35: They've all gone mad...

Cui Hu walked down the street covered in a mycelium carpet with a glum expression.

He kept fiddling with his phone.

"Professor Zhang? The mycelium..."

"The mycelium? Haven't I already researched the mycelium antidote? Don't worry, it's being sprayed from a plane right now, and I'm on that plane!"

The voice on the other end was very excited.

Then Cui Hu looked up.

He saw Professor Zhang from the Imperial Capital Research Institute straddling a broom, making 'vroom vroom—splat splat' noises as he spat.

Cui Hu spread his small hands.

Oh boy...

It's all over!

At this moment.

At least half of Asia had gone mad!

Or rather, under the influence of the mycelium, everyone had entered a carnival of hallucinations.

The only silver lining was that there were no large-scale casualties for the time being.

Everyone's hallucinations were their own deepest desires.

The overall manifestation was one of revelry, joy, and other such emotions—Cui Hu grabbed a 'mummy.'

After peeling back the mycelium, he checked the pulse.

Not bad.

Overall, they were still very healthy, even exceptionally so.

Or rather, the mycelium had chosen a symbiotic system.

While not consuming the host, it also drew nutrients from the mycelium carpet to sustain them.

Hmm...

A common biological instinct.

Disseminators would receive favorable treatment.

Just as fruit carries seeds away, delicious flesh grows around the seeds so other creatures will eat the fruit and carry the seeds far away.

But things couldn't go on like this.

Cui Hu continued to fiddle with his phone.

He called everyone he knew one by one to see if anyone else was unaffected.

As for why he wasn't affected...

Cui Hu guessed it was perhaps because of a core Cultivation Technique within his Martial Arts.

This martial art was named:

Tai Shou Scripture!

It was incredibly impressive; when pushed to the limit, it could derive a certain combat instinct that was like a Divine Ability.

Because of its existence, his blood qi was surging.

The mycelium simply couldn't survive in his body, let alone parasitize him.

"Hello, Guan Li?"

Cui Hu said listlessly;

"Have you become a peerless powerhouse yet?"

In the karst cave, Guan Li received Cui Hu's call and was instantly bewildered, then flew into a rage;

"What peerless powerhouse? Dammit! You're making fun of me, aren't you? Just to show off!"

All the Professionals within the military had been compared.

Even though everyone had reached the 20-point Physique limit.

Cui Hu's combat strength was ridiculously high.

And not just by a little bit, but by a huge margin; that guy was almost born for combat.

He possessed a terrifying combat instinct!

"Huh? You haven't become a peerless powerhouse? Ah... wait, you haven't fallen into the mycelium's hallucination!"

Cui Hu suddenly perked up.

After being beaten by Cui Hu several times, Guan Li's only wish was to become a peerless powerhouse and then rub Cui Hu's face in the dirt.

If he had fallen into a hallucination.

He definitely would have challenged him the moment he spoke.

He!

Was a normal person!

"What do you mean? The mycelium's hallucination?"

Guan Li frowned; he sensed something ominous.

"Where are you?"

"In the karst cave!"

"Congratulations, you haven't seen the world covered in silver and white; it's creepy!"

??"

"Fine, the mycelium has covered the entire country... or maybe everyone in the whole world is having a pleasant dream right now!"

Cui Hu said.

Seeing an Indian man drooling at an exhaust pipe, he quickly covered his eyes—too much!

"Holy crap!"

Guan Li was shocked.

Ye Su, who had 'accidentally' overheard Guan Li's phone conversation, felt his heart tremble.

So fast?

He quickly took a few steps back and contacted Zhang Hui.

"Brother Hui, how are things on your end?"

"Ye Su? Ye Su, where did you go? Professor Li's side has already developed an inhibitor potion, and they're spraying it all over the city right now!"

"Huh? inhibitor potion? Where did it come from?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you bring it back? Didn't we just meet with the leaders together?"

Ye Su: "—"

Great.

It's all over!

In just this short time, everyone had fallen.

On the other side.

Guan Li's face looked grim.

He walked over, looked at Ye Su, and said;

"Right now, there aren't more than ten sober people in the whole country!"

He even held out his hand as he spoke.

"On my side, Rong Xi's stamina is almost depleted!"

Ye Su's gaze moved past him to the girl.

Yes, Rong Xi was the girl who was singing; a Support Class Practitioner's stamina was also limited.

"We don't have much time left."

"Cui Hu is on his way. He can fly a fighter jet and should be here in about half an hour."

"Ye Su, can you have your team members help us maintain order for a while?"

"Once Cui Hu arrives, our team and he will go down to get that grass. At that time, Rong Xi's consumption will be very high!"

Ye Su nodded.

Guan Li's side was going to risk everything.

They had to get that grass no matter what, or everyone would be finished!

Ye Su really wanted to complain right now.

The letter from the future hadn't mentioned a single word about this.

This was an apocalyptic crisis!

Was it really not worth mentioning?

"Fine!"

Ye Su was also going to get serious.

He looked back at Mo Xiaoyu.

Mo Xiaoyu nodded.

After walking over, she had everyone hold hands.

As soon as her talent healing ability was activated, a cool sensation was transmitted.

The singing stopped.

Rong Xi's legs gave way, and she almost fell.

Maintaining the talent Skill's field of effect was too taxing.

"Thank you!"

The girl said to Mo Xiaoyu.

Mo Xiaoyu nodded and returned to Ye Su's side.

"It can probably be maintained for about half an hour," Ye Su said.

"Good."

Guan Li responded, then turned to Rong Xi and said;

"Thank you for your hard work. Rest for 20 minutes, then I'll have to trouble you again."

"Mhm."

Rong Xi was very disciplined, showing no sign of complaint.

Ye Su also understood Guan Li's caution.

After all, once the mycelium hallucinations hit, one might very well become lost in them.

Next.

There was a period of silence.

During this time, Ye Su asked about Cui Hu.

In an environment covered in mycelium carpets.

He could actually stay sober. Could it be that, like himself, he had something special?

From Guan Li's words, Cui Hu was very, very strong.

This led Ye Su to some conjectures.

In the 20-point Physique range, the gap in combat power shouldn't be too ridiculous...

Of course, if he himself reached 20 points of Physique, his combat power would definitely be immense.

Because of his Martial Arts and the special ability provided by his core Cultivation Technique—Bullet Time.

Relying on that, he could leave ordinary Professionals far behind.

That Cui Hu—Boom—just as Ye Su was thinking about this, an explosion suddenly sounded from outside.

In less than half an hour.

A figure came running wildly.

"Guan Li, my parachuting Skills are top-notch. You have to testify for me later; don't make me pay for the plane. That was an electronic warfare aircraft, I can't afford it—"

He shouted as he ran.

His blood qi was surging around him.

And there was also the sound of a great river rushing.

That was blood qi.

Just like when Ye Su fully activated the Tai Xuan Scripture.

blood qi surging, waves crashing.

Cui Hu ran all the way here.

He saw Guan Li.

But for some reason, his gaze shifted instantly and fixed firmly on Ye Su.

Within Ye Su.

He felt a sense of homogeneity!

It was as if there was some similarity between the two!