The world enters the fungal world

The second mushroom is called "Small Umbrella Mushroom," which is also a level 5 edible mushroom. Then there are some characteristics of the Small Umbrella Mushroom, such as its extremely small cap, which is only slightly larger than its stem, hence the name Small Umbrella. Then there are "Leaf Green Mushroom" and "Grey Leaf Mushroom," all of which are level 5 edible mushrooms.

These mushrooms were accompanied by pictures and detailed explanations of their characteristics. Li Yu memorized them one by one, and based on these pictures and characteristics, it was not difficult to identify these mushrooms.

"It seems these are all edible mushrooms."

Li Yu turned to the next page, which still featured four pictures of edible fungi, each accompanied by its name and description.

Among these four edible mushrooms, the image of the white jade mushroom they had been eating for the past two days was also on it, with the name "Jade Mushroom" written next to it, followed by an introduction to the characteristics of this jade mushroom.

After eating this mushroom for two days, Li Yu finally learned its real name today.

As Li Yu looked through the introductions, he saw various common edible fungi at level 5. Soon, he came across an introduction to a mushroom.

"Jelly mushroom, a level 4 edible fungus, can provide more than ten times the nutrition and energy of level 5 edible fungi. Its characteristic is that the cap is shaped like a colorful jelly. When eating, the stem should be removed and only the cap should be eaten."

Zhou Xigang squeezed through the crowd and saw this, saying, "It seems that the jade mushrooms we eat are only the lowest grade of edible fungi. There are also high-grade edible fungi here, with ten times the nutrition of these jade mushrooms."

Li Yu didn't say anything and continued reading. Several other level-four edible fungi were introduced below, and he silently memorized them. These introduced edible mushrooms solved their biggest problem at the moment.

Previously, I only knew that white jade mushrooms were edible, and I dared not touch any other mushrooms. Now that so many edible fungi have been introduced, it will be much easier to find food.

Putting everything else aside, Li Yu remembered seeing quite a few of the first type of mushroom, the "red liver mushroom," on the road. However, he had never known that this mushroom was edible before. Seeing its bright red appearance, he thought it was poisonous and dared not touch it at all.

As Li Yu silently memorized the words, he continued flipping through the pages and came across three words: "Fungi-Transformed Beasts," followed by a line of smaller text: "Introduction to Common Fungi-Transformed Beasts in Lingxu City."

The image above has changed from a mushroom to a monster that looks blood red and has a hideous face.

At this moment, everyone around Li Yu craned their necks, and when they saw this "fungus-like beast," several of them let out a soft exclamation and showed a look of surprise on their faces.

The pattern on it was familiar to everyone; they had just seen it at the hotel.

The mushroom, covered in flesh and blood, resembled a monkey with a mouth that stretched to its ears and a mouthful of fangs; it was none other than the blood-red parasitic monkey.

Next to the image is a long explanatory text.

"Name: Blood Mushroom Monkey, D-class fungal beast, the lowest-level fungal beast evolved from an ape that has obtained blood mushroom fungus. Its entire body is covered with fleshy blood mushroom fungus, with tiny fungal spores adhering to its surface. The ends of its limbs are hard fungal claws that can tear apart wooden buildings. Its tail has small blood mushroom sacs that can secrete red mucus, which will cause skin itching and mild ulceration when touched."

"Blood Mushroom Monkeys live in groups and act in packs. Individually, they are weak, but their numbers are large. There is a certain probability that they will transform into elite Blood Mushroom Monkeys, whose melee strength will be greatly enhanced. They possess sharp claws and are good at climbing fungal trees and leaping to attack. Although they are not easily injured individually, they have a fast attack speed and can also spray red mist spores from a distance to obscure vision. Those who inhale it will experience brief dizziness and coughing, and it is fatal to those who are not protected."

After reading this passage, Li Yu took a deep breath. It turned out that the monster that killed Wu Limei was called a Blood Mushroom Monkey, the lowest-level D-rank fungal beast.

It seems that the mushroom-infested monsters they've been encountering these past few days are only half-finished fungal beasts.

"Fungi-evolved beast, Blood Mushroom Monkey..." Zhou Xigang murmured to himself, "This is actually just the lowest-level fungi-evolved beast?" He looked surprised.

Li Yu turned to the next page and found a new bacterium-like beast named "Green Shadow Lizard," which resembled the dark green lizard they had seen before, but had evolved to be much more ferocious than the dark green lizard and the giant lizard.

Also a D-rank fungal beast, this Green Shadow Lizard's body is covered with hard scales, with fluorescent green mycelium seeping through the gaps between the scales. Two fluorescent scale horns grow from its cap-like head, and its forked tongue is extremely long, with sticky mucus at the end. It is used not only for hunting but also to sense the tiny vibrations of spores in the air.

Its pupils are vertically slit-shaped, and the whites of its eyes are bluish-green. It has extremely strong night vision, appearing like two eerie green lamps in the dim, decaying forest.

After carefully reading the introduction, Li Yu understood that the dark green lizards they had killed before, or even the more powerful giant lizards, were not true fungal beasts, or rather, they were mutating and evolving in the direction of the Green Shadow Lizard.

After that, he flipped through the pages one by one, each introducing a different fungal beast, each with its own unique characteristics.

The more they read, the more solemn their expressions became, and the more shocked they were. According to the description of the fungal beasts in the booklet, the Blood Mushroom Monkey they had encountered was only the weakest type of common fungal beast. Above these common fungal beasts, there were even more powerful elite and rare types of fungal beasts.

The powerful fungal beasts could even easily destroy a building; looking at the description, they felt a chill run down their spines.

After finally reading through all the fungal-infused beasts recorded in the booklet, Li Yu noticed a line of crookedly written handwriting on the last blank page: "To grow faster, you must hunt more fungal-infused beasts. Combat can accelerate nutrient absorption and digestion. Time is too tight. Within a month, you must reach your peak or earn 10,000 gold coins. Xiao Gang, believe in yourself, you can do it, you definitely can! Keep going!"

At this point, they had finished reading the entire booklet.

Li Yu closed the booklet, and Zhou Xigang, who had been craning his neck to look at it, pulled back and said, "This last paragraph was probably written by Xiao Gang himself. According to it, hunting fungal beasts can accelerate growth, but what does 'peak period' refer to? Why does it have to be reached within a month? Or with ten thousand gold coins..."

As he spoke, he took out six banknotes with the word "gold" printed on them, which was their loot from Xiao Gang's body.

These six banknotes—two 1-yuan notes, one 5-yuan note, and three 10-yuan notes—total 37 yuan.

"This must be the gold coins he mentioned. He wants to earn 10,000 gold coins in a month? But he only has 37 on him. This guy's a poor bastard..."

As Zhou Xigang spoke, he shook his head. Although he didn't know the purchasing power of gold coins, the booklet said that one could earn 10,000 gold coins in a month, but Xiao Gang only had 37. The contrast was too great.

Li Yu put down the booklet and said, "What do you all think? This Xiao Gang might be from Lingxu City. It seems that besides us, there are native inhabitants in this world."