"Ahem, what do you want to do? How dare you disobey our Scarlet Clan? You will definitely be killed by the Ancestral Spirit! You will become the nourishment for his growth!"
Wang Yu twisted off the old man's limbs and tied him tightly with shackles made of rock. He squatted beside the old man and observed the old man's body using the perfect fractals on his eye sockets.
"You are so rotten, how can you still move? Is it because the ancestral spirit of your Scarlet Clan placed a curse on you that caused you to have such a change?"
In Wang Yu's field of vision, the spell projected a large amount of information, including the strength of the rotten flesh on the old man's body in front of him, whether it could support the old man's actions, and what Wang Yu had used on him but had no effect. Information about the disabling poisonous mist venom on the surface of the old man's body.
These venoms were not consumed, which meant that they had not even found the target of their attack. The old man's nervous and muscular systems had long been completely different from those of normal humans.
"This is the blessing given to us by our ancestral spirit. You damn foreigner, I will never allow you to insult our great and fatherly ancestral spirit! You will definitely become the lowest food for the ancestral spirit."
The old man responded angrily to Wang Yu's question, which he didn't expect to answer. He was extremely angry that Wang Yu called the "orangutan rot" that happened to him a mutation.
Wang Yu rubbed his chin. Is this guy's brain a little hard to use? He's still quarreling with him now. He can't figure out the situation, right? This guy's life is only a matter of his own efforts.
No, there might really be something wrong with this guy's brain. After all, his whole body is in a state of decay and cracking. Whether his brain is also corroded is a question worthy of discussion.
"Take me to meet your ancestral spirit, and I will become its nourishment."
Wang Yu suddenly said this to the old man. He wanted to see if this guy was really mentally ill.
"Okay, I will take you back to the embrace of the great ancestor spirit. Over there, there is the settlement of our Scarlet Clan."
The masked old man's direct answer confirmed the fact that there was something wrong with the other party's brain. He turned his only head that had not been removed by Wang Yu to point Wang Yu in a direction.
"Is this guy pretending to lead me into a trap, or is his brain really broken..."
Wang Yu frowned slightly. The other party's overly decisive behavior did not make him relax and be cautious.
Gently pinching the inscribed magic crystal in his pocket, Wang Yu still planned to take a look. Anyway, he and Aviya had already arranged a back-up plan, with a very high-priority fixed-point phase gate array. Drag them directly to the outskirts of the Sorensen Mountains when they need it.
"Walk."
Wang Yu picked up the old man and walked towards the settlement mentioned by the other party according to the other party's instructions. Aviya still used the invisible skin spell to hide herself, and followed Wang Yu from the rear together with the elf ranger Xifu.
"This guy is indeed immune to the disabling poisonous mist that targets muscles and nerves, and anyway, his body is already in tatters, so those vital points are not considered vital. In a sense, this is It’s a blessing, but it’s a bit disgusting and terrible.”
Wang Yu looked at the silent old man whose hands and feet were broken. This guy didn't show even a hint of pain. In addition, the previous disabling poisonous mist was ineffective. Wang Yu felt that there was definitely something wrong with this guy's body. special.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu took the old man to the gathering place of the Red Clan where the orangutans were mentioned. He separated a piece of the Broken Meteor Iron Blade, held it in his hand, and scratched it on the old man's back.
"laugh……"
The extremely sharp blade cut through the fragile skin and rotten and shriveled flesh, easily cutting open the old man's body, revealing the deeper things inside.
During this process, the old man was just muttering something in his mouth, and he didn't even notice that his back had been cut open by the guy carrying him.
As the surface layer of skin was cut open by Wang Yu, what appeared in front of him were yellowed bones and deeper layers of flesh and blood and internal organs. On the surface of these tissues, which looked much better than the rotten flesh outside, Wang Yu found Something strange.
Strands of white threads cling to and spread over these tissues, trembling and trembling. Although each thread is very thin, due to the large number, the twisted white threads look tough and strong.
These white threads were almost all over the old man's body, and there seemed to be a layer deliberately left between the flesh and blood for these white filaments to spread.
"Is it because these things replaced this guy's nervous system or something like that, so he can still move despite his broken body, and he's not affected by the disabling poisonous fog?"
Wang Yu looked at the white silk threads that were exposed after cutting open the old man's back and looked a little fluffy, and muttered to himself.
"Um?"
The news fed back by the magic lens formed by the perfect fractal spell on the right eye made Wang Yu stunned for a moment, and the components of these filaments were decomposed.
"Fiber, and it's a living thing, and it has other ingredients. Is this thing mycelium?"
After analyzing what the lens showed in his field of view, Wang Yu relied on simple biological knowledge on earth to determine what these white thread groups were. This thing is mycelium, and it has a lot of magic power. To put it simply, Say, demonized mycelium.
The rot on the old man's body was probably due to the hyphae growing in his body, and he was able to move because of these demonized hyphae pulling him to move.
Judging from the old man's physical characteristics, this guy is a human, but with the hyphae covering his body, Wang Yu thinks this guy is a mushroom man.
"What the hell is that ancestral spirit? Could it be a super big mushroom? Otherwise, how could these mushroom people recognize their ancestors?"
Wang Yu is a little confused as to what kind of ancestral spirit can send down such a blessing that turns his worshipers into mushroom people...
"Wang Yu, something is not right about the forest ahead. The vitality is still sufficient, but the breath of plants is relatively less."
Xifu's words reached Wang Yu's ears, reminding Wang Yu that something was wrong ahead.
Looking into the distance, Wang Yu's excellent eyesight allowed him to capture something amiss in the distance that was blocked by the woods. The forest floor in the distance was covered with white fines that looked very similar to what was inside the old man's body. Silk is mycelium.
"The germ carpet is here. I haven't seen anything related to corruption in this Sorensen Mountains. Why do I see such strange life forms?"
Wang Yu slowed down his pace slightly, and the mycelium carpet covering the forest floor in front of him made him wary.
"Hurry up. Didn't you say you want to become the nourishment of the ancestral spirit? Why can't you stop here? Come in quickly. In front of you is the settlement of our Scarlet Clan."
When Wang Yu stopped, the old man urged Wang Yu to hurry up and continue walking. He couldn't wait for the food that turned Wang Yu into an ancestral spirit.
Wang Yu didn't listen to this guy's nonsense. After thinking for a moment, he continued to walk forward. With more weight on his back, Aviya climbed onto his back invisibly to avoid contact with the hyphae on the ground. Sif, on the other hand, jumps forward on the trees without touching the carpet on the ground.
"Snapped……"
The fungus carpet feels a little soft when you step on it. These vigorously growing hyphae cover the forest floor and are very thick.
Plants such as weeds that should have grown well have disappeared due to these white mycelium occupying their growth space and nutrients.
The roots of those trees are also covered with fungi, and their hyphae penetrate into the surface of the trunks and continue to absorb nutrients from inside.
As a result, although this forest also has many tall trees, it looks a bit sickly overall and does not have the lush feeling of the surrounding forest.
"Tree farm?"
This idea appeared in Wang Yu's mind. These fungi are like keeping these trees in captivity, allowing these trees to grow and absorb nutrients from the earth, and then these fungi grow by absorbing the nutrients from these trees.
This forest is like a farm to this fungus carpet, and the trees are the crops inside.
The mycelium didn't react at all after Wang Yu stepped in. It didn't wrap around and attack Wang Yu, trying to turn him into nourishment. I don't know if it was because of the chattering old man Wang Yu was holding in his hand.
"Great ancestral spirit, I have returned with your food. He will continue to expand your existence and continue to collect nutrients for your family members in the famine!"
The old man kept mumbling words about their ancestral spirits, and was extremely persistent in eating the ancestral spirits that Wang Yu gave him. He wished that Wang Yu would rush into the forest directly.
"Wang Yu, this land is covered by the spiritual power of a certain existence. It is not very powerful, but it covers a wide area, and this forest is included in it."
The girl's reminder rang in Wang Yu's ears. Compared to Wang Yu, Aviya's perception of magic and spiritual power was much stronger.
"Mental strength?"
Wang Yu opened up his chariot power, walked on this somewhat furry carpet and thought about the meaning of the girl's words, and at the same time, he was alert to everything around him with his extended perception.
"There is something."
The steps paused slightly, and the force of the chariot sensed some existence. Some figures appeared in the forest in front of them. Their bodies were like those of an old man, with a large number of flesh and blood gaps, corruption and erosion, and the bright red flesh looked ferocious and broken.
"Compatriots of the Scarlet Clan, I have brought back the food dedicated to the great ancestor spirit."
The old man, who was obviously mentally ill, had already started shouting before Wang Yu could fully see the state of those figures. He shouted out his "identity" as Wang Yuzhi, who was holding his limbs cut off and unable to move, and those figures. It was also completely displayed in front of Wang Yu.
They are really "mushroom men", wearing masks like the old man, and their bodies are both orcs and humans, and more of them are dark elves.
Without exception, the bodies of these beings are covered with a large number of gaps. From these cracked and decayed gaps, white hyphae spread out and gathered into various shapes of fungal canopies.
These fungal caps allow them to show a different state from the old men. The "fellows of the Scarlet Clan" as mentioned by these old men look more like mushroom people than the old men.
"..."
Facing the old man's words, these guys didn't react. They just stared at Wang Yu and the chattering old man through their masks, watching them continue to go deep into the settlement of the Scarlet Clan and go to the place where their ancestral spirits were.
"These guys are already dead. The outer layer is just a shell, and the mycelium inside is the real master."
When Wang Yu's chariot power penetrated the bodies of those beings and directly sensed the hyphae in their bodies, he knew the general situation.
The power of the chariot, like ripples, cannot directly pass through or control the body of the "living body". The fact that it can pass through the bodies of those masked people shows that these masked people are actually completely dead, and those mycelium are the masters.
"No wonder this guy's brain is not working well. He has probably been completely eroded by these fungi. In the final stage, it will be completely replaced by mycelium, and the only thing left is a shell formed by a layer of corpses. "
As Wang Yu went deeper, more and more masked "mushroom men" stood around, their bodies rotting and dead, completely occupied by mycelium, standing scattered among the trees in the forest, watching Wang Yu's side.
"Group consciousness, Wang Yu, their movements are too unified. The consciousness of these existences should be one, or there is only one, that is the ancestral spirit in their mouths. The spiritual power covering this forest also belongs to that ancestral spirit. .”
Aviya's reminder sounded again, informing Wang Yu of the news she analyzed.
The movements of these Scarlet Clan members who have completely transformed into mushroom people are the same as pressing copy and paste, and even the speed of turning their heads is the same. This shows that although there are many bodies, there is only one will that controls these bodies. .
"The demonized fungi produced consciousness through a large network of mycelium? It's really amazing. No wonder their ancestors found us. This forest full of fungi is also covered with its consciousness."
Wang Yu understood quickly and immediately understood what was going on.
Continuing to move forward, a thing covered by trees of different sizes and heights appeared in front of Wang Yu.
A huge mushroom with a height of more than ten meters and a radius of more than three meters stands in the forest ahead. A large amount of dust is falling from it. These are its spores. The overall red and white color makes this huge mushroom The mushrooms look dangerous.
"Great ancestral spirit, please accept your nutrients, and let me be honored to offer you food!"
The moment the old man saw the big mushroom, he started shouting loudly and enthusiastically. In his opinion, it was the ultimate honor to be able to offer food to the ancestors.
"Well, the ancestral spirit of these guys is really a big fucking mushroom."
Wang Yu sighed with emotion. He said before that the ancestral spirit of these guys would not be a big mushroom, but now it turns out that it is true.
Most of the ancestral spirits are either animals or ancient plants that have grown for a long time. It is indeed the first time for Aviya, Wang Yu and Xifu to see the fungi and mushrooms in between.
"There is a spiritual power trying to talk to you. It is this huge mushroom in front of me. I use perfect fractal magic to project what it wants to express into your field of vision."
Wang Yu ignored the screams of the old man next to him and threw him onto the ground covered with white fungi. He listened carefully to the girl's words ringing in his ears and nodded.
It's not that without the key, his mental power can no longer accept mental power transmissions, it's just that... he can't hear clearly.
He can hear, but only a little bit. Even if Ms. Night yells at him twice, it still works. No matter how weak he is, he will be like listening to a mosquito.
"Beings with powerful vitality, please join my Scarlet Clan."
Through the perfect fractal technique, the words that the ancestral spirit wanted to convey were displayed in front of Wang Yu in the form of words.
"Why should I join your clan, that's no reason for me to do so."
Wang Yu expressed his thoughts directly in the form of speech.
"It's how you survive the famine, and it's why other clan members join."
It seems that the other party can directly hear what Wang Yu is saying, and the answer is presented in text.
"Famine? What is this."
Wang Yu captured a key word in the words of the big mushroom ancestral spirit, and his intuition told him that this thing was related to corruption.
"Join our clan and you will survive the famine."
"Tell me what famine is."
"Become one of us and you will successfully survive the famine."
"Although this guy has intelligence, he still seems to be mentally retarded. Answering what "famine" is is a bit too difficult for this big mushroom. Now he has started reading the machine."
Wang Yu raised his eyebrows and mentally criticized the mushroom's IQ level.
"How to become a member of your clan."
Wang Yu changed the question.
"Eat this."
The huge mushroom twisted, and something the size of a palm fell down and stopped at Wang Yu's feet. It was a round sphere with enough fine holes to make trypophobia collapse, and bacteria were constantly coming from it. The thread was stretched out and then withdrawn.
"Is this a spore? If you eat it, you will die like the clan members outside and become a corpse that you will take over."
Wang Yu didn't touch the "giant spores" that looked strange, and just asked again.
"They just voluntarily chose to integrate with me."
The big mushroom ancestral spirit responded quickly. It seemed that its very poor mind didn't think there was anything wrong with what it said. It really did.
"Good guy, what you said reminds me of that guy Elfin, the source of life. It can be called the God of Life, so what should you call it, the God of Mushrooms?"
Wang Yu muttered.
"Not death, but becoming one."
Sure enough, the other party couldn't understand what he was saying at all, so he reread it again.
"I refuse, I will not join your clan."
Wang Yu bluntly rejected the big mushroom's request.
"You are in no position to refuse."
Da Mushroom answered immediately. There was no tone in the words, but Wang Yu saw anger in them.
The huge mushroom began to sway, and a large number of spores were mixed in the air and flew towards Wang Yu. The soft carpet under his feet also became deadly, and the hyphae writhed and curled towards Wang Yu's body.
In the distance, those mushroom men who were completely occupied by mycelium rushed towards this direction with some twists and turns. The old man shouted excitedly because the noble ancestral spirit in his heart had moved.
"boom!"
Wang Yu looked indifferent as he heard the sound of flames being lit one after another, and a green blazing flame burned in the palm of his right hand, the fire of magic.
On his shoulder, a blazing ball of light formed by the reunion of flames gradually appeared. It was the flame spell created by Aviya, the Flame of Glory.
Wang Yu knows one thing, a simple little knowledge: if you have more hair, your fire will be weaker, and if you are bigger, your body will be weaker.
