The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 146 The Dead Resurrected (10,000 words updated today, please subscribe and vote!)

Li Yu was startled, then rushed forward, grabbed Qian Lili's hand, and raised her voice: "What did you say? Mingxuan's body is missing?"

Fang Mingxuan's death has always been a pain in his heart. He has thought countless times about finding Xiaoyue and her son and bringing them to Fang Mingxuan's grave to pay their respects.

She had even thought about building him a grand and magnificent tomb in the future, but now Qian Lili tells him that Fang Mingxuan's body is missing.

Was it dug out and eaten by the fungal beast? Or did something else happen? The suddenly vanished silver-purple light flashed through his mind again.

Li Yu felt an indescribable fire surging from his heart, rushing straight to his skull, yet he had nowhere to vent this fire.

Damn it, how could this happen?

"You're hurting me!" Qian Lili cried out as Li Yu grabbed her hand.

"Li Yu, calm down, don't get so agitated. Please listen to what we have to say, okay?" Lin Muying stepped forward and held Li Yu's hand, her face showing a reproachful expression.

Li Yu realized his mistake, let go of his grip, slowly took a step back, took a deep breath, and exhaled. Only then did he calm down and ask, "What exactly happened?"

Lin Muying sighed, her delicate brows furrowing again. She said, "I don't know how to describe it. When we passed by and saw it, the stone tablet you were standing on had fallen to the side, leaving a hole. Fang Mingxuan's body, which was originally buried inside, had vanished without a trace."

Li Yu listened silently without saying a word.

Lin Muying continued, "We were very surprised at the time. Li Yu, please don't get agitated. I don't know how to tell you this."

Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, then breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "Go ahead and tell me. I'm fine. I'm very calm now. I understand. Mingxuan's body is missing, and the grave has been dug up. It could be the work of the fungal beast, or it could be someone else."

He remembered that Tang Burou and Fang Qinian knew about his burial of Fang Mingxuan. If Fang Mingxuan's body really disappeared, they would also be suspects.

Of course, the possibility that they stole Fang Mingxuan's body is very small, almost negligible.

Seeing that Li Yu's reaction was relatively calm, Lin Muying continued, "At first, we wondered if our reaction had been taken away by some kind of fungal beast, or by someone else. Then we thought of Tang Burou and the others."

Li Yu nodded slightly; this was exactly what he had been thinking.

Zhou Xigang chimed in, "Speaking of which, I have to thank my quick thinking. As soon as I saw the hole, I knew something was wrong. It was clearly not dug from the outside."

Li Yu was jolted, a look of shock on her face, as she looked at him: "You mean this hole wasn't dug from the outside?"

My mind was filled with a thunderous roar.

He understood what Zhou Xigang meant. In fact, deep down, he had already guessed this possibility, but he found it hard to believe.

Zhou Xigang's expression also turned solemn, and he slowly nodded, saying, "Yes, I examined the hole carefully at the time. This hole is really too strange. It doesn't look like someone dug up the grave from the outside and took away the body. Instead, it looks more like—"

"It's more like someone broke out of the ground and climbed out of the grave," Li Yu suddenly interjected.

Zhou Xigang looked at Li Yu with a look of astonishment and nodded, saying, "Yes, when the three of us saw that hole, the more we looked at it, the more it seemed like Fang Mingxuan had come back to life and crawled out of the ground. The traces looked more and more like that."

Qian Lili shuddered and said, "Don't even mention it. Just thinking about it now gives me the creeps, and it sends chills down my spine."

She couldn't imagine how someone who was already dead could crawl out of their grave on their own.

Li Yu closed his eyes, his face pale, as if deep in thought. After a good seven or eight seconds, he reopened his eyes, looked at the three people in front of him, and slowly said, "Do you still remember that silver-purple light?"

Lin Muying's expression shifted, and she said, "Li Yu, you mean—"

Li Yu's face was somewhat gloomy: "When that silvery-purple light suddenly disappeared near Mingxuan's tomb, I suspected that it might have entered Mingxuan's body, so I dug up the tomb and examined his body. Unfortunately, my Eye of Truth and Illusion couldn't see anything, so I didn't suspect anything further."

"Looking back now, my suspicions were correct. This thing really did get into Mingxuan's corpse, but I don't know how it managed to evade my Eye of Truth and Delusion."

Qian Lili exclaimed in shock, "Li Yu, do you mean this thing brought Fang Mingxuan back to life and made him crawl out of the ground? If that's true, that's a good thing!"

Li Yu's face was grim. He muttered, "Is this a good thing? But is this person who has come back to life still Fang Mingxuan?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Lili was startled, opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't utter a word.

Lin Muying sighed softly and said, "Li Yu, if it's really as you guessed, then where is Fang Mingxuan now?"

""

Li Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Lin Muying reached out and grabbed one of Li Yu's hands. Looking up into Li Yu's eyes, she said very seriously, "Li Yu, if you look at it on the bright side, maybe the thing in this silver-purple light really is some kind of rare treasure that can bring people back to life. Fang Mingxuan is still the same Fang Mingxuan as before. This is great news for us."

Li Yu nodded and gave a soft "hmm," saying, "Yes, if that's the case, then everyone is naturally happy. The only fear is that this thing is just using Mingxuan's body, preventing the dead from finding peace."

He recalled how the Yin Dog within him had once resisted and rejected the things within this silvery-purple light, but now it had chosen to parasitize the corpses of the dead.

This made him increasingly believe that this thing was mostly evil and strange, and definitely not a precious treasure.

"No wonder that person deliberately tricked us into opening the box before he died—" Li Yu murmured to himself.

Lin Muying's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Perhaps he knew that the contents of this box could bring people back to life, but he didn't have the ability to open it at the time, so he wanted us to open the box."

"Originally, I hoped to be resurrected, but this thing chose Fang Mingxuan. Do you think there's any possibility of that? If so, maybe it really is a treasure."

Qian Lili quickly added, "Yes, we should look on the bright side. At least we know that Fang Mingxuan might still be alive, which is a good thing."

Li Yu sighed and said, "I hope so."

It could be said that he longed more than anyone else for the thing within that silvery-purple light to truly be a treasure capable of bringing the dead back to life, so that he could have hope of seeing Fang Mingxuan again.

"Later, we searched the surrounding area for quite a while, but unfortunately we didn't find any clues. We didn't know where Fang Mingxuan had gone. This time, when we returned to the supply point, we wandered around for a while, hoping to see if Fang Mingxuan had come here, but unfortunately we didn't run into him either."

Li Yu listened to Qian Lili's words and nodded slightly. This supply point is surrounded by five districts, covering such a large area. If Fang Mingxuan really came back to life, no one would know where he is now. Finding him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Zhou Xigang said with a somewhat depressed expression, "Fang Mingxuan is obsessed with Lingxu City. Could he have gone there himself?"

He thought of how he desperately wanted to obtain that silver-purple light, believing it to be his chance to turn the tide.

Only now, after hearing Li Yu's explanation, did he understand that this thing was very likely obtained by Fang Mingxuan, who was already dead. This made him feel so angry that he almost vomited blood.

He's a living, breathing person, yet he's considered inferior to a dead person? This is utterly outrageous.

Li Yu didn't know whether to be happy or sad. It took her a long time to calm down. She felt that what they said made sense. There was no other way to deal with it at the moment, so she could only put the matter aside for now.

"Let's go find Tang Burou first, and sell these unwanted symbiotic bacteria while we're at it."

Li Yu calmed down and decided that it was more important to take care of business first. So he led the three of them to the tent in the center, preparing to meet Tang Burou as agreed.

He and Tang Burou had agreed to meet by the tent after dark.

Although it was completely dark, the area around the supply depot appeared exceptionally bright under the light screen.

Upon arriving at the tent, Li Yu spotted Fang Qinian queuing up in the distance, as well as Tang Burou standing not far from him.

Standing next to Tang Burou were Zhou Dingfeng, Wu Qingyun, and Yuan Shuyao.

At this moment, Tang Burou was constantly looking around, as if searching for someone.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she quickened her pace, walking towards Li Yu.

She saw Li Yu.

Li Yu, along with Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang, also went up.

"I almost thought you weren't coming tonight." Tang Burou breathed a long sigh of relief when she saw Li Yu.

Li Yu lowered his eyes slightly and looked carefully at Tang Burou in front of him: "Since I made a promise with you, I certainly won't break it."

He felt that Tang Burou in front of him seemed to have changed in temperament compared to a few days ago, and her whole person seemed to have gained a bit more inexplicable spiritual charm.

Hearing Li Yu say this, Tang Burou couldn't help but laugh. She reached out and brushed her short hair behind her ear before saying, "I believe you. Someone as loyal and righteous as you will definitely keep your word."

Lin Muying frowned slightly when she saw Tang Burou staring at Li Yu and smiling.

Seeing that there were people all around Li Yu, and many of them were greeting each other and seemed to know each other, Li Yu felt a strange feeling that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

He still remembers how he and his companions were almost killed by Wei Tian and Guo Jun, a stark contrast to the relatively peaceful scene before him.

With some doubt in mind, he couldn't help but sigh and say, "When you encounter people from the supply point outside, those who are weak or alone are easily killed. But the people in the supply point seem to be very friendly."

Tang Burou was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Li Yu to suddenly ask this question. After thinking for a moment, she said, "You mean the early to mid-stages, right? Back then, resources were scarce. Even a single symbiotic bacterium or a single enhancement crystal core could cause people to kill each other. After all, whoever obtained a symbiotic bacterium was the one who could stand out, hunt more bactericidal beasts than others, and grow faster. On the path of evolution, one step ahead means always being ahead."

"This situation was very common back then, especially since lone individuals were more likely to be hunted. So those who evolved slowly would usually attach themselves to stronger individuals. Now, everyone has basically formed teams, and the teams that survive generally have strong individuals in them. Now everyone is wary of each other and won't easily make a move."

Li Yu nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought. Indeed, most of the teams he encountered now had one or two top-tier experts. Teams without experts had probably already been killed.

Tang Burou clearly didn't want to talk about this anymore, and quickly changed the subject: "By the way, have you gathered enough gold coins? Except for Li Yu at his peak who doesn't need gold coins, the three of you need 30,000 gold coins to enter the city."

She still believes that Li Yu is a top-tier expert.

Li Yu didn't bother to explain, and simply said, "Pretty much. We still have some things on us, which we're going to sell later."

Tang Burou nodded and said, "We are too. Fang Qinian is in line right now. We've given all our stuff to him so he can sell it all at once. Do you want him to help us? That way you won't have to wait in line anymore?"

Li Yu shook his head and said, "No need for that. The queue won't take long. By the way, you said we'd meet here tonight, and then set off for Lingxu City first thing tomorrow morning?"

Tang Burou nodded and said, "Yes, I think most people will set off for Lingxu City tomorrow or the day after. It's too late to leave on the 15th, after all, there are fifty cities, and the road to Lingxu City is not easy to travel."

Li Yu nodded slightly. The main road leading to Lingxu City runs right through the East District. He had been active in the East District for the past two days, so he was naturally aware of the dangers there.

"We need at least several top-tier members before we can set off," Li Yu said, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Tang Burou said, "Don't worry, there will be quite a few people setting off early tomorrow morning, at least a hundred if not two hundred. With so many people together, everyone can look out for each other, which will make it much safer."

Li Yu nodded slightly and asked, "So, what do we need to prepare tonight for our trip to Lingxu City tomorrow?"

Tang Burou said, "First, everyone needs to gather the required amount of gold coins, and then prepare edible fungi for the next three days, because no one knows what they will encounter along the way, and there is simply no time for everyone to slowly search for edible fungi."

"In addition, if you have extra gold coins, it is best to buy some mushrooms that can quickly heal, such as blood-striped mushrooms for treating external injuries and reishi mushrooms for treating internal injuries."

"In short, try to be as well prepared as possible, and then get a good night's sleep to recharge your energy and strength."

Tang Burou's face turned solemn as she said, "Although we can enter Lingxu City with ten thousand gold coins, we still need to survive until we reach Lingxu City."

"I've also contacted some friends, so there are quite a few of us. We'll meet up tomorrow morning on the east side of the supply point."

Her voice carried a hint of heaviness, clearly indicating that even with a group of people gathered, she still lacked confidence.

However, the night of the full moon on the 15th was the day the bacterial plague would strike, and they had no other choice but to make one last desperate attempt.

Inside the two tents, three men and women in black armor and a woman in a long dress all seemed very busy. Li Yu and the others waited in line for quite a while before it was their turn.

Li Yu took out all the symbiotic bacteria they had accumulated over the past few days, including a total of 51 defensive symbiotic bacteria, each of which could be sold for 500 gold coins, totaling 25500 gold coins.

14 ordinary weapon-type symbiotic bacteria, each worth 800 gold coins, for a total of 11200 gold coins.

A total of 36700 gold coins were sold.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that even without that night's adventure and obtaining the 70,000 gold coins, it wouldn't be difficult for them to raise 40,000 gold coins based solely on their earnings from hunting the fungal beasts these past few days.

>