32: Purify!

Ye Su stepped out of the temporary laboratory.

Mo Xiaoyu hurried forward to meet him; as a Professional, she hadn't quite 'matured' yet.

Her true demeanor was still that of a pure college girl putting on a brave face.

Staying by Ye Su's side provided her with a sense of security.

Ye Su looked at Mo Xiaoyu. The mycelium on her body had disappeared; her previous mummy-like appearance seemed like a hallucination.

"I'm feeling a bit tired. Use your healing talent skill to help me relax."

Ye Su said.

If he remembered correctly...

Mo Xiaoyu had two skills: one he had given her, and the other was her exclusive talent skill.

"Okay!"

Mo Xiaoyu didn't have many doubts.

She reached out to touch Ye Su's arm and activated her talent skill.

Instantly...

A cool sensation was transmitted directly, making one's whole body feel comfortable.

However...

Mo Xiaoyu's pupils dilated instantly.

Ah!!!

Immediately following was a shrill scream.

Ye Su was quick-eyed and fast-handed, covering her mouth in an instant!

Mo Xiaoyu's face was filled with terror, as if she had seen a ghost.

“Mmph, mmph...”

She was struggling, trying to break free from Ye Su's restraint.

"Alright, stop screaming. It's just some mycelium, isn't it?"

Ye Su said.

Hearing this, Mo Xiaoyu gradually calmed down.

Ye Su let go.

The [Rain Caller] support healing class.

It really had something to it.

Her talent skill actually had a purification effect.

When she activated the skill, she also enjoyed its effects herself.

And so...

The hallucinations vanished, and she saw the real world.

Heh.

There was a reason Support Class Practitioners were so sought after; they were indeed precious.

"Captain Ye, Captain Ye..."

Mo Xiaoyu was nearly incoherent.

Although the mycelium on Professionals fell off under sunlight, it still parasitized the shadowed areas of ordinary people.

Ye Su wasn't clear on the exact principle behind it.

Perhaps it was because Professionals had stronger resistance.

Combined with sunlight, it was difficult for the mycelium to manifest.

In places without sunlight, Professionals would be wrapped in mycelium just the same.

"Don't panic. You were just wrapped up like a mummy by mycelium a moment ago," Ye Su teased.

Mo Xiaoyu immediately felt a wave of revulsion wash over her.

"Let's go. We'll talk as we walk."

Ye Su said.

As they walked, he continued,

"As it stands, this mycelium just has very strong reproductive and parasitic capabilities."

"I haven't seen it display any intelligence yet."

"If it had intelligence, we would be finished."

"For now, let's hope for the phrase all researchers agree on: within three steps of a poison, there must be an antidote."

"However, we need to be a bit faster."

"The mutation is fierce. If it starts to develop a brain, then things will really get out of hand."

Reproduction and parasitism were both god-tier traits.

It could easily change the world!

But with only instinct and no intelligence, it was just a bit more trouble.

"So what are we doing now?"

"Re-entering the karst cave."

"Ah!!"

"What's with the 'ah'? Little girl, the task of saving the world is being handed to you. Who told your skill to be able to break through hallucinations?"

"I—"

Perhaps the sudden weight of responsibility made Mo Xiaoyu solemn, but she wasn't stupid and quickly realized something;

"Wait, Captain Ye... Captain Ye, were you unaffected from the very beginning?"

"Mhm."

Mo Xiaoyu was amazed.

But that amazement soon turned into a sense of 'of course.'

Naturally.

My Captain Ye is invincible under heaven!

---The jeep started moving again.

The two headed toward the karst cave. The surrounding Professionals who saw this all let out a sneer.

What for?

Saving the world?

We rogue Professionals are just being used like Gu by the authorities.

If the world is really going to be saved, it'll depend on the officials.

Just putting on a show is enough.

Great merit isn't that easy to come by.

After that battle at the cave entrance, even the stupidest Professional would have realized the situation.

So everyone was pretty much slacking on this mission.

Seeing Ye Su's hurried manner, they couldn't help but criticize him in their hearts.

However...

In Mo Xiaoyu's eyes, these people all had some amount of mycelium hidden on them.

In places where the sun didn't reach.

The mycelium swayed like fine fur.

Mo Xiaoyu felt creeped out. Recalling Ye Su's words about her being wrapped like a mummy, she felt even more uneasy.

On the road.

The earpiece began to make noise.

The earpieces had switches; Zhang Hui couldn't monitor and hear Ye Su's words all the time.

But just now, Ye Su hadn't turned off the earpiece.

Zhang Hui must have heard Ye Su's words too.

"Ye Su, I can't tell the difference!"

Hmm?

Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about?

Pressing the voice button, Ye Su responded;

"What are you talking about?"

"Regarding this hallucination business, I can't tell what's real!" There was a peculiar struggle in Zhang Hui's voice;

"I've reported to the higher-ups, and they've expressed high concern."

"And they warned us not to use weapons for the time being. At the same time, even the activities to clear out mutated creatures have stopped."

"I feel like the officials should know this information."

"But... I have no way of knowing if what I'm seeing is real or fake. Or rather, if the official reply I received is itself an illusion."

Great, he's too deep into it.

"Brother Hui, don't overthink it," Ye Su said;

"The spores of this mycelium parasitize and reproduce very quickly, but they haven't killed anyone yet."

"So, you don't need to do anything. I'm going to the karst cave to check it out."

"Relax. The biggest issue is nothing more than life and death. If you won't die, just wait in peace."

Zhang Hui was stunned.

He gave a bitter laugh;

"Ye Su, you really have a big heart!"

After saying that, there was no more sound.

It wasn't that Ye Su had a big heart.

The letter from the future stated very clearly that in the early stages, plants and animals were just troublesome nuisances.

One could only imagine what terrifying things would come later.

The mycelium had the power to destroy the world, yet the letter from the future didn't even mention it—this meant that in the eyes of his future self, this was simply a trivial matter.

How do you make someone immune to their current predicament?

Simple: tell them there's an even bigger predicament coming later—damn it!!

The route was familiar by now.

Ye Su soon arrived at the entrance of the karst cave.

As soon as she got out of the car, Mo Xiaoyu started walking toward the dense forest.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're going the wrong way. Can't you see such a big cave entrance?"

Ye Su shouted.

Mo Xiaoyu was startled and stared intently at the forest;

"Isn't the cave entrance right here?"

Then, she snapped out of it.

She cast her talent skill on herself.

Sure enough.

The white world appeared.

She had been affected just now.

"About half an hour or so," Ye Su said;

"Your talent skill can only keep you sober for half an hour. Set an alarm or some kind of reminder for yourself."

Seeing the surroundings visibly turning 'white,' Ye Su also felt a headache coming on.

"Okay!"

Mo Xiaoyu responded.

She was also starting to 'mature' gradually.

She was a Professional, after all.

It was possible she would encounter even weirder events in the future.

Don't panic.

And then.

The two entered the karst cave again.

"Captain, I'll call out locations for you." As soon as they entered the cave, Mo Xiaoyu spoke seriously.

"Call out what locations?"

"Didn't you say your night vision wasn't very good?"

"What do you think?"

"Ah, oh... okay... I get it."