we need some spoiler
the biggest spoiler i can give you is the one concept im disappointed by the most...
An Zhe has a spore/child right? Wrong lol. That spore is actually him in a new form/life. His old form died, and the spore became the new An Zhe (that's at the absolute ending)
I guess the concept of his spore/reproduction was based off the immortal jellyfish Turritopsis Dhornii, but it was kind of weird since they look like they have separate consciousness and the characters joked that the spore was their child lol.
Sorry but why are you disappointed with that? I was so happy that he came back.
i actually liked the concept of a parent mushroom lol, guess it brought out the feelings of existential dread and character identity crisis for me
also no mushroom bebe :((((
I actually liked that part, and i did suspect it since i started reading it after I finished biology II course that mainly talks about fungus and plants, i said to myself the ending cannot stop at him sacrificing himself it must be that those pores are going to be the “new” him, he is kinda immortal in a way
But true would love to see baby mushrooms
wait what?? the spore is the new An Zhe? I finished reading the novel a month ago and i thought An zhe was alive again because of the data collected in his spore but i never thought it was actually the new him. T_T That's why it's kinda sus when Lu Feng didn't talk about his spore. Now it all makes sense haha T-T
I don't want to spoil people here but at the same time I know no place or sites where I can vent out my frustrations with this work lol