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Chapter 193 The Mysterious Helper

Yu Fan told everyone that the method of identifying poisonous mushrooms mentioned by Shen Wei just now is actually not advisable.

Yu Fan: "First, it is not easy to distinguish whether a mushroom is poisonous or not based on its color and shape. Chanterelles, boletus pleurotus, and red fungus are brightly colored and delicious; while amanitas with gray patterns and deadly amanitas are highly poisonous. The color of mushrooms is gray or white; second, it is not possible to judge whether they are poisonous or not by their location. Some poisonous mushrooms do like to grow on feces, such as some poisonous species in Amanita spp. Some poisonous species of Tricholoma and Russula also grow in pine forests; Third, the toxicity cannot be judged by whether the liquid turns black when mushrooms are boiled with silverware, ginger, rice, and raw onions. In fact, mushroom toxins cannot be mixed with silverware. When a chemical reaction occurs, there will be no color change; fourth, it is not possible to judge whether a mushroom is poisonous or not by having secretions or discoloration due to injury. Some poisonous mushrooms do have secretions or discoloration due to injury, but some juicy mushrooms have , have milk secretion, and the color will change at the same time, they are not only non-toxic, but also delicious edible mushrooms, such as succulent milk mushrooms (commonly known as milk plasma bacteria); finally, people often say that mushrooms with maggots and insects are not poisonous , This is also wrong, highly poisonous mushrooms will also produce maggots and insects when they mature."

Yu Fan paused and then said: "Don't think I'm long-winded, pseudoscience sometimes prevails, knowing more about the inside story of science can save a life at a critical moment!"

Guo Na asked again: "Then how can we truly identify whether mushrooms are poisonous?"

Yu Fan: "For donkey explorers, the best way is actually not to eat. This is the safest way."

Xin Ling raged at Shen Wei: "Look at you, you almost poisoned us! You pretended to know everything!"

Shen Wei was a little guilty, and prevaricated: "I also heard what my elders said. After all, my family mainly roasts peacocks, and rarely picks mushrooms."

With a "hum", Xin Ling turned her face away to ignore Shen Wei.

Chen Xiangyang remembered the ultimate goal of this expedition, and asked Yu Fan: "Old Yu, Tian Lao told you what ghosts, gods, and grass look like, right?"

Yu Fan nodded and said to everyone: "Shen Wei also knows. The ghosts and gods cover the grass, which is branched under a red pine forest. Its flowers are very special. It is said that they are like a group of red berries. They grow in patches. As long as you find them Once you get to the red pine forest, you should be able to find the ghosts and gods Gai Cao. Mr. Tian made a special mark after finding the ghosts, gods and Gai Cao. He carved a big character 'ghost' on a big rock nearby. If you find the right place, We should be able to see it at a glance."

After Yu Fan finished speaking, Chen Xingyang pulled Yu Fan a little further away. He had some private thoughts and wanted to communicate with Yu Fan alone.

Chen Frameyang: "Old Yu, how far do you think we are from that pair of tall and short guys?"

Yu Fan: "I feel that we are getting closer and closer. We seem to have gradually touched their shadows along their trajectory."

Chen Xingyang put forward a hypothesis: "This way, pretending to be ghosts and setting traps, the methods are becoming more and more despicable, and the methods are becoming more and more sinister. I even strongly suspect that they were responsible for the falling rocks that blocked the entrance of the cave last night. But no matter what Said, their goal is to find the ghosts and gods Gaicao, if we find the ghosts and gods Gaicao, we will be at the same destination as them, and we will know what they want to do."

Yu Fan pondered: "Actually, I think there may be more than one group of people who perceive our whereabouts along the way."

Chen Xingyang said in amazement: "What? More than one wave of people? Just this pair of tall and short people is giving us a headache, and there is another wave of people?"

Yu Fan shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. I just think that every move we take is induced by others, but the purpose of these inducers is different. Some induce us to 'die', while others Inducing us to 'live'."

Chen Xingyang: "You mean, someone is secretly helping us?"

Yu Fan rubbed his head and said, "I don't know. If this person really wanted to help us, why didn't he show up? The horror in the cave last night, actually, I also think it was man-made. It was artificially blocked by boulders." Our cave entrance, but I didn’t say it, for fear of causing everyone to panic.”

Chen Xingyang: "Yes, it just so happens that such a big rock just slipped down the mountain and just blocked the head of the cave. What a coincidence."

Yu Fan: "So, I think it is the person who wants to help us to guide us and 'force' us to follow the right path."

Chen Xingyang asked: "Why don't you think that he actually wants to trap us to death?"

Yu Fan: "If you really want to trap us to death, why don't you block the exit? The exit hole is smaller and easier to block, then we will be completely dead."

Chen Xingyang: "Maybe he doesn't know there is an exit here?" Before Fan could refute it, Chen Xingyang himself refuted it: "No, he is so familiar with the terrain here, he must know the exit, even if he is not familiar with it, If you walk ahead and know the existence of this exit, if you really want to kill us, we must die."

Yu Fan: "No matter what the road ahead is, there is no turning back when there is no turning back. In any case, there will be a result today. We will all have a full stomach in a while, and welcome the gift given to us by fate."

"Dinner is ready!" Guo Na shouted from a distance.

Chen Xingyang took a deep breath, as if he could smell the "dipi vegetable miso soup" made by Guo Na, and said to Fan: "Guo Na is really ingenious. You are blessed."

Yu Fan was still thinking about the case, and replied mechanically: "Well, yes." But when he turned his head, he found that Chen Xingyang was teasing himself, and quickly explained: "Ah? What are you talking about?"

Chen Xingyang smiled at Yu Fan and said, "You boring man of science and technology."

Everyone gathered around the pot, drinking hot soup, eating biscuits, and chewing crispy ground vegetables, very happy.

Soon, everyone was full and full of energy, come on.

Whether it is the arrangement of fate or the guidance of man, we are already in the deep mountains, and after going through all the hardships along the way, we are finally going to reveal the answer to this mystery.

Where are the ghosts and gods Gaicao?Can they find the clues they want at the end of the expedition?Does that mysterious helper really exist as Yu Fan said?

In Ziwu Village, every year when the Spring Festival is approaching, the village head will send Spring Festival couplets from door to door, and then go to the top of the mountain to look at the mountain (the daily ritual of the old village head mentioned in Chapter 150).

Early in the morning, at the first house, the village head arrived at Tian Kun's door. The old village head knocked on the door, but no one answered, and he gently pushed the door open, but Tian Kun was not at home.

　If people know their destination, why care about wandering at this time. —— Trelobatin
　　
　
(End of this chapter)