The cells of the purple mushroom look bizarre under a microscope.

He tried steaming the mushrooms at high temperatures.

Boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius cannot destroy the cell activity in mushrooms.

He then tried roasting the mushrooms with a high-temperature blowtorch.

Mushrooms only lose their activity at temperatures above 500 degrees Celsius.

If the temperature is insufficient, some mushroom cells may still survive. If sufficient water and nutrients are provided again, the mushroom will grow again.

In other words, this mushroom has extremely strong vitality and reproductive capacity.

Yuan Guoping thought that if it could be used as food, it would greatly help solve the difficulties of seeking refuge.

However, this seems unlikely.

The cells of mushrooms appear to be quite aggressive.

Yuan Guoping didn't know what was going on either; usually, only viruses possess this kind of aggressiveness.

Yuan Guoping felt a vague unease.

He picked up a sample and fed it to the white mice in the cage.

Observing the changes in the white mice.

One minute, two minutes... ten minutes, twenty minutes...

The white mouse looked at Yuan Guoping with a faint purple light in its eyes.

Yuan Guoping was startled.

The white mouse seemed to harbor deep hatred for him and wanted to kill him.

Yuan Guoping also noticed that a small purple mushroom had grown on the mouse's head.

Yuan Guoping was greatly surprised.

He immediately thought of a word when he saw this phenomenon.

parasitic!

"Oh no, this mushroom is a parasite! I have to tell Murray!"

Upon thinking of this, Yuan Guoping immediately rushed out of the laboratory.

However, the moment he rushed out of the laboratory, he was dumbfounded.

The scene before me was one of utter chaos.

People coming out of the cafeteria all had mushrooms growing on their heads.

And it is extremely aggressive.

The targets of the attack were, of course, ordinary people who hadn't yet gone to the cafeteria and hadn't been parasitized.

Ordinary people also fought back fiercely when attacked.

But those who were parasitized were all former friends, and none of them were willing to kill them.

There's chaos everywhere.

Yuan Guoping was both shocked and furious, and planned to confront Mu Li to ask if he had fed everyone mushrooms.

But he soon discovered that Murray was also among the crowd, and that he too had been parasitized.

"Damn it, you idiot!" Yuan Guoping cursed under his breath. He should have known that as the director, he would be among the first to enjoy the food. He had eaten the mushrooms, and it was his just deserts.

At this point, the question becomes how to solve the problem.

At this moment, a parasitized human ran towards Yuan Guoping, baring its teeth and claws.

Yuan Guoping casually picked up a glass bottle and smashed it on the parasite's head.

"Bang!"

The glass bottle shattered on the parasite's head, showering him with shards of glass.

The mushrooms growing on his head were also smashed to pieces by this bottle.

The parasite immediately felt dizzy and unsteady.

Seeing that the parasite was about to fall, Yuan Guoping grabbed him and caught him.

Drag him into the lab and lock the door.

Find a rope and tie the parasite up.

"I've studied plants my whole life, and this is the first time I've studied humans. I've only ever heard of fungi parasitizing insects and turning them into cordyceps, but this is the first time I've encountered fungi parasitizing humans. Let me see what's going on..."