"Mushrooms? How come mushrooms are growing outside the base?"
When Ye Yunxi heard Gu Qingqing say that there were mushrooms outside the base, she asked curiously.
"I heard that these mushrooms suddenly grew after the rain stopped a couple of days ago. Some people have already gone to pick them."
Gu Qingqing remembered the old lady who had told her about the mushrooms outside the base, so she repeated what she had said to Ye Yunxi.
Zhang Jing echoed this sentiment.
"Yes, when we arrived, an older woman told us about it. She even showed us some mushrooms, which looked similar to regular mushrooms, so we thought they should be fine."
Ye Yunxi listened to what they said and fell into deep thought.
How could mushrooms suddenly grow outside the base? That's a bit unbelievable. Since we have nothing else to do, I'll just go check it out with Gu Qingqing and Zhang Jing after work. We can also bring Fu Heng and Xuan Yu along.
Let's go see what these mushrooms actually look like. As for whether or not to eat them, we'll decide after we see.
"Okay, then we'll go after get off work. We'll invite Fu Heng and the others to go take a look together."
Gu Qingqing was overjoyed. "Okay! Then let's go after work."
After they finished speaking, they went about their own business and stopped talking.
The group of people who secretly picked mushrooms last night took them home and started heating oil in a pot to make a mushroom soup.
After they made the mushroom soup and served it in bowls, they slowly picked up their bowls and began to drink the mushroom soup.
"This mushroom soup is delicious."
"Yes, mushrooms taste fresh and delicious."
"Exactly. It's just that Haozi is too unlucky to have these delicious mushrooms."
"Hey, why bring up that kid? It's his fault for not coming with us. We'll just drink the mushroom soup ourselves and not leave any for him. We'll find a chance to go out and pick some more later when no one's watching."
"Okay, it's settled then. Let's eat!"
On the other hand, Dr. Hu and his team were still unable to identify the species of mushroom, as they had never seen it before. Moreover, it had grown after the rain.
He Yidong and his men stood guard near the base gate to prevent anyone from going out to pick mushrooms.
There were some notes written on the main gate and at the rental center, but I don't know if anyone has seen them.
Regardless of whether anyone sees us or not, as long as we stay here, we'll tell anyone who tries to leave that they can't.
We will absolutely not allow anyone at the base to pick mushrooms until Dr. Hu and his team have the results of their tests.
Ye Yunxi, Gu Qingqing, and Zhang Jing didn't finish their work until 6 p.m. when they were supposed to leave work.
They had already arranged with Fu Heng and Zhang Haiyi to go mushroom picking outside the base later.
The three of them walked out of the office together. When they reached the hospital gate, they saw Fu Heng and the others already waiting for them.
Ye Yunxi and the others greeted Fu Heng and the others.
"Yi-ge, Heng-ge, Xuan-yu, A-zhe, let's go, let's go outside the base and take a look." Gu Qingqing said to them with a smile.
"Let's drive there then, and then we can drive straight home," Zhang Haiyi suggested to them.
The group nodded, got into Zhang Haiyi and Fu Heng's car, and drove towards the base gate.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the base gate, where two cars were parked and people got out.
Looking towards the base gate, I saw a group of people talking to several soldiers.
Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng led you forward, and you heard those people talking.
"Let us go outside, we're going to pick mushrooms."
"Yes, we're going to pick mushrooms."
“You are not allowed to go out to pick mushrooms. The situation is still unclear, so how can we let you out?”
Why won't you let us go out to pick mushrooms?
"The mushrooms suddenly grew in the last two days. We don't know what kind they are. The mushrooms have been handed over to Professor Hu and his team for examination."
Please be patient and wait for news about the mushrooms. If the mushrooms are non-toxic, then everyone can pick and eat them. However, if they are poisonous, the truth has not yet been determined, and eating them would likely result in poisoning.
Ye Yunxi was puzzled by what the soldier said, so she went up to He Yidong and asked him.
"Yi Dong, what's going on?"
He Yidong was busy instructing the people at the base to go back when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw Ye Yunxi and Fu Heng and a few others.
Thinking they were there to pick mushrooms, Ye Yunxi asked them with some surprise.
"Why did you all come here too?"
"Also? What does that mean?" Fu Heng asked, frowning.
Seeing their expressions, He Yidong asked them.
Are you here to pick mushrooms?
Gu Qingqing replied, "Yes, what's wrong?"
He Yidong sighed and said.
"These mushrooms cannot be picked for the time being; this is Captain Li's order. We saw some mushrooms outside the base that we didn't recognize, and Captain Li was worried about something going wrong, so he sent a few soldiers to have Professor Hu and his team test them to see if they were poisonous."
Team Leader Li was worried that people from the base might leave to pick mushrooms without permission, so he had us guard this place. If anyone tried to go out to pick mushrooms, we had to stop them. And that's what you saw afterward.
Fu Heng thought for a moment and looked at He Yidong.
"We want to check out the different types of mushrooms, but don't worry, we won't pick them randomly, we'll just take a look."
He Yidong knew they wouldn't pick the mushrooms randomly; he guessed they wanted to see what kind of mushrooms they were. He nodded and said...
"Then I'll go with you to take a look. There are probably many outside the base."
Seeing that Fu Heng and the others nodded, he spoke to the soldiers.
"We'll be right back. Don't let anyone out."
After saying that, he walked out of the base gate with Ye Yunxi and the others, ignoring the people behind them who were cursing them.
The group arrived outside the base and walked towards the bushes, where they spotted some mushrooms in the distance. They quickly walked over.
Chen Zhe bent down and picked a mushroom to look at.
"These mushrooms are pretty much the same as the ones we used to eat, right? They look non-poisonous, so they should be fine, right?"
Then Ye Yunxi and the others picked a few mushrooms, looking at them from left to right.
Gu Qingqing looked at the mushroom in her hand. "Yes, it's not much different from the mushrooms before the apocalypse, except it looks a bit like shiitake mushrooms and also like oyster mushrooms. These mushrooms come in other colors, they look really beautiful."
Ye Yunxi picked up the mushroom in her hand and examined it for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. It felt different from the mushrooms before the apocalypse, and she couldn't see what the problem was.
Fu Heng picked up the mushroom and examined it closely. It was umbrella-shaped, yellowish-brown in color, though some varieties were milky white. He brought it close to his nose and smelled it.
The smell was somewhat familiar. Fu Heng broke the mushroom in half. As soon as it was split in two, the white flesh inside visibly turned purplish-red.
Fu Heng was shocked and quickly dropped the mushroom in his hand, shouting to Ye Yunxi and the others.
"Quick! Everyone, drop those mushrooms! They're poisonous!"
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