Corpse Fungus Parasites: A Gold Hunter's Terrifying Adventure in the Primeval Forest

Deep in the primeval forests of southern Yunnan, where the canopy blocks out the sun, lie the astonishing treasures and forbidden secrets of the last priests of the ancient Dian Kingdom. Old Jin, a modern-day “Mojin Captain” burdened by his family’s hidden past, ventures into the miasma-shrouded forest, a forbidden place to the locals, with his three exceptionally skilled and beautiful female disciples: Su Li, “Ice Eyes,” a calm and brilliant geologist; Lin Na, “Linglong,” a clever mechanism expert from a family of scholars; and Bai Yu, the youngest disciple, agile and well versed in the secrets of ancient Dian. His retired military dog, Heifeng, silent and steadfast, accompanies them.

Following a fragmentary rubbing of the “Dian King’s Mountain Sacrifice Map,” they hope to uncover a shocking secret buried beneath the dust of history. But what awaits them is no easy fortune, but a primeval horror more despairing than any man-made trap. A sudden downpour drives them into a desperate situation. In the darkness, twisted, writhing nonhuman creatures pursue them, and a deadly chase forces them into a bizarre tree-burial tomb, never before heard of, that has grown together with a thousand-year-old banyan.

Deep inside the tomb, murals depicting ancient priests performing blood sacrifices eerily come to life in the ghostly light, sending chills down their spines. When Heifeng, following his animal instincts, crashes into a stone coffin carved with ominous runes, a sky full of strangely glowing spores bursts out like deadly smoke. These ancient, lethal “corpse fungi” cling to any living thing they touch, parasitizing and spreading like a persistent curse, warping their Host’s body and mind. The youngest disciple, Bai Yu, lets out a piercing scream that shatters the silence. In an instant, writhing fungal threads devour her pupils...

Faced with this ancient curse beyond all imagination