When Qiao He escaped from the forest, he was covered in blood.

She overused her powers and seemed to be suffering from mushroom infection; blood was flowing from her eye sockets, nostrils, ears, and mouth!

The blood gushed out like it was free. Qiao He didn't have time to stop the bleeding. She rushed to check on the kittens and Shen Huai.

The kittens had a lot of mushrooms growing on their bodies. You couldn't see them unless you looked closely because most of them were covered by cat fur. But if you looked closely, you could see that most of their bodies were covered with small mushrooms.

All the kittens remained unconscious, and they were bleeding from their seven orifices, but not as badly as Qiao He.

Qiao He summoned the paper doll Qiao Hua again to stop the bleeding, but this time the internal organs were injured, and the treatment was not very effective.

Qiao He felt that the strange mushroom had taken root in her internal organs.

That's why it caused internal bleeding.

Qiao He's consciousness was somewhat blurred, but she forced herself not to collapse. She didn't know what dangers awaited them ahead, and with Bo Shiwu's fate uncertain, she absolutely could not fall here.

Just then, a sound came from behind.

Qiao He turned around and saw that Shen Huai had actually woken up!

She rushed over and called out, "Second Brother, how are you? How are you feeling?"

Shen Huai's head was buzzing. He seemed to have had a terrible nightmare in which giant mushrooms chased and gnawed at him, with human teeth, relentlessly pursuing him like sharks.

Then, for some reason, he woke up from the nightmare and realized that he had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time.

Now that he was fully awake, he immediately saw Qiao He's disheveled appearance and was shocked. "Ah He? You're bleeding!"

Qiao He immediately said, "I'm fine, how are you?"

Shen Huai moved his hands and feet. His body felt very heavy, and his skin was covered with dense mushrooms. Looking at him made him feel nauseous. He thought he had eaten some poisonous fungus and was now having a terrible hallucination.

"I, I'm alright... I shouldn't die right now, but what the hell is all this stuff on me?" Shen Huai remembered that he had clearly rested, but it seemed like he was fast asleep. When he opened his eyes, he was like this, and everyone else was fast asleep!

Qiao He was injured, and the scenery outside the car window looked completely different!

Shen Huai was completely confused when Qiao He suddenly said, "Second Brother, I don't have time to explain too much to you. Bo Shiwu is still in the forest. I need to go back and save him!"

“We’re all parasitized by these weird mushrooms now. The deeper we stay in the forest, the stronger their control will become. I finally managed to get you out of here. Now that you’re awake, you have to protect them. I’m leaving now.” Qiao He said this and turned to leave.

Shen Huai hurriedly called out, "Ahe! I'm coming over!"

Qiao He said in a deep voice, "No, Second Brother, only I know where Bo Shiwu is."

"You can't go there. You promised me you would protect them and yourself." Qiao He's tone became very heavy.

She lowered her eyes and glanced gently at the kittens lying on the bed. "Second brother, I'm leaving. If I never come back, you will take everyone and leave this place."

These are the words that Bo Shiwu once said to her.

Now she told Shen Huai.

Shen Huai's heart felt like it was being squeezed, "But..."

Qiao He's eyes reddened: "Second brother, you are very important to me, but Bo Shiwu is also very important to me. I'm sorry, I can't leave him there alone."

Qiao He slowly closed her eyes; she had made a wrong decision.

We should have escaped this place with Bo Shiwu instead of searching for the source!

None of them expected that the mushroom would be such a colossal thing, right at their feet—no! At the foot of the entire forest!

All the vegetation and towering trees were things that grew on the mushrooms.

It's not that mushrooms grow on decaying wood, but rather that forests grow on mushrooms.

No wonder the vegetation here isn't afraid of acid rain. Qiao He thought they had simply evolved, but it turns out it's all because of that giant mushroom.

Qiao He didn't say a few more words to Shen Huai, but left behind a small paper doll that could mark the location, and then plunged into the forest.

Shen Huai tried to stop Qiao He, but he couldn't.

Yes, the forest is so big, how could he find Bo Shiwu by himself?

Moreover, his superpowers are far less powerful than Qiao He's.

Qiao He left a small paper doll on Bo Shiwu, so he can definitely find him by following the doll's scent.

And what about him? Going inside would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Maybe Bo Shiwuren hasn't been found yet, and he'll die first.

Shen Huai had no choice but to calm himself down, fighting against his physical discomfort while using his special abilities to provide simple treatments for everyone.

Li Zong's situation is the most serious and the most terrifying.

He had the weakest superpower among all the people, so he was quickly eroded by the mushroom. Now, Li Zong's aura was extremely weak, as if he was about to die at any moment.

Shen Huai used his special ability to treat Li Zong. He only knew how to use poison. Now that Li Zong's body was in this state, he was afraid that he would not last long without treatment. Since that was the case, he might as well try anything and fight poison with poison!

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Forest boundary.

Qiao He felt something different as soon as she went in. The skin on her back became increasingly itchy, an unbearable itch!

Qiao He was so itchy that he wanted to tear open his back right now and see if the bones inside were also covered with a dense layer of tiny mushrooms.

But she can't.

Doing that would be tantamount to courting death.

She had to find Bo Shiwu as quickly as possible, but the little paper doll's aura was very weak. Qiao He could only conclude that Bo Shiwu was still in the forest and had not left from here.

She quickly moved through the forest, but didn't see a single mushroom or Bo Shiwu.

Qiao He's superpowers are being rapidly depleted, like a water tank with a hole in it, the superpowers gradually flowing away like water.

She couldn't control her superpower because Qiao He was moving incredibly fast; she had forcibly transferred the paper doll's light-speed ability to herself.

With the ability to travel at near the speed of light, Qiao He moved through the forest like a shooting star.

Even ordinary superhumans couldn't see Qiao He's figure clearly, let alone ordinary people.

However, Qiao He had searched the entire forest, leaving no corner unchecked, but still couldn't find any trace of Bo Shiwu.

The sound of her heart pounding was deafening; Qiao He felt as if her heart was about to explode.

She experienced a strange itching sensation in her back, affecting her internal organs.

Qiao He knew that the mushroom had taken root in her internal organs.

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