White Silk Mushroom

Wayne? Poisoned? Linsey's expression changed.

He dropped the small bowl in his hand and rushed straight to the back cabin.

Linsey vaguely remembered the name; it was a companion who had gone hunting in the forest with her that afternoon, and also an important Awakened One in the fleet.

The fact that such people were poisoned on the ship, regardless of the reason, should not be ignored!

Bang! "Wayne!"

"How is the situation?"

Linsey rushed into the ship and was the first to arrive at the cabin from which the sound was coming from.

He kicked open the hatch and saw a man tightly hugging Wayne's shoulders and shaking his body back and forth.

However, the latter had already lost consciousness.

Wayne's face turned ashen as he foamed at the mouth, clearly having lost consciousness completely.

"Poisoned?"

Linsey took Wayne directly from the other party, and the product information immediately displayed the entry for "food poisoning".

Without a second thought, Linsey took out the Antidote Potion from her bag.

Plop—

The medicine spilled out, and Wayne, who was unconscious, was unable to swallow.

"..."

Saving lives was the priority, and Linsey couldn't worry about anything else.

He directly converted the Antidote Potion into Resource Conversion and then used it.

gurgle—

As the strange cartoon sound effects played, Wayne's expression improved somewhat.

However, upon further inspection, the entry for "food poisoning" remained above the information, showing no signs of completely subsiding.

"Drake, what's going on?"

"I heard someone shout that they've been poisoned."

Almost simultaneously, another group of people rushed into the cabin door—it was Reze and Mira.

The former inquired about the situation, while the latter had already taken Wayne from Linsey.

The female doctor placed one hand on Wayne's chest to examine his condition, while her other hand reached into the herbal medicine bag to feel around. "That's right, he's been poisoned."

"And it's probably food poisoning!"

Upon hearing Mira's assessment, everyone's gaze shifted.

There was a small pot on the wall of the room, with poultry and mushrooms stewing in a thick white broth. The aroma alone was incredibly delicious.

Poultry meat is a common prey and is generally not poisonous.

Then it can only be mushrooms.

Reze understood immediately and turned to Linsey: "These mushrooms, did he bring them back from the hunt with you this afternoon?"

Linsey looked somewhat helpless.

"It's hard to confirm."

"The forest obscures our view too much; I can only guarantee the success of the hunt."

Wayne's friend spoke up:

"Wayne told me he saw this while hunting this afternoon, and it should be a non-poisonous white mushroom, right?"

Reze sighed:

"Well--"

"That's how things are in the wild; if you're not a professional, it's easy to make a mistake in your judgment."

It seemed that the matter was already settled.

But Linsey had a different perspective when she thought about her own treatment process.

The Antidote Potion he just gave Wayne was a general-purpose one; ordinary toxins should subside immediately.

But Wayne...

"Vomit--"

Just then, Wayne, who was standing next to him, started vomiting.

The female doctor, Mira, pressed down on his tongue and forced a long emetic herb down his throat. Even though Wayne was unconscious, he obeyed his body's instincts and vomited everything in his stomach.

A sour, rancid smell immediately filled the room.

Seeing this, Mira pulled the vomit-inducing herb from the other person's mouth. With a flick of her wrist, the three herbs she had prepared beforehand were rolled into a ball in her palm, and the power of her Source Material Skill began to build.

Tick-tock—

Below the gap between Mira's clenched fist.

A drop of emerald green concentrated liquid slowly dripped down and was precisely fed into Wayne's mouth.

The doctor's skills had an immediate effect.

Wayne's paleness faded immediately, and he began to recover at a visible speed, his chest rising and falling steadily and powerfully.

Reze asked with concern, "Mira, is Wayne alright?"

Mira looked at the patient in her arms:

"It's a very typical case of food poisoning, and he also ate some antidotes, so he's basically fine now."

Mira cast a curious glance at Linsey:

"Drake, was it you who gave him the antidote?"

"By the way, next time we go hunting, we should tell them not to pick and eat these strange things, it's very dangerous."

Before Linsey could answer, Wayne's friend began to defend himself.

His voice was very aggrieved:

"We don't just eat anything."

"Besides bird meat and seasonings, the only other thing in the pot is ordinary white mushrooms. I've never heard of anyone having problems eating this stuff!"

After explaining himself, he added, "Moreover, Wayne's skills have the effect of strengthening the Constitution. Ordinary poisonous mushrooms would act like hallucinogens to him, and could not possibly have harmed him like this."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the other three people in the room also realized the problem.

Reze reacted the fastest. "Mira, Drake, you two stay here and watch Wayne. I'll let the others know what's going on."

The explorer acted swiftly and decisively, turning around and heading out of the cabin.

The female doctor who remained placed her hand on Wayne's forehead and began to examine the patient's condition more thoroughly.

Linsey is even simpler.

He simply switched the module to [Decryption Game], and once the corresponding skill was activated, the clues in the room lit up.

The herbal pouch at the female doctor's waist, the long sword leaning against the bed, and the puddle of fresh vomit on the floor.

—And the glistening mushroom bits in the pot.

"..."

"So it really is still a problem with the mushrooms?"

Linsey raised an eyebrow.

He wasn't afraid of getting burned; he simply scooped some mushroom bits from the soup pot and held them in his hand.

[Fungi: White Silk Mushroom]

[These are highly poisonous mushrooms that grow in forests; their toxins mutate due to changes in their Essence, making them extremely dangerous!]

[Highly poisonous mushroom, moderately valuable.]

Linsey then pulled out a few more relatively intact White Silk Mushroom from the pot.

This thing really does look almost exactly like a regular white mushroom, no wonder Wayne couldn't tell the difference.

Soon, Reze returned with the other Awakened Ones.

Before the explorer could speak, Linsey preemptively told him about her discovery in the soup pot:

"Reze, I just examined it. The mushrooms in this pot are not ordinary white mushrooms, but a rather dangerous type of fungus. They only look similar and are almost indistinguishable."

Linsey's explanation, however, made the gazes of those around her become subtle.

"Just food poisoning?"

"Wayne is so careless."

"So that's why we came here in the middle of the night?"

People under high pressure are inherently more sensitive.

They didn't dislike Wayne, but with this outlet, people started complaining.

Seeing this, Linsey interrupted their accusations, "Gentlemen, this is a warning, and a key point we need to pay attention to in the future."

"The Courtyard in the Forest World is already underdeveloped. If we continue to venture deeper into the forest, we are bound to face more unknown threats. There are some things that we must not handle according to our previous common sense."

"..."

Linsey's performances in the team have earned her some prestige.

After he spoke, the other awakened ones had no further objections and began to seriously consider their own actions.

It was in this atmosphere that...

Linsey quietly called Reze, and the two went together to the corridor outside the cabin:

"Reze, weren't we planning to rest ashore tonight?"

Reze quickly grasped Linsey's unspoken meaning. "Drake, what are you going to do?"

Linsey replied frankly:

"I want to take advantage of the darkness to check the situation."

"This mushroom is definitely not an ordinary thing. It contains toxins and may even have Essence effects. I think it's necessary to investigate it!"