What will happen to the fungi that grow on rotten wood after they rot?

Xie Xuan had never thought about this problem before, and now she didn't need to think about it. Behind the glass door covered with beautiful glowing mycelium was another layer of thick mycelium that looked rotten.

The dark yellow mycelium took on a translucent color of decay and deterioration, and the glass door was covered with a light yellow mist, like liquid melted from the decaying mycelium.

Xie Xuan took a deep breath, turned around and called Xiao Yao, "Captain, can you come over here for a moment?"

Xiao Yao was on the train. He heard the voice and came over. "What did you find?"

Xie Xuan pointed at the gap she had just torn open and said, "Look at this."

Xiao Yao simply tore off a large piece of thick mycelium, revealing a corner of the other world blocked by the glass.

"On my last mission, I encountered two infected people who were parasitized at the same time. Is it the same here?"

Xiao Yao pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's unlikely. I've also read your last mission report. The reproductive field Bai Ze initially detected wasn't actually producing spores, but was actually breeding another, higher-level parasite."

He turned to look at Xie Xuan. "When an infection produces two parasites capable of forming a domain, there's generally only one possibility: one devouring the other. It's impossible for two domains to coexist in such a small area."

Xie Xuan frowned, "So these two types of hyphae are produced by the same parasite?"

"Yes." Xiao Yao was very sure. "Please go and call Team 51 over. This should be the area where the parasites are generated. We were misled by the arriving train before."

Xie Xuan nodded, "Okay."

When Xie Xuan returned with the three members of Team 51, Xiao Yao had already torn off all the mycelium from the entire glass door.

The light grey mycelium formed a stark contrast to the dark yellow mycelium that was rotting behind the glass. Not only Zhang Xiaoqian, but even Ji Chenghong and Li Fei were surprised and asked, "What's going on?"

"It's not clear yet, but the entrance to the realm should be right behind it."

After Xiao Yao finished speaking, he turned to look at Xie Xuan, "Xie Xuan, could you please cut an opening for me?"

"No problem." Xie Xuan took out a dagger and walked forward, cutting an entrance on the explosion-proof glass door like cutting tofu for people to pass through.

After seeing this, Ji Chenghong couldn't help but exclaim, "What a useful ability."

Although Ji Chenghong himself is also a B-level mutant, his ability, like Ling Wenqing's, has very strict application conditions.

In fact, the superpowers of most of the psychics in the Ecological Bureau's Containment Department are not very practical. According to current research, the ability and level of superpowers are not only related to the psychics themselves, but also to the bacteria that stimulate the superpowers.

For example, a D-level strain can only stimulate C-level superpowers at most, so becoming a superpowered person is a matter of 99% luck and 1% personal potential.

Within the high walls, although there are many infection incidents during the rainy season, the number of Class B infection incidents occurring in the entire District 6 in a year will not exceed double digits, and there are even fewer people who can tame Class B bacteria and become Class A mutants.

Among the lucky few, even fewer can obtain practical fire abilities like Xiao Yao.

While Ji Chenghong was silently sighing in his heart, Xie Xuan had already quickly cut the glass.

As the entire piece of glass fell inward, the strong smell of decay in the tunnel hit me in the face.

Despite the air filter, the dim tunnel was filled with a yellowish mist that made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

Xie Xuan stood in front of the gap and looked inside. The fallen glass was cushioned by the thick mycelium and lay intact on the ground, leaving a valley.

There is more than one meter from the platform to the railroad track, but the mycelium has grown almost half a meter. Now the pale yellow water oozing from the mycelium around the glass is slowly gathering on the glass.

"I'll go first." Xiao Yao gently pulled Xie Xuan's arm, "You follow me. Captain Ji will be the rear guard, and Zhang Xiaoqian will go in the middle."

"no problem."

The formation was quickly adjusted, and Xiao Yao was the first to jump off the platform.

The glass Xie Xuan cut was only enough for two people to stand.

When Xie Xuan came down, Xiao Yao had already walked into the rotten mycelium. The mycelium that grew to his knees turned into water at the touch of a finger. Although he was wearing protective clothing, the psychological discomfort was unavoidable.

The entire tunnel was filled with mycelium, and the original lights and advertising signs were no longer functional. The only light source in the entire tunnel was the light from the luminous mycelium shining through the cut that had just been made.

All five of them turned on the lights on their helmets. Xiao Yao walked in front, while Xie Xuan and the others followed the path Xiao Yao had taken.

After walking nearly ten meters, Xiao Yao suddenly stopped.

Before anyone else could ask, Xiao Yao suddenly asked, "Bai Ze, what's the time difference between the two-way trains on Route 749 stopping at Station B19?"

Bai Ze's voice almost immediately rang out from Xiao Yao's terminal, "The train bound for the Ecological Bureau arrived at the station half a minute earlier than the train bound for Century Trade Building."

Before Xie Xuan could wonder why Bai Ze appeared on Xiao Yao's terminal, she suddenly realized the problem.

During the morning rush hour, the light rail stops at each station for one minute. The train that is still in the station with its doors open is heading towards the Ecological Bureau.

Based on this inference, the train heading to Century Trade Center should be about to arrive at the station.

But as far as they could see, there was no sign of a train.

"So the current situation is that the train heading towards Century Trade Center has disappeared?" Li Fei asked in confusion.

"But if the entire train disappeared, the police should have told us when we got off just now." Ji Chenghong did not quite agree with Li Fei's point of view.

"They came to this conclusion after an on-site inspection. The light rail company may not have kept them informed."

What Xiao Yao said was not without reason.

If the train in this direction really disappeared, the number of people caught in the area would be far more than 600, at least more than 1,000.

It is also possible that the light rail company did not report this situation immediately for whatever reason.

Xie Xuan felt a little heavy-hearted, but she was more curious about why Xiao Yao suddenly thought of asking this.

Xie Xuan thought so and asked the same question.

Xiao Yao didn't say anything, but stepped aside, revealing two long objects wrapped in mycelium on the ground.

It was a pair of legs, severed from the middle of the thigh. The broken ends had rotted into a ball as if they had been crushed by something heavy, and the dark red bloodstains were almost completely covered by the mycelium.

"I stepped on it accidentally. The wound is very fresh. It was probably caused when the infection happened." Xiao Yao squatted down and pulled off the mycelium from the broken leg.