Then, this group of action-oriented viewers, who had some knowledge of cordyceps but hadn't learned it thoroughly or understood it, went off to cause trouble in the nature reserve.

They actually found cordyceps, but what they found were all *Cordyceps militaris*.

Then, someone spectacularly poisoned themselves.

The news came out at noon the following day, more than thirty hours after Sangning and Emmanuel had started digging for caterpillar fungus.

At that time, Sang Ning and the others were preparing lunch, chicken stewed with cordyceps.

Before I even had a chance to eat, a flood of comments appeared on the screen. Upon closer inspection, wow, they were all people who had gotten themselves into the medical center from eating cordyceps poisoning.

Everyone was speechless.

This is absolutely outrageous! What's wrong with these viewers? Don't they have brains?

How could someone be so rebellious?

I told you it's poisonous, but goodness, the more poisonous it is, the more they want to try it. Even the most reckless people would do something like this.

I honestly can't understand the thought process of these viewers.

Sighing, Sang Ning asked helplessly, "Is being poisoned fun?"

The audience responded that it wasn't fun and was quite uncomfortable.

"If you know it will be painful, why even try it?"

【Isn't it just because I'm bored?】

[I wasn't bored; I just genuinely wanted to know how delicious cordyceps really is. I was confident in my knowledge of cordyceps, but I never imagined I'd still be defeated by the deceptively realistic appearance of *Cordyceps militaris*.]

I was similar to the person upstairs; I even took a special sniff, but this skill is flawed.

Since none of us have ever seen or eaten real cordyceps, it would be too difficult to distinguish between cordyceps and yam sticks by smell.

So I was spectacularly infected.

The feeling after getting poisoned is incredibly exciting, though not as enjoyable as getting poisoned by a poisonous mushroom.

[Wait, upstairs, you actually felt like you were enjoying the poisonous mushrooms?]

I also quite enjoy it. We are rich in a kind of brightly colored mushroom with a large, thick cap, which looks quite nice.

However, that's not the main point. The main point is that each color of mushroom has a different level of toxicity, and the effects of eating them are also different.

For example, eating red food gives one a feeling of euphoria;

Eating the green one will lead you to a fantastical world, which is what Sang Ning referred to as seeing villains;

The blue one will make you fall asleep immediately, and you can sleep for three days and three nights without any problem. I feel this is suitable for insomniacs.

Welcome everyone to come and eat poisonous mushrooms!

Don't worry, it won't kill you. We eat it every day now.

"puff!"

Mu Tao spat out a mouthful of water, exclaiming in disbelief, "You eat poisonous mushrooms every day?"

The audience agreed and even asked him if he wanted to try it out. They said he could send some money to the production team and contact them after he was eliminated.

Mu Tao politely declined, saying, "No need, you can keep them for yourself. We have plenty of poisonous mushrooms here."

There is no shortage of poisonous mushrooms. After every rain, a bunch of mushrooms will sprout up in the mountains, forests and grasslands. Even in the coldest season, some mushrooms are not affected by the cold and will push through the thick snow to emerge.

However, they have never eaten poisonous mushrooms. When picking mushrooms, they only pick the ones they recognize and never pick any they don't recognize.

Occasionally, they might pick some poisonous mushrooms to take home, but they wouldn't have a chance to eat them because Sang Ning would pick them out immediately.

Therefore, they have not been poisoned yet.

The audience strongly suggested that they try getting poisoned, preferably with the kind of mushroom that causes hallucinations of tiny people, saying that the feeling is very magical.

Sang Ning didn't know what to say. She glanced at Emmanuel and the others, who were clearly tempted, and warned, "As the saying goes, it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with good advice. I won't advise you, but I hope you remember that I can't cure all poisoning."

"Go ahead and try to get eliminated if you want; I'll admit defeat if I try to stop you."

This threat was quite harsh; at least Emmanuel and his group were threatened, since they weren't planning to leave yet.

"Don't worry, we know what we're doing."

If we really want to try it, we should do it after we've survived on the desert planet; it won't make a difference how much time we spend there.

Sang Ning stared at them intently. Emmanuel and the others met her gaze with composed expressions. Sang Ning smiled and said, "It's good that you know your limits. Let's eat. After we finish eating, it'll be time for us to leave."

"Chirp chirp chirp..."

A noisy cacophony came from above, and Sang Ning and the others immediately wore a bitter expression, falling silent as they watched the pearl bird descend from the sky onto their heads.

If they come back during mealtimes or something, can we chase them away?

"Chirp chirp!"

A pearl bird angrily pecked at Sang Ning's head, then landed in front of her on the bowl of cordyceps chicken soup, its beady eyes staring at the cordyceps inside.

"Here's one, eat it and then leave, okay?"

Sang Ning negotiated with it and gave it a piece of cordyceps. The creature wasn't afraid of the heat and started pecking at it with its little mouth. In no time, it had finished the cordyceps.

Then it kept asking.

Sang Ning had no choice but to continue feeding them, and the other pearl birds followed suit.

As a result, the cordyceps in the cordyceps chicken soup were all eaten by birds and horned dinosaurs.

The reason there were still ceratopsians was because the ceratopsian family got jealous when they saw Sang Ning and the others feeding the pearl birds. They came over and cawed loudly to indicate that they wanted to eat too, and threatened to whip them with their tails if they weren't given any.

So, in the end, the Pearl Bird and the Horned Dragon finished eating the cordyceps and went to play, while Sang Ning and the others, after eating and drinking their fill, began to pack up their equipment.

"No matter how many are eliminated in three days, we all have to come back here to assemble, understand?"

Emmanuel, with a large bow slung over his shoulder, asked in a deep voice, and Sanning and the others nodded in agreement.

"Big Peach, take it easy and don't do anything as dangerous as before."

Emmanuel's gaze fell on Mu Tao, and he gave her instructions.

Mu Tao: "...Okay, this time I'll run away whenever I see a large group, I won't fight them."

Looking back, Mu Tao still felt a lingering fear. If Sang Ning hadn't arrived so quickly that day, he would have been the one eliminated, not someone else.

He's not afraid of being eliminated, but he doesn't want to be eliminated now.

He wants to walk to the finish line with Sang Ning and the others; even if they are eliminated later, it's not too late.

Thinking of this, he said, "I'll go first, you guys take your time."

With that, he turned and strode quickly toward the direction he had drawn.

"You should take it easy too."

Mu Tao's departure did not put Emanuel's meddlesome heart at ease; his gaze fell once again on Monaine and Fimmonloa.

"We two are fine."

"There's really no problem, but the two of you are still a bit weak as a team."

Then, he sincerely suggested, "Why don't you two switch partners?"

Monet and Fimmonloa exchanged a glance and then looked at Sang Ning.

Sang Ning laughed and said, "I won't be teaming up with you guys this time; I'll be going solo."

"Think about it?"

I don't want to team up with that stinky guy, I only want to team up with that fragrant Ningning, and the best part is she can cook delicious food.

Teaming up with her is such a blessing.

Teaming up with a stinky guy...

Forget it, I have absolutely no expectations.