But as soon as she lifted her foot, the man who had been facing away from her suddenly turned around.
A pale face, as if soaked in water, faced Luo Yuxuan, with a dull and sluggish gaze and a slightly drooping, cracked mouth.
His mouth was bulging, as if it were stuffed full, and he was washing a basin full of mushrooms still covered in dirt.
The man's face was not smooth; it was covered with large and small scars, much like the acne that appears when adolescence when skin is too oily—red, swollen, and unusually frightening.
The skin was densely packed with round spots, and the color and texture were somewhat eerie. There wasn't a single patch of smooth skin to be found on the entire face, making one's scalp tingle.
"No... I'm sorry, I have to go now." Luo Yuxuan tried to walk out cautiously.
The next second, the tall man suddenly rushed over, grabbed Luo Yuxuan's slender neck, and uttered indistinct words.
"Hungry……"
Luo Yuxuan's eyes widened in terror, her fair face turning red and purple from suffocation. "Please...don't...don't kill me!"
In the struggle, Luo Yuwei's manicured fingers wildly flailed across the man's face, accidentally scratching the largest lump on his right cheek.
She was so nervous her scalp tingled, but the expected bleeding didn't happen. After the lump broke open, there was a clump of white silk inside...
"Help...help me..."
Luo Yuxuan's voice was suddenly covered by the man, leaving only a desperate sob.
...
The next morning, Ma Dongmei knocked on the door to wake Lu Sheng and the others up.
"The sun's already high in the sky, get up!" Ma Dongmei said cheerfully as she patted the door.
The group of people groggily got out of bed, only to be dragged and pulled up by Ma Dongmei and Lin Xiaobao.
"What are you doing so early?" Zhang Xiaojuan asked, still half asleep.
Ma Dongmei handed them a bag of mushroom meat patties. "Yesterday, many people thought the mushrooms at Yaoguang Base were delicious and told Xu Bing they wanted to visit the cultivation base. Everyone is ready to go and is just waiting for you."
"Try this meat pie, it's really delicious," Ma Dongmei said, taking a bite as she did so.
Zhang Xiaojuan hurriedly snatched the mushroom and meat pie from Ma Dongmei's hand, saying, "Don't eat it, sister, these mushrooms are probably poisoned."
"What's the big deal about a mushroom? Don't make a fuss." Ma Dongmei took another bite, unconcerned.
He chewed it a couple of times, but seeing Lu Sheng and Xu Yi's serious expressions, he reluctantly spat it out.
Her greatest strength is that she listens to advice, especially since Lu Sheng has helped her so many times, so she has to listen to him even if it's just to save face.
The group quickly changed their clothes and followed Ma Dongmei to catch up with the main group.
The mushroom cultivation base of Yaoguang Base is located in a nearby natural, sheltered canyon. Due to the natural shade, the entire area retains a large area of dense, mutated vegetation.
“Mushrooms prefer shady places, and thanks to this blessed land, we have been able to cultivate this new variety that is more palatable and has a shorter growth cycle.” Xu Bing parked the car outside the woods and gestured for everyone to walk in.
The woods were a continuous stretch of dark areas.
Without direct sunlight, the dense jungle stretched as far as the eye could see, appearing dark and gloomy in the dim light.
A chilling wind blew by, rustling the leaves in the dense forest, creating an eerie harmony.
Clumps of plump, large mushrooms thrived vigorously in the shady spot, their vitality terrifyingly strong.
"This mushroom is so plump!" Someone happily reached out and touched it.
As he moved, a burst of pale yellow granular powder suddenly fell from the mushroom bushes.
"It smells so good..." someone said.
Just as everyone was discussing the mushrooms, a strong, eerie wind suddenly blew in from the forest.
A thick fog suddenly rose in the woods, initially appearing as a wisp of white smoke, but quickly obscuring the view.
Panic-stricken shouts echoed around them. Lu Sheng held his breath and gripped Sun Tiantian's wrist tightly.
"Don't move, stay where you are," Lu Sheng calmly reminded the remaining people.
A few minutes later, the thick fog gradually dissipated, and when Lu Sheng and the others regained their vision, they found that the surroundings were in complete disarray.
Several corpses lay under a tree next to Lu Sheng and the others, their deaths extremely bizarre.
There were no external injuries anywhere on his body, but his skin was covered with lipomas that looked like pimples.
"What happened?" Zhang Xiaojuan looked at Lu Sheng hesitantly, not daring to reach out and touch the corpse on the ground.
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