Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

Meanwhile, Yang Lin produced a giant matsutake mushroom for the company, which greatly boosted Su Rong and others' confidence. They planned to participate in overseas auctions and began preparing for related matters.

The employees at all levels of the company lead busy and fulfilling lives.

Yang Lin, the company's boss, has reverted to his usual lazy ways.

I sleep until noon every day before lazily waking up for lunch.

Then, after dawdling for a while, I arrived at the company's office to enjoy the air conditioning.

At this moment, Yang Lin was seen lying on an ergonomic chair in the office, leisurely scrolling through videos on his phone.

The thumb supports the bottom of the phone, the middle finger rests on the edge, and the index finger slides across the screen.

On the screen, one after another, heavily made-up female internet celebrities with oval faces are constantly live-streaming their talents.

Those who can sing imitate celebrities, and those with good figures perform borderline dances.

There are also many unconventional livestreamers who attract attention with their unique skills.

Yang Lin's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his fingers kept switching between different live streams. His mind was clearly not on these pretty girls at all.

Only when he came across those outdoor live streamers again did Yang Lin perk up a little.

Send a rocket as a greeting gift to any outdoor livestreamer you encounter.

Hello, everyone!

"I'm going mushroom picking in the mountains again today..."

As luck would have it, the live streaming platform seemed to know Yang Lin's preferences. Just as Yang Lin swiped away several popular female streamers recommended by the platform, an outdoor streamer named "Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" immediately appeared on Yang Lin's phone.

"You like picking mushrooms? That suits my taste."

"reward!"

After quickly typing two sentences in the live stream, Yang Lin immediately sent a rocket as a gift to the little girl who was picking mushrooms.

Whoosh... Boom...

User 【Red Umbrella White Pole】launched a rocket!

The rocket launch effect appeared on the phone screen, and the viewers in the live broadcast room immediately went wild.

"Holy crap, it's the Red and White boss!"

"A big shot is in the live stream! Streamer, you'd better seize this opportunity and latch onto him!"

Because of his wealth, and because Yang Lin frequently tipped people on the live streaming platform, many people recognized Yang Lin's online name.

The host, "Little Girl Picking Mushrooms," is a young woman in her twenties, dressed in the clothing of a minority group in western Hunan, and appears to be from western Hunan.

"Thank you... thank you for the rocket delivered by Red Umbrella and White Pole..."

Overjoyed, the host kept expressing his gratitude in the live stream.

"Don't thank me yet, you're getting too excited."

Yang Lin quickly said in the live broadcast room without thinking:

"I heard there's a kind of mushroom in the mountains called the fly mushroom. As soon as a fly gets close, the smell emitted by the mushroom can quickly poison the fly to death."

"Hey streamer, could you catch a few flies and go find some mushrooms to test the effect?"

"If the streamer can meet my requirements, I'll send ten more Carnivals."

These words caused the live stream to erupt in excitement once again.

"Holy crap! That's awesome!"

"Ten carnivals would be worth a year's salary for me!"

"Hey Red & White, check me out! I'm a pro at catching flies..."

In the live stream, a single rocket costs 1,000 yuan.

A carnival costs three thousand yuan.

Ten carnivals can indeed be equivalent to a year's salary for many ordinary people.

Because Yang Lin frequently showered viewers with virtual gifts during his live streams, often sending virtual rockets to outdoor streamers, no one in the live stream doubted what Yang Lin said.

"Family members, our sponsor has given us a mission: today I'll lead you all to catch flies, and then we'll look for poisonous mushrooms..."

Without any hesitation or reservation, the streamer immediately addressed the sponsor as "daddy" and began to create the content and direction of the live stream according to the challenge given by Yang Lin.

For streamers, the challenge from the Red and White Masters is very interesting.

And it highly overlapped with her usual live stream content, except for the addition of a part about catching flies before setting off.

After about twenty minutes, with guidance from viewers in the live stream, the streamer finally managed to catch five or six flies at home using disposable plastic cups and transfer them to a plastic bottle.

"Family, I caught the fly!"

"Let's go, let's go find mushrooms..."

Carrying the freshly caught flies, the anchor skipped and hopped toward the hill behind his house.

Not everyone can be like Yang Lin, who can make the mushrooms in the mountains grow according to his wishes.

Going into the mountains to find mushrooms is destined to be a long process.

Yang Lin also wants to find more outdoor livestreamers to keep an eye out for poisonous mushrooms appearing in the mountains.

Naturally, one wouldn't stay in a live stream room for too long.

Seeing that the "little girl picking mushrooms" had already set off, Yang Lin left the live stream shortly afterward.

Continue searching for the next streamer with similar content.

The day passed quickly.

Yang Lin contacted a total of six outdoor live streamers today and gave all six of them similar challenges.

However, until all the streamers finished their live broadcasts, all six of them had some bad luck, encountering quite a few poisonous mushrooms outdoors.

However, none of the varieties met Yang Lin's requirements.

The challenge simply ended there.

……

Hello, everyone!

"Mom said that one should not give up halfway through a task. Since yesterday's challenge has not been completed, our task today is still to find fly mushrooms."

The next day, user "Little Girl Picking Mushrooms" started her live stream two hours early, waved a prepared fly in front of the screen, and continued walking towards the back mountain.

"Family members, let me tell you a little secret. I've encountered the strain of bacteria that the Red and White boss is looking for before. After the broadcast ended yesterday, I also found a lot of wrong routes."

"I'll definitely complete the challenge today, just you wait and see..."

On the journey to find mushrooms, the host interacted with the viewers from time to time.

"By the way, should we tell the streamer that the Red and White Boss wasn't even online today?"

"What if the streamer completes the challenge? Will he look like a clown in front of everyone?"

"Don't bother looking for the streamer yet, the big shot isn't online today."

"My heart aches for the streamer for a second..."

The live stream chat was filled with random comments, and time passed by little by little.

"Family members, look! Look what I've found!"

"The fly mushrooms the boss is looking for!"

Suddenly, the live stream camera zoomed in, focusing on a small, grayish-green, cloak-shaped mushroom on the ground.

The mushrooms are not very big; a single mushroom is only about 3 to 5 centimeters long.

Its cap has cracked edges, and its gills and stems are dirty white with distinct stripes.

It was none other than the poisonous fly mushroom that Yang Lin was looking for.

This fungus contains toxins, which are particularly effective at killing flies, hence its name.

"Don't rush the live stream, let me call the Red and White experts first..."

The moment the poisonous fly mushroom appeared, many viewers volunteered to send private messages to Yang Lin.

Drop drop... drop drop...

While resting, Yang Lin suddenly received a message from the live stream's backend. He immediately opened his phone and logged into the live stream.

"Ding~, the distinguished red umbrella with white pole has entered the live stream room."

As the entry notification sounded, Yang Lin quickly spotted the poisonous fly mushrooms he had been searching for in the live stream of the little girl picking mushrooms.

"Users with red umbrellas and white poles will receive a Carnival gift..."

"The user gifted a carnival..."

"A carnival as a gift..."

"Carnival".

Ten quick, ten screen jumps.

Without hesitation, Yang Lin delivered the ten carnivals as promised, and the live stream room went wild.

"Wow, this guy's awesome!"

"I admire the master."

"Does the Red and White Master need any accessories...?"

Yang Lin completely ignored the praise he received during the live stream.

After sending the streamer a message reminding them to protect the ecological environment and not to damage wild mushrooms.

Based on the specific location shown in the live stream, Yang Lin immediately booked a plane ticket to Xiangxi Province.

Of course, Yang Lin's trip to western Hunan was not to meet the female anchor using his status as the top fan with the red umbrella and white pole.

Instead, they went to see the cluster of poisonous fly mushrooms that appeared in the live stream.

As a member of the Tricholomataceae family, *Agaricus fasciatus* is naturally one of the species that Yanglin needs to enhance its mycelial phagocytosis and decomposition capabilities.

Unfortunately, this type of mushroom has a very small distribution range, and it is almost non-existent in Nanzhao Province.

It is only found in two locations in China: Xiangxi Province and Jingzhou Province.

This is why Yang Lin follows and tipes outdoor streamers in his live stream.

All the outdoor livestreamers he follows have IP addresses in Xiangxi Province or Jingzhou Province.

As a poisonous fungus, the trade of fly mushrooms in China is clearly illegal.

However, the existence of live streaming rooms can circumvent this.

Compared to the various bizarre and outlandish content from livestreamers on the platform, going outdoors to find mushrooms and incidentally doing some science popularization and introducing the local culture and geography is perfectly normal.

Yang Lin simply asked the anchor to find the mushrooms and provide some basic scientific information.

They neither pick or damage the plants, nor do they buy or sell them.

Naturally, no taboos were triggered.

This allowed him to exploit a loophole and mobilize people online to find the poisonous mushrooms he needed.

A direct flight from Nanzhao to western Hunan takes about two hours.

Including the time spent traveling to the airport and waiting for his flight, Yang Lin arrived in Tanzhou City, where the anchor was located, in just over six hours.

Compared to Nanzhao Province, Xiangxi Province has a very developed economy and is considered a major economic province in the country.

On the streets of Tanzhou City, Yang Lin saw many vehicles with ride-hailing license plates.

This is a project that Yang Lin plans to invest in, but which has not yet taken off in Nanzhao Province.

Taking advantage of the wind blowing by the roadside, Yang Lin silently created tiny aerial mycelia, lost a pound, and left his mark of arrival.

After dining at a well-regarded upscale restaurant in Tanzhou City and ordering a plate of stinky tofu on the street, the streamer tried hailing a ride-hailing car in Tanzhou City and headed straight to the town where the streamer lived.

With the live streamer's outdoor video, Yang Lin located the target village and recognized the path the streamer took into the mountains after watching the replay only once.

Several hours passed, and it gradually got dark.

The streamer finished his broadcast early and left the mountains to return home and rest.

Passing by the streamer's usual route, Yang Lin saw the streamer's house and the streamer washing vegetables in the yard.

However, Yang Lin did not go up to greet the anchor.

The red umbrella and white pole are just some of his online identities.

The purpose of this online ID was simply for Yang Lin to casually inquire about some poisonous mushrooms during his leisure time.

He didn't want others to know his online name.

Since we met online, our communication will remain confined to the internet.

After all, it's not uncommon for people to challenge livestreamers online to find and educate them about fungi.

As for other matters, it's best to avoid creating unnecessary complications.

Just as Yang Lin was passing by the anchor's house, the anchor, who had stepped away from the camera and returned to his daily life, also noticed the stranger passing by.

However, the streamer only glanced at it and quickly ignored it.

Following the path opened up by the streamer, Yang Lin soon arrived at the location of the cluster of poisonous fly mushrooms.

Perhaps Yang Lin's advice had some effect.

The cluster of poisonous fly mushrooms was not destroyed by the streamer.

The tiny, tattered cloaks, with a few dead flies lying beside them, were quietly awaiting Yang Lin's arrival.

It’s not a waste of time to break through the iron shoes.

The wind was strong on the mountain. Yang Lin walked against the wind for a while and, taking advantage of the strong wind, silently released half a pound of aerial mycelium.

The mycelium drifted in the wind and soon reached the village at the foot of the mountain.

After confirming that no one else was passing by by sensing the mycelium,

Yang Lin quickly returned to the location of the poisonous fly mushroom.

Reach out and press down on the mushroom.

Although the volatile substances emitted by the fly mushroom can kill flies in a short time.

However, this toxin is not very effective on humans, and its volatile dose is insufficient to cause poisoning.

If it's just simple contact without consuming anything.

This fungus isn't that harmful to humans.

Immediately afterward, the moment Yang Lin pressed his palm down, clumps of white mycelium sprouted from his palm.

It instantly covered all the poisonous fly mushrooms on the ground.

It successively devoured various fungi of the Tricholomataceae family.

Yang Lin's ability to devour and analyze is now vastly different from what it used to be.

Both speed and efficiency have been greatly improved compared to before.

In the past, this clump of poisonous fly mushrooms in front of him would have allowed Yang Lin to deduce at most some information.

This is not enough for Yang Lin to master its mycelial creation ability.

But for now, this group alone is enough.

About eight minutes later, the clump of poisonous fly mushrooms on the ground had completely disappeared.

The clump of white mycelium that Yang Lin released from his palm also completely disappeared into the earth's strata.

It completely devoured the mycelium in the soil that supported the fly mushroom.

"It's done!"

Yang Lin was overjoyed and slowly got up.

With the palm open, a tiny, poisonous fly mushroom suddenly appeared.

He has successfully mastered the ability to create the poisonous fly mushroom.

"Next, as long as I collect some more foreign species of poisonous mushrooms, I estimate I'll be able to unlock the ability to devour mushrooms from the Agaricales order," Yang Lin thought to himself.

Nanzhao Province has a wide variety of wild mushrooms.

Before arriving in Xiangxi Province, he also encountered spotted mushrooms in Nanzhao, a type of mushroom in the Tricholomataceae family that is also poisonous.

Including the fly mushroom he found in western Hunan, he has collected all the common mushrooms in the Tricholomataceae family that are commonly found in China.

Next, it's time to head abroad.

After cleaning up his tracks, Yang Lin quickly left the mountains and took a taxi back to his hotel in Tanzhou.

Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!

The next day, as soon as Yang Lin entered Tanzhou Airport, Manager Su called, asking questions with a hint of anxiety.

"Mr. Lin, all the company staff are ready to depart. What time will you arrive at the company?"

"I'm currently investigating the market in western Hunan. Wait for me for a few hours, I'll fly back immediately."