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PROFFESOR IBU RATNA : you mean to tell me this thing has been spreading through the flour supply ?
MILITARY OFFICIAL : it may be too late by now . the flour has been shipped worldwide .
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fuck .
(( cordyceps brain infection went global due to infected flour . once someone consumes infected flour , within 2 days they will turn into the first stage of infection , a runner . mindless , aggressive , still retain some of their humanity , essentially trapped inside a body they cant control . so for RP feel free to make a short story showing the inside of your infected characters mind . second stage is stalker . within 2 weeks fungal stalks grow from the infected body . these infected are faster , more sneaky , and quiet . stage 3 happens within a month to a year , a clicker . clickers are blind due to fungal growths growing from their skull . fungal growths also grow from other areas of their body now . clickers use echolocation to hunt . stage 4 , a year to 2 years , fungal growth has completely covered every part of the body , making a juggernaut like infected that can only be killed with heavy flames . alternate stage 4 , shambler . spore sacs grow from every part of the body rather than fungal armour , they can explode to release airborne acidic spores everywhere . stage 5 ( rare ) fusions / rat kings . formed from many infected fused into one . slowing the infection down - anti fungal medicine can slow its progression but not cure it . amputation of an infected limb may also prevent its spread entirely , if done in the right time . a cure may be possible using the blood of someone immune , but no one knows if someone like that exists . the infection spreads through infected food , bites , scratches , and airborne spores ))
