Chapter 670
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When Zhou Wen rested, he summoned a few Companion Beasts to guard the tent. The Tai Sui emitted a scorching heat, so Zhou Wen had no choice but to release it.
"Old Zhou, where did these strange Companion Beasts of yours come from?" Li Xuan curiously sized up the Companion Beasts that Zhou Wen had summoned.
"Some were bought, and some were obtained when I went out for training," Zhou Wen said as he lay down to rest.
Feng Qiuyan had already fallen asleep. Without accompanying Li Xuan, he had no choice but to lie down and sleep.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. He had no idea what was going on.
"It's so noisy in the middle of the night. Could it be that the dimensional creatures in Dragon Gate Grotto have rushed out again?" Li Xuan was also woken up as he said gloomily.
Zhou Wen and Feng Qiuyan sat up as well. Just as they were about to go out to see what was happening, they suddenly saw the tent door open. Then, they saw An Sheng barge in and ask anxiously, "Young Master Wen, are you alright?"
"We're fine. What could happen to us?" Li Xuan asked An Sheng in puzzlement.
An Sheng carefully sized up the three of them and heaved a sigh of relief after a while. "It's good that you're fine. Stay here and don't go out. Something happened outside. You can go out after it's resolved."
"What happened?" Zhou Wen asked An Sheng.
"Take a look for yourself." An Sheng pointed outside.
Zhou Wen and company looked out through the crack in the door and were so shocked that their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.
They saw mushrooms of all kinds of colors growing on the ground, walls, and tents.
"Holy sh * t, when did this place become a mushroom base?" Li Xuan said.
"Take a closer look at the soldiers outside," An Sheng said with a heavy expression.
As An Sheng spoke, Zhou Wen saw that a soldier's face looked like he had acne. There were many small mushrooms growing on it.
Although the mushrooms looked rather beautiful, they made one's hair stand on end when they grew on a person's face.
The soldier had a look of horror as he used his hands to grab the mushrooms on his face. However, just as he plucked the mushrooms off his face, another one quickly popped out.
He kept plucking until his face was covered in blood, but the little mushrooms kept popping out. He was so frightened that he started crying. He cried while plucking the mushrooms off his face.
There were many people like him. Although there were already officers controlling the situation, this kind of fear made them completely lose their usual calmness. The scene was very chaotic.
The trio's legs went limp as they subconsciously touched their faces. Thankfully, there weren't any mushrooms growing on their faces.
"What's going on?" Zhou Wen asked.
"We don't know yet. We are still investigating. In the entire encampment, there are only a few people who are not infected by this strange thing. It is likely to be related to the scene in the Medicine Recipe Cave. Stay here for now. I might need you to cooperate with the investigation later. I hope we can find the reason why a portion of people don't grow mushrooms. "An Sheng's expression was somewhat solemn as he rushed out.
"It's really a blessing from the heavens that we weren't infected by that thing. Otherwise, my handsome face would have been ruined. I wouldn't know how to live," Li Xuan said with a lingering fear as he pulled the tent shut.
"I don't think it's as simple as a blessing from the heavens. There must be a reason why we weren't infected by those mushrooms." Zhou Wen looked around but didn't see anything amiss.
There weren't any mushrooms growing in their tent. The three of them and their Companion Beasts were fine. Tai Sui was lying near the tent's door, doing something unknown.
Since he couldn't see it with the naked eye, Zhou Wen used the Truth Listener earring's ability to listen. Furthermore, he pushed Truth Listener's ability to its limits.
When he heard that, he immediately discovered a problem.
At the tent's entrance, there were many extremely tiny things that couldn't be seen by the human eye. They were moving in the air.
These tiny things were even smaller than dust. If Zhou Wen hadn't deliberately used Truth Listener's observation, he wouldn't have discovered them in the dust. Even with Truth Listener's hearing, Zhou Wen didn't notice them in the beginning.
The reason he discovered their existence was because Tai Sui was devouring those tiny things. It looked like it was enjoying itself.
Zhou Wen expanded Truth Listener's range and quickly discovered that there were many such tiny things in the air outside. They were smaller than dust and couldn't be seen by the human eye. However, when they landed on skin or other objects, they would drill into the pores and quickly sprout, growing tiny mushrooms.
As they were too small, no one could discover them. Now, the entire encampment was filled with such tiny things. It was as though it was snowing.
However, apart from Zhou Wen, very few people could see them. All the soldiers were at a loss as danger floated around them.
Zhou Wen reached out to grab them and realized that his palm couldn't grab them at all. They were too small, so it was useless to grab them. Those fellows were like bacteria. Despite knowing that they were there, it was very difficult to eliminate them.
Tai Sui actually discovered them and can even feed on these tiny things. It's quite impressive. Zhou Wen saw that Tai Sui had already finished eating all the tiny things in the tent. It seemed eager to head out to eat.
Zhou Wen realized that the reason the three of them were fine was because Tai Sui was here. It had eaten all the tiny things that had invaded the room, preventing them from falling for it.
The military had clearly realized the problem. Soldiers in anti-bacterial suits sprayed some chemicals to remove bacteria and fungi in the encampment.
However, it was useless. Those tiny things were clearly not something ordinary medicine could deal with.
"Don't go out yet. I'll take a look at the entrance," Zhou Wen said to Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan before opening the tent door.
The moment the door opened, many tiny things immediately entered with the airflow. Tai Sui immediately jumped around excitedly and devoured the tiny things that humans couldn't see.
Zhou Wen used an Essence Energy Skill, Small Fireball, that had dropped from the Metalwork Temple. A scarlet fireball flew out from his fingertip and collided with the almost invisible tiny things in the air.
The tiny things were burned to ashes by the flames. They didn't look very strong, but because they were too small, it was impossible to discover them. That was why they caused such great harm.
After burning a few tiny things to death, Zhou Wen was suddenly surprised to discover that a tiny Companion Egg had dropped. The Companion Egg was even smaller than the tiny things. If not for Truth Listener's ability, Zhou Wen wouldn't have been able to see it.
He took out his phone and snapped a picture of the tiny Companion Egg. The Companion Egg was immediately stored in his phone.
Those tiny things are really dimensional creatures! After Zhou Wen looked at the Companion Egg's stats, he realized the true origins of those tiny things.
Parasitic Spores: Mortal
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