161 Wasn't Benhu always smart?

"Sister Chen, what's going on with this mouse?" Seeing the mouse being dissected, Sister Hong'er approached.

"This little mouse is parasitized, you see, it's all mycelium, and these hyphae are connected to his postthalamus at the top and spinal nerves at the bottom. Took control of its entire trunk nerves." Chen Min used tweezers to hold the roots of the mushroom and said, "It's the first time I've seen a mushroom so powerful, it can manipulate a creature like a puppet."

It's so terrifying, these parasitic hyphae can't imagine that there is such a means, this is something that has never been thought of.

It seems that the reason why this rat broke into their department was because of the influence of these mycelium, and there are even more terrifying things behind this.

This mushroom, or the manipulator behind this mushroom, is likely to be an intelligent hyphae.

I just don't know if the other party is the same existence as the Tree King? If so, then the problem is serious.

"So? Does that mean there's a big mushroom behind these mushrooms, planning all this?" Sister Hong'er heard it and couldn't help covering her mouth in surprise.

Since these mushrooms can control rats, they must have their own minds, and among the mushrooms that appear in patches, a "king" will definitely be born.

"There should be nothing wrong with this for now, and it's not unlikely." After putting the remains of the rats into a sealed bag, Chen Min took off his rubber gloves and said, "This is a big deal, we have to tell the commander quickly."

"Well, let's go to the Commander." Sister Hong'er nodded when she heard the words and said, and patted Cheng Hao, who was looking at the glass bottle, "Xiao Tang, don't look stupid anymore, we are going to see the commander, you little villain should come with you quickly."

"Whoa~ (I'm not a member of the department, I'm just a little tiger, can't you two just go?) Cheng Hao, who was thinking about what was in the glass bottle, couldn't help muttering when he heard this?

Why do you want him to go for such a trivial matter, aren't they already enough?

This is to report work, not to fight, what do so many people do? I really don't understand them.

"You little villain, don't you want to protect your sister? Now that there are these animals that may have been controlled, there are all these animals running around, so you can rest assured that my sister is walking around alone?" Sister Hong'er said angrily, pinching Cheng Hao's ears and letting him come over.

"Wow~ (Sister, don't pull my ears, stop pulling.) If you talk about it again, there will soon be one less handsome tiger and one more big donkey in this world. Cheng Hao, who was moving forward with his head down, said loudly, sister, don't pull his ears, his little ears can't withstand such pulling.

"If you know, why don't you hurry up and keep up with my sister." Sister Hong'er scolded with a smile, and let go of her hand.

asked Cheng Hao to hurry up, Cheng Hao was very helpless to follow when he saw this.

"Hey, you don't sleep so late, what's the matter with coming here?" The commander, who was looking at the number of people to be treated tomorrow, asked with a smile after seeing the two people and a cat who came in.

"We'd like to sleep, but if we do, we're afraid something will happen." Chen Min sighed when he heard this, and sat down on the sofa beside him.

"yes, something big has happened. Commander, I'm afraid we're in trouble." Sister Hong'er followed and said.

"So what's the problem? Aren't you going to explain it to me?" Hearing the commander here ask, he was confused by what the two of them said, so tell him what was the trouble then?

"There's a rat in the department." Chen Min said.

"Oh, what's wrong with this mouse? How do you panic like this?" The commander asked, "Where are there no rats?" This should not seem surprising.

"This rat is parasitized, Commander." Sister Hong'er, who heard this, explained.

"Well, rats live underground all year round, and it's normal for them to be parasitized." The commander continued.

Isn't it normal for rats to have mushrooms growing in their burrows? So it's not a big deal that they're parasitized.

"What if this is a parasitic rat, not a normal parasitic mouse, but completely controlled by mushrooms." Chen Min said.

"What? Are you saying that these rats are not only parasitized, but also controlled by these hyphae?" Hearing this, the commander's expression couldn't help but change drastically: "Hurry up and tell me what you have discovered, this matter is very important."

"Yes, Commander." Hearing this, Sister Hong'er and Chen Min found out that they were parasitic mice.

1510 told the commander about it.

"I can't imagine that these are still hiding such terrifying methods, I really underestimate them. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known." After listening to this, the commander's face was extremely solemn, he originally thought that seeing the parasitic human body was difficult to deal with, it was a very terrifying thing.

As a result, I didn't expect that what I thought was still too good, can these mycelium still be able to control the host?

"yes, so what should we do now? Commander." Sister Hong'er asked.

"Naturally, we have to find a way to eradicate all these mycelium, and we must not allow them to continue to reproduce." The commander clenched his fists and said, "Now these mycelium can only control small mice.

If they can control people, it's over.

"Inform all the team members that they are ready for a meeting, and we need to take action about this matter."

"Yes, Commander." Hearing this, the two nodded and replied, and prepared to go to the conference room for a meeting.

"Whew~ (Since it's your meeting, it shouldn't be my business, so I don't have to go.) After seeing the two of them stand up, Cheng Hao muttered.

He's not part of the department in a meeting, so you can't ask him to go.

"Yes, you little villain doesn't need to go, you just wait here for your sister." Sister Hong'er said with a smile and turned on the TV in the office: "Commander, I asked Xiao Tang to watch cartoons in your office, there should be no problem."

"Of course there's no problem, he can sleep here if he wants, as long as he doesn't break things." The commander, who had gathered the papers on the table, spoke.

"That's good, what do you want to see, Tachibana?" Hearing this, Sister Hong'er asked Cheng Hao with a smile.

"Whoa~ (Sister, just give me the remote control, I will put it myself to see what I want, don't bother my sister.) Cheng Hao, who heard this, said, he is already a big tiger, please give him the remote control. Thank you.

He will play whatever TV he wants to watch, and he doesn't need Sister Hong'er's help.

"Okay, okay, it seems that our little orange likes to be self-reliant, so my sister won't bother you." Sister Hong'er gave the remote control to Cheng Hao and said, and followed Chen Min to the meeting.

Rest, Cheng Hao fiddled with the remote control with his paws in the office, switching channels up and down:

"Let me take a look at this time period, what's there to see?"

"Athletic shows, I'm not interested in that. Next, next."

"Huh? Game? I'm not interested, I can't play games and hammers like I do now."

"Huh? Urban love? Get out of the way, labor and management won't look at this."

"Wait a minute, this show seems to be good, it looks pretty good."

Cheng Hao, who was fiddling with the remote control up and down with his paws, was quickly attracted by the scene of cooking on the screen.

This show seems to be more energetic, the chefs are better than the competition cooking show, not boring, and can learn something.

By the way, you can also get inspiration from it. Think about what you're going to eat tomorrow?

While Cheng Hao was immersed in cooking, a very important meeting was going on on the evolutionary department.

After the meeting, the entire Hongtashan City will enter a state of special security.

And from now on, all departments and units must cooperate and take comprehensive sanitizing measures.

Not even a single bug hole can be spared.

"Hear me clearly, this time we have to deal with not only mycelium, but also those rats that are parasitized by mycelium, so this time everyone will have a very hard time."

"Since you have chosen to join the Evolution Department, you must have the spirit of not being afraid of hardship or tiredness." The commander stood in front of the projector and said to the many team members.

"Yes, Commander."

The team members who heard this nodded.

"Alright, let's get moving, everyone is ready to go, all wearing killing spray guns." The commander waved his hand, and the team went into action.

"Huh? Is that the end of the meeting? Why did they run outside?" Cheng Hao, who was watching TV, heard the sound of a motor rumbling outside.

I jumped out of the couch and came to the window, and when I looked up, I saw the black headlights outside.

At the same time, there are many mechs in the sky, carrying a huge pot on their backs, and they don't know where to go?

"Boom"

"Boom"

With the accelerator pressed, all the cars set off.

"Little orange, what are you looking at when you're standing at the window? Little villain."

Sister Hong'er walked in and saw this scene. asked with a smile.

"Whew~ (I'm watching these guys leave.) Cheng Hao turned around when he heard this, jumped on the sofa and said, "Whoa~ (Sister, are you going to carry out a mission at night?) )」

"Of course, now that you know the dangers of these mycelium. How could they be allowed to live the next day?" Sister Hong'er said with a smile, looked at the time and said, "You little villain is almost time to sleep, and you have to continue to help people get up and treat tomorrow morning."

"Whew~ (It's only eleven o'clock, it's still early.) Sister, don't you worry? What kind of potion was in the big pot they were carrying? Hearing this, Cheng Hao asked, he didn't want to go to sleep so soon, he had to figure out what we were going to do?

"Yes, there's a special potion researched above that can dispose of the mycelium." Sister Hong'er nodded and sat down beside Cheng Hao: "Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, so you little villain hurry up and sleep."

Some of this little villain can't sleep, you have to know that the team members who go out to operate don't have to sleep if they want to.

"Whew~ (Got it, got it.) Cheng Hao nodded his head and replied, and lay directly on the sofa.

Put it out and dress like I'm going to sleep now, I'm going to sleep now.

"Report to the headquarters, 170 fire trucks from all fire brigades in Hongtashan City. It's all ready to go."

"Report to headquarters, all police officers have been arranged. Told every household to stay home and stay quiet."

"Report to the headquarters, all the traffic police have controlled the various intersections, to ensure that all vehicles can safely reach the streets of each community."

"Report to headquarters, all ambulances have departed. Be ready to take responsibility for the evacuation of injured citizens at any time."

"Report ......"

In the liaison room of the evolutionary department, a continuous stream of voices was heard.

"Good, let's get started now, according to the plan." Hearing this, the commander said, "The extermination operation has officially begun, and all departments are in communication. React immediately when there is a problem."

"Yes."

Units from all over Hongtashan City replied, and a pungent fog filled the entire Hongtashan City.

"Report to headquarters, this is the Nightingale Squad, we're above the city right now, and we haven't found any plants that seem to be large mushrooms."

In the sky above Hongtashan City, the team members piloting the flying wings flew over the city one by one. Searching for large mushrooms that may be present.

"You are in the middle of now, in the bustling area of the city, go and find the remote places in the old town." The commander looked at the map and commanded.

"Yes, Commander."

Hearing this, the Nightingale squad spread around the city.

"Report to the Commander, we're in the city's tunnels, and there's no sign of any large mushrooms here."

In the tunnels of various roads in the city, the voices of the team members came from the exaggerated large motorcycles of the Hongta Mountain Northeast Tiger Forest Park.

According to the commander's guess, these mushrooms are likely to exist in a corner of Hongtashan City, but they found no trace of these guys when they arrived here.

I don't know what the meeting said, the mushroom king is not there?

A super-large mushroom comparable to the king of trees, this sounds a little outrageous.

"Keep looking for me, and don't let go of any place where mushrooms might be hidden." The Commander said, "If we had found this guy so easily, we wouldn't have needed to find it now."

"Cheer me up, that guy must be hiding somewhere."

"As long as we find it, most of the crisis in the entire city can be solved."

"Yes, Commander." Hearing this, the team members embarked on a search journey again.

"Where the hell does this goddamn mushroom grow?" After hearing the call on the other side, the commander couldn't help but touch his head with a headache.

If these mushrooms didn't have the mushroom king behind the scenes, he didn't believe that these mushrooms would have such smart brains.

He actually knows how to control the animals and let these animals help spread the mycelium.

"Boom"

"Boom"

A loud blowing sound sounded on the side of the road, the fire truck stopped and connected one, and the large pipe was lowered into the manhole cover on the side of the road.

White smoke billowed inside, and soon it was filled with mist.

On the other stretch of the road, a few hundred meters away from the fire trucks, there was also a car doing the same.

"Zizi"

"Zizi"

The mushrooms that had been touched in the pitch-black sewer shaft quickly dried up and flattened, and soon turned into a black hemp mass.

And the rats living in it, their eyes glowing red, like headless flies, are desperately slamming around.

But after a short time of collision, they fell to the ground, and after they fell, writhing mycelium appeared on their bodies.

"Click"

"Click"

In the silence of the sewer shaft, a small car probed its searchlight and traveled inside the dark manhole cover to take in the scene.

And, after the team members on the road watched this scene through surveillance. Immediately reported to the department:

"Report to headquarters, the situation is as suspected, and there are indeed a lot of parasitic rats living in the sewers of the city."

"yes, I see. Keep watching, and don't let them get out." The commander who heard this spoke.

"Yes." The team replied, continuing to stare at the screen.

At the same time, be careful and vigilant around you, for fear that you will be the next victim.

"Whoa~ (The weather is really good today, there are no mosquitoes and noise, let me see who is coming, it turns out that my sister is coming.) )」

In the evolutionary department, Cheng Hao, who had slept all night, yawned. Lying lazily on the ground, when he opened his eyes, he saw Sister Hong'er bringing him breakfast.

Suddenly, the whole tiger was in a lot of energy.

"Little villain, don't sleep, hurry up and eat, you little villain wants your sister to bring the food to you herself, it's really lazy." Sister Hong'er, who patted Cheng Hao's head, said angrily.

"Whew~ (Who made me a doctor in the department now, and it's the kind I can't live without?) Cheng Hao said proudly, and poked his head out to nibble on his morning breakfast.

"Tachibana, you might be a little busier today, the team members who went out on a mission last night have already finished their mission

Here they are, so you'll have to help them see if they're covered with mycelium." Seeing Cheng Hao eating beef legs, Sister Hong'er spoke.

"Whew~ (Isn't it?) Why should I care about them? Doesn't the department have specialized instruments? Cheng Hao, who heard this, asked weakly.

He's already having trouble treating a lot of patients, and now you're telling him, does he have to take care of even these people?

He's a kitten, not a big tentacle monster like a big octopus, okay? Where is the way to manage so many people?

Can't the department be mature and steady, and figure it out on its own? Don't think about everything.

"The department's equipment isn't as fast as yours, so my sister thinks it's better for you to come faster." Sister Hong'er, who heard this, laughed and coaxed.

The little orange has to stretch out its paws, and it takes a few seconds to see if the team members are infected or not.

If you have one, you can help remove it with a "swish".

If you had replaced it with a departmental machine and tested it step by step, it wouldn't have taken you a few hours.

Therefore, it is better to let Xiao Tangerine handle it.

"Whew~ (That's faster than a tiger of mine, but I still have to help treat those patients.) Cheng Hao said, the whole tiger was about to go numb.

"Soon, Tachibana won't take much of your time." Sister Hong'er said with a smile and clapped her hands at the door.

Then one after another, the heads poked in, "Doctor Tachibana, can we start?"

"Wow~ (It's okay, it's okay.) I'm really convinced of you, bullying the kitten every day, won't my conscience hurt? Cheng Hao said angrily, these guys all blocked his door, and asked why some of them came over.

"Tachibana said it's okay, you guys come in quickly." Sister Hong'er greeted with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Tachibana." Hearing this, the team members said happily and ran in.

Although they didn't come into direct contact with the mycelium during their mission last night, it's hard to guarantee that they might be contaminated.

Therefore, it is more reassuring to let Xiao Tang check it. They don't want to be puppets like rats.

"Whew~ (Okay, let's go.) Next. After talking on the other party's arm, Cheng Hao said with his tail waving.

The confirmed team members happily rolled out. The next team members immediately made up the diagnosis.

Within a few minutes, dozens of people had already left.

Looking at the gradually decreasing team members in front of him, Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, there were not many team members who came to him this time, otherwise he would be numb.

Hopefully, after the treatment of these team members will be completed. There will be fewer people coming to see the doctor today.

He's fed up with this life.

"Commander, do you want to continue the search for that mushroom?" In the office, Chen Min asked the commander.

They have been collecting for a night, and they have searched all the places in the entire Hongta Mountain, but they have not found those mushrooms, so do they continue to search today?

Could it be that the big mushroom doesn't exist at all?

"Of course we have to keep searching, we must have forgotten somewhere. We have to find out, what is missing?"

"I don't believe my analysis could be wrong, something must be wrong." The commander spoke, a determined look in his eyes.

Those mushrooms must have an ant colony-like system, and there is a big mushroom that directs it all, but they just didn't find it.

However, he believed that the big mushroom would not be hidden for long, and they would definitely be able to pull each other out.

"Yes, Commander. I told the team to keep looking." Hearing this, Chen Min nodded and replied.

"Well, remember to let them be careful. Once you find the other person's traces, report it immediately, don't

Go it alone." The commander told the team that they were still too young to act impulsively, which was not a good thing.

It is certainly not easy to command a mushroom that can command so many mycelium, they have to be careful and careful.

"Yes, Commander." Hearing this, Chen Min replied and left.

The commander in the office was left behind, looking at the map of the entire Hongtashan City.

"I've searched the bustling city, but I haven't found any mushrooms. And then there's the tunnel, which is an easy place to hide, and I've looked for it."

"So, where the hell is this guy hiding?" The Commander groped his chin and looked at the map, muttering.

This big mushroom must be in the community, yes, if it appears in the wild, it means fighting the tree kings, which is not a flattering thing for it, and the sun is too abundant in this forest to grow mushrooms.

So there are definitely not too many places where this big mushroom is hiding.

Only cities with sparse trees and plenty of space are its preferred targets.

"Commander, you're still guessing where the big mushroom is?" At this moment, Sister Hong'er came over with Cheng Hao.

"Yes, if I don't find out where that big mushroom is, I'll have trouble sleeping."

The commander who heard this nodded, and then looked at Cheng Hao who came with him and said, "Xiao Tang Xiao Tang, the commander has a question for you. If you want to hide in the city without being discovered? Where would you choose to hide?"

The mushroom is not human, and neither is Tangerine. But what they all have in common is that they are both very powerful, if they are replaced by small oranges, where will small oranges hide?

"Whew~ (I'm here to discuss things with you, Commander, but I'm not here to help you make suggestions.) Cheng Hao was speechless when he heard this, what is this, why should he ask this kind of question? He's just a tiger who doesn't ask about the world, and if he wants to find it, he should obviously ask someone else.

"Alright, Don't complain. Since the commander asked you, our powerful little orange will use his clever brain to think about it. My sister believes that Tachibana will definitely be able to think of it." Sister Hong'er smiled and touched Cheng Hao's head and said.

"Whoa~ (Of course, I chose a remote place, and when I was full, I walked to a densely populated place, didn't I have a hole in my brain?) Cheng Hao muttered, if a strong animal like him wants to hide? Ordinary people can't even see his shadow at all, okay?

"It's a good choice to hide in the middle of nowhere, but the commander has searched all the remote places, and he still hasn't seen the big mushroom." Sister Hong'er opened her mouth and said, Xiao Ju, this little villain, is not stupid, and when he comes up, he knows to hide in a remote place.

But what he said was useless, the commander had already looked for it, but he didn't see it. Otherwise, there would be no distress here.

"Whew~ (Have you looked for the old town and the underground parking lot?) Or is it a deserted shopping mall, and a place that is about to be demolished? Cheng Hao continued, the whole city is so big.

If you want to hide, you can only hide in these places.

Unless this big mushroom can stay underground, it's almost the same if it doesn't come out all the time.

Otherwise, no matter where he is hiding, he will definitely be discovered.

"Underground parking lots, abandoned shopping malls, and demolition houses?" The commander groped his chin and thought for a few seconds, then immediately picked up the phone and told the team members who were searching.

Then, looking at Cheng Hao, he continued to speak:

"Tachibana goes on, what else can you think of?"

Don't say that Cheng Hao's words really remind him that there are places like abandoned shopping malls in the underground parking lot, which can indeed hide such a big mushroom.

Sure enough, you still need to think about things from the other party's perspective, so that it is easier to think about where the other party may be hiding?

"Wow~ (If you want me to say, if I'm the big mushroom and I'm not in a hurry to come out?) It's safest to hide in the ground, and no one can find it anyway. )」

"Whew~ (And destruction is not allowed everywhere in the city, what better place than this?) Cheng Hao muttered, that is, he needs to eat to run around, if he doesn't need to eat like mushrooms, then he must stay underground honestly.

The entire city is not allowed to excavate everywhere, where is there a better place to hide underground?

"Hiding underground?" Hearing this, the commander couldn't help but pat his head and said, "yes, why didn't I think of this big mushroom hiding in the ground? He doesn't need to show his face, he can do what he wants by directing the mycelium."

"Hiding the body underground is the safest and most effective method, no one will dig around in the whole city, and it is not like a big tree, it must be exposed in the sun."

"It's like those matsutake mushrooms or mushrooms that grow in ant nests. You're so smart, little orange."

"Whew~ (I also know I'm smart, so can we talk about something else?) Commander. Cheng Hao said speechlessly, it's not obvious that he is smart.

So can they talk about things between them now? Let's not mention those damn little mushrooms, after all, his business is more important.

"Underground, underground. How can we probe the underground?" After the commander finished speaking, he began to think about how to explore the underground, and ignored Cheng Hao at all:

"By the way, you can make a hole in the ground and use a sonic sounder."

"This mushroom is not small, it must be a large area in the underground station, if it has that size? Then maybe there's an extra mound of dirt on the ground."

"Very well, let's look in this direction."

"How about we wait and discuss your remuneration with the commander?" You see the commanders are busy right now." Seeing this, Sister Hong'er patted Xiao Tang's head and said, Xiao Tang was very dissatisfied with the situation that the commander only gave him food and asked him to do so much work.

It was decided to talk to the commander again about the remuneration.

However, judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that they will not be able to talk about it.

After all, the commander got busy. I didn't bother to pay attention to them.

"Whew~ (The commander dares to ignore me, then don't blame me for raising the price later.) Cheng Hao, who heard this, said angrily, and left the office with Sister Hong'er.

He went to work first, and then he would talk to the commander about the remuneration after he finished his work.

Whose doctor is so cheap? That's what food can solve, and he solves the troubles for the department.

The department had to pay him more, otherwise he wouldn't agree to continue to help.

In addition, is this how they treat a big doctor like him? He was given a hard plank bed, and he insisted that it be replaced by Simmons.