The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 88 Steel-skinned Fungus (Thanks to Guan Ru for the donation)

Lin Muying breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to help her up.

Li Yu put away the crystallizing knife, rubbed his chest wound, and slowly went over to check on Fang Mingxuan's injuries, who had fallen to the other side.

Fang Mingxuan suffered severe internal injuries, and blood was flowing from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. He lay on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

His face showed pain, and his skin was twitching slightly, but he kept his lips pursed and did not utter a single groan.

Zhou Xigang slowly got up on his own, a look of lingering fear on his face. Compared to Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan, he was the least injured.

"Let's go, get out of here quickly." Li Yu barely picked up the iron spear from the ground and said in a deep voice to Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang. Then, together with Zhou Xigang, he helped Fang Mingxuan up and walked towards a group of buildings not far away.

The stench of blood here is too strong, which could easily attract new mutated beasts. Fang Mingxuan and Qian Lili are seriously injured and have almost no ability to protect themselves. The most important thing now is to leave this place and find a place to hide.

Lin Muying responded, picked up the spiked club from the ground, and half-supported, half-carried Qian Lili, following closely behind Li Yu and Zhou Xigang as they left.

Li Yu and Zhou Xigang supported Fang Mingxuan on either side, found a residential building, opened the already rotten and twisted security door, and after confirming that there was no danger inside, dragged Fang Mingxuan inside and placed him on the living room floor.

Lin Muying carried Qian Lili inside.

"Mu Ying, you stay here to protect them. I'll go check the surrounding area." Li Yu thought of what Zou Dapeng had experienced before and was worried that the same thing would happen again.

Lin Muying frowned slightly: "You're injured. You stay here, I'll go."

Li Yu was worried about Lin Muying taking the risk alone, so he insisted on staying with her, leaving Zhou Xigang and the other two in the room on the first floor.

Lin Muying understood Li Yu's intentions and did not insist. She helped him up, and the two of them carefully checked the second and third floors and the surrounding area. Apart from some small mushrooms and mycelium, they did not see any terrifying plants like the Venus flytrap. Only then did they feel relieved and return to the first floor.

In the living room, Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan lay motionless on the floor, while Zhou Xigang sat leaning against one side.

Of the five people, only Lin Muying was unharmed. She felt a lot of pressure, holding a spiked club, guarding the four of them, and occasionally looking outside to prevent any danger.

She activated "Radiant Spring," drawing them all into its power to aid in the healing of their injuries.

She used it every half minute, constantly accelerating the healing of the four people's injuries.

After several uses of "Fountain of Light" ended, Lin Muying's face turned pale. She realized that continuously using this special ability was very taxing on her spirit and blood.

After receiving the "Fountain of Light" several times, Li Yu's injuries improved considerably. He slowly stood up, leaning against the wall. Through the window, he could see the corpses of the four-winged fox and six elite winged fox beasts in the distance.

Just as he had guessed, a group of fungus foxes appeared in the distance. Upon discovering the corpse, these fungus foxes quickly surrounded it. Soon, several fox howls rang out, and the fungus foxes made way, revealing several elite winged fox beasts.

They immediately pounced on the corpse of the four-winged fox demon and began to tear at it frantically.

The fungus foxes then surrounded the six elite winged fox beast corpses, gnawing on their flesh.

Li Yu watched from afar, a faint light appearing in his eyes. He didn't take these fungus foxes and elite winged fox beasts seriously. Even if they discovered this place, he wouldn't be afraid. But what he was worried about was the reappearance of four-winged demon foxes.

This rare beast is too powerful; he must enter "hyper-capture" to fight it, otherwise he is far from being its match.

However, his "hyper-capture" has a fatal flaw: it can only last for one or two seconds, and each time it is used, a 30-second interval is required.

If he can't finish off his opponent in a second or two, he'll be the one who dies.

He had gambled his life and won the battle, but what about next time? Even if he were to do it again, he wasn't confident he could kill the four-winged fox demon.

Fortunately, only elite winged fox beasts and swarms of fungus foxes appeared in the distance. They quickly devoured the corpses on the ground and then left, unaware of Li Yu and his group of five hiding in the residential building in the distance.

Watching them leave and disappear, Li Yu lowered his eyes and let out a soft sigh.

Suddenly, Zhou Xigang, who was leaning against the ground, let out a soft yelp, then closed his eyes, as if sensing something.

Li Yu turned to look at him and found that his injuries were healing at an astonishing speed, a speed that was truly visible to the naked eye, even faster than when he was under the special effect of the "Fountain of Light".

A thought struck Li Yu, and he suddenly realized that Zhou Xi had just broken through.

He successfully entered the second stage of the spore stage.

Upon breaking through to the second stage, his entire body will experience a significant improvement, and his body will be strengthened. During this strengthening process, his injuries should heal more quickly.

Lin Muying also noticed Zhou Xigang's change, and a look of relief appeared in her eyes.

She wished everyone would immediately enter the second stage of the spore stage, so that their chances of survival would be greater.

Zhou Xigang closed his eyes, sensing the changes in his body. After three or four minutes, he opened his eyes, a look of joy on his face. He then checked his injuries. In just a few short minutes, most of his injuries had healed. This speed was simply astonishing.

"I—I've finally broken through!" Zhou Xigang stood up, his face showing excitement, joy, and exhilaration.

"Congratulations." Lin Muying nodded slightly to him.

He turned to look at Li Yu, a hopeful look in his eyes.

Li Yu understood that he wanted the steel mushroom.

He couldn't use the Steel Mushroom, so he put it in Lin Muying's backpack. Lin Muying had obtained another Steel Mushroom after killing that elite Winged Fox Beast.

Li Yu nodded to Lin Muying, signaling her to give Zhou Xigang a steel mushroom, as the most important thing now was to strengthen their companions.

Lin Muying opened her backpack, took out a steel mushroom, and handed it to Zhou Xigang.

"Try to see if you can fuse them."

She also tried, but the steel mushroom couldn't be fused with the rock claw fungus.

Zhou Xigang took it with a mixture of excitement and anticipation, holding it with his left hand as he sensed the changes within his body.

Soon, he felt his bone fungus react. The steel mushroom he was holding in his left hand reacted with the bone fungus, began to mycelialize, and turned into countless tiny mycelia that entered his left hand.

In no time, the steel mushroom completely merged into his left hand and disappeared.

Li Yu and Lin Muying were both looking at him, and they were also very curious about this steel mushroom.

Zhou Xigang stretched out his left hand and clenched it slightly. Li Yu saw that the skin on his left hand was rapidly hardening, and soon the surface seemed to be covered with a layer of steel, turning into a steel left hand.

Slowly moving his steel left hand, Zhou Xigang said excitedly, "This is called Steel Skin Bacteria. It can harden the skin, making it invulnerable to knives and bullets, and it can also enhance the strength of the left hand."

As he spoke, he clenched his left hand, and the steel fist seemed to want to punch the wall to test its power, but he held back.

After all, these buildings had been corroded by fungi for many years and were mostly rotten and dilapidated, so he dared not do anything reckless.

Lin Muying said, "Now that Zhou Xigang has entered the second stage, Lili should be close to finishing soon."

As she spoke, she looked at Qian Lili, who was lying on the ground.

Qian Lili was still pale and looked exhausted. She hadn't spoken a word, which was unlike her usual self. Lin Muying was worried about her, afraid that she had been too frightened and might have developed health problems.

"Lili, how are you feeling now?"

Lin Muying couldn't help but move closer to her.

When Qian Lili heard Lin Muying's question, she slowly turned her eyes to look at Lin Muying, but tears kept flowing out.

Lin Muying hurriedly wiped away her tears and said softly, "Silly girl, why are you crying? It's alright, it's all over. Your injuries are healing very quickly. I estimate that you should be fully recovered by the time you understand. Of course, if you can enter the second stage, you might recover very quickly."

Qian Lili didn't speak, only making whimpering sounds, and kept shaking her head, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

She felt so ashamed that, in her extreme fear, she had wet her pants—but she just couldn't bring herself to say it.

Fortunately, she was wearing knee pads, so no one could tell; otherwise, she would have no face to live on.

Lin Muying gently stroked her hair and sighed inwardly. It seemed that Qian Lili was really frightened.

Zhou Xigang was in a state of extreme excitement, constantly trying to figure out how to use the steel-skin bacteria, while also moving his hands and feet to adapt to the amazing power he had just gained.

The transition from the initial spore stage to the second stage is a significant leap.

Fang Mingxuan lay on the ground, turned his head and saw a corner. Suddenly his eyes widened, and he slowly got up.

The weapons of the crowd were casually leaning against each other in the corner of the living room, slumped over. He saw this and felt very uncomfortable.

After neatly arranging the weapons, Fang Mingxuan pursed his lips and let out a long sigh of relief, feeling much better.

"Mingxuan, are you feeling better?" Li Yu asked.

Fang Mingxuan nodded slightly and said, "It's much better."

Then, a look of shame crossed her face, and she whispered, "I'm sorry, I've dragged you down."

Li Yu frowned and said, "What kind of talk is this?"

Looking outside, the sky was slowly darkening.

They had originally planned to reach the supply point today, but now that Fang Mingxuan, Qian Lili, and they themselves were still injured, it was clear that they could not continue their journey.

We can only rest here for the night, and set off for the supply point early tomorrow morning.

Everyone then hid here to rest. From time to time, the roars of beasts could be heard outside. Li Yu could occasionally see the shadows of fungal beasts through the window.

As darkness fell completely, the group opened a backpack, took out edible fungi, and began to eat.

After the five people finished eating, half of the edible fungi in the backpack were gone. Li Yu's injuries had almost healed. At this moment, he closed his eyes and sensed the fungal spores in his body, and found that the size of the spores had changed again.

It can be said that the spores are growing in size every day, and although this growth is very subtle, Li Yu can sense it.

Now, this fungal spore is like a part of his body, inseparable from him, and he can even faintly feel a sense of joy brought about by this growth.

Having filled his stomach, Zhou Xigang was still excited and couldn't help but ask, "The fungus we obtained is simply amazing! We've now entered the second stage of the spore stage. Do you think there might be a third stage?"

"If so, how do you enter the third stage? What kind of power will you gain in the third stage?"

No one could answer Zhou Xigang's question. Lin Muying thought for a moment and said, "It's a pity. I should have asked that Bai Xiuluo before. He would definitely know."