The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 96 Regulations for Supply Points (Thanks to ricky007 for the donation)

The woman in the long dress nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I hope I haven't caused you any trouble?"

Han Feng smiled and said, "In principle, we should come to pick you up on the 14th to return to Lingxu City, but since it was Miss Liu who asked us to do it, we have to do it for you even if it goes against our principles."

The woman in the long dress smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you three."

The three men in black armor smiled and waved, appearing very polite. Han Feng said, "Then it's settled. We'll come here on the afternoon of the 13th."

The woman in the long dress nodded with a smile.

Afterwards, the three men in black armor bowed to her again, got into the carriage, pulled the reins, and drove the carriage away along the main road they had come from.

As they left, the woman in the long dress glanced at Zhou Xigang and shook her head slightly.

Zhou Xigang noticed her looking at him and quickly smiled in response, but the woman in the long dress ignored her and went straight back to her tent.

Seeing that the woman in the long dress ignored him, Zhou Xigang sighed inwardly and could only watch the three carriages leave from afar.

He could tell that the woman in the long dress was of high status and wanted to curry favor with her, but she ignored him.

Most of the dozen or so people who received the money glared at Zhou Xigang with hostility. Although some disliked him, no one dared to make a move here.

From the moment they entered the supply point, they understood that there was a rule: none of them, the new recruits, were allowed to make a move at the supply point; violators would be executed.

This rule was established by Lingxu City, and no one dares to violate it.

Qian Lili walked over, looking somewhat exasperated, and said, "Zhou Xigang, you're such a disgrace. Now, let's go."

Zhou Xi glanced at her and snorted, "What do you know? Knowing more people means more opportunities."

Qian Lili shook her head and said, "Would that be useful? I don't think so." She didn't think that Zhou Xigang's refusal to accept the fifty gold coins would be of any help to them.

Zhou hope chuckled and said nonchalantly, "Who knows? At least we can become familiar with each other, and maybe it will come in handy someday. You guys are too thin-skinned and don't know how to get by. You would never have made a name for yourselves in society before."

Qian Lili was speechless. If she had a hammer, she would have loved to smash him to death. She shoved the iron spear and backpack into his hands and said, "You're really sharp-tongued. Take these and get out of here."

Li Yu, Lin Muying, and Fang Mingxuan had already headed towards the other side of the supply point.

Zhou Xigang caught up with him, carrying his backpack and iron spear, and said with a grin, "What do you think of my performance just now? At least I made contact with the people of Lingxu City."

Li Yu and Fang Mingxuan remained silent, while Lin Muying smiled and said, "Not bad, your social skills are impeccable. You were right about something you said earlier: regardless of whether it's useful or not, it's good to get acquainted with people first. Maybe it will come in handy sometime. Even if it's not useful, you'll only lose fifty gold coins."

Zhou Xigang immediately gave a thumbs up and praised, "Your level of understanding and perspective is much higher. Qian Lili, listen to this, your vision and knowledge are so inferior, you don't understand my good intentions at all."

Qian Lili rolled her eyes at him, too lazy to argue with him anymore.

Although Li Yu didn't say anything, he admired Zhou Xigang to some extent; at least he himself couldn't have done it.

Zhou Xigang suddenly sighed: "Bai Xiuluo said that only those who have reached the peak of the Spore Stage are qualified to enter Lingxu City. Judging from that, those three people wearing black armor were at least peak Spore Stage experts. Interesting—"

Qian Lili asked curiously, "What's so interesting about it?"

"I think this world is getting more and more interesting, don't you think? Those three horse-like fungal beasts, the carriage, the main road leading to Lingxu City, those men and women in black armor, and that beautiful woman surnamed Liu—they all seem to have quite a background."

As Zhou Xigang spoke, his eyes lit up, and he clenched his fist, saying excitedly, "I'm getting more and more excited to enter Lingxu City. What is Lingxu City like? Who are the people there? And what is this world like?"

Li Yu glanced at Zhou Xigang, and seeing his energetic demeanor, her heart stirred slightly.

Yes, Zhou Xigang is right. He was becoming more and more curious about what Lingxu City was like and what else existed in the world besides Lingxu City.

"This supply point has no walls or security measures around it. Don't you think those fungal beasts will attack here?" Qian Lili suddenly remembered something.

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said, "It might be related to the giant mushroom in the center."

As he spoke, he looked up and saw the light curtain in the sky that could block the flying fungal spores. What power that was! It was likely that the fungal beasts dared not approach the light curtain because of this giant mushroom, thus forming a safe supply point here.

Here, everyone seemed very relaxed, without worrying about being attacked or in danger. This was the only time in all these days that they felt truly relaxed.

The five walked and talked, and soon passed the supply point and returned along the same route they had taken.

Leaving the supply point and stepping out of the area protected by light, and stepping back into the mushroom world full of fungi, everyone immediately felt an invisible oppression once again.

The half-day they spent at the supply point allowed them to briefly forget this terrifying and bizarre mushroom world, as if they had returned to a familiar world. But now, they have returned to this cruel reality.

Caution and vigilance returned to everyone's faces. Stepping outside the supply point meant that they could encounter danger at any moment.

Following the same route they had taken before, the group moved much faster now, thanks to their previous experience.

They encountered no further danger and soon arrived at the area where the green mushrooms had been, where they had previously met Wei Tian, ​​Bai Xiuluo, and the others. There, they were attacked by a group of fungus foxes.

Facing a group of ordinary D-rank beasts, the group easily crushed them. Qian Lili, having just experienced the power of the giant hook fungus, was so excited that her face flushed. Every time the giant hook struck, a fungus fox would die.

Zhou Xigang grew increasingly envious, feeling that his steel armor was utterly worthless compared to the giant hook. He was deeply frustrated that Qian Lili, whom he had always considered an idiot, was stronger than him.

The group then encountered two more attacks, both by the same Shadow Wolf Beasts they had seen before. The second time they encountered the Shadow Wolf Beasts, they were led by three elite-level Fungus Crown Shadow Wolf Beasts.

After killing the three Fungal Crown Wolves, the group obtained a Steel-skin Fungus.

"It seems that this steel-skin fungus is the most rare and common of all symbiotic fungi," Qian Lili said with a grin as she looked at Zhou Xigang.

This made Zhou Xigang even more depressed.

As darkness fell, the group, eager to reach the hotel as soon as possible, continued their journey without resting.

Soon, the group spotted three figures wearing leather armor and knee pads in the distance, heading towards the supply point at an extremely fast pace.

They also saw Li Yu and his group of five, and immediately changed direction, heading in another direction, clearly not wanting to run into them.

Watching the three disappear around the corner of a cluster of buildings in the distance, Zhou Xigang muttered, "It seems these people are afraid of us."

Qian Lili said with some pride, "Of course, there are five of us, and right now we look just like the natives, so nobody knows how strong we really are. They'll definitely be scared."

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that once they left the supply point, these indigenous people were wary of each other, and if anyone found the other's team to be slightly weaker, they might attack.

The reason why Wei Tian, ​​Guo Jun, and the other two attacked the five of them earlier was because they discovered that the five of them were weak.

In this world, we must not only be wary of the bactericidal beasts, but also of the humans we may encounter.

The group continued along the original route back. With their previous experience, they were able to avoid some dangerous places in advance. When they arrived at a residential area, they encountered a group of fungus foxes again.

This time, as many as forty or fifty fungus foxes appeared, including five elite winged fox beasts.

With such a large quantity, no one dared to be careless and went all out.

Fortunately, five of them were already at the intermediate spore stage and had all gained the power of symbiotic bacteria, allowing them to charge into the swarms of fungal foxes with unstoppable momentum.

Qian Lili now rarely uses her long sword; she almost always relies on the giant hook in her left hand to kill enemies.

Under her control, the giant hook moved with perfect ease. Each time she swung it out, she could accurately hook a mushroom fox, then drag it through the air and slam it down, thus eliminating one fox.

Li Yu then charged directly at the five elite winged fox beasts, his right hand wielding an iron spear in conjunction with his left hand's crystallized blade. The fungus foxes blocking his path were sent flying in circles, blood splattering everywhere. With each strike, a fungus fox perished.

He quickly dealt with three elite winged fox beasts, and Lin Muying and Zhou Xigang each killed one. Fang Mingxuan gritted his teeth and fought with all his might. Although he was fighting desperately, his strength was not enough. Among the five, he killed the fewest fungal foxes.

When the battle ended, he had only killed three fungus foxes in total.

As darkness fell completely, the ground was littered with the corpses of fungus foxes, and everyone felt hungry and exhausted.

Traveling at night is much more dangerous than during the day, so the five decided to find a place to rest nearby and head to the hotel early the next morning.

There were residential buildings not far from here. Having learned from their previous experience, the group first carefully checked the area around the residential buildings to make sure it was safe before finding a place to rest.

After eating his fill, Li Yu sensed the spores of the Pupil Fungus within his body. According to Bai Xiuluo, each time the spores double in size, he could advance to the next realm.

After sensing it, Li Yu confirmed that the volume of his spores was almost twice that of when he had advanced to the intermediate level, which meant that he was not far from breaking through to the advanced level.

"It should be in the next two or three days, maybe tomorrow or the day after if it's fast, but it might take another three or four days if it's slow—" Li Yu secretly estimated in his mind, a look of excitement welling up in his heart.

If I can really advance and break through to the advanced stage of the spore stage in the next day or two, then I might be able to challenge the top stage of the spore stage in thirteen days.

Bai Xiuluo once said that as long as there are one or two top-tier members in their team, they have a chance to enter Lingxu City.

"If Bai Xiuluo says that, then the peak level is guaranteed to enter Lingxu City, and the top level is at least hopeful. Then I can try to compete for it in thirteen days."

Li Yu silently felt his body digesting the edible fungi he had eaten, converting them into energy needed by the pupil fungi. A warm current flowed slowly through his body, making him feel indescribably comfortable.

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