The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 197 Mycelium Vessel (10,000-word update, please subscribe and vote)

Previously, he had been restraining himself to take care of the advanced spore stage members in the team, but now that he had finally brought Li Yu and the other four safely to Lingxu City, his mission was complete.

No longer needing to hold back, he unleashed his true power and instantly disappeared into the distant mushroom forest.

Watching Bai Xiuluo leave, and with less than two kilometers from Lingxu City, the surroundings were completely silent. There were no people or fungal beasts in sight. The sun was rising, and the soft sunlight shone on them. In the distance, a thin mist surged, reflecting the sunlight and creating shimmering waves.

"Li Yu, what do we do now? Where do we go? It seems like we can't go back to Lingxu City." Zhou Xigang picked his nose and looked at Li Yu.

Everyone else also looked at Li Yu.

Looking in the direction where Bai Xiuluo disappeared, Li Yu said, "This Bai Xiuluo is stronger than us and works harder than us. What reason do we have to slack off? Of course, starting today, we should improve our strength as much as possible."

Lin Muying nodded and said, "Yes, only by breaking through to the Spore Stage can we become official residents of Lingxu City. Bai Xiuluo also said that we need to break through to the Spore Stage to have the ability to deal with those Manjusaka Beasts."

Zhou Xigang suddenly said, "Do you think we can completely believe what this Bai Xiuluo says? I always feel like he's hiding something."

Li Yu glanced at Zhou Xigang and said, "That's right. Although we haven't found any malice from him yet, at least he seems to have held back some information about the secrets hidden in the hotel. He hasn't revealed everything he knows about what those secrets are."

Lin Muying sighed softly and said, "Everyone has selfish motives, that's normal. What I'm worried about now is if he wants to keep this secret for himself, wouldn't that be detrimental to us?"

Zhou Xigang said, "I'm very good at judging people. Judging from Bai Xiuluo's appearance, he doesn't seem like a bad person. Even if he's hiding something, I don't believe he wants to harm us."

Qian Lili said, "I feel like he really believes in luck. It seems like he doesn't dare to go into the North District alone and needs us to accompany him. So as long as he doesn't get that secret, he won't have any ill intentions towards us."

Zhou Xigang said, "Yes, but the question is, what if he gets the secret?"

Li Yu lowered his eyes slightly and slowly said, "Right now, none of us know what this secret is. Bai Xiuluo might know a little, but he's holding back, regardless of whether his intentions towards us are good or bad—"

"In short, we must prepare for the worst, so we must improve our strength as much as possible, at least to the point that we are strong enough to protect ourselves when facing him."

"Only in this way will he not dare to act rashly, even if he has other ideas."

Zhou Xigang sighed and said, "The idea is good, but this White Asura is too strong. Haven't you heard? He could break through to the Spore Stage at any time, while we are not even at the peak. We are far behind."

"So we have to work harder than him. He only sleeps three or four hours a day, so we'll sleep one or two hours a day." Li Yu's eyes gleamed slightly, and a determined look appeared on his face.

Zhou Xigang was startled and said, "Sleep for an hour or two?"

Li Yu said, "If you want to become powerful, how can you do it without hard work?"

As he said this, he suddenly remembered something and looked at Fang Mingxuan, who had been standing silently to the side, and asked, "Mingxuan, do you remember where you were the night before last, when the bacterial outbreak occurred?"

Fang Mingxuan was taken aback for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "The night before last? I don't know."

Upon hearing Li Yu's question, Zhou Xigang and the others were also intrigued. Yes, with the bacterial calamity upon them, Fang Mingxuan was not in Lingxu City. So how did he escape this catastrophe?

Everyone said that if the bacterial plague struck and no one could hide in Lingxu City, which was protected by the bacterial mother, they would surely die. But now, an unexpected event has occurred.

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "Your last conscious moment was when you were attacked in the fungal nest. After that, you said you had a very long dream. Do you remember that dream?"

Fang Mingxuan thought for a long time before saying, "I remember some, but it's all fragmented."

"Can you tell me about the dreams you remember?" Li Yu understood that Fang Mingxuan's so-called dreams might be his experiences over the past few days.

Perhaps we can find out how he escaped the bacterial outbreak among them.

Fang Mingxuan's eyes darted around, and he slightly raised his head before saying, "I remember having a very, very long dream. In the dream, everything was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything. It was as if I was drifting in the darkness—"

"Then, I saw a very dazzling silver-purple light, yes—it was like a huge umbrella, an umbrella formed by a silver-purple light—no, it should be said to be a mushroom cap shaped like an umbrella—rotating in the darkness—very dazzling, like stars—"

Hearing this, Li Yu felt a chill run down his spine. When he observed the silvery-purple light that day, he discovered a star core shaped like an umbrella, constantly rotating within it, which perfectly matched Fang Mingxuan's current description.

"Then, the silver-purple umbrella landed on my head—I felt like something very heavy was pressing down on my body, making it hard for me to breathe, so I struggled desperately—I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly I felt relaxed—I walked towards the silver-purple umbrella—I remembered, I was back at the Century Garden Hotel, on the day of my wedding."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu seemed to be deep in thought. The process he described might be the process of him merging with the silver-purple light and then crawling out from underground. Therefore, in his mind, it felt like he was being pressed down by something and then struggling desperately to crawl out.

Then, driven by instinct, he entered the North District and found the hotel.

At that time, he may have been trapped in his own world, unable to extricate himself.

Fang Mingxuan murmured, "I held my wedding in the banquet hall. Xiaoyue, my parents, her parents, Li Yu, Lin Muying, you all came too. I'm so happy—"

As Fang Mingxuan spoke, he looked at them and continued, "Oh, right, I remember now—when the wedding was halfway through—a lot of black fireworks suddenly appeared above—"

"The fireworks were spectacular, enveloping the entire banquet hall. It was beautiful. I saw that silver-purple umbrella again, spinning around and blocking out the black fireworks. I was toasting at each table with Xiaoyue, and then—suddenly I sobered up and saw you all."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu understood that the black fireworks he mentioned were likely the black specks of light that appeared when the fungal disaster struck, which were what those people called lunar eclipse spores.

Based on what he just said, it's clear that Fang Mingxuan was able to escape the bacterial disaster not because the hotel had any special features, but because of the silver-purple light within his body.

This thing can not only bring the dead back to life, but also resist bacterial disasters. It seems that Fang Mingxuan will no longer have to fear bacterial disasters.

This ability is enviable.

The others listened quietly. When Fang Mingxuan got to this point, they all vaguely guessed what was going on. They looked at each other, feeling a mixture of envy and disappointment.

This means that even if they are not qualified to enter the city when the next bacterial plague strikes, Fang Mingxuan will be fine, as the hidden silver-purple light within him will protect him.

They had initially thought the hotel could avoid the germ outbreak, but it seems that wasn't the case.

"Okay, let's go, we can't waste any more time."

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After Li Yu finished speaking, he looked into the distance, then turned and walked towards another road not far ahead.

Fang Mingxuan suddenly asked, "Li Yu, when you went to Lingxu City, did you get any news about Xiaoyue and the others?"

Li Yu stopped, turned to look at him, and said, "Lingxu City is divided into an inner city and an outer city. Only those who break through to the Spore Stage are qualified to enter the inner city. If we want to ask about Xiaoyue and the others, we must enter the inner city."

Then they talked about the night of the bacterial plague, when they entered the outer city and were locked in a giant warehouse.

Qian Lili then described in detail what happened on the night of the bacterial outbreak.

Upon hearing this, Fang Mingxuan's face showed a mixture of disappointment and surprise. Then, his eyes lit up, and he nodded, saying, "I understand. Once I break through to the Spore Stage, I can enter the inner city and become a true resident of Lingxu City. Perhaps then I can find out about Xiaoyue and the others."

Li Yu nodded and said, "That's right, so thinking about anything else now is meaningless. The five of us must do everything we can to grow stronger. Let's go to the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest."

Zhou Xigang said, "It's a pity. I originally wanted to follow this path back and forth to kill these fungal beasts, but according to Bai Xiuluo, the rewards for killing these fungal beasts are too small. Entering the Six Great Dangerous Domains, there is hope of obtaining opportunities. I don't know if it's true."

Li Yu nodded and said, "I believe what he said is true. Do you remember when we were in that underground world, we were also killing bactericidal beasts. The probability of finding enhanced crystal cores in the corpses of those bactericidal beasts was significantly higher than that on the ground. I think it must be what he said, that those bactericidal beasts were born from a special environment and energy."

Lin Muying nodded and said, "Then let's go check out the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest. If things don't look good, we can come back here later."

Zhou Xigang hesitated and said, "Don't we want to rest for a bit? We haven't had a rest in a long time."

Li Yu said, "Even that White Asura didn't rest, so what right do we have to rest? Let's endure it a little longer, and only rest when we really can't bear it anymore."

These words left Zhou Xigang speechless.

No one else had any objections, so Zhou Xigang could only nod.

Suddenly, as if he had just remembered something, he exclaimed, "Wait, speaking of the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest, I just remembered something."

As he spoke, he opened his backpack and took out a stack of books.

These books were bought for him by Li Yu before, but he had been traveling or hunting fungal beasts all day and had no time to read them.

"Why are you reading at a time like this? You're such a bookworm." Qian Lili was amused by his words.

Zhou Xi rolled his eyes and said, "What do you know? I suddenly remembered that there was a section about the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest in this book, along with a detailed map of it. I just didn't have time to look at it closely. Now that we're talking about the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest, I suddenly remembered it."

As he spoke, he picked up the books and started flipping through them.

He quickly exclaimed, "Found it! Look!"

Li Yu looked over and saw that the page Zhou Xi had just turned to had a very detailed map. Judging from the text next to it, this was the map of the Ancient Wood Ghost Forest, which was much more detailed than the map of the Ancient Wood Ghost Forest on the Lingxu City map he had bought before.

Zhou Xigang was carefully examining the map, clearly using his extraordinary memory to copy it into his mind.

Li Yu noticed that next to the map was a large amount of text describing the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest.

"Legend has it that this forest was once inhabited by a small tribe called the Fungus People, who relied on symbiotic fungi for survival. They did not hunt or cut down trees, but lived by communicating with the fungal spirits in the forest and mastered the secret art of harmonizing souls with plants."

"They accidentally discovered the original Soul-Eating Ghost Fungus underground. They found that fungi could nourish life and heal wounds, so they revered the Ghost Fungus as their clan spirit and built an underground altar to worship it, hoping to form a fungal vessel."

"Later, due to the arrival of the fungal plague, the ghost fungus proliferated out of control, instantly assimilating the fungal inhabitants. All forest creatures and plants were parasitized by the mycelium, and the former forest was transformed into the ancient ghost forest."

"Legend has it that deep within the Ghost Forest lies a mysterious fungal vessel. Whoever obtains the fungal vessel will gain the full power of the Ghost Fungus and the authority to rule the ancient Ghost Forest."

When Li Yu saw this, he frowned. What was this fungal dish? It was the first time he had ever heard of it.

Lin Muying also saw the description and said with some surprise, "Obtaining this fungal vessel will grant me the power of the ghost fungus and the authority to rule the Ancient Ghost Forest? This fungal vessel sounds very powerful."

Li Yu nodded and said, "If this ancient ghost forest really hides this kind of fungal vessel, it should have been obtained by the people in Lingxu City long ago, and it wouldn't have been left until now."

Since such a legend is recorded in this book, it means that this information has been widely known for a long time.

Zhou Xigang's eyes gleamed as he said, "That's not necessarily true. Didn't Bai Xiuluo say that luck is the most important thing? Maybe those guys in Lingxu City are just unlucky and won't be able to find this fungal vessel."

"I think this great opportunity is definitely waiting for us to seize."

Qian Lili chuckled: "Zhou Xigang, what I admire most about you is your extraordinary confidence, an almost mysterious kind of confidence. I really don't understand you. Where does your confidence come from? From what you're saying, it sounds like it's really true."

Zhou Xigang couldn't help but touch his nose and said, "Otherwise, why would we see this information at this particular time? I think that apart from us, there are probably very few people who would spend money to buy books to read. I'm afraid they don't even know what a fungal vessel is. Would you say we're lucky? Maybe I'm the one destined for this fungal vessel."

Li Yu smiled slightly and said, "I hope so. Then you'd better keep up the good work."

Then he handed the book back to Zhou Xigang and looked towards the distant ancient forest.

Zhou Xigang hadn't been very motivated at first, but now that he saw the mysterious fungal vessel mentioned in the introduction, he felt excited and full of energy. He wanted to enter the Ancient Ghost Forest and obtain the fungal vessel. Perhaps this was his best chance to rise to the top in one step.

Afterwards, Li Yu led them and, following the directions marked on the map, quickly found the road leading to Supply Point No. 1. The Ancient Wood Ghost Forest was located to the east of the road leading to Supply Point No. 1.

Crossing the road to Supply Point 1, you'll see a large fungal forest formed by white coral.

The five carefully entered the mushroom forest. Following the map markers, they entered the mushroom forest and continued eastward to enter the Ancient Tree Ghost Forest.

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