The world enters the fungal world

Chapter 98 Terrifying Abyss (10,000-word update, please vote!)

Because the booklet contained only textual descriptions and no pictures of the rotting human-faced mushroom, he couldn't recall it immediately.

The description of the Corpse-faced Mushroom in the pamphlet is very simple: it is a fungal beast of unknown species and level, and it usually only appears in mass graves where many people have died.

The accumulated stench of rotting corpses over the years can breed corpse fungi. After these fungi devour a large number of dead bodies, they may form monsters called rotting corpse-faced mushrooms.

The faces revealed beneath the cap are the faces of the dead that it devoured and merged with. As long as a human is preyed upon, the face will be branded onto it, becoming one of these many dead faces.

Recalling the records about the rotting corpse-faced mushrooms, and seeing the ghost-like rotting corpse-faced mushrooms flying in the air and drifting towards them, all five of them changed their expressions drastically.

Now that he was blocked from both sides, Li Yu had no choice but to change direction and rush towards the row of storefronts near the supermarket.

Lin Muying, Zhou Xigang, and the other three followed closely behind him, each with an undisguised look of terror on their faces.

These unknown-level fungal-like beasts are beyond their current capabilities to fight.

With a loud "boom", Li Yu caught a glimpse of the floating, rotting human-faced mushroom flashing through the air, as fast as lightning. Suddenly, a large number of dark red mycelium exploded from it, and countless broken mycelium were blasted into the air.

The white spine hanging below this rotting, mushroom-shaped corpse contains terrifying energy; wherever it touches, that place explodes.

On the overpass, the enormous, dark red structure had risen more than twenty meters high and began to turn over, with a large amount of mycelium intertwining to form a cavity.

A giant squid-like head protrudes from the cavity, covered by a thick tissue resembling a dark red mushroom cap. The surface of the cap is covered with crisscrossing patterns, and the edge is surrounded by a wavy dark red membrane.

The abandoned overpass could not withstand the force of its collapse and began to crumble with a piercing sound, as one concrete block after another fell down.

Li Yu led the four of them to the supermarket. Turning around, he saw the rotting corpse-faced mushroom floating on the overpass, fighting with the dark red monster with a squid-like head.

Below the squid's head, giant mycelium covered with suckers resembled tentacles, flying through the air and frantically lashing out at the rotting human-faced mushroom.

"King Cuttlefish?" Li Yu gasped, finally understanding why he had felt a sense of familiarity when he saw the dark red mycelium covered with suckers.

That booklet also contains records about the giant squid.

Like the rotting human-faced mushroom, the giant squid was not accompanied by a picture, only a simple text description.

Its most striking feature is its dark red, giant mycelium that resembles tentacles, covered with suckers, and has a head similar to that of a giant squid, making it almost identical to the terrifying monster that has appeared before us.

Lin Muying, Zhou Xigang, and the others also recognized it, recalling the description of the giant squid in the booklet.

Because of its extremely small number and rarity, it is a fungal beast of unknown level. The only specific description is that it has the destructive power to easily destroy a building.

With their current strength, if they were touched by its mycelial tentacles, their bones would be shattered and their flesh would be torn apart, or they would be blown apart and turned into a pile of minced meat.

"Go!" Li Yu shouted, seizing the opportunity of the two terrifying monsters fighting on the overpass, and rushed towards the Century Garden Hotel in the distance along the row of storefronts.

The hotel is only a couple hundred meters away; at their current speed, they'll reach it quickly.

On the overpass, the giant squid had a large amount of dark red mycelium blown off, but four or five mycelial tentacles wrapped around the rotting human-faced mushroom and suddenly ripped it off.

The rotting, human-faced mushroom was torn apart and tumbled through the air before flying away.

With a deafening roar, the rotting, mushroom-shaped corpse flew through the air and crashed into a row of storefronts not far from where Li Yu and his group of five were fleeing, triggering a tremendous explosion.

With a deafening roar, the storefront collapsed, revealing patches of gray-black mushrooms inside.

On the overpass, the giant squid mushroom, which had swelled to a length of twenty or thirty meters, suddenly tumbled and rolled. Thick, dark red mycelium, resembling squid tentacles, shot through the air like javelins.

It pierced through the ground in an instant, supporting its massive body as it rolled down the overpass.

With a loud bang, the giant squid crashed to the ground, landing less than 30 meters away from Li Yu and his group of five. The powerful impact caused the ground to crack and collapse.

From the collapsed and shattered ground, countless gray-black mushrooms sprouted, their number impossible to discern at a glance.

The five people were horrified by what they saw. Li Yu's trypophobia was triggered. When he saw the dense cluster of small mushrooms emerging from the ground, his scalp tingled as if he were being electrocuted, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Li Yu dared not look closely, and could only push off with both feet, rushing forward at full speed.

Although they didn't understand why these two terrifying monsters were fighting so recklessly, given their current abilities, if they were caught up in such a battle, they would be torn to shreds instantly.

All they could do was try their best to escape from here.

The giant squid rolled along the ground, crushing the earth and revealing the mushrooms buried beneath. And the giant squid's target was none other than them.

Li Yu was shocked to see this. Suddenly, a mournful shriek rang out from above, and a white shadow flashed past like lightning.

The rotting, human-faced mushroom burst out of the collapsed house, swept over their heads, and its tail, resembling a human spine, struck the tumbling giant squid, causing a thunderous explosion.

The giant squid's body was constantly writhing, and thick, dark red mycelium suddenly shot out from its cavity. These mycelium, like giant pythons, wrapped around the floating, rotting human-faced mushroom and dragged it down heavily.

With a "bang," the rotting mushroom-faced corpse lost its floating form and was dragged down to crash into the ground.

A terrifying explosion rang out, and the ground, unable to withstand the force, immediately shattered and burst open.

The rotting, human-faced mushroom suddenly writhed and struggled violently, its spiny tail sweeping wildly in all directions, triggering terrifying explosions wherever it touched.

With a deafening roar, the ground continued to crack, and the dense clusters of mushrooms exposed below also burst open.

Li Yu and his four companions watched in horror. Their path was blocked, and they tried to turn around and escape, but suddenly the ground shook violently and collapsed.

The incident happened so suddenly that Qian Lili and Zhou Xi just gasped in shock, and Li Yu instantly entered "super-sensory capture" mode.

In his eyes, the surrounding scenery seemed to slow down suddenly. He could see the ground cracking, and the tangled giant squid and rotting human-faced mushrooms falling down along with the cracked ground.

No one expected that the ground beneath this area was full of mushrooms. These mushrooms formed a shell that supported the entire area, and beneath this mushroom shell lay a bottomless abyss.

The battle between the two monsters was so intense that it destroyed the fungal shell, and now the ground in this area, along with the fungal shell beneath it, is cracking and falling.

Li Yu and his group of five fled at full speed into the distance. Li Yu even entered "hyper-capture," doubling his speed, but unfortunately, the ground shattered even faster.

This entire area, along with the row of storefronts not far away, is collapsing, forming a massive, deep crater.

Li Yu tried his best to jump up, pushing off the ground with both feet, but suddenly his feet missed the ground and he couldn't exert any force. He immediately fell down along with the mushrooms and the broken ground around him.

Such a deep pit offers absolutely no foothold; unless one has wings, there is no chance of escaping once one falls in.

The pit was pitch black. Li Yu suddenly felt as if he had crashed into a clump of mud. The pungent smell of fungi filled his nostrils. He knew that he had stumbled into a large number of mushrooms.

The mushrooms were soft and mushy, which absorbed much of the impact, causing Li Yu to sink deep inside. He reached out his hand, trying to steady himself.

Suddenly, the ground below sank sharply, as if a huge suction force was generated, pulling his body down rapidly.

Li Yu had absolutely no power to resist and could only grip the iron spear tightly in his hand, letting his body slide wildly on the mud-like substance.

The surroundings grew darker and darker until they were completely swallowed by darkness.

With a loud "bang," his body jolted violently. The immense impact made Li Yu feel as if his internal organs were about to turn inside out. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

His body finally stopped, and the surroundings became silent, with only Li Yu's own heavy breathing and the sound of his heart pounding.

Li Yu felt extremely dizzy. He barely opened his eyes and found that everything around him was pitch black, so dark that he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face. Even the lights that used to fly everywhere were gone.

Li Yu took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and slightly turned his head. Once the dizziness subsided, he opened his eyes again.

Finally, in the absolute darkness around him, he vaguely spotted some luminous spots floating by.

His stiff, numb right hand gripped the iron spear tightly, barely supporting his body as he tried to get up.

My legs felt weak, like I was walking on mud, and even standing up became very difficult.

With the help of his iron spear, Li Yu managed to stand up and then began to carefully look around.

His right eye contracted slightly, and the power of the pupil bacteria was quietly taking effect. The light spots he captured gradually brightened, and with the help of the faint light from these spots, he could barely see his surroundings.

The surroundings resembled a narrow alleyway, filled entirely with mushrooms.

These mushrooms are only the size of a fist, densely packed, layer upon layer, seemingly endless.

Deep underground, it's as if a strange and terrifying mushroom world is hidden.

Li Yu looked up and saw nothing but mushrooms and endless darkness.

He stretched out his left hand, its surface crystalline, and grabbed a pile of mushrooms on one side, but it felt like he was digging into a lump of mud. He couldn't get any support, let alone bear his body weight, which meant he couldn't climb out from the mountains of mushrooms on both sides.

Suddenly, he heard a sound coming from afar, a man's voice calling his name continuously.

"It's Fang Mingxuan."

Li Yu's spirits lifted as he recognized Fang Mingxuan's voice.

"Mingxuan, I'm here."

Li Yu responded and ran towards the direction from which the sound came through the gap in the mushroom in front of him.

Below were mushrooms. As soon as he exerted force, he stepped into one and sank into it, like sinking into mud. He couldn't run fast at all and could only slow down and carefully approach Fang Mingxuan's location step by step.

Upon hearing Li Yu's response, Yuan Fangmingxuan visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Yu, how's the situation on your end—are Mu Ying and the others—cough—are they there?"

Fang Mingxuan's voice was broken and intermittent, accompanied by panting.

"Are you injured?" Li Yu asked immediately.

The immense impact of the fall almost made him cough up blood and get injured, let alone Fang Mingxuan, who was only at the initial stage of the spore stage and whose physical strength was far inferior to his.

"It's alright—it's just a little difficult to move around—cough—"

"Then stay where you are and don't move. I'll come find you."

Li Yu quickened his pace. He noticed that the space ahead was slowly expanding, and the mushroom-covered ground beneath his feet had become firmer, no longer feeling like he was walking in a muddy mess.

Suddenly, a cold wind swept over his head. Li Yu instinctively looked up and saw a thick, dark shadow, as big as a water vat, rolling down the dense mushrooms and rushing towards him with a foul, eerie wind.

The water tank-like black shadow came too fast, even faster than the attacks of those powerful elite beasts. Li Yu didn't have time to think and could only activate "Super Capture" in an instant.

Pupil's special ability activated, doubling his thinking and speed. In his eyes, the black shadow that pounced down suddenly slowed down, and he finally saw clearly what it was.

This is a giant insect resembling a slug, with a body as thick as a water tank. Its soft flesh is covered with gray-green mold spots. It has no eyes, and its body is covered with tiny pores that constantly spray white mist outwards. Black mold spots immediately grow on the mushrooms it crawls over.

Its mouth opens like a giant, open bag, containing no teeth, only a large amount of acid secreted from it.

It uses its enormous mouth to swallow prey larger than its own body, and then uses the corrosive stomach acid inside to digest the prey.

The giant slug's body is covered with tiny suckers, which it uses to quickly crawl on these sloping mushroom-shaped hills.

Upon spotting its prey, it charged down at full speed, its enormous, pocket-like mouth opening wide to engulf Li Yu, intending to swallow him whole.

If Li Yu hadn't entered "super-capture" mode, he wouldn't have been able to escape. This giant slug was incredibly fast, far exceeding the speed of ordinary elite beasts.

Li Yu moved sideways almost instantly, raising his right iron spear and sweeping it upwards.

With a soft "plop," the giant slug missed its target and was struck by the iron spear. Its soft flesh was pierced deep into the ground, and its massive body rolled away, crushing the mushrooms on the ground, spraying a large amount of mucus from its mouth.

Li Yu pushed off with both feet, unleashing his full power, and hurled the iron spear.

"Hyper-capture" can only last for one or two seconds. If you can't kill it within those two seconds, you'll be in trouble.

Under normal circumstances, this giant slug is faster than him.

With a "whoosh," the iron spear flew out instantly, striking the tumbling giant slug. The spear tip pierced through the soft flesh of its body and went straight through.

A sharp, strange sound emanated from inside the giant slug, as if it were screaming in agony.

Without pausing, Li Yu conjured a crystallized blade in his left hand, lunged forward, and slashed furiously at the giant slug's head with the blade. (Please vote and give monthly tickets!)