The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 135 Huge Sums (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

Lin Muying was taken aback, then suddenly understood Li Yu's meaning. She stared at the stone tablet in front of her and said, "Li Yu, you mean—"

Li Yu took a deep breath and said, "Although my Eye of Truth and I didn't see anything, I can't think of any other possibility right now. In any case, I have to see it with my own eyes to be at ease."

"That guy tempted us to open the box before he died; he must have had ulterior motives."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he placed his hands on the stone tablet and murmured, "Mingxuan, I'm sorry to bother you again." Then he pulled the stone tablet up.

Qian Lili finally realized what was happening and stammered, "Li Yu, you—you mean that the silvery-purple light—chose the already dead Fang Mingxuan? This—how is this possible?"

Zhou Xi, who had been searching the area without success and was filled with disappointment, nearly jumped up upon hearing this, exclaiming, "Are you all crazy? How is this possible?"

He had never thought much of Fang Mingxuan, but now the thing he considered a treasure was actually rejecting him, a living person, and choosing a dead one instead.

This is absolutely absurd.

Li Yu said, "I hope I'm just overthinking it. In any case, we'll understand once we open it and take a look."

He feared that his eyes, which could see clearly through the mud, wouldn't be able to discern the truth, so he had to reopen Fang Mingxuan's grave to see for himself before he could feel at ease.

This thing, which even made the Yin Dog wary and hostile, gave Li Yu a very uneasy feeling.

It seems that this thing will cause some kind of unimaginable horror.

Although it was just a vague feeling, Li Yu knew he wouldn't feel at ease until he saw it with his own eyes.

No one spoke again. They watched as Li Yu revealed the Heavenly Wolf Blade and carefully dug away the soil covering the body, slowly exposing Fang Mingxuan's remains.

Seeing Fang Mingxuan's body again still made Li Yu feel very sad.

"I'm sorry, Mingxuan, I'm still bothering you even after you're dead—"

While silently chanting, Li Yu reopened the "Eye of Truth and Delusion" and carefully observed Fang Mingxuan's corpse.

Fang Mingxuan's body was cut open from the abdomen. When Li Yu buried him, he pieced the two pieces of the body together and covered the wound with clothes. At first glance, it seemed to be a complete body.

If that silvery-purple light had truly entered Fang Mingxuan's corpse, it certainly wouldn't have escaped his "Eye of Truth and Delusion."

A faint halo appeared in Li Yu's right eye as he carefully examined Fang Mingxuan's corpse, scrutinizing it from head to toe.

Unfortunately, after observing carefully for a long time, he found nothing.

"How is it? Did you figure anything out?" Lin Muying asked in a low voice.

Li Yu shook his head and said, "I can't tell. Maybe I'm just overthinking it."

In his delusional eyes, Fang Mingxuan's corpse was lifeless and just a corpse, with nothing special about it. He couldn't help but wonder if he was just imagining things.

Zhou Xigang interjected, "You're being too sensitive. That silvery-purple light should contain a life form, perhaps like your Yin Dog, a special kind of symbiotic bacteria. It would definitely seek out a living person to symbiotically fuse with, not a corpse; that makes no sense at all."

Li Yu nodded slightly. He understood this principle, but the silvery-purple light suddenly disappeared from here. Apart from the four of them, the only thing he could think of was Fang Mingxuan's body buried underground.

Could it be that the silvery-purple light actually entered the body of one of the three of them?

Because I was at the very back, I could only see the backs of the three of them, and they happened to be blocking my view, so I didn't notice them.

Lin Muying suddenly asked, "Li Yu, you have the Eye of Truth and Deception. Can you see what's hidden within that silvery-purple light?"

Li Yu said, "Inside, there seems to be a star-like core hidden within, with a silver-purple umbrella-like canopy on top, which looks like it's constantly rotating—"

As he spoke, he opened his Eye of Truth and Illusion again, this time observing Lin Muying and Qian Lili, but unfortunately he still found nothing.

Now, Li Yu is also confused.

Where did that thing in the silvery-purple light disappear to? Or is it that this thing is so powerful that it can deceive the heavens and escape the gaze of his "Eye of Truth and Delusion"?

Or perhaps the silvery-purple light suddenly accelerated and disappeared into the distance in an instant, so fast that they failed to see it.

Regardless of the possibility, Li Yu was helpless at the moment, having completely lost track of the silvery-purple light. He could only cover Fang Mingxuan's body again and place the stone tablet on it.

"Don't you guys think that silvery-purple light looks a bit like the color of that giant mushroom we saw in the underground world?" Qian Lili suddenly spoke up.

Lin Muying frowned slightly and nodded.

Li Yu had thought of it long ago, but he hadn't said anything. He couldn't think of any connection between the two; the only similarity was their color.

"Sigh, there's no point in saying anything more now. We don't even know where this thing disappeared to, leaving everyone disappointed." Zhou Xigang shrugged, looking frustrated and helpless.

"Let's go." Li Yu watched as the sky gradually brightened, a new day had begun, and he felt his stomach growling with hunger.

The group returned to their original resting place, where Li Yu discovered that the corpse of the man in blue armor had turned into a pool of emerald green liquid, staining the fungal spores in that area green.

The strange insects hidden in the dagger were truly terrifying; they completely devoured the man's corpse, leaving not even a skeleton behind.

Although the man also had two pouches around his waist, they were unfortunately swallowed up and melted away.

Li Yu's eyes fell on the man's corpse, whose legs had been blown off.

Previously, Zhou Xigang was only focused on opening the box and had searched the man's corpse for the key.

After finding the key, he rushed to open the box. He didn't examine the man's two fanny packs carefully.

Li Yu looked at the two exquisite little waist bags and the leather belt and liked them very much, so he untied them and took them out.

There were two fanny packs, each only slightly larger than the palm of my hand. One of them used to contain a box and keys, but it was empty now.

The other pouch contained many small items, which Li Yu opened and took out.

First was a stack of gold banknotes.

When Li Yu unfolded the gold notes, he was slightly surprised. The words "ten thousand gold notes" were written on them. There were seven notes in the stack, each worth ten thousand gold notes.

Seven bills, that's seventy thousand gold coins.

This was a huge sum of money for Li Yu and his three companions.

These 70,000 gold coins are enough for seven people to enter Lingxu City and escape the bacterial plague.

In addition to these 70,000 gold notes, there were also some loose gold notes, totaling 75190 gold notes.

Adding to the 76 gold coins they originally had, the group now has a total of 75266 gold coins.

Zhou Xigang, who had been looking dejected, suddenly became excited and said, "Damn it, the problem of gold coins is solved in an instant. It's true what they say: 'Murderers and arsonists wear golden belts, while those who repair bridges and roads leave no trace.'"

Qian Lili rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you can't speak properly, then shut your mouth. Stop making nonsense."

Besides more than 70,000 gold coins, the pouch also contained three tiny mushrooms, each only the size of a baby's fist. They had a faint, almost imperceptible glow on their surface and seemed to possess a spiritual quality, but no one recognized them.

Zhou Xigang picked up one, peeled off his own symbiotic bacteria, and then tried to fuse with the small mushroom. Unfortunately, the bone fungus did not react at all, so it was clear that these three small mushrooms were not symbiotic bacteria.

"Strange, what kind of mushroom is this? I thought it was some kind of special symbiotic fungus." Zhou Xigang shook his head.

Besides the three unidentified small mushrooms, there were also two glass tubes in the waist bag containing red liquid.

Upon closer inspection, Li Yu realized that it was just a glass-like material, not a real glass tube.

I don't know what material it's made of, but it feels quite heavy in my hand.

The four people didn't recognize him, but since he had it in his waist bag, it must be some kind of valuable item.

Li Yu put all the items back into his waist pouch, then tied the leather belt around his waist, with a waist pouch hanging on each side.

With these two waist bags, I can carry some personal items, which is much more convenient than carrying a backpack.

The supply point tents also sold identical belts and pouches. Li Yu remembered that a belt and a pouch cost 100 gold coins, and a pouch cost 180 gold coins.

However, they didn't have any gold coins to buy it at the time, and because this kind of belt and pouch was universal, Li Yu could use it directly without any problems.

Zhou Xigang suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly said, "Li Yu, could you give me four enhancement crystal cores? I want to enhance the 'Black Locust Fungus' to level two."

Li Yu nodded, took out four enhancement crystal cores, and gave them to Zhou Xigang.

Zhou Xigang upgraded the Black Locust Fungus to level two, increasing the length of the Black Locust Greatsword from 1.2 meters to 1.5 meters, and also boosting the power of the Fungus Skill "Black Locust Raid" by two levels.

Zhou Xigang was beaming with joy.

Afterwards, he took out five Glowing Star Fungus, and each of them ate one to fill their stomachs. Then he dug a hole and buried the two halves of the unnamed man's body. The four of them then left and headed deeper into the central area.

"Today is the 8th, and there are only four days left until the 12th. Tang Burou asked us to meet at the supply point on the night of the 12th. Judging from what she said, she will probably gather quite a few people and set off for Lingxu City early on the morning of the 13th. To set off three days early, it seems that the road to Lingxu City will be anything but easy."

As Zhou Xigang looked at the hazy sun slowly rising in the sky, he suddenly thought of this matter.

Although he didn't obtain the silver-purple light, he did receive the Black Locust Greatsword, which was enhanced twice, thus improving his strength. His initial disappointment improved slightly.

"The road to Lingxu City goes through the East District. Apart from the North District, the East District seems to be the most dangerous place. It must be a difficult journey."

Qian Lili continued, a worried look appearing on her face.

Thinking about it carefully, even if each of them managed to scrape together 10,000 gold coins, entering Lingxu City would definitely not be easy. No one knew what dangers they would encounter along the way.

Li Yu listened to their conversation while looking into the distance.

As he drew ever closer to the bacterium's calamity, he still hadn't broken through to the top level, which made him feel an invisible sense of pressure.

Although he successfully hatched the mysterious Yin, and is now unafraid even when facing top-tier experts, he is ultimately not a true top-tier expert.

Li Yu plans to stay in the central area for the next four days, trying to stimulate the growth of his natal bacteria by hunting bactericidal beasts.

Although he knew that going to the more dangerous "East District" might be more helpful to him, it was too dangerous for Lin Muying, Qian Lili and Zhou Xigang to enter the East District.

After all, even top experts like Tang Burou and Fang Qinian wouldn't dare to enter the Eastern District casually.

The following day, they encountered numerous D-rank rare fungal-infested beasts in the central area, and occasionally one or two C-rank ones.

With their current strength, they could easily crush the level-one beasts.

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