I never imagined that the dusty truth would start with this fungus that can control the "zombie cicada".

"The truth is getting more and more interesting." The nerves in my brain started to get excited.

"When I first found out, the researchers' jaws almost fell off like a cicada's butt because psilocybin had not been found anywhere else in the past except mushrooms. And, about 900 million years ago, they parted ways with Synopsporium. Liu Bin sat down in front of the stage, shook the folding fan, and said with a comfortable face.

"So what's going on here?"

"In addition to this, the fungus secretes not only psilocybin, but also selenone, a monoamine alkaloid found in khat, which is known abroad as zombie medicine bath salts, and in China it is commonly known as long tendon."

"Long tendons" my eyes widened suddenly, and my heart sank, "This is a new type of drug, which mainly affects the central nervous system, and if used improperly, it will not only be addictive, but also may hallucinate, nausea, vomit, and even die." ”

It is said that the culprit of the terrible Miami "gnawing face" is this terrible drug. However, there is no precedent for scientists to find selenone from fungi in the past.

Scientists don't know why the fungus is able to secrete these chemicals, which make cicadas extremely active and lustful. They will turn into teddy cicadas. These bizarre behaviors do nothing to help the cicadas themselves, as their reproductive systems are either eaten by the fungus or dropped along with their butts. This will only infect more cicadas with the fungus.

"Hey, I have to say, the cicada is really pitiful, even if the body is hollowed out, it still has to passively complete the breeding task, keep looking for mates to breed, only 46 weeks of free time, and in the end make a wedding dress for others."

"But when I heard this, I was still in a fog, what does this have to do with what happened back then?"

Liu Bin still said unhurriedly, shaking the folding fan in his hand, "In fact, in the insect world, there are many phenomena of fungi controlling insects, some fungi will invade ants, aphids, beetles, crickets, and control their behavior, forcing them to a deadly height, so that the fungus attached to the insect can shoot spores everywhere, scientists call this behavior pattern summit syndrome." But scientists still haven't figured out what the mechanism of action of these fungi is."

"There are even some people who are worried about whether we will inhale the hallucinogens emitted by the fungus when we eat cicadas, and researchers also speculate that if we eat a dozen or more infected cicadas, it is possible to get high.

Liu Bin not only behaves strangely, but also speaks with a strange smell, although laughing and scolding are true temperaments, but at this time I am like an ant on a hot pot, anxious for him to tell the truth of the year.

"Okay, now that the story of the cicada is finished, it's time to tell you something real."

"Don't hang my appetite, what does this cicada song have to do with what happened back then?"

"Actually, this story starts with the excavation of an ancient tomb twenty years ago, when there was a horrific incident of corpse poison infection in the excavation of the ancient tomb, and this fungus is the real murderer." Liu Bin finally got to the point, "And the protagonist of this excavation work, you must be particularly interested, in terms of seniority, you should call her grandma." ”

"Do you mean that Ji Yueru " My eyes immediately shot out a light, so the name touched the nerves all over my body, "Where is that ancient tomb?"

Judging from the current situation, this ancient tomb cannot be the Dragon Tomb, and the Dragon Tomb has not passed through

Large-scale excavations. This ancient tomb that appeared out of thin air gave a new direction to the investigation of the incident.

"Yunnan, this ancient tomb is a Tusi tomb, it should be the leader of a Miao tribe in Yunnan, and it is a coincidence that there were people from our five veins who participated in the excavation at that time." Liu Bin introduced.

"Toast Tomb" My nerves were plucked, "Could it be that "

"Your Aunt Yun must have told you about the past and present life of one of the corpse jade ancient bracelets in my Liu family's hand." Liu Bin seemed to know what I wanted to say, "These two seemingly unrelated things, in fact, do have a great relationship, the corpse of the banshee should be from this Tusi family, but after the corpse jade ancient bracelet was stolen from the Dragon Tomb by their ancestors, they were not buried together, one was brought into the tomb by the corpse of the banshee, and the other was buried in the Tusi tomb." ”

"With that, the whole thing makes sense." My nerves were getting excited again.

According to Liu Bin, Ji Yueru participated in this archaeological excavation after coming out of Longling, and she was not invited to participate. In this way, there is only one possibility to explain this coincidence, that is, Ji Yueru searched for the Longling silk book in the dragon tomb without success, and after investigation, learned that the silk book was stolen by the Tusi family, and it happened that the ancient tomb was discovered, so she participated in the excavation.

The excavation of the ancient tomb was interrupted by the corpse poison infection, and when Ji Yueru and the others arrived at the excavation site, they were surrounded by a strict cordon, and there was no one inside, only armed police soldiers guarding the perimeter with guns.

At that time, the leader of the armed police squadron was called Ma Weiguang, and under his leadership, Ji Yueru and them were naturally unimpeded, and went straight to the tomb door that was opened on the day of the accident.

The tomb is located at the core of the excavation site, the tomb has been excavated, and a loess rammer road extends to the ground at an angle of about 30 degrees, and at the end of this rammer road is the entrance to the tomb.

"This is an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years, according to the data, the owner of the tomb may have been a leader of the Miao tribe at that time, judging from the multiple burial pits that have been discovered, the identity of the tomb owner is not low" Fang Yuan, the archaeological captain, detailed the origin of the ancient tomb.

Along the rammer, they soon entered a pit chamber that was not small. This is not a burial chamber, but a working surface that was excavated to facilitate excavation.

"That's the entrance to the tomb." Fang Yuan turned on the flashlight and pointed ahead.

The light of a flashlight shone on it, and a tomb door appeared in front of them.

The door of the tomb had been opened, and it was pitch black behind the door, and the light of the flashlight was shining in, only a small bunch of columns, and there was boundless darkness beside it.

Behind this dark entrance, this burial chamber, which has been buried deep underground for more than 2,000 years, is about to be unveiled in front of the world.

And this is also the source of corpse poison.

"Are you ready?" Fang Yuan asked after looking around.

"Hmm." Everyone nodded, and no one hesitated.

At that moment, Fang Yuan stopped talking nonsense, turned on the flashlight, and walked into the tomb first, and the others followed.

Entering the tomb, the internal structure of the tomb gradually pieced together a complete outline under the illumination of the flashlight.

They were now in a central corridor about two meters wide and more than ten meters long, paved with long stone bricks, all the way to the main burial chamber at the end, with entrances to side rooms on either side.

The huge bluestone sealed the door of the main burial chamber, weighing thousands of catties.

"As soon as I came in, something happened, and before I could open the main burial chamber, I didn't even finish cleaning the side chamber." Fang Yuan reported the progress of the excavation work in a timely manner.

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Ji Yueru, who was a member of the archaeological team, nodded, greeted another team member, Huang Qiuding, and the two walked to the door of the main tomb together.

Although it has been thousands of years, the main tomb is still in good condition, and the two of them, Ji Yueru and Huang Qiuding, carefully inspected every corner of the tomb door, and did not find any traces of damage.

It doesn't seem to have leaked from here.

"After the accident, did anyone else come in here?" asked Ji Yueru when she turned around.

"No, after the accident, the cultural relics department immediately withdrew all personnel, the entire excavation site was forbidden to enter, and the guards outside were all my soldiers, and I can guarantee that no one has ever entered." Ma Weiguang replied as he walked up to them.

"At that time, the first two staff members to enter the tomb immediately fell into a coma, and then several armed police soldiers who went in to rescue people also fell unconscious when they came out of the pit, and we never sent anyone in after that." Fang Yuan then added.

"In other words, apart from the four of us, only those who have been poisoned by the corpse have ever come in," asked Ji Yueru again.

The two men nodded in agreement.

Ji Yueru took a few steps back, her eyes swept over the entrances of the side rooms on both sides of the corridor, and she frowned slightly.

Generally speaking, the main burial chamber where the owner of the tomb is buried is the most problem-prone place, although there are still some bad habits of living burial in the ancient Dian Kingdom of Miaojiang, but most of them are mainly buried by wives and concubines, and their bodies are generally placed in the main burial chamber.

If the venom didn't come from the main burial chamber, where would it come from?

"Huang Qiuding, let some Gu worms come out, and find out if there is any corpse poison left here." Ji Yueru turned her head and commanded.

Huang Qiu nodded fixedly, stretched out his hand, and suddenly there were a few small sounds of breaking the air in the darkness.

"Gu Worm" Fang Yuan was taken aback, although he couldn't see the appearance of the Gu worm in the dark, he still subconsciously avoided Huang Qiuding a little and moved closer to Ji Yueru's side.

The Gu worm quickly flew back, and Huang Qiuding pulled the corner of Ji Yueru's clothes, signaling that the poisonous Gu she released had nothing to gain.

"This is a bit strange, before entering the ancient tomb, I imagined several possible situations in the tomb, and I also made corresponding mental preparations, but it definitely does not include the current situation." Ji Yueru was a little troubled.

"This seems to be an ordinary burial chamber, not to mention zongzi, there is not even a bit of yin qi, and it looks completely calm."

"Hell, could it be that the corpse poison fell from the sky out of thin air"

The four of them summed it up, but they didn't have any clues, so they had to go one by one, carefully inspecting the side rooms on both sides of the road.

There are almost no burial goods in the side chamber, and judging from the specifications of this ancient tomb, there should be an ear chamber in the main burial chamber, and most of the valuable burial goods are buried there.

Soon they checked several side rooms, but still found nothing, and they walked into the one next to the entrance.

As soon as they walked in, they found some anomalies in this side room, on the ground near the stone wall of the side room, there was a small dirt bag dozens of centimeters high, and there were also blue brick fragments scattered on the ground.

This is not something that should appear in a well-preserved masonry tomb, Ji Yueru's heart instantly made a judgment, raised the flashlight, and shone it on the top of the earthen bag.

Sure enough, directly above the bag was not a green brick, but a layer of soil the size of a wellhead.

"Thief Cave" Fang Yuan also saw the layer of dirt illuminated by the flashlight, and let out an exclamation, as a researcher in the cultural relics department, of course he knew what it meant to find a thief hole in an ancient tomb.

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