Biological detective Gu tide is ordered to investigate a strange "disappearance" in the virgin forest, but accidentally breaks into a "living insect nest" made of unknown fungi. The "conscious echo" here is not memory, but the "thinking link" established by the fungal network with the host through spores. It can control living creatures and gradually assimilate them into part of itself. Gu tide discovered that the missing people had become "nutrients" for the fungus, and she was being targeted by a highly intelligent "fungus matrix" that was trying to transform her into a "plant queen" and enslave the entire forest ecology. The military intends to release biological weapons to completely destroy the forest, but local tribes believe this is a sign of the "resurrection of the ancient gods." Gu tide's body and will collapsed and reshaped under the erosion of fungi. Is she a "human" who resists erosion, or is she a "fungus queen" who will rule all things? How will this ultimate trial about the nature of life end?
