The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 134 Extraordinary Treasure (10,000-word update, please subscribe and vote/792 readers' donation)

These tiny, bright green insects landed on the fuzzy fungal spores on the ground, instantly staining the spores a bright green.

Numerous hairy spores began to melt, releasing a bright green liquid that seeped everywhere.

Li Yu saw this and finally understood: the hollow emerald green dagger actually concealed a terrifying worm inside.

The dagger pierced the abdomen of the man in blue armor. The dagger melted, and the strange insects hidden inside burrowed into his body. Clearly, the dagger might be a manifestation of a special kind of fungus.

His face was now contorted and bulging, clearly indicating that the strange insect had burrowed into his brain and he was most likely not going to survive.

The man in the blue armor had a contorted face, his eyes rolled back, and a strange, emerald-green worm seemed to be wriggling out of his eye sockets.

He held the box in one hand and frantically scratched his face with the other, quickly turning it bloody.

On his scratched face, strange, bright green worms, like tiny earthworms, were wriggling inside.

In a short time, his entire face and head were almost entirely filled with these strange green earthworms.

Even under these circumstances, he still held onto the box tightly and wouldn't let go.

"Howl one "6

He let out a sharp, desperate roar, then suddenly bent over and fell heavily to the ground, his body convulsing violently. He even gouged out one of his eyeballs, making him look extremely gruesome.

Suddenly, as if experiencing a final burst of energy, he abruptly turned his head to face the direction where Li Yu and the other three were. His remaining single eye was bloodshot and bulging outwards, staring intently at Li Yu and the other three.

Li Yu and the other three felt a chill run down their spines as he watched them, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

His voice was hoarse, making gurgling sounds.

"The box—the item—is extremely precious—you—you help me—deliver the box—to—the firmament—"

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He reached out with trembling hands to hand the box to Li Yu and the other three, but stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence. His legs suddenly straightened, his belly bulged out, and his whole body tensed up.

With a "snap," his head felt as if it had been squeezed by some enormous force from the inside, and a large amount of bright green liquid gushed out from his seven orifices.

His body, which had been taut and straight, suddenly went limp like a deflated balloon and he collapsed to the ground.

His hand holding the box dropped, and the box rolled from his palm to the ground.

He became motionless, as if he were dead.

Li Yu and his three companions witnessed all of this, and each of them felt a shock in their hearts. What had just happened was too tragic.

They looked at each other and it took them a long time to come to their senses.

The man in blue armor initially intended to kill them, but before he died, he suddenly asked them to deliver the box to a certain place. However, he died before he could finish his sentence.

Li Yu slowly walked out and looked around. The night was deep, and dawn was approaching.

At this moment, all around was silent; there was not a single person in sight, nor even a single fungal beast.

Taking a deep breath, I looked at the man in blue armor and noticed that after he died, the blue armor on his body was rapidly disappearing.

He suddenly realized that the blue armor was not a man-made piece of equipment like leather armor, but rather something manifested by something like symbiotic bacteria.

Therefore, the blue armor will automatically disappear after his death.

Zhou Xigang stared at the box that had rolled to the ground, then couldn't help but pick it up and said, "That guy said the thing inside this box is extremely precious, definitely some rare treasure. These two people died together for this box, but we ended up getting it for free."

He spoke while carefully examining the box.

The box is about half the size of a palm, octagonal in shape, and dark in color; its material is unknown.

The surface is engraved with exquisite patterns, and there is a gap around the box, which should allow it to be opened.

Zhou Xigang saw a keyhole at the bottom of the box, but there was no key. So he grabbed the box with both hands, trying to force it open.

He was quite strong, but even with all his strength, the box wouldn't budge. He had no choice but to give up, sighing as he realized that brute force wouldn't be enough to open it.

Qian Lili also came over, staring at the box in Zhou Xigang's hand with a curious look on her face.

Li Yu walked over to the man whose legs had been blown off. Because his head was destroyed, his face was no longer visible, and his body was motionless, so he was obviously dead.

It's unclear what method he used, but even with his heart crushed, he didn't die and was still able to deliver a fatal blow to the man in blue armor.

Could it be that his heart is located on the right side?

Zhou Xigang also looked at the man whose legs had been blown off. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he walked over and reached for the man's waist pouch.

The man had a leather belt around his waist with two small, exquisite pouches hanging from it. Although they couldn't carry as many things as backpacks, they could still hold some personal items.

Most importantly, these two waistbands are tied on both sides, which is very convenient and hardly affects daily activities, unlike backpacks, which are clumsy and cumbersome whether carried in the hand or on the back.

He suddenly realized that the box the man in blue armor had taken was from the man's pouch.

The box was clearly locked. Could there be a key in the pouch? Perhaps the man in the cyan armor was ambushed before he could even take it out?

Zhou Xigang remembered that the box had been found in the right-side waist bag, and immediately reached into the right-side waist bag.

Upon closer inspection, they found a delicate, small key in the fanny pack. Excitedly, they exclaimed, "There really is a key!"

Li Yu, Lin Muying, and Qian Lili were all looking at the box in his hand. When they saw Zhou Xigang get the key, they all showed a hint of curiosity.

What treasure is inside this box that made these two people fight so desperately for it, even losing their lives in the process?

It would be a lie to say you're not tempted by such a rare treasure.

Zhou Xigang took a deep breath, barely suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He always believed that he was the protagonist. After transmigrating to this world, he was always overshadowed by Li Yu, and now Li Yu has even gained the power of Yin.

Even in its advanced form, it can fight against top-tier powerhouses, displaying amazing skills.

Even the seemingly arrogant Tang Burou seemed to look at him with new respect, as if there was something in her mind.

This caught Zhou Xigang's eye, and while he felt envious, he was also quite frustrated.

He felt that this was the treatment he, as the protagonist, should receive.

And now, he understands that the opportunity that God has given him has finally arrived.

"Haha, there must be an even greater opportunity in this box than that Yin. These two guys are so powerful that they're willing to risk their lives to snatch the treasure in this box."

"With this treasure, I'll definitely become even more dazzling than Li Yu. I'll attract so many girls, and reaching the pinnacle of my life shouldn't be far off—"

Zhou Xigang became more and more excited as he thought about it, and his hand holding the key trembled slightly. Then he carefully inserted the key into the keyhole at the bottom of the box.

With a soft "click," the gap in the middle of the originally tightly closed box suddenly sprang to both sides, and the box opened.

Just as Zhou Xi was about to open the box, the lid suddenly popped open automatically, and a silver-purple light shot out from inside.

Before he could even understand what was happening, the silvery-purple light suddenly struck his right leg.

It was precisely the location where the bone fungal spores were hidden in his right leg.

Zhou Xigang felt a sharp pain in his right leg, but instead of being alarmed, he was delighted. He sensed a dramatic change in the bone bacteria within his body, as if they wanted to react with the silvery-purple light.

He understood; the silvery-purple light seemed to want to combine with his bone fungus, which must be some kind of supreme treasure of heaven and earth that could enhance his natal fungus.

The moment he had this thought, the silvery-purple light that had entered half of his right leg suddenly stopped, and the next moment, it actually repelled the bone fungus that wanted to get closer.

Zhou Xigang was startled and before he could react, the silver-purple light suddenly shot out and flew towards Qian Lili's chest.

"What's going on?" Zhou Xigang's eyes widened suddenly. The treasure he had finally obtained actually rejected his bone fungus and chose Qian Lili instead?

He simply could not accept this outcome.

He was shocked and wanted to speak, but the silvery-purple light quickly left Qian Lili and suddenly circled around the four of them.

Zhou Xigang tried to catch it repeatedly, but he failed each time.

Its movement speed was sometimes fast and sometimes slow. It circled around once, as if it was investigating something.

Li Yu did not move, but stared at the silver-purple light, activating the "Eye of Truth and Illusion" in his right eye.

Slowly, one could see that a dazzling star was hidden within the ball of light, and above the star was an umbrella-like structure that seemed to be slowly rotating.

Although he couldn't tell what it was, Li Yu had a vague feeling that it must be some kind of special treasure.

Just as he had this thought, the dazzling, star-like silver-purple light suddenly approached him.

The ghostly creature inside his heart suddenly reacted violently, not in a friendly way, but with a hostile intent.

The next moment, his Yin energy automatically activated, and a force was released from his heart, instantly reaching his entire body.

Li Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

At the same moment, the silvery-purple light suddenly abandoned him and shot off into the distance.

Zhou Xigang was anxious and immediately took long strides to catch up.

"Don't run away, don't run away! Choose me!"

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Zhou Xigang was extremely anxious. How could he let this opportunity slip away when it was within his grasp? This was the key to his turnaround and defying fate.

Seeing Zhou Xigang chase after him, Qian Lili and Lin Muying followed. They were also very curious about what this silver-purple light was and where it was going.

Judging from its appearance, it seems to have its own consciousness.

Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the flying silver-purple light, but felt a strange sense of familiarity.

He felt like he had seen this silvery-purple color somewhere before, but seeing the three of them chasing after it, he had no choice but to follow.

Perhaps influenced by the Yin Dog within him, he developed an instinctive aversion to what was in that silvery-purple light.

It seems that this thing is not a treasure at all; on the contrary, it may be a disaster.

The thought suddenly popped into Li Yu's mind, startling him. He then noticed that the three people chasing ahead had stopped and were looking around.

"How could this be—how could this be—damn it, where did it go?"

Zhou Xigang muttered to himself, looking around repeatedly, his face filled with disappointment and utter frustration.

They caught up with it here, and the silvery-purple light suddenly accelerated and disappeared in a flash.

Lin Muying and Qian Lili were in a better mood. Although they had also thought about obtaining the silver-purple treasure, since it had disappeared, they could only say that it was not meant for them, and they were not too bothered by it.

Zhou Xigang, however, was different. He was full of anticipation and even believed that this was his opportunity.

It was the key to surpassing Li Yu and reaching the pinnacle of life. He was full of expectations, but now all his hopes have suddenly vanished. The silver-purple light has inexplicably disappeared without a trace.

How could he possibly accept this?

Li Yu frowned slightly. He had just fallen behind the three of them and hadn't seen how the silver-purple light disappeared; it seemed to vanish in a flash.

Then he looked up and saw a stone tablet standing not far away, which was Fang Mingxuan's tomb.

Unbeknownst to them, they followed the silvery-purple light all the way to the place where they buried Fang Mingxuan.

The giant black mushroom at the entrance of the fungal nest not far away is slowly withering. Before long, the giant mushroom will completely die and shrink back.

The gap will be covered and filled with mycelium, and eventually covered by countless spores, so that no one can tell that there was once a fungal nest entrance here.

The appearance of these fungal nests is random, and they generally only exist for about 24 hours, after which the outlet will slowly wither, close, and disappear.

The sky in the distance is slowly brightening; the darkest hour before dawn has passed.

Zhou Xigang was still searching everywhere for the vanished silver-purple light, as if possessed, muttering to himself.

Qian Lili shook her head as she looked at him.

Lin Muying also saw Fang Mingxuan's grave, then turned to look at Li Yu.

Li Yu's expression was somewhat strange as he stared intently at the area below the stone tablet, remaining motionless.

"Li Yu, what's wrong?" Lin Muying walked over with some concern.

A faint halo appeared in Li Yuyou's eyes as he activated his "Eye of Truth and Delusion" to observe the place where Fang Mingxuan buried the body.

"Before he died, that man in blue armor wanted us to deliver the box to a certain place—"

Li Yu took a slow breath, averted his "Eye of Truth and Delusion," and suddenly looked at Lin Muying, saying, "If an ordinary person wanted someone to deliver a box to a certain place, would they say there's treasure inside? And would they specifically tell us that the treasure is extremely valuable?"

Lin Muying frowned slightly and said, "It's indeed unreasonable. It's as if he's afraid we won't know that the contents of this box aren't valuable."

Li Yu nodded slightly and said, "He was about to die at the time and didn't have time to get the key to open the box. So, his real purpose was not to have us deliver the box somewhere, but to lure us into opening it."

"He was afraid that if he told us directly, we would become wary, so he deliberately told us to deliver the box to a certain place, but also let us know that the contents of the box were extremely precious—normally, most people would be tempted to open the box and take a look."

Lin Muying took a deep breath and said, "This person is terrifying; even on his deathbed, he still had such deep cunning."

Qian Lili couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is in that box? I can only see a ball of silvery-purple light. It seemed to try to enter our bodies, but then for some reason it left. After arriving here, it suddenly disappeared."

Li Yu slowly said, "It probably wanted to find a body to parasitize, but found that none of us were suitable, so it came here to find a more suitable body."

Qian Lili was stunned and asked, "Then why did it disappear here? There's nothing here!"

Li Yu slowly took a step forward, staring at the stone tablet in front of him, his face turning extremely grim: "Who said there isn't one?"