I pushed away the fat man standing in front of me, blocking my view, took a serious look at the fungal strain that had grown out of the worm's head on the ground, and said to Jack very clearly, "I don't remember." ”

"Then you have a terrible memory, it almost swallowed me, and it also planted a few roots on my back, and I will not forget it."

After hearing Jack's words, I jumped off the stone at once, turned around and jumped on the stone, like an ant on a hot pan, and I couldn't stop. Jumping off the stone from the other side, I squatted on the ground and threw up, there was not much left in my stomach, and all I vomited was sour water.

I felt really unlucky, and I ate something when I came to the underground cave. It's either mutant human flesh or zombie fungus, and the thought of that stuff in my stomach is creepy. But it's awesome to say, zombie fungi eat people, I not only eat people, but even zombie fungi.

As soon as Jack spoke, I realized that he was talking about the emerald green wall of light that nearly killed us. I didn't have a precise positioning of it at the beginning, thinking that it had both the characteristics of plants and the properties of fungi, and was a species in between. Now that I think about it, the sweet fruit taste has become miserable.

After throwing up for a while, I felt uneasy, nothing to vomit, retching, purely psychological. Jack, this kid's psychological quality is getting stronger and stronger, last time I heard that the big bat was mutated by the Hakka people, and he vomited with me. This time he was so calm.

I wiped my mouth and staggered back. I couldn't help but ask Jack: "You've eaten that thing too, aren't you disgusting?" ”

Jack shook his head. "It ate me, too."

As soon as I heard it, this thing was quite vindictive.

So far, all I've eaten in the underground cave is fish meat, except for the big bat meat and the green walls of light with thick juicy jelly-like meat. I'm really worried that there is a problem with these big fish.

I sat down next to Jack and asked, "Is it possible that the fish we're eating is also mutated?" ”

Jack looked at me sympathetically and said, "How do I know." Don't overthink it. ”

"That's right. Otherwise, he would not starve to death. I sighed, and the stench of stomach acid came out of my mouth. How can you be sure that green wall of light is a zombie fungus, isn't it all like this? ”

As I spoke, I pointed to the fungus growing on the worm's head.

"Don't make excuses for yourself, there are many types and shapes of fungi, and this one and that one are rare, and you don't realize they are fungi. I can't prove it to you either. This needs to be proven in a laboratory. But I'm almost certain they're fungi, including the fleshy light walls we've eaten. ”

I adjusted my mind a little more and said to Jack, "There's still a problem." If the big bats and long-tailed monsters in the underground caves are the product of zombie fungi, let's not discuss whether the fleshy light wall is a zombie fungus or not.

What is the purpose of the zombie fungus controlling the monsters in the underground caves? You say that in the Brazilian rainforest, zombie fungi control carpenter ants in order to move it to an environment suitable for zombie fungi to grow and provide nutrients for its own growth.

But the big bats and long-tailed monsters in the underground cave have a longer life because they are infected by zombie fungi, and they are even immortal in the eyes of the Hakka people. Like you said. Monsters in underground caves don't die. What good is this for the zombie fungus that parasitizes him? It doesn't come for a free tour. ”

"Yes, I said they don't die. I mean the zombie fungus here doesn't kill its host easily, like it does. Jack pointed to the bug in front of him, and of course, I knew he was referring to the fungal strain growing out of the bug's head. And judging by what Jack said, the anti-zombie fungus fungus is not that it will not easily kill the host, but that it does not have this ability itself.

"But we've seen an even more disgusting scene with the wall of light, which contains the corpses of monsters. My judgment is when the parent body of the zombie fungus needs nutrients. Controlling the zombie fungus of a single monster will control a certain monster to send it to death. to provide nourishment to its mother. ”

My thoughts began to clear, and I felt that there was some truth and credibility in Jack's analysis. The main thing, of course, is that I'm too new to this information to explain it all in a more reasonable way. But I still have a lot of doubts.

"Why does the anti-zombie fungus fungus enter here and cause a huge panic. Not only did the big bats and long-tailed monsters here become manic, but the Hakka people did not hesitate to force us to enter here. Could it be that anti-zombie fungi will pose a greater threat here? And also. You don't seem to be so depressed anymore, do you have any good ideas? ”

"Yes, I don't think we're going to die that badly, and maybe even get out alive." A smile finally appeared on Jack's face. "I said that anti-zombie fungi fungi are a double parasite. They first parasitize on zombie fungi and then on larger hosts through zombie fungi. They don't have the ability to control the host, nor do they have the ability to kill a larger one.

Let's use zombie ants from the Brazilian rainforest as an example. A carpenter ant is infected with a zombie fungus, which in turn is infected with an anti-zombie fungus. At this time, the zombie fungus did not play its cards according to common sense, it did not control the carpenter ant to a certain environment suitable for its growth, nor did it kill the carpenter ant, it chose to hibernate.

But the anti-zombie fungus fungus does not wait, it will kill its first host, which is the zombie fungus. However, we know that zombie fungi control the behavior and thinking of the host by releasing alkaloid chemicals, rather than physically acting on the host's neurons.

In this way, when the zombie fungus is killed, the alkaloid chemicals acting on the carpenter ant's neurons will disappear and the carpenter ant will wake up. ”

I asked incredulously, "You mean that the monsters in the underground cave will return to normal human thinking because of the appearance of anti-zombie fungi fungi?" But the fact is that they are even more crazy to attack us and the Hakka people, do you think this is the way normal people behave? ”

Jack frowned in embarrassment, shrugged his shoulders and said, "This is my analysis based on known clues, and you are not wrong to say that he is guessing." But I think that's close to the truth. It's also possible that they damaged brain cells when they mutated into big bats and long-tailed monsters, which is irreversible. You should be able to tell that these monsters are more organized when attacking us, which is a sign that the mind tends to return to logic.

The big bats, in particular, acted in unison, and even adopted certain tactics to drive away the man-eating pomfret to attack us. I don't think we did as they envisioned, and it was a lucky decision to row to the other side, and there must have been greater danger waiting for us on the other side of the river. ”

I was lost in thought, stared at the bug under my feet for a moment, and said, "Burn it." (To be continued......)