He tried to figure out what was happening. Finally, his consciousness seemed to find a light spot in the void and he saw what was going on. The thin, snow-white mycelium had stretched to a point of near-transparency, fragile to a thrilling level. There was a sharp pain and it broke.

His spore.

The mycelium in his body was connected to each mycelium of the spore. Now the mycelium was breaking one by one. It wasn’t done by himself but by the spore actively leaving—no, it wasn’t this.

It was time for maturity and the life instincts were separating them.

An Zhe couldn’t stop it. It was hard to say if there was a deep relationship between a mushroom and its spore. Their relationship wasn’t like human parents and children but he still didn’t want the spore to leave him so quickly. It was so dangerous outside. If the spore left him then it would die if it encountered something—especially Lu Feng.

However, he had lost all his senses and couldn’t say anything. He could only speak to the spore in his heart.

‘Don’t come out. Don’t come out. It’s too dangerous.’

The fear of death peaked when there were only three mycelium remaining.

‘Don’t come out—please.’

He sweated as he opened his eyes. The ceiling was in front of him and he blinked slowly. The next moment, his spirit stirred.

—It was still here.

He could still feel the spore in his body and the three mycelium teetering to hold it, as if the spore had finally decided to heed his request. The next moment, the doctor’s voice entered his ears. For a moment, he thought he had returned to the base but then he realized this voice was coming from the communicator.

After correcting the distorted copper wire, Lu Feng had contacted the base. It might be wrong but in this moment, An Zhe felt lost.

“…I can tell you with certainty that humans are finished.” The doctor’s pessimistic voice came from the communicator. An Zhe moved and found that he was lying in Lu Feng’s arms, wearing his coat. Then Lu Feng saw that he woke up.

He seemed to want to say something but An Zhe used his eyes to tell this person to focus on the call. Then he weakly pressed his forehead against Lu Feng’s chest.

“This isn’t a predictable disaster at all. It is a mass extinction. I can tell you that all living things, all non-living things and all the laws of physics will become extinct.”

Lu Feng told him, “I saw the fusion of matter.”