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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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nazgul8126
nazgul8126 rated it
June 25, 2020
Status: Completed
Overall: 4.5/5 (rated 5/5)

Probably the second fluffiest novel I've read despite it being the most depressing setting and plot.

Story: Post-apocalyptic world after everything turns to sh*t starting in 2020 (... wait a moment...!!). Nearly a century later, monsters roam free and humanity shelters in three major military bases. Think Annihilation (any exposure to a monster's blood causes a human to mutate and become a monster in turn) meets Attack on Titan (living in bases, going out on missions to obtain resources and cull the monsters, monsters infiltrate... more>> the base). People die--even people that you think would be safe. The MC manages to absorb human DNA, meets up with a group of humans to return to their base in order to find his mushroom spore that was taken from him, takes a front row seat in witnessing the end of civilization, and ends up being humanity's salvation.

MC: The shou. Literally a mushroom (that absorbed human DNA and thus is able to maintain a humanoid body). The author does a great job a depicting him as a naive monster that learns to adapt to humanity but still just always maintain a slight inhumane aspect. He is adorable and earnest.

ML: The gong. ML is a stereotypical cold and OP soldier on paper; however, his characterization hits the right tones to make him a fully three dimensional person. He has the skill of being able to recognize any monster (and thus human contaminated by monster DNA and about to turn into a monster) and is hated as a Judge with an inhumane "shoot first and... don't ask questions because I am always right" mentality.

Relationship development: Rather slow burn. ML takes notice of MC from their first interaction at the base's gates and is indulgent without necessarily having romantic undertones until nearly the very end. Then ML starts--as MC would put it--"bullying" MC very thoroughly. Their relationship is very fluffy, which is a stark contrast with how bleak their world is.

Critiques: A dump of exposition on physics and science-y stuff at the end that I honestly just skimmed over. The science aspect was fine, but it could of been worked in more fluidly. <<less
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uarini
uarini rated it
June 22, 2020
Status: Completed
When see the title n synopsis, it's must be fluff story. Then in early chap, 'huh it's quite gore for fluff'. The middle part 'why it's more gloomy than fluff??'. Then near end 'WHY!!! ??. Then thanx above it's HE.

Ps : the scient explanation part make my brain hurt, ??hehehe
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kari
kari rated it
June 20, 2020
Status: c89
Masterfully written! The plot n romance blend so well in this story!

It's much better than the summary indicates!! The well thought out plot also avoids plot holes 😌
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du
du rated it
June 18, 2020
Status: --
I binged this in two sittings (I had to take a pause because it was 2am and the guy just kissed a mushroom)

While the premise isn't 100% attractive and it may be a little weird to remember the MC is, literally, a mushroom, it's a very interesting story and poses a lot of questions regarding the nature of humanity as well as morality. It also stares down the gun barrel in terms of looking at survival and fear. Keep in mind that this doesn't truly address the questions, the... more>> the delivery is very engaging.

The narrating voice is honest, and the MC being a mushroom allows for the author to take a step back from humanity and to observe from a distance. The characters are interesting, and the pace is quite nice.

Overall, very nice if you like an existential bit of fluff, delivered on a post apocalyptic, mushroom-narrated platter, or want a bit of a fantastical excursion to divert time. While I am not in love with it, it was hard to turn away from the mushroom.

note: a previous reviewer said that this is not a light read. However, for anyone who enjoys existential and moralistic questions, this is probably a casual, fun, and light story <<less
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hiharu
hiharu rated it
June 18, 2020
Status: Completed
A brilliant story! I lost myself while reading it. It conveyed a lot of emotions and gives a lot of feels. It was addicting, be warned you will experience withdrawal 💙
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rcika
rcika rated it
June 15, 2020
Status: Completed
As you read this do not forget that it's tagged with 'happy ending'. I cried a lot of times, both happy tears and sad tears.

It's just so so good the fluff, plot, world building, characters, and everything else. Although I'm dumb and didn't get most of the sciency stuff, it was fun. Maybe the magnetic field error and mutations might happen for real lol it's 2020.

Anyways the 4.9 rating really didn't disappoint!!
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Rain Cloud
Rain Cloud
June 15, 2020
Status: --
I feel like the author must have gotten at least some inspiration from the manga/anime HunterxHunter, especially the chimera arc. The chimera arc in that series had a species which would adapt the genes of whatever they ate into their own body, whether it was animal, insect, or human. This series and the other seem to be a commentary on human society, and how what we perceive to be right or wrong isn't alway black and white. Context matters.

Either way, I finished the first arc of this novel and because... more>> it felt a little too familiar to me, like I already analyzed something similar (ex. Above), I got bored of it. I'm not going to rate it because I feel it is not fair to do so without having finished the series. Ironically, I would recommend for people to read this if they haven't encountered the likes of these heavy topics in another form (especially in a BL). It will be really entertaining and might make you pause once or twice to evaluate what the thought behind certain actions really means. I don't think it's supposed to be a light read, so do take the novel description with a grain of salt: I had not encountered any fluffy moments in the novel up to the point that I read. <<less
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Yorokobiaaii
Yorokobiaaii rated it
June 14, 2020
Status: Completed
i love this novel so much to the point that I changed my username on ig as "little mushroom" (＾ 〰 ＾)

I fell in love with the story so much to the point that I stayed up late at night and continue to read it, and now it's finish. (Whhhhyyy???? ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ, I want mooore!!)

Thank you so much! (◍•ᴗ•◍) ❤
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IenoAT
IenoAT
June 11, 2020
Status: Completed
One of the best stories ever

Too many emotions from sadness, disappointment and heartache to happiness and satisfaction

just beautiful
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periperi
periperi rated it
June 9, 2020
Status: Completed
5 stars!

I feel like my heart just went through a rollercoaster. What a ride! I saw this a while back but didn't read it cos I was wary of the potential mpreg (but it's not!) and woah! It's a really well done apocalypse book with a great HE though I seriously doubted that HE at first. And a bit of a tear jerker too. There's also humour and the book is fast paced (less than 100 chapters!) so it's a really good read that doesn't pull all your emotions down... more>> too. I liked the logic behind everything, the different characters motivations that were well integrated into the story and the world building in general.

Fav funny moment
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was when little MC was arrested early on by ML for "indecent act" HAHAHA MC is easily bullied.

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Most cry worthy moment
Spoiler

had a few but probably that conversation MC had with Polly that made him realise he loves ML. It's almost like a character study on ML that makes me want to hug him despite everyone hating him and his lonely position.

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Overall a really good read, don't be mislead by that synopsis and always remember, it's a HE! <<less
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kayembeegeebee
kayembeegeebee
June 6, 2020
Status: Completed
Theyre right. This novel is beautiful. Everyone should read this.

At first I thought this was an easy going and fluffy BL basing from the summary but no. It has depth.

Spoilers:

Death is at every corner. Don't like a new character too much. You'll just hurt yourself
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teagsho
teagsho rated it
June 6, 2020
Status: c89
I had a fever when I read this so I am really sensitive but I still can hold on, the plot isn't sad tbh. But, when chapter 76 arrived. Everything's crumbling down. Tears keep rolling down on my face that my vision turned blurry. My head hurts, and the fever really killing me, I am shivering hard it's really cold.

Really cold.

The MC and ML did have s*x in the extra once (this is written implicitly). But I think before that they're already did it when An Zhe ask do you... more>> want to sleep with me haha.

This is really recommended btw, most of things I want to write basically the same as other review. I just really want write about that time. When I really can't breathe coz the snot killing me. I am burning and feel so s*upid.

10/10 <<less
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auraizen
auraizen rated it
June 3, 2020
Status: Completed
This was a breath of fresh air and pretty enjoyable. It gets a five star by default because there are literally no faults.

To be honest though, the 4.9 star rating got my hopes and expectations up that this would become one of my new favorite novels, but it probably wouldn't make my top ten. Like I said, there's definately nothing bad about it but I was expecting that it would blow my mind and then it didn't. It just became another good novel I read that I'd probably recommend.

I also... more>> cry super easily but didn't for some reason while reading this. There was a scene where my eyes started to water but that's it. Idk what happened lol did I just run out of tears finally? Or maybe it's because every single person keeps mentioning it's HE so I knew I had nothing to fear. It's by no means super fluffy but there's not too much angst either.

The world building is fantastic and I love the MC

Read it^^! <<less
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LazyKoala
LazyKoala rated it
June 2, 2020
Status: Completed
This story is AMAZING.

That's all you need to know. I usually avoid these kind of apocalypse world because not many of them is enjoyable for me. But this one is sooo good. The background is makes so much sense with all the science in them. Its super believable and feels so real. The world building is detailed enough for me to understand what happened before. And I really love the pair.

MC is really lovely. A cute little mushroom like many other reviewer said. ML has both strengths and weaknesses which... more>> in my opinion is what makes this story feels believable because none of the characters is perfect. They are all human and have their own weakness.

Overall, this story is good. There's no boring time reading this novel. I really love this novel. <<less
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Geroker
Geroker
May 20, 2020
Status: --
At this point I've simply accepted that Chinese novels have incredibly bad synopses. Like, 100% unrelated to the contents or tone of the book. This book's summary is a particularly egregious example.

This is an apocalypse story. The romance is minimal. ... more>>
Spoiler

at least 95% of the human population at the start of the story - which is already a fraction of the population that once was - is dead by the end of it.

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A trigger warning in spoiler tags for something that isn't a main plot point or directly shown, but is a background worldbuilding point:

Spoiler

a major background world building/plot point revealed in the second book is that all fertile women are forced to give up their freedom and be repeatedly imp**gnated over and over again. This is first revealed from the pov of a fertile child, so reading between the lines they must start underage

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I am not giving this a rating. I finished this book because I needed to know how it ended, and I learned about myself that the apocalypse genre is not my taste. Therefore I can't rate it. I read it, it was well written, I disliked it anyway through no faults of its own.

The book is well written, if you like apocalypse fiction it's a good choice. A major theme is the line between humanity and being a monster. There's also a strong theme of the value of hope and kindness in the face of the utter futility of either.

Spoiler

there's a "happy ending" in the sense that humanity isn't completely annihilated, only mostly wiped out, and the two main characters are among those spared.

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Moocakey
Moocakey rated it
May 19, 2020
Status: c87
Incredible story, not like your usual brainless fluff. The author put much thought into the story and main characters are likeable. Don't be put off by the tragedy tags, and give this a read. I didn't think I would enjoy a Sci-Fi story this much and I look forward to the extras.
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hiro14
hiro14 rated it
May 17, 2020
Status: --
Great world building and things make sense. If there's only yaoi scenes, it would be perfect, lol. But overall, it's highly recommended to read.
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Honey B
Honey B rated it
May 15, 2020
Status: Completed
? I can easily say THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!! ?

I cried.?

I was on the edge of my seat. ?

The slow maturity of their relationship was heart warming and gut wrenching.?

The despair in the story sometimes left me wondering if this was going to end badly...?

And the translation was good.?

The reasons I didn't give it 5 stars?

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Spoiler

I wanted more romance. I also wanted the MC to be more useful. He seemed pretty useless most of the time. I mean, most of the time people had to pull him out of danger cause his reaction time s**ked. He barely knew how to protect himself. ? And he was a bit of a cry baby towards the end. But I'm glad I got to see him grow into his emotions.

Also, some of the science theory was kind of boring and often contradicting each other so it was hard to follow some of the logic, so I skipped over some of those parts.?

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But it's still one of my favs!! I'm putting it on my top ten of BL webnovels! ? <<less
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ChaneShriel
ChaneShriel rated it
May 15, 2020
Status: c85
Although it is still ongoing I really really had fun reading it.

I don't usually read this type of BL novel where there are not much smut interactions between the seme and uke but DAMN this novel changed my mind.

f*ck the romance between them, the story is enough to make me want to read more.

I'm also hoping for more extras from the author. I'd still like to read them ya know hahahahaha.
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FiahAvid_reader99
FiahAvid_reader99 rated it
May 9, 2020
Status: Completed
Ain’t gonna have a detailed review because everything that needs to be said is already said by other reviews but as a reader...

Its my first time giving 5 stars however it is because this story deserves it, well written, thought provoking, heart stabbing emotional work that made me cry at 5am in the morning. Its a beautiful story with beautiful characters and the good and bad of humanity.

Just give this a read and you won’t regret the time and heart you’ve spent reading.
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