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There’s something buried under the village.
Locals call it the Black God. Scientists called it a mold. Neither word really fits.
This is a field report on what happens when you get too close. Based on Resident Evil lore—but grounded in real science.
Stick around. It gets worse.

Cinematic Village shots provided by @Flurdeh youtu.be/z5n742qWt9w?si=ctb0yftcfreQkJVN

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- As seen in the thumbnail: Ever wanted your own cadou in a jar? grimreliquary.com/products/cadou-replica
- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482370
- Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses - nature.com/articles/nrmicro1987
- Precise mechanisms of a calcium-dependent kinase during the formation of new memories - mpfi.org/precise-mechanisms-of-a-calcium-dependent-kinase-during-the-formation-of-new-memories
- Role of quorum sensing and chemical communication in fungal biotechnology and pathogenesis - academic.oup.com/femsre/article/42/5/627/4999899
- Quorum sensing in fungi – a review - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4294699
- Heterodera - sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/heterodera
- Nematophagous fungus - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematophagous_fungus
- Harposporium anguillulae - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harposporium_anguillulae

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Opera GX
2:58 - The Black God