"!!!"
Upon seeing what was before them, Shang Youfu and Pang San's hearts skipped a beat.
The shock they felt was no less than Er Mao's.
*Crack!*
Shang Youfu turned and slapped Pang San's arm, his expression dazed. "Does it hurt?"
Pang San clutched his arm and nodded honestly, "It hurts."
"Then it's not a dream?"
Shang Youfu was bewildered. He looked at the wild lingzhi mushrooms growing in neat rows below, his faith in reality wavering.
In his entire life, he had never encountered such a situation.
It was one thing for them to grow in rows, but these lingzhi mushrooms had different colors.
Red, purple, yellow...
Exactly matching the six colors he had just mentioned.
"Nowadays, do lingzhi mushrooms also come in wholesale and grow in clusters?"
...
"Holy crap, we're rich! So many lingzhi!"
"Is the streamer so happy he's gone dumb? Hahaha, I'd be happy too if I were him."
"He said six types, and there are really six types. Amazing!"
The fans in the live stream, following the camera's view, also saw the lingzhi mushrooms.
They were overjoyed.
This was also their first time encountering such a situation after watching so many live streams.
Among them, some fans who understood a bit more were as bewildered as Shang Youfu and the other two.
"Don't you know? The growing environments for these types of lingzhi are different."
How could they possibly grow together in one place?
This scene was unprecedented.
Hearing the explanation, the fans' heads filled with question marks. "Huh? Huh? Different?"
"No wonder Brother Pang San got slapped..."
...
In the live stream footage—
After a moment of stunned silence, Er Mao said, "This... this is a good omen, isn't it? The world truly holds wonders."
She took out her phone and took pictures.
They would be useful for post-editing.
As soon as she put down her phone, the sound of flapping wings came from not far away.
She turned her head and saw a small, extremely magnificent creature with a yellow head, a large red abdomen, and long, slender tail feathers.
At first glance, it looked somewhat like a bird, and somewhat like a chicken.
She quickly lowered her voice, "Brother Fu, look over there quickly."
Shang Youfu focused his gaze, his glasses proving their worth.
He immediately explained in a low voice, "A golden-yellow filamentous crest, with an orange-brown, fan-shaped feather adorned with black edges on the nape..."
"This is a Golden Pheasant, also known as the Golden Chicken. It's a Class II national protected animal."
"It has high ornamental value... Wait, what's that next to it...?"
Shang Youfu's gaze fell upon a plant next to the Golden Pheasant, and his eyes narrowed.
It was a small green plant, with five leaves on each branch, spread out like an open hand.
In the center of all the leaves was a cluster of red, fruit-like things.
Mixed in with the green grass, at first glance, it looked like a weed.
"Let's go take a look."
After the Golden Pheasant had moved away, he motioned for the two people beside him to move closer.
With a brief examination, his suspicions were confirmed.
Shang Youfu said, "It's ginseng."
Er Mao's eyes curved into crescents as she began to fetch her tools. "Brother Fu, time to get to work?"
Just then, Pang San, who had been silent all along, suddenly stammered:
"If that's ginseng, then what are all those over there?"
"What?"
Shang Youfu and Er Mao followed the direction Pang San was pointing.
A few meters away, the same leaves, the same red fruits...
One patch after another.
Like they were being wholesaled.
Er Mao's hand trembled, and the tools almost fell back into her bag.
What was going on today?
Had the God of Wealth descended?
...
In the live stream chat, which had been mostly forgotten by the three, the comments exploded.
"Holy crap, holy crap, what kind of blessed land is this?"
"Did the streamer worship the God of Wealth before going out today?"
"I have a guess... Could someone have secretly cultivated it here?"
"I'm so envious, I want to go see it too."
...
"Chirp chirp~"
Just as everyone was stunned by the sight before them.
A bird call echoed from above the forest.
Immediately after, the previously quiet forest began to stir.
"Something's not right," Shang Youfu warned.
The three of them became alert, standing back to back.
With one hand reaching for their weapons, they listened intently.
Bird calls, the sound of animals crawling, the sound of something moving through the grass...
It seemed as if all living creatures were converging here.
After listening for a few seconds, Shang Youfu whispered, "Let's leave here first."
"Okay, Brother Fu!"
Er Mao and Pang San didn't hesitate. They grabbed their bags containing tools from the ground and prepared to leave.
But as Er Mao squatted down, she was stunned.
Opposite her, the ginseng she was pulling out of the ground was also stunned.
"!!!"
The next second, the ginseng screamed and bolted.
Er Mao's hands reacted faster than her brain. Instinctively, she lunged forward.
In her peripheral vision, the ginseng patch a few meters away also stirred.
One by one, the ginseng plants swayed, pulled themselves out of the ground, and quickly slithered away.
Shang Youfu and Pang San beside her also instinctively tried to lunge forward, but due to the distance.
Before they could reach them, all the ginseng spirits had escaped.
Even the one at Er Mao's feet vanished in a flash.
"They've... they've become spirits?!"
Er Mao blinked, murmuring.
Didn't they say that spirits were forbidden after the founding of the People's Republic of China?
Could it be... these were all spirits that existed before the founding?
After the ginseng spirits had fled, a strong wind swept through the forest.
Wailing sounds continued.
Dark shadows darted from the trees to the grass, and flew past the backs of the three.
Whether it was their imagination or not, even the trees seemed to begin swaying their branches and moving.
As if preparing to pull themselves out of the ground.
"Quick, let's go!"
Pang San, the muscle of the group, pulled Er Mao up from the ground, and then, dragging the streamer Shang Youfu, they turned and ran.
As for their tools, live stream equipment, and everything else, they abandoned it all.
Survival was the priority!
...
The live stream equipment fell to the ground with a clatter, the screen filling with static.
When the image finally cleared, the entire forest had fallen silent again.
In the tilted frame,
A mischievous ginseng spirit, and a small creature with a green body, sharp horns, and fangs, approached.
They tentatively nudged the live stream equipment.
The live stream feed wobbled slightly.
"Chirp chirp~"
The sound that had appeared at the beginning echoed again.
The two spirits immediately retracted their claws and root tendrils.
Then they ran deeper into the forest.
...
"!!!"
Inside the live stream chat, a group of fans almost forgot to breathe.
So much had happened in this short half-hour.
When they recovered and wanted to send comments.
The live stream had already gone black, with nothing left.
"Holy crap!"
A group of fans stood up from their stools, the stools behind them falling with a clatter.
Just like their current mood, something exploded in their hearts with a bang.
In the 'Daily Healing in the Underworld' live stream, seeing ghosts, spirits, deities...
They could accept that.
But, but...
This was ordinary live stream equipment, ordinary streamers!
Wasn't the situation a bit off?
Was this something mortals could witness with their own eyes?!
...