PS: PS: Thank you LSL Bookworm for the monthly pass.

Sorry for being late for Monday's update. I got together with a few old classmates last night, and I was very drunk at the time, and I couldn't code my head when I came back. After drinking strong tea for two hours, I started to write when my head was clear, and I just wrote it now.

It's decided, until this book is finished, let's be a quiet otaku.

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What annoys me the most now is that everything is pushed on me, and everything is so mysterious. But I don't really know anything, and the standard is a big one. I suppressed the dissatisfaction in my heart, but I couldn't suppress the dissatisfaction or even the resentment on my face.

"What do you mean. Is she a mother? My attraction has crossed races? Why do I cross species and even the largest phylum and boundaries of taxonomy, and even insects have feelings for me? ”

An ugly smile erupted into Jack's face. "Certainly not yourself, each of us is attracted to it. I think it must be excited right now, with such a large amount of food enough to eat for a while. ”

I couldn't understand Jack's words more and more. "What do you want to say? Will it eat us? With its mouthparts the size of mung beans, it still has tentacles thinner than reeds. You say it's poisonous, even poisonous, I believe it, but we can avoid it, but you say it's going to eat us, hehe. ”

I ended with a 'hehe' not to say that I underestimated Jack's words, on the contrary, I felt fear. Jack is a strict person, he doesn't lie to scare me, especially at this time. My pretense is relaxed. It's more to hide fear.

But the fear still made me vent after 'hehe'. "Fuck, what the hell is going on! Say it happily. ”

Jack took a deep look at the bug and turned back and said, "Do you know about zombie ants?" ”

"You've watched too many zombie movies. What, your American zombie movie, the one called Resident Evil. Viral infection, right. You say there is a zombie virus in this underground cave? ”

I was a little incoherent when I spoke. It's horrible. The creatures in the underground cave, whether it is a big bat or a long-tailed monster, if they are really mutated by the Hakka people, then it can be explained by the zombie virus. Then there is a possibility that we will become monsters.

"No, it's not a zombie virus. Looks like I need to make up for your biology lesson. ”

Jack stood up cautiously and sat down on the rock. said to Tang Yumo, who was still in front of the worm: "Although it doesn't matter anymore, it's best not to touch it, it will feel better in my heart." ”

Then he smiled at Tang Yumo again. "Don't want to hear it? A mystery that has confused you Hakka people for thousands of years, I may be able to give you an answer. ”

I sat down next to Jack. The two of them faced the bugs not far from their feet, and under the two glow sticks, the ugly bugs glowed brightly.

"In the Brazilian rainforest, there is a zombie fungus capable of infecting ants, taking over their brains and exercising "mind control". Once the ants move to the area where they are best suited to grow and spread their spores, they will kill the ants with a killer attack.

But. This fungus can only lock on to one host, and it releases alkaloid chemicals. Control over the nervous system is also limited. The largest creature we know of as a zombie fungus is a cricket, and it seems that there is a limit to the number of neurons they can control, and there is nothing they can do about creatures with a slightly more complex nervous system. ”

"You mean, this bug was controlled by a zombie fungus and killed by it. This tentacle on its head is a strain of zombie fungus that has grown? "I pointed to the bugs on the ground. Dumbfounded, asked.

Jack nodded slightly. "That's about it. Horror bar. ”

"But you said that the number of neurons controlled by zombie fungi is limited, according to you, the complexity of the human brain, let alone a zombie fungus, even a nest of this thing it can't control. What are you worried about? Fear of what? ”

"If it's outside." Jack looked up at the top of the cave. "The destructive power of this fungus is not enough to be feared. But here, in this underground cave. There are many things that cannot be inferred by common sense.

Remember the Hakka people I told you about who went to Europe? He said that the Hakka people had a second mutation, and we suspected that it might be caused by a fungus or a virus. But he provided too little information for us to make a rough judgment, and at the time we thought that the zombie virus was more likely to be the blame, after all, the zombie fungus we know has too little control over living things to control the human brain.

But the one in front of me is undoubtedly a fungal strain, and although it is very different from the zombie fungal strains I have seen, they kill the host in exactly the same way. It's just that it can't control the dead host to move where it wants to go, so it can only keep the host fixed here. But maybe that's where it ends up. ”

I was still at a loss, and Jack didn't answer my most critical question.

Jack looked at my expression and smiled wryly. "I know what you're confusing about, zombie fungi shouldn't have that much control, right? This is what puzzled us at the beginning. I felt that when I got to the underground cave, some things that couldn't be explained from the outside became reasonable.

Underground caverns enhance or amplify the control of zombie fungi. Allowing it to control larger creatures with more neurons, including humans. They are able to secrete things that alter the physical characteristics of humans, making them more suitable for their hosts to survive here. It can even delay the aging of the host, making the creatures in the underground cave appear to have an immortal lifespan. ”

"You mean, we've been infected by the damn zombie fungus and will soon turn into long-tailed monsters or big bats? Is this what worries you? "It's impossible for my voice to be steady, and it feels creepy.

"Do you think we'll be an exception? The large bats and long-tailed monsters far away from here have been affected, and the secondary mutation is caused by the zombie fungus carried by this bug. But don't be too frustrated, after all, we can trade our brains for a longer life. Moreover, we still have time to fulfill our wishes, and going to the end of the underground river can be regarded as a perfect end to our thoughts. ”

"Don't listen to him. Hadron. ”

Being a puppet of a zombie fungus is a harder option for me than dying. I'm thinking about how to end my life. But I heard the sound of the fat man babbling. When I looked up, the fat man was already standing in front of me, sneering with disdain on his face for a while.

"His remarks are peculiar to the enemy's special elements. The surface is very scary, and the analysis is full of loopholes. He said the thing on the head of the worm was fungus, and I believed it. But to say that that thing can turn us into monsters is pure.

Do you think, when did the long-tailed monster and the big bat in the underground cave exist? According to the Tang family, these monsters have been here for thousands of years. Her words are not reliable, let's not be exquisite. But at least the last time you were here, you saw it, right? That means that no matter how the monsters in the underground caverns came from, they have nothing to do with this fungus or this fucking bug.

Understood, the Yankees are pretending to be ghosts. ”

Listening to the fat man's words, my eyes lit up, but my heart swelled up with darkness. (To be continued......)