Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 234 New Talent: One of Three Options
"coming."

Looking at the breathtaking scene in the sky.

Both Cain and Behmaud were filled with anticipation.

Talented individuals emerge in every generation. As the strong of the new era, this is the first time they have witnessed the trials of the gods, the legendary creator god.

Didn't they smuggle themselves here just for this scene?

"I will take his place!"

Cain strained to look past the creator god and gazed at the multicolored, powerful gods waiting in the sky, with God at the head.
A flame called ambition was growing ever larger in Cain's heart!

Liu Jun opened the pot and looked down at the gods with their various expressions.

He was already used to this scene; every time, there were all sorts of ambitious guys watching him.

His gaze fell on Cain and Behmert, and then he carefully checked the crowd to make sure that King Arthur, Adam, and Eve were not there.

It seems that King Arthur wasn't some cunning old fox who faked his death; he didn't infiltrate the ranks and was a true hero.

As for Adam and Eve?
Where did those two go, carrying the Box of God?

They wouldn't really run off to the distant stars, far away from their hometown, would they?

"You're hopeless." Liu Jun said with a hint of disappointment.

Cain has already infiltrated, so why are you two hiding among the corpses, sneaking in to fight it out?
This couple doesn't seem to have any ambition.

What good is it for an honest couple to be so smart and talented?

Personality determines everything.

Putting aside his chaotic thoughts, Liu Jun began to look at the mushroom soup.

Three divine objects of different shapes floated continuously.

Liu Jun glanced at it briefly and then looked disappointed. "This time, there isn't a single divine artifact."

Although it was regrettable, he also knew that this was normal.

The last time was after accumulating the first three divine items for so long, the fourth one finally came out.

It's normal that it didn't collapse this time.

Mushroom number one.

[Standing upright with a shadow]: People see your shadow, but they cannot see you.

Liu Jun was stunned; the series that had disappeared without a trace had indeed returned.

But what the hell is this?

There are currently two entries in the Stealth series.

[Low Stealth]: Conceals various energies, germs, and cultivation levels within the body, but this is only equivalent to a method of concealing cultivation levels; others can still see you.

[Disappeared without a trace]: Unless someone's level of understanding is far superior to yours, they will not be able to see you.

But how come people are starting to see my shadow in this third sequence?

Your functionality has been reduced.
Liu Jun was somewhat puzzled, and after a moment of thought, he looked at the introduction.

Introduction:

At first, a beautiful high school girl found herself to have a very weak sense of presence.

At school and after class, everyone ignored him.

This phenomenon is worsening; parents and teachers are gradually ignoring her, even forgetting that she is their student or their daughter.

When I got home, they didn't leave any food for me.

While I was at school, my friends were falling in love and laughing, and I felt like I had been forgotten.

"Boss, I'd like a loaf of bread."

The shop owner did not respond.

"How am I supposed to eat from now on?" the girl cried out in despair. "My family won't cook for me, so am I supposed to steal food?"

However, she soon discovered that she had nothing to worry about.

Something even more terrifying happened.

She began to be forgotten by hunger.

"I'm not hungry anymore?"

"Then I definitely need to go to the toilet too."

But something even more terrifying began to happen.

She began to be forgotten by excretion.

She was forgotten by the public eye.

Forgotten by cognition.

Forgotten by hunger.

Forgotten through excretion.
"What kind of monster am I?"

She squatted on the ground, in excruciating pain.

As the sunlight shone on her, she discovered that she could even see her own reflection.

She wasn't forgotten by the shadows!
This became her only anchor in reality, anchoring her existence in reality so that she wouldn't completely lose herself and be forgotten by the forgotten.

"My shadow is the only proof that I'm alive."

"Thank goodness you're here, thank goodness you're here!"

But she was still in immense pain and felt incredibly lonely.

In despair, she began to wish that everyone was like her, and then strange things started to happen: her low presence began to spread.

"Huh, why is there no one on the street?"

Why is no one in the classroom?

Humans began to panic, realizing that they seemed to be all alone in the world.

But they soon discovered that the other person hadn't disappeared; they had left their shadows in the same spot.

On the streets, shadows wandered aimlessly, densely packed together.

Even when they bump into each other, they don't feel like they've bumped into each other because of the lack of a sense of presence.

It's as if you're hypnotized; no matter what you do, you instinctively forget the other person.

Thus, the world became a kingdom of shadows.

Ten years later.

People cannot see or sense each other; they can only confirm that the other person is nearby through their shadow.

Everyone is an island, and everyone becomes socially anxious.

Even when they are face-to-face, they can only communicate by typing on their phones.

Despair, numbness, and loneliness are the main themes of this era.

People commit suicide every day.

Fortunately, they have not been forgotten by death.

Twenty years later.

The girl finally regained control of some of her abilities. "We cannot be forgotten by childbirth!" And so, childbirth was remembered.

But the men and women can no longer see each other. Humans reproduce in isolation through a special method, such as in vitro fertilization.

"We have new hope."

The new generation of people is just beginning to emerge.

Because newborns cannot see anyone at birth, but only the shadows of their companions, the new generation begins not to consider themselves human.

We are shadows.

We are the race of shadows.

They are forgotten by the world, rejected by hunger, and have no need to excrete.

—We are the forgotten ones.

Liu Jun raised his eyebrows upon seeing this.

Previously, Liu Jun thought, "I've already disappeared, so why are you leaving me a shadow? Isn't that just like me burying my head in the sand?"
Now Liu Jun actually thinks, "It's great that you left me a shadow!"
This is an anchor point in reality, so that you won't completely lose your way in reality.

Liu Jun thought about it and felt that this thing was a bit scary, as the disaster it caused was conceptual.

"To be determined!"

He looked at the next one.

【All-Spirit Wine Jar】: Golden radiation light transforms into water.

Introduction:

People discovered a meteorite that had fallen from the sky, and inside the meteorite was a wine pot with an ancient, textured pattern.

There's something inside this meteorite!

In the laboratory, people discovered that this wine jug continuously produced a kind of lees.

Any life that consumes this lees will melt into a pool of fine wine once exposed to radiation.

"Perfect, absolutely perfect!"

"Any animal that ingests this lees and is then irradiated will be transformed into a precious elixir! Eating it will prolong their lifespan!"

The rich started to take action. They began feeding the lees to pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep, and then irradiating them with strong light of various frequencies.

Hey!
Ouch!

The animals melted and turned into liquid amidst their screams.

The wealthy had the experimenters carefully collect the liquid, treating it as an exquisite wine, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Good! Great!"

But they gradually became dissatisfied.

Animals were no longer enough; their target became higher beings, humans.

Some death row inmates were brought in, fed on lees, and then irradiated with radiation, turning them into fine wine.

After drinking it, wealthy people experienced smoother skin, the restoration of genetic defects, and a more youthful appearance.

They seem to be absorbing each other's life sequence.

"Great! As long as we absorb the fine wines of these animals and gather all the spirits, we will become the ultimate life form!"

"No, we will become dragons! By absorbing the advantages of other animals, won't we become dragons?"

The wealthy continued their experiments.

But things took an unexpected turn when an insider leaked information about their base, attracting numerous other forces to try and seize it.

During the struggle, the wine jug fell into a local reservoir.

The city's tap water was contaminated by the wine jug.

On this day, the most terrifying thing also happened.

On the television, the following announcement appeared:
[WARNING: An unknown virus is contaminating the city's reservoirs. Please do not drink the contaminated tap water!]

But it's too late.

Countless people who drank the lees went outside and basked in the sun, experiencing mild ultraviolet radiation, though not enough to melt them into fine wine.

But his skin ulcerated, and he turned into a mindless beast.

"The ultraviolet radiation is too low to melt them into fine wine; it can only cause their skin to rot and turn them into walking corpses."

"These wild beasts are instinctively eating people."

"It's over!"

The television broadcast the news again.

A species called zombies has begun to spread in cities. Please note the following:

[1. Drinking tap water infected with the virus, or being bitten by a zombie, will turn you into a virus carrier. You cannot go outside for sunlight, or you will immediately turn into a zombie.]

[2. Zombies are extremely difficult to kill. They are afraid of strong radiation. After being exposed to strong radiation, small wine glasses containing fine wine will condense in their heads. Eating these glasses can help them evolve.]

The virus spread in the reservoir.

Some brave individuals who kill zombies, hunt crystal cores, and consume fine wine are known as Evolvers!
Some wealthy individuals, seeing the mutations in the city, chose to spread the virus worldwide.

"Haha, well, it's all the same now anyway."

"What kind of ultimate wine would be created if the entire world were used to brew wine?"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, those evolved beings who drank the fine wine can also be used to brew more wine!"

"All the strong can brew wine, enriching it time and time again. A thousand wines are concentrated into ten, and ten are concentrated into one. The resulting wine must be the ultimate wine of immortality!"

A zombie virus outbreak.

A year later, cities across the land were reduced to ruins, and a new kind of human known as the Evolvers emerged.

The evolved beings killed each other, forcing each other to drink the lees, become infected with the virus, and brew wine again.

Through their continuous breeding of venomous insects, they finally produced the ultimate fine wine.

"Whoever drinks this wine will live forever!"

Countless powerful individuals leaped up at the last moment.

The era has turned a new page, an unknown chapter.

"Is it part of a series?"

Seeing this, Liu Jun had already roughly guessed what was going on.

Evolution series.

One is the light of radiation.

This is a wine jar.

What if someone who has eaten fermented rice lees were exposed to radiation possessing the divinity of evolution, and turned into fine wine?

These are two divine objects, perfectly linked.

Or rather, evolutionary sequences are inherently complementary.

Could it be that the four evolved divine artifacts are actually the four major kitchen utensils used for cooking?
"But just a description of a zombie isn't enough to tell anything; we'll probably need to conduct some actual experiments."

Liu Jun had become accustomed to these rudimentary introductions, each one concealing a great deal of crucial information.

(End of this chapter)