The small town of Landis.

It's a peaceful town with no railroad and very little contact with the outside world.

The townspeople live in almost isolation.

The biggest festival of the year is the 'Mushroom Festival', which is a festival established to celebrate the mushroom harvest, when the townspeople share the large quantities of mushrooms they have picked.

More often than not, of course, these mushrooms are crudely processed and sold to out-of-town merchants, becoming one of the few sources of revenue in the town.

Despite its poverty, the town of Landis is safe and secure, and there has never been a major crime.

Even the town's security office seems to be in a state of idleness.

"This year's mushrooms are another bumper harvest!"

Little Jack carries a cloth bag on his back and walks through the dense jungle.

He is agile and occasionally picks mushrooms that are not poisonous and puts them in the prepared pocket.

White mushrooms are delicious and can be used to make stock.

Regular mushrooms can be dried to make mushroom biscuits.

As for the precious matsutake mushroom, it is an extremely precious ingredient, and foreign merchants are willing to pay a high price to buy it.

This mushroom forest is a gift from nature.

Little Jack was so immersed in the joy of the harvest that he unconsciously forgot the time.

When he looked up, he saw that the sky had become dark, and before he knew it, he had come to a stone cave.

The cave seems to be very deep and dark, but near the entrance of the cave, there are large mushroom forests.

I don't know why, but the mushrooms here grow big and strong.

Little Jack hesitated, and immediately went outside the cave to pick the bright-looking mushrooms.

In nature, the more beautiful and colorful things are, the more likely they are to carry toxins, and the same is true for mushrooms.

In order to be cautious, it is best not to pick even ordinary mushrooms that you do not know.

Little Jack's behavior has begun to violate his common sense.

But he didn't stop, instead of greedily picking brightly colored mushrooms.

It's as if there has always been a tempting voice in his heart, urging him to do so.

"Ate ......"

"Eat it!"

Little Jack looked at a mushroom with a red surface and a little green on the surface in his hand, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

His palms began to move slowly, sending the mushroom into his mouth.

'No...... This look is poisonous. ’

'Can't eat...... You'll die if you eat it! ’

But...... It looks so delicious......

Little Jack's sanity became confused and he put the mushroom in his mouth.

At this moment, he seemed to see the colorful spores in the air, and the whole person suddenly understood: "It's spores...... Are they poisonous and cause me to hallucinate? …… No, they controlled me. ”

But it was already too late.

His tongue couldn't wait to taste the delicious taste of the poisonous mushroom, and his throat couldn't wait to swallow the poisonous mushroom into his stomach.

"Why...... I feel that this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. ”

In the last moment of confusion, a thought came to Little Jack's mind.

Immediately, his expression became dazed, and he quickly devoured the mushrooms around him, and his stomach was swollen from eating.

When he couldn't fit it anymore, little Jack got up and walked into the cave.

The depths of the cave are not as dark as the outside world.

The surface of the cave was covered with a layer of glowing moss, and there was the sound of water dripping.

In the darkness, figures walked out.

Among them were old men, children, men, women, dressed in all kinds of clothes, forest rangers, gatherers, and lumberjacks.

At this time, the only common denominator is that the expression is indifferent, and on the surface of the body, one fungus after another has grown, and from under the clothes, from the face, from the neck, one mushroom after another......

A group of people with a dull expression spent a long time in the cave, during which a low or mournful voice came out.

Time does not know how long it has passed.

Outside the cave, one figure after another walked out.

As they left the cave, the strangeness on their bodies quickly dissipated, and their expressions gradually became vivid.

They have forgotten their experiences and are still a good wife, a good father, and a good child.

Only at a certain time in the future will this information be recalled and re-enter the cave......

……

Bang dang! Bang dang!

The train roared across the field, emitting huge columns of white air.

In the special box, there were only two people, Fang Xian and Love.

At this time, Fang Xian was studying a dossier: "Lantis Town? ”

"The clues we found along the channel of Dewen to get the Capuroman's manuscript are ...... There may be remnants of cultists in there......"

Love's face was serious and he nodded.

"A descendant of a foreigner who has mastered the Secret Gu Sutra? Worm...... Gu worm ......" Fang Immortal had a subtle association.

"In the land of the rising sun in the East, there are strange customs, such as medicine that likes to use herbs, and techniques for manipulating bugs...... The word insect also has the meaning of Gu in the East. Love seemed to think for a moment before explaining to Fang Xian.

'Yes, I know better than you about the relationship between Gu and worms......

Fang Xian secretly rolled his eyes, and on the surface, he still made a gesture of asking for advice: "Then...... Is this kind of degenerate easy to deal with? ”

"It's more difficult...... You can see it when you read the text, the other party has supernatural power and strong vitality, and it is a very tricky opponent. Love sighed: "This time, we disguised ourselves as merchants who bought dried mushrooms, and tried to focus on investigation. ”

'When the evidence and truth are found, can you call for support, or even fire to wash the floor?' ’

Fang Xian nodded secretly: "I know what to do." ”

"Beware of those infidels, especially those who have texts and traditions, they will master supernatural powers more systematically...... "For example, 'Gu worms'...... Sometimes it doesn't have to be a visible bug, but it can be something smaller, less noticeable. They will lurk silently, enter our bodies, and leave us weak, exhausted, sanity, and even madness......"

He was doing his duty as a senior investigator and rookie guide, trying to explain some information to Rocca, so as not to be cheated without knowing anything.

"So...... Can we use the power of spells in this investigation? ”

Fang Xian's eyes flashed and he asked.

"Spells will gradually corrupt your sanity...... But this time......" Love struggled for a moment and quickly decided: "I have also prepared some means, as for your spell...... I'll let you use it, you use it again, and you've deviated a little bit from the previous sanity test......"

'Isn't that something I deliberately showed?' Fang Xian rolled his eyes, but his face made a serious look: "I know!" ”