Chapter 300: Mushrooms and spores

Upon hearing this, Liang Yu couldn’t help but laugh out loud, sending shivers down the spines of the Survivors present.

As his laughter subsided, Liang Yu’s reply followed immediately.

“Since you want one, then I’ll give you a peanut to taste.”

At the same time, Mario pulled out his pistol and shot the man opposite him squarely between the eyebrows, which quickly made the remaining people much more docile.

Complaints?!

Unconvinced?!

No problem, either you hold it in, or you can get a peanut to taste, just like that person just now.

This brief delay wasted almost a minute, and only after Liang Yu’s reminder did they realize the seriousness of the situation.

These people began to recall everyone they had encountered; since the other party had taken so many mushrooms, they must have been carrying large bags and small bags.

As long as they found the Survivors carrying large containers, woven bags, or snakeskin bags, half the mission would be complete.

However, Liang Yu’s deadline had arrived, and facing the deterrent of truth, these Survivors could only reluctantly eat the mushrooms.

It was only after the second round of mushrooms was consumed that the few individuals Liang Yu had been observing for abnormal behavior began to show abnormalities.

After eating the second mushroom, it wasn’t long before black spores began to appear all over their bodies.

These spores were about the size of an adult’s thumb.

After the spores appeared, the bodies of these few people shriveled, turning into a mummified existence in a very short time.

Their blood was drawn to nourish the spores on their bodies, and with this nourishment, the spores had grown to the size of an infant’s fist.

Finally, seeing such a bizarre scene, these Survivors realized the danger and turned to flee.

But upon turning around, they faced the truth of the drone, which forced them to stop, leaving them only able to look at those few people in fear.

At this moment, they still hadn’t realized that the mushrooms they ate were problematic; their first reaction was to flee, which greatly disappointed Liang Yu.

Not long after, those spores burst open, and the spore dust rapidly spread everywhere, even enveloping Mario.

After inhaling or coming into contact with the spore dust, the Survivors began to scratch their skin, only to find that the more they scratched, the itchier it became, and strange spots also appeared.

As time passed, these spots gradually grew larger, turning into individual spores, densely covering their entire bodies.

They looked at each other in horror, at a loss.

These spores not only caused them extreme discomfort but also emitted a foul odor.

They tried various methods to remove these spores, but all were in vain.

Finally, these Survivors began to hallucinate, looking at their peers; some revealed lewd smiles, tackling people to the ground without even confirming their gender.

Some took out the weapons they carried and directly chopped anyone they saw, muttering incessantly.

“Bean paste, bean paste.”

“I’ll kill all of you!!!”

Even two people embraced each other, as if seeing deceased relatives, continuously conversing with each other.

Liang Yu observed all of this, and he wanted to continue observing and recording what would happen next, but not everything could go according to his wishes.

It turned out that those few Survivors whose blood had been drained and turned into mummies actually stood up again, walking towards the Survivors who were in a state of hallucination.

Seeing such a scene, even Liang Yu was startled; he hadn’t expected these mummies to still be able to move.

The mummies walked up to the hallucinating Survivors, extended their withered hands, and plunged them fiercely into their bodies.

The shriveled arms were inserted into the Survivors’ chests, and from the position, it seemed to be at the heart.

And the Survivors were utterly defenseless, not even feeling pain in their hallucinations, unaware that their eyes had died.

These mummies did not withdraw their arms; their shriveled arms remained inserted into the Survivors’ hearts, and the spores that had originally burst on their bodies began to grow again.

The bodies of these mummies actually began to recover, and then they bit into the necks of their victims, greedily sucking their blood.

Liang Yu frowned deeply; he knew he had to do something, or the spread of this thing would be truly dangerous.

Mario, receiving Liang Yu’s order, immediately began to disperse the surrounding spores.

At the same time, he took out a large amount of high-concentration alcohol and sprinkled it around.

Stimulated by the strong smell of alcohol, those hallucinating Survivors finally sobered up, but by then, Mario had already ignited the alcohol, and blue flames immediately rose.

Many Survivors were covered in high-concentration alcohol and were ignited.

Although the process was extremely painful, they found that the itching on their bodies was greatly reduced, and the symptoms caused by the spores were relieved.

However, burning like this would kill people, so they had no choice but to call for help from Mario.

But Mario ignored these people; after igniting the high-concentration alcohol, he immediately raised his gun and began shooting at the mummies.

However, the bullets struck the mummies but did not stop their movements, as if the bullets caused them no substantial harm.

Liang Yu had seen this situation before; wasn’t this just the spores controlling puppets in the deceased’s mind?

So he glanced at the Survivors nearby and immediately made up his mind: these people couldn’t be saved; let them go together.

At this point, the remaining Survivors actually started fighting among themselves.

So he simply had Mario use two incendiary grenades on those few mummies.

The incendiary grenades exploded instantly upon hitting the mummies, engulfing them in raging flames.

But to Liang Yu’s shock, those mummies still slowly moved forward in the fire, their spores seemingly unafraid of high temperatures, becoming even more active instead.

However, those mummies couldn’t withstand the temperature of the incendiary grenades; after all, they were still within the range of carbon-based life. These mummies didn’t walk far in the sea of fire before their legs were burned off, and their entire bodies collapsed into the flames.

At the same time, most of the Survivors who were on fire had already fallen, with only a few still struggling.

Mario stood by with his gun, watching these struggling Survivors, but the sea of fire from the incendiary grenades was so effective that he didn’t even need to finish them off.

Liang Yu looked at the sea of fire formed by the incendiary grenades, but there was no sense of relief in his heart.

He knew that another troublesome task had been added: finding the source of these spores and destroying them.

For a moment, Liang Yu felt like a savior, but he didn’t like it.

And most importantly, who had sent those mushrooms?

If it was man-made, that would be good, because no matter what, the other party was still human.

Liang Yu’s biggest worry was that this matter would again be connected to the company. There was no helping it; the company’s ability to cause trouble was simply too strong.