I am Jinshan Youxia

Looking out the car window at the quiet and peaceful town of Moshan, Zhang Chengyi felt that it seemed more normal than Morimi Village.

Towns and villages are on the same political level, but towns are much larger and have a larger population than villages. Morimi Village has only one general store and no other places to shop. The elementary school has been abandoned for a long time, and the original train station was abandoned a few years ago because of the lack of passenger traffic.

Theoretically, a police officer should be stationed at a village police station. In many villages, the police officer and his/her family members live in the station. However, in reality, the police officer's position is held by the village chief's son's brother-in-law, who is never in the village except to collect his/her salary.

If you want to leave, you can only drive, and there's only one highway. On the other side, there are forests and mountains, so there's no road at all. It's really a case of being helpless if something happens.

Aside from the somewhat abstract name, Moshan Town is pretty good. It has all sorts of shops, elementary and middle schools, and in terms of scale, it's like a town in a neighboring country. In fact, it looks more bustling than a town.

Goro Furuhata and the others went to spread the mold throughout the town.

It's hard for most people to refuse to chat with someone who has a kind smile and carries gifts, and then they become Zhang Chengyi's captive.

Strangely, Goro Furuhata and the others knew perfectly well that their lives were entirely in Zhang Chengyi's hands after being infected with the fungus, and yet, despite being kind and friendly, they showed no remorse whatsoever when spreading the infection. Instead, they spoke with an almost pious tone, spouting nonsense about the great lord of the fungus bestowing blessings upon them.

Of course, they know that saying such things to others sounds like a cult, so they basically only mention it once or twice when chatting among their own people.

It's almost like he has some serious illness.

"Knock knock knock~" A little boy curiously knocked on the car window.

The club's specially made car uses one-way bulletproof glass. The kids outside probably thought the people inside the car had left, so they came over to knock on it for fun.

Zhang Chengyi initially didn't intend to interfere, thinking he could just let the kid knock on the glass a few times. However, he started to lose his temper when the brat began to take off his pants.

A child's urine isn't necessarily a bad thing, but he didn't want his car to be wet with a little kid's urine.

"Whoosh~" The car window rolled down.

The boy's smile froze instantly. His pants, which he had pulled down, revealed a small elephant pointing directly at the car door. Then he saw a terrifying man with a blank expression and gleaming green eyes.

"Wow!" he yelled, and the little elephant and he couldn't help but burst into tears. Then, well, they ran away while still crying.

Should we go for A?

Zhang Chengyi glanced at the car door, which was still a little wet, and the 'tear stains' on the ground that were gradually receding in an S-shape, and sighed helplessly.

Two or three hours later, Goro Furuhata and the others returned, chatting and laughing. In order to ensure that everyone in the entire town of Moshan was infected and to prevent any oversights, they split up and went to several crowded places, infecting dozens of people. Theoretically, within a few days at most, the infected people would be able to spread the [mold], creating an environment sufficient for Zhang Chengyi to act.

Under normal circumstances, it is not the [fungus] itself. For an infected organism to infect a person, it needs to be in close contact for at least ten minutes. A few days is already very fast. If you want to speed it up further, it is simple: just let Goro Furuhata and the others stay in the town for a while longer.

He inexplicably felt like he was playing a real-life version of Plague Inc.

"Furuhata, help me buy a house here, even if it's a bit out of the way." Zhang Chengyi was preparing to move from Morimi Village to Mazan Town.

Anyway, there aren't many people left in the village now. The infected animals are all at 0% in terms of mold growth. They have almost no mental problems. They are simply becoming carriers of the mold because their bodies are rotting and dying after being injured. Therefore, they have no space to support the bacteria.

Once the town of Moshan becomes a habitable environment for him, he will release these small animals into the vast wilderness to find other animals and humans that can be infected.

"Yes, sir," Goro Furuhata replied respectfully.

Zhang Chengyi had long ago left all the money he had taken from the men in black suits with them. After all, he didn't need to eat or drink, and going out to spread the virus would cost money, so it was better to let them hold onto it.

If you really need to spend money, it's not too late to ask for it later, just like now.

The convoy soon set off again under the watchful eyes of the residents of Moshan Town, and everything seemed to be the same as usual.

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The mountain behind Magic Mountain Town.

“I heard from the residents of Moshan Town that Moshan Tunnel is a very old tunnel. During World War II, a train derailed in the tunnel, and half of the people on board died in the tunnel. It was closed down a few years ago after several accidents, which is related to the abandonment of the village’s original train station.”

Goro Furuhata recounted the information he had gathered: "It is said that residents of Mazan-cho often see ghosts in the tunnel, and every few years a resident dies inside, so basically no one goes near it. Shirasa Village on the other side of the tunnel is even more isolated from the world."

Zhang Chengyi gazed at the dark tunnel in the distance. His instincts, stemming from the mold, told him that it was a 'kindred spirit,' another rule out of control.

This is no joke; there's no such thing as a strong or weak rule, and there can be mutual restraint between different rules.

Just like the rule of the sword that went out of control before, which was to control life force, the mold could completely devour life force to cultivate the microbial community, so Yamada, who was in control of the sword, fell down in a second and had no power to resist at all.

If he goes in without understanding the rules of the tunnel, he might become the next 'Yamada' who fails miserably.

Zhang Chengyi glanced at the symbiotic longevity bacteria that had gotten off the car with him and said, "Stay behind me and don't stray too far. If you encounter any danger, run away immediately."

Regardless, he had to go and see for himself. If he really couldn't get there, he would have to give up on Baisha Village.

A secluded little village, there probably aren't many people there.

Furthermore, people keep dying in the abandoned tunnels of Moshan Town, so we need to find a way to relocate the people of Moshan Town.

The new place I just decided on might have to be abandoned; life is truly unpredictable.

Chapter 304 High-Speed ​​Driving

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock"

As Zhang Chengyi approached, he could hear the sound of blood dripping, and the body could see strange objects flying at high speeds shuttling back and forth in the tunnel.

It zooms through the tunnel from the ground to the tunnel ceiling in a flash, then diagonally through the wall, endlessly, at an extremely fast speed.

The key point is that there isn't just one, but many.

Zhang Chengyi walked to the edge of the tunnel, and the strange things disappeared again. The dark Demon Mountain Tunnel was deathly silent.

He tore off his own head and threw it inside—

Since it's made from bacteria anyway, I'll just make another one later.

"Smack!"

After his head hit the ground, he realized he hadn't removed his eyeballs, and now he had no spares.

Fortunately, the head didn't stray too far from the body and the sac's transmission range, so it was still possible to observe the situation from a distance using the thrown-out head.

With the interaction of the two out-of-control rules, the reading ability of the modifier panel took effect, and Zhang Chengyi quickly grasped the out-of-control rules inside the tunnel.

If I had to describe it by name, it would probably be something like "high-speed driving".

The train once sped through the train time and time again, and after it went out of control, the rules inside began to trap one human after another, driving them at high speeds.

Once controlled by this out-of-control rule, it can pass through objects, and the humans who went missing inside basically all turned into those high-speed, traversing things.

Because of the high speed, the image appears somewhat blurry to the naked eye, but it looks much better once you go inside. All of these images appear quite dry when viewed up close.

It was literally dry; the outside was covered in bloodstains, and the inside must have been drained of all the blood. The two eyeballs had burst out due to the blood being squeezed out, making it look quite terrifying.

However, high-speed driving has almost no effect on mold; on the contrary, the mold is infectious to humans inside.

"Don't follow me in," Zhang Chengyi warned Furuhata Goro and the others, then stepped into the tunnel, picked up his empty head, patted the dirt off it, and pressed it back in.

It took him several tens of seconds to re-establish the mycelial network inside his empty head and the damaged skin before he vomited out a large number of spores.

White and black spores swirled in the air, quickly catching sight of the humans flying through the tunnel.

Despite the fact that they have no blood left and possess the ability to penetrate objects, they are actually still alive.

Just like a person whose mold growth is almost 100% complete, with every inch of their body covered in mold, they are still alive, existing in a kind of idealistic way.

[Mold] doesn't care whether you have a physical body or not; as long as your soul exists, it can be captured.

Like Yamada, who was previously controlled by the sword, these people only progressed one percent in terms of mold growth after being infected, and it was almost impossible for them to progress normally.

In the past, the rule of losing control in the struggle for human rights was always that whoever controlled the situation first would gain the absolute upper hand. Later, it was just like General Yuwen Chengdu and his subordinates facing the captured beauties.

You have to wait in line.

Unfortunately, times have changed. After the modded version was released, it wasn't that you could upgrade anything that you couldn't; it became that you could upgrade anything at will.

[Mold progression: 100%] Xn

Zhang Chengyi looked at the countless progress bars that suddenly appeared and filled them all up in one go.

"Thump!" Xn

Immediately, countless moldy corpses fell out of the tunnel, filling the tunnel floor completely.

Without any humans under control, the uncontrollable rules within the tunnel immediately cease. Without human help, it becomes impossible to capture other humans. The process of capturing humans can only begin again when someone dies inside due to high-speed travel.

"Interesting. Will the out-of-control rules completely stop after humans are gone?"

Zhang Chengyi examined the information he had retrieved, lost in thought, before crawling out from under the corpse.

His head was completely smashed flat; he now possessed a paper-thin head and a three-dimensional body constantly gushing white blood.

The blood turned white after being infested by the proliferative bacteria. The concentration of bacteria in his blood was so high that it was completely like milk.

"Boom~"

Zhang Chengyi pushed his head open again, air flowed, and half a finger from some unknown corpse popped out of his ear, making the sound of a bottle of red wine being opened.

"It's going to be really troublesome to deal with this." He glanced at the endless darkness, and his sense of mold told him that the ground was covered with corpses all the way to the other exit.

This tunnel was built a hundred years ago. The Magic Mountain Tunnel was opened in the 1890s, and now it is the 1990s of the 20th century.

I wonder how many people have died inside, and how many unfortunate souls have been captured by the high-speed vehicle.

To die here, or to disappear here, is far more painful than death itself. Constantly traveling at high speed, enduring the agony of having all the blood squeezed out of your body—

Wait, something's not right. Why was all the blood squeezed out?

Zhang Chengyi discovered the problem: there was nothing related to blood in the [high-speed driving] information.

That means there's something wrong with this mountain.

These captured humans just wander around in and out of the tunnel every day, never leaving it. It's likely that the Demon Mountain caused them to lose their blood.

What's in the mountains? Why is it called Magic Mountain, and what secrets does White Sand Village hold?

Zhang Chengyi pondered for a while with great interest, then turned and left the tunnel. He had no interest in staying with a tunnel full of corpses any longer; he wanted to find a way to notify the town's police and government so they could handle the bodies.

"My lord." Goro Furuhata stepped forward and greeted him respectfully.

Zhang Chengyi then handed over the task of dealing with the corpses in Moshan Town, and added, "Investigate more about Moshan and Baisha Village."

"Yes," Goro Furuhata replied.

Zhang Chengyi took out a small mirror and started fixing his head in front of the mirror as he walked out along the path. He casually said, "That's enough for today. Let's go back first. Tomorrow, one or two of you can buy the houses in Moshan Town, and then we'll move over together."

I went out for a stroll today and had a decent experience. Demon Mountain Town wasn't as dangerous as I had imagined, and it will soon expand into a new activity area.

There's no need to keep running. Leaving Moshan Town, it's dozens of kilometers along the highway to the next town. There's not enough time during the day to go back and forth.

He doesn't need rest, but Goro Furuhata and the others are real living people (?), the kind who need to sleep.

There are only two villages near Moshan Town, Morimi Village and Shirasa Village. Now that the Moshan Tunnel has been solved, the next step is Shirasa Village. He dares not gamble that the out-of-control rules might suddenly expand and ruin the territory he has worked so hard to build.