Chen Zhe picked up the mushroom in his hand, ready to try a bite. But he was startled by Fu Heng's voice.
Then he heard Fu Heng say that the mushrooms were poisonous, which frightened him so much that he quickly threw the mushrooms in his hand on the ground.
Hearing Fu Heng's words, Ye Yunxi and the others were so startled that they quickly dropped the mushrooms they were holding and wiped their hands. They all turned to look at Fu Heng.
Chen Zhe looked at Fu Heng with a somewhat troubled expression and asked.
"Brother Heng, how do you know this mushroom is poisonous? Do you recognize it?"
Zhang Haiyi looked at Fu Heng and asked.
"Brother Heng, what's going on with these mushrooms?"
Fu Heng glanced at them, then sighed and said.
"Yes, as A Zhe said, I recognize this mushroom. Not only is it poisonous, but if a human eats it, they will foam at the mouth and die from poisoning in about eight hours."
He Yidong asked Fu Heng nervously.
"What else do you know? Tell us."
Fu Heng continued, “These mushrooms grow in my hometown; we call them Purple Star Lanterns. It’s just been so long that I can’t quite remember them.”
The only thing I remember is that it's poisonous. Locals would avoid it like the plague, taking a detour. No one would ever eat it.
In any case, it's best not to eat these unexpected mushrooms. This applies to our primary base, other bases, and even private bases.
Ye Yunxi was surprised that Fu Heng's planet had such a thing, that it actually grew on their Blue Star. If she hadn't brought Fu Heng here today, they probably wouldn't even know the details of this mushroom.
Chen Zhe looked completely bewildered, then patted his chest and said...
"I almost ate it just now, thank goodness I didn't, otherwise I would have died here."
Zhang Jing lightly slapped Chen Zhe and said irritably.
"What are you saying? We haven't eaten yet. You can't say things like that again, especially when it comes to food from outside."
Gu Qingqing was still a little shaken and looked at Fu Heng.
"The people who told me there were mushrooms outside the base, and they picked some mushrooms too, will they be in trouble?"
When He Yidong heard Gu Qingqing say that someone else had told her about the mushroom, he asked her about it.
"Qingqing, who told you about the mushrooms outside the base?"
Gu Qingqing replied, “When A-Jing and I came to work this morning, an older woman we met downstairs told us about it. We saw she was carrying a basket of mushrooms, so we asked her where she got them. She said there were lots of mushrooms outside the base, and some people went out to pick them last night, so she went with them.”
Zhang Jing added, "Qingqing is right. That old lady also said that if you want to pick mushrooms, it's best to go at night, because the base's patrols aren't strict, and there's another place where you can go outside the base without being spotted by the patrols."
He Yidong was shocked after hearing what Gu Qingqing and Zhang Jing said, and shouted.
"Oh no, those people probably ate poisonous mushrooms."
Ye Yunxi knew the mushrooms were poisonous, so she couldn't just stand by and do nothing. "Let's notify the base first," she said to Gu Qingqing and the others.
"Let's go, let's hurry back and inform the base commander, Professor Hu, and our mentor. Let's split up."
Yi Dong went to inform Team Leader Li and the base commander, while A Zhe and A Jing went to inform Professor Hu and the others. A Heng, Xuan Yu, and Hai Yi went to inform Elder He and the others. Qing Qing and I went back to inform our master.
They had no complaints about Ye Yunxi's assignment; on the contrary, they felt it was very appropriate.
So they immediately returned to the base and saw that people were still arguing with the soldiers.
"Let us out quickly, we want to pick mushrooms."
“You can’t go. The base hasn’t determined what kind of mushrooms are outside or whether they are poisonous. These mushrooms are not edible.”
"What kind of bullshit logic is this? You just want to take it all for yourselves."
"That's right, hurry up and let us out to pick mushrooms, we don't care what kind they are, as long as they're edible."
He Yidong suppressed his anger and walked over to the person who was cursing the soldier.
"The mushrooms outside the base have been identified as poisonous by our professionals. If you don't want to die, go home. If you do, don't blame me for not warning you."
Then he said to the soldiers, "Close the base gates, then go and check the surrounding area to see if there are any openings leading out of the base. If so, block them up. Or you can ask the base commander for permission first."
The soldiers listened to He Yidong's words without question and stopped paying attention to the troublemakers.
A group of men and women didn't believe He Yidong at all and even cursed at him.
"You are all a bunch of damned soldiers, what kind of soldiers are you? You just want to take away our food to survive."
"They even said it was to protect us, deliberately saying the mushrooms were poisonous. I think it's obvious the base chief wanted to give them to you, but not to us."
"If you don't let us out, we'll file a complaint against you."
"We've seen all kinds of mushrooms, and people at the base have eaten them without any problems."
He Yidong ignored them and let them rant. Informing Captain Li was the priority.
Ye Yunxi coldly looked at the people who were cursing them. Talking to these people was for their own good, but since they wouldn't listen, so be it. She said to them in a cold voice.
"We're kindly reminding you that if you think we have ulterior motives, then go ahead and pick mushrooms. But if anything goes wrong, don't blame us for not warning you."
When He Yidong heard Ye Yunxi tell them to go pick mushrooms, he quickly looked at her and said so.
"Yunxi, no! Those mushrooms are poisonous and can kill people."
Ye Yunxi looked at He Yidong and said seriously.
"If they can't be saved, then there's no point in trying. They're ungrateful; they'll only think that we're all trying to stop them, that we've already tried to reason with them, but they won't listen. What else can we do?"
Chen Zhe agreed with Ye Yunxi's statement.
"That's right, Captain He, you should listen to Sister Yunxi. Anyway, you've said everything you need to say, and there's nothing they can do if they don't listen."
Looking at their serious expressions, He Yidong felt a pang of guilt and sighed.
"Let's go! Let's go and inform the others first!"
Ye Yunxi knew that as a soldier, he couldn't bear to watch people die, but since they had already tried to persuade them but they wouldn't listen and wanted to commit suicide, there was nothing they could do.
So they split up and went to inform the others.
Fu Heng drove Ye Yunxi and Xuan Yu in one car, while Chen Zhe, Zhang Jing, and He Yidong took the other car.
Fu Heng drove quickly, dropped off Ye Yunxi and Gu Qingqing at the base hospital, and then returned to the research center to inform Elder He.
Ye Yunxi and Gu Qingqing arrived at Old Master Ye's office and found him still there. They told him about the mushroom incident.
Fu Heng also told Old He about the mushrooms.
Chen Zhe told Professor Hu and the others about the poisonous mushrooms, and thankfully they hadn't eaten them. After learning they were poisonous, they destroyed them all.
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