This is a quiet town with no railways and few connections to the outside world.
The townspeople live almost isolated lives.
The biggest festival every year is the Mushroom Festival, which is a festival established to celebrate the mushroom harvest. At that time, the townspeople will share the large quantities of mushrooms they picked.
Of course, more often than not, these mushrooms are roughly processed and sold to out-of-town businessmen, becoming one of the few sources of wealth in the town.
Although poor, the public security in the town of Landis is very good, and no major crimes have ever occurred.
Even the town's police station seemed to be in a state of inactivity.
“This year’s mushroom harvest is another big one!”
Little Jack walked through the dense jungle carrying a cloth bag.
He was very agile and occasionally picked non-poisonous mushrooms and put them into his prepared pocket.
White mushrooms are delicious and can be used to make soup stock.
Common mushrooms can be dried and made into mushroom cookies.
As for the precious matsutake, it is an extremely precious ingredient, and foreign businessmen are willing to pay high prices for it.
The mushroom forests all over the mountains and plains are gifts from nature.
Little Jack was immersed in the joy of the harvest and unconsciously lost track of time.
When he looked up, he found that the sky had become dark, and he had unknowingly arrived outside a stone cave.
This cave seems to be very deep and dark inside, but there are a large number of mushroom forests growing near the cave entrance.
I don’t know why, but the mushrooms here grow big and strong.
Little Jack hesitated for a moment, then immediately went outside the cave and picked those mushrooms that looked very bright.
In nature, the more beautiful and colorful things are, the more likely they are to carry toxins, and the same is true for mushrooms.
To be cautious, it's best not to pick even common mushrooms you don't recognize.
Little Jack's behavior has begun to go against his own common sense.
But he did not stop, but kept greedily picking bright mushrooms.
It was as if there was always a seductive voice in his heart, urging him to do this.
"have eaten……"
"Eat it!"
Little Jack looked at a mushroom in his hand that was red in color with a little bit of green growing on it, and swallowed unconsciously.
His palm began to move slowly, and he put the mushroom into his mouth.
'No...this looks poisonous.'
'You can't eat it...you will die if you eat it!'
'But...it looks delicious...'
Little Jack's mind became confused and he put the mushroom in his mouth.
At this moment, he seemed to see the colorful spores in the air, and he suddenly understood: "It's the spores... They are poisonous and make me hallucinate?... No, they control me."
But it's too late.
His tongue couldn't wait to taste the delicious taste of poisonous mushrooms, and his throat couldn't wait to swallow, swallowing the poisonous mushrooms into his stomach.
"Why...I feel like this is not the first time."
At the last moment of his confusion, a thought came to little Jack's mind.
Immediately, his expression became blank, and he quickly devoured the mushrooms around him until his stomach was bloated.
When there was no more space left, little Jack stood up and walked into the cave.
Deep inside the cave, it is not as dark as the outside world.
The surface of the cave is covered with a layer of glowing moss, and there is the sound of dripping water.
In the darkness, figures came out one by one.
Among them were old people, children, men, and women, wearing various styles of clothing, including rangers, gatherers, and lumberjacks.
At this time, the only thing they have in common is that their expressions are dull, and there are patches of fungus growing on the surface of the body. One mushroom after another emerges from under the clothes, from the face, and from the neck...
A group of people with dull expressions were tinkering in the cave for a long time. During this period, some low or some sad sounds could be heard.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Outside the cave, figures came out one after another.
As they left the cave further, the strangeness on their bodies quickly dissipated, and their expressions gradually became more vivid.
They have forgotten their own experiences and are still a good wife, father and child.
Only at a specific time in the future will this information be recalled and the cave re-entered...
…
Bang! Bang!
The train roared across the field, emitting huge white pillars of air.
In the special box, there were only two people, Fang Xian and Love.
Fang Xian was currently studying a file: "Landis Town?"
"Following the channel through which Dewen obtained Kailuo's manuscript, we found clues... There may be remnants of cultists in it..."
Love looked serious and nodded.
"The descendants of foreigners who mastered the "Secret Gu Manual"? Worms... Gu worms..." Fang Xian had a subtle association.
"In the land of the rising sun in the East, there are strange customs, such as medicine that likes to use herbal medicine, and the technology of manipulating bugs... The word bug also means poison in the East." Love seemed to think for a while before asking.
Fang Xian explained.
'Yes, I know better than you about the relationship between Gu and insects...'
Fang Xian secretly rolled his eyes, but on the surface, he still asked for advice: "So... is this kind of degenerate easy to deal with?"
"It's more difficult... You will know from reading the article. The opponent has supernatural power and strong vitality. It is a very difficult opponent." Love sighed: "This time, we pretended to be businessmen purchasing dried mushrooms.
Try to focus on investigation.”
'When the evidence and truth are found, can we call for support or even clear the ground with artillery fire?'
Fang Xian nodded secretly: "I know what to do."
"Be careful of those pagans, especially those with classics and inheritance. They will master supernatural powers more systematically..." Love said: "For example, 'gu insects'... sometimes are not necessarily visible insects to the naked eye, but they may also be invisible to the naked eye."
They are smaller and less noticeable things. They will lurk silently and enter our bodies, making us weak, exhausted, sane, and even driven into madness..."
He was performing the duties of a senior investigator and a guide for rookies, trying his best to explain some information to Rocca so as not to be fooled without knowing anything.
"So...can we use the power of spells in this investigation?"
Fang Xian's eyes flashed and he asked.
"The spell will gradually corrode your sanity... But this time..." Love struggled for a moment and quickly made a decision: "I have also prepared some means. As for your spell... I let you use it, and you can use it again.
, you have deviated a little from the previous sanity test..."
"Isn't this what I showed on purpose?" Fang Xian rolled his eyes, but with a serious look on his face: "I know!"