The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 77 The Alluring Flower (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

Dozens of giant red mycelium of varying thicknesses extended from around the insect trap, filling the entire living room. More than a dozen of them pierced through the floor below and extended into the living room on the second floor.

No one had ever seen such a bizarre plant that resembled both a mushroom and a Venus flytrap before, and they all looked at each other in bewilderment. Li Yu, however, stared intently at the giant insect trap that was interlocked at the center.

He was familiar with the Venus flytrap, knowing that its traps were usually open and would only close when they caught prey.

And this giant insect trap is closed up, does that mean there is prey inside? And what is that fleshy texture that is faintly visible through the gaps?

Thinking of the missing Zou Dapeng, Li Yu felt increasingly terrified. He almost growled a beast-like sound from his throat, and suddenly swung the iron spear in his right hand.

With a loud "bang," he used all his strength to instantly break the massive red mycelium blocking the entrance, and sap seeped out from the broken ends.

Li Yu swung his iron spear repeatedly, frantically hacking at the giant mycelium. One by one, the mycelium broke apart, and he cleaved a path through it, quickly reaching the closed insect trap.

This creature, which resembles both a mushroom and a plant, looks bizarre, but it clearly lacks offensive capabilities. Unlike the fungal beast, it is closer to a fusion of mushroom and plant, exhibiting more plant-like characteristics and unable to launch direct attacks like an animal.

Li Yu frantically destroyed these mycelia, but they remained motionless, like plants.

Seeing Li Yu destroy the mycelium, everyone else joined in, and soon they destroyed all the mycelium that filled the living room.

Li Yu stretched out his left hand, and a foot-long crystallized knife extended out, carefully slicing down along the base of the insect trap.

Although the insect trap was tough, it could not withstand the sharpness of the crystallizing knife. As the crystallizing knife cut down, the base of the insect trap broke off, and a pale red liquid gushed out from inside.

Li Yu immediately stepped back, carefully avoiding the gushing liquid.

The broken trap at the base fell down, and the trap, which had been tightly locked together, began to slowly open as if it had lost some kind of gripping force.

The inner wall of the open trap has a dark red, fleshy texture, covered with fine hairs. These hairs secrete a large amount of almost transparent fluid, within which is wrapped a fleshy white object shaped like a human.

The object's surface resembled a flesh-colored jelly, stuck together with the juices secreted by the insect trap, giving it an indescribably bizarre appearance.

Upon seeing the humanoid object, with its exposed bones and the melted, collapsed facial features, everyone was horrified and immediately understood what had happened.

"Zou Dapeng—" Qian Lili couldn't help but scream, her whole body trembling, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes, and her legs feeling weak in waves.

Li Yu let out a low roar, his face contorted with rage, and swung his iron spear repeatedly, smashing all the dozens of mushrooms clustered together.

The giant mushroom cap above slowly pressed down, only to be struck by his iron spear from mid-air, instantly shattering a large portion of the red giant mushroom cap.

Gasping for breath, Li Yu's face was pale. Looking at the humanoid object that rolled out, he couldn't be sure if it was Zou Dapeng because its face was so badly melted and ulcerated, with the flesh melted into a white, jelly-like substance.

However, given that its height and build match those of Zou Dapeng, and considering Zou Dapeng's mysterious disappearance, the identity and origin of this humanoid object are self-evident.

"Li Yu, calm down and get out of here quickly. The dead cannot be brought back to life. Now is not the time to grieve. This place is too strange; we can't stay here any longer."

Suddenly, Zhou Xigang's voice rang out, his face showing both fear and anxiety.

Although Li Yu smashed all the mycelium and mushrooms in front of him and seemed to have received no retaliation, there was something strange about the place. No one could understand why Zou Dapeng had suddenly disappeared and died here in a bizarre way.

Zhou Xigang felt extremely uneasy and just wanted to escape from the building. He didn't want to stay there for even a second longer.

Qian Lili also realized what was happening, nodding repeatedly and saying in a trembling voice, "Yes—yes—we should leave first—"

Li Yu didn't speak, but just stared intently at the jelly-like humanoid object on the ground, waved to the crowd to signal them to leave, and then rushed out.

No one else dared to speak, and they ran frantically down the stairs.

Regardless of whether the humanoid object was Zou Dapeng or not, there was no hope left. The only thing they could do was leave this eerie place.

The five of them quickly rushed down the stairs and arrived outside the residential building. Li Yu looked up at another building, where there was a giant red mushroom cap on the side wall, which looked like a bewitching flower from a distance.

Who knows how many similar strange plants are hidden inside these residential buildings?

"Go!" Li Yu gritted his teeth slightly, turned his head and rushed in the other direction.

Soon, the group rushed out of the residential buildings and stopped when they saw a road ahead with a large number of abandoned cars parked there.

"Is that really Dapeng?" Fang Mingxuan murmured, his face pale. He had a good relationship with Zou Dapeng, but he still couldn't believe that the thing that had turned into a human-shaped jelly was the missing Zou Dapeng.

Qian Lili said in a trembling voice, "If it was Zou Dapeng, why would he be on the third floor? It doesn't make sense. He was on night duty last night, why would he be on the third floor?"

Lin Muying frowned and continued, "This is indeed strange. Li Yu just destroyed all those mycelia and mushrooms, but they didn't react at all. Does this mean they're similar to plants and can't attack on their own? If so, how could they prey on Zou Dapeng?"

Zhou Xigang said, "I was on the first shift last night. When I woke Zou Dapeng up in the middle of the night, everything was normal. But when I woke up this morning, it suddenly turned out like this. I really can't understand it."

He shook his head as he spoke, finding it hard to understand why Zou Dapeng, who was on duty, would suddenly appear on the third floor and be caught by that giant mushroom that looked like a Venus flytrap.

Li Yu took a deep breath before saying, "When you woke up in the morning, did you feel very sleepy? Or perhaps a little dizzy and lightheaded?"

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Upon hearing Li Yu's question, everyone was taken aback. Zhou Xi had just said, "I worked the night shift and didn't sleep well. I'm sure I'll feel incredibly tired when I wake up."

Qian Lili said somewhat blankly, "Yeah, Li Yu, how did you know? I think when I woke up this morning, I felt like I hadn't slept well, I was so sleepy."

Fang Mingxuan nodded slightly, indicating that he felt the same way.

Lin Muying was slightly startled: "Me too, Li Yu, could it be that—"

Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly as he slowly said, "Our bodies have evolved, not only making us stronger than ordinary people, but also giving us more energy. Although I haven't been sleeping very well these past few nights, I've generally not felt very tired when I wake up, except for this morning."

The other four thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed as Li Yu said. Unless they were on duty, they could recover their energy after a good night's sleep and would not be as sleepy as they were when they woke up this morning.

Zhou Xigang seemed to understand, and asked in surprise, "Li Yu, you mean we woke up so sleepy this morning because of that mushroom plant on the third floor?"