The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 132 The Shadow Dog (Thanks to reader 738 for the donation)

Li Yu nodded slightly to her and watched Tang Burou, Fang Qinian, and the other four leave.

Once their figures disappeared into the darkness in the distance, Li Yu looked around and pointed to a building not far away, saying, "Let's go there and rest for a while."

"Okay." Lin Muying knew that Li Yu was in a bad mood, so she didn't dare to say anything more and followed him. The four of them walked towards the building.

Li Yu found a room and slowly sat down.

Lin Muying asked Zhou Xigang to stay and keep Li Yu company, while she took Qian Lili and looked around the building to make sure it was safe before returning and locking the door.

Li Yu opened his backpack and took out a Glowing Mushroom. Everyone was hungry, so they each took one and ate it.

Originally, Li Yu was going to eat two at a time, but now he could only eat one and couldn't eat any more.

These days, it's always been the five of them, but now suddenly one of them is missing, and it's a classmate they're very close to.

Not only Li Yu, but also Lin Muying and Qian Lili felt extremely depressed and had an indescribable sadness in their hearts. At this moment, they couldn't muster the energy to hunt the fungal beasts anymore.

That's why Li Yu rejected Tang Burou's suggestion and just wanted to rest quietly here for a while.

Of the four, only Zhou Xigang was in relatively good condition.

He originally disliked Fang Mingxuan, but now that Fang Mingxuan had suddenly died, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

Sensing the oppressive and gloomy atmosphere, he finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "How long are you going to stay so negative? The dead can't be brought back to life. I know he was your good friend and classmate, and you have a deep bond, but you said before that you would help him find a wife and children. In the state you are in now, I don't think you can even go to Lingxu City. What are you talking about helping him find a wife and children?"

Qian Lili sighed and said, "I'm not being negative, I just feel a tightness in my chest. Although—although I know what you said makes sense, I still feel very sad. Such a healthy person, suddenly—just gone."

Lin Muying looked at Li Yu, slightly perking up, and said, "Li Yu, cheer up, don't be like this, okay?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but reach out and take Li Yu's hand. She could feel the pain in the man's heart, and she wished she could take his place and bear that pain.

She knew that Li Yu and Fang Mingxuan had a deep relationship that she couldn't comprehend.

Li Yu watched as Lin Muying took his hand, then turned and held her hand in his own. He lowered his eyes, closed them, and slowly said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll be alright after a rest."

Lin Muying let him hold her hand and gently hummed in agreement.

Qian Lili and Zhou Xigang were both looking at their clasped hands, then they glanced at each other, feeling a strange sense of being suddenly and inexplicably fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

"Li Yu, have you broken through to the top level? These guys think you've reached your peak."

Zhou Xigang couldn't help but ask, "Just now, in the final stage of the fungus nest, Li Yu suddenly unleashed his power, crushing the human-faced black locusts among the C-level beasts, which shocked everyone."

"If you break through to the top level, it means we also have a chance. We can definitely advance to the top level before the 15th. But judging from what Tang Burou said, it seems that many people are going to set off early on the 13th." Zhou Xigang's face showed a look of excitement and some hesitation.

Li Yu slowly reopened his eyes, shook his head and said, "No, I'm still advanced."

Zhou Xi was stunned, and Qian Lili also asked in surprise, "Still high-end? Then how come you—"

Zhou Xigang's mind raced, and he suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Could it be that cocoon?"

He suddenly remembered that in the underground world, Li Yu had obtained a mysterious cocoon, which merged into his chest and disappeared without a trace, after which there was no further movement.

Li Yu nodded and said, "Yes, the cocoon has hatched."

Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang all showed expressions of emotion and looked at him together.

"What hatched? How could it be so powerful?" Lin Muying's eyes were filled with undisguised surprise and curiosity.

"It's called a gynecological fungus."

Zhou Xigang asked curiously, "Yin fungus? That's a strange name. Is it also a symbiotic fungus? What abilities does it have?"

Li Yu didn't speak, but slowly lowered his head, feeling the hidden fungus in his heart.

Almost instantly, information about the Yin Dog Fungus surfaced in his mind as a memory.

Name: Yin Fungus, Type: Symbiotic Fungus, Status: Newly Hatched, First Fungal Skill "Yin Power" has been awakened, Second Fungal Skill has not been awakened and needs to grow into a juvenile stage to awaken.

Then, a wealth of detailed information about fungi appeared in Li Yu's mind and memory.

Previously in the fungal nest, between life and death, the cocoon that was already incubating finally hatched successfully under the pressure of life and death from the outside world.

In that instant, memories of the cocoon hatching naturally came to his mind. He knew it was called a symbiotic fungus, a type of symbiotic fungus, but it was very different from ordinary symbiotic fungi.

At that moment, facing life and death, he had no time to think. The first fungal technique of the Yin fungus, "Yin Power," was activated almost instinctively.

The Yin Dog energy contained within erupted instantly, shattering the forelimb blade that the Black Locust with a human face had slashed down.

The terrifying aspect of this "yin fungus" is that it not only contains powerful yin energy, but it can also devour countless points of light and convert them into energy.

He then continuously released energy into his limbs and bones, strengthening and enhancing his body. Even the "Superhuman Capture" ability, which was originally unable to be activated for a short period of time, was reactivated.

Then, with the help of the terrifying power unleashed by the "Yin Power" and the doubled speed of "Superhuman Capture", he successfully killed four human-faced black locusts in a row.

They reversed the situation, allowing everyone to escape disaster and successfully break through the fungal nest.

At this moment, he sensed the Yin bacteria, and memories of the Yin dog kept flooding his mind, making him understand the power of Yin.

It also made him understand why when he obtained the Yin Fungus, it was in a cocoon state and required a drop of blood to fuse and hatch.

Li Yu raised his eyes slightly and spoke again: "Yin fungi are also a type of symbiotic bacteria, but they are very different from ordinary symbiotic bacteria. They feel like they don't belong to this world—"

Qian Lili looked bewildered and asked, "What do you mean? Not the symbiotic bacteria of this world? Then which world is it?"

Li Yu shook his head and said, "I'm not very clear on the specifics either. Based on the information I got from this fungus, the details are rather vague. I only know that it is very different from ordinary symbiotic bacteria, as if it exists in a different world or environment."

Li Yu paused slightly at this point and continued, "So when we found it, it was in a cocoon state because it could not adapt to the current environment and could only slumber in the cocoon, entering a state of suspended animation."

"Its survival conditions are extremely harsh. It not only needs our blood to activate it, but also needs our bodies to hatch. After that, it can only hide and depend on our bodies. Unlike ordinary symbiotic bacteria, it cannot survive on its own."

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The symbiotic bacteria they obtain are normally in the form of mushrooms. Even if they do not fuse with the symbiotic bacteria, these symbiotic bacteria still survive independently.

They can thrive anywhere if discarded, but the yin dog fungus cannot; it can only awaken by attaching itself to a living human body.

Otherwise, one can only put oneself in a cocoon and fall into a state of suspended animation.

According to the information, although both are symbiotic bacteria, the growth systems of anthrax bacteria and general symbiotic bacteria are different.

For example, symbiotic bacteria can be strengthened using enhancement crystals. As long as there are enough enhancement crystals, they can be strengthened to an extremely powerful level instantly.

However, the Yin Fungus cannot do this; it cannot fuse with the strengthening crystal core and can only grow slowly on its own.

As for how to grow up, Li Yu is not clear at the moment.

The fungus is currently in its early stages of development and possesses one type of fungal ability. According to information, if it grows to its juvenile stage, it can awaken a second type of fungal ability.

Currently, the symbiotic bacteria that Li Yu has discovered, even the rarest auxiliary symbiotic bacteria, only have one type of mycelial technology. He has not yet found any symbiotic bacteria that possess two types of mycelial technologies.

Zhou Xigang was quite surprised when he heard Li Yu speak, and said, "There are such strange symbiotic bacteria? It feels different from all the symbiotic bacteria we have discovered before. There are even different living environments and different growth stages. It's simply outrageous."

Lin Muying frowned slightly, then relaxed her brows, sighed softly, and said, "This world is probably far more bizarre and strange than we can imagine."

The appearance of this yin dog fungus was indeed completely unexpected.

After hearing Li Yu describe the many strange things about this fungus, Lin Muying was surprised, but after thinking about it, she felt relieved.

After all, they had seen the countless fungus people sealed in crystal walls in the underground world, and even the world where there were severed arms and giant mushrooms that were thousands of meters tall.

What's so strange about the appearance of a very special symbiotic bacterium?

Zhou Xigang said with some envy, "This symbiotic fungus is probably a very special kind of symbiotic fungus. It seems to be much more powerful than ordinary symbiotic fungi."

"Li Yu, you're only at the advanced spore stage now, but with this Yin fungus, I feel like you're even more powerful than top-tier experts like Tang Burou and Fang Qinian? They seem to have mistakenly thought you'd broken through to the peak."

Li Yu shook his head and said, "It's not that exaggerated. Tang Burou is not weak, but she is not decisive enough. If it were one-on-one, the situation would be different."

He thought of Tang Burou's abilities, which could be described as both offensive and defensive. Her right hand whip could extend and retract freely and was extremely powerful. Her body was protected by a fire crystal armor, making her almost invincible.

If he had that ability, he would risk being attacked by those human-faced black locusts, take care of one with his long whip, and then do the same to kill the rest of the human-faced black locusts in no time.

As a result, she was initially afraid of getting hurt. When she was attacked by several human-faced black locusts at the same time, she was still thinking about defending and dodging, which naturally led to her being flustered and unable to exert her true strength, which led to a series of changes later on.

Li Yu realized that the fungal technique "Yin Power" of this fungus could not only unleash terrifying power, but also absorb the fungal spores flying all over the sky, transforming them into an endless stream of fungal power to temporarily strengthen his body.