The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 163 The Carriage (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

Hei Longxuan, Su Juan, Sun Haocheng, and Hao Tie led their 41-person team ahead, followed closely by Li Yu, Yi Han, and others.

As they passed the throne of bones, the tree-sheep beasts and mushroom-horned giant sheep that had been hiding in the black mist dragged away the corpses. For them, this was nourishment and could not be wasted.

However, when they saw the group, they did not launch another attack. Instead, they retreated into the black mist and disappeared.

For the next stretch of the journey, the group encountered no further danger, although they could vaguely see dark figures appearing and disappearing in the distant fog.

But perhaps because they were far away, these shadowy figures did not approach them or attack them.

Zhou Xigang was silently calculating the distance they had walked that day.

"We've walked about twenty kilometers — if what they say is true, Lingxu City is fifty kilometers away from the supply point, then we still have thirty kilometers to go to Lingxu City."

Zhou Xigang was speaking softly, his tone revealing a hint of excitement.

Li Yu was right beside him, and upon hearing this, he let out a soft sigh of relief.

From the supply point, how many people died along the way? How difficult was that twenty kilometers?

According to what he knew, four teams had set off from the supply point this morning, with an average of about fifty people per team, totaling at least two hundred people. Now, only their group of 78 people remained.

The death toll has exceeded one hundred.

How many more people will die in the next thirty kilometers?

The group continued along the road, the surrounding fog surging and visibility decreasing.

Originally, Li Yu's eyesight allowed him to see dozens of meters away in the fog. Gradually, beyond ten meters, he could only see blurry black shadows, and beyond that, he could see nothing at all.

Suddenly, a voice came from the back of the group, followed by that familiar shout.

Upon hearing the sound, everyone turned around, then understood what was happening and retreated to the sides of the road.

A huge carriage appeared from the fog behind.

Han Feng, clad in black armor, reappeared, riding a tall and sturdy horse. Clearly, they had arrived at supply point number five, carrying supplies, and were now returning to Lingxu City.

Li Yu noticed that there was a beautiful woman sitting next to Han Feng. It was the woman in the floral dress. Li Yu only knew that her surname was Liu, but he didn't know her real name.

These past few days, she and three other men and women dressed in black armor have been responsible for buying and selling various supplies at the supply point. Now, they have left Supply Point No. 5 and are returning to Lingxu City.

Many people looked at them with awe, envy, and curiosity.

Everyone knew that they were all from Lingxu City, but they knew nothing about their specific identities or backgrounds.

Five carriages quickly sped away from the road among the crowd, and many people, seeing the carriages, couldn't resist trying to quietly climb on.

If we can actually get on the carriage, at its speed, we'll arrive at Lingxu City in no time.

However, they could only think about it in their minds, but dared not actually climb it.

As soon as Zhou Xi saw Han Feng, he wanted to greet him and get closer to him, so he deliberately squeezed to the outside of the line, hoping that Han Feng would see him.

When Han Feng went to the supply point earlier, Zhou Xigang was not ready yet, and Han Feng and the others quickly left. Now he is well prepared, squeezed outside the group, and even raised his hand, believing that Han Feng will definitely see him immediately.

Unfortunately, Han Feng sat high in the carriage, his eyes fixed on the fog ahead, completely ignoring the people who had retreated to the sides of the road.

Zhou Xi was waving his hand when he saw Han Feng's carriage about to pass in front of him. Han Feng didn't even look at him. He wanted to call Han Feng's name, but in the end, he couldn't help himself and didn't dare to say it.

Watching five carriages rush past him, Zhou Xigang slowly lowered his waving hand, looking dejected. Finally, he sighed and shook his head.

Qian Lili glanced at him and said, "I told you long ago, they won't even remember who you are. You're overthinking things. Do you think they'll remember your kindness just because you didn't take their fifty gold coins? You're too naive. A little kid is just a little kid."

Zhou Xigang's face flushed red, and he wanted to refute.

But today's experience greatly shocked him. Watching so many people die right in front of him was a feeling and a sense of terror that he could not describe.

This made him feel down, and he lost interest in arguing with Qian Lili, ultimately saying nothing at all.

As the five carriages disappeared completely into the distant black fog, the group continued their journey, while the surroundings grew increasingly dark.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Hei Longxuan, Sun Haofei, and the others who were walking in front finally stopped.

Although they didn't know the exact time, judging from the darkness around them, everyone understood that night had fallen.

The black fog made the surroundings even darker, to the point that it was almost impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

"We can barely see the road now, and it's too dangerous to continue like this. We can only rest here for the night and wait until dawn tomorrow."

Sun Haocheng's voice came from afar, and everyone agreed that seventy or eighty people should rest on the spot.

Li Yu asked Zhou Xigang how long he had walked that day, and Zhou Xigang estimated that he had walked between 24 and 25 kilometers.

This means they have covered nearly half the distance.

"At this rate, we should be able to reach Lingxu City before nightfall tomorrow."

Zhou Xigang's words invigorated everyone around him.

"By tomorrow, I should be able to break through to the top level." Not far away, a high-level spore stage cultivator whispered excitedly to his companion.

There were several other people around him who were also at the advanced stage of the spore stage. Upon hearing this, their eyes revealed a mixture of envy and disappointment.

Reaching the top level greatly increases the chances of arriving at Lingxu City alive, while the advanced spore stage is precarious, with death possible at any moment.

Afterwards, everyone began to discuss arranging people to be on duty. This task was eventually assigned to a group of high-level spore stage people, who took turns to keep watch at night.

Originally, among the thirty-seven people including Li Yu and Tang Burou, there were eleven advanced spore stage cultivators left. Adding the thirteen advanced spore stage cultivators from Hei Longxuan and Su Juan's team, that made twenty-four people.

Twenty-four people take turns, divided into six groups of four. Each group only needs to work for one or two hours, so it's not too tiring.

In such harsh conditions, everyone had no choice but to lie down on the spot.

Li Yu lay down as well, and Lin Muying lay down beside him, turned to the side, silently watching Li Yu's face in the darkness.

I just ate some star mushrooms, and my mind is filled with the horrific scenes that happened today. I can't fall asleep right now.

Li Yu has been constantly activating Yin power and super-state capture today, which has had considerable side effects on his body. Although he has taken a refreshing mushroom, he still feels extremely tired.

Before going to sleep, he ate another energizing mushroom and two more glowing mushrooms before lying down, hoping to take advantage of the night to rest and recharge.

He had a premonition that the remaining 25 kilometers tomorrow would be even more difficult than today.

Of the seventy-eight people in the team, how many will be able to safely reach Lingxu City tomorrow?

Lin Muying wanted to quietly say a few words to Li Yu, but found that Li Yu had closed his eyes and was motionless after lying down, as if he had fallen asleep.

She sighed inwardly; it seemed Li Yu was exhausted today.

They were able to get here alive because Li Yu stood in front of them countless times and saved them countless times.

Today alone, Li Yu saved them at least five or six times; otherwise, the three of them would have died long ago.

"He's working so hard—" Lin Muying thought to herself, feeling a pang of self-reproach for being powerless to help Li Yu.

She worked very hard all day, constantly activating her two special abilities, "Light Bacteria," along with the Ghost Feather Strangulation from her right-hand Ghost Crow Sword and the Shield Bash from her left hand. Occasionally, she managed to kill a C-rank ordinary beast by taking advantage of a loophole.

She had been living under constant threat of death, which caused her light fungus spores to grow continuously. However, she estimated that she would need at least a few more days to advance to the top level, and it would be difficult to break through before the 15th.

"Even if I break through to the top level, I'm afraid I won't be able to help him much."

Lin Muying felt a little disappointed; the gap between her and Li Yu was widening.

She spent the whole night lost in thought and didn't know when she fell asleep.

The night was exceptionally quiet; not even a beast's roar could be heard, nor did any fungal beasts attack the group.

As the darkness gradually dissipated, visibility slowly improved in the previously pitch-black fog.

A new day has begun.

When Li Yu woke up, he looked up and could vaguely see the sun through the mist. The mist around him had thinned, and he could see hundreds of meters away.

The vast majority of people stood up, some moving around, some eating edible fungi, and some gathering in small groups to discuss and chat in hushed tones.

Except for a few people who eat level four edible fungi, the vast majority of people take out some level five edible fungi from their backpacks and eat them.

Li Yu slept very soundly, clearly the stimulating bacteria he had ingested had taken effect.

Upon waking, I felt full of energy, as if I had inexhaustible strength. I sensed that the spores of the pupil fungus had increased, and the life force of the Yin Dog inside my heart had also become stronger.

He was very satisfied with these changes.

If he were to remain in this dangerous situation, Li Yu had a feeling that he would soon break through again and reach the peak.

After all, the spores of the fungus only grow faster when they are in an extremely dangerous state, and the greater the stimulation, the faster they grow.

Li Yu thought about the principle carefully and concluded that it was possible that the natal bacteria could sense the danger of its existence and instinctively wanted to survive, so it could only accelerate its growth and become stronger.

Therefore, the best way to grow rapidly is to constantly hunt down more powerful monsters and put yourself in a dangerous situation. Of course, another important point is to have enough nutritious edible fungi to replenish your energy.

The higher the grade of the edible fungus, the richer and purer its nutrition, and the faster its basal fungus will be digested and absorbed.

Looking around, this area, spanning several hundred meters, is filled with nothing but the road and vast stretches of white coral-like tree fungi, forming this expansive fungal forest.

The road connecting Supply Point No. 5 and Lingxu City passes through this fungus forest.

Li Yu vaguely heard someone in the team whispering excitedly, "I've broken through to the top level."

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