The world enters the fungal world

In Li Yuyou's eyes, this enormous cavity was alive, constantly absorbing and exhaling the surging light points from the sky.

Each time the cavity expands, a massive amount of light points surge in. Then the cavity contracts, ejecting these absorbed light points, much like an unimaginable super life form breathing in and out.

Li Yu looked with some difficulty at the giant cavity clinging to the mostly collapsed residential building and the thousands upon thousands of mycelia in front of him. Watching the strange, breathing-like fluctuations, a deep sense of shock welled up in his heart.

He wasn't sure whether he should describe it as a living organism, watching as thousands upon thousands of white mycelia wriggled and extended outwards, with many mycelia burrowing into the ground and disappearing.

Li Yu stared intently at the white mycelium. Although it had burrowed into the ground, it was still faintly visible to his right eye. He could actually see the mycelium through the strata of the earth.

A shocking scene slowly emerged: countless white mycelia centered on the building, intertwining into a net and extending outwards in all directions along the ground.

One meter, ten meters, one hundred meters...

These mycelia seem to extend indefinitely, and the spreading mycelial network grows larger and larger, almost covering the entire underground area of ​​the community.

To Li Yu, this scene seemed both real and unreal, but he was certain that the white mycelium he saw entering the ground was not an illusion.

Suddenly, Li Yu had a sudden realization: he knew why the seven lizard corpses had turned into dried corpses.

"I understand now, those lizard corpses were dried up by 'it'..."

A strange sense of awe welled up in Li Yu's heart. The thing in front of him, which was almost as big as a residential building, was an existence that he could hardly imagine. It nourished itself on the flesh and blood of corpses.

The cavity formed by countless thick tree roots is its body, and what is exposed on the ground is only a part of its true nature. No one knows how huge the real "it" is underground.

"Fortunately, 'it' doesn't seem interested in living people, or perhaps 'it' doesn't have the ability to attack living people..."

Li Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he should keep his distance from this unknown entity. After understanding the situation, he immediately gestured to everyone, signaling them to leave quickly.

Soon, the seven people retraced their steps and made their way out again.

Only when he was far away from the building and could no longer see the web formed by the interwoven mycelium hidden underground did Li Yu let out a soft sigh of relief.

"Li Yu, what did you see?" Lin Muying knew that Li Yu possessed the Pupil Fungus, and his eyes were different from others, perhaps able to see things that they could not.

Li Yu recounted what he had just seen and guessed, and everyone who heard it looked incredulous.

Wu Limei asked in surprise, "Li Yu, do you mean that the flesh and blood in those lizard corpses were all consumed by 'it' using those mycelia?"

Zou Dapeng couldn't help but turn his head and glance in the direction of the building, muttering, "It's hard to imagine what kind of life form that is. Or is it some kind of fungus?"

Li Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know. In short, this is something we can't understand. Let's go quickly."

Lin Muying frowned slightly: "It seems that this world is far more terrifying than we imagined. No one knows what other terrible things exist. Let's all be careful."

Lin Muying's words weighed heavily on everyone's hearts, and they instinctively gripped the weapons in their hands.

Zhou Xigang curled his lip, somewhat unconvinced. Based on Li Yu's description, he felt that this life form was somewhat similar to the plants in the previous world. Those mycelia were its roots. It could rely on its roots to devour nutrients, but its main body could not move, let alone harm people.

With Li Yu's discovery, everyone quickened their pace, not wanting to linger in the neighborhood any longer. Soon, the seven of them crossed the neighborhood.

Lin Muying suddenly made a discovery: in a corner of a wall not far away, she found a patch of white jade mushrooms.

As everyone approached for a closer look, they found that it was indeed exactly the same as the white jade mushrooms they had eaten, only in smaller quantities, totaling only about thirty.

The group was both delighted and disappointed. They spread out a coat, picked off the thirty-odd white jade mushrooms, and wrapped them in the coat.

Stepping out of this residential area, you'll find the building where the security team is located. On the other side of the building, Li Yu can already see the big tree they were talking about, with a giant mushroom cap on top that is very conspicuous and can be seen from afar.

"That's it." Wu Limei pointed to the big tree in the distance.

Li Yu nodded, and Zhou Xi, who was walking ahead, picked up the fire axe and quickened his pace.

"By the way, have you guys been inside?" Li Yu pointed to the security team and asked Fang Mingxuan, Wu Limei, and Zou Dapeng.

Zou Dapeng nodded and said, "I've seen it. I was hoping to find some weapons for self-defense inside, but unfortunately they were all corroded and unusable."

Upon hearing what Zou Dapeng said, Li Yu abandoned his plan to go in and take a look.

After passing the building, the group saw a tree over five meters tall, its trunk covered with green vines. On the surface of these vines grew tiny green mushrooms, no bigger than a fingernail. Instead of a canopy, the top of these mushrooms was a giant cap, like an open umbrella.

Around this large tree, there were also small, straight trees that looked like sticks. These small trees also had some small mushrooms growing on them, almost exactly the same as the small trees that Fang Mingxuan, Wu Limei, and Zou Dapeng were holding.

"Everyone be careful, we were attacked here before."

As Zou Dapeng spoke, he suddenly remembered that the corpse of the monkey with small mushrooms growing on its back that they had killed earlier had disappeared.

Just then, two dark shadows suddenly darted down from the tree. Li Yu looked up and saw two parasitic monkeys appear from above, quickly leaping down and pouncing towards them.

These two parasitic monkeys only had small mushrooms growing on their backs; the rest of their bodies were similar to those of normal monkeys, and they resembled the monkeys Li Yu had first seen in the hotel building. They were probably the weakest parasitic monkeys.

Although he had seen it many times before, seeing the dense clusters of tiny mushrooms parasitizing the monkey's back again triggered Li Yu's mild trypophobia, making his scalp tingle and his hair stand on end.

This time he didn't make a move; Lin Muying and her two companions could easily handle the weakest parasitic monkey.

He also wanted to see how strong the three who had entered the "spore stage" were.

Suddenly seeing the two parasitic monkeys leaping down from the sky, Zhou Xigang was not surprised but delighted and couldn't help but laugh. He was the first to rush forward. Instead of using the fire axe in his hand, he raised his right leg and activated the special ability of "Bone Armor". His entire right leg swept out like a whip.

With a sharp "smack," one of the parasitic monkeys was struck by his right leg and immediately flew sideways.

This "bone armor" not only made his right calf look like it was covered with a protective armor, but also enhanced the power and speed of his right leg. When this kick landed, the parasitic monkey flew through the air and crashed heavily to the ground, with blood gushing from its mouth and nose. Clearly, this kick had severely damaged its internal organs.

Zhou Xigang leaped forward again, raised his right foot, and stomped down onto the parasitic monkey's belly.