Tokyo Detective

Chapter 536 The War Between Man and Corpse
Arandi was furious and killed the criminals who were still in Paraguay, especially the highest-ranking officials and their families in a certain city, totaling more than 300 people.

The guy who begged for mercy also told him that the woman who had been helping him was actually a top CIA agent, and that the CIA was also partly responsible for the disaster.

Arandy felt as if his heart was being torn apart. Why? After spending several months together, he had clearly begun to like that woman, but who knew she would betray him? Perhaps one day she would even cut off his own head and give it to America, after all, CIA agents all deserve to die.

At that time, the two confessed everything and went their separate ways, and he also found that his humanity was gradually diminishing.

If he hides away and cultivates in seclusion, things might change, since the martial arts he practices are like those of Buddhist ascetics, which have a great influence on willpower.

But he didn't want it to end like this; he wanted to kill all his enemies.

Ultimately, Arandy truly lost his humanity on his path of killing, becoming inhumanly powerful and even possessing the ability to infect others.

At this moment, Arandi also realized that he was the result of his enemy's research.

More than a year of killings, from Paraguay to America, culminating in this massacre that has spread to a city and even a state.

Arandi stared into thought as he looked at his hand, which he couldn't return to normal, and finally made a decision.

"I can't be a human anymore. I'm a fungus, a fungus with intelligence. I'm not going to be a human anymore."

As Arandi gave up all resistance, the fungus that had been waiting in the wings rapidly changed within his body. Arandi's muscles twitched incessantly, and fungal filaments burst forth from his pores and other places to envelop his body.

Soon, Arandi completely transformed into a 3-meter-tall tree-like humanoid monster. Despite its small size, the power contained within it was terrifying.

Arandy examined his hands closely, uttering a hoarse human voice.

"This feels amazing. My mind isn't filled with hatred. I only have two thoughts now: to absorb nutrients and to reproduce and expand the population."

"It has this ability? It feels a lot like a queen ant and an ordinary ant."

All the fungal corpses within a radius of several kilometers stopped what they were doing. Whether they were ordinary fungal corpses or more powerful ones, they all knelt down and worshipped Arandi. He was controlling them.

"Haha, so I can actually feel joy after all."

It allows biological evolution, giving them a special ability to sense and control fungal corpses, and a terrifying regenerative capacity.

This is a complete humanoid replica of the Divine Tree (the flesh-eating fungus that was cut down by Naoki Hanyu). At this moment, the research goals of the Immortal Society and even America have been achieved. They have indeed completely replicated the original's abilities, but this has also brought a crisis to their own race.

No, this is not a replica of the Divine Tree, but an upgraded version that fills in the gaps in its ability to limit survival. For example, the spore infection method has changed from slowly waiting for the fruiting bodies to mature before releasing spores to allowing spores to be released directly from the teeth in the mouth when they become fruiting bodies.

Furthermore, the issue of the number of infections has been resolved, as previously the problem of genetic degeneration and gene contamination, which limited the number of generations of infections, has been addressed, allowing for unlimited infection.

Another major means of absorbing nutrients is the special method of extracellular digestion and mycelial absorption, which is why fungal carcasses do not feed on humans but only infect them.

But now they can eat meat directly. A stomach-like structure has been cultivated inside the fungal corpse, allowing them to absorb nutrients quickly and evolve to become stronger.

Not only has Houston become a living hell, but surrounding towns have also been visited by fungal zombies. This is because someone hid some fungal zombies nearby before causing trouble, and they will be released at some point.

In a private residence, an old man heard someone knocking on the door, so he picked up a pistol and opened the door with his wife by his side.

"What are you doing? Run away or I'll kill you."

Despite the gun, the fungal corpse lunged at the old woman. In response, the Vietnam War veteran fired a shot, piercing the corpse's heart. However, the fungal corpse continued to bite and tear at the old woman, causing her to scream and wake up the neighbors.

The old man quickly stood up again and rushed to his wife.

"Eddie, what's wrong?"

"do not come."

"what"

When the neighbors arrived at the old man's house with weapons, they found two fungal corpses eating the body.

"what's the situation?"

"Zombies?"
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In a church under the cover of night, a man and a woman with no faith were having sex inside. Just as the woman was lost in the moment, the man's head was suddenly severed by a giant fungal corpse.

When the woman opened her eyes, her handsome boyfriend had long since disappeared, and in front of her stood a small giant over two meters tall.

"what."

The screams echoed through the church.

Similar tragedies continue to occur, such as hitting a fungal corpse with a car, getting out of the car to check, and being bitten.

Fungal zombies infiltrated a party club, and soon the entire club was transformed into a place littered with severed limbs and remains.

Within just a few hours, infections broke out throughout the entire Houston metropolitan area, spreading rapidly until it was completely overrun. Keep in mind that this is a metropolitan area with a population of 740 million.

Of course, America had already realized what was happening and began to take countermeasures against this terrible fungal infection.
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The five-legged building, and King Ying rushed over in a hurry.

"How is the situation now?"

Defense Minister Logan Hernandez's eyes were bloodshot. "The situation is terrible. The fungal infection came too suddenly, and at night, we simply didn't have time to react. Now all of Texas's military forces have been mobilized, but because a third of the troops were transferred to the Western Pacific some time ago, Texas now has less than 10 troops."

King Ying immediately became anxious upon hearing this.

What do you mean by only 100,000 troops? 100,000 troops by land, sea and air is already a lot. You have to know that Japan quelled the infection with only 20,000 troops. They have five times the number of the enemy.

Of course, there are quite a few people in the Houston area, but it would be strange if a mere fungal corpse could stand up to America's steel torrent.

Could it be that this guy I just promoted is accusing me of insisting on increasing troops in the Western Sun, causing Texas to run out of manpower?

"That's enough. Once the troops arrive, we'll begin our attack on the target. I expect to hear news of Houston's recapture within a day."

Logan and a group of high-ranking military officials gave a wry smile. If only it were that easy.

Previously, the terrifying aspect of man-eating fungi was their infection, but modern fungi have undergone a complete transformation, improving in every way.

"Mr. President, the most important thing now is not to retake the Houston area, but to prevent the infection. You know, Houston fell in just a few hours. If the army breaks in and disperses the fungal corpses, these monsters will spread to other cities, even San Anthony and Dallas. Texas has 3400 million people."

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King Win felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of the consequences of the fungus spreading; Texas had not only its official population, but also a large number of illegal immigrants.

It can infect a large city area in just 4 hours, which means that if even one fungal zombie escapes, it can infect a city within a day.

"We really can't fight head-on. You're professionals, so what's your plan?"

Defense Secretary Logan breathed a sigh of relief as he explained.

"First, we created a buffer zone, evacuated people from the surrounding safe areas, and had people in the high-risk areas hide indoors to await rescue. The army formed an encirclement and gradually tightened it, making sure not to let any escapees get away."

"The Air Force will assist the Army's operations, and the Navy can also launch artillery bombardments on the Houston city from the sea. In return, the Air Force and Navy will unleash their full force to bomb areas densely populated with fungal corpses early tomorrow morning."

King Ying nodded.

"Very reasonable."

To prevent his boss from having overly high expectations, Logan decided to pour cold water on his enthusiasm and give him a heads-up.

"This outbreak of fungal infection is very different from previous ones. The fungal corpses are several levels stronger. Please take a look."

The screen opens and plays a video.

"We discovered that the fungal zombie can also become stronger by consuming flesh and blood, which can be roughly divided into four stages. The first stage is when it is first infected, when it is slightly stronger than an ordinary person but much slower. In the second stage, after consuming flesh and blood, it will reach a height of about two meters, and its speed will be no slower than an ordinary person, but its strength will be much greater."

The screen then switched to several photos.

"Next is the third stage, where the fungal zombies have undergone significant evolution. Some have become slender and agile fungal zombies, while others are three-meter-tall muscular giants who are immune to heavy machine gun bullets. Some fungal zombies will also spit out green pus-like dead bacteria, which will kill anyone who comes into contact with them. The most terrifying stage is the fourth stage, where a 4-meter-tall creature is immune to 25mm machine guns. There is no information on the others at the moment."

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As King Ying looked at the grotesque photos, a chill ran down his spine.

These fungal corpses are like some zombie works, giving rise to all sorts of different beings.

King Ying suddenly remembered something.

"Didn't some companies research vaccines against fungi that eat humans before?"

Logan shook his head.

"No way, the old kind was an old fungus, this one is obviously a new species, it takes time to study it, there's no way we can do it in time. I really don't know which beasts are researching this stuff."

King Ying remained silent.

Logan, being new, was unaware of the situation, but he knew that America had brought this upon herself.

Texas is a constellation of stars, with many generals on the front lines.

The entire American home army was moved here, and the defense line is gradually being built.

On the outskirts of the university town, the 3rd Armored Brigade was blocking the westward advance of the fungal zombies. They didn't know why the zombie horde seemed to be advancing westward in large numbers, but they just wanted to prevent them from passing.

Ninety M1A2 SEPv3 tanks unleashed terrifying power, causing the earth to shake violently.

The machine guns and heavy machine guns relentlessly unleashed their fury.

Even fighter jets and helicopters are assisting.

The first war between modern human armies and monsters created by humans has begun.

(End of this chapter)