Fungi that can parasitize other organisms are not very rare in nature.
As long as the environment is suitable, basically every civilization can find similar things in their home star without going to the sky.
Most of them are parasitic on insects. These fungi adapt to the environment by controlling the insects' flesh to meet the needs of growth and reproduction.
There are not no fungi that can parasitize higher animals, but most of them exist as a disease. Generally speaking, they will not cause the death of the host, let alone control the host's brain.
Typical such as tinea pedis that some large primate will get.
But expanding the range to the interstellar, it is quite normal for there to be a fungus that can parasitize most creatures and control them?
Scientists of the Tinder Alliance gathered together at this time, studying the news about "Cordyceps disease" from "Serving Paradise", and discussing it from time to time.
With a rigorous attitude, they tried to find signs that the news was "false", but these xenophobic servants used unassailable evidence to make them realize that these "corpse civilizations" were indeed a parasitic fungus in essence.
"That being said, why didn't they go directly to the 'Galactic Community' to talk about it? Aren't they already appointed as members of the council?"
Someone raised such a question, but it was quickly answered:
"...Didn't you hear the last word? This is a 'reward'! The 'reward' we have been working hard for!"
"With the contribution brought by this heavyweight news, as long as we can survive this crisis, our diplomatic weight will be increased unprecedentedly! At that time, we may be the last seat on the council!"
At least the question about why "Serving Paradise" gave them this news has been answered, but new questions have emerged:
"...But, I have something to say, why did these machine servants get the 'corpse' and get it back from the army of the dead like mad dogs? They defeated an army of the dead head-on?"
Some of them have trouble understanding where this mysterious omnic civilization has the power to deal with the army of the dead.
You must know that even the "benevolent shelters" are now on the defensive, building space fortresses within the borders of the country, instead of taking the initiative to fight against the "invasion of the dead".
It's not that there are no civilizations who want to collect data by themselves to verify the truth of what the "benevolent shelters" said, and the result is that these "space undead" caused them a big defeat.
Different from the superficial madness and disorder, these "space undead" seem to be able to quickly understand the enemy's plans and configurations, and the so-called "traps" and "tricks" are almost impossible to take effect on them.
No civilization so far has dared to gather all its fleets together and try to fight to the death with an army of the dead, just to prove the truth of a reputable lost empire.
Or they don’t want them to do this. If other civilizations do it, they must agree with both hands and make an epic for it to commend these civilizations that have made outstanding contributions in the galaxy crisis.
Perhaps the best way at this time is for the "Galactic Community" to call on all civilizations to form a "Galaxy Allied Forces" and use this "death squad" to obtain information.
But the sudden addition of the "benevolent shelter" disrupted everything.
Under normal circumstances, it is quite normal to obey the arrangements of the "Galaxy Community", but they also need to obey orders from the lost empire. After all, the lost empire is still too powerful for young civilizations.
It’s like the “Guardians” directly put “establishing a pan-galactic trade market” on the agenda in the first Galactic meeting, and it was unanimously approved.
If there is really a Lost Empire involved, the authority of the "Galaxy Community" will undoubtedly suffer a huge blow.
If it weren’t for the fact that the “transfer of civilization positions” requested by the “benevolent shelter” is too important and must be done with caution, otherwise the galactic civilizations would have followed the order of the “benevolent shelter” long ago.
The scene returns to the scientists of the Fire Alliance. Some of them just wondered where the "servant machine servant" got such a strong strength to defeat the army of the dead.
But this doubt was quickly covered up by more important circumstances. At least the information given by the machine servants was true, and they had the means to get it.
"As those servitors said, this is a terrifyingly contagious fungus that can infect the entire planet in less than half a month."
"And this kind of fungus is not mild, they will kill the host and transform the host's corpse into an environment suitable for their survival."
"The corpses of all organic organisms seem to be within their parasitic range, ranging from giant cosmic creatures like space whales to small ordinary insects, all of which have corresponding parasitic conditions."
"The habits of these fungal life are not yet known. They seem to only have biological instincts, but they can always show some unexplainable intelligent phenomena from time to time, as if...someone is manipulating them behind the scenes."
The words of a certain scientist caused the entire laboratory to fall into a moment of silence.
These people who doubted the "Observer" in the early days all thought of the lost empire that was very active in the "Galactic Community", and now it's time to call him the "Benevolent Shelter".
"...To be honest, don't the 'benevolent shelters' really know what the nature of these undead creatures is? They have been fighting with them for so long, have they never achieved decent results?"
"... There are a lot of doubts, but don't speculate. At present, we only know the body of these 'undead creatures', and we still don't know anything about their origin."
The leader of the Fire Alliance also joined the controversy in the laboratory. He himself is also a very knowledgeable scientist, so it is not surprising to appear on this occasion.
"The most important thing now is to inform the galaxy of the nature of these undead creatures."
"Whether it is for those civilizations who want to accept the asylum of the 'benevolent shelter', or for those civilizations fighting alone, this is extremely useful news."
So not long after, when the "Galactic Community" was still struggling with the "Invasion of the Dead", the information shared by the Pyro Alliance eased the heavy atmosphere a bit.
"...It turned out to be 'cordyceps disease'? Relevant samples were also provided. The evidence is solid. It has been confirmed that the essence of this 'undead invasion' is an indiscriminate attack by a group of parasitic fungi. Maybe we can use this to formulate targeted battle plan."
A representative of civilization made such a suggestion. The civilization behind him is still vacillating in the matter of "whether to accept asylum", but he himself is a firm advocate of the war.
"If it's a fungus, I remember..."Underground Forest Kingdom"? Didn't you evolve from fungi? Use your invincible fungicide to find a way?"
The representative of the "Underground Forest Kingdom" who was called spread out his mycelium tentacles, and replied with his mechanical sounder:
"Fungus and fungi's physique cannot be generalized. We once killed more than half of our compatriots because of the leakage of the fungicide when we were extremely angry, but this does not mean that it can work against 'cordyceps disease'."
"This is something that even the Lost Empire needs to treat with caution. Do you think it will be knocked down so easily?"
The debate on how to deal with this "dead invasion" is still going on, but they have learned the essence of "dead souls" at this time, and they already have a glimmer of hope.
At least until the deadline given by the "merciful shelter" comes, they still have to fight independently for a while.
Subsequently, the first proposal related to this crisis was passed.
In the star map, the red block representing the "galactic threat" is still expanding, but it still has no name.
Originally, the "Galactic Community" was still hesitating whether to name this crisis "Invasion of the Dead" as the "Benevolent Shelter" said.
But with more corroborating information from the Tinder Alliance, they decided to name the disaster "Cordyceps" and confirmed the galactic focus:
"Galaxy Focus: Fungal Control; Goal: Eliminate 'Cordyceps'."