"It's got that escape room vibe." Zhang Xiaojuan rubbed her chin and started chatting with the people around her. "Have you guys played those web games from over ten years ago? The one about escaping the red room, where you had to find keys and clues in various places to leave."
This simple and convenient game was Lu Sheng's favorite back then, and she escaped from every room of every color.
As everyone was speculating about the intricate connection between the mountain and Xu Bing, a person suddenly stumbled and ran over from not far away.
"Help! Help!"
A middle-aged man, dressed in rags, ran frantically toward the crowd. His thin clothes were completely soaked with sweat, and his hair and eyebrows were covered with cotton-like wisps of fungus. He looked as if he were dehydrated, with sunken cheeks.
Sun Tiantian looked at Lu Sheng in surprise, "He seems to be a bodyguard from the Luo family. I saw him in the banquet hall before."
Seeing that Zhang Jiang was all alone, everyone had a pretty good idea of what had happened.
The Luo family... is most likely wiped out.
When Zhang Jiang saw Zhao Weigang and Su Zheng, hope immediately ignited in his eyes.
K3 Base and Lingfeng Base are already rare, reputable bases with no scandals. Now that these two bases are right in front of him, he's saved!
Before the apocalypse, Zhao Weigang was the community director. He couldn't bear to see people in trouble, so he immediately arranged for his subordinates to help Zhang Jiang and also lit a fire to prepare some food and water for him.
After hastily swallowing two mouthfuls of bean cake, Zhang Jiang finally came to his senses. "Luo Yuxuan killed the entire Luo family!"
"ah?"
Everyone present was astonished.
Did that seemingly weak and vulnerable girl, who was constantly bullied by Luo Cheng, kill everyone?
"Yes! She got a lot of mushrooms from somewhere." Zhang Jiang said, glancing around at the trees where there were many of these plump, juicy mushrooms, and immediately jumped in surprise, "These are the kinds of mushrooms!"
"After people ate these mushrooms, they quickly collapsed on the ground like livestock, eventually turning into a pile of rotten flesh."
Lu Sheng frowned, taking a closer look at him.
This mushroom is not only addictive, but also has hallucinogenic properties.
But how could Luo Yuxuan know so much?
“The mycelium on your head…” Sun Tiantian pointed warily to the white patch on Zhang Jiang’s hair.
Zhang Jiang subconsciously touched it, then immediately and in horror, he quickly flicked his hand over the fire. The white mycelium had all burned to ash. "I just brushed against it when I was running away. I don't know what happened, but suddenly a lot of huge mushrooms grew on the mountain. Several people couldn't even hug them all."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Finding Luo Yuxuan might lead to the answer."
Instead of searching aimlessly here, Luo Yuxuan is very likely the key to unlocking the mystery.
Lu Sheng made a quick decision: "You all stay here and wait together. I'm going to find Luo Yuxuan."
"Girl, don't push yourself. Are you sure you can manage?" Zhao Weigang, who didn't know Lu Sheng very well, walked over with a worried expression. "How about I take a few people with me?"
Lu Sheng considered his words carefully, and finally gave a vague answer, "I have a special ability to protect myself, and having too many people with me would only make me more vulnerable."
On the other side, Zhang Xiaojuan had already instructed Xiaoniren to set up the barbecue grill and start skewering rice cakes. "Uncle, don't worry, Sister Lu doesn't fight battles she's not sure of winning. Let's just wait here and not cause her any trouble; that's the biggest help we can give."
Xu Yi didn't say anything, but simply tossed a small bag to Lu Sheng.
Zhao Weigang sat by the fire with skepticism, watching Lu Sheng's figure gradually disappear into the distance.
Only after they were out of everyone's sight did Lu Sheng open the bag that Xu Yi had given her.
Inside were two modified masks, which, judging from their size, were probably for Zhuangzhuang and Huojian.
Lu Sheng released the two little ones from the space, and the masks fit them perfectly.
Zhuangzhuang wagged its tail happily, silently giving Xu Yi a big thumbs up in its heart.
Teacher Xu is definitely more reliable than the poop scooper; he will always be Teacher Xu's loyal follower!
"Look around for any signs of someone being alone." Lu Sheng concealed himself in the damp night.
The system had previously rewarded her with the ability to become invisible, which allowed her to completely hide her information and ensure her safety. Zhuangzhuang and Rocket could be put into her space at any time if necessary, so it was most appropriate for her to come to find Luo Yuxuan alone.
Moreover, the remaining people stayed together and didn't move. The information index of this group could serve as a landmark, and she could rely on Zhuangzhuang's little radar to return to the main group at any time.
The reason Zhuangzhuang was stuck in a maze was because there were too many information indices from the eighteen teams around her, making it impossible for her to determine which direction led to the exit. But now that she knows Luo Yuxuan is alone, she has a chance to find Luo Yuxuan if she finds a single information index.
Even if you can't find them, you can quickly determine the route based on the location of the remaining people.
One person and two pets moved swiftly through the dense forest.
The mushrooms at the foot of the mountain began to wither in large numbers. Their once plump and juicy stems shrank into shriveled match heads, and a strange fragrance drifted down from the mountaintop along with the airflow.
Rocket became uncontrollably agitated upon smelling the aroma, and several times tried to bark, but Zhuangzhuang firmly covered it with his two paws.
Zhuangzhuang looked like he was about to get pregnant. "I hate mushrooms the most! They smell so bad!"
"Human, can't you do something about him?"
Lu Sheng decisively took out three more layers of filter cotton from his spatial storage and placed them inside Zhuangzhuang and Huojian's masks, which finally calmed the restless dogs down.
Animals have a sense of smell that is many times more developed than that of humans. This fragrance had no effect on Lu Sheng, but it had a fatal attraction for animals.
Even the rocket, which had already reached the seventh stage, lost control and became irrational.
The sound of trampling bushes echoed all around, and countless forest animals surged frantically toward the mountaintop as if possessed.
Zhuangzhuang lay on the rocket's back, calmly observing the frenzied animals around him. "Goodness, this is even more terrifying than fans greeting people at the airport. We need to investigate this thoroughly."
Lu Sheng concealed himself and followed the group of animals up the mountain.
As they approached the mountainside, Lu Sheng finally spotted human traces under a giant mutated tree.
A dozen or so corpses were piled up under the tree, like stacked building blocks, one layer on top of the other. The flesh on their bodies was almost completely rotten, and the corpses were completely covered by those horrifying red envelopes.
A gust of wind blew by, and a rustling sound suddenly came from the mountain of corpses.
Soon, a large, smooth, and plump mushroom, as white as jade, wriggled out from the pile of corpses and shook itself twice in the wind.
Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow. So these mushrooms grew on corpses?
A few seconds later, the white mushroom gradually condensed into a human shape and emerged from the pile of corpses.
Good heavens, it has transformed into Luo Cheng's appearance.
One after another, seven or eight more fungal-like beings emerged from the remaining pile of corpses.
Unsurprisingly, they were all familiar faces from the Luo family's team.
It seems that fungi can only become people who are killed by themselves.
Moreover, from the perspective of passersby, these fungal people looked almost identical to the original owner, no wonder the people at the Lingfeng Base didn't notice them.
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