The world enters the fungal world

Zhou Xigang nodded and said, "Now it's basically out in the open. We are people who entered this world through a time-space tunnel, and this world also has humans, and even cities, such as this Lingxu City, and this native named Xiao Gang."

Qian Lili asked, "Then what does the date written on this booklet, April 15th, 2026, mean?"

Zhou Xigang waved his hand and said, "Let's not worry about the time for now, because it only says 26 years, not 2026. Nobody knows what this 26 years means. It could mean that 26 years have passed since the disaster. If that's the case, then we might still be able to see our loved ones."

His words sent a jolt through everyone present.

Li Yu immediately thought of his parents, who were just over fifty years old. If only 26 years had passed, they would be in their seventies now. If they were healthy and free from illness, they would still have a chance to live to this day.

Thinking about this, Li Yu became somewhat excited and couldn't help but want to go back to his home. Unfortunately, the Century Garden Hotel was not close to his home; it was more than 20 kilometers away. In the past, 20 kilometers was nothing in Jiangcheng, and he could get there quickly by car. But given the terrifying situation outside now, 20 kilometers was undoubtedly an insurmountable barrier.

Lin Muying had just finished cleaning her mouth and carefully wiped her face with a cleaning cloth. Hearing this, she continued, "There's another question. If Xiao Gang was an indigenous person, why did he die there alone? Did he come here alone and get attacked and killed by some kind of fungal beast? Or did he come here with a group of indigenous people? If there are other indigenous people, how should we communicate with them if we encounter them? What would these indigenous people's attitude be if they knew that we are humans from decades ago?"

Li Yu said, "I examined the footprints on the ground carefully. Besides the ones we left, there were a lot of footprints next to Xiao Gang's body. Those couldn't have been left by one person, so we can be sure that Xiao Gang wasn't alone, but rather a group of people, at least... four or five people or more."

Lin Muying nodded at him and said, "So we can roughly deduce that at least four or five indigenous people came there at the time. Because they were attacked, Xiao Gang was killed and his body was abandoned there. The rest of the people must have escaped. We just happened to pass by and saw Xiao Gang's body."

Zhou Xigang rubbed his nose and said, "This guess should be reasonable. Since there are natives in this world, and even something like the Spirit Ruins City, we have to consider what to do if we encounter natives. My idea is that we should conceal our identities."

Qian Lili asked curiously, "Why hide our identities? We should reveal our identities so we can seek their help."

Zhou Xigang glared at her and said, "Idiot, we still don't fully understand how this world works. How can we just spout nonsense? What if we get captured and dissected for experiments?"

Li Yu pondered and said, "That makes some sense. It seems we need to conceal our identities and try to contact these natives to find out why Jiangcheng has become like this. If only 26 years have passed, perhaps we can still find people we used to know."

Fang Mingxuan, who had been quiet and reserved all along, suddenly said, "Can we go home and visit our families?"

Li Yu looked at Fang Mingxuan and nodded slightly, saying, "Among us, besides Zhou Xigang, your house is the closest to here. We can go to your house first to check on the situation."

The group had already visited Zhou Xigang's house but found nothing of interest. Li Yu was also familiar with Fang Mingxuan's house, which was less than two kilometers away, making it the closest of the remaining group to the house.

Lin Muying, Qian Lili, and Zou Dapeng all come from other cities and left Jiangcheng after graduation. They came to Jiangcheng this time because of Fang Mingxuan's wedding.

As for the hotel, it's currently occupied by hordes of Blood Mushroom Monkeys, and with everyone's current abilities, they simply can't get in. They have no choice but to give up for now. Since they've abandoned going to the hotel, the most suitable destination now is Fang Mingxuan's house.

Fang Mingxuan had had this idea for a while, but he hadn't brought it up. Now that Li Yu had said it, it suited his mind perfectly, so he immediately nodded slightly to Li Yu.

"It's a pity I don't know where Lingxu City is written on this." Zhou Xigang took the booklet that Li Yu had just put down and looked at it carefully for a while. He wrote down all the edible fungi and fungal beasts recorded in it. He had a photographic memory. For him, memorizing things was too easy.

After that, the booklet was given to Qian Lili, and then everyone took turns writing down the edible fungi and fungal beasts on the booklet, while using cleaning spray and cleaning wipes to clean it slightly.

After cleaning, Lin Muying took Qian Lili and, with cleaning spray and wipes, went to another room. They carefully closed the door, as they needed to clean a more private area, which was not convenient to clean in front of others.

Li Yu also cleaned her mouth, face, and hands, feeling a cool and refreshing sensation in her mouth, which made her feel much more energetic.

"Since Xiao Gang has appeared here, then Lingxu City is probably not too far from here. This is good news for us. At least we are not alone. There are other humans in this world besides us." Li Yu said as he began to carefully examine the mushrooms he had just taken out of his backpack.

He didn't recognize any of these mushrooms at first, but now that he had the booklet, Li Yu recognized that they were basically level 5 edible fungi, mainly the "small umbrella mushroom" and "gray leaf mushroom", which are small mushrooms, but their effects are similar to those of the larger jade mushroom.

Li Yu understood that the backpack had limited capacity. Since each of these edible fungi had roughly the same effect, it was naturally more cost-effective to pick the small mushrooms, as the backpack could hold more of these small mushrooms.

The remaining jade mushrooms were originally only enough for everyone to have one more meal, but with these "small umbrella mushrooms" and "gray leaf mushrooms," judging by the quantity, it's enough for everyone to have one more meal.

It was already late at night. After discussing and arranging the shifts, everyone gradually fell asleep.

That night, Li Yu had many nightmares. In his dreams, he saw Wu Limei's head, which had been bitten off by the Blood Mushroom Monkey, a headless corpse covered in blood. He saw Wu Limei's bodyless head hanging in the air, with bloody tears streaming from her eyes, and her mouth constantly screaming at him.

"Oh no...it's so tragic..."

Li Yu woke up from a nightmare, feeling a cold sweat. He slowly sat up and found that Fang Mingxuan, who was sleeping next to him, was lying there with his eyes open. Clearly, he was suffering from insomnia.

Wu Limei's death during the day had a great impact on them.

Seeing Li Yu sit up, Fang Mingxuan supported himself on the ground with both hands and slowly sat up as well. He leaned against the wall behind him, stretched out his right hand, and stared at it as if there was something on his right hand.

Li Yu lowered his voice: "What's wrong?"

"Ray fungus... the thing in my right hand is called Ray fungus..."

Li Yu nodded slightly. Fang Mingxuan also sensed the fungus in his body, which meant that he was not far from entering the spore stage. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to obtain special abilities tomorrow.

In such a dangerous and bizarre world, being able to awaken special abilities and enter the spore stage would greatly enhance their survival ability, which would be a good thing for Fang Mingxuan and the others.