Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.
Chapter 361 The Aberrant Forest (5)
Tang Wan felt her hair stand on end and stood up, saying, "Then let's hurry up and find a way out. Staying here makes me feel terrified."
The group didn't linger and hurried to find a way to leave. They didn't know what they would face whether they went forward or retreated. The vines rendered their flight ineffective, so they could only take it one step at a time.
After trekking through the forest for a long time, they encountered many parasitized ferocious beasts along the way. Some were strong, some were weak, but none could compare to the snake grass. Especially after discovering that the parasitized beasts' weakness was fire element, dealing with these beasts became much easier. However, the burden fell entirely on Lin Anlan's shoulders. Although Huang Lewei was also a fire elementalist, his elemental rank was too low, only a few ranks higher than Charles, making it impossible for him to effectively kill those ferocious beasts.
Along the way, the characteristics of various mushrooms in this forest have been basically figured out. There are a total of seven kinds of mushrooms in this forest. The blue and yellow mushrooms are relatively safe. The blue mushrooms have a shielding effect and can isolate other spores and dust. The yellow mushrooms are not only edible, but also have the effect of quickly restoring physical strength. However, eating too much of them can easily cause diarrhea.
The medium-threat mushrooms are the red and gray mushrooms. The former mainly relies on parasitism and can cause ferocious beasts to mutate, while the latter is an explosive mushroom that will explode as soon as it gets close to a certain range. The splashed liquid is corrosive. This is not something that was discovered through experiments, but rather something that happened when a parasitized ferocious beast charged towards Su Yang and his companions and was suddenly blown to pieces and instantly refined by the corrosive liquid.
There are three types of mushrooms that pose a serious threat: black mushrooms, white mushrooms, and pink mushrooms. Black mushrooms are not only deadly poisonous, but they also continuously release highly toxic spore dust, which is fatal upon contact. Even the mycelium of the highly healing red mushroom cannot resist them.
The white mushroom is slightly inferior; its main body is hidden underground, and what protrudes from the surface is merely bait. It releases spore dust with a strange fragrance, which devours any living creature that approaches. The pink mushroom, on the other hand, has spores with a bewitching effect. It has a symbiotic relationship with a deformed, ferocious beast, and any creatures that are bewitched and drawn to it are devoured by that beast.
The deformed beast, judging from its shape, is a mixture of multiple ferocious beasts and trees, which is difficult to describe in words. It is usually in a dormant state and is only awakened by pink mushrooms when it feeds.
It took them three days just to figure all this out. They were all exhausted by then, but a different view appeared ahead, which immediately cheered them up.
In the forest not far ahead, there was no colorful light, only soft sunlight shining through the trees. The ground was a vast expanse of white, looking like a snowfield. Charles thought he had left this awful place and excitedly rushed forward, ignoring the shouts from the others behind him. They could only follow him.
However, Charles had only run a few steps in that "snowy area" when he suddenly froze, stood still, and then collapsed. Su Yang and the others rushed over to check on him.
Charles's face was filled with terror, his mouth slightly open, as if he was trying his best to say something but couldn't. Before Su Yang could speak, Lin Anlan and Huang Lewei beside him also collapsed. Only then did he realize that something was wrong. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the white expanse was actually composed of countless tiny mushrooms.
"It must be spores!" Su Yang thought to himself, then quickly called out, "An Lan, blue..." Before he could finish speaking, a sense of powerlessness washed over him, as if all his senses had instantly failed him, and he collapsed. Lin An Lan, whose steps were slow due to exhaustion, had not yet stepped into this area. Upon hearing Su Yang say "blue," she immediately realized that the four people's abnormality must be related to the spore dust.
Fortunately, having encountered so many different kinds of mushrooms along the way, each of them had a few blue mushrooms in their backpacks. Lin Anlan quickly rummaged through her backpack, pulled out a blue mushroom, and saw that its light was dim. She didn't care about anything else now, so she grabbed the mushroom and ran over. After arriving at the four people's side, she first checked the situation and found that even if she put the blue mushroom down, it wouldn't do any good. So she had to take out other blue mushrooms from her backpack to protect the group temporarily, and then drag them out one by one.
After the last person was dragged away from the area of those miniature mushrooms, Lin Anlan collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. It took about fifteen minutes for the four of them to regain their mobility after being away from the spore dust.
The first thing Huang Lewei did after recovering was to scold Charles: "Why did you run so fast! If it weren't for Sister Lan, we would all have been killed by you!"
Lin Anlan: "Never mind, Xiaowei, Charles just wants to leave here as soon as possible..."
Tang Wan: "I miss home..." she said, sobbing. Perhaps it was because she had never experienced such a dangerous situation on her journey. The series of dangers in the past few days were too much for this pampered girl. Only at this moment did she realize that an adventurer's journey is not only full of beautiful scenery and joy, but also often accompanied by danger.
The group fell silent instantly, no one speaking, lost in thought. Su Yang looked around and met Lin Anlan's gaze. In her eyes, he could see determination and resilience, as well as pity and compassion. Su Yang smiled slightly, then stood up and went to Tang Wan's side, gently patting her shoulder and saying, "After we leave here, we'll take you home."
"I'm not going back!" Tang Wan said stubbornly, her voice trembling with sobs. "I just miss home, and I never said I wanted to go home."
Su Yang could only smile helplessly. He hadn't really agreed with Tang Wan coming along, but since he hadn't stopped her then, he had to be responsible for her safety now. This had always been Su Yang's belief: don't worry about things that haven't happened yet, and you have to finish the planned route no matter how difficult it is.
"Alright, there's no need to be so pessimistic. Su Yang, do you think those are new species of mushrooms?" Lin Anlan comforted everyone before turning to ask Su Yang.
Su Yang: "Yes, and their spores have a paralyzing effect, which takes about five seconds to take effect, but the blue mushroom should be able to block it."
Lin Anlan: "But I had already taken out the blue mushroom, but it didn't have any effect."
Su Yang laughed: "Didn't you bring us all out safely? If it hadn't worked, all five of us would be lying there together now."
Lin Anlan: "So what do we do next? There's a vast expanse of white ahead, and it looks like it's all covered in these mushrooms. I wonder how big it is. Should we take a detour?"
Su Yang glanced around, then looked up and said, "Perhaps we don't need to take a detour. We may have arrived in a new area. There is plenty of sunshine here, not many trees, and those vines may not appear here. I'll fly up and test it to find out."
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