Chapter 108 Fungal Remains Frenzy 69 See the Spore Mother.
The sea dragon raised its head, and the sky darkened for a moment. It surged towards Ying Yao with lightning and tsunami. No matter how powerful Ying Yao was, he could not resist the power of nature, especially since he was seriously injured at the moment.
No one knows what he felt when facing Nanmen Jue's relentless attacks. He just reacted quickly. While being chased by the snake head, he decisively abandoned his attack on the Sea Dragon Snake and charged towards Nanmen Jue instead!
His choice was absolutely correct. In his current state, he had no chance against the snake. His only chance of winning was to control Nanmen Jue, or—kill Nanmen Jue.
Nanmen Jue watched him rush towards her indifferently, her body motionless, as if even the tsunami was avoiding her, not even touching the hem of her clothes.
Ying Yao's outstretched hand stopped in front of Nanmen Jue's nose.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but the enormous mouth of the sea dragon serpent had already gripped his waist. Although it hadn't injured him yet, it held him firmly in place, preventing him from moving forward an inch.
Nanmen Jue raised his eyelashes. "Do you regret saving me now?"
Ying Yao said, "It was my carelessness. Zhang Zhi's ability is actually growth-oriented."
Growth-type abilities gradually strengthen as physical attributes improve. Zhang Zhi, just an ordinary eight-year-old girl, could communicate directly with the Mother Tree and even command it. Now, this ability has been transferred to an orange-named reincarnator...
No wonder Cheng Xiuye was so desperate to acquire Zhang Zhi's abilities.
Ying Yao's voice trembled involuntarily, "Nanmen Jue, what exactly are you trying to do?"
"Didn't you already guess?"
Nanmen Jue smiled at him, but his eyes flickered without making any move. The sea dragon snake picked up Ying Yao, tossed him high into the air, and then swallowed him whole!
The bushes behind me swayed slightly.
Nanmen Jue turned around and looked at the spot where the ripples had appeared. "Aren't you coming out yet?"
The bushes swayed, and Lu Yunxiao slowly emerged from within, his face deathly pale, his eyes revealing an unprecedented level of fear.
“…South Gate.” Lu Yunxiao began with difficulty, “What was that just now?”
Nanmen Jue asked, "What do you think is going on?"
"Is... Ying Yao's identity incorrect?" Lu Yunxiao tried his best to find an excuse for her, even though he knew how absurd it sounded. "Is he one of Cheng Xiuye's people?"
He couldn't continue. They had all seen clearly what Ying Yao had done. Except when Nanmen Jue was in a life-or-death crisis, he had kept his promise to Nanmen Jue and protected Zhang Zhi. He had also protected them along the way. If it weren't for Ying Yao, they might have died long ago.
And he actually witnessed Nanmen Jue commanding the Sea Dragon Serpent to kill Ying Yao?
How did she command the parasites?
A flood of thoughts rushed through Lu Yunxiao's mind. Cheng Xiuye possessed this ability, and so did Zhang Zhi. Previously, everyone had gone to great lengths to protect Zhang Zhi to prevent Cheng Xiuye from obtaining her abilities. And now…
Lu Yunxiao opened his mouth, his voice like a wandering ghost, and asked, "Where is Zhang Zhi? Was she rescued?"
Nanmen Jue did not answer these questions, but instead asked, "Why did you come here?"
Lu Yunxiao saw something terrifying on her face, and his face turned even paler. "...Among us, I'm the only one who can still move. Everyone was worried and asked me to come and check on the situation."
Nanmen Jue chuckled softly, "Now you see."
“I…” Lu Yunxiao took a step back, cold sweat beading on his pale face.
Nanmen Jue stopped laughing and looked at him expressionlessly. "Don't worry, I won't kill you. Go back and tell the others to find a place to hide."
"Hide...what?" Lu Yunxiao asked softly.
Nanmen Jue gave him a meaningful look, then turned and leaped into the chasm that had split open in the ground!
Lu Yunxiao was startled and turned away from his escape attempt, running towards the crevice. Suddenly, a strong wind arose, and a wave crashed in his face. He couldn't dodge in time and was drenched. Then, the sea dragon that had just swallowed Ying Yao snaked away, breaking through the thousands of waves. Nanmen Jue sat on its head and turned back to smile and wave at him.
Lu Yunxiao watched her walk away, seemingly having lost the ability to think.
After a while, he suddenly woke up, turned around and ran away.
...
Above the sea dragon's head, the crow finally couldn't help but ask, "You really killed Ying Yao?"
“I’m not really that ungrateful,” Nanmen Jue replied casually, resting his chin on his hand and his elbow on his knee. “It’s in its mouth. Once we get to the shore, we’ll just throw it overboard.”
The crow said, "He just stood there without resisting."
Nanmen Jue lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, then raised his face and smiled, "When he realized I wasn't going to kill him, he knew I wouldn't, so naturally he wouldn't waste his energy."
The raven nodded as if it understood, and sailed in silence for a while longer. Looking at the direction they were heading, its voice was somewhat uneasy: "Are you really going to find the Spore Mother?"
Nanmen Jue nodded, his expression calm.
"What if this ability still can't make it obey?"
“Then fight it. If you can’t beat it, run away,” Nanmen Jue said matter-of-factly.
Both she and the crow knew she wasn't seriously answering the question, so they both fell silent. After a while, the crow spoke again.
“When I first entered this world, I asked you, and you said you were not the savior.”
At the church, Crow thought Nanmen Jue would recklessly start killing and save everyone in the world, but Nanmen Jue denied it. And now, Nanmen Jue has still embarked on this path.
The plan devised by Nanmen Jue was to find the Spore Mother and catalyze the apocalypse. She didn't have much time left in this world, so she had to move everyone away as soon as possible, which meant killing them all.
There's no time to find a foothold in the world now; killing is the only option.
“I am not a savior, but I made a promise, and I hate people who don’t keep their promises,” Nanmen Jue said.
A wave crashed in, and the crow spread its wings to maintain its balance. Once it had calmed down, it unexpectedly said, "Once you kill someone in this world, your new friends can never be friends again."
Nanmen Jue looked at him in surprise, "You can even think of this?"
“You care about them,” the crow said.
Nanmen Jue looked out to sea again, as if she had already considered this question, and answered quickly, "We were never friends, and I didn't come here to make friends."
Because she always stuck to her goal, she could give up everything else.
Suddenly, Nanmen Jue paused, then changed his tone, "I know, this is what I've always wanted to do, you don't need to worry."
The crow asked, "Zhang Zhi really won't attack you?"
Nanmen Jue shook his head. "Zhang Zhi is a good child."
It was her fault for not keeping her promise, but she ate Zhang Zhi and would take her with her forever, showing her all sorts of other worlds, which could be considered a kind of compensation.
Nanmen Jue smiled sweetly.
The crow looked at her smile, and the feathers on its neck ruffled slightly.
Nanmen Jue noticed, "What's wrong with you?"
The crow said, "Your laugh is terrifying."
Nanmen Jue glanced at him, then continued to rest his chin on his hand, gazing at the boundless sea ahead, feeling a sense of peace in his heart.
Once she made that decision, all her struggles and fears vanished. She felt an unprecedented sense of peace and even became so relaxed that she felt sleepy.
So she actually closed her eyes.
In a hazy state, a sound like the roar of a whale woke her up, and the sea dragon snake obediently stopped moving on the surface of the sea.
Nanmen Jue looked around, pointed in a direction to the sea dragon snake, and instructed it to take Ying Yao ashore. Then he took out a small bucket-like prop.
After it was activated, the small bucket turned into a large bucket. Nanmen Jue put it on her head, and the bucket became transparent. She took a deep breath and let out a nauseous gagging sound.
This thing is called "You Won't Suffocate," a blue item. Its function is simple: it allows you to adapt to underwater breathing and automatically adjusts the water pressure. In apocalyptic scenarios like massive floods and torrential rains, it's considered a godsend. It lasts for three hours, and the side effect is that after going ashore, you will randomly grow fish-like features that last for one day.
"What's that smell in here? Is the God selling secondhand items?" Nanmen Jue muttered, then glanced at the crows that had already taken to the sky and were circling, before plunging headfirst into the water.
Based on the crow's previous energy detection, the spore mother is probably in this unknown area, and she needs to find her as soon as possible.
The worst thing about this tool is that the fish-like features will only appear after you get ashore. In other words, if you don't get ashore within three hours, you will still suffocate in the water.
Nanmen Jue set a timer and swam into the deeper waters.
After the apocalypse, the ocean became a forbidden zone for humans. Although few parasites could survive in the sea, those that did were as powerful as sea dragons and serpents, reigning supreme in the ocean.
But there was no sign of those dominant species in this sea area. When you first enter the water, there are some ordinary fish, but the further you go, the more silent it becomes, and you can't even see a ghost.
Nanmen Jue felt that he had found the right place.
Upon entering the deep sea, everything within sight was plunged into darkness. Nanmenjue took out a flashlight and held it in his mouth, trying to determine his direction.
It was too quiet. She can swim, but she has no experience in deep diving. To recklessly enter the deep sea like this is simply relying on her physical abilities.
But she didn't have much time and had to find the spore mother as soon as possible.
She rolled over a few times in the water, forcing herself to calm down.
At this moment, Zhang Zhi tapped into her consciousness, guiding her mental energy in one direction.
Nanmen Jue was taken aback. Although her mental strength was much stronger than Zhang Zhi's, this ability was, after all, Zhang Zhi's, and she was not very familiar with it. Now, with Zhang Zhi's guidance and help, she felt as if she had divine assistance. She quickly probed in that direction, but a powerful mental force, like a wall, bounced her back.
No peeping allowed.
Nanmenjue remained still in the seawater and gave a slight smile.
"Zhizhi, do you think we can beat that big guy?"
Zhang Zhi didn't speak aloud; she responded to Nanmen Jue with subtle ripples, and Nanmen Jue understood her meaning.
She was worried; she had absolutely no confidence in facing the world's most powerful monster.
Nanmen Jue said, "Don't be afraid. As long as I don't die, you won't die either."
She turned off her flashlight and swam alone into the darkness. Soon, a huge glacier appeared before her, emitting a ghostly blue light.
The most mysterious and powerful spore mother was in the glacier, in a static state. Nanmenjue looked at it, and his mind went blank for a moment.
She had expected to see a monstrous, grotesque monster, like the Mother Tree, the Sea Serpent, or any high-level parasite.
However, what appeared in front of Nanmen Jue was a mushroom.
A small, perfectly shaped mushroom, as if it had been cut directly from a children's picture book.
The mushroom has a round, plump cap and a harmless brownish-white color, making it look like a non-poisonous mushroom.
For a moment, Nanmen Jue thought she had found the wrong thing and wanted to turn around and leave, but the powerful sense of oppression emanating from the mushroom made her realize that she had not made a mistake.
Nanmen Jue gazed at it, and as if communicating with a sea dragon serpent, extended an invisible tentacle, connecting with the mushroom's consciousness.
This step went surprisingly smoothly, without any obstacles. Even the sea dragon snake refused for a second, as if the mushroom couldn't wait to connect to her.
Before she could speak, the mushroom's consciousness eagerly conveyed a message to her.
"Are you God's messenger? Has God finally remembered me and is taking me away?"
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Author's note: Back to the main hall tomorrow!
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