Zhang Xiaojuan watched the commotion from behind Zhao Mujia. "The clothes on these people are all rotten with fungus, and you can't even tell their original color. How are we supposed to identify them? We don't even know if they're the people who came today."
"His entire body was covered in mycelium, making it impossible to determine the time of death." Zhao Mujia's limited medical knowledge was also greatly impacted at this moment.
Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I suggest that all bases re-examine their personnel," Xu Bing said gravely.
Each base dared not delay and recounted its personnel again.
Just like the previous result, everyone at each base was present; not a single person was missing.
"Since everyone is alright, there's no need to worry too much, right? Maybe the body has always been here, and we just didn't notice it before," Luo Cheng said nonchalantly. "Anything can happen in the apocalypse. Since we're all safe and sound, let's just go about our business."
He couldn't wait to bring those delicious mushrooms back to base.
Luo Cheng's explanation was reasonable, and since the bases themselves hadn't suffered any losses, people went along with Luo Cheng's explanation.
“We hadn’t had a chance to look closely when the wind picked up. These bodies may have been here all along, but the wind blew away all the fallen leaves, which is why we were able to see them,” a leader from a nearby small base added.
"Yeah, why don't we continue?"
Everyone was so curious about the mushrooms cultivated at the Radiant Base that their craving for this unparalleled delicacy somehow managed to dilute their fear.
Compared to the delicious food laid out before them, what were a few corpses? Nameless and unknown, they weren't their own people anyway.
"Since everyone is so enthusiastic, let's go up the mountain. There are many more kinds of mushrooms there, all of which are newly cultivated varieties."
Xu Bing wanted to stop there, but he couldn't refuse everyone's enthusiasm, so he reluctantly led everyone up the mountain.
The path up the mountain was rugged, covered with slippery moss due to the lack of sunlight. This mutated moss was extremely moist, making it very slippery to walk on. There was only one narrow path leading up the mountain, and many people slipped and fell along the way.
Luo Cheng had been out of exercise for many years and was very weak. He had only walked a few hundred meters when he was already panting and unable to straighten up.
"Luo Yuxuan, come here." He stood on the mountain road and called to Luo Yuxuan in an annoyed tone, "Come here and help me."
Luo Yuxuan lowered her head and walked over silently, her fair face showing only numbness.
"Can't even utter a fart after all this time, what a killjoy." Luo Cheng roughly put his hand on Luo Yuxuan's shoulder and gave his younger sister a disgusted look.
Luo Yuxuan remained silent throughout, her beautiful eyes shrouded in a thick fog of sorrow.
"Hey? Weren't you just peeing downstairs? How come you came up before me?"
Halfway there, the bespectacled guy from K3 base suddenly shouted and pointed in surprise at a tall and strong young man at Lingfeng base.
The man turned around woodenly, his eyes vacant and lifeless as he stared in the direction of the young man with glasses. His lips twitched, but he didn't speak.
Ma Dongmei slapped the bespectacled young man's hand, saying, "Don't be so rude."
"No, I really saw him down there just now!"
The bespectacled guy looked aggrieved. "I needed to pee, so I went to find a place to relieve myself. I saw him perched on the old tree in front of me. I finished before him, so how could he have gotten up there before me?"
Su Zheng and Ma Dongmei were stunned for a moment, then looked warily at the people from Lingfeng Base.
"Are you K3 guys just bored? You care about what other people do, even when they poop or fart? And Xiao Xu has been right next to us the whole time, when did he go to pee?" The people from Lingfeng Base were also furious and retorted on the spot.
Having dealt with K3 so many times, Lu Sheng understood the nature of the guy with glasses.
Although she's a bit naive, she probably wouldn't lie.
The man named Xiaoxu stood still, his eyes like black holes, completely devoid of any light.
Zhang Xiaojuan noticed Lu Sheng's subtle expression and secretly took out a handful of modeling clay and threw it on the ground.
The colorful little figures hopped and skipped after them, then suddenly jumped up and punched Xiao Xu hard in the face.
Holy crap!
Amid Zhang Xiaojuan's exclamation, Xiao Xu was knocked off balance by the little mud figure's punch and then fell heavily to the ground.
A horrifying scene unfolded before everyone's eyes.
Xiao Xu's face was smashed by the clay figure, leaving a dent about the size of a fist. However, there was no damage or blood on his skin; instead, it bulged out slightly, like a flattened sponge.
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