Fungi that can parasitize other organisms are not very rare in nature.

As long as the environment is suitable, basically every civilization does not need to go to heaven to be able to find something similar in their home planet.

Most of them are parasitic species on insects, which control the flesh of insects to adapt to the environment in order to meet the needs of growth and reproduction.

It is not uncommon for fungi to parasitize higher animals, but most of them exist as a disease, usually without causing the death of the host, and there is no control over the host's brain.

A typical example is tinea pedis, which can occur in a large primate.

But expanding the range to the interstellar area, it is quite normal for there to be a fungus that can parasitize most organisms and control them, right?

At this time, the scientists of the Tinder Alliance gathered together to study the news about "Cordyceps" from the "Serving Paradise", and discussed it from time to time.

With a rigorous attitude, they tried to find signs that the news was "fake", but these xenophobic servants made them realize with unassailable evidence that these "corpse civilizations" were indeed a parasitic fungus in nature.

"That being said, why didn't they just go to the 'Star Sea Community' and talk about it? Aren't they already scheduled to be part of the board? ”

Someone asked such a question, but it was not long before someone answered:

“…… Didn't you hear the last words? It's a 'bonus'! The 'reward' we have been working on! ”

"With the contribution of this heavyweight news, as long as we can survive this crisis, our diplomatic weight will be increased like never before! When the time comes, we may be the last seat on the council! ”

At least the question of why Paradise of Service gave them this message has been answered, but new questions have arisen:

“…… But, I have something to say, why are these servants able to get their hands on 'corpses' and get them back from the hands of those mad dog-like forces of the dead? They routed an army of the dead head-on? ”

Some of them have difficulty understanding where this mysterious intelligent machine servant civilization has the strength to deal with the forces of the dead.

You must know that even the "Merciful Receiver" is now on the defensive, building a space fortress in the country, instead of taking the initiative to meet the "invasion of the dead".

It's not that there are no civilizations that want to collect data on their own to verify the truth of what the "benevolent takers" say, and the result is that these "space undead" have made them suffer a rout.

Contrary to the apparent madness, these "space undead" seem to be able to quickly perceive the plans and configurations of their enemies, and the so-called "traps" and "tricks" can hardly be applied to them.

So far, no civilization has dared to gather all of its fleets together and attempt to fight a force of the dead to the death, just to prove the truth of a reputable lost empire.

Or they don't want them to do it, and if other civilizations do, they will definitely approve of it and make an epic for it to recognize these civilizations that have made outstanding contributions to the Galactic Crisis.

At this time, perhaps the best way is for the "Star Sea Community" to come forward and gather all civilizations to form a "Galactic Alliance" and use this "death squad" to obtain information.

But the sudden addition of the "benevolent adopters" disrupted everything.

Under normal circumstances, it is very normal to obey the arrangements of the "Star Sea Community", but they also need to obey orders from the Lost Empire, after all, the Lost Empire is still too powerful for young civilizations.

Just as the "Guardians" once put "the establishment of a pan-galactic trade market" on the agenda at the first Galactic Conference, and the result was unanimously approved.

If there is really the participation of the Lost Empire, then the authority of the "Star Sea Community" will undoubtedly suffer a huge blow.

If it weren't for the "transfer of civilization positions" requested by the "benevolent takers", which was too important and must be done carefully, otherwise most of the galactic civilizations would have followed the orders of the "benevolent takers" a long time ago.

Such a situation is really helpless, but there is no way, the fleet in the interstellar is the most important strength standard, and if you can't beat it, you can't beat it.

The scene returns to the scientists of the Tinder Alliance, who are just wondering where the "Servant of the Machine" has the strength to defeat the Dead Army.

But this suspicion was quickly overshadowed by more important circumstances, at least the information given by the servants was true, and they had the means to get it.

"As those servants said, this is a terrifyingly contagious fungus that can infect the entire planet in less than half a month."

"And the fungus is not gentle, they kill the host, transforming the host's corpse into an environment suitable for their survival."

"The corpses of all organic organisms seem to be within their parasitic range, from a giant cosmic creature as large as a space whale to an ordinary insect."

"The habits of these fungi are not yet known, and they seem to have only biological instincts, but they are always able to show some inexplicable intelligence from time to time, like ...... It's like someone is manipulating them behind their backs. ”

One scientist's words caused the entire lab to fall silent for a moment.

These people, who had long been suspicious of the "Observer", all thought of the Lost Empire that was very active in the "Star Sea Community", and now it was time to call him the "Merciful Receiver".

“…… Truth be told, do the 'benevolent recipients' really not know what the essence of these undead creatures is? They have been fighting with it for so long, have they never received decent results? ”

“…… There are a lot of doubts, but don't speculate, at the moment we only know the nature of these 'undead creatures', and we still don't know anything about their origins. ”

The leader of the Tinder Alliance also joined the controversy in the laboratory, and it was not surprising that he was himself a learned scientist on such an occasion.

"The most important thing now is to inform the galaxy of the nature of these undead creatures."

"This is extremely useful news, both for those who want to take the shelter of the 'benevolent hostess' and for those who are fighting alone."

So it didn't take long for the "Star Sea Community" to be anxious about the "invasion of the dead", and the information shared by the Tinder Alliance eased the heavy atmosphere a little.

“…… It turned out to be 'Cordyceps'? Relevant samples have also been presented, and the evidence is conclusive, and it has been confirmed that the essence of this 'undead invasion' is an indiscriminate attack by a group of parasitic fungi, and perhaps we can use this to formulate a targeted battle plan. ”

Such a suggestion was made by a representative of civilization, and the civilization behind him was still vacillating over whether to accept asylum or not, but he himself was a staunch pro-militant.

"If it's a fungus, I remember ...... 'Underground Forest Kingdom'? Didn't you evolve from fungi? Think of a way with your invincible disinfectant? ”

The summoned representative of the "Underground Forest Kingdom" spread out his mycelial tentacles and replied with his mechanical sounder:

"The physique of fungi and fungi cannot be generalized, and we have once killed more than half of our compatriots because of a leak of fungicide in a situation of extreme anger, but this does not mean that it can work against 'cordyceps'."

"This is something that even the Lost Empire needs to be treated with caution, do you think it will be so easily defeated?"

The debate about how to deal with this "invasion of the dead" continues, but they have a glimmer of hope after learning the nature of the "undead".

At least until the deadline given by the "benevolent takers" arrives, they will still have to fight independently for a while.

Subsequently, the first proposal related to this crisis was adopted.

In the star map, the red color block representing the "galactic threat" is still expanding, but there is still no name.

Originally, the "Star Sea Community" was still hesitant to name this crisis "Invasion of the Dead" as the "Mercy Takeaway" said.

But with more conclusive information from the Tinder Alliance, they decided to name the disaster "Cordyceps" and confirmed the galactic focus:

"Galaxy Focus: Fungal Control; Goal: Eradication of 'Cordyceps'. ”