The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 190 The Mother and the Matrix (Thanks to September for the donation)

Once this Ghost Eye Illusion is activated, the Ghost Eye on the forehead will faintly emit an eerie light. Anyone who stares at this Ghost Eye will immediately fall into an illusion.

Slowly retracting the "Ghost Eye Fungus," Lin Muying's originally beautiful face reappeared, revealing an expression of uncontrollable joy.

With this breakthrough, Lin Muying's strength will be greatly enhanced. Originally, it would take her and Zhou Xigang to work together to kill a C-level ordinary beast, but now that she has advanced to the top level of the Spore Stage, she can easily kill a C-level beast on her own.

Not only that, but with the three "light bacteria" abilities and three symbiotic bacteria she now possesses, she is no longer afraid even when encountering C-rank elite beasts.

"Mu Ying has broken through! It seems we'll be close too." Qian Lili was both envious and delighted.

Zhou Xigang nodded slightly, his face full of excitement, and clenched his fists tightly, looking forward to what kind of abilities he would gain after breaking through to the top level.

The group then entered the cemetery complex and encountered the C-level beast, the Burial Flower Corpse Beast. Lin Muying took the initiative to step forward and activated "Ghost Eye Fungus" first.

The "Ghost Eye Illusion" was activated, and just as she had guessed, the Burial Flower Corpse Beast saw an eye suddenly glowing faintly on her forehead and immediately looked at it.

Upon seeing this, it froze, clearly trapped in an illusion.

Lin Muying activated the Ghost Crow Sword in her right hand, easily severing the head of the Burial Flower Corpse Beast that was frozen in place in front of her.

Looking at the fallen Burial Flower Corpse Beast, Lin Muying herself could hardly believe that she had killed a C-level beast so easily.

Then, several more Burial Flower Corpse Beasts pounced at her. She tried to activate "Fountain of Defense," and a huge vortex of light transformed into a barrier, blocking the Burial Flower Corpse Beasts.

Although it could only last for one second, during that second, the barrier of the light vortex fluctuated violently, but it steadily blocked the several Burial Flower Corpse Beasts.

After the "Fountain of Defense" disappeared, Lin Muying activated "Ghost Feather Strangulation," which shredded the upper half of a Burial Flower Corpse Beast in front of her into pieces.

This breakthrough not only doubled her strength, but also made Qian Lili and Zhou Xigang even more eager to see what kind of strength they would possess after their breakthrough.

Afterwards, the group passed through the two cemetery complexes, and the fog gradually dissipated as they entered the eastern section of Supply Point 0.

Looking at the familiar scene around them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Li Yu hadn't expected to return to this place so soon.

Previously, the journey to Lingxu City was fraught with hardship and heavy casualties, taking nearly three days to reach the city. Now, however, returning to Supply Point No. 5 takes less than half a day.

The eastern area of ​​Supply Point 5 is mainly inhabited by C-rank common beasts, with one or two C-rank elite beasts appearing occasionally. However, when they entered the eastern area, although they saw C-rank beasts in the distance, they did not approach or attack them.

Despite last night's bacterial outbreak, the East District doesn't look much different from before.

If Li Yu wanted to pinpoint exactly what had changed, it was that the mushrooms around them looked more abundant, and the mushroom trees had grown taller.

On the ground, piles of various mushrooms can be seen everywhere, covered by an even thicker layer of fuzzy fungal spores.

Clearly, with each fungal outbreak, these fungi evolve and grow even more rapidly.

The five of them headed south along the eastern district. They only encountered a group of giant demonic flower pythons along the way. This time, Bai Xiuluo had no intention of fighting and simply led the group to rush past them.

They quickly passed through the East District and arrived at "Supply Point No. 5" located in the South District.

Returning to the supply point, Li Yu felt a strange mix of emotions.

The current batch of a thousand new recruits has not yet arrived, and the tents that were originally set up around the Fungus Mother have also disappeared. Obviously, the tents were dismantled earlier. Together with the woman in the long dress and the others, they took a carriage and returned to Lingxu City.

The current supply point has nothing but this five-meter-tall fungal mother plant.

Three carriages followed the thousand newcomers to the supply point. Li Yu guessed that some people from Lingxu City should have stayed behind to rebuild the tents.

"It's said that the giant mushroom at the center of that supply point is called the Mother Fungus." Li Yu pointed into the distance, watching the Mother Fungus emit a soft light that enveloped the supply point in a protective glow. A thought struck him: "Is there a Mother Fungus in the inner city center of Lingxu City as well?"

Otherwise, he would find it hard to understand why Lingxu City was also covered and protected by a similar light curtain. The difference was that the area covered by the light curtain in Lingxu City was much larger than that of this No. 5 supply point.

Bai Xiuluo glanced at Li Yu before saying, "Yes, only this fungal mother can resist the fungal disaster. The reason why Lingxu City can become a safe haven is also because of the fungal mother within it."

Li Yu asked with some surprise, "So, this supply point number five was safe even on the night of the bacterial outbreak?"

Bai Xiuluo shook his head and said, "No, this fungal mother is still in the early stages of growth. It cannot withstand the fungal disaster. Before the disaster, it will retreat underground and no longer protect this place. Of course, if this fungal mother can grow, this place may become a sanctuary similar to Lingxu City in the future."

Lin Muying asked curiously, "What exactly is this 'mother fungus'? It's so amazing! Not only can it form a light barrier to resist the invasion of fungal spores, but this powerful mother fungus can even resist fungal plagues?"

Bai Xiuluo's face showed a thoughtful expression. As he approached the fungal mother in front of him, he slowly said, "No one knows what the fungal mother is. There are ten supply points around Lingxu City, and there are ten fungal mothers, including the one in the center of the inner city of Lingxu City."

"It is said that these mycelia are actually one, and their hyphae are connected through the earth. Strictly speaking, the mycelia we see now is a part of the mycelia in Lingxu City."

"This is a super life form that we cannot yet understand. If we were to compare it to a towering tree growing at the bottom of the earth, it would be a metaphor for it."

"So, what we see now are actually just the buds that have sprouted from this towering tree above the ground. Even the fungus in Lingxu City is not its main core; at most, it can only be considered one of the stronger buds that it has sprouted."

Upon hearing Bai Xiuluo describe the form of the fungus mother, everyone gasped deeply.

"In fact, without the mother fungus to resist the fungal disaster, humanity would have perished long ago and ceased to exist."

"I've even suspected that there's some connection between the fungal mother and the human mother, but I don't know what that connection is yet."

As Bai Xiuluo spoke, he approached the mushroom mother, looked up at the giant mushroom that was five meters tall, and showed a look of awe and admiration on his face.

Bai Xiuluo held immense reverence for the unimaginable super-life form, the Mother of Fungi, which could even be said to have protected humanity.

Li Yu, Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zhou Xigang watched silently by the fungus mother. Only now did they realize how important this fungus mother was to humans.

"Let's go." Bai Xiuluo spoke slowly, bypassing the fungal mother in front of him and heading north towards the supply point.

Looking at the Mother Fungus, Li Yu and the other three were somewhat moved. Of course, they were not originally from this world, so their feelings about the Mother Fungus were not as profound as Bai Xiuluo's. They followed Bai Xiuluo and left the supply point.

The five were very fast. With their current speed and strength, even the weakest of the fungal beasts in the southern district where the supply point was located dared not approach.

Although none of them broke through the spore stage and could not actively release the pressure of a powerful being, those weak D-level fungal beasts could still vaguely sense the powerful energy hidden within their bodies.

Leaving the South District and entering the Central District, this was once the central district of Jiangcheng's five districts. According to the map markings of Supply Point No. 5 obtained by Li Yu, the active fungal beasts here are mainly rare D-level beasts, with occasional encounters with one or two C-level beasts.

It's much more dangerous than the South District.

The five of them encountered no danger and quickly crossed the central area to reach the northern area.

Bai Xiuluo finally stopped, instinctively feeling fear towards this legendary forbidden zone of life.

Legend has it that no matter how powerful a being is, once it enters the Northern District, no one will ever leave alive.

Each batch of new recruits is warned in advance that the area north of Supply Point 5 is a no-go zone and entry is strictly prohibited.

Of course, occasionally some curious or skeptical newcomers will enter the North District, but without exception, no one has been heard of leaving the North District alive, with only a few exceptions like Li Yu.

Upon arriving in the North District, Bai Xiuluo stopped leading the way and instead looked at Li Yu and Zhou Xigang.

Clearly, he hoped that Li Yu and the others could lead the team. Even with his ability to kill C-level rare beasts, he would instinctively feel fear upon seeing this forbidden zone of life.

One can imagine how terrifying this forbidden zone must have been for them.

Li Yu didn't say anything, but instead walked up first.

Bai Xiuluo gripped his giant axe tightly and followed closely behind, followed by Qian Lili and Zhou Xigang, with Lin Muying falling behind.

Upon returning to the North District, everyone acted with extreme caution.

Li Yu recalled his previous encounter, where he witnessed a battle between two super-life-giant squid and a rotting mushroom. As a result, the ground collapsed, and they fell into the mushroom-man's underground world.

Less than a hundred meters in, Li Yu spotted a group of fungal beasts in the distance.

These were a group of the lowest-ranking Green Shadow Lizards, classified as D-level common beasts. They were simple-minded and, upon seeing Li Yu and his group of five, showed no fear, instead charging straight towards them.

Li Yu made a gesture, signaling everyone to speed up and go around him. Then he suddenly accelerated and rushed to the other side.

They were much faster than these lowest-ranking green shadow lizards, and quickly bypassed a row of gatehouses, leaving the group of green shadow lizards that rushed out behind them.

This was Bai Xiuluo's first time entering this forbidden zone of life, and he never expected to find a group of the lowest-level fungal beasts here. A strange look appeared on his face.

Then they saw the crystal fungus python swimming out from the gaps in a giant mushroom.

Also a low-level D-grade fungal beast, following behind this group of crystal fungal pythons was another crystal fungal python.

This is a D-rank elite beast, the first D-rank elite beast that Li Yu had ever killed. The first symbiotic bacterium he obtained, "Crystallized Bacterium," came from this Crystallized Python Beast.

Li Yu still remembers the surprise he felt when he obtained the crystallized bacteria.

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