At the rear of the convoy, a van with armor plates welded all over its body trailed neither too close nor too far behind, maintaining a distance of roughly fifty meters from the dozen or so vehicles "mixed together" ahead.
"Things are going smoothly." The bespectacled hunter adjusted his glasses. "Though we moved a little earlier than expected, it looks like the results are good."
"Won't this draw White Tiger over ahead of schedule?" the hunter driving asked worriedly.
"We've already left Sunfall Ridge, and 5198 is chasing right behind us. If White Tiger decides to show up now, everyone will end up getting swallowed by 5198..." said the bespectacled hunter.
"What I'm more worried about is White Tiger refusing to get involved... If that happens, we'll have to put some thought into dealing with White Tiger afterward," the bespectacled hunter continued.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there. Anyway, once we deal with these Tianshu... Tianshu... shu... uh... uh..." The guy in the backseat who liked flattering the bespectacled hunter suddenly seemed to be choking. Both hands clamped tightly around his own throat, his body convulsed uncontrollably, and his feet kicked wildly at the back of the front seat.
"What's wrong with you?" The bespectacled hunter turned around, only to witness a horrifying sight.
Clusters of white mycelium burrowed out of the hunter's nostrils, eye sockets, and ear canals, rapidly crawling across his skin and covering his entire body... In mere seconds, the hunter was completely wrapped inside the mycelium.
Then, the mycelium began collapsing inward until it was entirely absorbed by a "new body."
A young man they were no strangers to replaced the hunter in the backseat and gave the others in the vehicle a polite smile.
"You?!" The pupils behind the bespectacled hunter's lenses shrank