Zombie ants are a fungus that lived 48 million years ago and is able to change and control the behavior of ants by releasing chemicals, turning them into their own puppets until the ants eventually die. Evidence of the horror of the fungus, known as "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis", was found in fossilized leaves from the Messer crater near Darmstadt, Germany, which lived about 48 million years ago. Scientists have discovered that the parasitic fungus has evolved the ability to control the animals it parasits as early as ancient times, even earlier than the uplift of the Himalayas.

The recent issue of Biology Letters is on top of the journal. In the study, the scientists describe how they found this evidence from a large photographic database of leaves damaged by insects, fungi and other organisms. In the course of their research, they found a fossilized image of the leaves of a tree that lived in the Messer region 48 million years ago. This particular "Death Grip" imprint comes from infected "zombie ants". 48 million years ago, the Messer region was in a subtropical forested area.

This fungus still lives on Earth and usually parasitizes carpenter ants. Before returning to the canopy nest, carpenter ants are often infected with this parasitic fungus when they pass through forest ground cover, and their behavior is controlled by the fungus from then on. The fungus grows in the ant's body and releases chemicals that affect the ant's behavior, making it a "zombie ant". Some "zombie ants" have since left their colonies and wandered alone, looking for fresh leaves.

The "zombie ants" controlled by the fungus no longer have their own behavior and life, and the last stage of their life is also the most painful and terrifying. In the last few hours of life, "zombie ants" will crawl underneath the leaves they are on, biting the central vein of the leaf with their jaws, trapping themselves on the leaf, and the parasitic fungus will also lock onto the leaf. This leaf becomes an "ant's grave".

Ants are not the only reservoir for zombie fungi, as are some other insects. For example, wasps, flies, crickets, etc., can be infected by this fungus......

Without the reminder on the courtyard wall, Putuo also saw what was going on! But now he is also powerless! He originally thought that he was already in control of the situation, and he was bent on studying what was going on with the corpse 'Six Sons'? His own magic weapon only had the effect of suppression, but not killing, you must know that the eight-fingered one-strand vajra he imitated was the most powerful magic weapon given to him by the master!

Putuo, who had already suppressed the corpse and could study the 'six sons' of the walking corpse, didn't take long to feel the blood churning in his body and an uncontrollable surge; Gradually, he noticed that many of his behaviors had undergone some subtle changes: he seemed to be less controlled by himself!

It was probably because the corpse felt that the 'big brother' of the walking corpse had been amputated, and its low roar of "oh woo, oh woo" became even more urgent! The expressionless face of the 'six sons' who also felt the eagerness of the corpse was slightly hideous, and he staggered towards the corpse with difficulty. Putuo has been studying the situation of the 'six sons' of the walking corpse, so how could he not know that it is struggling to deceive the corpse? However, Putuo does not know the names of 'deceitful corpse' and 'walking corpse' until he dies, because these titles are the special terms of the Huaxia Daomen, how could he have heard of the hell of this Buddhist gate?

Under normal circumstances: after a person or livestock is poisoned by a corpse, the corpse poison erodes the whole body, and then attacks, no matter how an hour; But the previous 'six sons' and 'shouting big brother' were bitten to death by the corpse, and then the corpse changed, who is less than a normal hour, let alone Putuo, who has just been bitten by the walking corpse 'six sons'!

It all boiled down to a corpse that was constantly screaming in anger, agitation, and pain.

Whether it is the 'six sons' of the walking corpse or the 'big brother' of the walking corpse, the corpse poison in their bodies comes from the corpse; And Putuo, who was bitten by the 'six sons' of the walking corpse, naturally fell for the corpse poison of this corpse! These corpse poisons flowing in their bodies can naturally feel any emotional fluctuations of the corpse, and be affected by emotions.

After being bitten off a piece of cheek flesh by the walking corpse 'Liuzi', Putuo didn't feel the pain he deserved, but he had a sharp pain when it bit himself, and then he didn't feel anything at the wound anymore! At that time, Putuo also thought about whether he was poisoned? But if he was poisoned, the wound would be numb, and even people would be unconscious to varying degrees, but now he didn't feel any discomfort!

That is, when he wanted to stop the struggle just now, but slowly staggered towards the walking corpse 'Six Sons', he found that his movements were also much slower and stiffer. When he saw the walking corpse 'Six Sons' resisting the suppression of his eight-fingered one-strand vajra and slowly staggering towards the corpse, he already wanted to stop the Walking Corpse 'Six Sons', but at this time, he suddenly felt that his two front teeth and the fingertips of his ten fingers were faintly itchy, and when he looked down, he found that his self was growing at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye, and it instantly grew to a position nearly an inch from his fingertips before stopping.

The mutated nails were not normal colors, but dark blue. The mutated nails made him very uncomfortable, so that he grabbed one of the several dart bags he had prepared to carry on his waist, and he did not take out an eight-fingered single-strand vajra after a few grabs.

Not only was this confusing to him, but what puzzled him even more was that he felt that his hands and feet were also a little stiff! This was because the blood in his body was gradually getting colder, and he could not know the changes in his body!

Putuo, who was at a loss, could only watch the walking corpse 'Six Sons' slowly walk towards the corpse step by step amid the shouts of the disciples. With another low roar from the corpse, his nose twitched involuntarily a few times, as if he was attracted to something! This action did not pass through his brain at all, it was completely out of his own instinctive reaction.

Immediately after that, his right hand subconsciously raised and touched the hole left after the two pieces of flesh on his right cheek were bitten off by the walking corpse 'Six Sons', and the two holes were all dirty and purple all around.

It is strange to say: the two holes on Putuo's right cheek that were bitten by the walking corpse 'Six Sons' did not spurt blood as expected, but through these two holes that were almost connected together, you could see the teeth in Putuo's mouth and some ...... inside the mouth

As his right hand kept stroking his cheek, his nose twitched twice, and several fingers of his right hand reached into a hole for no reason, and then he pulled off a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Putuo didn't even chew a few times before swallowing.

A burst of retching suddenly made his mind much clearer, and he looked at his hands in surprise, full of doubts: What is wrong with him? There were a few more low roars of the corpse, and his eyes began to blur again......

"Withdraw, withdraw, everyone, withdraw!"

The departure of the principal Putuo caused the vigilance of the disciples of the Yishou Hall on the surrounding courtyard wall, and one of the big vigil brothers jumped off the courtyard wall and fled outside the white hall while greeting the disciples......

"Run, everyone, run!" The words of the eldest brother who took the lead in escaping immediately woke up Putuo, who was about to be confused, and at this time he also felt his abnormality, and shouted without thinking: "You must find the master of the hall! Then, Yang Tian laughed a few times and shouted to the position of the mountain gate: "Master! The disciple has failed your love! Today, he unfortunately fell into the devil's path, and he can only die to repay the master's kindness!"

After speaking, he pulled out the twenty-fingered single-strand vajra developed by himself behind him and stabbed it in his chest......

"Lord in charge......" The disciple who jumped off the courtyard wall on the side couldn't help but shout when he saw Putuo who was looking for death.

"Ah!~" Due to the fight, he had been scratched several times by the walking corpse 'big brother', but at the moment of losing consciousness, he was bitten by the walking corpse 'big brother' on the calf and stomach, and bit a piece of meat.

However, the scene in front of him made the screaming Yishoutang disciple stunned: Putuo was born in an authentic Buddhist sect, and has always taken 'eliminating demons and defending the Tao as his own responsibility', but today he is going to become a demon, thinking that in the future, if he is seen by his own teacher or fellow disciples, and killed! Putuo's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of hatred, and he resolutely took out the fake twenty-fingered single-strand vajra he developed and stabbed it into his heart.

When the twenty-fingered one-strand vajra pierced into the heart, Putuo only felt a trace of unbearable pain, and did not turn into ashes when he was stuck in the heart with a wooden wedge like the vampire in the movie; Rather, except for the initial pain, it was as if the twenty-fingered one-strand vajra had not been inserted into one's own body.

In the surprised eyes of the Yishou Hall disciple, Putuo used both hands to pierce his body from the heart with a twenty-fingered one-strand vajra; But he felt that he still showed no signs of death, so he shook the vajra back and forth again; Still can't die, Putuo can only bite his teeth and shake even more......

He didn't feel anything here, but the disciple on the side was different! After the 'big brother' of the walking corpse bit him, he lost interest in him, turned over and left him, and walked slowly towards the corpse that kept roaring; At the same time, due to Putuo's violent reaction, the low roar of the corpse over there was even more rapid and angry......

Maybe it's the connection of corpse poison in the blood, right?

Immediately, the Yishou Sect's disciple's eyes were blurred for a while, and then his pupils began to dilate and all turned into the whites of his eyes......

"Oh woo......"