The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 89 Scumbag (10,000 words updated today / Thanks to Plaskr for the donation)

Reassured by Lin Muying, Qian Lili gradually calmed down. Realizing they were unaware of her embarrassing situation, she felt much better and spoke up: "Once we get to the supply point, we can just ask someone. Didn't we say it wasn't far from here?"

Lin Muying nodded slightly and said, "Yes, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we should reach the supply point tomorrow. I wonder what kind of supply point it is."

At this point, a hint of anticipation appeared on his face.

Qian Lili suddenly looked at her, then at Li Yu, who was sitting to the side with her eyes lowered and not speaking, and asked with some curiosity, "Mu Ying, there's something I've always been curious about, but I never asked before. Now I really can't help but ask."

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Lin Muying asked in surprise, "What is it?"

Before Qian Lili could speak, she sighed and said, "I almost died today. I was so shocked, but I also figured out a lot of things. Living in this world, no one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first."

"I might die here in the next moment, who knows?"

Lin Muying frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and slap yourself."

After saying that, he pretended to slap her in the face.

Qian Lili quickly reached out and lightly slapped her mouth twice, saying, "Okay, okay, I'll slap it, but I'm telling the truth. That's why I'm curious, Mu Ying, you and Li Yu were so close during your four years of university, we all thought you were a couple, but you didn't end up together. Why is that?"

Upon hearing this question, Li Yu, who had been keeping his eyes down and not speaking, twitched his eyelids slightly.

Lin Muying's expression froze slightly; she hadn't expected Qian Lili to ask about this.

Qian Lili grabbed Lin Muying's hand and said, "Muying, I know you've always liked Li Yu, and Li Yu clearly likes you too. Living in this damned world, we never know what will happen next. Why are neither of you willing to express your feelings?"

"I really don't understand you. Don't you ever think that if something unexpected happens, you won't regret it? Won't you feel remorse?"

She sighed deeply and said, "I almost died today. I regretted it so much then. I regretted not having been in a relationship yet. Damn it, I didn't even know what it was like to be with a man, and I died like this. I'm so unwilling to accept it!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xigang's eyes widened immediately, staring at Qian Lili with disbelief. He exclaimed, "Big sister, really? So you're still a virgin?"

Looking her up and down, I clearly felt she wasn't the right person.

Qian Lili blushed, spat at him, and scolded, "Mind your own business! What do you know, you little brat?"

"I'm twenty years old, and you still call me a little kid?" Zhou Xigang felt extremely insulted.

Qian Lili scoffed, "Twenty? In front of us, you're just a little kid."

His disgusted expression left Zhou Xigang speechless.

Lin Muying was touched by Qian Lili's words and couldn't help but secretly glance at Li Yu.

Li Yu kept her eyes down, seemingly oblivious to what she had heard, sitting there motionless.

Lin Muying felt a pang of disappointment, looked away, and felt utterly bored, no longer wanting to speak.

Although Li Yu didn't speak, he heard Qian Lili's words and another figure involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Yes, he and Lin Muying had a very close relationship during their four years of university, even bordering on ambiguous, but they never crossed that final step and became a real boyfriend and girlfriend.

Why?

This was something that puzzled many students at the time.

"Why aren't you two saying anything? Sigh!" Qian Lili looked at Li Yu and Lin Muying, shook her head and sighed, "I don't understand you. What are you worried about? You're already in this damned world, what's there to hesitate about?"

Li Yu finally raised his eyes slightly, a smile appearing on his lips, and said, "Qian Lili, I really didn't expect you to still have the mood to think about these things? Like you said, this world is full of dangers, and no one knows when another accident will happen, so—" As for Mu Ying and me, I would like to, but it depends on her willingness—"

Li Yu shook his head as he spoke, somewhat admiring that Qian Lili could still be so gossipy even at a time like this.

Qian Lili was taken aback and looked at Lin Muying. So, it turned out that Lin Muying was unwilling after all this time?

Could it be that we've all misunderstood? Does Lin Muying not like Li Yu?

Hearing Li Yu's words, Lin Muying was both angry and amused. She thought to herself, "When we were in school, you always flirted with me, but you never seriously pursued me. Now you're acting like I don't want you."

"Scumbag!"

These two words popped into her mind.

In her anger, she didn't want to explain anymore. She turned her face away coldly, pursed her lips, and remained silent.

Li Yu hadn't realized that his casual remark had offended Lin Muying, and continued, "Qian Lili, you also need to work hard. Zhou Xigang came to this world later than you, and he's already in the second stage."

Upon hearing this, Qian Lili felt discouraged. Her pants were still damp and she felt incredibly uncomfortable.

But the conditions here didn't allow for it; there were no places to wash or change, so she had to endure it.

The priority should be survival; we can think about the rest later, once we've settled down.

"I wonder what the supply points are like, and if we can shower and change clothes there, sigh—"

Qian Lili lowered her head, looking somewhat dejected yet also hopeful.

Zhou Xigang said, "Since it's called a supply point, there should be something there. We'll know when we get there tomorrow. Even someone as unclean as me feels uncomfortable all over right now, damn it—"

He had just finished speaking when a very strange shriek suddenly came from afar.

The whistling sound was extremely piercing, like a needle piercing the brain, causing indescribable discomfort.

The sound is coming from not far away.

He immediately shut his mouth. Li Yu was the fastest to act, and he had already reached the window silently like a cat, looking outside.

In Li Yu's eyes, countless faint points of light floated in Jiangcheng under the night sky. These intertwined points of light made his vision at night almost as good as during the day.

At that moment, he saw a sharp shriek coming from a distance, and a figure rushed out from behind a corner of a wall.

The man swayed, appearing to have a leg injury.

Immediately following was another piercing shriek, and a faint, gigantic black shadow pounced out from behind the corner of the wall, knocking the figure to the ground.

Li Yu saw this and his heart skipped a beat.

This was a monster he had never seen before, and its appearance was very similar to a giant mantis magnified countless times.

However, the mantis's body is almost transparent, making it nearly impossible to spot, especially at night.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Yu's right eye was special and could see countless points of light, he would have doubted whether he could have discovered this almost transparent giant praying mantis.

This mantis has a pair of almost transparent wings on its back. When the wings are spread out, the wingspan reaches an astonishing four meters. A pair of large, serrated blades extend out, each over one and a half meters long.

At that moment, it pounced on the fleeing figure, its pair of serrated blades clamping down on the figure, and its open jaws snapped down.

At this moment, they were too far away, and even if Li Yu wanted to save them, it was too late. The figure that was knocked to the ground only had time to let out a scream before its voice stopped abruptly. Clearly, its throat had been bitten off by the giant mantis's mandibles.

After that, the place became quiet.

Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang also quietly walked over. This time, Lin Muying did not stick close to Li Yu as usual, but kept a little distance.

Looking out the window into the distance, they couldn't spot the giant praying mantis. They only saw a figure fall down in the distance, and then everything fell silent. A look of surprise appeared on their faces.

Li Yu's face turned solemn as he carefully recalled the records about the fungal beast in the booklet. Unfortunately, he was unable to find any information about this almost transparent mantis.

Li Yu, fearing that Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang might not be able to detect the transparent mantis and would make a sound, gestured in advance for them to remain silent.

Although Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang felt confused, out of trust in Li Yu, they didn't ask anything. Instead, they stayed with Li Yu, hiding behind the window and silently looking into the distance.

The giant, transparent mantis gnawed for a while, then flapped its wings and Li Yu saw it quickly disappear into the darkness in the distance.

"Thankfully, it didn't spot us."

Li Yu dared not be careless with this transparent praying mantis whose information was unknown. He quietly returned to the living room and whispered what he had seen to them.

Zhou Xigang asked in surprise, "You mean a giant, completely transparent praying mantis killed that person?"

Li Yu nodded and said, "Yes, if I didn't have the pupil fungus, I probably wouldn't be able to see it either."

Lin Muying frowned slightly and said, "A completely invisible fungal beast? How can we defend against it?"

She thought that apart from Li Yu, the others would probably die without even knowing how they died, and just thinking about it made her shudder.

Li Yu touched his right eye with some relief before saying, "Luckily I can see it—there's no record of it in that booklet, so it probably isn't a common fungal beast."

Zhou Xigang sighed and said, "The monsters appearing in this godforsaken place are getting more and more bizarre. This world is far more dangerous than we imagined."

He originally considered himself the protagonist. Knowing that he had traveled to the future world, he was more excited than everyone else, believing that he would display his talents in the new world and reach the pinnacle of life.

But after a series of setbacks, injuries, and near-death experiences in recent days, he began to doubt himself.

"Get some rest, everyone. Hopefully, nothing else will happen tomorrow and we can reach the supply point soon."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

The room quickly quieted down, while outside, the distant roars of beasts could be heard from time to time, foreshadowing that Jiangcheng under the cover of night was fraught with danger and far from peaceful.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened that night. As dawn broke and everyone woke up, Qian Lili and Fang Mingxuan's injuries had finally healed.

After everyone had eaten their fill, they took their weapons and left.

Li Yu led the way, heading towards the spot where the invisible mantis had been discovered the previous night.

He wanted to examine the human corpse to see if any supplies had been left behind.

After so much time, the invisible mantis should have left by now.

Li Yu approached cautiously, constantly scanning his surroundings with his right eye to prevent any accidents. Fortunately, he didn't see anything unusual. As he slowly drew closer, he saw the human corpse.

The flesh of the corpse's head and face had been gnawed away, revealing the bones, but the body itself was relatively well-preserved.

The invisible mantis seemed to have a small appetite, only nibbling on the skin and flesh of its face before leaving.

The face had been eaten away, so the person's appearance was no longer visible. All that could be made was that it was a man, and the leather armor and knee pads he was wearing were somewhat damaged.

The men removed his leather armor, knee pads, and clothes, then dug a pit and buried the body.

Zhou Xigang found several gold banknotes, four 100-yuan notes, and some loose change in the body's clothes, totaling 425 yuan. Adding this to the gold banknotes they originally had, they now had 462 yuan in gold banknotes.

This brought a hint of joy to everyone's eyes; they hadn't expected such a great harvest this time.

Although it's unclear what these gold notes can buy, since they are the currency circulating in this world, they must have some use.

Afterwards, the leather armor was given to Lin Muying, and the knee pads to Zhou Xigang. Now, all five of them finally had leather armor and knee pads, although the leather armor on several of them was damaged.

Li Yu had already realized that the leather knee pads could only defend against ordinary fungal beasts, and were not very effective against elite or higher-level fungal beasts.

The man's backpack had been ripped open, probably by the invisible mantis's large blade. Most of the contents had fallen out, except for the cleaning spray, cleaning kits, and booklets in the small compartments inside the backpack.

Li Yu opened the booklet and saw that, apart from the different names, everything else was the same as what he had seen before.

To his surprise, there was a folded piece of paper tucked inside the booklet. When he unfolded it, a simple map was drawn on it.

"Is it a map?" Zhou Xigang squeezed over excitedly, craning his neck to look, but was greatly disappointed after taking a look: "It's drawn too simply."

The map simply draws out five areas, labeled as East, South, West, North, and Central.

Li Yu saw a circle drawn in the center of the southern area, with the words "Supply Point No. 5" written inside, and "Danger Level: Weak" written next to it.

Lin Muying looked slightly surprised and said, "This 'South District' should be the Nanshan District, right?"

Li Yu nodded slightly and said, "I guess so. There's a supply point number five in the center of Nanshan District, which should be the supply point that Bai Xiuluo directed us to."

Zhou Xigang was reading aloud: "West District, medium danger level; Central District, high danger level; East District, extremely dangerous, proceed with caution—"

Li Yu looked at the North Zone again, where it was marked "Restricted Area, Danger Unknown, Do Not Approach".

"That's not right. According to the location on this map, if the South District is the Zhinanshan District, then the North District is the Xingao District where we were before. Geographically speaking, the Century Garden Hotel is the central area of ​​Xingao District. Why is that area a restricted zone? It looks more dangerous than the other four districts."

Zhou Xigang looked curious, somewhat puzzled.

If the South District is indeed comparable to the South District, then the North District marked on this map is the "New High District" in the north of Jiangcheng. However, based on their experience along the way, this "New High District," which is known as a forbidden zone, is much safer than the South District. The real danger is actually the "South District," which is known as a weak area.

Li Yu's heart stirred slightly. He put away the map and said, "Do you remember our previous guess that the White Asura's attitude only changed after he heard that we came from the north?"

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