Xie Xuan was following the woman all the way.
The woman climbed faster and faster, as if she was eager to go somewhere.
The mushrooms around were getting taller and taller, from waist height to now directly higher than Xie Xuan's head.
The eyes on these mushrooms were still looking at Xie Xuan persistently, and now they were really looking down at Xie Xuan.
But the same trick no longer worked on Xie Xuan. She followed the woman without looking away until steps-like undulations appeared on the originally flat ground.
The woman climbed up very skillfully, and Xie Xuan could only follow.
After climbing more than ten steps, Xie Xuan finally got rid of the nearly two-meter-high mushroom.
And in front of her, a huge platform was vaguely outlined in the darkness.
[The current spore concentration detected is 60%]
The system's voice sounded after a long absence.
But in this darkness, another strange voice suddenly appeared.
It was a man's low laugh, "A guest is coming."
Xie Xuan's heart tightened, but a circle of bright candlelight lit up one after another in the darkness in front of her.
This was a place almost identical to the white platform they had just stepped onto. There was a huge high chair in the center, but this time the chair was no longer empty. Sitting on it was a middle-aged man wrapped in a black suit.
But if you look closely, you will find that the man is not wearing a suit at all, but a thick layer of black mycelium. The mycelium covers his entire body from his fingertips, leaving only his neck and face exposed.
And his eyes were exactly the same as Ling Wenqing's, with blood-red irises and black vertical pupils that were wriggling with mycelium.
Is this the person being parasitized? Xie Xuan was a little unsure.
This was very different from the two parasites she had seen before. When the spore concentration rose to 70%, he was not yet completely covered by the mycelium.
Xie Xuan had been sleeping in the car on the way here and missed the information exchanged between Zhou Yuanyuan and Ling Wenqing. Otherwise, she should have been able to recognize that the person in front of her was Xue Yunfei, whom Zhou Yuanyuan had just mentioned.
In the flickering candlelight, Xie Xuan could not only see the man clearly, but also the women kneeling in a circle behind the man.
Without exception, they were all like the woman who brought Xie Xuan here, naked, disheveled, and covered with black cracks.
Xue Yunfei slowly stood up from the high chair and said with a smile like a gentleman: "Thank you for bringing my lost pet back. To thank you..."
Xie Xuan's heart suddenly tightened, and she rolled to the side very quickly.
The woman who had been kneeling beside her obediently just now suddenly jumped up and pounced on Xie Xuan.
With a loud bang, a shallow pit appeared on the ground.
If Xie Xuan hadn't dodged quickly, she might have been knocked half to death by this punch.
The woman who swung her fist cried even harder, and she kept making hoarse and painful cries.
Xie Xuan gritted her teeth, pulled out her gun and fired three shots at the man's vital points.
But the woman kneeling behind the man was faster than a bullet. She stood in front of the man like a puppet being pulled by a string.
Three bullets were embedded in the woman's body, and cracks on the surface of her body began to spread.
Xie Xuan didn't have time to think about it, the fist in front of her was already approaching her.
Xie Xuan bent down to avoid the pressing punch.
In her peripheral vision, the woman she hit was like the statue they first encountered on the pure white steps. Her skin began to crack and peel off, and at the same time, her body began to expand rapidly.
Damn it. Xie Xuan cursed inwardly.
She raised the dagger and without hesitation, she cut off the entire head of the woman who had just punched her.
But even so, the separated head and body are still moving, and the cross-section is covered with wriggling black mycelium, which looks particularly creepy.
The beheaded body lost its vision and balance and stumbled to the ground, while the black monster that had expanded into a huge mountain of flesh was already in sight.
Xie Xuan still has one grenade left, and she must get rid of the parasite as soon as possible.
She clenched her jaw; this time it was still her battle alone.
Win and you live, lose and you die.
On the other side, Zhou Yuanyuan was also facing a battle alone.
When Xie Xuan walked onto the platform, Ling Wenqing also woke up.
Zhou Yuanyuan's special ability can only isolate spore infection but has no effect on resisting attacks. In terms of combat effectiveness, she is not even as good as Ling Wenqing before she was infected, let alone the current Ling Wenqing.
A very light "puff" sound broke the silence in the darkness, and Ling Wenqing, who had woken up, easily burst Zhou Yuanyuan's bubble.
"Captain?" Zhou Yuanyuan immediately turned on the flashlight and picked up the gun.
In the dim light, the blood-red pupils in Ling Wenqing's eyes were particularly eye-catching.
And all around, the continuously growing black mycelium has completely wrapped up the transparent cage.
The muzzle of the gun pointed at Ling Wenqing's brow was shaking constantly. Zhou Yuanyuan swallowed hard and stared at Ling Wenqing without daring to move.
But Ling Wenqing seemed to ignore Zhou Yuanyuan, turned around and looked up in another direction.
Zhou Yuanyuan had never been so scared as she was now.
Even though Ling Wenqing was just standing there, gazing into the darkness, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't dare to act rashly and could only hold her gun high and confront him in a stalemate.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Zhou Yuanyuan’s back was soaked with cold sweat, Bai Ze’s voice suddenly came to her ears.
"Team 320 member Xie Xuan has been infected."
Zhou Yuanyuan felt cold all over, and the transparent cage that gave her the last bit of security suddenly began to melt like candy wrapper in water.
"Xie Xuan!" Zhou Yuanyuan whispered in the communication channel where only the two of them were left.
But there was no response, not even a breath.
The cage was about to melt completely under the pressure of the thick mycelium.
"Ms. Zhou Yuanyuan, I am Bai Ze." Bai Ze's voice sounded in Zhou Yuanyuan's ears again.
However, this time it was not in the public communication channel of Team 320, but in the individual communication channel of Bai Ze and Zhou Yuanyuan.
Zhou Yuanyuan's breathing was very rapid, her mind was so nervous that it was almost blank, and she couldn't speak at all.
"Ms. Zhou Yuanyuan, please put Mr. Ling Wenqing's communicator on his head." Bai Ze's voice was calm and indifferent.
Zhou Yuanyuan almost immediately guessed the meaning of Bai Ze's order.
"No, don't..." She squeezed out the syllables with difficulty, "The captain can still be saved, don't..."
"Ms. Zhou Yuanyuan, please put Mr. Ling Wenqing's communicator on his head." Bai Ze interrupted Zhou Yuanyuan coldly and repeated his previous words without changing his tone or intonation.
The transparent cage is still melting, Xie Xuan has been infected, and they will never meet again.
The surrounding darkness almost swallowed Zhou Yuanyuan, but she lowered her head and saw that the communicator that was left in the cage with them was blindingly white.
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