Chapter 126 Degradation
Han Ning has become possessed by the devil, wreaking havoc crazily and is unstoppable!
The survivors in the mushroom garden were all gathering towards the same place.
The hill where the mushroom owner lives.
Alan and Sonia were also among the fleeing crowd.
If even the mushroom master cannot stop the possessed Han Ning, the mushroom garden is doomed to be destroyed.
They had no other choice but to escape from the secret realm.
Groups of mushroom people gathered around the hill.
There are also a few surviving demon-possessed apprentices and human-demons.
The faces of the refugees all showed unconcealable fear.
Alan and Sonia, blending into the crowd.
Right behind them, heavy footsteps were approaching.
The possessed Han Ning, his towering figure, has appeared at the end of the field of vision.
An atmosphere of terror spread.
The crowd was in an uproar.
The sound of prayers and suppressed cries echoed in Alan's ears.
Just when people were panicking...
The master of fungi has finally awakened!
Silver soul spores quietly diffused out, and a gentle voice spread into everyone's hearts.
"Don't be afraid, children."
The fungus master calmed everyone down through telepathy.
"I'm here to protect you."
The thoughts of the mushroom owner have the magical power to soothe people's hearts.
Everyone, including Alan, calmed down.
Then, the whole hill began to shake!
The sand and soil attached to the surface of the hill fell off one after another.
The owner of the mushroom garden revealed his true identity.
This huge creature is beyond description.
Because in essence, it does not have a fixed form.
Relying on the knowledge from his previous life, Alan initially speculated that the true form of the fungus master seemed to be some kind of giant slime mold.
The huge slime mold slowly wriggles.
Countless thin and flexible hyphae are secreted from the body .
Each hyphae carries multiple types of spores.
Silver mind spores and green parasitic spores are the two most conspicuous types.
Dense hyphae quickly extended in all directions, targeting the corpse in the mushroom garden.
Whether it was the natural sorcerer on Han Ning's side, or the possessed sorcerer and demon on the circus' side, all relatively intact corpses were entangled by mycelium.
Various spores are injected into the corpse through mycelium.
The decisive role among them is played by "parasitic spores".
This magical green spore can actually pull the dead back to life and resurrect them on the spot!
The "resurrection" of the dead is only an appearance.
A corpse infected by spores actually looks more like a zombie.
They are not undead creatures and should be classified as supernatural fungi.
This is the so-called "fungus beast"!
The master of fungi creates a large number of fungus beasts using parasitic spores.
At the same time, it can also use the mind spores to communicate mentally with the parasitic spores that dominate the fungus beast, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the fungus beast.
The master of the fungus injects magical power into the fungus beasts through the mycelium.
The magic power of the fungus master is as vast as the ocean.
The hyphae radiating in all directions are like infusion pipes, forming a network.
Each pipe is connected to a fungus beast.
The fungus beasts were nourished by magic, and their dead bodies reactivated the warlock's bloodline, and they collectively started to transform into their ancestral form!
In the blink of an eye, dozens of corpses turned into ancestral forms with different postures.
Under the mental control of the fungus master, they collectively pounced on the possessed Han Ning and launched a fearless siege.
The fungus beast is already dead, so it will no longer be afraid of death.
A melee of unprecedented scale broke out.
Alan and Sonia watched the fight from the sidelines and were deeply shocked.
Judging from the situation, the prospects of this "ant-killing-elephant" tactic are not optimistic.
Although there are many atavistic fungus beasts, they are too weak compared to the possessed Han Ning.
What will happen if a group of babies attack a strong man?
The possessed Han Ning slapped the atavistic fungus beast into a meat patty with a casual slap.
This monster was killing crazily while eating at the same time.
He picked up the atavistic fungus beast and stuffed it into the big mouth of the tree hole.
Han Ning was possessed by the devil and was madly devouring the atavistic fungus beast.
If this trend continues...
Alan frowned, secretly worried.
They can only hold out for half an hour at most, and then all the fungus beasts will be wiped out.
However, gradually, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield.
Alan noticed that densely packed wood ears and mushrooms were growing on the trunk of the possessed Han Ning.
Various fungi are breaking through the bark at a speed visible to the human eye and occupying a place on the tree trunk.
Han Ning has been possessed by the devil, and the fungi parasitic on his body are multiplying wildly.
At the same time, the possessed Han Ning's movements also became slow.
The originally thick and strong branches now show large signs of decay.
It’s as if he has gone from a middle-aged man to an old man. His originally smooth and firm skin has been eroded by time, with wrinkles and dark spots forming.
This strange scene reminded Alan of a story told by his teacher in biology class in his previous life.
A long, long time ago, in the Carboniferous period.
Plants evolved lignin to become extremely tough.
At that time, there was no organism in the world that could decompose and digest lignin.
Then the disaster happened.
The biggest source of pollution in the world at that time came from plants.
As plants died, huge masses of wood lay across the landscape.
These indecomposable garbage piled up into mountains.
The plants that are growing wildly all over the land emit a large amount of oxygen, exacerbating the greenhouse effect and glacier retreat.
Fires are occurring frequently around the world.
Huge insects swarmed through the air.
This is the famous "lignin crisis" in prehistoric times, also known as the "green pollution incident."
The crisis was not resolved until the Permian period, when certain fungi, such as mushrooms, evolved ligninase, which allowed them to degrade wood and eat plant carcasses.
So, in a sense, it was mushrooms that saved the world!
At this moment, the degradation effect accelerated thousands of times is taking place in the body of Han Ning who has been possessed by the devil.
The fungus-covered trunks quickly decayed and could no longer support their enormous weight.
The possessed Han Ning finally fell down.
The huge body fell apart and disintegrated into rotten sawdust on the ground.
Peace returned to the mushroom garden.
Sonia was the first to come to her senses and tugged at Alan's sleeve.
“Go!”
Alan understood what she meant and followed her towards the corpse of the possessed Han Ning.
The tree trunk lying on the ground was broken into pieces.
There was a faint gleam of light in the cracks between the wooden debris.
Those were the magic stones that spilled out from the storage bag.
Sonia, with two magic wolves with a keen sense of smell, quickly found Han Ning's storage bag and collected the scattered magic stones one by one.
“It’s sent!”
Sonia was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
"So many wood-attribute magic stones!"
"Brother Alan! We are going to make a fortune this time!"
Alan smiled and ignored the magic stones scattered at his feet.
Focus on collecting two things, pollen and tree heart.
The Demonic Han Ning is a Level 4 mutant Hangman Tree.
The toxicity of its pollen has also increased to level 5.
Alan collects pollen from mutant hanging trees to enrich his toxin reserves.
At the same time, the poison resistance bar finally grew full and reached level 6!
Similar to the heart of the woad tree, this variant of the hanging tree also has a tumor-like "heart".
Allen didn't know what the specific function of this organ was.
But the system told him that the mutated hanging tree heart is a special food ingredient!
Alan cut open the rotten stump and took out a large gray lump of wood.
Fortunately, the vicious little mushrooms did not have time to degrade the tree heart.
Alan picked up the tree core and took a big bite.
Crunchy, very bad taste.
The juice that comes out from chewing is quite sweet and delicious.
Didi —
The system prompt sounded.
"Eat special ingredients: mutant hanging tree heart!"
"Potential +2!"
"Physique +1!"
Current attributes: physique 23, agility 20, spirit 28
Potential reserve: 4 points
