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“Until the day humanity falls.”

In the year 2020, Earth’s magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases.

In the Abyss, home to the mutated xenogenics, there lived a sentient little mushroom. Because it had been nourished by the blood and flesh of the deceased human An Ze, not only did it take on a similar-looking human form, but a similar name as well: An Zhe.

An Zhe is determined to go to the human base to search for his spore, which had been harvested by humans. Once there, however, he faces the omnipresent risk of discovery and certain death as he tries to keep his non-human nature hidden from the Judges, whose responsibility is to inspect for and eliminate xenogenics like himself. And of all the Judges, Colonel Lu Feng is the most perceptive and merciless—as soon as he determines that someone is a xenogenic, he will execute that person on the spot.

But An Zhe’s mutation goes undetected by Lu Feng’s eyes, and so a tale of humans and xenogenics unfolds…

Silver Award winner at the 12th Chinese Nebula Awards for Chinese Science Fiction.

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Xiao Mogu
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Tazberry
Tazberry rated it
February 2, 2021
Status: Completed
There were so many moments where I wondered if this really was an HE because I was crying my eyes out half the time.

Incredible story, I find it hard to put into words how much I liked the story. Amazing plot, great characters, everything was put together so nicely like perfectly fitting puzzle pieces that by the end I felt like the picture that was put together was stunningly beautiful.

The guess the main things I have to say is:

I hate all the tragic scenes that made me cry but by... more>> golly, it’s such a well made bittersweet story that I can’t help but be moved from the very bottom of my heart. Worth the read. <<less
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Tousaku Tenshi
Tousaku Tenshi rated it
January 28, 2021
Status: Completed
The plot and the translation deserves 5⭐!

IT WASN'T CUTE AT ALL!! Minimal, MINIMAL cuteness with death and all. I felt bad for those characters cause they portrayed humanity despite being in that apocalyptic era. Utilitarianism was the concept of the base and that sucks, they were just trying to survive and no one was in the right or wrong (like AoT).

The foreshadowing of the author got me crying while chanting to myself that this is HE!! HE!! I should thank the previous reviews that stated it. Kudos to the translation!
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Heliorca
Heliorca rated it
January 24, 2021
Status: c89
This describtion really has very little to do to the story... Why do the descriptions here tend to be so inadequate? Really pazzles me. It's thanx to the TL note that I risked to read this...

Aaand... This is great. The story is GREAT. Though it's difficult in a way to read... ^^ liiike... ... more>>
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Our little mushroom exploring this world, meeting people and immersing the reader into that life... Then something happens, people fight with all their might coping wonderfully but everybody dies. Then somehow the survivors are trying to adjust to the new reality, the little mushroom immerses into the changed world again, people, despite the horrible losses try their hardest to cope well, see the future in an optimistic light and do their best to reach that bright future and then everybody dies again. And then the story repeats. That is... When I was reading... I was like "well, true, it is a great story, but everything is so damn horrible that the phrase " happy ending" in the end of description looks utterly ridiculous. That is, even if the MC and ML couple somehow survives, the humankind has already pretty gone extinct, and even if it finds a way to somehow survive, SO FREAKING MANY PEOPLE DIED, WHAT'S SO HAPPY ABOUT IT?!" - that is... It always amases me how it is called a "happy end" if the main couple survives and has a chance to live harmoniously together after the story, even if everybody else is pretty much dead and everything is ruined ^^ but the interesting thing is that it really can be considered as a happy end... The humankind was cruelly cornered in this situation, living, though in greater numbers, but in constant fear and suffering... Now it can slowly revive in a different form, that is more free and happy and that has a potential to actually develop and not only barely preserve, waiting for the bitter end. I only thought that they won't have such a chance if their meager 5k worldwide remaining population get's eaten by monsters, but then I realized... With the Bell working worldwide, lots of wandering heterogenous shall regain their consciousness, increasing the human population, and the monsters have pretty much calmed down and stoped atacking everyone and everything indiscriminately, they also stopped especially targeting humans, and humans now have both their tecknology and controlled genetic metamorphoses also with immunity to unwanted infection, so they should be fine))

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Ughm, well, to conclude, the story is great, characters have depth with character growth, MC and ML are especially wonderfull... I love their personalities... The plot and the world are non-cliche and very well-built. The peculiar feature of this novel is... Usually in such fantesy/science fiction stories something that logically doesn't make sense keeps happening and nobody cares because this is fiction and readers just accept it as it is... I originally suffered from this nonsense (like the situation with zombies. There can be some unknown explanation to their post-mortum activity but the fact that they can freely move their limbs even with their musceles mostly decayed it totally unrealistic, their hunger that is exclusive for living human flesh when they don't even have a way to digest it is also idiotic. And these things are never explained) but then somehow got used to it... In this espect this story is a real TREASURE, the strange things are noticed by people in the story and they are studied... Really, I would've been already glad to only have this awareness present in the story (even this is a total rarity), but the story develops and a beautiful explanation is being found near the end of the story... A pretty much realistic (though not easily comprehended) axplanstion to all the changes in unreasonable behaviour of the mutants.

Thus... I just love this story. And I'm very grateful to the author. And to the translators (though sometimes it's difficult to read due to some T9 replaced words or whatever it is).

I strongly reccomend this one to people with some intelligence)) but be ready to lots of sufferings along the way XDD

And yes, there is not much adventure... It's more about the fate of humanity and the Earth, as well as our little mushroom and the ML, but not so much about the usual postapocaliptic adventurous activities like farming resourses through fighting monsters and such) the strengh growth here is also not so much about the fighting ability but about the strengh of character, decisions made, hardships overcome...

P.S. the tag "lack of common sense" is really out of place here =/ just like the novel's description. Who even composes them?? <<less
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Kim Nara
Kim Nara rated it
January 12, 2021
Status: Completed
Let's talk about genres first. This novel is a serious, heavy, and has a tense storyline. Also, it's not a fluffy story because the nature of the main characters doesn't support such scenes and I hope it will stay that way until the end so there is no OOC. There is a part of the MC and ML interaction that makes me smile of course but within reasonable limits and does not interfere with the plot.

The story is slow (perhaps because it is detailed) but it is not boring and... more>> it actually feels interesting.

The supporting characters are described in detail and logically but they are short-lived so that the change from one character to the next is too fast (very cannon fodder way).

Many scenes are gripping and make you use your brain to rethink the scenes presented, so read with concentration. <<less
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Andcro
Andcro
January 11, 2021
Status: Completed
Okay, is just good, too good to be true!
Has it all, romance, fluff, angst, makes you think about human behavior, and you’ll feel despair in every single turn.

Even almost a year after I finished it I can’t forget about it. The concepts are per say not so unique but the execution is stellar! The MC is one of the most interesting MC I’ve ever seen. How can the MC be a mushroom and feel like a mushroom!? This author is genius.

The “love interest” or 2nd MC is just the cutest (not really, he can be scary) but you do feel every emotion and he’s just so perfecto for the little mushroom.
I love this story, I’m fighting really hard not to read it again cause I want to read other books but time to time I return just to read my favorite parts! 100% recommend!!!.
My only complain:

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Hefeng
Hefeng
January 11, 2021
Status: Completed
Great science fiction story set in a dystopian future, but with a happy ending. I like the interaction of the main characters and the development of the MC. As the story progresses you get a better sense of what drives the ML and his character as a person. I also liked how the MC's character develops and the innocence with which he views the society and environment he lives in.
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dreiculture03
dreiculture03 rated it
January 10, 2021
Status: Completed
This story is awesome! Phenomenal! The lesson that resonated among me the most is to strive. That no matter how negative your current situation is, as long as you persevere, you will surely see the light in the cave; it may not came right away, but still in due time it will.
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carminex3
carminex3
January 5, 2021
Status: Completed
Jesus H Christ.

You do not know what you're getting into by starting this. First of all, look at the excellent reviews above and below me. Second of all, this is one of famous RainbowTurtle's favorite danmi novels. And now it is one of mine as well.

Little Mushroom's summary does not do it justice. First of all, why do I have any interest in a mushroom looking for its spore? No, it is so much more. It is a bit of a slow start until MC An Ze gets to the... more>> base but wow. This romance is incredible. ML Lu Feng is the best ML honestly. I think he is my favorite. I've definitely fallen for this man compared to the other ML's in danmei. He is courageous, romantic, kind (ok not so much kind to others but man does he protect our little boy and does so much for him). I hope to one day find a man that can even come close to him.

The story follows An Ze as he looks infiltrates the human base to look for his spore. It deals with love, a lot of loss, romantic and awkward moments. Lu Feng protects this little mushroom while suspecting him to not be human but also favors him in many ways. They grow closer over this period and it is indeed complicated. The story is written like a tragedy so much so that so many comments say they have to indeed confirm it is a HAPPY ENDING. Even I was like, how the heck is this going to have a happy ending?? But thank god it does.

Its a really heavy web novel that it seems like an actual dense novel. The writing is incredible and I'm glad turtle was our translator so the meaning and flow really came across.

Again, amazing. You're not doing yourself justice if you skip this. <<less
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ghoulia
ghoulia rated it
January 1, 2021
Status: Completed
i don’t even know how to describe this novel. it’s one of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful, simple post-apocalypse love stories about trauma and recovery, and also bafflingly hysterical at times. at its core, this book is about two people who should, by all rights, be on opposite sides—they should hate each other, kill each other, work against each other... but they’re so beaten down by this world that instead they come together and help each other heal and find comfort with each other. on the other hand, in the span... more>> of one chapter the book transitions from the “there was only one bed” trope to
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nuking a quarter of the city.

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the tonal dissonance in this book is delightfully unsettling, and I loved every word.

the main character is indeed a mushroom, and I loved how convincingly the book reflected that. he's blunt, he doesn't understand social cues. he'll mycelium-ify himself to crawl through the vents like he's playing Among Us before its time, or use his steady nonhuman hand to perfectly recreate his future love interest into a RealDoll commission (did I mention the RealDoll shenanigans?), every eyebrow hair carefully rendered in perfect detail only a mushroom could manage. he'll also monologue about how f#cked up it is that humans seem to subsist primarily off mushroom soup while he psychs himself up to participate. we stan a cannibal?

i read this book back in july 2020 and as I am writing this quick little review it is now the new year, but this book has stuck with me unlike any other. it's one i've found myself thinking about throughout the year, remembering passages that made me double over laughing or passages that haunted me, often times in the same paragraph. everything from the sudden, jarring deaths of characters I was certain would stick around longer to the specific plot beats that punched me in the face one after the other. this little mushroom crawled inside my brain and has not left, and if lu feng met me on the street he would certainly judge me as infected.

5 stars, easy. read this book. <<less
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Severe
Severe rated it
November 4, 2020
Status: Completed
The story is captivating - there would be no quick love progression - nope - just pure struggle and angst from the beginning to the end. BUT IT IS WORTH IT. So wrap yourself in quilt, take that box of tissues and start already!
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neuxxx
neuxxx rated it
October 31, 2020
Status: Completed
a great sci-fi action novel with a hint of a slow and emotional romance. I didn’t like slow paced romances but this one was good because of all action and tension, I actually forgot the romance part. Everything was so interestingly great.
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Maymeiwei
Maymeiwei
October 31, 2020
Status: Completed
Was iffy about this cause of summary. Read due to trust in Chrysanthemum Garden Translating Team. Don’t regret it. Kinda cried at certain parts though.
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Dearest_Reader
Dearest_Reader rated it
October 21, 2020
Status: Completed
This was really a exiting ride! This really took on a realistic approach, It wasn’t like those stories that is very sweet all the time. It’s a apocalypse novel about the races being against each other, how fragile humans are in reality, sacrifices of the people, the consequences.
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And of course, the love between our MC and ML is fantastic.

MC and ML journey felt like, ’This is what reality looks like.’ It's a deja vu feeling because his love between them is similar to Romeo and Juliet however, it's a happy end.
Their interactions in the beginning was considered normal because of their situation, however, as they get closer with time. Their interaction with each other is very heartwarming and bittersweet. I wish that they could live on forever.

I thought that in the end of the story, it would be either the fall of mankind and a new rise for mutant living organisms. ML becomes one and they both end up together. But my assumptions was wrong once again, MC saves them, and humans soon they accepted the reality and some humans become mutant without the consciousness of a beast and retained intelligence as humans do. Although mankind turned the population of 1 billion into 8, 000. I feel like this ending is good enough rather than the extinction of one organism.

Even though I liked this novel, I gave it 4 stars because I have questions left unanswered in the end.

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-Did our main couple find An Ze?

-Did our side couple survive?

-What about the people in the base? Is it now stabilized properly?

- Will there be another little spore?!

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I could read this again if I want to indulge myself in nostalgia. This is a great novel, I recommend you all read it!

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Evesneon
Evesneon rated it
October 16, 2020
Status: Completed
wow. Contrary to the summary, this book is intense and also filled with action and well written story line.

kudos to the translator! I felt like I was reading a purely english novel. Worth a re-read!

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He... is the one who judges me.

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Furthermore, I like how the judge stands by his actions. It *is* for the good of humanity but as a normal human, it is very hard to accept a judge who kills their infected loved ones. It takes a certain kind of personality and I am glad he found it in An Zhe, who is not even human at all. <<less
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ScaredyKat
ScaredyKat rated it
October 8, 2020
Status: c89
I had to write a review because I was so impressed by this novel. The synopsis made me think it was just one of those cliche apocalyptic novels with an OP ML and a pretty-boy MC with powers, but this was ANYTHING but cliche or predictable, that is for sure.

One of the reasons I was so surprised is because there is nothing supernatural or xianxia (cultivation from mushroom to human) about the plot, everything is science fiction and well-thought out, which makes this such a masterpiece from the author and... more>> from the translator for the science jargon and hypotheses so beautifully written. Nothing is left unexplained, the MC and the ML are not superhumans who get to save everyone and themselves in all situations, all characters have their good and bad sides and are very fleshed-out, and the relationship between the main leads is so satisfying without being fast. There is no explicit, and very little if at all implied, smexy scenes, but I felt like that made everything all the more precious.

To talk about the plot, it follows the mushroom MC as he takes on a human identity to take back the spore that was stolen from him from the human base, where he discovers what humans are all about and how unpredictable and beyond common sense human thought can be, and how we are cruel and kind, ugly and beautiful, in so many ways. It definitely made me think of what the end of the world would really be like, if it were to come, and the author has interpreted it so amazingly. <<less
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Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus rated it
September 23, 2020
Status: Completed
I am not a good reviewer. I can only describe this story into one word : excellent.

This is brilliant work. I wonder, how the author did the research before he built the plot?

I am not a science student so a lot of words are confusing to read. I started to understand what it feels like to be a simple mushroom....
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RottenPineapple
RottenPineapple rated it
September 10, 2020
Status: Completed
I have no words to describe how beautiful this novel is. The characters, the plot, the world building. Top tier 💖

Read it. Just read it. You gotta, or you'll miss something so beautiful.
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zhein_26
zhein_26
August 31, 2020
Status: c89
I love this book very much! Now part of my favourites! This book's setting is really unique, like no other story out there. The world of the story is also well established and has been explained superbly! I've also learned a lot from this story! An Zhe and Lu Feng are made for each other! I love them both! Thanks to the author and translator for sharing such a magnificent story to us readers. I enjoyed their world a lot. Although some topics can trigger debates and many discussions, I... more>> really liked how smooth the flow of the plot was! It was a really great read! It wasn't as fluffy and cute as the title (that brought me here) is, but it didn't disappoint. I had mixed emotions reading this. I'll miss the characters a lot, especially the leads. I hope they'll be able to live peacefully in this new chaotic era. ❤️❤️❤️ <<less
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PlusUltra111
PlusUltra111 rated it
August 22, 2020
Status: Completed
I remember that I read this book ages ago, waiting for a new chapter to come out. I just found it again and thought I'd write a review. This made me cry, so, so much. It's so sad, but a HE, I didn't think it was going to be a HE when I read it, so that made the whole experience 10x more emotional. I was hit with so much nostalgia when I accidentally cl**ked on this. You'll love it as well.
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Hetace
Hetace rated it
August 21, 2020
Status: c89
I love this so much the MC is so cute and his interactions with the ML is just precious.

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I wouldn't have been surprised if An Zhe permanently died or if they died together but I'm so fecking glad it was a happy ending T^T ?

I found it super cool how they kept sneaking in hints and introducing characters earlier on Cuz they end up actually showing up by the end like Tang Lan and old man Polly (their introduction to the story was so short at the start, I never thought they'd actually be still alive and be part of the plot. Also like how they kept mentioning that An Zhe's spore was more important than his life yet he doesn't have a relationship with it like it's his child (cuz it's basically him himself)

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