say that when Li Yu was at the top level, he was the weakest among the top level.

Even if he breaks through to the peak, he would probably be at the weakest level among the peak, making it too dangerous for him to lead everyone to the East District.

It was just that he couldn't say it in front of Li Yu.

"It's still too risky, and even if we could go, they're just high-ranking, going to the East District would be pure suicide."

Fang Qinian was referring to Yuan Shuyao, Zhou Dingfeng, and others. Even top-tier experts like them faced dangers when going to the Eastern District, let alone Yuan Shuyao and others who were only at the advanced level.

Tang Burou sighed and looked at Li Yu again, asking, "Li Yu, what do you say?"

Li Yu was in a bad mood and depressed. All she wanted to do was find a place to rest and adjust her mindset. She had no desire to go anywhere. She shook her head slightly and said, "I want to rest for half a day. We can talk about the rest later."

Hearing Li Yu's words, Tang Burou's face showed obvious disappointment, but she didn't say anything more, nodding and saying, "I understand. Then we'll be going. Li Yu, shall we meet at the supply point on the night of the 12th?"

"Hmm? The night of the 12th?" Li Yu was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, most people will return to the supply point on the night of the 12th and set off for Lingxu City early on the 13th. Lingxu City is 50 kilometers away from our supply point No. 5, and the journey is fraught with danger."

"We must unite; that will give us a greater chance of reaching Lingxu City alive. Li Yu, are you willing to come with us?"

Hearing Tang Burou say this, Li Yu finally understood.

Supply point number five is a full fifty kilometers away from Lingxu City, and judging from her words, it's clear that those fifty kilometers are not an easy journey.

Therefore, we need to set off on the 13th to allow enough time to ensure that we can arrive at Lingxu City before the 15th.

After understanding, Li Yu nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then let's meet at the supply point tent after dark on the night of the 12th."

Hearing Li Yu say this, Tang Burou smiled and felt a little better. Then she waved to Li Yu and said, "Then we're leaving."

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