Chapter 668: Chapter 668: The Return Journey

The bioluminescent fungi of various shapes and sizes turned a deep color, their originally gentle purple and blue hues now tinged with an ominous dark red tone, as if bleeding. Some fungi even stopped glowing, becoming like pitch-black stones.

A few plants particularly adapted to shadows became active. Dark red veins emerged on the surface of some vines, pulsating like blood vessels, while some massive, man-eating flower-shaped dark plants slowly opened their jagged mouths, releasing a cloying, nauseating fragrance, luring potential prey.

The visible range shrank dramatically, from the previous twenty to thirty meters, plummeting to less than ten meters, or even shorter. Beyond ten meters was a thick, seemingly alive darkness that wriggled.