Night.

Deep in the forest, in a dark, lightless cave.

Buddha and thunder crouched in the cave.

The two of them held their breath and concentrated on the strange sense of fear outside the cave, not daring to make even the slightest sound.

Although the destination of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array' has a certain randomness, it is not 100% guaranteed that the four people who will survive after teleportation will definitely be able to get together, but the location of the four people after teleportation is generally not too far apart.

Thunder and Buddha are lucky.

Not long after the two teleported to Planet 021, they unexpectedly met in the forest, so they took advantage of the situation and acted together.

In the caves.

Thunder and Buddha waited in place for a long time.

It wasn't until the strange sense of fear outside the cave had completely disappeared that the Buddha breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You should feel it too, right?" The fear I had just felt was gone. If nothing else, those things should have gone. ”

Thunder is the third monk on Xuanwu to break through to the Transformation Stage.

Due to the late breakthrough and the fact that the process of invading the planet was not too smooth, his current cultivation was still in the early stage of transforming into a god.

Therefore, compared with the Buddha who has the late cultivation of the gods, Thunder should be more cautious.

Or rather, more timid.

In the caves.

With a hint of undisguised panic, Thunder said to the Buddha: "What are those creatures that just chased us, and why can't you see them with the naked eye?" ”

"I don't know," the Buddha shook his head, "I just heard that the researchers at the headquarters are very interested in 'those creatures', and they don't just appear on the planet 021. ”

"Traces of this strange creature have appeared on several planets in the central region of the galaxy."

"These invisible creatures are said to be related to the birth of unspeakable creatures, and they are of high research value."

"It is precisely because of this that the researchers at the headquarters have issued a mission on the Black Worm Star, asking us to come to the center of the galaxy to collect dark spores."

"So." Thunder heard the meaning of the Buddha's words: "Those invisible creatures were born because of the 'dark spores'? The people at HQ will be able to figure out the secrets of the birth of 'those creatures' by studying the 'dark spores'? Or even to figure out the mystery of the birth of unspeakable creatures? ”

"Who knows." The Buddha replied: "But as far as the information currently known: almost all the planets infected by the 'dark spores' have traces of 'those creatures', so the people at the headquarters speculate that 'those creatures' are related to the 'dark spores'. ”

"Okay." Thunder still had doubts in his heart: "But why, instead of directly catching 'those creatures', we have to make a big detour to collect 'dark spores'?" Isn't that redundant? ”

The Buddha said: "The people at the headquarters also want to catch a 'those creatures' and go back to study, but the problem is that whether it is unspeakable or 'those creatures', they are not physically present, and there is no way to capture and study them. ”

"So the talent at HQ has taken a back seat and focused their research on the relative ease of obtaining 'dark spores.'"

In the hole.

During the conversation, seeing that Lei Ting's behavior seemed to have the intention of retreating, the Buddha said excitedly: "What, Lei Daoyou, you shouldn't be afraid, right?" ”

"Hmph,"

Thunder raised his head slightly.

The corners of his mouth rose, and he said confidently: "What's there to be afraid of, after all, we have the 'Six Reincarnation Teleportation Array' to respond, even if it"

In the caves.

Just as Lei Ting was talking to the Buddha, the strange sense of fear that had disappeared before suddenly and inexplicably surged into the hearts of the two of them.

This strange sense of fear made the thunder that was talking stop abruptly in an instant.

The 'creatures' on planet 021, in addition to being invisible to the naked eye, exude a fear that is difficult to describe in words.

At this moment, Thunder and the Buddha felt this sense of fear, which meant that the 'creatures' outside the cave were most likely gone and returned.

And that's not all.

Thunder and Buddha could clearly feel that the strange fear in their hearts was rising over time.

This means that the creatures are getting closer and closer to the two of them.

The creatures are in the hole.

After realizing this, the two people who were crouching in the cave, Lei Ting and the Buddha, suddenly looked at each other with tacit understanding.

There was not much communication.

In the face of the approaching 'creatures', the Buddha and Thunder immediately waved their hands to summon the 'Six Reincarnation Teleportation Array', and planned to use this teleportation array to leave Planet 021.

But.

In the caves.

At the moment when the two of them summoned the teleportation array, countless purple-black mushrooms, about the size of an adult's fist, also covered the surface of the entire 'Six Reincarnation Teleportation Array' at the same time.

"This"

Looking at the strange fungus densely covered with teleportation arrays, Thunder only felt a chill in his heart for no reason.

Immediately afterward, he felt a strange sense of fear from those strange fungi that was difficult to describe in words.

Thunder's scalp tingled, "These fungi seem to be preventing us from teleporting back to the Black Worm Star?" ”

"I don't know."

The Buddha said with a solemn face: "In my understanding, whether it is an indescribable creature or a derivative thereof, unless it occupies the human body and assimilates with the human being, it is impossible to give birth to self-consciousness. ”

"But these fungi, when they don't occupy the human shell, are as if they are self-aware."

"They actually know how to actively parasitize on the Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array, thus preventing us from teleporting back to the Black Worm Star!"

"This is the first time I've encountered this kind of cultivation so far!"

At this moment, the situation is urgent, and the Buddha does not care about the taboo of 'it will attract the indescribable attention of the locals'.

At the critical moment, he decisively made a 'fire split', throwing out a cloud of flames in an attempt to incinerate the fungus on the surface of the teleportation array.

The fungi that grow on the teleportation array are fragile.

Death in case of fire.

But the problem is that those fungi were burned by the fire a second ago, and soon new fungi will appear on the teleportation array.

The fungi covered the teleportation array, completely blocking the path of teleportation back to Black Worm.

The Buddha and Thunder can't go back.

"What now?" With nothing to do, Lei Ting looked at the Buddha who was relatively more experienced.

The latter tapped the storage bag on his waist and removed a bag from it with a painful face.

He explained to Thunder: "This bag was given to me by my best friend, and it contains the breath of my friend. ”

"With this breath, you and I can transform the body we currently occupy into a 'dark shadow form'.

"In this form, we can ignore all the terrain and come and go."

"Although it is also dangerous to run around outside the cave at night, but now that 'those creatures' have found the cave, we can only fight if we don't run or wait for death!"

Perhaps it was the voice of the Buddha that attracted the attention of the 'creatures'.

While the two were talking, the strange fear that had been haunting their hearts gradually became stronger and stronger.

In the hole.

The Buddha, who realized that the situation was getting more and more wrong, did not wait for the thunder to speak, and decisively opened the bag in his hand.

In the next second, I saw a cloud of black gas spitting out of the bag, enveloping the thunder and the Buddha.

Under the influence of black gas, the two of them turned into a black shadow, fled directly through the cave wall to the outside world, and quickly disappeared into the night.

…

Early the next morning.

Seeing that the sun was out today, Alva greeted the management of the settlement, and then put on his axe and planned to go out into the forest to collect some moss.

Alva doesn't like moss.

But it can't be helped.

- Since the world was infected with fungi, there is less and less food to eat in the forest.

At first, it was the animals that were parasitized and assimilated by fungi.

Animals that have been assimilated by fungi will develop spores on their bodies that make people feel creepy, and their appearance and behavior will gradually become strange, and they will have various habits that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

And then most importantly, none of the animals that have been infected by the fungus can be eaten.

Otherwise, there is a chance that the eater will become as weird as the animals

If only animals can't eat them, it won't lead to the extinction of human beings.

But it soon became clear that not only animals, but also plants on the planet had been infected with fungi over time.

Especially those plants whose edible parts are exposed to the surface.

For example, corn and wheat, as well as edible green vegetables such as cabbage, are the first to be infected by fungi.

- But fortunately, this particular fungus is oxygen-loving, they can't grow in the soil, in an environment where there is no oxygen, so they don't parasitize crops that are buried in the ground.

Soon after the end of the world, crops such as sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes and radishes gradually became the new favorites of human beings.

And so another few decades passed.

Maybe it's the fungi that have evolved.

It was found that the crops that were buried in the ground were gradually parasitized by fungi.

Only mushrooms and mosses, which reproduce by spores or grow in a parasitic way, are considered 'kind' by fungi and are not persecuted.

So humans started feeding on these foods.

Like Alva.

In addition to growing edible mushrooms in the settlement, she occasionally goes to the forest to collect algae such as moss or lichens when the sun is out.

These foods are not common in settlements and often sell for good prices.

After entering the forest, Alva had just walked far when he saw a sweet-looking, indescribable woman, who appeared in front of him inexplicably.

！！！

Such a beautiful woman could not be human

This was Alva's first reaction when she saw the Mother of Pain.

In the next second, she took a few steps back like lightning, instinctively pulled a certain distance from the Mother of Pain, and looked at the other party with a wary expression.

- The body of the Mother of Pain is not a human body, but an artificial body made by machines and human modifications on the pseudo-human planet.

Because it is a non-human shell, when the Mother of Pain invades the planet, even if it appears in its main form, it will not attract the attention of the native unspeakable creatures.

Last night.

Ever since the Mother of Pain invaded Planet 021, she has been chased by a strange sense of fear of unknown origin.

With a transformed and blessed body of the Divine Transformation Stage, the Mother of Pain was chased by fear and ran through the forest all night.

Until early in the morning, when she was about to escape from the forest, she happened to meet Alva, who was about to enter the forest to collect moss.

"Don't be in a daze, there's something chasing me from behind."

Seeing Alva stunned in place, the Mother of Pain pushed the other party and said very quickly: "You are a native of this planet, you should be clear: what do you have to do to get rid of those invisible creatures in the forest?" ”

…

terror

repression

despair

As Cheng Xing gradually walked into the depths of the forest, an indescribable sense of strange fear gradually surged into his heart.

I don't know why.

When I walked alive, I always felt that someone was following me, and that indescribable strange fear was brought about by the stalker.

But when I looked back, there was nothing in the forest except for the occasional breeze.

- There is no such thing as a 'stalker' behind him.

It's so weird.

Although this planet is full of strangeness, and even the divine sense and 'emotional power' cannot be used, and self-protection is a problem, but he must not be willing to summon the teleportation array to leave now.

Because of the loss.

After all, activating the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array' consumes a lot of resources.

Even if the resources are not given by one person who survives, but is evenly distributed among the Buddha, the Buddha, the Mother of Suffering, and the Thunder Four.

But since they have come to this planet, they can't return in vain.

In order to complete the task as soon as possible, collect the dark spores, and survive as soon as possible, I felt that something was wrong, but I still searched for it in the forest.

Maybe it's the luck of surviving.

It may also be that there are a lot of 'dark spores' in this forest.

After searching in the forest for about half an hour, he found a purple-black strange fungus about the size of an adult's fist.

As described at headquarters, the surface of the fungus is covered in numerous messy and completely untraceable lines.

If you concentrate on it, you will also feel a burst of irritability for no reason, which will lead to feelings of terror, depression, and despair.

That's right.

Not surprisingly, this is the 'dark spores' that the 'headquarters' has spent a lot of money to acquire.

After picking the spores, they are carefully placed in a special lead alloy box.

Spores like this need to be collected at least a hundred on the same planet before 'HQ' is willing to pay a high price for them.

The monks who invaded Planet 021 this time counted a total of four people who survived.

So to spread it out, no one needs to collect at least twenty-five dark spores.

Then, according to the progress of being able to collect one in half an hour, and counting the time when you can't go out at night, it will take about half a month to collect all twenty-five dark spores.

Time passes.

While he was alive searching for the dark spores, the indescribable strange fear in his heart gradually became more and more intense.

By the end, his legs were already shaking instinctively

At this time, when he turned back, he could clearly 'see' some strange creatures following him.

This kind of 'seeing' is not seen with the naked eye, nor with the divine sense, but by feeling.

Fear, to be precise.

In the forest.

After realizing that something was following him, he didn't look back, and ran away.

(End of chapter)